. Zigzag journeys in Europe : vacation rambles in historic lands. < and utterly defeated him. But he raiset another army and again entered Switzerland, full of visions of conHe was again defeated. •• He came back to Burgundy, morose and gloomy. His nails awbeard grew long; he looked like a wild man; the people recoiled fror. CHARLES THE RASH DISCOVERED. BELGIUM. 219 him, and his dark character seemed to throw a shadow around himwherever he appeared. Lorraine, which he had conquered, rose against him. This rousedhim again to action : he hired soldiers, and led the way to war. Hemet the rebel
. Zigzag journeys in Europe : vacation rambles in historic lands. < and utterly defeated him. But he raiset another army and again entered Switzerland, full of visions of conHe was again defeated. •• He came back to Burgundy, morose and gloomy. His nails awbeard grew long; he looked like a wild man; the people recoiled fror. CHARLES THE RASH DISCOVERED. BELGIUM. 219 him, and his dark character seemed to throw a shadow around himwherever he appeared. Lorraine, which he had conquered, rose against him. This rousedhim again to action : he hired soldiers, and led the way to war. Hemet the rebellious Lorrainers in the plain of Nancy. Here the rashduke made his last fight. It was a snowy day, and the battle was ashort one, — the soldiers of Charles flying quickly before the enemy. When the duke was preparing himself for the battle, the gilt lionwhich formed the crest of his helmet fell off. It is a sign from God, said he, smitten in conscience. When the battle was over his body was nowhere to be found. They searched for it in the snow-covered fields. At last a Romanpage said he had seen the duke fall. He led the people towards afrozen pond, where were some bodies lying, stripped. A washerwomanwho had joined in the search, saw the glitter of a jewel on the hand ofa corpse whose face was not visible. The head w
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