. History of France and Normandy, from the earliest times to the revolution of 1848. Robert, Count of Clermont, Son of St. Louis, and Ancestor of Henry IV., witlithe Lady of Bourbon, Wife of Robert. 190 HISTORY OF Louis XL CHAPTER XXI. A. D. LOUIS XI. Not serve two masters ? heres a man will try it;Will still serve God, yet give the devil his due;Says grace before he does a deed of villany,And returns thanks devoutly when tis acted. Scott. 1. The conduct of Louis XL, while dauphin, to14*81* war^s ms fatner and his subjects in Dauphiny, sufh ciently proved to the people of France, that
. History of France and Normandy, from the earliest times to the revolution of 1848. Robert, Count of Clermont, Son of St. Louis, and Ancestor of Henry IV., witlithe Lady of Bourbon, Wife of Robert. 190 HISTORY OF Louis XL CHAPTER XXI. A. D. LOUIS XI. Not serve two masters ? heres a man will try it;Will still serve God, yet give the devil his due;Says grace before he does a deed of villany,And returns thanks devoutly when tis acted. Scott. 1. The conduct of Louis XL, while dauphin, to14*81* war^s ms fatner and his subjects in Dauphiny, sufh ciently proved to the people of France, that his accession to the throne would be any thing but desirable. Haseemed to have some misgivings on the subject himself, forwhen he heard the news of his fathers death, he came toParis escorted by the duke of Burgundy and his son, withabout fourteen thousand horse. He treated his subjects as ifthey were a conquered people; he deprived of their situa-tions every officer that his father had appointed, took a ma-licious pleasure in undoing every thing that had been done in LOUTS XI. 191 the former reign, limited the provision made for his brother,loaded the people with taxes, plundered the nobles, and in-sulted the cle
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