Chapter XXV: Book THE EIGHTH (14)

Lorraine, René II., duke of, i. xxxiii., 242, 299;
his loss of territory, 315;
joins the German confederacy, and defeats the Burgundians, _ib._;
besieges Nancy, 322;
takes the field with a powerful army against the duke of Burgundy,
330 _et seq._;
defeats and slays the duke of Burgundy in battle, 335, 336, ii.
383, 386;
demands the duchy of Bar and the county of Provence from Charles
VIII., 94, 95;
sisters of, 95 _n._;
appointed grand chamberlain of France, _ib._;
his claims to Provence disputed, 96;
leaves the French court in disgust, 97;
the rebels of Naples propose to make him king, 98;
how he failed to take advantage of the offer, _ib._;
returns with dishonour to his own country, 99.

Louis de Bourbon, bishop of Liege, i. 91;
rebellion against, 118;
punished by William de la Marck, 370 _et n._

Louis de Luxembourg, constable of France, (see St. Paul).

Louis van den Rive, i. 96 _n._

LOUIS XI., king of France (_prefatory notices_);
his position with regard to Charles the Bold of Burgundy, i. xiii.;
the difficulties to which he was exposed before extricating
himself, xiv., xv.;
induces Commines to leave the service of Charles the Bold, xvi.,
xvii;
his contests with Vicomte Thouars and others respecting the
property granted to Commines, xxi., xxii., xxviii _et seq._;
his munificence to Commines, xxii.;
attacked by apoplexy, xxx.;
death of, xxxii.;
biographical notices of, xiv.;
Causes of the war between him and the duke of Burgundy, 1 _et seq._;
Charles of Burgundy and several French noblemen raise an army
against him, 9 _et seq._;
he marches into Bourbonnois, 15;
the noblemen arrayed against him, 16;
he fights a battle with Charles at Montlhery, 21;
his army retreats, 29;
his brothers, the duke of Berry and the duke of Bretagne, take part
against him, 34;
relieves Paris from the invasion of Charles, 51;
his battles near Charenton, 54;
a digression on his virtues and vices, 59-61;
the extravagant demands made upon him by the allied princes of
France, 65;
pays a visit to Charles, and enters into conversation respecting
their quarrel, 65;
visited by Charles, 71;
concludes the treaties of Conflans with Charles and others, 73, 80;
the great concessions of territory and towns made by him, 74, 76,
78;
remarks on the peace into which he had entered, 78;
his recovery of what had been given to his brother, 83, 84;
makes war in Bretagne on the duke of Burgundy’s allies, 110 _et
seq._;
he is seized and imprisoned by Charles in the castle of Peronne,
118;
renounces his league with the Liegeois, to obtain his liberation,
127;
his interview with Henry IV., king of Castile, 121-123;
his interview with Edward IV. of England, 126;
with Charles at Peronne, 129;
enters into a treaty of peace, 129;
conditions of the peace, 130 _et seq._;
makes great concessions to the duke of Burgundy, 132 _et seq._;
accompanies the duke of Burgundy in his expedition against the
Liegeois, 145, 148;
is placed in great danger, 155;
returns into France by permission of the duke, 161;
his subtlety in acting contrary to the duke’s intentions, 165;
he seizes the opportunity of waging a fresh war with Charles, 167
_et seq._;
assembles the three estates at Tours, and issues a declaration of
grievances against the duke of Burgundy, 169;
seizes St. Quentin and Amiens, 171, 172;
enters into a short truce, 178;
assists the earl of Warwick in driving King Edward IV. out of
England, 187 _et seq._;
renewal of the war between him and the duke of Burgundy, 203 _et
seq._;
the final peace negociating between the two princes is broken off
by the duke of Guienne’s death, 210;
his attempts to outwit the duke, 213;
and the duke’s attempts to cheat him, 215;
treaty between him and the duke concluded at the castle of Crotoy,
216;
he concludes a peace with the duke of Bretagne, and a truce with
the duke of Burgundy, 222-226;
a digression on the wisdom of, 229;
his policy with regard to the duke, 235;
takes the castle of Trouquoy and various towns from the duke, 244
_et seq._;
suspects the constable of France, 247;
his territory invaded by the king of England, assisted by the duke
of Burgundy, 251 _et seq._;
his courteous reception of the English herald, 253;
sends one of his menial servants, in a herald’s coat, with
overtures of peace to the king of England, 259;
a truce for nine years negotiated between him and the king of
England, 263 _et seq._;
he entertains the English at Amiens, 269, the interview between
him and king Edward, 275;
enters into a treaty of commerce with the duke of Burgundy, 287;
arrests the constable, and executes him, 293, 297;
his joy at the defeat of the duke of Burgundy by the Swiss, 308 _et
seq._;
receives with joy the intelligence of the defeat and death of the
duke of Burgundy, 343;
seizes Abbeville, 345;
his determination to effect the destruction of the house of
Burgundy, and take possession of their territories, 350-353;
various cities and places delivered up to him after the death of
the duke of Burgundy, 350-364; _et seq._
his state qualities, 387;
cajoles the English after the death of the duke of Burgundy, under
the apprehension of being interrupted in the conquest of his
territories, ii. 1 _et seq._;
his liberality, 3-5;
his policy, 7;
his offers to the king of England, 8, 9;
recovers numerous towns in Burgundy, 18 _et seq._;
subjugates the whole province, 23;
his mortification at his defeat at Guinegaste, 34;
enters into a treaty with the duke of Austria, 35;
is seized with a dangerous malady, 36;
his supposed death, 39;
his state of mind during his illness, 42-45, 56, 57;
concludes the treaty of Arras with Maximilian, duke of Austria, 45;
sends for the holy man of Calabria, in hopes of being cured by him,
54;
strange conduct of the king, 57;
his strange fancies for different animals, 57, 58;
his great power and prosperity, 65;
his behaviour towards his neighbours and subjects during his
prosperity, _ib._;
presents and relics for the recovery of his health sent from all
parts of the world, 66;
receives various relics from Pope Sixtus IV., 66;
his character and high qualities, 68;
sends for his son Charles a little before his death, _ib._;
his precepts and commands, 69;
a comparison of his sorrows and troubles with those he had
brought upon other people, 71 _et seq._;
his suspicions, 73;
his cruelties, 75;
his rigid precautions, 77, 78;
gives directions for his own funeral, 79;
his death, 80;
his habits and character, 81;
anecdotes of his early life and times, 82 _et seq._;
his life nothing but one continued scene of troubles and fatigues,
83;
his exact age at the time of his death, 84 _n._;
paternal jealousy of, 255.

