Chapter

  1 2,1 |              had sent ambassadors to Charles VIII, offering, if he would
  2 2,1 |             be his brother's gaoler. Charles VIII had not dared to refuse
  3 2,1 | five-and-twenty years later, to make Charles V declare that the sun never
  4 2,2 |                         2~In France, Charles VIII had succeeded his father,
  5 2,2 |           where we now are, here was Charles VIII, about twenty-two years
  6 2,2 |      Frederic III. This motto, which Charles V was destined almost to
  7 2,3 |             rival which we shall see Charles VIII maintaining later on.
  8 4,1 |          knew the warlike nations of Charles VIII, and the pretensions
  9 4,1 |           with a view to reconciling Charles to so distant and hazardous
 10 4,1 |           proposition was welcome to Charles VIII, as we might suppose
 11 4,1 |      alliance was signed, with Count Charles di Belgiojasa and the Count
 12 4,1 |           Seneschal de Beaucaire far Charles VIII. By this treaty it
 13 4,1 |            he started. ~On his side, Charles VIII agreed: ~To defend
 14 4,1 |              scarcely concluded when Charles VIII, who exaggerated its
 15 4,2 |        acquired a fresh impetus when Charles VIII sent back Margaret
 16 4,2 |            his conquests. ~This cost Charles VIII 745,000 gold crowns
 17 4,2 |            king in Italy. ~This cost Charles VIII Perpignan, Roussillon,
 18 4,2 |            had offered him. ~It cost Charles VIII the counties of Burgundy,
 19 4,3 |               Indeed, the designs of Charles VIII for conquest were no
 20 4,3 |             republic replied that if Charles VIII had been marching against
 21 4,3 |           was not very promising for Charles VIII; so he resolved to
 22 4,4 |              he was at war with when Charles VIII first put forward his
 23 4,4 |     Mahomedan conquests, and that if Charles VIII were once at the Adriatic
 24 4,4 |            keep a watch on the fleet Charles VIII was getting ready at
 25 4,4 |            help from France; so that Charles VIII, at the very time of
 26 4,4 |           seen. During all this time Charles VIII was at Lyons, not only
 27 4,4 |              support it now; at last Charles, more irresolute than ever,
 28 4,5 |            full of hope, hastened to Charles, and found him on the point
 29 4,5 |            of vengeance. He informed Charles of the quarrelling among
 30 4,5 |        vanity of the young king, and Charles did not hesitate for a single
 31 4,5 |       principalities being children, Charles John Aime and William John,
 32 4,5 |              regents appeared before Charles VIII, one at Turin, one
 33 4,5 |          jewels and precious stones. Charles, although he quite well
 34 4,5 |      necklaces, rings, and earrings. Charles VIII gave them a receipt
 35 4,5 |              and hither came to meet Charles both Ludovico Sforza and
 36 4,5 |            of the house of Savoy. So Charles VIII was obliged to see
 37 4,5 |           pouring out a complaint to Charles, he did not dare say a word;
 38 4,5 |              at the very moment when Charles VIII was getting up to go,
 39 4,5 |              was soon reassured; for Charles replied that he had advanced
 40 4,5 |             into her husband's arms. Charles VIII and Ludavico Sforza,
 41 4,5 |             doomed. ~Two days after, Charles VIII left for Florence,
 42 4,5 |              Ludovico at once begged Charles to excuse his leaving him
 43 4,5 |            he had assassinated. ~But Charles VIII continued his road
 44 4,5 |            rescue of the fortunes of Charles VIII. ~ ~ ~
 45 5,1 |              Santa, sent to ask from Charles VIII a safe-conduct for
 46 5,1 |             him into the presence of Charles VIII. ~Piero dei Medici,
 47 5,1 |             very strict ceremony. So Charles VIII received him on horseback,
 48 5,1 |             was ready to do whatever Charles VIII might demand of him.
 49 5,1 |            Sarzano, and consented on Charles's mere promise by word of
 50 5,1 |          conquest of Naples. At last Charles VIII, seeing that this man
 51 5,1 |              to their new ally. Then Charles VIII set him on horseback,
 52 5,1 |      republic had supposed that what Charles VIII wanted was simply a
 53 5,1 |           should return, so he asked Charles's permission to precede
 54 5,2 |             rule of the Florentines. Charles VIII made no reply to the
 55 5,2 |              the fall of the Medici. Charles VIII stopped for a moment
 56 5,2 |             Florentines had received Charles VIII as a guest, but he
 57 5,2 |        resolution of making a stand. Charles, for his part, had been
 58 5,2 |             of the throne upon which Charles VIII sat with covered head,
 59 5,2 |         hotly than ever before. Then Charles VIII said that thus it should
 60 5,2 |     pretensions; the result was that Charles VIII offered new and more
 61 5,2 |              Signoria were to pay to Charles VIII, as subsidy, the sum
 62 5,3 |             after this proclamation, Charles VIII, much to the joy of
 63 5,3 |          victor, no easy matter, for Charles VIII was bitterly annoyed
 64 5,4 |            fact, he had divined that Charles would not be quick to receive
 65 5,4 |          could not gain admission to Charles, and was obliged to confer
 66 5,4 |             all their influence with Charles in favour of the Holy Father,
 67 5,4 |           get something settled with Charles. The king had entered Siena
 68 5,4 |        abandon his ally, and sent to Charles the Bishops of Concordia
 69 5,4 |           their master, both in case Charles should wish to include Alfonso
 70 5,4 |               They found the mind of Charles influenced now by the insinuation
 71 5,4 |        evening of the day after next Charles would probably arrive in
 72 5,4 |             go out at one gate while Charles VIII came in at another.
