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| Keywords: Novara 1500.jpg Swiss mercenaries left to the French forces on the right in the standoff at Novara in 1500 The French army also had a strong contingent of Swiss mercenaries The Swiss soldiers on both sides refused to fight each other and finally the French king agreed to let Lodovico's Swiss troops retreat peacefully However the agreement did not cover Ludovico himself His Swiss mercenaries disguised him as one of their own and tried to smuggle him away with them but he was recognized and had to be turned over The Swiss later tried one of their own for having betrayed Ludovico for money Ludovico died 1508 in French custody Ennetbirgische Feldzüge Image from the Amtliche Luzerner Chronik of Diebold Schilling the Younger <br/><br/>This reproduction was scanned from Meyer F Schweizergeschichte von der Bundesgründung bis Marignano Lehrmittelverlag des Kantons Thurgau Frauenfeld 1976 No ISBN 1513 Diebold Schilling the Younger PD-old-100 Luzerner Schilling History of Milan 1500 Wars of Switzerland Medieval miniatures of historical events 1500 events Novara in art Coats of arms of the House of Sforza Ludovico Sforza History of Novara Halberdiers Swiss soldiers in foreign service Renaissance warfare 1513 in art | ||||