Louis XI. (_from the Chronicles of Jean de Troyes_, styled “_The
Scandalous Chronicle_,” ii. 297 _et seq._);
his accession to the throne, 304;
his first measures, 304, 308;
crowned at Rheims, 306;
his entry into Paris, _ib._;
his progress to Normandy, 309;
his visit to Nogent, Tours, &c., _ib._;
his march towards Angiers and Pont de Ce, 311;
his contests with the duke of Burgundy, 312 _et seq._;
marches into Bourbonnois, 312;
defeats the Burgundians, 318;
his great bravery, 319;
his difficulties, 321;
favours granted to Paris, 322;
leaves Paris, and visits Normandy, 323;
review of his forces in Paris, 326;
his enthusiastic reception in Paris, _ib._;
makes large concessions to the duke of Berry and Charles the Bold,
332;
concludes a peace with the Burgundians, 333;
visits the duke of Burgundy, 334, 335;
design against his life, 335;
makes several changes, 336, 337;
marches into Normandy to reduce it to obedience, 337;
captures Roan, 339;
sends an embassy to the king of England, 340;
issues a mandate for making preparations against England, _ib._;
appoints royal commissioners to reform abuses, 341;
makes preparations against the duke of Burgundy, 342;
proceeds to Roan, and meets the earl of Warwick, 343;
history of his foreign and domestic relations, 347 _et seq._;
his territorial and financial arrangements with his brother
Charles, the duke of Calabria, and the duke of Bretagne, 353;
his conference with the duke of Burgundy at Peronne, 354;
accompanies the duke at the siege and capture of Liege, 355;
concludes a peace with the duke of Burgundy, 356;
persuaded to an ignominious peace by cardinal Balue, 356, 357;
punishes the cardinal of Angiers for treachery, 358;
establishes a firm union with his brother the duke of Guienne, 358;
takes possession of the duchy of Guienne, 359;
prepares for the threatened invasion of Edward IV., and declares
the duke of Burgundy an enemy, 360;
hospitably receives the family of Henry VI. and the duke of Warwick
at Paris, 364;
enters into a truce with the duke of Burgundy, 365;
again at war with the duke of Burgundy, 368 _et seq._;
agrees to a truce, 374, 375;
his interview with Edward IV. at Picquigny, 378, 379;
concludes a truce with him, 380;
his festivities at Lyons, 383;
assembles a large army in Picardy to reduce the late territories of
the duke of Burgundy, 389;
deceived by the duke of Austria, _ib._;
agrees to a cessation of arms between him and duke Maximilian of
Austria and the Flemings, 390;
his military operations in Burgundy, 391, 392;
prolongs the truce with Edward IV., 392;
his illness, 392, 393;
his injunctions, 393;
concludes a peace with the Flemings, 393, 394;
his death, 395;
buried in the church of Notre Dame de Clery, _ib._;
his injustice during life, and repentance on his death-bed, 395,
396.

Louis XII. of France, ii. 97 _n._ (see Orleans, duke of);
his accession to the throne, 288;
his coronation, 289;
at Rheims, _ib._;
the fourth king who came collaterally to the crown, _ib._

Louppe, M., the physician of the duke of Burgundy, i. 345.

Louvain, town of, i. 93;
the duke of Burgundy’s army at, 94.

Luce and Grandmont families, contentions of the, ii. 146.

Lucca, city of, receives Charles VIII., ii. 134;
visited by him, 194.

Lude, Jean, lord du, i. xxiv., 281. ii. 38;
his covetousness and general character, i. 353, 354;
occupies the city of Arras, 304.

Ludlow, battle of, i. 49 _n._

Ludovic, lord of Milan, ii. 101, 102 (see Galeas);
visits the king of France at Asti, 125;
his letter to Charles VIII., 130;
his influence, 131 _et seq._;
seizes and usurps the duchy of Milan, 132.

Lullier, Arnold, ii. 337.

Lullier, John, ii. 333.

Lusignan, Jacopo de, king of Cyprus, ii. 121.

Luxembourg, invaded by the duke of Burgundy, i. 242.

Luxembourg, Louis de. (See St. Paul.)

Luy, Philibert, lord de, ii. 41.

Lyon, M. de, constable of France, ii. 352.

Lyons, Charles VIII.’s visit to, ii. 121.

M.

Maçon, salt of, i. 133;
bailiwick of, 136.

Madelaine, daughter of Charles VII., ii. 89.

Maderey, capt., i. 21, 32.

Madoulet, one of the Liegeois, put to death, i. 159.

Mahomet II., sultan of the Turks, a wise and valiant prince, ii. 87,
90;
defeated at Belgrade, 88 _n._;
captures Constantinople, 90;
the number of his conquests, 90, 91;
his gluttony and death, 91;
his wars with the Venetians, 120.

Maine, inundation of the, ii. 302.

Maine, Charles, count of, i. 18, 19, ii. 341;
his flight, i. 29;
surrenders certain lands and lordships to the count of Dunois and
receives others, 82.

Man proposes, but God disposes, i. 215.

Mankind, reflections on the miseries of, ii. 80 _et seq._

Manniel, Gauvain, beheaded, ii. 340.

Mans, female imposture in the city of, ii. 302.

Mantua, Rodolph, count of, ii. 148, 201, 214.

Marcel, Monsieur Lewis, ii. 187.

Marche, Edward de la, his usurpation, ii. 365, 366.

Marche d’Ardain, Robert de la, ii. 230.

Marck, Everard de la, brother of John de la Marck, i. 373.

Marck, John de la, i. 370.

Marck, William de la, surnamed the Wild Boar of Ardennes, i. 369 _et
n._;
slays the bishop of Liege, 370.

Margaret of Austria, married to the dauphin of France, i. 394;
and afterwards to the infanta of Castile, 394 _n._, ii. 112;
her sudden miscarriage, 277.

Margaret of York, married to Charles of Burgundy, i. 38;
notices of, _ib._ _n._;
treaty in favour of, as the widow of Charles of Burgundy, ii. 117.

Margaret, princess of Burgundy, ii. 17;
biographical notices of, 16 _n._

Margaret, countess of Flanders, i. 347;
her projected marriage with the dauphin of France, ii. 45, 58 _et
seq._;
her reception at Amboise, 61;
her marriage, 62 _n._

Margaret, queen of England, mother to the prince of Wales, i. 202.

Margaret of Anjou, queen of England, ii. 86.

Margaret, princess, of England, ii. 64 _n._

Margaret, daughter of James I. of Scotland, married to Louis XI., ii.
82.

Margaret, duchess of Savoy, i. 9 _n._

Margaret de la Tremouille, i. 361.

Margaret, sister of René II., ii. 95 _n._

Maria, infanta of Spain, ii. 276.

Marriage between the duke of Guienne and the duke of Burgundy’s
daughter negociated, i. 206;
opposed by Edward IV. of England, 208.

Mary, duchess of Burgundy. (See Burgundy.)

Mary de Savoie, death of, i. 247.

Marzano, Giambattista de, ii. 150 _n._

Marzocchi, figure of the, pulled down, ii. 139.

Mas, James du, slain, i. 23.

Matalon, count de, ii. 163.

Matthias I., king of Hungary, a wise and valiant prince, ii. 87;
biographical notices of, 89;
his heroic mother, _ib._;
chosen king of Hungary, _ib._;
his victories, _ib._;
his early death, 90.

Mauger, Perrette, burnt alive, ii. 298, 299.

Mauleon, friar John des, ii. 272.

Maximilian, of Austria, son of the emperor of Germany, and king of
the Romans, i. 206, 207; ii. 10;
his visit to Cologne and Ghent, 13, 14;
his character, 13 _n._;
is married to the young duchess of Burgundy, 15;
his children, 16, 17;
his contests with the French in Picardy, 32, 33;
his bravery, _ib._ _n._;
enters into a treaty with Louis XI., 35, 45 _et seq._;
opposed by the Gantois, 60;
marries the daughter of Galeas, duke of Milan, 112;
concludes the treaty of Senlis with Charles VIII., 113;
his allies, 117;
his preparations against Charles VIII., 188;
a mortal enemy of the Venetians, 282;
enters into a truce with Louis XI., 390;
violates the truce, 390, 391.

Mazzara, town of, ii. 155.

