for the greatnesse and antiquitie thereof That therefore such as are ignorant of antiquitie may not erre in the knowledge of her name it is the same Creta which the vulgar at this day call Candie by the name of a Citie as I thinke which is of late so called therein Dosiades thinks that it was called Creta by the Daughter of Hesperides And Anaximander saith by King Curetus Philistides and Crates say that it was first called Acria and after Cureta from whence we may easily gather that her name was in the future deriued Eudoxus to speake somewhat of her situation thought it to be sâ—…ated in the Aegean Sea But the most curious Authors saie that it is enuironed with diuers namely the Aegean Cretan Libian Aegyptian and Carpathian Seas Apollodorus saith that it is in length two thousand and three hundred stadij Artemiâ—…orus setteth downe foure thousand and one hundred extending from the East to the West where her out-stretched proportion is longest Some account but two thousand and her breadh to be much lesse Plinie thinckes that no part thereof doth exceed fiftie thousand paces in breadth two hundred threescore and tenne thousand in length and fiue hundred fourescore and ten thousand in compasse Her territorie besides is verie closely compacted full of mountaines and verie fertile vallies The hilles towards the West are of a meruailous heigth not giuing place any iotte to mount Taygetus in Laconia In the middest thereof where the hills seeme highest mount Ida is to be seene so much celebrated in the fabulous Poets Ephorus writes That the most ancient inhabitants of the Island were first instructed by Radamanthus to build Cities and to lead a more ciuill life and afterwards by Minos his successor strictly to obserue Iustice hauing established lawes and ordinances for the same purpose The same Author and Plato likewise did thinke That this people and the best-mannerd of Greece especially the Lacedemonians haue beene followers and obseruers of these lawes But as Strabo saith all things being altered from bad to worse this holie kind of life vanished and mens manners being wholy depraued it was first troubled by Pyrates and soone after being inuaded by the Romanes and subiected to their dominion it was for a time vnder their protection in peace and quietnesse At length that Empire beginning to decline after Constantine had translated the Imperiall seate to Constantinople afterwards vpon the diuision of that one entire Empire into twaine hauing two Emperours one for the affaires of Greece and the other of Italie this Island was euer reputed as a part of the Greeke Empire In this passage of time it was not onely molested by the Barbarians but at sundrie times greatly afflicted And notwithstanding all oppositions after the Empire of Myrtillus which lasted not long it was taken from the Greekes and ioyned to the Venetians dominion But such is the disposition of this Nation and their desire of noueltie so great as the Venetians a long time had much trouble to containe them vnder their obedience Whereupon I will here beginne to speake of their turbulent commotions Enuie which euer waites on prosperitie so soone as the Venetians possessed Candie did incite the Genoueses repining at their greatnesse to imploie all their forces which at that time were great and mightie and by some meanes or other to snatch it from them For the Island was as yet scarcely fortified with Garrisons when they attempted by some of their Nation with armed Gallies for the purpose to conquere it but afterwards with greater force when they vnderstood what was befallen to Vetrano their countrie-man whom the Venetians had put to a shamefull death wherewith being througly vexed this aemulation was conuerted into open hatred and they assayed by all meanes to winne the Candiots to rebellion Which they being readie to put in practise Count Mailloc tooke armes to trouble the affaires of the Island This man beeing couragious and sodaine in his attempts presuming on his assurance of the Genoueses forces did in a short space reduce the whole Island in a manner vnder his obedience The Venetians who from the beginning were resolued to keepe that Island by all meanes whatsoeuer did set forth a great Fleete And in the meane time diuers were of opinion after it should be recouered to dismantle all the Cities Castles and townes that were strong either by nature or arte alleadging diuers reasons for the confirmation of their saying But Rayniero Dandulo who was a man sodaine and verie rich did presently offer to keepe whatsoeuer should be recouered at his owne costs At which offer of his all the assistants blushed so as no man afterward durst speake of razing of Cities fearing thereby they should seeme vnable to keepe the Island vnder their subiection The Armie being readie departed vnder the command of the same Rainiero according to some Annalists who had more mercenarie Souldiours out of Lombardie than of their owne allies and confederates At his arriuall in the Island the Metropolitane Citie of Candace which at this day is the best for Marchants traficke of the whole Island was forth with recouered and after all the other townes and Castles Count Mailloc being brought to verie meane tearmes in a Fort and being enforced to yeeld vpon composition departed out of the Island The Candiots were alreadie brought to a reasonable good passe when as certain seditious Greekes did by their commotions interrupt the peace of the Island Rayniero speedily opposing himselfe against these combustions was slaine with an arrow shotte through his body who being carried to Candace was buried in Saint Georges Church His death being reported at Venice Giacomo Longo and Leonardo Nauigaioso were sent with speed to guard the Island and with them Giacomo Tepulo for the Islands Gouernour And in another place Raphaeli Zeno sailed towards Morea to the reliefe of Coron and Modon Giacomo Longo meeting by the way not farre from Candie three Shippes of Genoa suncke them and gaue chase to diuers others Moreouer seeing in regard of the leuitie and inconstancie of the Greekes there was no likelihood of abilitie to quiet the state of the Island without a great standing Garrison they resolued to send a Colonie thither namely horse-men of the order of Senators and foot-men of the common sort of people Vnto whom being scattered here and there in Candace and other places of the Island were great inheritances giuen to some for terme of life and to others in perpetuitie Howbeit some Authors affirme That the Colonie was sent thither presently vpon the Islands recouerie as hath beene alreadie spoken in the precedent booke Soone after the arriuall of the Colonie the Hagiostephani who for Nobilitie and riches were the chiefe of the Island being desirous of noueltie did reuolt from the Venetians and seized on Mirabeau and Sethia Giouanni Tepâ—…lo to appease these stirres called Marco Sanuto to his aide from the neighbour-Islands promising
such sort lessened his greatnesse by many ouerthrowes one after an other as hee hath beene of late enforced to send to your Campe and humbly to sue for peace whereof he hath made me Iudge and Authour Your Armie is safe and in good estate wee haue recouered the Townes which hee tooke from you which are vnder the commaund of your Prouidator Besides I bring you peace if you thinke it worthie of you and such as being receiued may profit the Common-wealth Receiue it if ye so please with as good a will as it is offered But if yee thinke it more expedient still to continue the warre seeing it lieth in you to embrace which of the two yee shall best like of command what you will haue to be done As for my selfe I will endeuour if fortune answerâ—… my desire to finish this war to your contentment with as great loialtie and constancie as I haue vndertaken it and by Gods helpe to continue it to the end Sforza's arriuall was very pleasing much more his sweet and gratious speech but peace most of all For they could not haue wished for one more iust and aduantagious Therefore they highly thanked him for that by the selfe-same valour and loyaltie as hee had begunne that long and tedious warre he had brought it to the desired end And concerning peace they answered him That the Venetians were pleased with it and would hold that for firme which he had made with the enemie Hee had leaue then when he pleased to depart and to dispose they praying God that it might be to the profit and honour of the Republike and his owne of the publike businesse as hee should thinke fit For they were assured that he could doe nothing but that which would be profitable and honourable for the Common-wealth In this manner he went forth of the Senate reioicing as much for that peace as for a victorie and so returned to the Campe. From whence sending the Armie to Garrisons he stayed at Capriana to giue audience to Ambassadours who he knew would come thither to him from all parts of Italie There came to him at the same time the Patriarke Lodouico Nuncio to Pope Eugenius who taking his leaue of him to returne to Rome Blondus of Furli the Historian remained with Sforza Nerius Câ—…pare and Angelo Acciarole were sent from the Florentines Francisco Barbadico and Paulo Troni from the Venetians to the end that if neede were some might be there to defend the Venetians cause Nicholao Arcimboldi and Franchino Castellone were sent by Philip from Milan diuers others came thither as Ambassadours from other Princes and Common-wealths Philip according to his promise at the beginning hauing called backe his daughter from Ferrara did send her with a gallant Nuptiall traine to Crem ona Commissioners likewise were appointed from him in his name to giue the Citie and Castle of Cremona to Sforza for her dowrie The which to receiue together with the Ladie he came thither attended on by three thousand horse And entring the Castle glistring in Armes with a numer of his choice friends comming neare to the Ladie he spake vnto her in this manner Sforza's speech to his future Bride I Haue along time laboured my dearest Spouse to attaine to this so much desired marriage The good will which I haue euer borne to thee since I first made suite to haue thee to my Wife hath neuer suffered me to take rest but night and day thou hast beene imprinted in my minde And it did greatly despight me to see those that enuied our good fortune to haue so much credit with thy Father Philip as that by their meanes hee denied mee his Daughter I resolued either to die valiantly or else to winne thee if not by faire meanes at leastwise by force of Armes I will not deny but that I tooke armes and did enterprize a dangerous warre but it was to let thee see how that there is nothing how difficult soeuer but I would attempt for thy sake I neuer hated Philip because he was thy father and by thee my father-in lawe nor did I euer so much desire to hurt him as I was willing to keepe him from offending mee The which may easiâ—…y be discerned by the effects that ensued Hee was desirous to haue mee lay downe Armes I presently did so He made me Iudge and Vmpire of the peace I haue procured him a perpetuall peace with the Venetians Whereunto hath all this tended but to let thee know that I neuer had anie intent either to hurt thee or thine And doe not thinke because thou seest me armed that thou art sent to an enemie and not to a louing husband For it beseemeth the daughter of a great Prince to be in this manner first saluted by a souldior and great Captaine her husband There remaineth nothing to doe but that with mutuall affection we loue one another and that by thy meanes thy father may heereafter thinke well of vs And for mine owne part I will loue and honour him as our common father with the like affection as thy selfe This he spake according to Pasius of Arimini and the better to oblige the Ladie to himselfe he presented her with many rich gifts Others say that hee was betrothed vnto her in Saint Sigismonds Church without the Citie and they make no mention of Sforza's speech to his wife The Nuptialls being solemnized hee spent certaine dayes in dispatching the Ambassadours For on the one side the Popes Nuncio craued Bolognia which Picinino held and Rauenna which was possessed by the Venetians On the other side the Venetians were not well pleased because that Legnaga and those Towns which they had formerly possessed in the Gyraldade were taken from them Philips cause was well debated there as was that of Prince Gonzaga by those whom they had sent thither The one craued Lonada Pescara and diuers other Townes and the other Bressia and Bergamo two most excellent Cities In the end after sundrie contentions Sforza pronounced his sentence in this manner That Philip should pretend no claime to the Bressan nor Bergamese Territories but that those two Cities with their dependances should remaine to the Venetians Cremona and all the Cremonese should bee the dowrie of Bianca his wife That the â—…etians should surrender Martinenga to Philip with all the Cities in the Gyradade That they should haâ—…e 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Gonzaga should haue againe whatsoeuer belonged to the Mantuan 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 â—…is condition neuerthelesse That after hâ—… had drawne 〈◊〉 Garrison 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 he should deliuâ—…r both it and the Hauen to the Venetians That the 〈◊〉 â—…ould enioy Riua Torbolles and 〈◊〉 which they had wonne by right oâ—… Armes together with Rauenna That Pope Eugenius within two years should haâ—…e â—…olognia restored from Picinino That 〈◊〉 Fauentino hauing restored to the Florentines those Townes which â—…e had taken from them and which hee 〈◊〉 held should bee freed from his impriâ—…ent Thâ—… 〈◊〉 Genoueses
aduise and councell of the most Christian King and his proper inclination to peace and to the common good of all Christendome and to giue vnto him all power and liberty to promise in the common-wealths name whatsoeuer should be concluded and determined in the particular conuentions they did moreouer entreat the Pope to take vpon him the burthen of that businesse to bring it to such a good end as all men hoped for by his authority and wisdome promising that if hee should procure an vniuersal peace in respect of the strife betwixt the Sea Apostolick and the Signory concerning the Citties of Rauenna and Ceruia they would then shew their good meaning therin But on the other side there were diuers presumptions why they wereto doubt of his intention and whether he would sincerely acquit himselfe of that charge For it was very welknowne that the French King did suspect him and that he gaue no credit to his wordes nor did repose to much trust in him holding whatsoeuer he propounded for doubtfull and incertaine and therefore did secretly exhort the Venetians to renew their forces both by sea and land declaring how that he was in no sort troubled for the vnfortunate successe before Naples as proceeding from a certaine maleuolent fortune and not from the want of courage of his soldiers and therefore that he was more ready and desirous then euer to renew the warre in Italy The Emperor on the other side albeit that he did promise to come into Italy to take the Imperiall Crowne and to establish peace there yet neuerthelesse the great preparations of warre that hee made was the cause why men thought that hee had an other deseigne in his minde cleane contrary to his speeches together with his great desire to appropriate to himselfe the State of Milan The Pope likewise had a great desire to recouer not onely the territories of Romagnia but Modena and Regio and likewise to haue satisfaction for the wrongs and greeuances which hee had receiued of the Florentines with a will to restore his Nephewes of the house of Medicis into Florence to their antient greatnesse and dignity the which was very hard to bee accomplished without comming to strokes The Venetians in like manner albeit that for many yeares they had beene intangled in warre hauing spent therein more then fiue Millions of gold and that therefore it behooued them to desire peace to giue some rest and relaxation of their fore-passed troubles as well to themselues as to their subiects did neuerthelesse with great resolution constantly persist in the protection and defence of the Duke of Milan meaning not to suffer in any sort that his State should fall into the Emperors hands but as concerning the restitution of the Citties of Puglia and Romagnia they were ready to hearken vnto it prouided that an vniuersall peace for the generall good and quiet of all Italy might bee well established Such at the same time were the deseignes and propositions of the confederate Princes and such likewise were all mens discourses concerning eyther warre or peace The report in the meane time of the Emperors comming into Italy did dayly increase and for that end sundry great preparations were made at Barcelona and the Archduke Ferdinand beeing come to Ispruch gathered together certaine summes of money to pay the footmen which hee leuyed to send them into Italy to his brothers ayde giuing out that it was to assaile the Venetians State André Doria neuerthelesse at the same time and some other of the Imperialls propounded to the Senate sundry meanes of agreement saying That the Emperor did beare a great and singular affection towards their Republick offering themselues freely if so it pleased the Republike to mediate a peace betwixt them The Venetians behaued themselues modestly in these offers and treaties fearing that it was some cunning to separate them by these iealousies from the friendship and allyance of the French their ancient allyes and confederates So as for all that they did not discontinue their preparations for warre the Senate meaning to depend on none but it selfe and that whensoeuer a treaty of peace should bee it should bee made by them beeing armed with the honor of the Commonwealth By this time the terme of the Duke of Vrbins seruice was expired They confirmed hm againe for three yeares more in the same office of Generall of their Army and augmented his pay with tenne thousand Ducats euery yeare and his company of men at armes to the number of two hundred and besides they gaue to Guy Vbaldo his sonne a company of fifty men at armes in their Army and a yeerely pension of a thousand Ducats They afterwards made Ianâ—… Fregosa Generall Superintendent of the affaires of warre with good entertainment for the acknowledgement of his valour and sidelitie and for that they would euer haue in their army some one of authority and command whom they might trust in the Duke of Vrbins absence as hee then was wherevpon they sent for him beeing then at Bressia commanding him to come with speed to the Armie to execute his charge Diuerse others were in like manner honoured with sundry grades of honour in their Armie The Count Gajazzo was made Generall of the light-horse and Antonio de Castello Captaine of the Artillery They did afterwards send to the Campe to the Prouidator Nani a great summe of money for the leuie of a number of new footmen to make the companies compleat And to shew that they had likewise a care of their Sea-affaires they made Ieronimo Pesare Generall of their Nauall army and Alessandro Pesare and Vincenzo Iustiniano Prouidators commanding them to be in readinesse to depart they did chose moreouer tenne captaines for the Gallies who should cause those tenne to bee armed which at the beginning of winter had beene disarmed to the end that the Signory might haue aboue fifty gallies ready to set saile and alâ—…hough that by the Confederacy they were bound to surnish but sixteene gallies they neuerthelesse promised to adde foure more to make vp the number of twenty for the leagues seruice of which Ieronimo Contaren was made Generall Now the Duke of Milan and the Lord Saint Paul beeing solicited by them to augment the number of their infantery as they were bound to doe and they excusing themselues for want of money the Senate resolued to lend the French twelue thousand Ducats and eight thousand to the Duke of Milan But aboue all things they entreated the French King not to abandon the Consederates at such a time in regard of the great affection which they had euer borne to him and for their constancy in pursuing the warre Without this supply the Lord Saint Paul would haue beene brought to an extreame want of men money and all other things necessarie for the maintenance of the warre in Italy for there was not any preparation at all seene to bee made beyond the mounts for the execution of
