contracted a marriage with Anne of Brittany.

By the treaty of Etaples, on the 3rd of November, 1492, Henry VII
cancelled the alliance with the King of the Romans, and pledged himself
not to follow his conquests.

This cost Charles VIII 745,000 gold crowns and the expenses of the war
with England.

By the treaty of Barcelona, dated the 19th of January, 1493, Ferdinand
the Catholic and Isabella agreed never to grant aid to their cousin,
Ferdinand of Naples, and never to put obstacles in the way of the French
king in Italy.

This cost Charles VIII Perpignan, Roussillon, and the Cerdagne, which had
all been given to Louis XI as a hostage for the sum of 300,000 ducats by
John of Aragon; but at the time agreed upon, Louis XI would not give them
up for the money, for the old fox knew very well how important were these
doors to the Pyrenees, and proposed in case of war to keep them shut.

Lastly, by the treaty of Senlis, dated the 23rd of May, 1493, Maximilian
granted a gracious pardon to France for the insult her king had offered
him.

It cost Charles VIII the counties of Burgundy, Artois, Charalais, and the
seigniory of Noyers, which had come to him as Margaret's dowry, and also
the towns of Aire, Hesdin, and Bethune, which he promised to deliver up
to Philip of Austria on the day he came of age.

By dint of all these sacrifices the young king made peace with his