In the same month a nuncio started from Rome to mediate peace between Henry and Louis;[165] but, before his arrival, informal advances had probably been made through the Duc de Longueville, a prisoner in England since the Battle of Spurs.[166] In January Louis' wife, Anne of Brittany, had died.

Louis was fifty-two years old, worn out and decrepit; but at least half a dozen brides were proposed for his hand.
In March it was rumoured in Rome that he would choose Henry's sister Mary, the rejected of Charles.[167] But Henry waited till May had passed, and Maximilian had proclaimed to the world his breach of promise.

Negotiations for the alliance and marriage with Louis then proceeded apace.

Treaties for both were signed in August.

Tournay remained in Henry's hands, Louis increased the pensions paid by France to England since the Treaty of Etaples, and both kings (p.