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This was the only conquest the French retained when the final peace of Cateau Cambresis was made in the year 1558, for all else that had been taken on either side was then restored. THIS WAS THE ONLY CONQUEST THE FRENCH RETAINED WHEN THE FINAL PEACE OF GAETTO COMPRECI WAS MADE IN THE YEAR FIFTEEN FIFTY EIGHT FOR ALL ELSE THAT HAD BEEN TAKEN ON EITHER SIDE WAS THEN RESTORED
her 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. 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. His nephew, the Admiral de Coligny, held out St. Quentin to the last, and thus gave the country time to rally against the invader; and Guise was recalled in haste from Italy. He soon after surprised Calais, which was thus restored to the French, after having been held by the English for two hundred years. NS 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 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 HIS NEPHEW THE ADMIRAL DU COLINI HELD OUT SAINT QUINTIN TO THE LAST AND THUS GAVE THE COUNTRY TIME TO RALLY AGAINST THE INVADER AND GYZ WAS RECALLED IN HASTE FROM ITALY HE SOON AFTER SURPRISED GALLEY WHICH WAS THUS RESTORED TO THE FRENCH AFTER HAVING BEEN HELD BY THE ENGLISH FOR TWO HUNDRED YEARS
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