The History of Lewis XI King of France Transl

Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: fke History / LEWIS XI . 5 taken for the fecurity of their treaties, were a pro how little they could depend upon them. But b fides the wars which the king was obliged to fuftai in his own name, he was often entangled in thofe t other dates. The troubles which about this tin arofe in Savoy, gave him new caufe of difturbance, Philip prince of Brefle, with the counts of R mont and Geneva, made great complaints of t! weaknefs of duke Amadeus their brother; nor we; they lefs diflatisfied with the duchefsYolande, the fifter-in-law, for imparting the whole power 1 Miolans, Bonnivard bifhop of Verceil, and Doloi The three princes found means to ftir up a revo among the people, and the duke and duchefs n being in a condition to refift them, retired into tl caftle of Montmelian. They were prefently be fieged in the place, and forced to capitulate. Tr duke was condudted to chambery, and the duche to Afpremont, whence (he wrote to her brother t demand aid. Lewis ordered the count de Comminges governc ofDauphine, to aflemble the arriere-ban, and frail archers of the province. The command of this ar my was deftined foi Charles of Savoy, who had bee bred up at the king's court; but the young princ dying in the mean time, the count de Comming entered Savoy, furprized the caftle of Afpremon! fet the duchefs Yolande at liberty, and conducte her to Grenoble, where fhe was received with th fame honours that had been formerly paid to th king, when he was dauphin. But it was not enough that the king had fet h fifter at liberty, unlefs he alfo reftored her to her au thority. He got the duke of Milan to fign a ieagu with her, and prevailed on the king of Naples, th republick of Florence, the dukes of Ferrara and Mo dena, theSwitzers, and the marquifsof Montferrai to accede to it. Cruflbl, a...