. Paris and its story, by T. Okey; illustrated by Katherine Kimball & O. F. M. Ward . the fleshthe lion rampant on the English kings escutcheon, he couldnot have taken ampler precautions. A bridge was built overthe Somme, near Amiens, * and in the middle thereof was astrong trellis of wood such as is made for cages of lions,and the holes between the bars were no larger than a mancould put his arm through. On either side of this cagethe monarchs and a score of courtiers met and had divided his enemies ; each in turn was cajoledand bribed, and the Hucksters Peace was concluded. W
. Paris and its story, by T. Okey; illustrated by Katherine Kimball & O. F. M. Ward . the fleshthe lion rampant on the English kings escutcheon, he couldnot have taken ampler precautions. A bridge was built overthe Somme, near Amiens, * and in the middle thereof was astrong trellis of wood such as is made for cages of lions,and the holes between the bars were no larger than a mancould put his arm through. On either side of this cagethe monarchs and a score of courtiers met and had divided his enemies ; each in turn was cajoledand bribed, and the Hucksters Peace was concluded. When King Louis, says De Comines, retired from theinterview he spake with me by the way and said he foundthe English king too ready to visit Paris, which thing wasnot pleasing to him. The king was a handsome man andvery fond of women ; he might find some afi^ectionatemistress there, who would speak him so many fair wordsthat she would make him desire to return ; his predecessorhad come too often to Paris and Normandy, and he didnot like his company this side the sea, but beyond the. IOKCii oi St. Germain Lauxerrois LOUIS XI. AT PARIS 141 sea he was glad to have him for friend and Comines was informed next day by some English thatthe peace had been made by the Holy Ghost, for a whitedove was seen resting on the king of Englands tent duringthe interview, and for no noise soever would she move ; but, said a sceptical Gascon gentleman, it simply happenedto have rained during the day, and the dove settled on thetent which was highest to dry her wings in the sun, Louis had long desired to punish the Count of for treachery, and as a result of a treaty with Charles ofBurgundy, in 1475, ^^^ ^im at length in the on a scaffold in the Place de Greve his head rolledfrom his body, and a column of stone twelve feet higherected where he fell, gave terrible warning to traitorousprinces, however mighty ; for the count was Constable ofFrance, the kings brother-in-la
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