This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1868 edition. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER X. WAR IN THE JURA; BLAMONT CAMPAIGN. -- SWISS CONQUEST OF THE PAYS DE VAUD. -- CHARLES CROSSES THE JURA. 14 75. We come back to Switzerland -- that land to which the feet so gladly turn, where the heart once naturalized abides forever. But it is not of you, 0 Mountains, O Lakes, O Beauty in ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1868 edition. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER X. WAR IN THE JURA; BLAMONT CAMPAIGN. -- SWISS CONQUEST OF THE PAYS DE VAUD. -- CHARLES CROSSES THE JURA. 14 75. We come back to Switzerland -- that land to which the feet so gladly turn, where the heart once naturalized abides forever. But it is not of you, 0 Mountains, O Lakes, O Beauty in which are the images of all beauty, thotigh in your presence and beneath your spell human contentions are hushed or forgotten, -- it is of them, not of you, that we must speak! When the French king, as related in a previous chapter, had found himself compelled, despite his pacific inclinations, to engage personally in the war, he had not forgotten to give notice to his Swiss auxiliaries, requiring them to follow his example and share his dangers. Seeing that they were now actually involved in hostilities, it behooved them to act with all possible vigor. If the enemy, breaking loose from Neuss, should turn his arms against France, Louis earnestly entreated that the Swiss, whom he esteemed as the bravest of Christians, would come to help in the defence. Should the attack, on the other hand, be directed against Lorraine, he invited his allies to provide for its security; since he had taken the duke of Lorraine under his protection, and should consider any assistance given to that prince as a service rendered to himself . Whatever might be the scene of the conflict, he would march thither in person, ready to stake fortune and life, being firmly resolved to live and die with the Confederates, whom he regarded as his dearest friends, the most loved, the most cherished, in the whole world.1 It appeared from all this, and from much more to the same effect,2 that Louis entertained so high an opinion of the Swiss as to be perfectly willing to put them..
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