[Sidenote: February 24, 1525] Francis fought in person and was taken prisoner.
"Of all things nothing is left me but honor and life," he wrote his mother.
Francis hoped that he would be freed on the payment of ransom according to the best models of chivalry.

He found, however, when he was removed to {186} Madrid in May, that his captor intended to exact the last farthing of diplomatic concession.

Discontent in France and the ennui and illness of the king finally forced him to sign a most disadvantageous treaty, [Sidenote: January 14, 1526] renouncing the lands of Burgundy, Naples and Milan, and ceding lands to Henry VIII.
The king swore to the document, pledged his knightly honor, and as additional securities married Eleanor the sister of Charles and left two of his sons as hostages.
Even when he signed it, however, he had no intention of executing the provisions of the treaty which, he secretly protested, had been wrung from him by force.

The deputies of Burgundy refused to recognize the right of France to alienate them.

Henry VIII at once made an alliance against the "tyranny and pride" of the emperor.