ruines of this ancient one are to be seene in the middest of the Sea Whereby may be coniectured how much ground the Sea hath deuoured since that time I dare moreouer affirme that that place was in the beginning called Medoac and since by the Modernes named Malamoc by corruption of the language like vnto diuers others The Albiolans amazed at the Dukes flight and those of Malamoc fell forthwith to composition the like did those few people which remained in Malamoc These being receiued by composition so soone as the victorious French man came to the Port of Albiola which at this day is right ouer against new Malamoc and had perceiued for he did see nothing but Sea on the one side and lakes on the other that he must either change his purpose or his manner of warre it is said that he sate a certaine time verie melancholie vpon the shoare with his face turned towards the enemie as though hee were deuising some meanes to giue end to that warre and that at last through the counsell of an old woman which is not credible he made a bridge ouer the water for his soldiers passage ouer to Rialto But concerning the counsell of a simple olde woman it is wholly ridiculous as if an old doting Crone had knowne better what did belong to a deed of so great importance than so manie thousands of men which followed the French seeing that diuers Italians most expert in marine matters and capable of greater things were then with him But admit that all those which were with him were ignorant of that meanes those of Malamoc which were taken prisoners could easily haue executed such an enterprise For it is not credible though some say it that there were none in that place which was in time past so populous but one poore old woman There be that haue likewise affirmed that they laboured first to ouercome them by famine but that the besieged hauing with certaine warre-like engins throwne loaues of bread into the enemies camp the hautie French impatient of more delay did foâ—…thwith ioine and make fast together diuers hogsheads or tuns head to head and couering them with boards made a verie long bridge Whereupon the Venetians perceiuing it did behooue them to fight for their libertie their Churches and for their owne liues and their childrens and for want of so doing to vndergoe the yoke of the proud enemie resolued to fight couragiously intending either to die fighting or to preserue their libertie to hazard their last fortune by that maner of fight wherein they were most exercised Hauing then imbarked themselues in small light boats apt for fight and saile the winde and tide seruing them after they had tarried for the ebbe they came furiously vpon the enemie who alreadie approched There began on a sodaine a bloudie battaile betwixt them sustained neuerthelesse by verie different courages For the French fought incited with a desire to spoile and to maintaine their former honour But the Venetians for their wiues and children for their publike and particular wealth and for their libertie which they held deerer then all the rest And because the bridge was weakely built and continually shaken by the waues of the sea the enemie being accustomed to firme footing began forthwith to stagger The Venetians on the contrarie trusting to the lightnesse of their vessels couragiously assailed them behinde and in flanke The bridge at the last being broken by force which some thinke hapned by the violence of a tempest which arose at the beginning of the fight there was in a moment a great slaughter of the french the sword on the one side and the Sea on the other presenting death vnto them The multitude of such as were then slaine and drowned gaue the first ground why that place by the which men turne from Malamoc to the Rialto was for that notable victorie called afterward Orphano We haue heard how the Venetians fought with good successe against Pepin the sonne of Charles We may then vpon a iust ground in some things compare the Venetians Common-wealth with that of the Romans as we will often hereafter doe For diuers things are to be found as well in the prosperitie as aduersitie of both the Common-wealths much like the one to the other It is certaine that the prosperous beginnings and encrease of both these people were wholly almost extinct by the Barbarians albeit the Venetians Common-welth was in some sort more new in the time of her first troubles than was that of the Romans in the time of the Senonians warre Yet notwithstanding each of them had the French for their enemies The Romans were assailed by the Senonians a Nation altogether vnknown before the taking of the Citie These by the Belgians no lesse couragious but more mightie then the Senonians because they were besides the forces of the Empire aided by the succors of Italie The Roman state had incensed the enemie because one of her Ambassadours had contrarie to the law of Nations iniured a Frenchman The Venetian because in contempt of the agreement made betwixt Charles and Nicephorus it had fauoured one of the parties The Senonians were masters of all sauing the Capitol The Belgians left the Venetians nothing but Rialto And both the one and other deceiued the enemie by casting loaues of bread These men defended the Sea bankes and the other a little hill Each of them haue valiantly repulsed the French puffed vp with the pride of his victories and happie successe But the first did it voluntarily and this by constraint But the Roman therein deserued high glorie in that all her enemies were slaine And the Venetians in that they defeated so mightie a king assisted aswell with his owne forces as with those of his Father and the Empire The preseruing of the Capitoll was cause of the encrease of the Citie and of the perpetuall establishment of the Empire That of Rialto gaue not only occasion of the Cities encrease but of establishing the Princes residence in a more eminent and magnificent place than either Heraclea or Malamoc Thus farre extended the Cities infancie Now followes her youth during which the Venetians after they had confirmed their forces did mightily enlarge the limits of their estate But we will returne to Pepin who amazed as they say at such a losse did forthwith raise the siege And after the French had spoyled all the places they went through he brought backe his Armie Some say that Obellerio and his brother being authors of so many mischiefes did willingly banish themselues and followed the enemie Others who make the Emperour Charles the authour of this warre and not Pepin doe affirme that the French after this losse made peace with the Venetian and came to Rialto where being honourably entertained he intreated the people to receiue Obellerio into the Countrie which the Venetians hauing vnwillingly graunted as the euent witnessed so soone as Charles was gone Obellerio
enemie Ordelapho knowing that in such dangerous businesses speed was to be vsed passed into Dalmatia with a greater Armie than before and ouertaking the enemie before the walles of Zara drew him forthwith to battaile At the beginning they fought furiously on either side fortune enclining to neither part vntill that Ordelapho encouraging his Soldiours and thrusting himselfe into the formost rankes fighting hand to hand with the enemie was stricken with a dart of which wound he sodainely dyed The Venetians being amazed at their Princes death did for a time sustaine the enemies forces but beeing disordered they fell to flight diuers were slaine in the fight and many taken prisoners The report of this losse brought great heauinesse to the Citie The common people thought that their Prince being dead and their Armie defeated there was no more hope for them to be able to keepe the Prouince Therefore they resolued to send Ambassadours to the king of Hungarie to obtaine a peace if it might be or else truce for a certaine time Vitalis Phaledrio Vrso Iustiniano and Marini Morosino the Secretarie were sent thither who obtained truce of the king for fiue yeares Ordelapho's bodie beeing brought to Venice was honorably buried in Saint Markes Church who fighting valiantly for his Countrie was slaine in the nineteenth yeare of his Principalitie Dominico Michaeli was chosen in his sted ¶ DOMINICO MICHAELI the 35. Duke of Venice BAldwin the second of that name sent to this Prince for aide For the affaires of the Christians in Syria were brought to such a passe that they spake no more of making themselues greater but only how to keepe that which they had gotten For albeit in the two first yeares of his raigne he had obtained certaine victories of the enemie yet there was some likelihood that they daily waxing stronger as indeede they did they should hardly be able to keepe those places which they held in Syria without fresh supplies He requested the Venetians by his Ambassadours to passe with a mightie fleete into Asia and the more easily to obtaine it his Ambassadours in his name promised a verie great recompence But Baldwin expecting supplies from Italie being taken prisoner by Dalochus king of the Parthians with whom hee had fought was carried away captiue to Cayro Then those that remained in Ierusalem did speedily certifie Pope Calixus of the state of the affaires of Syria assuring him that if they were not forth with succoured with supplies from Italie and Europe that their dominion in Asia would not only be soone brought to nothing but the name of Christians would be extinct and all reduced vnder the power of the Turkes The Pope being moued by this great danger began forthwith to examine which were the chiefest forces of Italie and found that there were none but the Venetians which were able in those miserable times to preserue the affaires and state of the Christians in Syria Therefore he sent his Nuncio to entreate Prince Dominico speedily to passe into Asia with a mightie fleete to aid the Christians The people then being called before the Assemblie after due Praiers made vnto God the Patriarch of the Citie by the Princes commaundement spake to them after this manner The Oration of the Patriarch of Grada to the people of Venice I Thinke ô people of Venice that you are not ignorant what our owne forces in part and partly those of the rest of Europe haue done these precedent yeares for the recouerie of Palestine which ye call the holie Land For this is the six and twentith yeare if I mistake not since that great voiage which so manie Christian Princes taking the badge of the crosse vpon them vndertooke for the same purpose into Asia where by the Diuine bountie and their valour all that which stretcheth from Bythinia euen to Syria was in a short space taken by force out of the hands of the cruell enemie And our people likewise after they had taken Smyrna in Ionia and executed manie martiall exploits all along the Sea-coasts of Syria did not only purchase great commendation but had their share in the Cities that were taken The which if we well obserue ye shall finde that they laid a sure foundation at that instant whereon to enlarge in time to come your Dominion in Syria But it hath hapned in a short time that by the decease of Godfrey Baldwin and Beamond with other excellent Captaines who died according to the necessitie of nature our affaires in Syria haue been so altred as in sted of their woonted prosperous successe they are on a sodaine fallen to the ground and doe daily wex weake so as being more and more exposed to the violent assaults of the enemies wee haue left vs small hope of abilitie to defend that Prouince The which Baldwin the second fearing did not long since send his Ambassadours vnto vs to entreate vs with great promises to prepare forthwith a mightie Armie and therewith to passe speedily into Asia The intreaties of so great a person did mooue vs. But beeing at the point to open the matter vnto you and deuising meanes how to prouide such an Armie we haue with great terrour receiued newes how Baldwin is taken by Dalochus king of the Parthians and carried prisoner to Cayro Whereupon Varimond Bishop of Ierusalem ô yee Christian people being amazed with all those which lie in garrison in the Citie haue speedily sent for aide and succour to Pope Calixtus saying that vnlesse they be speedily releiued themselues with whatsoeuer they possesse in that Prouince are in danger to be lost The Pope being troubled with these newes hath thought the Venetians alone to be worthie of such an enterprise He hath written to your Prince and to you yee people of Venice whom hee intreateth exhorteth and adiureth not to abandon Christian Religion in so great a daunger Wherewith your Princes pleasure is you should be acquainted to the end ye might will and command a great Armie to be prouided for that purpose whereunto pittie alone and the affection which we beare to the Apostolike Seâ—… and to all Christians in generall should not onely prouoke vs which hauing receiued from our Ancestors as here ditarie we ought to preserue and increase with all our power but likewise the desire which wee haue to enlarge the bounds of our Dominions Who is it but seeth that it will cheefely be an holy and iust warre the which wee ought principally to consider in all things and secondarily highly worthie of the charitie and Religion for which ye are are euerywhere famous to defend by Armes and to preserue from the enemies wrong this land where Christ our king was borne did hide himselfe wept was betraied taken and crucified and his most holie bodie laid in the graue and who according as holie Writ doth witnesse to vs shall come the soueraigne Iudge one daie to enquire of the deedes of all mankind What Churches what monasteries what Altars doe yee
was taken by two of Genoa It was snpposed to haue beene done by the publike command and therefore they beganne to prepare a new Armie yet neuerthelesse they determined following the custome of their Ancestors to demand first of the Genoueses in the name of the Common-wealth that which had beene taken from them which if they refused to doe it was not questionable but that the Venetians would vse all manner of hostilitie The Ambassadours who for this purpose were sent to Genoa after they had receiued what had beene taken from them returned soone after to Venice well satisfied where finding the whole Citie prepared for a new warre they freed them from all care in bringing them home peace from Genoa The popular sedition which happened in the Citie in the time of Tepulo by reason of the Impost on the Mills was wholly extinct vnder this Princes gouernment But things being thus pacified at home a new warre sprung vp abroade The inhabitants of the Cape of Histria of whose affection towards them the Venetians â—…d better conceiued than of all the rest in that Prouince were sodainly reuolted 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 was sent thither with great troupes to reduce them to their obedience Whereupon perceiuing the Sea and Land to clatter with the sound of the Venetians Armes they sent to Foâ—…li to entreat the Patriarke of Aquileia in regard of 〈◊〉 mutuall amitie to come to the succour of a Neighbour-Citie and to take Armes to repell the Venetian who highly menaced them He being moued with their entreaâ—…ies in hast leuied forces and sent them to their aide The Histrians relying on these succours attempted by diuers meanes to diuert the Venetian from the siege But neither those nor yet their owne forces did greatly auaile them for being vanquished they were constrained to returne to the Venetians obedience Rayniero Mâ—…rosini was sent Gouernour into the Prouince to containe them in their dutie The Venetians being freed from the warre of Histria were sodainely troubled with that of Ancona and yet I know not whether this beganne before the other was ended For the Annalists handle this matter so confusedly as wee can hardly tell what to beleeue of it Besides very few Historians make mention of this warre of Ancona And they which doe mention it say that the Venetians besieged Ancona in the time of Pope Iohn the one and twentieth whose Papacie lasted no longer than the first yeare of Prince Contareni his gouernment They affirme moreoâ—…er that the warre beganne vpon occasion of the decree for the new impost made certaine yeares before which to abolish they had made meanes to Pope Gregorie but without effect The better therefore to annihilate this decree they caused certaine merchandize to be secretly transported into the Sea of Histria and to other places neare to the entrance of the Riuer Po. The Venetians being therewith incensed for the Anconitans abusing their lenitie and patience became daily more insolent forthwith armed sixe and twentie Gallies to the which they added certaine ships of burthen for carriage of victualls and munition with all other things necessarie for the siege of a Citie But before they made this warlike preparation it is to be supposed that they sent to demand their custome of the Anconitans which was denied them The Venetian at his first arriuall did furiously assaile the hauen from whence being beaten backe and the fleet hauing no place of safetie to ride in before the Citie nor being yet come to an Ankor there arose a terrible tempest which did cast and beate part of their vessels in peeces vpon the Neighbour-shore Sixe Gallies striking vpon the Rocks of Senegaillo were wholly lost and the residue of the fleet being driuen forward by violence of the tempest ranne vp into the maine Afterwards new forces with supplies of ships and Gallies were sent from Venice for whom sailing at Sea the enemie laid a new kinde of Ambush Hee set vp the Venetian ensignes on his Gallies which he had taken from them at the assault of the Hauen framing in the best manner he could the rest of the tackling after the Venetian fashion Then from as farre as he might discerne them he beganne with great ioy and clamour to haile them as their friends and companions By this pollicie on a sodain they grapled with two of the formost which they tooke and dragged to the Citie to the great contentment of the Inhabitants But we doe not finde who commanded the Armie at the same time Howbeit it is certaine that by his negligence and want of experience in martiall matters the Venetians receiued two great ouerthrowes in short time and that for his labour hee was called home from the Armie and committed to prison They did better afterwards than at the first For they resolued to tame the stubbornnesse of the enemie by a siege whereupon within a few daies after Ancona was againe besieged At which time the inhabitants fore-seeing what might happen and that by the perseuerance of their enemies they might fall into some manifest danger they sent to Pope Nicholas the third newly elected to animate him against the Venetians and to acquaint him chiefly with that which their enemies had till then done to them and did daily more and more and besides to declare vnto him that they had alreadie by the Venetians means endured all the miseries which those who were a long time streightly besieged were wont to sustaine and they were likely to endure much more if they were not speedily releeued by some forraine aide In regard whereof they besought his Holinesse to compassionate the miserie of so ancient a Citie and so affectionate to the Church of Rome and that it would please him to deliuer them from so great a danger The Venetian Ambassadours were come at the same time to Rome to congratulate his assumption to the Papall dignitie who after they had a long time attended there and not being called as were others to the publike congratulation they doubting the matter that the Pope by reason of those of the marches was offended with them sent word thereof to Venice The Duke and Senate taking it in bad part did by their letters call home their Ambassadours who being on their way from Rome were by the Popes commandement brought backe who after he had sharply rebuked the Venetians for so streightly besieging the Anconitans being feodaries of the Church of Rome forbad the Ambassadours who would haue defended the cause to speake It is reported that the same day they returned to Venice eight Gallies with supplies were sent to the Camp before Ancona I know not whether it was done vpon necessitie or else in hatred to the Pope for vsing their Ambassadours with so small respect The enemie thereby perceiuing that in sted of raising the siege the Venetian did more sharpely oppresse them abating their courage they became suiters for peace The matter