Medici, Cosmo di, founder of the family of that name, i. 142.

Medici, family of the, ii. 25 _et seq._;
their contests with the Pacis, 25, 26;
the rulers of Florence, 127, 128;
the greatest commercial family in the world, 128;
thought to be in a declining condition at the time of Peter, _ib._

Medici, Laurence di, ii. 25;
murderous attack on, 26;
the chief man of Florence, 29.

Medici, Peter de, ruler of Florence, ii. 127, 128;
his government, 128;
Charles VIII.’s dislike to, 129;
gives up four of his garrisons to Charles VIII., 136;
his great courtesy, _ib._;
returns to Florence, 139;
his flight and destruction, 140-142;
his palace plundered, 143.

Melfi, Trojanus Caracciolo, duke of, ii. 163.

Melun, Charles de, rewarded by Louis XI., ii. 323;
beheaded, 352.

Melun, Charles de, i. 14, 62.

Melun, Philip de, captain of the Bastille St. Antoine, i. 62.

Mely, Albert, ii. 126.

Mendoza, Lorenzo de, ii. 174.

Merchants, importance of, ii. 128.

Merichon, Jean, of Rochelle, i. 259.

Merillano, count de, ii. 163.

Meroveus, the first reigns of the kings of France deduced from, ii.
289.

Merville, lord de, executed by the Burgundians, ii. 352.

Meulan, town of, ii. 330.

Meulant, Oliver, count de, i. 357.

Milan, treaties of alliance between her and France, i. xxvii.;
civil contests in, ii. 101 _et seq._;
the dukes of, 101 _et n._;
the duchy of, one of the finest countries in the world, 106;
the ducal families of, 112;
one of the three powers of Italy, 130;
seized and usurped by the lord Ludovic, 132;
ambassadors sent to Venice from, 174.

Milan, Galeas, duke of, abandons his alliance with the duke of
Burgundy, i. 308;
and enters into a treaty with the king of France, 309.

Milan, John Galeas, duke of, ii. 131, 137;
interred in the Chartreux at Pavia, 137.

Milan, Louis-Marie Sforza, duke of, protected by the Venetians, ii.
192;
his meditated attack on the French, 203;
conditions to which he binds himself, 246;
refuses a meeting with the king, 247;
his equivocal conduct, 248;
his tricks and juggles, 250 _et seq._;
plots of Italian princes for the destruction of, 264;
their miscarriage, 266, 267, 269.

Milan, dukes of, (see Ludovic, Sforza, &c.).

Military operations carried on before Paris, i. 55-58, 62 _et seq._

Miolans, Louis de, marshal of Savoy, ii. 41.

Miolans, M. de, governor of Dauphiny, ii. 195.

Misfortunes, examples of, that have happened to princes, i. 393-399;
history of, which attended the house of Castile, ii. 277-281.

Molins en Gibers, ii. 376.

Money, necessity of, for state purposes, i. 385.

Montagu, John de Neufchatel, lord of, i. 16, 45.

Montague, John Neville, Marquis of, i. 190, 191;
slain at the battle of Barnet, i. 201.

Montaigny, lord of, i. 310.

Montauban, John, lord of, i. 19; ii. 83.

Montballon, lord of, ii. 20 _n._

Montdidier, town of, ceded to the duke of Burgundy, i. 76;
repaired and garrisoned by the duke, 218;
capture of, 244;
surrender of, ii. 377.

Montefiascone, delivered up to Charles VIII., ii. 144.

Monte-fortino taken by storm, ii. 160.

Montesecco, Giovanni Battista de, ii. 28.

Montfaucon, Gabriel de, ii. 184.

Montferrat, William VI., marquis of, ii. 124, 125.

Montferrat, marchioness of, ii. 125;
visited by Charles VIII., 131;
death of, 235;
contest for her government, _ib._

Montgomery, sir Thomas, i. 267;
sails on a special message to Louis XI., 286.

Montigny, M. de, i. 141.

Montlhery, duke of Burgundy encamps at, i. 17, 18, 19;
battle of, xiii., 20, 29, ii. 318;
number slain at, i. 30;
the inhabitants of, indemnified from loss, 33, 34.

Montmartin, Jacques, lord of, captures the suburb of Beauvais, i. 218.

Montone, count Bernardino di, ii. 209.

Montpensier, Gilbert, count of, commands the French troops in Italy,
ii. 184;
evacuates the castles of Naples, 230, 231;
enters into the treaty of Atella, 260;
his misfortunes after that event, 262 _n._;
his death, 261.

Montreuil ceded to the duke of Burgundy, i. 74.

Moüy, Collard, lord of, i. 101; takes possession of Tournay, 357, 358.

Moüy, Jacques, lord of, i. 357.

Morat, battle of, i. xxiii.;
defeat of the Burgundians near the town of, 315.

Mordano, town of, taken by assault, ii. 133.

Moreul, surrender of, ii. 377.

Moret, in Gastinois, village of, i. 42.

Morialmé, Robert de, murdered and cut to pieces, i. 119.

Montagne ceded to the duke of Burgundy, i. 74;
signiories of, 133.

Mortara, town of, ii. 197.

Morton, Dr., archbishop of Canterbury, i. 262.

Morton, John, Master of the Rolls, and Lord Chancellor, memoirs of,
ii. 3 _n._

Morvilliers, Pierre de, the lord of Clary, notices of, i. 1 _et n._;
ambassador from the king of France, 2 _et seq._;
his mischievous words, 66;
resigns his seals as chancellor, ii. 336.

Mots Viere (Mont Vieil), explained, ii. 187 _n._

Moulin, Philip du, ii. 212 _et n._

Mount St. John, near Naples, taken by storm, ii. 160.

Multitude of people, seldom formidable unless under proper command,
i. 157;
their fury sometimes terrible, _ib._

Munster, Henry of Schwartzburg, bishop of, i. 240.

Myolans, lord de, chamberlain to Charles VIII., ii. 136.

N.

Namur, to be bestowed by the king on his own subjects, i. 351.

Nancy, battle of, i. xxiii.;
siege of, 295;
surrender of to the duke of Burgundy, 296 _n._;
besieged by the duke of Lorraine, 322;
surrender of, 324;
besieged by the Burgundians, 325 _et seq._;
the duke of Burgundy defeated and slain near, 336, 337;
numbers slain at, 337 _n._

Nancy, _Jean de Troyes’_ notices of, ii. 384;
surrendered to the duke of Lorraine, _ib._;
to the duke of Burgundy, 385;
retaken, 386.

Nanni, Alexander, bishop of Forli, i. 241.

Nantes, treaty of, i. 6.

Nanteuil, Margaret de, i. 82.

Nantouillet, Charles de Melun, lord of, i. 14;
high steward of France, 46.

Naples, expedition of Charles VIII. against, ii. 93 _et seq._, 119,
122, 125 _et seq._;
the kingdom of, rebels against Ferrand (Ferdinand), 97;
the rebels offer the throne to René II. duke of Lorraine, 98;
cruelties committed in, 99;
difficulties of her position, 100 _et seq._;
state of, at the time of Charles VIII.’s expedition against, 123;
one of the three powers of Italy, 130;
royal tyranny in, 152;
five kings crowned in less than two years, 156;
Alphonso flies from, at the approach of Charles VII., 153;
three kings of, died in one year, 154;
entered by Charles VIII., 161;
its surrender, 162;
flight of king Ferrand from, 163;
Charles is crowned king of, _ib._;
submission of the nobility to Charles, _ib._;
the castle of, bombarded, and captured, 164, 165;
position of affairs at, 184;
departure of Charles VIII. from, 186;
castle of, evacuated by lord de Montpensier and the French, 230,
231;
great difficulties attending, _ib._;
re-occupied by king Ferrand, 230, 231 _et n._;
the whole kingdom of lost to the French, 232;
Charles VIII. receives intelligence of its capture, 257;
Ferrand the fifth monarch who sat on the disastrous throne of, 263;
plots of the Italian princes for the recovery of, 264 _et seq._;
their miscarriage, 266, 267.

