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It advanced into France, and besieged St. Quentin. The French, under the Constable of Montmorençy, came to relieve the city, and were utterly defeated, the Constable himself being made prisoner. IT ADVANCED INTO FRANCE AND BESIEGED SAINT QUINTIN THE FRENCH UNDER THE CONSTABLE OF MONTMORENCY CAME TO RELIEVE THE CITY AND WERE UTTERLY DEFEATED THE CONSTABLE HIMSELF BEING MADE PRISONER
ts across the German border. He called himself Protector of the Liberties of the Germans, and leagued himself with them, seizing Metz, which the Duke of Guise bravely defended when the Emperor tried to retake it. This seizure of Metz was the first attempt of France to make conquests in Germany, and the beginning of a contest between the French and German peoples which has gone on to the present day. After the siege a five years' truce was made, during which Charles V. resigned his crowns. His brother had been already elected to the Empire, but his son Philip II. became King of Spain and Naples, and also inherited the Low Countries. The Pope, Paul IV., who was a Neapolitan, and hated the Spanish rule, incited Henry, a vain, weak man, to break the truce and send one army to Italy, under the Duke of Guise, while another attacked the frontier of the Netherlands. Philip, assisted by the forces of his wife, Mary I. of England, met this last attack with an army commanded by the Duke of Savoy. TS ACROSS THE GERMAN BORDER HE CALLED HIMSELF PROTECTOR OF THE LIBERTIES OF THE GERMANS AND LEAGUED HIMSELF WITH THEM SEIZING METS WHICH THE DUKE OF GEESE BRAVELY DEFENDED WHEN THE EMPEROR TRIED TO RETAKE IT THIS SEIZURE OF METS WAS THE FIRST ATTEMPT OF FRANCE TO MAKE CONQUESTS IN GERMANY AND THE BEGINNING OF A CONTEST BETWEEN THE FRENCH AND GERMAN PEOPLES WHICH HAS GONE ON TO THE PRESENT DAY AFTER THE SIEGE A FIVE YEARS TRUCE WAS MADE DURING WHICH CHARLES THE FIFTH RESIGNED HIS CROWNS HIS BROTHER HAD BEEN ALREADY ELECTED TO THE EMPIRE BUT HIS SON PHILIP THE SECOND BECAME KING OF SPAIN AND NAPLES AND ALSO INHERITED THE LOW COUNTRIES THE POPE PAUL THE FOURTH WHO WAS A NEAPOLITAN AND HATED THE SPANISH RULE INCITED HENRY A VAIN WEAK MAN TO BREAK THE TRUCE AND SEND ONE ARMY TO ITALY UNDER THE DUKE OF GIBS WHILE ANOTHER ATTACKED THE FRONTIER OF THE NETHERLANDS PHILIP ASSISTED BY THE FORCES OF HIS WIFE MARY THE FIRST OF ENGLAND MET THIS LAST ATTACK WITH AN ARMY COMMANDED BY THE DUKE OF SAVOY
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