of all afflict him was when he vnderstood soone after that Bressia whither he had so speedily marched was taken and in this sort bad tidings comming daily vnto him the end of all was that Luchin had seized on Bergamo Those of Escalla being wholly chased from Padua the Venetian Ambassadours came thither namely Marco Lauretano Iustiniano surnamed Iustinian and Andrea Morosino who comming into the Market-place where the people were assembled Lauretano in the name of the Common-wealth vsed this congratulatorie Speech vnto them The Venetian Ambassadors Oration to the Paduans WE cannot but exceedingly reioyce that yee being now freed from so cruell an enemie haue recouered your ancient libertie lost by the malice of Mastin And therefore by the Senates appointment we conferre the gouernment of the Citie on Marsilio whose courage and valour by how much more it is famous and knowne to all men by so much more doe the Venetians highly esteeme it for the good and commoditie of the Paduans adding thereunto his singular vetue and wisedome which cannot but bring great and desired quiet to his fellow-Citizens For the Venetians verie well know and namely by experience that a Common-wealth is most happie which is gouerned by a wise and discreet person Attend therefore and perpetually receiue your Citizen Marsilio to obey his commaundements and heartily to defend iustice seeing ye are not ignorant how grieuous a thing tyrannie is And thou likewise Marsilio albeit we are all well perswaded of thy vertue thou art neuerthelesse to thinke that we haue called thee to this place not onely to commaund ouer thy countrey but to bring it all helpe and succour If peraduenture thou shalt doubt what course to take for the well-gouerning thereof and by what meanes to make thy selfe regarded without enuie among thine owne people take example by the Magistrates of our Citie which will easily teach thee who whilest they are in office are respected for the honour of the Commonwealth and their charge being expired they liue equally with the meanest knowing verie well that this equalitie is the onely bond of a Commonwealth It remaineth now that this Citie followiag thine example doe highly account honour and respect the friendship of the Venetians as well in generall as particular The which duly and religiously to obserue the nouelties hapned in your time may incite you we hauing twice within few yeares freed you from the cruell yoak of bondage For that man is no lesse foolish than ingratefull who cannot be moued by benefits receiued The exhortation of Lauretano being most true was likewise most pleasing â—…o the people and chiefly to Marsilio who after he had giuen great thanks to the Venetians said That he would in such sort rule as no manâ—…in time to come should haue occasion to complaine of his gouernment much lesse to desire if he were a louer of the publike peace any change And that aboue all thinges he would take order that the Paduans should alwaies be such towards the Venetians as those ought to bee who haue receiued benefits and good turnes namely with such acknowledgement and good offices as all men should say that the Venetians had well imployed their labour and cost As for the present benefit which he had receiued from them he would at all times and in all places confesse that he held his honour dignitie and all the rest of his meanes onely from them This did he speake which was with a generall consent approued by all the people Then followed mutuall embracements and congratulations the whole Citie leapt for ioy all things on a sodaine were changed For in steed of feare and enuie wherewith it was before filled nothing was then seene but ioy and contentment But the course of the fortunate successe of the Venetians affaires was interrupted by an accident hapned to the two brethren of Rossis who in few daies died one after another For Pietro after the taking of Padua being come to the siege of Moncelesse was mortally wounded whereupon being carried to Padua he died so one after to the great griefe of all men He was a man of a goodly stature a great warrior and an excellent Captaine being an enemie to crueltie and when hee went to the warres he forbad his souldiers to murther in cold bloud and to enforce women He was so well beloued of his souldiers for his gentlenesse as the Almaine horsemen who were verie many in his campe called him their father and he was beside so liberall as his horses and Armour excepted he gaue all his wealth among his souldiers Diuers Italians and Almaines cloathed in mourning habite did follow his funerall and bewailed him a long time He died in the prime of his age being but six and thirtie yeares old Marsilio his brother who not long before was sicke of a seuer being brought to Venice died there within sixe daies after being fiftie yeares of age Their brother Orlando Rossis who at the same time held Luca straitly besieged was in his absence chosen Generall of the Armie and being sent for came so one after to thâ—… campe at Moncelesse For the siege was not discontinued although the Generall was dead At his arriuall he tooke part of the Armie and came by the confines of Este and made roads on the territorie of Verona where putting all to fire and sword vnto the gates of the Citie he brought a verie great bootie to the campe Not long after the Senate called him to Venice whither all the Agents of the associates were come to treate of peace But because in this assembly the selfe-same conditions were propounded to Mastin as were in the former and that he stoutly refused them all the commissioners departed from Venice without any conclusion Mastin perceiuing that he was not yet freed from this war craued aid of the Duke of Bauier adding diuers great promises to his entreaties This duke promised to send him great supplies prouided that he might haue good caution for what he promised Mastin deliuered into his hands the Citie of Pescata wirh his sonne Francisco and diuers other children of noble families But the Duke failing of his promise so so one as Mastin perceiued himselfe deluded he came on a sodaine and recouered the Citie with his sonne and hostages Marsilio Carrario died in the meane time leauing by the consent of the Venetians Vbertino his neere kinsman for his successor hauing sent a hundred thousand crownes to Venice to build a Church in a part of the Iury and to enrich it with diuers inheritances At the same time the Armie approched Montfort and from thence diuers roads were made on the territories of Vincenza and Verona Mastin in the meane time battered Montechia whither Orlando came vnlooked for defeated him and draue him thence Not long after Mastin came into the field to execute a new enterprize the which had as bad successe as that of Montechia The Paduan and
Hungarians they speedily prouided shipping Souldiers munition and victualls and therewith furnished all those Cities and hauing taken this order they thought that the Cities Islands and Castles should be so sufficiently and faithfully defended by those whom they had sent thither as in the end the warre should be tedious to the Hungarians when on a sodaine because he would keepe the Venetians occupied in sundrie places hauing secretly allied him selfe with Francisco Carrario he passed into Italie with a hundred thousand fighting men without the great supplies of the Duke of Austria and the Patriarch of Aquilea and came and encamped on the Treuisani The Earles of Colalta with diuers other Lordes did on a sodaine take part with the Hungarian who in a short space tooke Coniglian by composition where Zacharie Contareno was Gouernour after that Sacilla and from thence he came and besieged Treuiso The Venetians albeit they were sufficiently busied in Dalmatia yet neuerthelesse vpon the first newes of the Kings comming into Italie they fortified Treuiso with victualls and munition and sent thither Marco Iustiniano Giouanni Delfino and Paulo Loretano that they might together prouide for the affaires of the warre The King in the meane time hauing published the alliance with Prince Carrario forbad on paine of life that none should forrage or spoile the Territorie of Padua vpon any occasion whatsoeuer The Common-wealth being thus wrapped in so great a warre Prince Gradonico died hauing gouerned one yeare and two Moneths and was honourably buried in the Church of the Friers Minors ¶ GIOVANNI DELFINO the 57. Duke of Uenice GIouanni Delfino being absent was subrogated in his sted He being called from Treuiso where he executed his Office could not obtaine any safe conduct from the King who lay in Camp not far from thence for his free passage We may hereby easily perceiue how much this King was incensed against the Venetians yet neuerthelesse hee came forth of the Citie at the same time on the back-side thereof being well accompanied It is not certainly knowne whether the Citie were assailed before or after the Dukes departure Those whom we follow doe greatly varie herein All Authors agree in this that the King hauing made an approch with his engines of batterie did furiously assaile the Citie and that at this assault diuers of his Captaines died there and among the rest one of his owne neare Kinsmen and that the Citie was brauely defended by the Venetians The King being wearied that his affaires went no better forward and out of hope at that time to take the Citie leauing certaine troupes to continue the siege hee returned into Hungarie The Venetians being incensed against Carrario called home Marini Morosino their Magistrate from Padua for that Citie euer since it was freed from the Tyrannie of Mastin had still a Venetian Magistrate they commanded moreouer that none should carrie them any salt and the Citizens were forbidden to traffick any more with the Paduans Then they leuied forces in Germanie the which being come through the territorie of Vincenza were incamped on the banks of the Riuer Brente This Riuer was swelled by reason of the raine and growne so deepe as it could by no meanes be Foorded whereby the Almaine troupes were constrained to tarrie on the banks till such time as the water being fallen that they might passe ouer and ioyne with the Venetians whereof those of the Camp being aduertized by their Spies speedily sent certaine troupes of theirs to surprize the Almaines who dreamed on no such matter Their attempt was not vaine For the whole companie by the vnexpected comming of the enemies was broken and put to flight and the greatest part of them slaine on the place In the meane time Marco Iustiniano surnamed the Great was sent to Treuiso to command there in Giouanni Delfino's sted Not long after fiue and twentie Senators were appointed to ouer-see the affaires of the Warre And shortly after truce being taken with the enemie for fiue Moneths Ambassadours were sent into Hungarie to the King to treate of peace namely Andrea Contareni Michaeli Phalerio and Bonitendio the Secretarie But they returned without effecting what they went for In this interim the truce being expired the enemie tooke Serrauall But the Common-wealth receiued a great losse in Dalmatia For the maine warre being in Italie the Senate were constrained to draw the greatest part of their forces forth of the Prouince and not being able by reason of their Domestick warre to raise the siege of Spalatra Sacco Trahu and of diuers other small Townes not far from thence they were all yeelded to the King Enona wherein Giouanni Iustiniano commanded was brauely defended and famine it selfe could not daunt the courage of the generous Venetian to cause him in any sort consent to yeeld It is reported that the scarcitie of all necessaries was so great in Enona as the Souldiers abstained not from eating all manner of meates how vile and vnholesome soeuer The enemie likewise surprized Zara and it was supposed to be done by the practize of Carrario yet neuerthelesse the Castle held still out for the Venetian Now the Venetians holding the affaires of Dalmatia for lost and those of Treuiso hauing beene a long time in great hazard they resolued againe to send Ambassadours to the King to conclude a peace with him on such conditions as they could Pietro Treuisano Giouanni Gradonico and the Secretarie Bonitendio were sent thither who obtained peace on these conditions That whatsoeuer the Venetians had till then possessed from the Fanatick Gulph euen to Durazzo should remaine to King Lewis and that the Venetians should wholly giue ouer their right to Dalmatia As concerning the other Lands which lay neare to the Gulphe and on the hither side thereof the Venetians should haue the one halfe thereof and that the King should redeliuer to the Venetians whatsoeuer hee had taken from them in Histria in the Treuisan and in the Countie of Ceneda promising not to suffer any Dalmatian to vse the trade of a Pyrate nor to come into their Ports Islands and that he would take order that the nauigation should be as free and safe along the coast of Dalmatia for the Venetians as it had beene in times past By reason of this peace more necessarie than Honourable the Venetian Princes left Dalmatia forth of their Titles Their Officers which they had there being called home were not permitted to bring thence their goods albeit it was expresly mentioned in the treatie of peace that it should be lawfull for all Venetians who were then dwelling in Dalmatia to ship away their goods and moueables which they held in the Prouince Herein the Hungarian infringed the Articles of peace by not fulfilling the contents thereof But the Venetians thought it best in so dangerous a season to dissemble that wrong rather than to reuenge it by a new Warre Peace then being made with Lewis three Ambassadors
obserue euery mans valour The Souldiours being animated by this speech gaue a braue onset and fought so valiantly and with such feruencie as hauing broken and defeated the enemie they purchased that day a goodly and memorable victorie Diuers were slaine in the fight but more in the flight The Transiluanian was taken with all the chiefe men almost of his partie There were taken of the Italianâ—… Bonifacio and Antonio de Lupes with diuers other Paduan Gentlemen King Lewis his ensignes with those of Carrario being throwne away in the fight were taken by the Venetians It is thought of a certaine that if the Venetian had narrowly pursued the enemie he might haue entred Padua with him and haue made a verie great spoile euerie where and gotten great booty The Paduans being daunted with this losse did accuse the Carrarians as Authors of the warre hating and detesting them Francisco Carrario in the meane time to hinder the Venetians did by promise of great pay draw from them to himselfe the greatest of their Caualleriâ—… But they caused greater numbers than they had lost to come from Milan Pauia to their seruice Giacomo Mâ—…ro went to meet them as farre as Verona Marsilio Carrario brother to Francis was with him who after the losse of the battaile hauing offered himselfe to the people to mediate a peace could by no meanes cause his brother to condiscend thereunto whereupon he with diuers others did bend themselues against him But considering the great danger he incurred among his own people he fled to Venice His flight encreased the peoples hatred to Francisco and did so greatly animate the Citizens against him as he had as manie enemies in the Citie as abroad King Lewis hauing notice of the losse of his people and of the Transiluanians fortune sent to command Carrario to harken to a peace vpon any conditions and that he should not hope for any more aide from him The enemies obstinacie being ouercome hee sued for peace which he obtained on these conditions That the Prince and Senate should appoint fiue commissioners to bound the limits for which they were at strife as they should see cause That the Paduans should presently pay fortie thousand crownes to the Venetians and foureteene thousand crownes euerie yeare for the space of fifteene yeares That Francisco Carrario or his sonne should come into the presence of the Prince and Senate and humbly craue for pardon That Castelnouo should be razed with all the Forts thereabouts That the tower of Corania with seauen miles compasse round about should remaine to the Venetians That Marsilio should enioy the possession of his goods and that his reuenue should be brought him to Venice That all prisoners taken in the warres should be released That Carrario should forthwith dismisse all the forrain troupes that were come to his aide That he should yearely send to offer at Venice three hundred crownes on the high Altar of Saint Marke That they should restore to the Venetians all the inheritances with the profit receiued of them which had beene taken from them on the Territorie of Padua during the war That the Paduans should not build within three miles neere to the mouthes of any Riuers That he should not fortifie any place nor maintaine any Garrison On these conditions peace was concluded with the Carrarians which they receiued as more necessarie than profitable Nouello sonne to Françisco came to Venice to confirme and sweare to it who being brought into Saint Markes Church swore vpon the high Altar as well in his owne name as his Fathers that hee did accept of whatsoeuer had beene of late agreed on by his Father and the Carrarians that they would obserue this peace inuiolably and all the Articles therein contained Such was the end the verie same yeare as farre as we can learne of the warre against the Paduans About the same time the monasterie of the virgins was burnt with diuers buildings neere to the same which were all repaired at the Common-wealths cost After this Paduan warre the Common-wealth was three yeares at rest This quiet was disturbed by a sodaine comming downe of the Germans Leopold Duke of Austria hauing entred Italie with foure thousand horse without any warlike summons did tumultuously seize on the Treuisan where putting all to fier and sword he encamped before the Citie to the great terror of the inhabitants It was not knowne vpon what cause he made this warre The Venetians who at that time expected nothing lesse being prouoked by the daily aduertizemenrs they receiued requested those of Aest their neighbours to assist them from whom receiuing some small aid they sodainely marched against the enemie It is not likely that the Venetians would goe to field with this aid alone which was verie small but that at the report of this warre diuers companies of footmen were leuied in the Citie albeit the Authors whom we follow make no mention thereof The German vnderstanding that the enemie marched towards them raised his campe and retired to the Territorie of Belluna The Senate in the meane time being prouoked by this losse caused all the German Marchants which were in Venice to be imprisoned and their goods to be seized on They did besides send for one Giacomo Caballa one of the best experienced Captaines of his time in the art Militarie to be Generall of their Armie But whilst these things were done at Venice Pietro Hemo Gouernour of Treuiso sent fiue hundred horse and foot to spoile the Territories of Feltre and Belluna These being conducted by Marini Souranza to fetch bootie forth of the enemies Countrie after they had made great hauock and carried away with them a great prey retired into a place of safetie for feare of the enemies whom they vnderstood were marching towards them Giacomo hauing receiued the Generals place marched to Treuiso where he staied a while till the troupes were leuied from all places and till his Armie were compleat as he desired with which entring suriously into the enemies Countrie he came first and encamped at Longina where ioining fight with the Almaines hauing slaine diuers of them hee went on his way as farre as the Piles of the victorie There is on the hither side of the Forrest of Feltre a verie narrow bottome through the which the Riuer Piaua doth rather fall furiously than runne vpon the right side where it runneth with greatest force it doth in such sort shut in the Feltrian Mountaines as it leaueth a small space of ground On this side then of the Mountaine cut out euen to the Riuer bankes a very old wall encloseth all these streights which is called at this day The inclosure of the vanquisher The Venetian hauing likewise driuen the enemie from thence came euen to this Inclosure of the vanquisher the which hauing couragiously assailed hee forced and tooke It is reported that the skill and valour of Gerardo Caminensis did greatly appeare in this