Naples, kings of. (See Frederic, Charles, Alphonso, Ferdinand, and
Ferrand.)

Narbonne, Jean, viscount of, i. 284.

Nassau, Engelbert, count of, ii. 33.

Nations, on the balance of power in, i. 379.

Navarre, factions of, ii. 66 _n._

Navy of the duke of Brunswick, i. 187, 189.

Nemours, Jacques d’Armagnac, duke of, i. 16;
swears fealty to Louis XI., 17.

Nepi, town of, ii. 148.

Nerli, Giacopo de, ii. 140.

Nesle, siege and capture of, i. 13;
in Vermandois, captured and sacked by the duke of Burgundy, 211;
slaughter of the inhabitants, ii. 368.

Neufchatel, captured and burnt by the Burgundians, i. 222.

Neufchatel, lord of, marshal of Burgundy, i. 45;
his alarm for duke Charles, 72.

Nevers, John, count of, i. 76, 160.

Neves, Stephen de, ii. 195.

Neville, Anne, daughter of the earl, i. 398.

Neville, George, Archbishop of York, i. 190.

Nice (Nizza della Paglia), Charles VIII.’s arrival at, ii. 225;
a fleet equipped at, for Naples, 229.

Nicourt, castle of, ii. 372.

Nivernois, taken by the Burgundians, ii. 373.

Nogent, visited by Louis XI., ii. 309.

Noli, Franquein, ii. 26.

Norfolk, John Howard, duke of, ii. 45. (See Howard.)

Normandy, cession of the duchy demanded by the duke of Berry, i. 65;
refused by the king, 66;
ceded to the duke of Berry, and its capital occupied by the duke of
Bourbon, 69, 70, 78; ii. 332;
declared to be free to all Englishmen of king Henry’s party, 303;
progress of Louis XI. to, 309;
visited by Louis XI., 323, 339.

Normandy, duke of (Charles duke de Berry), his quarrel with the duke
of Bretagne, i. 83;
renounces his claim to the duchy, 84;
enters into a treaty of alliance with the duke of Bretagne, 84;
retires into Bretagne in a poor and disconsolate state, 85;
signs the treaty of Amiens, 111.

Northumberland, Henry Percy, earl of, i. 275.

Notre Dame de Clery, ii. 67.

Novara, captured by the duke of Orleans, ii. 192, 193;
the dukes’ behaviour in the city of, 191;
reduced to straits, 228;
the duke of Orleans and the French reduced to great famine at, 234,
235;
negociations respecting, 240;
peace concluded for the preservation of the besieged, 241;
sufferings of the duke of Orleans and the garrison, and how
they were delivered from the direst misery by terms of
accommodation, 242 _et seq._

Nuz, origin of the wars of, i. 124;
a strongly fortified town in the Prussian states, 236;
besieged by Charles of Burgundy, 236, 239 _et seq._; ii. 376;
the town of, relieved by the Germans and others, i. 240 _et seq._;
want occasioned by the siege, 242;
siege of, raised, 250.

O.

Offices, public, dissertation on, i. 47 _et seq._

Oliver de la Marche, notices of, i. 2 _n._

Oliver le Mauvais, valet de chambre of Louis XI., i. 350;
sent to treat with the citizens of Ghent, 351;
failed in his designs upon Ghent, 356;
assumes the title of Count de Meulant, 357;
secures Tournay for the king, 358.

Olivet, Mount, monks of, ii. 156.

Onofrio de Santa Croce, legate of Rome at Liege, i. 146.

Oppressors, on the punishment of, i. 391.

Orange, William VII., prince of, i. 149.

Orange, Louis de Chalon, prince of, i. 376.

Orange, John II., prince of, reduced to great distress at Novara, i.
234;
commands the French troops, 236;
in the service of Louis XI., 376;
the captured places withheld from, 377;
abandons his cause, and is banished, 376 _n._;
chosen to be lieutenant of Burgundy, ii. 18;
assists in concluding a peace between Charles VIII. and the League,
245 _et seq._;
excites a revolt, 388.

Orgemont, Charles d’, lord of Mery, ii. 309.

Orlando, Charles, cardinal of St. Malo, ii. 191.

Orleans, factions of, ii. 86.

Orleans, Louis duke of, his assassination, i. 273, 274.

Orleans, Louis duke of (afterwards Charles XII.), pretends to the
duchy of Milan, ii. 130;
captures Novara, 192, 193;
his behaviour in the city, 197;
his preparations for battle, 198;
beleaguered in Novara, 228;
reduced to great famine at Novara, 234, 235;
negotiations respecting, 240;
peace concluded for his preservation, 241;
how he was delivered from dire misery upon terms of accommodation,
242 _et seq._;
peace concluded between him and the league, 245 _et seq._;
next heir to the crown at the death of the dauphin, 254;
his inconstancy, 266;
succeeds to the French throne as Louis XII., 97 _n._, 289.

Orleans, Charles, appointed royal commissioner, ii. 341.

Orson, Jacques d’, a brave soldier, i. 222.

Orvietto, flight of the Pope Alexander VI. to, ii. 187.

Ostia, town of ii. 147;
number of troops at, _ib._

Oudet de Rye, account of, i. 45.

P.

Pacis, family of the, ii. 25 _et seq._;
their contests with the Medicis, 25, 26;
their conspiracy defeated, 27, 28.

Padua, subdued by the Venetians, ii. 138.

Paillart, Chrisstofle, ii. 323.

Palæologus, Thomas, son of emperor Manuel, ii. 166.

Pallevoisin, Jean Francisco, ii. 102.

Pandone, Camillo, ii. 155.

Paris, the march of Charles of Burgundy upon, i. 13, 14, 17;
the duke of, and his allies present themselves before, 45;
rencontres at the gates of, 46;
entered by Louis XI. while the lords of France are tampering with
the citizens, and relieved by him, 50, 52;
the Parisians make frequent sallies, 53;
heavy cannonading in the neighbourhood of, 55;
military operations before, 56-58;
negotiations respecting, 65, 67.

Paris (_continued from Jean de Troyes’ Chronicle_), public entry of
Louis XI. into, ii. 306, 307;
magnificent fetes of, 307;
defensive preparations of, 313, 317;
the Burgundians appear before the walls of, 315;
royal favours granted to, 322;
review of the king’s forces at, 326;
the king’s reception at, _ib._;
commissioners sent from, to negotiate with Burgundians and Bretons,
325;
punishment of the mayor of, 328;
quarrels with the military, 331;
its vast supplies, 333;
proclamation for repeopling, 344;
the inhabitants marshalled, 345;
great military preparations in, 364;
grand review of the inhabitants, 374.

Parties, spirit of, everywhere prevalent, i. 381.

Passes, difficult ones in Milan, ii. 194.

Paul II. pope of Rome, i. 146.

