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At the age of fifteen he was brought to the Court of Francis I. He served in the campaigns against Charles V., was present at the siege of Metz, and afterwards fought with great bravery in Flanders and in Italy. He was one of the tenants in the tournament in which Henry II. lost his life.
At the age of fifteen, Mme. de La Fayette lost her father; and her mother, after brief waiting, and if Cardinal de Retz is to be believed much intriguing, found a second husband in the Chevalier Renaud de Sévigné.
Stipulations for a peace were proposed; a truce of fifteen days was proclaimed, which was several times renewed; part of the troops were dismissed and the rest went into winter-quarters. However, before any definite arrangements could be made, Mary, Queen of England, died, and the meeting was dissolved.
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