 73 5,5 |          magnificent escort advanced Charles VIII, both he and his horse
 74 5,5 |             off; for the first thing Charles VIII demanded was the surrender
 75 5,5 |             his youthful impatience, Charles wanted to take by force
 76 5,6 |             which was to be taken by Charles to His Holiness as supreme
 77 5,6 |       assembled around His Holiness. Charles, on his side, made his approach
 78 5,6 |         moreover made so publicly by Charles that no manner of refusal
 79 5,6 |           satisfied. ~At this reply, Charles bowed his head in sign of
 80 5,7 |         moment of departure arrived, Charles mounted his horse in full
 81 5,7 |           apparel. D'jem advanced to Charles without humility and without
 82 5,7 |             his liberty, and telling Charles that he hoped he might some
 83 5,7 |              companion-in-arms. Then Charles took a final farewell of
 84 5,7 |        Father to the King of France. Charles at once mounted one of these,
 85 5,7 |              the triumphant march of Charles: the gates of towns opened
 86 5,7 |      rejoicings in the Vatican, when Charles VIII and Alexander VI were
 87 5,7 |            Who?" replied Rosa. "King Charles VIII has done it, by the
 88 5,8 |             him to lie concealed, as Charles in all probability would
 89 5,8 |       Valentino was observed, and as Charles was uneasy at not seeing
 90 5,8 |           This reply was conveyed to Charles by two messengers from the
 91 5,8 |           breach of faith. Little as Charles was disposed to content
 92 5,8 |             he had sold him alive to Charles for 120,000 livres and sold
 93 5,8 |          received the corpse, and by Charles's order the corpse had been
 94 5,8 |        revenge; for it did not touch Charles himself, the sole author
 95 5,8 |      Venetians were very uneasy when Charles passed so near, and they
 96 5,8 |             necessity of driving out Charles VIII, not only from Naples,
 97 5,8 |           the more disconcerting for Charles, because of the speedy abatement
 98 5,8 |          which had been presented by Charles to the Seigneur de Precy,
 99 6,1 |                                    1~Charles learned all this news at
100 6,1 |          week before he left Naples, Charles had sent to Rome Monseigneur
101 6,1 |      remaining his friend. In truth, Charles wished for nothing so much
102 6,1 |           Sant' Anastasio to receive Charles while he himself withdrew
103 6,1 |              with Caesar to Orvieto. Charles only stayed in Rome three
104 6,1 |            to oppose their passage. ~Charles, however, was forced to
105 6,1 |              despatched a courier to Charles VIII, pressing him to hurry
106 6,1 |        ambition. The messenger found Charles busy superintending the
107 6,1 |         other side of the Apennines, Charles started in hot haste for
108 6,2 |             thirty-five thousand. So Charles decided to try once more
109 6,2 |            Trimauille, who persuaded Charles to adopt the wiser plan,
110 6,2 |             arrangement was settled, Charles ordered the van to cross
111 6,3 |          river by the same ford that Charles had used, with a view to
112 6,3 |            by Annibale Bentivoglio. ~Charles had observed all these arrangements,
113 6,3 |              first the indefatigable Charles, who, having nothing more
114 6,4 |            nothing more to fear from Charles, he sent him a brief at
115 6,4 |        appear before him in person. ~Charles VIII replied: ~(1) That
116 6,4 |             of mockery and defiance, Charles was none the less compelled
117 6,4 |              Ferdinand I, Alfonso I, Charles VIII, Ferdinand II, and
118 6,4 |             the Colonna family, when Charles VIII's enterprise compelled
119 7,1 |         themselves already lost when Charles VIII came to the rescue.
120 7,1 |          from the liberal coffers of Charles VIII. Now, scarcely had
121 8,4 |           there was no time to lose. Charles VIII one day after he had
122 9,1 |            from beyond the Alps, and Charles VIII had conquered Naples;
123 9,1 |         Savonarola had prophesied to Charles VIII that because he had
124 9,1 |      misfortune as a punishment, and Charles was dead; lastly, Savonarola
125 12,2|             the incautious ardour of Charles VIII, but, on the contrary,
126 15,1|           army of 2000 soldiers with Charles Taneo at their head, with