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68 68 ITALIAN WARS. PART limited nature/ He was enjoined, moreover, to '■ — take no step without the advice of his reverend coadjutor, and to inform the Spanish court at once, if different propositions were submitted from those contemplated by his instructions/^ Negotiates a Thus fortificd, thc archdukc Philip made his ap- treaty with *■ '■ Louis XII. pearance at the French court in Lyons, where he was received by Louis with the same lively expres- sions of regard as before. With these amiable dis- positions, the negotiations were not long in resulting in a definitive treaty, arranged to the mutual satis- faction of the parties, though in violation of the private instructions of the archduke. In the pro- gress of the discussions, Ferdinand, according to the Spanish historians, received advices from his envoy, the abate Boyl, that Philip was transcending his commission ; in consequence of which the king sent an express to France, urging his son-in-law to adhere to the strict letter of his instructions. Be- fore the messenger reached Lyons, however, the treaty was executed. Such is the Spanish account of this blind transaction.^^ llml°'^ The treaty, which was signed at Lyons, April 12 Zurita, Anales, torn. v. lib. 5, sec. 3. — Mariana, Hist de EspaHa, cap. 10. — Abarca, Reyes de Ara- torn. ii. pp. 690, 691. — Lanuza, gon, torn. ii. rey 30, cap. 13, sec. Historias, torn. i. cap. 16. 2. — Garibay, Compendio, torn. ii. Some of the French historians lib. 19, cap. 15. — D'Auton, Hist, speak of two agents besides Philip de Louys XII., part. l,chap. 32. employed in the negotiations. Fa~ 13 Zurita, Hist, del Rey Hernan- ther Boyl is the only one named by do, torn. i. lib. 5, cap. 23. — St. the Spanish writers, as regularly Gelais, Hist, de Louys XII., pp. commissioned for the purpose, al- 170, 171. — Claude de Seyssel, though it is not improbable that Histoire de Louys XII., (Paris, Gralla, the resident minister at 1615,) p. 108. — Abarca, Reyes de Louis's court, took part in the dis- Aragon, tom. ii. ley 30, cap. 13, cussions.