All most the whole army, full of nobility and brave officers, either perished by the sword or were drowned in the river.

The few who escaped with their lives fell into the hands of the enemy.
The emperor received this news by Pennalosa, who passed through France by means of a safe-conduct granted him by the captive king.

The moderation which he displayed on this occasion, had it been sincere, would have done him honor.

Instead of rejoicing, he expressed sympathy with Francis's ill fortune, and discovered his sense of those calamities to which the greatest monarchs are exposed.[*] He refused the city of Madrid permission to make any public expressions of triumph; and said that he reserved all his exultation till he should he able to obtain some victory over the infidels.

He sent orders to his frontier garrisons to commit no hostilities upon France.
* Vera.Hist.de Carl.