Pavia, visit of Charles VIII. to, ii. 131.

Pazzi. (See Pacis.)

Peace, treaty of, signed at Conflans, i. 73 _et seq._;
the events which followed, 78 _et seq._;
treaty of, signed at St. Maur-des-Fossés, 80;
negotiation for, broken off, on the death of the duke of Guienne,
210;
negotiations for, 212, 214;
negotiations frustrated, 215;
overtures for, 223;
concluded with the duke of Bretagne, 224;
concluded between the emperor of Germany and the duke of Burgundy,
250;
entered into between Charles VIII. and the League, ii. 245 _et
seq._;
its conditions, 246.

Peers of France, represented at the coronation of Louis XII., ii. 289.

Pembroke, Jasper, earl of, i. 397.

People, the general voice of, the voice of God, ii. 154.

Pequeis, salt of, i. 133.

Perauld, Raimond, cardinal of Gurce, ii. 157.

Peronne ceded to the duke of Burgundy, i. 76;
visit of Louis XI. to, 113-115;
number of illustrious personages at, 114;
Louis XI. is imprisoned by the duke of Burgundy in the castle of,
118 _et seq._;
his release from, effected on his renouncing his league with the
Liegeois, 127;
treaty of peace concluded at, between Louis XI. and the duke of
Burgundy, 130-145;
treaty of, confirmed at the castle of Crotoy, 216;
delivered up to Louis XI., 350, 359;
ignominious peace that resulted therefrom, ii. 357.

Peronne, duke of, i. 112.

Perpignan, surrender of, ii. 377.

Persi, Francis, lord of, ii. 162 _et n._

Pesaro, Constantine, prince of, ii. 31.

Pescara, Alfonso, marquis di, ii. 160.

Pescara, Mary of, commands king Ferrand’s forces, ii. 163, 164.

Peter di Medici. (See Medici.)

Petillane, count de, his desertion, ii. 217.

Pharamond, the first who was elected king of France, ii. 289.

Philibert, duke, ii. 41.

Philip of Valois, the third king of France who came collaterally to
the throne, ii. 289, 290.

Philip, archduke of Austria, ii. 16;
his treaty of Senlis with Charles VIII., 111, 113.

Philip the Bold, duke of Burgundy, i. 298.

Philip the Good, the duke of Burgundy, godfather of Commines, i. xi.;
the brilliant court of, xii.
notices of, 2, 9 _et seq._;
speech of, 3;
death of, 88, ii. 344;
his noble treatment of the dauphin, afterwards Louis XI., 82.

Philip the Long of France, ii. 16.

Philip, duke of Bourbon, family of, i. 9.

Philip de la Marche, i. 2 _n._

Philip d’Oignies slain, i. 27.

Philippe de Luxemburg created cardinal, ii. 159.

Philippa of Lancaster, daughter of John of Gaunt, i. 181 _n._

Picardy, towns in, ceded to the duke of Burgundy, i. 78, 80;
Louis XI. assembles a large army in, ii. 389;
hostilities in, 392.

Picart, captain, of Nesle, ii. 368.

Piccinino, count James, ii. 151 _et n._;
Nicolo, _ib._

Picquigny, near Amiens, royal meeting at, i. 126;
captured by the duke of Burgundy, 176, 177;
castle of, 272;
appointed as the place of interview between Louis XI. and Edward
IV. of England, 272, ii. 378, 379;
reasons for choosing this place, i. 273;
the royal interview takes place at, 275;
treaty of, noticed, ii. 7.

Piennes, Louis, lord of, ii. 76;
chamberlain to Charles VIII., ii. 136.

Pierchon du Chastel, i. 364 _n._

Piero de Medici, ii. 26 _n._

Pierre de Bretagne, i. xix.

Pierre-fort, town of, razed, i. 242.

Pietrasanta, surrendered to the French, ii. 136;
Charles VIII.’s visit to, 194.

Piquart, William, lord of Estelau, i. 70.

Pisa, surrendered to Charles VIII., ii. 136;
the inhabitants of, cruelly treated by the Florentines, 138, 191;
relieved by Charles VIII., 139, 189;
retained by the king, 189;
difficulties in the king’s march from, 194, 195;
delivered up to the Pisans, contrary to the engagement of Charles
VIII., 257.

Pittelhane, Nicolo Ursini, count de, ii. 125.

Placentia, visit of Charles VIII. to, ii. 132.

Plague in France, ii. 342.

Plessis du Parc, the residence of Louis XI. during his last illness,
ii. 44.

Plessis-les-Tours, fortified by Louis XI., ii. 76;
Sir Walter Scott’s description of, 77, 78 _n._

Poggibonzi, castle of, ii. 189.

Poictiers, battle of, one of the most glorious achievements in
English history, i. 390 _n._

Poison, suspicion of, at Fornovo, ii. 204.

Polesan, territory of, taken by the Venetians, ii. 106.

Polignac, John, lord de, ii. 195.

Polleur, village of, i. 163.

Pont St. Maxence, surrender of, ii. 314.

Ponthieu, county of, ceded to the duke of Burgundy, i. 74;
fiefs and homages of, ceded to the duke, 132.

Pontoise, betrayal of, ii. 330.

Pontremoli, Charles VIII.’s march towards, ii. 195;
captured, 196;
slaughter committed by the Swiss, _ib._

Popes of Rome, their depravity, ii. 98 _n._
(See Alexander VI., Eugenius IV., Innocent VIII., Julius II., Paul
II., and Sixtus IV.)

Popoli, Pietro, count of, ii. 151 _et n._;
his release from prison, 163.

Portinari, Thomas, ii. 128 _n._

Portugal, a political check on Spain, i. 379.

Portunay, Thomas, ii. 128.

Power, balance of, i. 379.

Praguerie, the war so called, ii. 69.

Pretigny, lord of, ii. 323.

Prevost, Mons. Jehan, the king’s secretary, i. 101.

Prevost, John, ii. 349.

Priests, illiterate princes often misled by, i. 116, 117.

Princes, how to avoid mutual jealousies and suspicions among, i. 79;
the evils they sustain by divisions, 85;
different temperaments and dispositions of, 86;
evils of ignorance among, 87;
ought to have several privy councillors to ensure a correct
judgment, 95;
on the advantages which they may derive from the knowledge of
letters, and especially of history, 115 _et seq._;
instances of treachery and murder which have taken place at the
interviews of, 115 _n._;
instances of treachery among, 115, 116;
illiterate princes often misled by lawyers and priests, 116;
dangerous results of ignorance to, 117;
an ignorant prince a great curse to a nation, 117;
the meeting of great princes to adjust differences often more
prejudicial than profitable, 121 _et seq._;
reasons why they ought never to meet, 126;
their want of confidence in each other, 156;
the hatred and revenge of, 174;
prudent advice and circumspection necessary, 193;
ought to be careful of their language, 226;
a digression on the wisdom of, with remarks for those who are in
authority with, 229, 230;
should narrowly watch over the conduct of his governors, 302;
the prudence and judgment of Louis XI. a fair example to, 307;
wars permitted by God for the punishment of their wickedness, 378
_et seq._;
their rapacity, 382;
their tyranny and caprice, 383, 384;
their modes of governing and raising taxes, 385;
the greatest misfortunes proceed from the most powerful, 388;
the sums they are ready to pay for ransom from captivity, 390;
examples of misfortunes that have happened to, 393, 399;
consequences of their folly and imprudence, ii. 19;
the miseries and troubles of, 80 _et seq._;
moderation in all things recommended to, 92;
should take upon themselves the conduct of their own affairs, 252;
envy and jealousy of, 255, 256;
on the mismanagement of their affairs, 268;
their troubles greater than those of inferior persons, 280.

