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 livest a Traytor to thy King and Country. As for the King he was led prisoner into Spain, where he was kept at Madrid till he payd his ransom. Hence the Spaniards brag, that they had once a French King Prisoner, and the French had never any King of Spain prisoner: but the French answer, that their King had not been prisoner had he fought as the Kings of Spayn do of late, that is, by Proxie, and not in person. However this Francis the first deserved better fortune, being a Prince of great courage and honour, and a great lover of his Souldiers: For not long before, he had beaten the Swissers in the battle of San Donato, where his Souldiers fought for him with singular courage and zeal. And he had deserved it all: For he was so good to his Souldiers in that expedition, that he would ride up and down the Camp in the night to visit the wounded Souldiers. and help them to all necessaries; commanding even His own sheets to be cut in pieces to bind up their wounds.