Chapter II: Book THE SEVENTH

CH. I.—How Duke René of Lorraine came into France to demand the
Duchy of Bar and the County of Provence, which King Charles had
in his Possession; and how he failed to obtain the Kingdom of
Naples, to which he laid Claim as well as the King; and what
Right each had thereto 93

CH. II.—How the Prince of Salerno, a Neapolitan by Birth, came
into France; and the Endeavours that were used by him and
Ludovic Sforza, surnamed the Moor, to persuade the King to make
War upon the King of Naples; and the Occasion of it 100

CH. III.—How the Duchy of Milan is one of the finest and most
valuable Territories in the World, if relieved from the heavy
Tribute which oppresses it 106

CH. IV.—How King Charles VIII. made Peace with the King of
the Romans and the Archduke of Austria; and returned the Lady
Margaret of Flanders to them before his Expedition to Naples 110

CH. V.—How the King sent to the Venetians, in order to induce
them to enter into an Alliance with him, before undertaking his
Expedition to Naples; and of the Preparations in order to it 119

CH. VI.—How King Charles set out from Vienne, in Dauphiny, to
conquer Naples in Person; and the Action that was performed by
his Fleet, under the Command of the Duke of Orleans 124

CH. VII.—How the King, being at Asti, resolved to go in Person
into the Kingdom of Naples, by the Persuasion and Advice of
Ludovic Sforza: how Philip de Commines was sent on an Embassy
to Venice: and of the Duke of Milan’s Death 129

CH. VIII.—How and by what Means the Lord Ludovic seized and
usurped the Lordship and Duchy of Milan, and was received by
the Milanese as their Sovereign 132

CH. IX.—How Peter de Medicis put Four of his strongest
Garrisons into the King’s Possession; and how the King restored
Pisa, which was one of them, to its ancient Liberty 134

CH. X.—How the King departed from Pisa to go to Florence; and
of the Flight and Destruction of Peter de Medicis 139

CH. XI.—How the King made his Entrance into Florence, and what
other Towns he passed through in his March to Rome 143

CH. XII.—How the King sent the Cardinal of St. Peter ad Vincula
(who was afterwards Pope by the name of Julius II.) to Ostia;
what the Pope did at Rome in the Meantime; and how the King
entered Rome, notwithstanding all the Endeavours of his Enemies
to the contrary; and of the Factions between the Ursini and the
Colonne in Rome 145

CH. XIII.—How King Alphonso caused his Son Ferrand to be
crowned King; his Flight into Sicily; and of the evil Life his
Father (old Ferrand) and he had led during their Reigns 149

CH. XIV.—How King Alphonso fled into Castile and did Penance 153

CH. XV.—How, after Ferrand the Younger was crowned King of
Naples, he encamped with his Forces at St. Germain, in order
to oppose King Charles; and of the Agreement King Charles made
with the Pope during his stay at Rome 157

CH. XVI.—How the King departed from Rome to Naples; of the
Transactions in that Kingdom in the Meantime; and an Account of
the Places the King of France passed through in his March 159

CH. XVII.—How King Charles was crowned King of Naples; the
Errors he committed in his Government of that Kingdom; and of
the Discovery of a Design in his Favour against the Turks by
the Venetians 163

CH. XVIII.—A Digression or Discourse, by no Means unconnected
with the main Subject, in which Philip de Commines, Author
of this present Book, speaks at some Length of the State and
Government of the Signory of Venice, and of what he saw, and
what was done, while he was Ambassador from the King of France
in the City of Venice 168

CH. XIX.—What were the Subjects of the Embassy of the Lord of
Argenton to the Republic of Venice 173

CH. XX.—How the Lord of Argenton was informed that the King
had gained Possession of Naples and the Places round about; at
which the Venetians were displeased 177