. History of France and Normandy, from the earliest times to the revolution of 1848. all the exertions of their leader, Lautrec ; andbefore the first year of the war had ended, they had beendriven from all their conquests in the Milanese. This eventgave so much pleasure to Leo X. that he died of joy. 17. Francis, who was the real author of this calamity, ashe had wasted the money required for the payment of thetroops in luxury and debauchery, severely reproached Lautrecfor having suffered such a loss. The general threw the blameon Semblan^ai, the minister of finance, for not having furnishedhi
. History of France and Normandy, from the earliest times to the revolution of 1848. all the exertions of their leader, Lautrec ; andbefore the first year of the war had ended, they had beendriven from all their conquests in the Milanese. This eventgave so much pleasure to Leo X. that he died of joy. 17. Francis, who was the real author of this calamity, ashe had wasted the money required for the payment of thetroops in luxury and debauchery, severely reproached Lautrecfor having suffered such a loss. The general threw the blameon Semblan^ai, the minister of finance, for not having furnishedhim with the means of satisfying the soldiers. Semblancaideclared tnat he had paid the money to the queen-dowager FRANCIS I. 219 and offered to produce her receipt; but that princess dreadingan exposure, had bribed a clerk in the treasury to steal thereceipt, and the venerable minister was sentenced to be executed. The chancellor du Prat is said to have participated inthis crime, from envy of the influence that Semblan^ai hadwith the king, who always called him his father. Du Prat. The Chancellor du Prat and his Wife. was then employed to raise money, which was effected by themost illegal and scandalous methods: the royal domains werealienated, the offices of state publicly sold to the highest bid-der, and the taxes, already oppressive, were The artifices of Wolsey, who expected to beraised to the papacy by the influence of Charles, had 1 ^J*induced Henry to join in the war against Francis, butthe kings folly and his mothers iniquity raised up a moredangerous enemy in the bosom of his kingdom. We havealready seen that the constable of Bourbon had been treatedwith neglect, but the kings mother, not satisfied with this,resolved to rob him of his property. For this purpose shelaid claim to the duchy of Bourbon, and as she had the selec-tion of the judges by whom her claims were to be tried, it wasnot difficult to foresee how the matter would be decided. Atthe same time t
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