The Family
“As Sancia kicked and screamed, Jofre shouted his resistance.
“This is an outrage!” Jofre said to one of the young lieutenants. “Have you spoken to my father about this?” “It was the Holy Father himself who gave the order,” the soldier confessed.
Jofre rushed to the Pope’s quarters, where he found Alexander sitting at his desk in his study. “What is the meaning of this, Father?” he asked.
The Pope looked up and answered crossly. “I could say it was due to the looseness of your wife’s morals—for ...she is a spicy little clove—or your inability to help her keep her temper,” Alexander said. “But it is far less personal this time. I seem to be unable to impress upon the good king of Naples, who is aligned with Ferdinand of Spain, the importance of French interest in Naples. Louis has requested that I do something, and so to prove my allegiance I have.” “What has this to do with Sancia?” Jofre asked.MoreLess
“This is an outrage!” Jofre said to one of the young lieutenants. “Have you spoken to my father about this?” “It was the Holy Father himself who gave the order,” the soldier confessed.
Jofre rushed to the Pope’s quarters, where he found Alexander sitting at his desk in his study. “What is the meaning of this, Father?” he asked.
The Pope looked up and answered crossly. “I could say it was due to the looseness of your wife’s morals—for ...she is a spicy little clove—or your inability to help her keep her temper,” Alexander said. “But it is far less personal this time. I seem to be unable to impress upon the good king of Naples, who is aligned with Ferdinand of Spain, the importance of French interest in Naples. Louis has requested that I do something, and so to prove my allegiance I have.” “What has this to do with Sancia?” Jofre asked.MoreLess
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