Princes of France, their alliance with the duke of Burgundy, i. 65;
their extravagant demands on the king, 65;
their departure from Paris, after signing a treaty of peace with
the king, 79;
sign the treaty of St. Maur-des-Fossés, 80.

Procida, island of, ii. 261, 262.

Proveditors of Venice and Padua, ii. 205, 206.

Provence, duchy of, claimed by René II., ii. 94, 95;
will respecting, produced in favour of the French king, 96;
refused to René, 97.

Pruce, island of, ii. 229.

Public Good, the Duke of Burgundy raises an army against Louis XI.
under pretence of the, i. 9 _et seq._;
confederation so called, 121.

Punishments of criminals in 1490, ii. 298.

Puy, Peter, ii. 337.

Q.

Quanvese, Gerard, his great wealth, ii. 128.

Quarteniers, of Paris, ii. 329.

Quesnoy, possessed by the king, i. 355;
restored to the duchess of Burgundy, ii. 17.

Quiers, town of, ii. 232, 248.

Quingy, Simon de, his elevation and honours, i. 28 _et n._;
duke of Burgundy’s ambassador at the court of Louis XI., 210;
negociates terms of peace, 212, 214;
enters Verdun with Burgundian troops, ii. 24.

R.

Rabot, Jean, lord of Uppi, ii. 138.

Ranvers, Jean, commander de, i. 317.

Rapalo, town of, ii. 126;
naval engagement off, 129.

Rapine, servant of the constable of France, i. 280, 281.

Rasse, lord de Lintre, i. 100;
declares against peace, 102;
abandons Liege, 103.

Ravenspur, Edward IV. lands at, i. 199 _n._

Ravestain, Adolphus, lord of, i. 11;
commands the left wing of the Burgundian army, 25;
commands the van against the Liegeois, 97;
his removal from command, 375.

Ravestain, Philip of, defeated, ii. 3.

Rayer, Francis, bailiff of Lyons, i. 96.

Reading, advantages of, i. 117.

Rebellion, Louis XI. endeavours to stir up the towns on the River
Somme against the duke of Burgundy, i. 167 _et seq._;
fanned by the constable of France, 168.

Reggio, castle of, ii. 162.

Reindeers, &c., strange fancy of Louis XI. for, ii. 58.

Rely, Jean de, bishop of Angers, ii. 71 _n._, 283.

Renard de Rouvroy, i. 96.

René of Anjou, king of Sicily, abandons his alliance with the duke
of Burgundy, i. 309;
his interview with Louis XI., 310;
surnamed the Good, 396.

René de Brosse, count of Penthièvre, marriage of, i. xxxvi.

Revenue of France, in the fifteenth century, i. 386, 387.

Revolutions of England, i. 84, 394 _et seq._;
reflections on, 50;
of Spain, 398 (see Civil War).

Rheims, holy vial at, carried to Louis XI., ii. 66, 67 _et n._

Richard III. of England, i. 396 (see Gloucester).

Richebourg, lord of, ii. 76.

Richmond, Earl of (afterwards Henry VII.), of the house of Lancaster,
i. 49, 396;
his vicissitudes and final success, 397, ii. 64 _et n._;
gains the battle of Bosworth, and ascends the throne of England, 65
_et n._

Richter, John, secretary of the constable, i. 265.

Rieux, John, lord of, ii. 160.

Rimini, Robert, lord of, ii. 30.

Riverol, Geoffroi, lord of, i. 317, 318.

Rivers, Richard Earl, put to death, i. 184.

Rivière, Poncet, lord de la, i. 23, 62, 114, 160; ii. 337.

Roan, captured by the Duke of Bourbon, ii. 332;
receives the Duke of Berry as governor, 337;
is taken possession of by the king’s troops, 339;
visited by Louis XI. and the earl of Warwick, 343;
visited by the Queen of England, 344.

Robert of Bavaria, Count Palatine and archbishop of Cologne, i. 235.

Robertet, Florimont, ii. 208.

Robinet d’Odenfort, i. xxiv., 351.

Robinet le Beuf, i. 333.

Roche, Henry de la, i. 211 _n._, 223 _n._

Rochefort, capture of, ii. 22, 391.

Rochefort, William, lord of, the chancellor of France, i. 16, ii. 70.

Rochelle, government of, conferred on Charles of France, i. 166.

Roctaillé, pass of, ii. 194.

Rodolph, count of Mantua, ii. 148, 201;
slain, 214.

Rome entered by Charles VII., ii. 149;
his stay at, 157;
his departure from, 159.

Romefort, Louis, lord of, ii. 242.

Romont, Jacques, count of, i. 114; ii. 33;
his territories possessed by the Swiss, i. 301, 303.

Roquebertin, Pierre de, ii. 76.

Rossano, Marino, prince of, ii. 150;
his melancholy end, 150 _n._;
released from prison, 163.

Rotherham, Thomas of, bishop of Lincoln and lord chancellor, i. 176;
memoir of, ii. 3 _n._

Rottelin, Philip, marquis of, i. 16, 45.

Rouault, Marshal Joachim, lord of Boismenart, i. 13, ii. 329.

Roucy, Antoine, count of, notices of, i. 150.

Rouen, how it was delivered into the hands of the duke of Bourbon for
the duke of Berry, i. 69, 70;
contentions at, between the dukes of Bretagne and Normandy, i. 83;
beleaguered by Henry V., 273.

Roussi, Antoine, count of, ii. 192.

Roussi, Bastard of, ii. 257.

Roussillon, county of, contentions for, ii. 81;
rival pretensions to, 272.

Roussy, count of, taken prisoner, i. 247.

Rouville, John de, vice-chancellor of Bretagne, i. 14, 21, 32.

Rouvre, castle of, i. 317.

Rovere, cardinal Giuliano della, pope of Rome, ii. 98, 145 _n._

Rovigo, town of, ii. 106.

Royal family of France, line of the, ii. 289, 290.

Roye, town of, ceded to the duke of Burgundy, i. 76;
invested by him, 217;
delivered up to him, 218;
royal meeting at, 226;
captured by the French, 244;
captured by the Burgundians, ii. 368;
surrendered to the French, 377.

Rubempré, Bastard of, arrested, ii. 309.

Ryn, William, pensionary of Ghent, ii. 42.

S.

Sables, town of, i. xviii., xx.

Salaries, public, dissertation on, i. 47 _et seq._

Salerno, Antonio, prince of, chief of the house of St. Severino, ii.
104, 147, 163;
his escape to France, 99, 100;
he endeavours to persuade the king of France to make war upon the
king of Naples, 100.

Salic Law of France, ii. 14, 16.

Salins, salt of, i. 133.

Salisbury, Thomas Montague, earl of, i. 22;
father of the great earl of Warwick, beheaded, i. 48.

Sallezard, John de, account of, i. 41, 42 _n._

Sallezard, Robert, lord of Asnoi, ii. 192.

Sallazart, of Beauvais, ii. 370;
his bravery, 371.

Sallies out of a besieged town often dangerous, i. 148.

Salt, regulations for the vending of, and levying duties, i. 133.

Salviati, Francisco, archbishop of Pisa, ii. 27;
his conspiracy and death, 28.

