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The astrologer warns King
Louis XI against war with Burgundy. |
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Villon is crowned King of
Fools. |
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Villon rescues Charlotte
from Count Thibault and takes her to his mother's home. |
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Villon's mother assumes,
incorrectly, that Charlotte is Villon's fiancée. |
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The King's barber warns him
that the marriage of Count Thibault and Charlotte of Vauxcelle
will give the Duke of Burgundy "one foot in Paris." |
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Villon tells the superstitious
King, "My death is appointed 24 hours before your own." |
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"Charlotte of Vauxcelles
may not marry a man without lands and a great name." |
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Villon is tortured and suspended
in a small cage outside Charlotte's tower window. |
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The King comes to Villon's
rescue. |
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"Your pen has done more
for France than any sword," the King tells Villon. |
