ThebattleofPaviain1525,betweentheFrenchandtheSpanish,markedtheendofthesupremacyofthearmouredknightinthefaceofcannonandfirearms.DuringthebattlemanyheavilyarmouredFrenchknightsmetunpleasantendsatthehandsofSpanishfusiliers.LaTremoillewasparticularlyunfortunate.ASpaniardliftedtheironflapsguardinghisthighsandthrustinanarquebus,blowinghimtopiecesinsidehisarmour.Saint-Severin,themasteroftheFrenchking'shorseguards,hadthetopofhisheadseveredbyaswordblowbutremaninedfixedinhissaddle,whilehishorseracedmadlyabout.Hisbodywasriddledwithoverahundredshotsbutnothingcoulddislodgehim.ThesuperstitiousSpanishsoldierscrossedthemselvesinfearastheindestructibleFrenchmanrodeby.