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Nice was burnt; but the citadel held out, and as Henry VIII. had allied himself with the Emperor, and had taken Boulogne, Francis made a final peace at Crespy in 1545. NICE WAS BURNT BUT THE CITADEL HELD OUT AND AS HENRY THE EIGHTH HAD ALLIED HIMSELF WITH THE EMPEROR AND HAD TAKEN BOULOGNE FRANCIS MADE A FINAL PEACE AT CRISPI IN FIFT
tion of the country before him by Montmorençy, afterwards Constable of France. Francis, by loud complaints, and by talking much of his honour, contrived to make the world fancy him the injured man, while he was really breaking oaths in a shameless manner. At last, in 1537, the king and Emperor met at Aigues Mortes, and came to terms. Francis married, as his second wife, Charles's sister Eleanor, and in 1540, when Charles was in haste to quell a revolt in the Low Countries, he asked a safe conduct through France, and was splendidly entertained at Paris. Yet so low was the honour of the French, that Francis scarcely withstood the temptation of extorting the duchy of Milan from him when in his power, and gave so many broad hints that Charles was glad to be past the frontier. The war was soon renewed. Francis set up a claim to Savoy, as the key of Italy, allied himself with the Turks and Moors, and slaves taken by them on the coasts of Italy and Spain were actually brought into Marseilles. DEVASTATION OF THE COUNTRY BEFORE HIM BY MONTMORENCY AFTERWARDS CONSTABLE OF FRANCE FRANCIS BY LOUD COMPLAINTS AND BY TALKING MUCH OF HIS HONOR CONTRIVED TO MAKE THE WORLD FANCY HIM THE INJURED MAN WHILE HE WAS REALLY BREAKING OATHS IN A SHAMELESS MANNER AT LAST IN FIFTEEN THIRTY SEVEN THE KING AND EMPEROR MET AT EGMOTTE AND CAME TO TERMS FRANCIS MARRIED AS HIS SECOND WIFE CHARLES'S SISTER ELEANOR AND IN FIFTEEN FORTY WHEN CHARLES WAS IN HASTE TO QUELL A REVOLT IN THE LOW COUNTRIES HE ASKED A SAFE CONDUCT THROUGH FRANCE AND WAS SPLENDIDLY ENTERTAINED AT PARIS YET SO LOW WAS THE HONOR OF THE FRENCH THAT FRANCIS SCARCELY WITHSTOOD THE TEMPTATION OF EXTORTING THE DUCHY OF MILAN FROM HIM WHEN IN HIS POWER AND GAVE SO MANY BROAD HINTS THAT CHARLES WAS GLAD TO BE PASSED THE FRONTIER THE WAR WAS SOON RENEWED FRANCIS SET UP A CLAIM TO SAVOY AS THE KEY OF ITALY ALLIED HIMSELF WITH THE TURKS AND MOORS AND SLAVES TAKEN BY THEM ON THE COASTS OF ITALY AND SPAIN WERE ACTUALLY BROUGHT INTO MARSEILLES
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