six yeares and foure moneths after that this last warre beganne The conditions of the peace were That the prisonners of warre on both sides should be set at libertie That the Paduan Prince should deliuer Cap-darger and Morensana to the Venetians That he should raze all the Fortes which he possessed in the Lakes and neere to the Riuers that the Venetians should giue him the Tower of Corania that Alberto D'Aeste should be iudge of the controuersie betwixt the Venetians and Paduans concerning their limits that the Venetian should withdraw the Garrison that he kept in Tenedos and that the Duke of Sauoy should haue the keeping of the Island for two yeares and that it should be kept at the Venetians and the Genoueses charges that at the two yeares end the Fort should be razed if the Genoueses thought it fit to be done and that the Venetians should then giue ouer the entire possession of the Island that the Florentines should be caution in the summe of two hundred thousand crownes that neither the Venetians nor the Genoueses should euer after possesse the Island that both the Genoueses and Venetians should not trafficke neere to the Riuer Tanais for feare least by ancient ielouzie as it had oft hapned they should beginne the warre a newe That euerie ten yeare the Venetians should paie seuen thousand Dukats to King Lewis who in regard of the said summe should be bound to free the Sea-cost of Dalmatia of all Pirats and that no Sclauonian nor Dalmatian should make any salt But Chinatius of Treuiso who hath more truely than any other written of this warre maketh no mention of any tribute giuen to the King Some say that on the same day that the peace was published a childe was borne in Venice which had foure Armes and foure Leggs and did liue till it was baptized The Venetian Dames made a collection of money to relieue the Genoueses that came forth of prison halfe naked with cloakes shirtes hose and shoes and other cloathing according to euerie mans need and did besides furnish them with money to beare their charges home to the end they should not be enforced to begge by the way Those that went thence were aboue fifteene hundred persons the residue dyed with the stentch of the prison and others with too much filling their bellies Besides it was found that aboue eight thousand naturall Genoueses did dye in this warre and of the Venetians halfe as many The Senate being freed from this warre because they would performe the promise made by the Common-wealth called thirthie of those into the number of the Senate who in the heate of the warre had at their owne costs relieued the Common-wealth and for others the summe of fiue thousand crownes euerie yeare was appointed to bee distributed among them Those who were made Senators before they came into the Senate went all together to heare diuine seruice then being brought before the Prince and Senators they tooke their oathes to continue loyall and not to reueale the secrets of the Common-wealth Chinatius saith that Caballa of Verona for his great and notable seruice done to the Venetians in this warre was honored with the same dignitie The end of the seuenth Booke of the second Decad. THE EIGHTH BOOKE OF THE SECOND DECAD OF THE HISTORIE Of Venice The Contents of the eighth Booke of the second Decad. HOw greatly the difficultie in deliuering vp the Island of Tenedos did trouble the Venetians The Thryestines in fauour to LEOPOLD doe reuolt The Carrarians by LEOPOLDS permission become masters of Treuiso A law against murtherers Prince ANTONIO VENIERI suffereth his Son to die in Prison for wronging a Senatour The Venetians aide GALEAS VISCONTE against those of Escalla and the Carrarians whereby they recouered Treuiso and raised the siege before Mantua The Paduans for saking GALEAS returne to the Carrarians subiection The Duke of Austria and the French Kings Nephew come at sundrie times to Venice The Citie newly beautified The Genoueses nauall Armie comming forth of the Higher into the Lower Sea doth for a time keepe the Venetians in suspence The Genoueses being ouercome in battaile before Modon doe wholly loose the possession of the Sea The Carrarians possesse Verona by deceit VINCENZA BELLVNA and FELTRA are reduced vnder the Venetians obedience The cause that moued the Venetians to warre on the Carrarians who pursued them by Sea and Land Warre for a time against those of Aeste because of the Carrarians The Venetians take Verona from the Carrarians A briefe description of the Citie of Verona The Carrarians Padua being taken become subiect to the Venetians and afterwards by the Senates commaundement are strangled in Prison The Ambassadours of Padua and Verona arriue almost at one time at Venice which did greatly reioyce the people PEace being thus established by Land and Sea the yeelding vp of the Isle of Tenedos did for a while trouble the Venetians Mutatio was at the same time Gouernour there who being too indiscreetly transported with the loue to his Countrie had almost hazarded the publicke credit of the Common-wealth The Senate had giuen commission to Pantaleon Barba who was sent thither for that purpose to deliuer the Fort of the Island according to the agreement into the hands of Bonifacio Deputie to Amadeo Duke of Sauoy The Genoueses Agent was come thither to see it done and to pay the Souldiers that were there Mutatio hauing receiued the money which the Venetians and Genoueses had brought declared to Boniface and the Commissioners his owne determination with that of the Islanders saying That they had heard how in the Articles of peace it was expresly mentioned that the Fort of the Island their only refuge should be razed wherein both the Genoueses who had requested it and the Venetians who consented thereunto had carried themselues basely But he told them that the Islanders would looke to their owne affaires and that therein they should doe wisely That they had neuer yeelded to the Venetians on that condition that their Fort being razed their Island in time should become desolate And therefore calling now to minde that which concerned them they were resolued to hazard all rather than to see their Island in such sort to be wholly ruined And to that end they had instantly entreated him to take their Citie Castle and meanes into his protection The which he finding to bee great both in shew and effect he was determined to keepe and defend the Island as his owne seeing it belonged neither to the Venetian nor to any else He willed them then to depart and not any longer to expect the deliuerie thereof vnto them saying That they were well dealt with in being suffered to goe freely thence Then was there a great noise made by the Souldiers and the Inhabitants of the Island calling Mutatio their Lord and Captaine who commanded the Venetians and Genoueses speedily to depart thence Some say that Mutatio made a shew that this came wholly
Citie more furiously than before And at the last hauing about midnight reared ladders to the wall diuers went vp vpon them where those of the guard being heauie with sleepe all were murdred with out noise at the gate of holy Crosse whither all the troupes speedily ranne forthwith entred the Citie Padua is circled with a triple wal the vttermost wherof being lost by the enemie he kept himself within the other two But his forces being alreadie broken and being hopelesse of better fortune hee sent to entreate Gonzaga to take him into his protection that he would cast himselfe betwixt his armes with his children and all his meanes requesting that hee might come safely to him to parley and compound with him about his yeelding But Gonzaga by the counsell of his friends sent him word that he should doe better to haue recourse to the Prince and Senate and that with teares casting himselfe at their feete he should perhaps obtaine of them more than he hoped for He then craued assurance that hee might safely goe to Venice but he was answered that the Senate would send Commissioners to Mestra who should heare him Both sides being come neere to Mestra the matter was a long time debated without any conclusion at all whereupon they departed thence without doing any thing and the tyrant returned being conducted by Gonzaga into the Citie where being arriued without tidings of peace he was so badâ—…y welcomed by the inhabitants as diuers were so bold to tell him That the Paduans were no more resolued to liue as they had done They willed him then to depart thence if he did mean to looke well to himselfe to embrace such peace as the victorious Venetian would offer and not such as he desired That the wretched inhabitants had rill then endured too much by their Princes arrogancie that the enemie was alreadie within their walls and therefore nothing else to be expected but that the Souldiers hauing forced the inner Rampire would come spoile the Citie which God rather than any mans valour had til then safely preserued And that it was madnesse rather than wilfullnesse not to yeeld when men could not helpe it The Tyrant being daunted with these ignominious speeches sent again to Gonzaga and with teares entreated him to take pittie on the affliction of his familie and to procure so far as he might with honor that his own and his childreus liues might be saued Then at the Citizens request they without any further fight entred the Citie on the 22. of Nouember Padua being recouered Nouello with Francisco surnamed Tertius and William his children for Hubertino and Marsilio before the Citie was yeelded were fled into Tuscan were brought to Venice The Senate caused them to be carried into the Island opposite to the Hall where they vsed to meet and placed diuers smal boats for the guard thereof for feare least they should escape Zacharia Treuisano was the fiest gouernour that was sent to Padua after it was taken Marini Caraualla was Iudge who did forthwith fortifie the Citie with a strong rampire and a good Garrison Then they did put diuers forth of the towne whom they knew to affect the Carrarians bannishing them into sundrie places and by that meanes did carefully prouide for whatsoeuer they knew necessarie to keep so excellent a Citie vnder their obedience The Tyrant and his children being by night transported into seuerall prisons to the end that the people should not see them who for the great hatred which they had a long time borne them would haue torne them in pieces were by the Senates commandement strangled The Father was buried in S. Stephens Church and the children in S. Georges monasterie Such an end had the Carrariaus who not long before did fill all places with feare and menaces and who not being satisfied with commanding so excellent a Citie did rashly prouoke those by whose meanes their predecessours had acquired the name of Princes But diuers did iudge that the cruel tyrannie of Francisco deserued such an end The report was that he kept dogs of a meruailous bignesse vnto whom he gaue the wretched inhabitants to be deuored There is to be seene at this day in the great Hall where the councell of the Tenne do assemble two Scorpions with verie sharp stings who did sting such strangers as he called thither to talke with him I conceale his impudent and vnnaturall conditions wherewith he was infected as vnworthie to be mentioned By this so triumphant a victorie the Venetians purchased Vincenza Verona Colognia Feltra Belluna and the last of all Padua with her confines The expence of this warre which lasted two yeares was so great as two millions of gold of the publike Treasure were spent in it And yet neuerthelesse this excessiue cost was verie pleasing in regard of the proffit and renowned victorie which ensued it At the same time as the warre was ended whilst the whole Citie was busied euery night in making of bonfiers and other signes of ioy for the good newes which daily arriued from al parts the top of the Tower which is neere to S. Markes church was burned but it was forthwith reedified and guilded with fine gold That side likewise of the Palace which looketh towards the South and had been a long time before begunne was then ended All things being quiet fortie Gentlemen of Verona clothed in white came well accompanied to Venice And their comming being expected because the people should receiue the greater content thereby the Senate commanded a Theater to be set vp richly furnished neere to Saint Markes Church whereupon the Priâ—…ce with his familie clothed in white did stand all his Ensignes being for that day white He was attended on by all the Magistrates of the Citie and honoured likewise with the companie of the greatest part of the Senate The Veronois being come to the Theater went vp in order where after they had saluted the Prince and Senate they laied downe their publicke Ensignes and the keies of their Citie-gates at their feete entreating them to accept thereof and beseeching God that the offer might be both to the Venetians and themselues as fortunate and profitable as that was an assured and perpetuall pledge of their fidelitie as well publicke as particular towards the Venetians requesting them of their accustomed goodnesse to continue in the defence preseruation and maintenance of them their Citizens their meanes fortunes with all other Diuine and humane matters And as for their vnfeigned loue towards them they durst freely say and affirme that they would be extreamely sorry if among so manie people as did obey them any should goe before them in loue dutie and affection The Ambassadours being curteously entertained receiued great thankes And they were assured that so long as they did continue such as they had promised the Senate would ere long let them know that the greatest happinesse which can
vp against themselues the Armies of that inuincible nation But wherefore doe we seeke ancient or forraine examples when we haue in abundance so many new and domestick There is none of vs as I thinke which hath not seene or heard of their Fathers and Mothers how vehement an enemie to this Citie Prince Carrario shewed himselfe during the Warre with the Genoueses first at Chioggia and then at Treuiso What did King Lewis what did many others who haue not ceased to disturbe the peace and quiet of your state And we likewise haue euer without intermission had an hereditarie Warre with the Viscontes euer since the Principalitie of Luchin And to speake truly it is commonly seene that those who haue vsurped other mens libertie doe hate those vnto whome they cannot doe as much I esteeme your Common-wealth most happie and your selues O yee Venetian Fathers in that yee haue extinguished the Carrarians race your capitall enemies before such time as this rauening Lyon with whom we haue to doe was growne great For if he had now found them liuing he would not haue beene satisfied with assailing you only on the Lakes of Bebia as they did but comming both by Land and Water he would not only haue endangered your state but your libertie it selfe whereupon I thinke that it fell out well for vs that day that you smothered that neighbour flame vnlesse the great assurance which you haue conceiued by that victorie doth hinder you from thinking on the danger which threatneth you from this cruell Tyrant He is your enemie beleeue me he is your enemie and lieth in wait on euery side and therefore so much the more dangerous as he is yet least knowne and there is nothing so difficult which he presumeth not to atchieue by his good fortune or dareth not to attempt For hauing with seuen thousand men assailed our forces who were then excellent in Armes meanes and good fortune and sometimes twise or thrise greater than his hee hath neuerthelesse broken and defeated them sooner than we thought that he had descried them He hath no 〈◊〉 according to the Poets fictions or cruell Centaures in his Armie They be men like ours but much more hardie and valiant vnto whom he hath giuen in marriage the Daughters and Wiues of wretched Citizens with their Houses Lands and Possessions Wherevnto doe you 〈◊〉 thinke that their haughtie courages will not aspire Is it likely that they thinke or desire any other matter than after that they shall haue ouerthrowne our forces how they may one day assaile the Venetians more mightie than wee in reputation and power so greatly hath their good successe encreased their boldnesse Let vs then finde meanes to ouerthrow their wicked Councells and detestable vowes to expell their Wiues and Children with their Gouernours of Cities Fields and Townes from the confines of Lombardie and to enforce them to busie themselues about their owne domestick affaires or else to take forraine pay I am afraide most excellent Prince to speake what I thinke yet I will tell it seeing that necessitie enforceth me thereunto That vnlesse yee speedily ioyne your forces with ours Florence being subdued will bring Philip to that passe that without the aide of any else he will come to disturbe and beate downe the Venetians State But say yee the Venetians are accustomed to maintaine their alliances as sacred and inuiolate I beseech God most excellent Prince and yee conscript Fathers that those vnto whom he hath giuen so good a minde to obserue their promise may likewise know the cunning and deceits of those with whome they are to deale and being knowne to auoide them by speedie wisedome I thinke yee remember with what subtiltie and craft he deceiued you when as he expelled Pandolfo Malateste from his State and from that of his Mother whome yee so much desired to maintaine in the Principalitie of Brescia Yee haue heard how by deceit and contrarie to the agreement hee hath suppressed the Soueraigne Magistrate of Genoa and brought that mightie Citie into bondage Yee are not ignorant likewise how contrarie to the assurance of peace infringing all lawes and customes he hath ouerthrowne vs by a sodaine and vnlookt-for assault who is it then which doth not plainly see how often he hath broken all Diuine and Humane lawes It is not lawfull to keepe promise with a periured person But your silence doth make me alreadie in a manner to beleeue that yee doe sufficiently know that I doe not so much craue by this mine aduertizement the safetie of our Common-wealth as your prosperitie good fortune and preseruation the which this perfidious craftie and well aduised great Souldier no lesse audacious than readie doth daily lay wait for trusting to the fidelitie of his Souldiers to the treasure which he hath gathered together and to the great yearely tribute which he receiueth deferring to make Warre on you till he hath wholly ruined vs. But doe not contemne our alliance although we seeme to be reduced to all extremitie For albeit we haue without measure spent great wealth we haue yet greater though not publike yet particular the which we are readie franckly to employ for the preseruation of our libertie Ioyne then your armes ioyne your forces with ours and by wholesome Counsell and Sacred alliance conserue both our Liberties Common-wealths and Countries And as concerning the meanes how to accomplish it we prescribe no conditions but are readie to embrace such as yee shall propound Lorenzo hauing ended his speech all the Senators were greatly moued not one against an other but in themselues being of sundrie opinions each of them debating with himselfe the power of Philip on the one side with the Common-wealths danger and on the other the Florentines example with the great expence of the warre Whereupon they concluded to heare the Ambassadours of Philip before they would giue an answere And to the end they might make an easie reply to that which Lorenzo had vttered certaine Senators were commanded to relate to the Milanois vnder colour of particular friendship that which he had spoken Wherevpon a day being appointed for their comming to the Senate Gioâ—…anni Aretin famous for humane learning and eloquent in the Countrie language with the consent of his fellow spake in this manner The Oration of Giouanni Aretin I Vnderstand most Illustrious Prince that the Florentines who are great enquirers after newes are desirous ouer the whole Citie to know wherefore and vpon what occasion Philip Duke of Milan hath sent vs hither to you and to this most Sacred Senate whome in some sort to satisfie I will in few words vtter the effect of our Ambassade and I assure my selfe that when they shall vnderstand it it will not greatly content them We are not then come hither conscript Fathers to stirre vp any troubles nor for to ouer-turne any Diuine or Humane Law Philip leaueth those cunnings to the Florentines vnto whom by nature they belong For he thinketh on nothing more
