CHAPTER VI.
MAXIMILIAN I.
From 1500 to 1519.
Base Treachery of the Swiss Soldiers .-- Perfidy of Ferdinand of Arragon .-- Appeals by Superstition .-- Coalition with Spain .-- The League of Cambray .-- Infamy of the Pope .-- The King's Apology .-- Failure of the Plot .-- Germany Aroused .-- Confidence of Maximilian .-- Longings for the Pontifical Chair .-- Maximilian Bribed .-- Leo X .-- Dawning Prosperity .-- Matrimonial Projects .-- Commencement of the War of Reformation .-- Sickness of Maximilian .-- His Last Directions .-- His Death .-- The Standard by which his Character is to be Judged.

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