The Constable De Bourbon

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Ainsworth William Harrison. The Constable De Bourbon

BOOK I. – THE AFFRONT

I. FONTAINEBLEAU

II. FRANÇOIS I

III. LOUISE DE SAVOIE

IV. WHAT PASSED BETWEEN THE KING AND BOURBON

V. THE DAME DE BEAUJEU

BOOK II. – THE FLIGHT

I. THE SECRET TREATY

II. HOW SAINT-VALLIER REMONSTRATED WITH THE CONSTABLE

III. SHOWING HOW THE PLOT PROGRESSED

IV. THE COMTE DE MAULEVRIER

V. WHAT PASSED IN THE SICK MAN’S CHAMBER

VI. DIANE DE POITIERS

VII. PEROT DE WARTHY

VIII. HOW BOURBON QUITTED THE CHATEAU DE MOULINS,

IX. CHANTELLE

X. HOW THE BISHOP OF AUTUN AND THE COMTE DE SAINT-VALLIER WERE

XI. MARCELLINE D’HERMENT

XII. THE CHATEAU DE LALLIÈRES

XIII. THE MOUNTAIN HOSTELRY

XIV. THE MILL AT SAINT-SIMPHORIEN

XV. VIENNE

XVI. THE ROCK. IN THE RHONE

XVII. THE INN AT SAINT-ANDRE

XVIII. SAINT-CLAUDE

XIX. IN WHAT MANNER BOURBON ENTERED BESANÇON

BOOK III. – THE CHEVALIER BAYARD

I. HOW THE COMTE DE SAINT-VALLIEr’s PARDON WAS OBTAINED

II. HOW BOURBON WAS APPOINTED TO THE COMMAND OP THE IMPERIAL ARMY

III. THE TWO ARMIES IN THE MILANESE

IV. HOW THE DUKE DE BOURBON ENTERED MILAN

V. THE CONTESSA DI CHIERI

VI. HOW BOURBON ASSUMED THE COMMAND OF THE IMPERIAL ARMY

VII. HOW BONNIVET RESOLVED TO RETREAT FROM NOVARA

VIII. IN WHICH BAYARD RELATES HIS DREAM TO DE LORGES

IX. THE RETREAT OF ROMAGNANO

BOOK IV. – THE SIEGE OF MARSEILLES

I. MONCALIERI

II. THE CASTLE OF MONACO

III. HOW BOURBON WAS PROCLAIMED COMTE DE PROVENCE

IV. SHOWING HOW MARSEILLES WAS FORTIFIED,

V. IN WHAT MANNER POMPERANT ENTERED MARSEILLES

VI. “THE BASILISK.”

VII. THE AMAZONS

VIII. SHOWING HOW THE BISHOP’S PALACE AND THE CHURCH OF SAINT CANNAT

IX. LES TRANCHERS DES DAMES

X. HOW POMPERANT FURNISHED A SAFE-CONDUCT TO THE DEPUTIES TO THE KING

XI. HOW TOULON WAS BESIEGED AND TAKEN BY THE MARQUIS DEL VASTO

XII. AVIGNON

XIII. HOW POMPERANT WAS ORDERED FOR, EXECUTION

XVI. THE MINE

XV. HOW THE SIEGE OF MARSEILLES WAS RAISED

BOOK V. – THE BATTLE OF PAVIA

I. HOW FRANÇOIS I. SET OUT FOR ITALY, AND HOW HE ENTERED MILAN

II. BONNIVET’S LAST INTERVIEW WITH THE COMTESSA DI CHIERI

IV. OF THE STRATAGEM PRACTISED BY ANTONIO DE LEYVA

V. GEORGE VON FRUNDSBERG

VI. HOW FRANÇOIS I. REFUSED TO RAISE THE SIEGE OF PAVIA

VII. IN WHAT MANNER POMERRANT PROCURED A SUPPLY OP POWDER FOR THE

VIII. HOW MARCELLINE D’HERMENT CAME TO PAVIA TO SOLICIT HER BROTHER’S

IX. HOW PESCARA CAUSED A BREACH TO BE MADE IN THE WALLS OF THE PARK. OF

X. THE BATTLE

XI. HOW BONNIVET WAS SLAIN BY BOURBON

XII. HOW THE KING SURRENDERED TO THE VICEROY OF NAPLES

BOOK VI. – CHARLES V

I. HOW FRANÇOIS I. WAS TAKEN TO MADRID, AND CONFINED IN A MOORISH

II. HOW THE TREATY OF MADRID WAS SIGNED

BOOK VII. – THE SACK OF ROME

I. HOW VON FRUNDSBERG ONCE MORE ENTERED ITALY WITH HIS LANZ-KNECHTS

II. HOW BOURBON COMMENCED HIS MARCH TO HOME

III. HOW BOURBON REACHED THE APENNINES

IV. THE PRINCE OF ORANGE

V. HOW LANNOY VAINLY ATTEMPTED TO ARREST BOURBON’S MARCH

VI. VON FRUNDSBERG’S LAST CAROUSE

VIII. HOW BOURBON AND HIS BANDS ARRIVED BEFORE ROME

VIII. BENVENUTO CELLINI

IX. THE FIRST SHOT FROM THE WALLS

X. IN SAINT PETER’S

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On a fine day, in the early part of June, 1523, a splendid cavalcade, consisting of three hundred well-mounted gentlemen, habited in velvet, and each having a massive gold chain round his neck, entered the Forest of Fontainebleau from the side of Nemours, and proceeded along an avenue bordered by noble trees towards the palace.

For the most part, the persons composing this brilliant troop were young and handsome cavaliers, whose looks and haughty bearing proclaimed their high birth, but there were some veterans among them, whose bronzed visages and martial deportment showed that they had served in many a hard campaign. But all were equally richly attired in the sumptuous livery of their leader – black velvet embroidered with gold – and their pourpoints and the housings of their steeds bore a princely badge, woven in gold, together with a sword wrought in the same material, which denoted that their lord held the office of Constable, one of the highest military dignities of France.

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Scarcely were they gone, when Bourbon sprang to his feet, and gave vent to an outburst of rage.

“By Heaven! I have had enough to do to play my part!” he exclaimed.

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