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| | WHKMLA : Sacco di Roma, 1527 |
 | | Francis had been taken prisoner in the Battle of Pavia, and had signed the Treaty of Madrid 1526, which supposedly ended the conflict. |
 | | Francis I., freshly released, showed no intention to honour his obligations, and instread joined the LEAGUE OF COGNAC (1526), together with Pope Clement VII. |
 | | League of Cognac, 1526, p.52, The Sack of Rome, p.55, Results of, and Responsibility for, the Sack of Rome, p.56, from Habsburg and Valois, by Stanley Leathes |
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