equal energy, though he used a thicker veil to conceal his sentiments.
It was impossible for a man of his profound sagacity not to despise
the stubborn obstinacy which never resigned its purpose, however
fatal perseverance might prove, and the headlong impetuosity which
commenced its career without allowing a moment's consideration for
the obstacles to be encountered. Yet the King hated Charles even
more than he contemned him, and his scorn and hatred were the more
intense, that they were mingled with fear; for he know that the
onset of the mad bull, to whom he likened the Duke of Burgundy, must
ever be formidable, though the animal makes it with shut eyes. It
was not alone the wealth of the Burgundian provinces, the discipline
of the warlike inhabitants, and the mass of their crowded population,
which the King dreaded, for the personal qualities of their leader
had also much in them that was dangerous. The very soul of bravery,
which he pushed to the verge of rashness, and beyond it -- profuse in
expenditure -- splendid in his court, his person, and his retinue,
in all which he displayed the hereditary magnificence of the house
of Burgundy, Charles the Bold drew into his service almost all the
fiery spirits of the age whose tempers were congenial; and Louis
saw too clearly what might be attempted and executed by such a
train of resolute adventurers, following a leader of a character
as ungovernable as their own.

There was yet another circumstance which increased the animosity
of Louis towards his overgrown vassal; he owed him favours which
he never meant to repay, and was under the frequent necessity
of temporizing with him, and even of enduring bursts of petulant
insolence, injurious to the regal dignity, without being able to
treat him otherwise than as his "fair cousin of Burgundy."