that they had him for their Generall in this warre whom if they thought fit to serue them they might dispose of at their pleasure They might peraduenture emploie others more excellent in valour and reputation than himselfe but none who was more affectionate to the Venetian people nor with more iust cause and vehâ—…mencie animated against their enemie Carmagnolla by his discourse had so well mooued the Senatours as all of them in a manner inclined to warre Prince 〈◊〉 thinking it vnfit to stand still in so faire a way did with great vehemencie pursue the same discourse For the Venetians good happe was that the Common-wealth had then a Prince who besides his admirable wisedome was borne for all haughtie enterprizes and an immortall and daily enemie to Tyrants Hee then spake in this maner Prince Foscari his Oration THere are two things in the Common-wealth most excellent Fathers which though in effect and name they seeme to bee very sweete haue of tentimes neuerthelesse brought many mischiefes to very great and noble Cities namely peace and sparing of the publique treasure For being only considered a farre off there is no danger seene in them and being viewed neare at hand there is yet none to be seene or if there be men will so flatter and fauour them as they despise it in such sort as wee sooner fall into an euident danger than haue any leisure to redresse it by a sharpe warre or by some expence which is odious to the Common-wealth The which wee haue found to bee most true by diuers losses which our Ancestours haue sustained and by some likewise hapned in our time The Florentines losse may serue for a sufficient present example who being able to haue ouerthrowne the power of Philip at such time as it encreased many goodly occasions being presented vnto them they would not doe it for feare of expence What is come thereof They doe now vnprofitably spend the Golde and Siluer which in time of Peace they had so curiously gathered together And that which is more to bee lamented they cannot their libertie preserued obtaine peace nor giue end to their expences I say then that it behoueth vs to foresee future dangers and being foreseene to preuent them by counsell and mature deliberation It is in a manner one selfe same gouernment and no man doubts thereof that of a Common-wealth and that of a shippe at Sea I demaund of you if any man in calme weather as they call it the windes gently blowing holding the helme shall fall a sleepe and take his rest without considering from farre such aangers as may happen or whilest other men make vse of the sailes mast and saile-yardes should omit that which were needfull to remedie the suddaine fortunes of the Sea nor exactly consider the time when hee saileth vnder what climate or planet or in what Sea what rocks and shelues hee ought to auoide would yee not say that such a man suffering shipwrack by a sodaine tempest did iustly merit such a losse The verie selfesame is now happened to the Florentines And the like will still happen to such which doe not foresee from farre the imminent dangers which threaten Common-wealths or hauing foreseene them doe not speedily applie the remedie hauing the meanes to doe it The Florentines might not to stray from their example easily haue ouerwhelmed if they would neuer so little haue attempted it the power of Philip when it began to increase but they would not intend it either through negligence or rather coâ—…ctousnesse What is come thereof Being often vanquished in battaile and broâ—…ght to the verie hazard of their libertie hauing lost their meanes they are deceiued and in sted of being accounted wise well-aduised and prouident people they are esteemed dull fooles and senselesse creatures Wee must beate backe I say we must beate backe mischiefes not only those which hang ouer our heads but those likewise which doe nearely presse vs. Besides were I in the farthest partes of Libia let other men be of what minde they please or beyond the Riphean mountaines and should heare tell that the libertie of any Nation were troden vnder foote although I could not succour them yet certainely I could not choose but be a partaker of their griefe And shall we suffer a proud Tyrant to tearâ—… in peices oppresse and abollish the libertie of a Noble people our Neighbour 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 vp in our common Mother Italie VVee doe not well consider that which wee see before our eyes nor that which all Italie saith that The same dâ—…y as 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 loose her libertie will be the first that Philip will assaiâ—…e the Venetians The which seeing all men doe thinke will come to passe I greatly wonder 〈◊〉 some men who albeit they say they haue well considered the matter are neuerthelesse of opinion rather to endure any thing than to relieuâ—… the Florentines and bad people a enuious of our nauigation It is a madnesse certainely it is a madnesse belieue me to be contented to sustaine a great losse so as the enemie may suffer a greater And yet thankes bee to God their affaires neither abroad nor at home are to be compared to ours If vntill now their forces haue beene so great as wee had good cause to suspect them they are at this present so abated as of a long time they will not be able to recouer their former strength Yet neuerthelesse I doe not say they are so meane but that so soone as they shall vnderstand that the Venetians will ioyne with them they will then vpon hope of better fortune bring forth so much gold and siluer as shal bee sufficient to entertaine the one halfe of the Armie And besides Philips forces are not so great as false report hath made vs to belieue Carmagnolla hath sufficiently acquainted vs with what he is able to doe Moreouer the hope which we may conceiue to recouer and ioyne to our state Bressia Cremona Bergamo and all the Territories of ancient Venice is no small spurre to animate vs to beginne the warre This is it I know which yee haue along time thought on and for which ye daily studie But he who durst demaund of the Prince of Mantua whome he knew to be our friend and allie the Citie of Pescara do yee thinke that he will not attempt to haue by force if yee will not giue it him with good will Verona Vincenza and in a manner all that we possesse in the firme Land Therefore if yee will credit me there is none expence the which God be thanked we may easily beare nor labour seeing it is to purchase vs an assured peace which may bee of force to hinder vs from speedie ioyning with the Florentines to make warre on the Tyrant I say a warre no lesse profitable than necessarie The Princes vehement speech with his authoritie which herein exceeded the Ducall dignitie did in such sort moue the Senatours who alreadie of themselues were inclined thereunto as the alliance with the
was discouered by some that had familiarly knowne him in his fathers life time who caused him and his companions to be apprehended and carried to Venice where with two of Philips friends sent to assist him he was put to death and twentie Paduans were conuicted of the conspiracie Picinino within a while after returning into Flaminia with a braue cauallerie Sforza being sent for out of the Dutchie of Spoleta by Pope Eugenius with whom being in fauour he had made a league was sent to dash his attempts The conditions of the league were That Sforza by a decree of the Pope and Colledge of Cardinals should during his life enioy the Marquizat of the Marches of Ancona and should be Gonfalloniero or Captaine Generall of the Church of Rome and haue entertainment giuen him for three thousand horse and a thousand foote The Prouince had beene a long time molested and Bracchians forces had sufficiently runne vp downe and that peace was treated on at what time the Florentines with wonderfull speed receiued newes that the Genoueses had defeated king Alphonso at Sea neere to Gayetta and taken him prisoner with two of his brethren namely king Iohn and the Infant Henrie and Iohn Antonio Prince of Tarentum with three hundred other noble persons which were all brought to Genoa This caused the Florentines to hasten the conclusion thereof which was done vpon gentler conditions than if Philip had vnderstood before of that victorie By this peace the affaires of Lombardie Tuscanie and Flaminia seemed to be wholly pacified if a new contention had not risen betwixt the Venetians and Philip about the confines of the Cremonese To end which besides Nicolao d' Aeste who was chosen Vmpire for both parties Pope Eugenius did greatly labour at what time speedie newes were brought that the Genoueses hauing slaine Oppicino Alciat their Gouernour were reuolted from Philip. The cause of this rebellion was reported to be because that Philip in despite of the Genoueses had commanded that Alphonso and all the prisoners should be brought to Milan who hauing royally entertained them not as enemies but as his guestes he gaue them leaue to depart Francisco Spinola who in the second warre of Lombardie was taken by Lauretano vpon the Rapallitan Sea was Author of this rebellion It is reported that the Venetians during his imprisonment did oftentimes tell him and other Gentlemen taken with him when they came to visite him how wretched and ill beseeming a thing it was to see Genoa a Citie verie famous for her high attempts by sea and land borne in libertie and to command and which at the same time possessed diuers Cities in Europe to degenerate from the magnanimitie of her Ancestors and to be so deiected without any remembrance of her ancient splendor basely to obay an insolent tyrant like some other poore towne founded in seruitude They willed them then to get them home and to shake off that vnworthie yoake of tyrannie that they should not doubt but that they would relieue them with money ships and whatsoeuer should be necessarie to repulse such an iniurie That they were readie with the Florentines their associates as well in disgrace of Philip as because it was iust and reasonable that those who are at libertie should defend that of other men to maintaine and defend the wealth and safetie of the Genoueses as much as if it were their owne These men being animated by these remonstrances came to Genoa But Spinola returning from his imprisonment did voluntarily banish himselfe to Gayetta because hee knew that Philip suspected him Some say that Philip sent him thither to guard that Towne which hauing beene defended against Alphonsos attempts especially by his diligence and valour he thought in regard thereof that hee had done a notable seruice to Philip and giuen him sufficient proofe and assurance of his loyaltie whereupon he returned to Genoa after the battaile of Gayetta where being coldly entertained by the Officers and Magistrates of the Citie hee did incite the people to recouer their libertie Now the rebellion of the Genoueses being knowne Picinino was commaunded speedily to march against them who hauing remained a while vpon the Genoan Territories did nothing there worthy of memorie The Florentines at the Venetians pursute did relieue the Genoueses with victualls and Souldiers not caring greatly to obserue the accord which Philip had first broken in that he had contrarie to the treatie of peace made a league with Alphonso and had a hand in the affaires of the Realme of Naples But in some Authors I finde no mention made of this accord which lasted so short a time The Pope had before recouered Bolognia with the consent of the Caneduli where the motion of peace was first begun Francisco Sforza being come from La Marcainto Flaminia by the Popes commandement had caused Philip to condiscend to very reasonable conditions For the presence of this yong man did in some sort qualifie his obstinacie Truce was euery where granted by reason of the great hope the Pope had of peace when the sodaine commotions of the Genoueses did breake all who comming to Portouennere which lieth vpon the Genoueses Sea-coasts surprized the Castle and expulsed the Arragonian Garrison King Alphonso held three places vpon that Sea-coast which Philip had giuen him not long before Picinino being called forth of the Parmesan where he lay vpon report of this surprizall for Philip did openly then take Alphonso's partie went speedily to recouer that Fort. But finding it to bee impregnable both by situation and art turning his forces elsewhere hee seized on the Towne of Sarsane then taking Castel-nouo and certaine other Townes vpon that Coast and hauing contrarie to all ancient and moderne accords crossed the Macra he wâ—…nt to Luca where he enforced the Luquois to breake the peace which they had sworne to the Florentines and entring into the Pisan Territorie hee tooke diuers Townes from the Florentines Some say that the Luquois sent for Picinino who attempted to recouer the Towne of Bargues from the Florentines and during the siege of Bargues Picinino was defeated by Ciarpelion and Pietro Brunora sent by Sforza He would vndoubtedly haue much entangled the Florentines affaires if the hope to take Genoa by a commotion had not made him to quit Tuscanie and to goe speedily to the Genoueses Territorie Sforza in the meane time hauing crossed the Riuer Aâ—…o did in short space recouer vpon the Pisan Territorie whatsoeuer the enemie had taken by force and hauing brought his Campe nearer to Luca and made certaine Rampiers neare to the Gates he beganne streightly to shut vp the Inhabitants Picinino being disappointed of his enterprise marched to the Parmesan to get victualls and supplies But whilest delaies were vsed therein The Luquois by reason that their corne was partly spoiled by the enemies whilest it was green and partly reaped by them when it was ripe fell into great want of victualls as
send Sforza vnto them who was then on the further side of the Po But neither hee nor the Florentines resoluing to doe so they alleadged sundrie excuses At the last entreating that he might at least wise come to Regio to enforce the enemie to retire for feare of loosing Parma it came to passe as they wished For Picinino hauing ruined Calepia vpon the Bergamese inuaded the vale of Trescoria and taken the bridge three miles distant from the Citie he went on couragiously and besieged the Castle of Bergamo Sforza being importuned by the Venetians letters came to Regio But hee was scarce gone forth of Tuscanie when Picinino being aduertised of his departure came likewise with speed to Parma Sforza being come to that place beganne greatly to distrust Pope Eugenius notwithstanding that he had beene reconciled to him and made Prince of La Marca For tyrannie leadeth this mischiefe along with it to make a man distrust his best friends Whereupon fearing least in his absence they should practise ought against his brethren whom hee had left to command in the Prouince he sent Italus of Friull thither with certaine troupes of horse Hee had likewise left a great part of his forces to continue the fiege before Luca so as after Italus his departure hee had with him at Regio but the one halfe of his Armie During his abode at Regio the Venetians on the one side entreating him to crosse the Po and Sforza on the other crauing according to the conuention to haue his troupes compleate time ranne on without any memorable exploit Picinino in the meane time being mindfull of the Luquois assembled great numbers of labouring men and peasants and departed from Parma towardes Luca to raise the siege Sforza's troupes likewise went speedily through the Countrie of Modena to the Alpes Sundrie atchiuements were there performed on both sides and diuers skirmishes of small importance howbeit as often as Picinino wo was strongest came to fight Sforza did not only make head but couragiously repulsed him During these passages in the Alpes or within a while after Francisco Gonzaga hauing voluntarily giuen ouer his charge retired to Mantua It is reported that he departed scarce well pleased from the Venetians The cause of his discontent proceeded as some say from the Venetians distrust of him at such time as the troupes crossed the Riuer Adda where they said he had not done his dutie Yet neuerthelesse he carried himselfe modestly for hee left his cauallerie behind him in the Venetian Armie but that which followed makes it apparent to what end hee did it Gonzaga being gone Frederico Contareni the Prouidator did for a time take the charge of the Armie Afterwards Paulo Troni was sent thither from the Citie who by the Senates aduise accusing the negligence of some and the treacherie of others gaue occasion vnto diuers that stood alreadie badly affected to them to craue leaue to depart among whome were Antonio and Asturo Fauentij and Borsia D'Aeste sonne to Nicholao These with many more being departed such as had serued vnder them and were desirous to stay stil did according to their merit receiue good pay Sforza in the meane time demanded of the Florentines and Venetians payment of that which was due vnto him And sending to Venice for that purpose his Agent being brought into the Senate tolde them that he was expresly come to put the Prince and Senate in mind of Sforzaes good seruices done vnto them and to receiue such summes as were due vnto him It is reported that prince Foscari by the Senates appointment answered That the Venetians were euer accustomed bountifully to satisfie and pay those who in any sort had loyally serued the weale publique according to their promise but as for Sforza hee had beene so farre from employing himselfe for them as hauing beene earnestly intreated to aide them he flatly denyed it Whereunto the Agent replying That they should doe well eyther to pay Sforza his due or else to discharge him both of his place and promise that he might more freely prouide for his affaires it is reported that thereunto all men generally answered That the Senate was well pleased that he should take his leaue and be gone Sforza being nettled with this answere resolued to reconcile himselfe to Philip whereunto till then he could neuer be induced for that he would not abandon the Pope and his confederates Whereupon being inflamed with choller and disdaine he went to the Florentines to demand that which they and the Venetians did owe him or if they should refuse it presently to discharge him as the Venetians had done The Florentines promised to pay him for them both they onely intreated him to haue patience for a while and to execute his charge whilest money might be raised on the people whose means were much exhausted and that they might send to Venice to the Prince and Senate For they knew well enough that Sforza being gone they should altogether be out of hope of taking Luca and were besides doubtfull lest some other new warre should assaile them from elsewhere According to this promise they sent Cosmo de Medicis to Venice a man besides his great wealth very wise and beloued of the people Hee had in former times dwelt at Venice at such time as through enuy he was driuen from Florence where during his abode he had behaued himselfe with such modestie and curtesie towards all men as well in publique as priuate that he was generally beloued and esteemed Whereupon being afterwards restored to his countrey for the hearty affection which he conceiued to that City where he had bin so kindly entertained his countrymen called him the Venetian Being come to Venice and brought into the Senate it is reported that with great feruencie he spake vnto them in this manner That his loue and affection towards the Venetians being remembred by his Countreymen it fell out that not as a Tuscan and borne in Florence but as a Venetian hee was sent to the Venetians to acquaint them with the Florentines great want of money and that they were no longer able to make anie leuies vpon the people for the entertainement of the Army That his fellow-Citizens were not cause of the renewing of the warre against those of Luca but Picinino onely who without anie cause giuen by the Florentines had furiously entred vpon the Pisan territorie and had enforced the Luquois to practise nouelties against them hauing by force drawne them to the warre But that by the diuine goodnesse it was come to passe that being enforced to take armes they had brought their enemies the Luquois to that point that despairing of peace from anie place else than according to the report from the Venetians they were readie whether they would or no to fall into the Florentines hands Hee did afterwardes adde That Sforza being commanded to passe the Appenine hilles came to Regio so that during his absence the Luquois
