. Heroines of Genoa and the Rivieras . tatesman and a legislator : the son and hus-band of two women, as bewitching and ascultured as any princesses of their time, YolandadAragona and Isabelle de Lorraine—Rene,King of Anjou, Cyprus, Sicily, Naples andJerusalem. He had just been set at liberty bythe Duke of Bedford, whose prisoner he hadbeen for full twelve months, captured fightingas lieutenant of heroic Jean dArc. She, thesainted Maid of France, accounted, as sheonce said, Rene as good as a regiment ofsoldiers! All Europe was resounding withthe wonders of her mission, and men and women,foe an
. Heroines of Genoa and the Rivieras . tatesman and a legislator : the son and hus-band of two women, as bewitching and ascultured as any princesses of their time, YolandadAragona and Isabelle de Lorraine—Rene,King of Anjou, Cyprus, Sicily, Naples andJerusalem. He had just been set at liberty bythe Duke of Bedford, whose prisoner he hadbeen for full twelve months, captured fightingas lieutenant of heroic Jean dArc. She, thesainted Maid of France, accounted, as sheonce said, Rene as good as a regiment ofsoldiers! All Europe was resounding withthe wonders of her mission, and men and women,foe and friend alike, bowed before her in deepestreverence. Her confidence in Rene made hima hero too. Returned to his own dominions he received,first in Anjou, and then in Naples, Rome,Florence and Genoa, such ovations as fewheroes have obtained. Women and girls addedtheir hearts love to the rapturous applause ofprinces and men. The Proud City camenot next to Gay Naples in her welcome andhonours : the chief offering being in each the 116. ENTRY OF LOUIS XII. OF FRANCE INTO AFTER AN IIXlMIXATION. Chronique de Jean XATIOXALK. PARIS. GENOA. Doges and Daughters erotic prize of biblical Sisera and his captains— a maiden or two. Alas, the historian hasnot preserved the Christian names of the younggirl—a Doria, a Spinola, a Fiesca, or a Grimaldi—who was Genoas royal guerdon, but they haverecorded the splendours of Renes reception. Every woman, even the poorest, put on a newguise, pure white raiment, in compliment to theHoly Maids lieutenant, and all wore ornamentsof pure gold in token of their love for her andfor him their favour. Tournament, dance andsong made the city a paradise of joy. ... Sixty years after Renes triumph came an-other king from France to Genoa, Louis XII.,not un Roi aimant but un Roi conquer antHe had just succeeded Charles VIII., underwhose rule Genoa had been happy and prosper-ous, but the cannon which had battered thewalls of Milan were pro
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