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A01095	The generall historie of the magnificent state of Venice From the first foundation thereof vntill this present. Collected by Thomas de Fougasses, gentleman of Auignon, out of all authors, both ancient and moderne, that haue written of that subiect. Englished by VV. Shute. Gent.; Histoire générale de Venise. English	Fougasses, Thomas de.; Shute, W.	1612 (1612)	STC 11207; ESTC S121332	1,523,870	1,124

attempted in vaine to take Monfalcone but he gaue a furious assault on the towne and castle of Cadora where he committed great slaughter on those that were within it The Venetians in the meane time tooke the towne of Valdesera by force and Bellona by composition The Emperour perceiuing that his forces were not worthy the name of Imperiall propounded to the confederates the vniting of all their forces in one to assaile the city of Venice and to that intent to vse the helpe of the sea armies and Galleis of the French King and the Pope The French King would willingly haue consented therevnto if he had seene any likelihood of the matter But the Pope and the Catholike King gainesaid it as a thing most vniust and dishonorable The Duke of Brunswicke on the other side being sent by the Emperor could not take Vdina the Capitall city of Friul nor Ciuital-D'Austria which he likewise beseeged Christoforo Frangipane did the like in Histria where nere to the village of Verme he defeated the Venetian officers and did greatly burne and spoile the whole country During these temporall accidents of armes in diuers places they disputed at Rome on spirituall armes whither before the recouery of Padua the sixe Ambassadors from the Senate were arriued namely Dominico Treuisan Leonardo Moceniga Paulo Pisani Ieronimo Donato Paulo Capello and Lodouico Maripietro who entring by night in poore and wretched habite because the Pope would haue it so who did not see them they went to the pallace of the Cardinall of Naples to conferre with him and the other Commissioners Great were the practises of the Ambassadors of the Emperour French King and the King of Spaine to hinder them from obtayning absolution and on the contrary the Archbishop of Yorke solicited for them in the behalfe of Henry King of England The Emperor in the meane time hauing assembled all the forces he was able to make as well of his owne as of others that assisted him determined with a mighty army to goe and beseege Padua The Venetians weighing how much the preseruation of that city did import them did not forget to furnish it with all necessaries for defence Wherevnto Prince Loredan did greatly incite them in an Oration full of mighty perswasions by whose counsell two hundred young Gentlemen departed from Venice to goe to the releefe of that city where they were receiued with incredible ioy of al men They receiued letters at Venice at the same time from Andre Foscole Ambassador at Constantinople for the Common-wealth neere to the great Turke whereby he assured the Senate that the Turke was mightily dipleased when he vnderstood of the defeate of their army at Gyradade and for that they had not acquainted him with their enterprizes and requested his aide and that now he freely offered them all aide and fauour it being his pleasure that Prince Loredan should bee speedily aduertized of this offer The Senate by their Ambassador did highly thanke him but would not accept the offer because it was neither seemely nor proffitable But to returne to the Emperours preparations who whilest he tarried for forces which came to him from all parts he came to the bridge of Brente three miles of from Padua where hauing taken Rimini by force and turned aside the current of the water he marched towards the Pollesin of Rouigo keeping aloofe off from Padua to open the passage to his victuals staying for his Artillery which was to come forth of Germany and tooke the village of Este by assault which he sack't and next he tooke Monselecia the castle with the town of Montagnane by composition From thence returning towards Padua he encamped nere to the bridge of Bassonella nere to the city where he attempted but in vaine to turne backe the course of the Riuer Brento To this place came the artillery and the munition which he expected with the residue of his army wherewith he went forward and encamped nere to the Suburbes of Saint Crosse determining to giue an assault in that place but when he vnderstood that it was the strongest part of the city he changed his purpose and remooued towards the little Gate on the way to Venice as well for that it was the weakest part of the city as also to cut off supplies that might come thither by land or water wherein hauing spent much time vnproffitably and giuen leisure to the enemies to fortifie and furnish themselues with victuals He approched neere to the wals with his army which besides the French Kings seuen hundred Launces vnder the command of the Lord de la Palisse consisted of one thousand Italian men at armes eighteene thousand Lansquenets sixe thousand Spaniards six thousand boot-halers of sundry nations two thousand Italian●… After these followed a great traine of all sorts of peeces of battery with wonderfull store of munition so as neuer any seege in Italy was of the like expectation as well for the importance of the place whereon depended the good or bad successe of the Venetians as in regard of the greatnesse and authority of such a leader which caused the number of the army daily to encrease al-be-it the souldiers were not paied who fed themselues neuerthelesse with hope of the Cities spoile On the other side the army which the Venetians had in Padua for the defence thereof was little inferior to the Emperors For there were sixe hundred men at armes fifteene hundred light horse fifteene hundred famous and well experienced Stradiots and besides the Cauallery there was twelue thousand footmen of the best souldiers of Italy and tenne thousand other footmen as well Sclauonians as Greeks and Albanezes drawne from their Galleis and besides all these all the Venetian young Gallants were there with their followers whose example did much encourage the rest Moreouer it did not want great aboundance of all necessary prouisions nor great store of artillery with a merueilous quantity of all kinde of victuals and a multitude almost numberlesse of peasants who without intermission laboured in the Cities fortifications so as within a short space it was fortified with bastions ram piers casemates parapets and necessary trenches And to the end that the courage of al those within it might be answerable to those preparations the Count Petillan who was General caused them all to be assembled in Saint Anthonies market-place where hauing encouraged them by graue valorous speeches he first bound himselfe by sollemne oth and then the captaines the whole army and the townesmen in like manner faithfully to employ themselues in the defence thereof euen to the death In the meane time the Pope the Emperor and the French King did earnestly solicite the King of Hungary to make warre on the Venetians telling him how easily he might recouer all the lands which they held in Histria and Selauonia now when as they had in a manner lost all their forces and were assailed on euery

