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A02333 [A briefe collection or epitomie of all the notable and material things contained in the hystorie of Guicchiardine being verie necessarie for Parliament, councell, treatises, and negotiations.] Guicciardini, Francesco, 1483-1540. 1591 (1591) STC 12461; ESTC S118301 31,959 108

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Lewis the xii is promised to his sonne Hercules and after the Marques of Mantua entred into the same league The treatise of peace seemed vaine betweene the Emperour and the king for the Emperor sayd he could not trust the king that had once deceiued him The Kings ambassadors replied that for asmuch as he tooke himselfe to be deceyued the King might the lesse trust him In the ende the ambassadours of Fraunce and England denounced war agaynst him and many hot speeches breeding hot choler the Emperor chalenging the combat of the French king said he was a false forsworn king The French king on the other side gaue him the lie The king of England embraceth the religion of Luther and by the perswasion of the Cardinall of Yorke deuorceth his wife Katherin of Arragon Monsieur de Lautrech entreth the kingdome of Naples and Andro Dore being at the sould of the king with his gallies returneth to Geane diuerse places yeeld vnto Lautreck and by him Naples it selfe is besieged The xix Booke MOnsieur de Lautreck finding the value of the defendants of Naples to be great purposed to continue the siege hoping that though vertue fayled not yet want of money and victuall would make vertue yeeld to necessitie In the meane time Phillippin Dore with his gallies and Geneuois who were not able sea-men did sinke diuerse shippes Imperiall vpon the sea sleaing the viceroy Don Hugues di Moncada Fieramosque with diuers other to the number of a thousand taking prisoners the Marques of Guast Ascagnio Colōna the prince of Salerne and diues others This conquest of the sea would not make Naples yeeld for Phillippin Dore tooke such direction of Andro Dore to retire to Pozzouolo that Naples was oft vittailed the Venetian fleet after they had gotten Ottranto staied in hope to win the castell of Brundusium so that the defendants were encouraged and the assailants for lacke of water and other necessaries fainted and in the meane time Antonio de Leua perceyuing that Pauia was negligentlie kept assaulted it by night and tooke it and had the Captains prisoners before the souldiers were awares The Pope continued his newtrality betweene the two princes and so was neither trusted of the French king nor of the Emperour who the more suspected him for that he had sent Cardinall Campeius into England to diuorce his kinswoman Queene Katherin daughter of Aragon Now doth Andro Dore leaue the sould of the king and entreth sould with the emperor vpon conditions the french army before Naples is full of diseases Monsieur de Vaudemont almost dead Monsieur de Lautreck very sicke and shortly after dieth so that the Marques of Saluzzo is driuen to capitulate with the prince of Orange who is now viceroy Monsieur de S. Poll gained certaine townes in Lombardy for the French in the meane time Andro Dore taketh Geane for the emperials through the grosse negligence of the French king Monsieur de S. Poll marcheth on stil through Lombardy comming within xii miles of Pauia Antonio de Leua who had beene long sicke causeth himselfe to be caryed in a chayre and all his men to put on white shirtes and stealeth without noyse one night towardes the French within two miles of Ladriane vnawares setteth on Monsieur de S. Poll who albeit he fought valiantly trusting to his Lance-knights yet they ranne away and he remained prisoner with Castillon Claude Rangin and diuerse others to Antonio de Leua Now beginneth the Pope to treate a peace at Barcelone with the Emperour greatly to the Popes aduauntage both for that he should forget iniuries past be no hinderance to the Emperour who ment personally to make a voyage into Italy The like was treated betweene the French King and the Emperour at Cambray a place destinied to such great treatises being there present the two ladie Regents for the two princes the Ambassadours of the confederates and the duke of Suffolke and the Bishop of London for the King of England The French King being somewhat ashamed of this act for certaine dayes kept himselfe close and would not be seene of the ambassadours of his confederates in the ende he gaue them sweet wordes comforts and promises excusing himselfe that otherwise hee could not