The library of historic characters and famous events of all nations and all ages; . theboundary of the two kingdoms, and, on the 18th of March,1526, the viceroy, leading the King with him, met on boardthis vessel the Marshal Lautrec, who-held in his hands thetwo royal children. These were delivered to Lannoi; andFrancois, after shedding tears over them and giving them hisblessing, departed with Lautrec, and soon set his feet on hisown territory. In doing this, he exclaimed with emotion,Here I am a King again! He then mounted a swifthorse, and rode at its full speed first to St. Jean-de-Luz, an
The library of historic characters and famous events of all nations and all ages; . theboundary of the two kingdoms, and, on the 18th of March,1526, the viceroy, leading the King with him, met on boardthis vessel the Marshal Lautrec, who-held in his hands thetwo royal children. These were delivered to Lannoi; andFrancois, after shedding tears over them and giving them hisblessing, departed with Lautrec, and soon set his feet on hisown territory. In doing this, he exclaimed with emotion,Here I am a King again! He then mounted a swifthorse, and rode at its full speed first to St. Jean-de-Luz, andthence with the same rapidity to Bayonne, where he wasreceived by his mother and the court. It was the first of his FRANCIS I. 127 cities into which he entered, and an agent of the Viceroy ofNaples immediately summoned him to perform his promiseof ratifying the treaty ; but the King returned an evasiveanswer, alleging that it was necessary for him to consult thepeople of Burgundy before he could confirm an act whichseparated their duchy from the kingdom of France. —T.
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