the confederats But the losse of the victorious was greater without comparison by reason of the death of the Generall of ●…s of Alegre ●…ters French Gentlemen and Almaine Captaines to whose valour the victory was partly ascribed The victors beeing returned to their Campe those of the Citty sent word that they would yeeld but whilest they c●…pitulated the Lan●…equentes Gascons perceiuing the walls to be carelessely kept did enter it at the breach which was made before the bataile and ●…ade cruell spoyle for despight of the losse which they had sustayned in the battaile but they could not take the Castle whether Marke Antony C●…llonna was ●…tyled which hee afterward yeelded vpon condition ●…o haue their goods and liues saued The Venetians hauing newes of this losse sent word to 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 whome they kept in pay with a thousand foote in Flamin●… to gard and defend the lands of the Church The Vi●…y neuer ●…aid till hee came to A●…coha where hee vsed meanes to renew his army promis●…g to him selfe that beeing ioyned with the Swisses hee would easily driue the French forth of ●…taly so as euery one would employ him-selfe in that busienesse The Venet●…ns beeing aduertised of his inten●… sent to comfort him for his losse and to offer him al ayde and releefe by Anto●… 〈◊〉 who brought him a good summe of mony from the Senate the li●…e also did King 〈◊〉 A●…ssador which lay at Venice The French Army being daunted with the death of their Generall remained within 4. miles of Rauenna attempting nothing expecting the kings pleasure In the meane space newes being brought to Rone of the losse of the battaile all the Cardinalls came forth-with to the Pope earnestly entreating him to accept of peace with the French King the which they assured him hee might obtaine on honest conditions they seeing no other remedy for all these daungers but peace onely The Ambassadors of the King of Arragon and the Signury of Venice insisted on the contrary giuing him to vnderstand that matters were not so desperate nor the army so much decayed but that it might easily bee restored in short space without any greate expence with many other very pertinent reasons to induce the Pope to their opinion But he continewed in very great doubt for on the one side hatred and disdaine against the French did possesse him and on the other feare and danger Wherevpon hee answered the Cardinalls that he would make peace with the French King and yet it was not with that resolution which might giue any certaine hope and last of all when as Iulius of Medicis a Knight of Malta who was after-wards pope came to him from the Cardinall of Medicis and had fully informed him how greatly the French were weakened by their Generalls death and of diuers other particularities of the French army which did much recomfort him And bringing him into the Consistory he caused him to rehearse the selfe same things to the Cardinalls who neuerthelesse did perseuer in their desire of peace the which though in words hee made shew to please them to accept of hee had neuerthelesse resolued not to graunt but vpon the last extremity and rather to leaue Rome hoping that his cause would bee maintayned by the armes of Christian Princes But so soone as hee vnderstood that the Lord of La Palisse who commanded the French army after the death of Gaston of Foix was called into the Dutchy of Milan by the Generall of Normandy for feare of the Swisses comming and that he was with the army departed out of Ro●…gina he found him-selfe freed of the doubt and feare which hee was in concerning the affaires of Rome whereby hee was more then before confirmed in his obstinacy albeit the Legate of the councell ●…arried still in Romagnia with three hundred lances three hundred light horse six thousand foote and eight peeces of ordnance Now the Pope beeing greatly confirmed by that which hath beene already said and by the great hopes which the King of Arragon gaue him so soone as bee had intelligence of the losse of the battaile of Rauenna promising to send him Gonsaluo the great Captaine into Italy with new supplies and likewise by the commission which the King of England had sent to the Cardinall of Yorke to enter into the league hee did openly reiect peace and pronounced in open Consistory a Monitory against the French King if hee did not release the Cardinall of Medicis whome hee kept prisoner in Milan where hee was honorably vsed The Swisses in the meane time who stood badly affected to the French King and did wonderfully hate him beeing assembled at Coire a city of the Grisons there antient confederats marched from thence to Trent the Emperour to collour the matter with the King saying that hee could not stoppe their passage in regard of the antient confederacy which he had with them From Trent they came vpon the Verona Territory where the Venetians army expected them who together with the Pope did contribute for their pay They were in number more then sixe thousand though no more were demaunded For the hatred which they did heare to the French King was so greate as contrary to their custome they did p●…tiently endure al difficulties and namely they ca●… from home hauing receiued only one florin of Ryne a peece wheras in time before they would not march for the Kings seruice vnlesse they had beene promised many paies and their Captains presented with sondry guifts La Palisse comming first of all with the Army to Pontoglio to stop their passage thinking that they would come that way into Italy perceiuing afterward their meaning to be otherwise came and incamped at Chastillon of the stirrop not being assured whether they would come downe into the Dutchy of Millan or els march towards Ferrara It was certainely thought that they would haue held on the way towards Ferrara according to the Popes directions had not a letter which the Lord of La Palisse sent to the General of Normandy been in●…ercepted by mishap the which fell into the hands of the Venetian Stradiots by which he sent him word how his affaires stood and that it would be a hard matter to resist them if they should turne towards the Dutchy of Millan This letter made them change their determination and caused the Cardinall of Syon the chiefe motiue of this warre with the Captaines to resolue to enterprise that which their enemies most feared as was perceiued by that letter Therefore they came to Villafranca to ioyne with the Venetian army vnder the command of Iohn Paul Bailon which was of foure hundred men at armes eight hundred light horse and sixe thousand foote with peeces of Ordnance as well for battery as for the field La Palisse who in all had not aboue seauen thousand foote and a thousand lances did with the Captaines determine wholy to forsake the field and to looke to the defence of the townes