D'Auvergne, Edmund B. (Edmund Basil) · London, T.W. Laurie · leaf 128
leased when his host insisted on his sharing his bed,for his better security. De Guise, who had fled fromFrance to save his head, got himself chosen protectorand captain-general of the republic of Naples, andhoped to assert certain remote claims of his family tothe throne. He was captured by the… … THE CASTLES OF NAPLES 97 peared at the window in a nightcap and parleyedwith them. He capitulated on condition that his lifewas spared, but being accused of reviving the con-spiracy was hanged, six months later, on the spot whereConradin suffered. The new viceroy, recognising the importance of…
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