he did at last assaile Ostasio Polentano Prince of Rauenna who for a long time had beene vnder the Venetians protection and neuer gaue ouer to pursue and torment him till he had enforced him by his owne Citizens to follow Philips partie Rauenna by this meanes being no more at the Venetians deuotion he attempted a greater matter For he did at the same time take Imola and Bolognia from the Pope At this stay stood the affaires of Tuscanie and Flaminia whilest that Mellato vnto whom after the Prince of Mantua his departure the Venetians had giuen charge of their Armie and yet not honouring him with the title of Generall after he had recouered the vallies and Castles which Picinino had taken vpon the Bergamese the precedent winter entered furiously into the Cremonese where he made great spoyle Picinino being moued at these newes sent for Italus of Friull forth of Vmbria and his sonne Francisco and commanded his sonne to guard the Cities and strong Townes which he had lately taken in Flaminia and the other to follow him into Lombardie with his Cauallerie Being gone forth of Flaminia he went and incamped with his Armie neere to the Po at that place where it neerely presseth the Citie of Cremona Then hauing forthwith crossed the riuer he went and besieged Casal-maior The Venetian hauing notice of the enemies comming and hauing committed the guard of other townes to the Inhabitants put a strong Garrison into Casall-Maior and Soncina two strong townes on the Cremonese They did besides enioyne Mellato to guard the shoare of the riuer Oglio with all his forces He came and encamped at Bina twelue miles from Casal-Maior where after that he had fortified his Campe hee did aide the besieged and by manie Sentinelles and Corps-du-gard defended the other shoare of the Riuer There was in the meane time a rumour spred that Gonzaga who lay still at Mantua had secretly made a league with Philip. This being reported to the Senate it was thought most expedient to appeaâ—…e him if it were possible by their Ambassadors And to this purpose diuers of the chiefest Senators were sent vnto him who had of a long time beene verie familiarly acquainted with him They being come to Mantua the better to winne this Princes heart beganne highly to praise him and to extoll his perpetuall loyaltie towards the Venetians and their reciprocall affection towards him And although that in their passing by the Armie they had found a great part of the number of the Cauallerie to bee wanting which ought to haue beene compleate they would neuerthelesse pay him for the whole and whatsoeuer he could say was due to him though it amounted to neuer so great a summe Afterwards they entreated him to beare Armes againe for the Venetians and did againe offer him the place of Generall which hee had voluntarily left But hee excusing himselfe sometimes by reason of his small experience in the art militarie and afterwards saying That hee was desirous to liue at rest went about to stop his eares to the Venetians perswasions Whereupon the Ambassadors entreating him that since himselfe did determine to liue at peace hee would at leastwise permit Lodouico Gonzaga his sonne to bee enrolled in their pay he did not altogether refuse it nor yet wholly granted it At the last they came so farre as to entreate him if he would not beare Armes for the Venetians yet to continue in their ancient friendship and alliance The which he did not only promise to the Ambassadors but likewise by letters to the Senate saying That no man should euer see him follow Philps partie till newes were first brought him which God forbid that Venice were either taken or ruined by him The conclusion of their whole discourse was That as a louer of peace he detested warre And that the Venetians ought not to meruaile if he did reenforce his owne troupes for he did it fearing least if he should leaue his frontires naked of Garâ—…ison whilest the warre was so neere him he should not be able when hee vvould to keepe and defend them from being vvronged The Ambassadours vvere heerevvith dismissed Picinino in the meane time had for nineteen daies together battered Casal-major His Armie consisted of twentie thousand fighting men and that of the Venetians of halfe as manie But that long siege had put the Senate in hope that Picinino's terrible attempts would be brought to nothing before he could attaine to that which he had conceiued in his minde in regard he had so long contrarie to all mens expectation continued before one place onely and done no great good there whereupon they hoped that his vehement heat would at last be cooled And that Soncina in the Cremonese and diuers other places elswhere were as strong by situation and in munition as that which he then besieged euery of which might not alone amuse the enemie but likewise altogether wearie and distaste him These were the Senators ordinarie discourses But the fall of a Tower did in such sort daunt those of Casal as they began openly to talke of yeelding The enemie at the first would not accept their submission vsing delaies of purpose till such time as he had made agreement with the Gotolengians Gambarians concerning the treacherie which they had secretly practized who were determined to reuolt Whereunto being solicited by Picinino's Agents they did with him vndertake an horrible villanie which was to enclose Mellato with his troupes as he passed through the Bressan Territorie to the end that the Venetians troupes being at one time assailed on the one side by the peasants and on the other by the Souldiers might be wholly defeated This treacherous plot being thus concluded those of Casal were receiued on composition Picinino had thought at his first arriuall vpon the bankes of Oglio to haue broken the Venetians as they were marching and therefore he would not compound with the Casalins till hee were assured of the ambuscado laied for the Venetians to the end that whether they tarried still in one place or went forward as he rather thought they might certainly be defeated Casall being thus yeelded he drew about midnight towards the Riuer Oglio hauing sent certaine light horse before to sound the foord he learned by them that the Venetians kept the opposite shoare yet neuerthelesse he held on his way encamped by daie-breake vpon the bankes of the Riuer Oglio foure miles beneath Bina And forthwith so soone as his Armie drew neere to the place he prepared all things necessarie for an assault Mellato suspecting that it was but a pollicie of the enemie and that his designes tended elsewhere than he made shew for tooke diligent care of all things The Mantuan Prince was likewise in person neere to the Towne of Macharia which lieth in the mid-way betwixt Bina and the Po with three thousand men who exhorted the Venetian Generall to ioine his troupes with his assuring him that
aspire to the same principalitie like Philip. They then being desirous to preserue their libertie did by little and little retire their forces and did daily diminish his credit and reputation But Sforza perceiuing that ere long he should bee esteemed no more a friend to those of Milan than to the Venetians he resolued to renew his ancient league and alliance with them for he knew well enough that the onely power of that Commonwealth might serue him for a ladder to mount vp to the principalitie Now among all the prisoners of note that were taken at the battaile of Carauazza and carried to the castle of Cremona was Clemento Thealdino one of the Secretaries of the Signorie with Hermolao Donato Angelo Simonetta had beene acquainted with him a long time whereupon he brought him secretly to Sforza who sent him to the Prince and Senate to let them know from him that if peace were pleasing to them they should secretly send to him Giacomo Antonio Marcello or Pascalis Maripietro The Senate although it had after the ouerthrow at Carauazza by vertue of their ancient alliance obtained great supplies of the Florentines had at that time mightily encreased their Armie yet for all that supposing the successe of warre to be vncertaine they did willingly he aâ—…ken to peace And because Marcello was at that time Gouernour of Verona they sent Maripietro to the Fornaces a place neere to Pescara The Venetian and Simonetta had many secret conferences in that place where they agreed vpon these conditions of peace That Sforza and the Venetians should declare themselues enemies to the Milaneses That the Senate should furnish him with foure thousand horse and two thousand foote vntill he had conquered Milan and should besides for his entertainment send him monthly thirtie thousand crownes Moreouer it was expresly mentioned that the Venetians should possesse whatsoeuer Philip had held on the hither side the riuer Adda and should purchase Milan and the residue of the Dutchie for him The accord being in this sort made and all the prisoners set at libertie Sforza crossed the riuer Adda marched against those of Milan The Venetians hauing dismissed Attendulo from his place sent him to the Treuisan territorie Those of Lodes because they would not fall into Sforza's hands hauing sent away the Venetian Garrison yeelded to them of Milan Sforza in a short space recouered whatsoeuer the Milaneses held betwixt the Adda and the Thesin Lodes and Coma excepted Then from thence he went and encamped within fiue miles of Milan The same yeare about the end of Haruest there was a bloudie fight betwixt the Turkes and the Hungarians vpon the confines of Adrinople wherein fourescore thousand Turkes were slaine and of Christians halfe as manie The Venetian Gallies surprized a Foist of the Pirats all the Rouers were hanged and they that were lesse faultie were made Gallie-slaues within a while after they met with a Marchants shippe belonging to the Gotholans which was loden with oile the which they tooke in hatred of their Countrie-men who were all Pirates Tortona in the meane time Nouara Alexandria and at the last Parma yeelded to Sforza These newes being brought to Venice did greatly reioice the whole Citie and this ioy was by so much greater as they supposed these conquests to haue beene made in part by the valour and conduct of Marcello The Senate according to the treatie had sent him with two thousand horse and two Prouidators Lorenzo Lauretano and Pascalis Maripietro and Sforza had afterwards sent him with Alessadro his brother to recouer diuers Townes beyond the Po most of which being recouered and assured by strong Garrisons this valiant Captaine called for the Venetian forces and went to besiege Milan In the meane time newes was brought that Lewis Duke of Sauoy who had leagued himselfe with the Milaneses against Sforza had 〈◊〉 great trouples into Italie vnder the command of Iohn Compensio to wast and spoile the confines of Nouara who at their first arriuall attempted to surprize Nouara But their enterprise sailing they went from thence and encamped vpon the Territorie neere adioining Coyoni whom the Venetians had sent with Marcello to Sforza was commanded to march against them who were reported to bee sixe thowsand men Hee ioining fight with Compensio vpon the bankes of Thesin did put them to rout and took Compensio prisoner with foure hundred of his horse This victorie did highly renowne Coyoni and did greatly further him afterwards in mounting to those honours which he obtained At the same time Lrrenzo Pisaure was sent with a Gallie to the King of Babilon The cause of his Ambassade was for that the Venetian Marchants had beene badly dealt with by the Barbarians in the Faires of Syria Angelo Pisaure did likewise put to Sea with two Gallies against the Pirats The Milaneses in the meane time affecting libertie which they had a little tasted did on a sodaine murther diuers of the chiefe in the Citie who were said to take Sforza's partie then going forth of the Gates in heapes they ranne towards the enemie Sforza did at that time batter the Fort of Mellignana who vnderstanding of the enemies comming forth who were reported to be three score thousand men hee did in such sort order his battallions as those of Milan hearing of the excellent order of his Armie durst not approch Marcello who was with him perceiuing the great skill and dexteritie of that braue Captaine in a matter so sodain did write to Venice that not only the Venetians but all Italie would haue had cause to haue feared that inuincible Captaine if he had taken Milan The enemies being retired he continued the siege But all his designes tended to famish the Citie Therefore he did so streightly besiege it as at times running to the very Rampiers hee did with sodaine incursions set fier on the Suburbes At this stay stood the Citie of Milan at such time as the Citie of Venice had like to haue sustained a losse as great as vnlookt-for A certaine Greeke named Stamatus borne in Candie being by chance at Venice at that time when they did shew according to their manner to great Lordes that were strangers vnto Borsia D'Aeste the publike treasure which is kept in a part of S. Markes Church it happened after this manner That this Greeke being vnknowne and thrusting himselfe among his household seruants did enter into the Vestrie Then he was so far off from being amazed at the view of such great and admirable wealth as on the contrarie hee did forthwith determine in his minde to commit a notable theft The Walls of 〈◊〉 Markes Church which in the beginning wee haue termed the golden Church in regard of the excellent guilding thereof both within and without is down to the pauement seeled as it were with great tables of marble In that part of the Church where the Innocents Altar standeth this cunning theefe remoued a
was Ambassador for the Signorie with his Holinesse brought these presents to Venice which the Prince in great solemnitie did weare vpon that day that the peace was published Peace at the same time was treated of with Sforza by Ambassadors Pascalis Maripietro was to that end sent to Crema whither Ambassadors were come from Milan to treate of that businesse The Senate likewise sent Ambassadors to congratulate Borsia d' Aeste for his promotion to his new principalitie who after the death of Leonello had beene with a generall consent proclaimed Prince At the same time likewise Hermolao Donato a Venetian Gentleman was murthered The Senate by a decree made sharpe search for the murtherers and promised a perpetuall pension besides a present recompence to him that should bewray them The Duke of Austria the Emperours brother in his iourney from Rome towards Germanie came to Venice The Prince and Senate went â—…o meete him and being receiued into the Bucentauro he was conducted to the Pallace of Aeste which was sumptuously prepared for his lodging and hauing at leisure viewed the Citie he went home into Germanie In the accord which they made with king Alphonso the Sienois the Duke of Sauoy the Maquesse of Montferrat and the Lords of Corregia were included their Commissioners sent for that purpose did at one time meete at Venice Ambassadors came from the king of that part of Illiria which at this day is called Bossina who from their master did present the Prince with foure gallant horses hawkes and flagons of siluer they said that they came to bring the presents and in their masters name to congratulate in the presence of the Prince and Senate the marriage of his daughters one of whom had married Stephen the Vayuod and the other Caloianes Viceroy of Hungarie And that therfore the King their Lord did wish perpetual happinesse to the Prince Senate and people of Venice his friends for that he had made new alliance with two such great personages That he did besides take a solemne oath to continue a perpetuall friend to the Venetians which so long as he should liue he would religiously keepe The Prince and Senate did highly thanke the king and gaue kinde entertainment to the Ambassadors Whilest these things were done at Venice Gentilis Leonesio and Tiberto Brandolino some Authors mention Picinino in steede of Brandolino did by the Senates commandement take fifteene hundred horse from Coyoni which he had with him on the territorie of Verona against whom hauing practised some noueltie they came on a sodaine as they had beene commanded But himselfe escaping went to Mantua to Prince Lodouico At the same time king Alphonso the Venetians and their associates did chace the Florentines from their confines in hatred to Sforza whom they had assisted with money Carolo Gonzaga vpon the first report of this warre came to the Venetians to implore their aid and succour against his brother Lodouico who he said had wrongfully bereft him of those lands which he had till then possessed by his fathers testament The Venetians did louingly receiue him and did put him in hope whether that they had peace or warre soone to repossesse him in his estate and the Commonwealth gaue him in the meane time a thousand crownes a moneth for the entertainmenr of himselfe and familie Lodouico Bishop of Aquileia came to Venice and within a while after Pietro Barbe Cardinall who when hee came to be Pope would needs be called Paulo great troupes of Gentlemen went forth to meete either of them and both of them were honorably entertained But the Emperour Fredericke had more princely reception who with Leonora his wife came to Venice about the Spring time of the yeare following For such great numbers of boates neuer went forth to meet any Prince whatsoeuer It is reported that besides the Bucentauro richly hung with cloath of gold wherein the Prince and chiefe Senators were foure great vessels were set forth whose poopes were all guilded in which were the whole nobilitie of Venice These followed the Bucentauro as their Admirall The Gallies went after them The Ganzares and patischermes which are lesser vessels to the number of sixscore were as gallantly decked as those of the Clarissimi in which were the common Citizens who did striue to exceed one another in brauerie The whole Citie was hung that day with cloath of gold purple scarlet and violet colour In euerie place musicall instruments songs and sweet voyces were heard which did in a manner rauish the hearers Fredericke being come to S. Clements Church where the Prince met him came forth of the Duke of Ferraraes Barge and went into the Bucentauro where the good old Prince Foscare welcomed and seated him in a throne of Golde and then sate downe next to him He was with great ioy and generall applause conducted through the middest of the Cittie to the Pallace of Aeste which the Common-wealth had richly furnished for his lodging The Empresse Leonora within a while after came to Venice and to the end that her entrie into the Cittie might be more magnificent shee tarried three dayes at S. Nicholas on the shoare then vpon an holiday she was receiued into the Bucentauro by the Princes wife and two hundred of the fairest Ladies glistering with gold purple and pretious stones The same order of boates as had serued for the Emperours reception did wait vpon her through the Cittie as farre as Saint Eustace his Church vnto the pallace of the Vitturi where shee landed The chiefe Senators went to visite her and to doe her seruiee in the Morning and Euening The day was spent in feasting those great Guests The Councell Chamber was richly hung which was filled with the fairest and noblest Ladies of the Cittie The Senate presented the Empresse so soone as she entred her Chamber with a Crowne of Golde set with three pretious stones which were esteemed to be worth two thousand sixe hundred crownes and with a coate for a little childe as a presage of her future progenie with a Cradle-cloth of purple powdered with pearles Both of them danced together The day was spent in all delights and pleasures And the whole Citie did keepe many Holie-daies in honour of her great Guests although they had not neglected their care for the warre of Lombardie Heereby wee may perceiue how curious the Venetians haue euer beene more than any other people of Italie to giue entertainement to forraine Princes Fredericke being gone the Senate the better to prouide for the expences of the warre made a Decree that all Officers aswell in the Cittie as abroad Iudges Registers and others of meaner qualities vnder great Officers who in anie kinde had pension of the Common-wealth should pay a certaine tribute to the Signiorie And that the Gentlemen after that they had executed their yearely charge for euerie one at the yeares end receiued his pay should serue the Republique gratis for sixe moneths longer At this