San Severino, Fracasse de, ii. 225 _et n._
(See Salerno, Galeas, Frederic, and Robert.)

Sancy diamond, taken by the Swiss from the Burgundians, i. 312.

Sansonna, town of, ii. 147.

Sarzana, castle of, ii. 135;
surrender of, 136;
difficulties of Charles VIII.’s march towards, 194.

Sarzanello, castle of, ii. 192.

Sassenage, lord de, lends money to the dauphin, ii. 83 _n._

Sausses, town of, captured, ii. 271.

Sauvagière, François de, slays the duke of Guelders, i. 358.

Savarot, Pierre, the archer, i. 31.

Savelly, cardinal Giambattista, ii. 158.

Saveuse, Philip, lord de, brings succours to Charles of Burgundy, i.
71;
the prosecution of a decree against published, 141.

Savona, plot for delivering up the town of, ii. 268;
its failure, 269.

Savonarola, Jerome, the Dominican friar, memorable preachings of, ii.
189 _et n._;
his predictions, 190;
his predictions realised, 208, 285;
burnt at Florence by the malice and solicitation of the pope and
others, 285, 287;
system of persecution carried on against, 286.

Savoy, Charles I. duke of, i. 317.

Savoy, Jacques Louis de, i. 318.

Savoy, Philibert, duke of, i. 206, 317.

Savoy, Yolande, duchess of, abandons her alliance with the duke of
Burgundy, i. 309;
seized by the duke of Burgundy, 317;
and rescued by Louis XI., 319.

Savoyards, always in amity with the Burgundians, i. 114.

Scales, Anthony, lord, i. 191, 241.

Scandalous Chronicle of Louis XI. from 1460 to 1483, ii. 291 _et
seq._;
literary history of the, 293.

Scanderbeg, descendants of, ii. 166.

Scotch guards, in the duke of Burgundy’s service, valour of the, i.
155.

Scotland, civil war in, i. 398;
a check upon England, 379.

Scutari, captured by the Turks, ii. 120;
surrender of, 166.

Secco, Signor Francisco, at the battle of Fornovo, ii. 218.

Segre, Jacques, lord of, ii. 37.

Seierre, pass of, ii. 194.

Seine, the duke of Burgundy’s army passes over the, by a bridge of
boats, i. 42;
great preparations for crossing the, 57;
a second bridge of boats laid over, _ib._;
inundation of the, 302.

Semur, town of, rebels, ii. 23;
captured, 24.

Seneschal of Normandy, i. 70.

Senlis, peace negociated at, ii. 110;
treaty of, between Charles VIII. and Maximilian I., 113.

Sergine, M. de, i. 149.

Sforza, ducal family of, i. 52;
the dukes of Milan, ii. 112.

Sforza, Catherine, ii. 133 _n._

Sforza, Francis duke of Milan, i. 52.

Sforza, Francesco, duke of Milan, ii. 104 _n._, 112, 113.

Sforza, Louis Marie (See Milan, duke of).

Sforza, Muzio Attendolo, ii. 112.

Shrewsbury, John Talbot, earl of, i. 22.

Sicily, geographical position and advantages of, ii. 270.

Siena, visited by Charles VIII., ii. 144, 187;
M. de Ligny the governor of, 188;
the occupants expelled from, 189.

Sigismund, duke of Austria, and count palatine of the Rhine, his
interview with Charles of Burgundy, i. 125;
concludes a peace with the Swiss, and recovers the county of
Ferrette, 243;
joins the Swiss, 302;
his character, ii. 18, 19;
conveys his estates to his nephew Maximilian, 19.

Silver plate taken by the Swiss from the Burgundians, i. 311.

Simon Charles, M., ii. 304.

Sixtus IV. pope of Rome, ii. 25, 107;
the conspiracy of the Pazzi at Florence promoted by him, 26-28;
besieges Florence, 29;
his interest for the health of Louis XI., 66.

Soderini, Paul Anthony, ii. 141.

Soderini, Peter, ii. 127.

Soly, bank of, at Genoa, ii. 94 _et n._

Somerset, the noble family of, in England, i. 182;
the greatest supporters of the house of Lancaster, 183.

Somerset, duke of, defeats the Yorkists at St. Albans, ii. 303;
defeated at Tewkesbury, i. 202;
beheaded, 203;
his two sons slain at Tewkesbury, 202.

Somme, the river, cities, fortresses, &c. of the, ceded to the duke
of Burgundy, i. 74.

Sora, Giovanni, duke of, ii. 163, 265 _et n._

Sorbier, Lewis, his treachery, ii. 329, 330.

Soubs-Plainville, William de, i. 222, 223;
pensions granted to, 224.

Spain, Portugal and Granada, checks to, i. 379;
revolutions in, 398;
political power of, ii. 100;
her league with France, 359.

Spezzia, town of, ii. 126.

Spinoli, Laurence, ii. 136.

Spurs, battle of the, ii. 32 _n._

Squillazzo, marquis de, ii. 163.

Squibs, confusion caused by, at Estampes, i. 36.

St. Albans, battle of, between the Lancastrians and the Yorkists,
ii. 303 _et n._

St. André, Monsieur de, captures Sausses, ii. 271.

St. Belin, lord Geoffrey de, slain, i. 30.

St. Cloud, captured by the Burgundians, ii. 317.

St. Gengon, bailiwick of, i. 136.

St. Germain, near Naples, ii. 157, 160;
captured by Charles VIII., 161.

St. Lievin, riot on account of, i. 107.

St. Mathurin de Larchant, village of, i. 42.

St. Maur-des-Fossés, i. 46;
treaty of, between the princes of France and Louis XI., 80.

St. Maurice besieged and captured by the French, ii. 313.

St. Omer, captured by the Burgundians, ii. 111.

St. Paul, Louis de Luxembourg, count of, i. 20, 21, 89;
commands the left wing of the Burgundian army, 25, 28;
his advice after the battle of Montlhery, 31;
leads the Burgundian van, 45;
appointed constable of France, 79;
his fruitless negotiations with the duke of Burgundy respecting the
Liegeois, 94;
is desirous of stirring up a war between Louis XI. and the duke of
Burgundy, 168;
forces the inhabitants of St. Quentin to swear fidelity to the
king, 171;
his designs in promoting the war between the king and the duke of
Burgundy, 173, 174;
his anxiety to promote the marriage between the duke of Guienne and
the daughter of the duke of Burgundy, 203 _et seq._;
complaints against him, 225;
the strong position of his territories, and his wealth and
influence, 226;
gives the lie to the lord of Humbercourt, which eventually leads to
his ruin, _ib._;
he cunningly escapes the plot laid against him, 227;
his interview with the king, 228;
a digression on his wisdom, 230;
his misfortune, 247;
falls under the suspicion both of the king and the duke of
Burgundy, 247 _et seq._;
his great duplicity, 248;
his alarm, 249;
sends messengers to the king, 265;
scheme for detecting his duplicity, 266;
sends messages to the king of England, entreating him not to rely
on the French king, 270;
makes proposals to the king, after the truce with the English, and
endeavours to excuse his conduct, 281 _et seq._;
his traitorous letters to the king of England sent to Louis, 282;
the king of France and the duke of Burgundy swear his death, 291;
he places himself in the hands of the duke of Burgundy, under a
safe conduct, 290;
is placed under arrest, 293;
reflections on his once powerful position, and the caprice of
fortune, _ib._;
he is taken a prisoner to Paris, 296;
is found guilty of treason, and executed, 297, 325 _n._;
a digression concerning the duke of Burgundy’s error in
delivering him up to the king, contrary to the safe conduct,
297 _et seq._;
the sentence upon him, ii. 72 _n._

St. Paul (_continued from Jean de Troyes’ Chronicle_), concessions
made to, ii. 333;
made constable of France, _ib._;
is reconciled to Louis XI., 375;
delivered to the king, and beheaded, 380, 381;
his treason and villanies, 381.