haue his children The Emperour after this commandeth the prince of Orange to assaile the Florentines and himselfe in royal person commeth to Geane where the princes of Italy do salute him by their Ambassadours The King and the Pope talked togither at Bolognia the pope entring first as the greater princes vse The Turke left off besieging Vienna the Emperour is inclined to capitulate with the Venetians and Francis Sforce to whom he restored the dukedome of Millaine and the Venetians to the Church that they held in Romagnia and to the Emperor that which they held in Puglia The xx Booke THese late leagues seemed nowe to establish peace each where sauing only to the poore Florentines who often had helped others to make their peace and now the peace of others drew them to a daungerous warre with the Emperour who now sent against them foure thousand Lanceknights and three thousande Spaniards and Italians vnder the prince of Orange which maketh Piscara and Prato yeeld of themselues to the Pope and the souldiours of France being well payd defended themselues valiantly In the meane time the Pope causeth the French king to send Monsieur de Cleremont to Florence to excuse himselfe for not comprehending them in the league vpon necessitie of recouering his children wishing them to take such conditions as they could get in so hard a case wherein himselfe would be a dealer for them The Emperour meaning to go to Rome to be crowned being letted with certaine importunate affaires of Germanie and chiefly to elect his brother Ferdinand king of Romanes was faine to be crowned at Bolognia Anno 1530 on his birth day of S. Matthias which was his fortunate day and there the Pope and the duke of Ferrara compromitted all their differences vnto him The Florentines being often skirmished withall and often battered though they valiantly defended after the death of the prince of Orange and departure af the Marques of Guast were yet for verie hunger and diuersitie of opinions driuen to offer to Gonsague the Captaine of the Imperials that Caesar himselfe and the Pope shoulde determine their conditions and gouernment their life and libertie saued Ferdinand is now chosen King of Romanes at a decree in Ausbourge and there is treatise agaynst the Lutherians of whom the great princes beganne to be afrayde and at the instant request of the Germaines the Emperour summoned the Pope to call a Councell the Pope vtterly misliked it as preiudiciall to his Court and abuses and yet dissembled it cunningly The French would neuer bee long quiet but the King turneth to his olde emulation of the greatnesse of the Emperour and perswadeth with the Pope and states of Italie to take heed of it To the states of Germanie he affirmeth that the Emperour ment to make it a Monarchie The King of England he pricketh forwarde in recounting vnto him how angrie the Emperour was for the diuorce of his mothers sister and last of all that which euill beseemed the most Christian King he stirreth vp the Turke who indeede was alreadie iealous of his greatnesse and hated him also in respect of his brother with whom he was at oddes for Hungarie The Emperour still calleth vpon the Councell he desireth now to renue the league of Bolognia and to comprehende in it all Italie making contribution for their common defence agaynst the French The Pope lyked not to be of any side remembring the daungers past so often as the sides were ouerthrowne but being of that calling he liked neutralitie better as the surest way The Emperour returneth into Spaine and the Pope and the French king talke at Marseilles of great matters vnder pretence of dealing against the Turke and the King of Englands diuorce To ratifie their matters Katherin of Medices the Popes neece was married to Henry the second sonne of Fraunce whome nowe the Pope woulde faine make duke of Millaine forthwith for he foreknewe as it seemed that he should shortly die in that he made his Ring and all other habiliaments and indeed died in whose place was chosen Alexander Farnese called Paule the third The duke of Wittemberg by ayde of the Lantgraue of Hesse and the French Kings money recouered the dukedome from Ferdinand and great troubles were toward but the matter was compounded without the French kings consent who in the meane time hoped to get Millaine At this time also Barbarossa Bascha generall by sea to Soliman passing to the conquest of Thunis scoured the riuers of Calabria and passed Caiette and put all Italie in such a feare as he might easily haue taken Rome if he had come forward FINIS