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6. Wars of Francis and Charles.  All the rest of the king's life was an attempt to elude or break these conditions, against which he had protested in his prison, but when there was no Spaniard present to hear him do so. SIX WARS OF FRANCIS AND CHARLES ALL THE REST OF THE KING'S LIFE WAS AN ATTEMPT TO ELUDE OR BREAK THESE CONDITIONS AGAINST WHICH HE HAD PROTESTED IN HIS PRISON BUT WHEN THERE WAS NO SPANIARD PRESENT TO HEAR HIM DO SO
nd deserted to the Spaniards, offering to assist them and the English in dividing France, while he reserved for himself Provence. His desertion hindered Francis from sending support to the troops in Milan, who were forced to retreat. Bayard was shot in the spine while defending the rear-guard, and was left to die under a tree. The utmost honour was shown him by the Spaniards; but when Bourbon came near him, he bade him take pity, not on one who was dying as a true soldier, but on himself as a traitor to king and country. When the French, in 1525, invaded Lombardy, Francis suffered a terrible defeat at Pavia, and was carried a prisoner to Madrid, where he remained for a year, and was only set free on making a treaty by which he was to give up all claims in Italy both to Naples and Milan, also the county of Burgundy and the suzerainty of those Flemish counties which had been fiefs of the French crown, as well as to surrender his two sons as hostages for the performance of the conditions. OTHER AND DESERTED TO THE SPANIARDS OFFERING TO ASSIST THEM AND THE ENGLISH IN DIVIDING FRANCE WHILE HE RESERVED FOR HIMSELF PROVENCE HIS DESERTION HINDERED FRANCIS FROM SENDING SUPPORT TO THE TROOPS IN MILAN WHO WERE FORCED TO RETREAT BAYARD WAS SHOT IN THE SPINE WHILE DEFENDING THE REAR GUARD AND WAS LEFT TO DIE UNDER A TREE THE UTMOST HONOR WAS SHOWN HIM BY THE SPANIARDS BUT WHEN BOURBON CAME NEAR HIM HE BADE HIM TAKE PITY NOT ON ONE WHO WAS DYING AS A TRUE SOLDIER BUT ON HIMSELF AS A TRAITOR TO KING AND COUNTRY WHEN THE FRENCH IN FIFTEEN TWENTY FIVE INVADED LOMBARDY FRANCIS SUFFERED A TERRIBLE DEFEAT AT PAVIA AND WAS CARRIED A PRISONER TO MADRID WHERE HE REMAINED FOR A YEAR AND WAS ONLY SET FREE ON MAKING A TREATY BY WHICH HE WAS TO GIVE UP ALL CLAIMS IN ITALY BOTH TO NAPLES AND MILAN ALSO THE COUNTY OF BURGUNDY AND THE SUCERANTI OF THOSE FLEMISH COUNTIES WHICH HAD BEEN THIEFS OF THE FRENCH CROWN AS WELL AS TO SURRENDER HIS TWO SONS AS HOSTAGES FOR THE PERFORMANCE OF THE CONDITIONS
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