liberality

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"He was as great," says Brantôme, "in his lineage and his enormous wealth as in his valor and illustrious deeds, so that in his time men spoke only of the Vidame of Chartres; and if the people celebrated his prowess, they did not forget his magnificence and liberality." In Francis I.'s Italian campaign he furnished at his own cost a splendid company of a hundred noblemen.

Madame de (Marie-Madeleine Pioche de La Vergne) La Fayette - La Princesse De Clèves par Mme de La Fayette : Edited with Introduction and Notes