France . the chase, or negotiating withHemy, with whom he concluded a perpetual order to avoid redeeming his word, or, in default offulfilling the conditions of Madrid, returning to captivity,the King and his advisers—Madame, Duprat, Montmor-ency, and so forth—decided that it was necessary to makea show of national sentiment in favour of his breakinghis engagements. Deputies from Burgundy had alreadydeclared that it was contrary to the coronation oath fora French King to ahenate any portion of the domain, andprotested against the transfer of their province to theEmperor. An Assembly w
France . the chase, or negotiating withHemy, with whom he concluded a perpetual order to avoid redeeming his word, or, in default offulfilling the conditions of Madrid, returning to captivity,the King and his advisers—Madame, Duprat, Montmor-ency, and so forth—decided that it was necessary to makea show of national sentiment in favour of his breakinghis engagements. Deputies from Burgundy had alreadydeclared that it was contrary to the coronation oath fora French King to ahenate any portion of the domain, andprotested against the transfer of their province to theEmperor. An Assembly was therefore summoned atParis (December, 1527). But it was not an Assemblyof the Three Estates—there was something too demo-cratic in the States General to suit the taste of theabsolute monarch—but an Assembly of Notables, as itwas called, consisting of Cardinals, Archbishops, Princesof the Blood, Grands Seigneurs, Gentlemen, and Presidentsof the Provincial Parliaments. Before this select audience. -^f^. J\isc7/-i/::. HENEI II. (1517-1559).From a painting in the Louvre. A VERSA AND LANDRIANO 209 the King recounted, with much eloquence and pathos, theevents of his reign, declared himself ready to return toMadrid if honour and his country required it, and ex-plained that much money was needed, whether for aransom for his sons or for a war with the Emperor. TheNotables assured him that he was absolved from an oathtaken under protest and compulsion, granted him theaid he sought, and thanked him for asking graciouslywhere it was within his power to demand. The war was resumed in Italy. After a successfulcampaign Lautrec laid siege to Naples. Venetian andGenoese fleets blockaded the port. The town was savedby the defection of Andrea Doria; Montmorency andDuprat foolishly insisted on fortifying Savona, and rais-ing it into a commercial rival to Genoa. The GenoeserepMed by throwing in their lot with the Emperor. TheFrench were obhged to raise the siege of Naples, and thearmy, r
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