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