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Title: Illustrated universal history: being a clear and concise history of all nations
Year: 1880 (1880s)
Authors: Clare, Israel Smith, 1847- (from old catalog)
Subjects: World history
Publisher: Philadelphia, P. W. Ziegler & co.
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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CHARLES V OF GERMANY. SIXTEENTH CENTURY. 2^>3 /ecoveiy of Milan; and in 1523, he sent another army into Italy for that purpose,but his undertaking failed, in a great measure, through the conduct of his wickedmother, Louisa of Savoy, whose injustice to the Constable de Bourbon made thatpowerful French nobleman the most bitter enemy of the French court, and causedann to enter into the service of the German Emperor against his own sovereign. French Retreat from Italy—Death of the Chevalier Bayard —The French■irniy which had been sent to attempt the recovery of Milan was also unsuccessful,ird was finally compelled to retreat across the Alps, pursued by the German inifciial army under the Constable de Bourbon. During this retreat, the ChevahejJayard, the Knight without fear and without reproach, who commanded theFrench rear, received a wound of which he shortly afterward died. Bourbons Invasion of France—Reconquest of Milan by Francis I.—In 1524, the imperial German forces und

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