St. Paul, Jacques de, his capture at Arras, i. 245, 247;
examined and released by the king, 249.

St. Paul, Pierre de Luxembourg, count of, son of the constable of
France, i. 372.

St. Peter ad Vincula, cardinal, ii. 145;
the town of Savona offered to be delivered up to, 268.

St. Pierre, Jean, lord of, i. 262.

St. Pol, Edward IV. arrives at, i. 198.

St. Priest, Louis, lord of, i. 299.

St. Quentin ceded to the duke of Burgundy, i. 74, 216;
the inhabitants forced to swear fidelity to Louis XI., 171;
delivered up to him, 174;
menaced by the constable’s forces, 249;
entered by the French troops, 293;
the duke of Burgundy’s army assembles at, ii. 349, 350;
delivered up to Louis XI., 350;
occupied by the constable of France, 374.

St. Riquier, ceded to the duke of Burgundy, i. 74.

St. (or San) Severino, the prince of Salerno the chief of the house
of, ii. 104.

St. Severino, lord Francesco de, ii. 103;
count of Cajazzo, 103;
his great reputation at Milan, 108, 109.

St Severino, lord Galeas di, meets Charles VIII. at Lyons, ii. 122;
his chivalric accomplishments, _ib._;
meets the king at Suza, 124;
in great credit at Milan, 103, 109;
his instructions from the duke of Milan, 137;
his intrigues, 137, 138.

St. Severino, Federigo, cardinal de, ii. 158.

St. Severino, Robert lord di, ii. 101, 102;
his dispute with Ludovic of Milan, 103;
quits Milan, _ib._

St. Tron, town of, i. 84;
besieged by the duke of Burgundy, 94, 96;
surrender of, 100.

St. Vallery, town of, i. 169;
captured by the Burgundians, 222; ii. 371;
retaken, i. 222.

Stanley, Thomas, afterwards earl of Derby, i. 253, 258, 261;
joins the earl of Richmond, 397; ii. 65.

Stillington, Robert, bishop of Bath, his eventful life, i. 395 _et
n._; ii. 63;
miserable end of his son, 64.

Suilly, George de, ii. 185.

Swiss, the, conclude a ten years’ alliance with Louis XI., i. 242;
come to terms of peace with Sigismund, duke of Austria, 242;
their successful military operations, 243;
the duke of Burgundy makes war upon the, 301 _et seq._;
they defeat the duke near Granson, and inflict upon him the
greatest misfortunes, 304, 305;
their great poverty, 305;
enriched by the plunder of the duke of Burgundy’s camp, 311;
ignorant of the value of the articles captured, 312;
list of the spoils taken, 311;
take the famous Sancy diamond, 312 _n._;
presents received by the, from Louis XI., 312;
the duke of Burgundy again defeated by the, near the town of Moret,
315;
they defeat and slay the duke near Nancy, 336;
in the pay of the Burgundians, ii. 18;
liberal offers made to the, 21;
enter the service of Louis XI., 22;
slaughter committed by the, at Pontremoli, 196;
assist the French army in transporting their large cannon across
the Apennines, 199, 200;
their contests with the Estradiots, 201;
the finest infantry of the age, 211 _et n._;
arrival of the, to the relief of Charles VIII. and the duke of
Orleans, 244, 245;
their tumultuous spirit against Charles VIII., 247;
number of, in the French army, 260;
their great fidelity, 262;
their decisive victories over the duke of Burgundy, 381-386.

T.

Tagliacozzo, county of, ii. 146.

Talbot, Sir Gilbert, joins the duke of Richmond, ii. 65 _n._

Talbot, John, earl of Shrewsbury, i. 22.

Talbot, Thomas, apprehends Henry VI. of England, ii. 300 _n._

Talmont, principality of, i. xviii., xix., xx.

Talmont, prince de, the title assumed by Commines on his marriage, i.
xxii.

Tanneguy, lord du Chastel, i. 3 _n._, 112.

Tarento, surrender of, ii. 162;
surrendered to Frederic, king of Naples, 249 _et n._

Tarento, Frederick, prince of, i. 313; ii. 31.

Tassini, Anthony, chamberlain to the duke of Milan, ii. 101, 102.

Taxation of France in the 15th century, i. 386, 387.

Taxes, on the raising of, i. 385.

Ter Veere, in Holland, i. 199 _n._

Ternant, M. de, i. 140.

Terzago, Ludovico, death of, ii. 105.

Therouenne, invested by the Flemings, ii. 32.

Thibault, marshal of Burgundy, i. 10.

Thiboust, Master Robert, i. xxi.

Thouars, vicomte de, i. xix.;
his family contests, xx-xxii., xxviii.

Thunder and lightning at Paris, ii. 346.

Tiberius, his death predicted by Thrasullus, ii. 75.

Tiercelin, George, lord of Brosse, i. 241.

Tiercelin, John, lord of Brosse, sent on an embassy to the emperor,
i. 245.

Tinteville, Gaucher de, ii. 188.

Torcy, Jean, lord of, i. 141, 270; ii. 33.

Toullois, provostship of, i. 132.

Tournay, bailiff of, i. 133;
Oliver’s visit to, 357;
secured for the king, 358;
the inhabitants defeat and repel the Gantois, 378;
garrison of, ii. 388.

Tours, the three estates assembled at, i. 169, 386.

Tower of London, Henry VI. released from the, i. 195.

Towns ceded to the duke of Burgundy, i. 74.

Trade, royal monopoly of, ii. 152.

Treachery, instances of, among princes, i. 115, 116;
existence of, among the duke of Burgundy’s retainers, 171.

Treasury, reform of the, attempted by Charles VIII., ii. 282.

Treaties, _passim_;
treaty of alliance between Francis duke of Bretagne and Charles
duke of Burgundy, i. 6;
of alliance between the dukes of Bretagne and of Burgundy, 38;
of Conflans, 73 _et seq._;
the events which followed, 78 _et seq._;
of St. Maur des Fossés, 80;
of Caen, 84;
of Ancenis, 111;
concluded at the castle of Crotoy, 216;
between Edward IV. of England and Louis XI., 277;
of Vervins, 285, 287;
between Louis XI. and the duke of Milan, 309.

Trebizond, empire of, overthrown by Mahomet II., ii. 91.

Tremouille, George de la, minister of Charles VII., i. xix., xx., 230;
family of, despoiled of their property, xxvii.;
the property restored, xxxiii.

Tremouille, Louis II., lord de la, ii. 147.

Trèves, treaty of, ii. 18 _n._

Trecate, town of, ii. 198.

Trimouille, Sieur de la, ii. 212 _et n._

Trino, Charles VIII.’s arrival at, ii. 247.

Tristan l’Ermite, i. xxxiii.

Trivulce, lord John James di, ii. 125, 196, 268;
at the battle of Fornovo, 218.

Trivulzio, bishop of Como, ii. 174.

Trouquoy, castle of, captured, i. 244.