. History of France and Normandy, from the earliest times to the revolution of 1848. Maximilian, Emperor of Germany, Husband of Mary of Burgundy. 208 HISTORY OF Louis XII. CHAPTER XXIII. LOUIS XII., SURNAMED THE FATHER OF HIS PEOPLE. Seek not to govern by the lust of power;Make not thy will thy law; believe thy peopleThy children all; so shalt thou kindly mixTheir interest with thy own, and fix the basisOf future happiness in godlike justice. C. Johnson. A. D 1. The calamities which Louis had suffered in thel/LQS earty Part °f his ife Pr°duced a beneficial effect on his character; he
. History of France and Normandy, from the earliest times to the revolution of 1848. Maximilian, Emperor of Germany, Husband of Mary of Burgundy. 208 HISTORY OF Louis XII. CHAPTER XXIII. LOUIS XII., SURNAMED THE FATHER OF HIS PEOPLE. Seek not to govern by the lust of power;Make not thy will thy law; believe thy peopleThy children all; so shalt thou kindly mixTheir interest with thy own, and fix the basisOf future happiness in godlike justice. C. Johnson. A. D 1. The calamities which Louis had suffered in thel/LQS earty Part °f his ife Pr°duced a beneficial effect on his character; he had suffered persecution, and hadlearned mercy ; he was a good king-, because he had long beena faithful subject, and he had learned to moderate the rigoursof despotism, because he had personally experienced theireffects. On his accession to the throne, he declared that hewould not punish any of those by whom he had been injuredor offended in the former reigns, declaring, that the king ofFrance would not revenge the injuries of the duke of Unfortunately for his subjects, he was like his predecessorinfatuated with the desire of Italian conquests, and
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