still at his backe who had followed him into Flaminia was enforced to leaue his Cauallerie to his enemie and himselfe with a few followers to make a speedie retreat into the frontiers of Rauenna Such was the end of Sanseuerino and his sonnes renowned iourney from Lombardie to the warre of Rome which we haue not so much mentioned for himselfe as to let the world vnderstand the Venetians great constancie and loyalty For although an occasion was offered to ruine king Ferdinand intangled in a domesticke war or at least mightily to endanger him if they would haue embraced those offers promises and conditions yet because they would in no sort violate the treatie of peace which they had once sworne to they stopt their eares to these motions Now whilest these things were done neere Rome newes was brought from France that Maximilian sonne to the Emperour Fredericke was chosen King of the Romanes a name verie hatefull to the Citie of Rome taking it original in the daies of that Charles who ouerthrew the Lombards greatnesse in Italy For many Historians affirme That he did afterwards make his sonne Pipin King of Italy himselfe being Emperour and by this meanes it came to passe in time that he is not only called king of Italy but of Romans which enioyeth the same digintie and greatnesse like him Maximiliam had maried the daughter and heire of Charles Duke of Burgondie who died in the war against the Suisses and by this marriage purchasing great and ample Signories being young valiant and apt either for warre or peace had after some new troubles and difficult men aces of warre inforced that stirring nation to obey his commandemment Himselfe and Fredericke his father acquainted the Venetians as their great friends with this new election Dominico Treuisano and Hermolao Barbaro were sent Ambassadors to them both with commission in the States name to congratulate that royall election They were both knighted Another Ambassador was likewise sent into Portugall to thanke that king from the Prince and Senate for that not long before he had relieued and assisted the Venetians who by Pyrates had beene robbed and spoiled and set on shore in his countrey Ieronimo Donato a verie excellent Philosopher was appointed to goe thither Toward the Spring the sicknesse lessened and before Summer ended it wholly ceassed so as of a long time before the Citie was not seene more healthfull This prosperitie was accompanied by another proceeding from Prince Barbadicos care and diligence which was great plentie and abundance of all things for such store of corne wine oyle and all sorts of meate was brought to the Citie as in the memorie of man the like had not beene seene This ioy was likewise seconded by another for the Venetians at that time had peace both by land and sea so as the Commonwealth was neuer more happie than at that time The Prince was not onely busied in maintaining the State in this prosperitie but in augmenting it when on a sodaine to all mens griefe death preuented him He died in the ninth moneth of his gouernment and therein perhaps more happie than all his predecessors because that besides a goodly race which he left behind him himselfe hauing well deserued of Religion Countrey and Citizens the Citie at his death was cleare from pestilence and abounded in plentie We may moreouer adde this to his good fortune That vpon his death-bed an Ambassador came to him from Baiazet sonne to Mahomet Emperour of Turks and brought him rich presents It is reported that drawing towards his end he called for foure of his sonnes whom after vertuous instructions which he gaue them he exhorted to loue and honour the State intreating them often to remember the honour it had done him for raising him from a meane Citizen to the highest and soueraigne dignitie the which ought to make them to render that pietie to their countrey which their father by reason of his short gouernment could not performe The whole Citie did infinitely bewaile his death Euerie one did publikely speake of his meeknesse towards all men For besides other pious examples towards the poore he did at the beginning of his gouernment fearing that by reason of multiplicitie of causes the poore should haue no free accesse to him make a decree That the names of those who were desirous to haue audience of him should from eight to eight daies be drawne by lot and that their names who were first drawne should be first dispatched This holy Decree was cause that neither ambition briberie nor fauour could hinder poore mens suits nor barre them from audience Great numbers of people followed his funerals to the Church of the Twinnes But his bodie lies buried in the Church of the Publike charitie It shall not be impertinent to set downe briefly in this place the ceremonie which is at this day vsed at the interment of the Venetian Dukes After he is dead and bowelled they embalme the bodie and lay it vnder a Canopie of Gold with his guilt sword and spurs reuersed he is publikely kept in the Pallace for three whole daies then all the companies of the Citie which are as many as there bee Trades doe with their banners in solemne order goe before the bodie after them follow the Cleargie next them the mourners who are many in sad and sorrowfull manner last of all come the Senate clothed in Scarlet and Purple to demonstrate That the Citie which is free doth neuer in mourning habit follow the funerall of any Prince how vertuous so euer In this manner and habite so soone as the bodie is brought into the Church they sit round about it whilest the memorie of the deceased Prince according to the ancient manner is recommended to the people in a funerall Oration From thence the Senators returning to the Pallace doe publish the first assembly for the creation of a new Duke AVGVSTINO BARBADICO the 74. Duke of Venice AVgustino Barbadico brother to the deceased Prince a man of singular wisedome and grauitie and at that time Procurator of S. Marke succeeded his brother This election was by so much more pleasing to the Cittie by how much euery man thought that they could not haue chosen a man more resembling the late Prince in all vertuous qualities than this man The next day after his creation he made a sweet and gentle Speech to the people but his maiestike and reuerend presence with a long white beard hanging downe beneath his girdle made him more venerable After his election all things flourishing in peace as before hee beganne his gouernement like to his brother by repairing the Ducall pallace The next Winter Antonio Ferriere and within a while after Giouanni Baria were sent to Constantinople to the Turkish Emperour Antonio Lauretano Ambassadour at Rome was called home because the Senate supposed that hee had not faithfully discharged his place hee was a very wise man and excellently learned he was banished the Cittie
Iunca returned into Sicely Pesare presented him with fiue hundred peeces of Malmsey and seuenty thousand weight of sweet meates of all sorts which the Senate had sent him from Venice Pesare aduertised that the enemy had made certaine Galleys at Preueze and that some of them were already lanched sayled thether with foureteene well armed Galleys and drew them thence notwithstanding all the enemies resistance and directed his course to Corfou there to trimme his vessels and to review his fleete The Senate in the meane time recompenced those who had well deserued in that warre as well those that were liuing as their heires that were dead The Precedent yeare the state had sent an Ambassador to Ladislaus King of Hungary to mooue him to warre vpon the Turke who after a long discourse did in the Senates name make a league and confederacie with him by which the King was bound to make warre on the Turke with his whole force and the Venetians to giue the King yearely at three distinct times three thousand pounds of gold The Pope would needs make one in this treatie of peace and sent a Cardinall thither for his Legate promising for three yeares space to giue foure hundred pounds of gold yearely to the same King Pesare hauing repaired his fleete determined to burne the Turkish Galleis at the mouth of the riuer Bojan but this enterprize tooke none effect because that the Turkes had inteligence of it who fearing the like danger as at Preâ—…ese with-drew their vessels fourteene miles vp the riuer from sea The Turke at the same time recouered the Castle of Iunca Pesari returning to Corfou had inteligence that the enemies Galleis vppon the riuer Bojan would shortly come forth hee sent certaine of his Galleis thither to keepe them in himselfe in the meane time with the rest of the fleet consisting of fiue and twenty Gallies returned into Morea where from the confines of Coron hee laded his Gallies with great numbers of men women and young children carrying them into Cephalonia desolute of inhabitants From thence hee returned to Corfou expecting the French King and King of Portugalls fleet Whilest these things were done abroade Prince Augustino Barbadico dyed at home hauiuing gouerned the Common-wealth fifteene yeare and in his place according to the vsuall manner Leonardo Loredano a man wise and noble was chosen LEONARDO LOREDANO the 75. Duke AT the first great Councell held after he was made Prince Benedetto Pesare Captaine General of the fleet was made Procurator of Saint Marke in steed of Philippo Troni who was newly dead In his time the French Fleet went to ayde the Venetians against the Turke the like did that of Portugall according to both those Kings promises but they came not both at one time nor to one place for that of Portugall went to Corfou and the French to Zant and yet neither the one or other did any great seruice to the State which hauing long time mainetained warre against the Turke alone of it selfe and in the company of the King of Hungary did at last make peace when it least thought thereof For those beeing redeemed who at the beginning of the warre were imprisoned at Constantinople Andre Gritti was one of the number who returning to Venice was by his Contrey-men kindly welcomed home He brought letters to the Senate from Achmet one of Baziazets cheefe Captaines which contained that if they were desirous to end the warre they should send one to Constantinople to treat of the conditions of peace and that hee would bee their freind The Senate vppon these letters sent word to Pesare to dissolue the fleet twenty Gallies excepted which he should keepe with him and wrote to Ladislaus King of Hungary sending him Achmets letters that they determined to send an Agent to Constantinople intreating him to doe the like to the end peace might be made with more honor Ladislaus vnderstanding the Senates determination did highly commend it and promised to grant what they demanded But the King prolonged the matter because if the Senate made peace with the Turke vnles there were som new agreement betwixt them he should be depriued of the yearly sum which the Signory gaue him wherevpon the Venetian Ambassadors that were in Hungary fearing to prolong the treaty with the Turke granted that the three thousand pounds of gold which they paid him yearely towards the war should if peace were made be reduced to three hundred pounds of gold so long as Baiazet liued In the mean time Baiazeth made peace with the Sophi therby finding himselfe more fit to continue warre against the Venetians grew haughty and told Achmet that he would not haue peace with the Venetians except they would redeliuer the Isle of Saint Maur which not long before they had taken from him The Senate aduertized thereof by Achmets letters written to Gritti and sent by an expresse messenger vnwilling any longer to consume them selues in expence by continuing the warre quitted that Island to Baiazeth and made peace with him reseruing the Isle of Cephalonia to them selues in old time called Leucadia The Venetians were much troubled for that the King of Portugall forestalling their traffick had appropriated vnto himselfe the trade for spices which their vessels and Marchants bringing from Alexandria did with meruailous profit vent into all places of Christendome For the Portugalls going by Sea into those remote partes and in the Indian Sea insinuating themselues into the friendship of the Kings of Calicut and other lands their neighbors haue gotten to themselues the Commerce for spices which the Alexandrian Marchants before were wont to haue and bringing them home into Portugall send them by sea into those places whether the Venetians vsed to trade But to returne to the Peace the Senate commanded thankes to bee giuen to God and three pounds of gold to be distributed to the Preists Baiazeth sent an ambassador vnto whom the Prince should sweare to obserue the peace as he had done to the Venetian Ambassador At the same time Lewis the French King sent Iohn Lascaris of Constantinople his Ambassador to the Venetians to request them to renew the league and Confederacy betwixt them for he being inforced to make warre vppon Gonsaluo Lieftenant Generall to the King of Spaine who had defeated his Army in Calabria was desirous to haue the Venetians take armes in his behalfe and to induce them therevnto propounded many faire conditions but they refused to renew the Confederacy and also his offers saying that they were satisfied with the old one Pope Alexander in the meane time supping in a Garden neere to the Vatican with the Duke Valentinois his sonne was on a sodaine carried thence for dead to his Pallace whither his sonne was likewise carried sick like the father and the day following the Pope dyed black and swelled and very vgly very euident signes of poyson but the Duke his sonne by reason of his youth and presently taking
the confederats But the losse of the victorious was greater without comparison by reason of the death of the Generall of â—…s of Alegre â—…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 câ—…pitulated the Lanâ—…equentes Gascons perceiuing the walls to be carelessely kept did enter it at the breach which was made before the bataile and â—…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 Câ—…llonna was â—…tyled which hee afterward yeelded vpon condition â—…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 Flaminâ—… to gard and defend the lands of the Church The Viâ—…y neuer â—…aid till hee came to Aâ—…coha where hee vsed meanes to renew his army promisâ—…g to him selfe that beeing ioyned with the Swisses hee would easily driue the French forth of â—…taly so as euery one would employ him-selfe in that busienesse The Venetâ—…ns beeing aduertised of his intenâ—… sent to comfort him for his losse and to offer him al ayde and releefe by Antoâ—… 〈◊〉 who brought him a good summe of mony from the Senate the liâ—…e also did King 〈◊〉 Aâ—…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 Roâ—…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 â—…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 pâ—…tiently endure al difficulties and namely they caâ—… 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 inâ—…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
moneth was spent in the handling of the difficulties as well of his accord as of that of the Venetians and at last the Pope hauing greatly imployed him-selfe therein both the one and other were concluded Francis Sforza promised to pay vnto the Emperor within a yeare foure hundred thousand Ducats and other fiue hundred thousand within tenne yeare namely fifty thousand yearely Coma and the Castle of Milan remayning in the Emperors hands who promised to surrender them so soone as the first yeares payment were made and gaue him the inuestiture or rather the confirmation of that which hee had before giuen him As for the Venetians they did like-wise consent to surrender Rauenna and Ceruia with their Territortes to the Pope their clames saued the Pope pardoning those who had practized or done any thing against him They did like-wise agree to render to the Emperor in the moneth of Ianuary next ensuing all that which they possessed in the Kingdome of Naples and to pay him the residue of the two hundred thousand Ducats due at the last peace contracted betwixt them namely twenty thousand Ducats within a moneth and fiue and twenty thousand yearely after-wards till the end of the payment and to pay him another hundred thousand Ducats besides the one halfe within tenne moneths and the other within a yeare after and that the Duke of Vrbin should be comprized in that peace as being vnder the Venetians protection Diuers other Articles were added concerning particular persons and the generall commerce so as by this peace and confederacy Italy was freed from the tumults and dangers of armes where-with it had beene afflicted the space of more then eight yeares with infinite ho◅tible accidents Florence alone was exempted from this good hap vnto whome other mens peace had procured a worse and more dangerous war by reason of the Florentines contention with the Pope The Imperiall army leauing the Venetian State and being come neere to the confines of Tuscany went on very slowly by the Popes commandement who desired to preserue the city of Florence and her whole territory from the souldiers spoile and oppression which gaue the Florentines time and occasion to fortifie them-selues and to make strong rampiers about their walles and to receiue two thousand foot-men into it which Malateste Baillone brought thither after that he had by composition yeelded the City of Perusa to the Marquis of Guasto which made them more vnwilling to grant the Popes demaunds As also because that their delay to make their approches had begotten an opinion in the Florentines that the Emperour would rather in shew then in effect satifie the Popes de◅ire But the Pope on the other side being extreamely incensed against them because they would not referre themselues to his iudgement wherein ◅e promised to proceed with all meekenesse and being in great hope to obtaine his desire by freely disposing of the Emperours forces seeing that he had no more need of them by reason that he had made an agreement with the Venetians and the Duke of Milan he determined rather to come to the extreamest point of all then to giue place in any thing The Venetians were greatly grieued for the Florentines troubles and vexations as their friends and confederates and ioyned together in one selfe same cause for the tuition and defense of the liberty of Italy but the Republike was charged with such excessiue expences as al-be it that all her forces were still whole yet neuerthelesse it could not giue them that aide and assistance which was needfull and therefore the Senate exhorted the Florentines to make an accord if it were possible with the Pope vpon any honourable condition which might not preiudice their liberty The Emperour in the meane time commanded the Marquis of Guasto to set forward with the army and to goe and encampe before the walles of Florence being mooued therevnto by his owne particular interests besides the Popes greatly desiring to haue those of Medicis to returne into the city because that he had promised to giue the Lady Marguer◅te his naturall daughter in mariage to Alexander the Popes Nephew to the end that his sonne in law might hold an estate answerable to the greatnesse of so high a marriage thinking moreouer that it would greatly profit him for the encrease and assurance of his power in Italy to haue the gouernment of that City which had euer shewed it selfe much inclined to the French to depend wholly in time to come vpon him All the warre being in this manner brought into Tuscany and neere to the wals of Florence all the remainder of Italy and Christendome were at peace the which hapned very opportunely at the same time that all of them being vnited together might march against Soliman who desyring there to purchase glory and reputation by armes being the more emboldened therevnto by the quarells and contentions of Christian Princes did menace their Realmes and Dominions for notwithstanding that winter approched and that he wanted great ordnance he was constrained to discampe from before Vienna the which was defended by a number of braue men he neuerthelesse cau◅ed it to giuen forth abroad that he would returne againe at the spring and beseege it with greater forces or else some other City of Germany Soliman dislodging from those quarters did establish Iohn in the Kingdome of Hungary shewing thereby that his principall aime was to purchase the ◅ame of a valiant and generous Prince he did moreouer create high Treasorer of the Kingdome Lodouico Gritti sonne to Andre Gritti Duke of Venice borne of a Concubine at Constantinople whilest being young he remained there about businesse The conditions of peace being thus accomplished the Venetian Senate being very carefull to establish it and to purchase and keepe the fauour and friendship of these Princes determined to send Ambassadors to the Pope and the Emperor to testifie both to the one other the gr◅at conten◅mēt which they had receiued by such an accord and reconciliation and how desirous they weare to haue that peace and friendship long to continue betwixt them Some of the cheefest Senators were appointed for this Ambassage namely Marco Dandulo Lodouico Gradonico Lod◅uico Moceniga and Lorenzo Bragadin◅ vnto whom to make the Ambassage mo◅e honorable were added Antonio Su◅iano chosen at the first for successor to Gasparo Contare◅ Ambassador with the Pope and Nicolao Tepulo who was to be resident with the Emepror These sixe then came to Bolognia at the beginning of the yeare 1530 where the Pope and Emperorlay who honorably entertayned them where they executed the tenor of their commission a part first of all to the Pope and then to the Emperor They did highly e◅toll the Pope for that a◅ the common Father embracing with Piety and wisdome the cause of Christendome hee had ended so many troubles and calamities and the Republi◅e did particularly thanke him for his care of the wealth and commodity thereof by composing in
