" (2)
1 See extract from the Registers of the Parliament of Paris
(Nov. 10, 1525) in Dulaure's _Histoire de Paris_, Paris,
1837, vol. iii. p. 209; and Lalanne's _Journal d'un
Bourgeois de Paris_, Paris, 1854, p. 234. The original of
the letter no longer exists, but the authenticity of the
text cannot be disputed, as all the more essential portions
are quoted in the collective reply of Margaret and Louise of
Savoy, which is still extant. See Champollion-Figeac's
Captivite de Francois Ier, pp. 129, 130.
2 Genin's _Nouvelles Lettres de la Peine de Navarre_,
Paris, 1842, p. 27.
Louise of Savoy was indeed now displaying courage and ability. News
shortly arrived that the King had been transferred to Madrid, and
that Charles demanded most onerous conditions for the release of his
prisoner. At this juncture Francis wrote to his mother that he was very
ill, and begged of her to come to him. Louise, however, felt that she
ought not to accede to this request, for it would be jeopardising
the monarchy to place the Regent as well as the King of France in
the Emperor's hands; accordingly she resolved that Margaret should go
instead of herself.
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