Volume I.(of III) 1555-66 by John Lothrop Motley]@TWC D-Link book Volume I.(of III) 1555-66 77/165 Maximilian signs and swears to the treaty on the 16th May, 1488. He swears, also, to dismiss all foreign troops within four days. Giving hostages for his fidelity, he is set at liberty. What are oaths and hostages when prerogative, and the people are contending? The oaths are broken, the hostages left to their fate. |