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5. Louis's Home Government.  Louis's system of repression of the nobles went on all this time. His counsellors were of low birth (Oliver le Daim, his barber, was the man he most trusted), his habits frugal, his manners reserved and ironical; he was dreaded, hated, and distrusted, and he became constantly more bitter, suspicious, and merciless. FIVE LOUIS HOME GOVERNMENT LOUIS'STEM OF REPRESSION OF THE NOBLES WENT ON ALL THIS TIME HIS COUNSELLORS WERE OF LOW BIRTH OLIVER LEDEME HIS BARBER WAS THE MAN HE MOST TRUSTED HIS HABITS FRUGAL HIS MANNERS RESERVED AND IRONICAL HE WAS DREADED HATED AND DISTRUSTED AND HE BECAME CONSTANTLY MORE BITTER SUSPICIOUS AND MERCILESS
y the Swiss pikemen; but he pushed on the war. Nancy, the chief city of Lorraine, had risen against him, and he besieged it. On the night of the 5th of January, 1477, René led the Swiss to relieve the town by falling in early morning on the besiegers' camp. There was a terrible fight; the Burgundians were routed, and after long search the corpse of Duke Charles was found in a frozen pool, stripped, plundered, and covered with blood. He was the last of the male line of Burgundy, and its great possessions broke up with his death. His only child, Marie, did not inherit the French dukedom nor the county, though most of the fiefs in the Low Countries, which could descend to the female line, were her undisputed portion. Louis tried, by stirring up her subjects, to force her into a marriage with his son Charles; but she threw herself on the protection of the house of Austria, and marrying Maximilian, son of the Emperor Frederick III., carried her border lands to swell the power of his family. EN BY THE SWISS PIKEMEN BUT HE PUSHED ON THE WAR NARCI THE CHIEF CITY OF LOREN HAD RISEN AGAINST HIM AND HE BESIEGED IT ON THE NIGHT OF THE FIFTH OF JANUARY FOURTEEN SEVENTY SEVEN RENEE LED THE SWISS TO RELIEVE THE TOWN BY FALLING IN EARLY MORNING ON THE BESIEGERS CAMP THERE WAS A TERRIBLE FIGHT THE BURGUNDIANS WERE ROUTED AND AFTER LONG SEARCH THE CORPSE OF DUKE CHARLES WAS FOUND IN A FROZEN POOL STRIPPED PLUNDERED AND COVERED WITH BLOOD HE WAS THE LAST OF THE MALE LINE OF BURGUNDY AND ITS GREAT POSSESSIONS BROKE UP WITH HIS DEATH HIS ONLY CHILD MURRAY DID NOT INHERIT THE FRENCH DUKEDOM NOR THE COUNTRY THOUGH MOST OF THE THIEFS IN THE LOW COUNTRIES WHICH COULD DESCEND TO THE FEMALE LINE WERE HER UNDISPUTED PORTION LOUIS TRIED BY STIRRING UP HER SUBJECTS TO FORCE HER INTO HER MARRIAGE WITH HIS SON CHARLES BUT SHE THREW HERSELF ON THE PROTECTION OF THE HOUSE OF AUSTRIA AND MARRYING MAXIMILIAN SON OF THE EMPEROR FRIEDRICH THE THIRD CARRIED HER BORDERLANDS TO SWELL THE POWER OF HIS FAMILY
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