. The story of Bayard : the good knight without fear and without reproach . thatat length it had to be given up, for the Frenchwere reduced to the last extremity of famine. Itwas a most unfortunate expedition altogether, forLouis XII. had quite miscalculated the strengthof his enemies. The French army had to retreatthrough a hostile country, but the Good Knight THE STORY OF BAYARD 211 always remained in the rear until danger wasover, for the place of honour was always givento him, foremost in attack and last in enough were the poor soldiers to reachBayonne at last, a land of plent
. The story of Bayard : the good knight without fear and without reproach . thatat length it had to be given up, for the Frenchwere reduced to the last extremity of famine. Itwas a most unfortunate expedition altogether, forLouis XII. had quite miscalculated the strengthof his enemies. The French army had to retreatthrough a hostile country, but the Good Knight THE STORY OF BAYARD 211 always remained in the rear until danger wasover, for the place of honour was always givento him, foremost in attack and last in enough were the poor soldiers to reachBayonne at last, a land of plenty after their longstarvation. In this year, 1513, died Julius II., the greatwarrior Pope, a constant foe to the French, andhe was succeeded by the Cardinal dei Medici,Pope Leo X. The war with England stillcontinued and there was an invasion of the coastof Brittany which had no lasting result. Afteranother unsuccessful invasion of Italy, Louis compelled to abandon Lombardy for thepresent and to turn his attention to his owncountry, which Henry VIII. was HENRYS? EIGHTH KING of ENGLAND
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