the Emperours alliance and to embrace that of the French King offering them from him and by his commandement the city of Cremona and all the country of Gyradade so as by their common armies the State of Milan might be conquered promising them besides all aide and assistance to reduce the Cities of Rauenna and Ceruia vnder their obedience with the territories of Puglia Ottranto Brundusium Monopoli Polignan and Trani by which meanes they should be restored to all that which they had enioyed before the last warres But hee did especially insist very much vpon the miserable condition of the time which was to bee considered promising to defend and shield them by his Kings meanes and authority from all those perills and dangers which threatned them from the Turkes to their owne honour and reputation This proposition being vttered with great vehemency did greatly trouble the mindes of the Auditors for on the one side great and faire hopeâ—… were propounded with equall recompences and yet not with out warre and great trauaile on the other side an incertenty of peace with as many difficulties did present it selfe before them the selfe same dangers remay ning stil in force made far greater by the French Kings indignation if he should perceiue his friendship with such goodly offers to be so often contemned and set at nought The Senate being assembled therevpon the Collodge of the wise men hauing determined to tell the Count Rangon that the Senate did first of all thanke him for his great and notable offers made vnto them then concerning the vinon which he propounded that the King might haue perceiued by their actions past what account they had euer made and now more then euer of the Councell of France to the which they had neuer beene wanting nor would euer faile when occasion should be offered earnestly requesting the King so to hold and beleeue it one onely person Marke Antonio Cornare a man at that time highly esteemed for his eloquence and great reputation though he were not very old being of a contrary opinion would haue them freely to answere the Count Rangon That the common-wealth had euer vsed to keepe her promise inuiolably which was a matter worthy and beseeming a Prince and that therefore the same being vnited with the Emperour by a new confederacy could not harken to any other contrary therevnto but they did hope that the King as a wise and most Christian Prince and their friend would not for all that discontinue the good offices which he â—…ad already begunne in their behalfe towards the Turke and he did constantly maintaine this opinion by a vehement and perswasiue oâ—…ation wherevpon he was attentiuely heard and commended of all men So soone as he had ended Leonardo Eme one of the wise men of the councel a man of authority and well experienced in matters of importance both at home and abroad rose vp and began to answer to euery point of Cornares speech But neither his authority nor al the reasons which he all eadged to the contrary could keepe them from answering Rangon in the same manner as Cornare had propounded In the meane time newes were brought to Venice how that the Turkish fleet was arriued at Valona and that passing along thorow the Channel of Corfoù it had saluted the castle with ordnance shot in signe oâ—… friendship according to the vse and manner of warre that the castle had in friendly sort giuen them the like salutation and how that Solimon had neither in that Island nor else-where committed any hostile action but that certaine things being forcibly taken from some of the Republikes subiects had beene restored to them and the Robbers for terrot to the rest had beene hanged vpon the saile yardes of his galley Some Senators were of opinion that the Generall Pesare in acknowledgement thereof and vnder pretence of peace and friendship should send some captaine of his Gallies to Soliman to vse meanes to discouer some of his deseignes but it was reiected for feare least the Turkes would interpret it sinisterly to their aduantage and least the reputation of the Venetian forces should therby be diminished with them or else giue them some occasion to make some great and vnreasonable demand but they were within a while after freed of that care by newes that they receiued how that Iacomo Canalis going to Constantinople to execute the office of Baily in steed of Nicola Iustinian and being come to Nouobazar was by Solimans commandment brought backe to the campe who could satisfie them in all things At this stay stood the Venetians affaires at that time neither at open warre nor assured peace all matters being full of feare and suspition when as vnluckily and vnlooked for three sundry accidents happened which did cast the Republike head-long into warre with Soliman The first was that of Simon Nassi the Zaratin who commanding a Dalmatian Galley did vnfortunately meet with a small Turkish vesselladen with victuals which was going to Valona against which because it would not obey a certaine signall according to the manner of nauigation nor strike her sailes he discharged a cannon and sunke it Although this fact did greatly trouble Solimans haughty courage and all his Bashas yet neuerthelesse making shew to beare it patiently because he would not perhaps at that time interrupt his other deseignes he determined to send Ianusbei the Dragoman to Corfou to complain to the Generall Pesare how that thorow the insolency of a meane captaine of a Galley the peace betwixt them had beene violated and infringed and to demand to haue the author therof punished and the dammages amounting to more then thirty thousand Ducats to be repaired Vpon the neck thereof the second accident happened There were foure captains of gallies at the same time at the gard of the channel of Corfou to wit Iusto Gradonico Micaele Grimani Iacomo de Mezze and Ieromino Micaele these men so soone as they perceiued those armed vessels to come towards them which were two Gallies and one Fust conducting the Turkish Ambassador without taking any farther notice of them they fiercely charged them so as the Turkes being amazed betooke themselues to flight and supposing that they could not soone enough escape from them sailed as fast as they could to Cimera a barbarous nation and enemy to the Turkes wherevpon they were badly entreated there and al of them committed to prison and among the rest this Ianusbei This exploit did greatly discontent the Generall Pesare who in some sort to moderate the fact did sodainely send Francisco Zene captaine of a Galley to Cimera to vse meanes with a good sum of money to redeeme Ianusbei the which for the Republiks sake he soone obtained without mony This being likewise brought to Solimans knowledge he was prouoked by some of his seruants to take speedy reuenge thereof yet neuerthelesse hee would not for that time harken thereunto but sent for the Baily Canalis to
rather by cowardize and indiscretion then for any euell will and therefore they did offer to spend both their meanes and liues for the seruice of the Common-wealth promising to giue sufficient and ample testimony of their loyalty earnestly and humbly entreating them not to forsake them seeing that they were ready and determined to make defense The Senate did willingly giue eare vnto them and with faire speeches and great promises they were sent backe againe where-vpon the Generall was commanded to send fiue and twenty Gallies to the Isle of Candy vnder the conduct of the Prouidator Pascalie who had like-wise commission to carry soldiers and victualls to Naples and to leaue foure Gallies there for the guard of the city They did in like manner furnish the Castle and Isle of Corfoù with all things necessary As for Dalmatia sundry companies of light horse drawne from Greece and Croatia were sent thither to gard the country against the enemies incursions But that which did trouble them was the vncertenty which way they would take there being sundry speeches thereof whereby they were at one time to prouide for all the places which they held vppon the sea and likewise to assure Patria in Frioul because the report was that Soliman in person would be in his land army which made them feare that he might come thither In the meane time the last conclusion of the league was most ernestly sollicited whose forces were supposed would be very great which was the cause that no more mention was made of the treaty of peace the which for a time lay dead The Venetians to please the Emperor had chosen Andrew Doria Generall of the whole army and the Pope in fauour to the Common-wealth had appointed Marco Grimani Patriarke of Aquileia to command his Gallies a Venetian by nation and of a noble and rich family But there rested to conclude the portion of their expence which each of the Confederates were to beare in that common enterprise knowing very wel that the third part was to great for the Sea Apostolick the Venetians being contented somwhat to ease it and that the Emperor should beare the rest but his Agents notwithstanding they said that it was reason to ease the Pope would neuerthelesse not giue their consent to haue him charged more then the Venetians The Emperour at the last fearing least that the delay of the conclusion of the league might breed some coldnesse in those who were most foreward to warre and might in the end cause the Senate to giue eare to the propositions of peace and that thereby he might be enforced alone to sustaine all the Turkes attempts did encrease the authority of his Agents at Rome promising to be pleased with whatsoeuer they should agree to and cheefely concerning the difficultie about the expence suffering the Pope to beare but the sixth part and of the residew the three partes should bee for him selfe and the two for the Venetians Whilest these treaties were made in the Court of Roome Genesino who at Constantinople serued as Dragoman for the Common-welth arriued at Venice bringing letters from the Bayley and was enjoyned by the Visier Bascha and the admirall to aduise councell and exhort the Venetians to harken vnto peace he did afterward acquaint them particularly with the great warlicke preparations which were made in sundry places of Solimans Empire he told them besides from Aiax the Visier Bascha that he did greatly maruaile why they had not answered his former letters that he did neuerthelesse beare the selfe same good will and affection to the Republike that a way lay open vnto them for peace if they would send their Ambassador to the Port of the great Lord to iustifie their actions past and by the satisfaction for losses to vse meanes to appease Soliman who otherwise was ready to make inuasion vpon them The arriuall of this Dragoman and his new offers did cause sundry effects in the Senate for it did more animate those that craued warre and strengthened the other in their opinion which required peace Therefore the Senate being therevppon assembled to answere the Baily the businesse being brauely disputed on in the assembly cheefely by Marc Antonio Cornare who had at other times maintained in that place That it behooued them to ioyne with the League and to make warre and by Marco Foscare who was one of the Councell and by his skill and long experience in the managing of publicke affaires had purchased great authority it was determined by the plurality of voices according to the former resolution not to write vnto Constantinople at all but onely for to make warre Therevppon within a while after they sent ample commissions to their Ambassadors at Rome for the conclusion of the league and for the signing to the articles thereof on which after a long contestation they had agreed and which were read and approoued in the Senate beeing these That there was a league and confederacy made betwixt Pope Paul the third the Emperor Charles the fift and the Republick and Senate of Venice as well offensiue as defensiue against Soliman King of Turkes whereby the Confederats did promise to make warre vpon the Turkes with two hundred Gallies a hundred armed ships and fifty thousand Italian footemen tenne thousand Spaniards and twenty thousand Almans with foure thousand fiue hundred horse armed after the Bourgonian manner to which forces were added a sufficient quantity of artilery munition and other necessaries which should yearely be ready about the midest of March. Of these Gallies the Pope armed thirty sixe the Emperor foure score and two and the Signory of Venice as many vnder the command of Vincenzo Capello their Generall the Emperor was bound to furnish all the shippes of warre and the Venetians to lend the Pope Gallies ready furnished with all necessaries Concerning the expence it was diuided as aboue is said Ferdinand King of the Romans was vnder-stood to be comprehended in that Confederacy whome the Emperor did promise should wholy ratisie it and would cause him to leuy an army a part to assaille the Turkes in Hungary The most Christian king was therin likewise comprehended so soone as he should declare that he would accept of the cheefe and most honorable place which they had reserued for him wherein the Pope was to appoint with what forces he should be present there That the Pope should likwise vse meanes to draw the King of Poland and the other Christian Princes to this Vnion and if that any contention should arise among the Confederate Princes concerning the League the Pope was to decide it and to make them friends Andre Doria was as hath beene said Generall by Sea and the Duke of Vrbin for the enterprizes of the firme land As for the conquests which should bee made by the common armes it was mentioned in a scedule apart that euery of the confedrates should enter vpon the same state which had belonged vnto him so
Emperor by good offices had beene disposed to the obseruation of the Articles of the league namely to grant a proportion of corne out of Naples and Sicily toward the entertainment of the army to cause Castelnouo to be consigned into the hands of the Republicks officers and to command the Gallies to be ready in the moneth of March that the fleets might be ioyned together but the Emperor performing nothing of all this did still find out delayes and excuses for concerning the proportion of corne his officers were first to haue their owne share and diuision for the restitution of Castelnouo they aleadged that the Common-wealth should first pay the Spaniards for keeping that Fort till then and as concerning the ready expedition of the Army in regard that the Emperor determined to be in it in person it behooued them to make greater preparations and also to haue more forces and so consequently a longer time But in some of these things reason and the effect did manifest that hee did neither regard equity nor the common good the Emperors speeches were very magnificent full of goodly promises but greatly suspected that he did only intend to keepe the Venetians bound by meanes of the league that hee might make vse both of their armes and friendship in as much as concerned his owne particular profit and comodity and not for the wealth or seruice of the Republicke by reason that it was knowne how that the Estates assembled in Spaine did beseech him not to deparrt forth of the Cuntrey besides his want of money was so great as although his meaning had beene to haue gone in person into the Army yet hee would not haue had meanes to haue defraied the expences of such a iourney in regard whereof all men may perceiue that it was farre more safe and expedient for the Signory of Venice to thinke on peace and agreement rather then on armes That which mooued them to this Treaty was their hope to obtaine peace on honest conditions seeing that the Turkes did vse them with more respect then they were wont for they had released the Baily forth of the Tower of the great Sea and admitted them into Constantinople and did likewise put them in hope as it came to passe speedily to restore all the Venetian Marchants to their liberty and to suffer them to trade in the same manner as they had done before so as they would be bound one for another not to depart from Constantinople nor to send their goods forth of the Ottoman Empire There came besides to Venice a man whose name was Antonio de Modon dwelling at that time in Zante bringing letters from Ianusby his friend which he had written to him concerning their owne particular traficke wherein hee mentioned how that the great Turke and the Bascha were desirous of a Peace with the Republick so as if an Ambassador were sent from Venice to Constantinople for that purpose some agreement might bee easily concluded and that this Iauusbey did offer so that they would intreate him willingly to employ him selfe therein All these things did mooue the Councell of Tenne to begin some practise of agreement but to the end it should bee kept secret they would not for that time send any publick person to Constantinople but appointed Lorenzo Gritti the Dukes sonne for that iourney vnder coullor of some affaires of his owne and in particular for the recouery of certaine goods belonging to a brother of his who a little before dyed at Constantinople They enioyned him first to speake of a generall truce and that hee should bee very earnest therein the better afterwards to come to some resolution But if the Turkes should not entertaine it then to motion a treatie of peace for the Common-wealth by renuing the ancient capitulations and on conditions that both sides should yeeld vp those places that had beene taken during that warre The French King had an hand in this treaty of truce sending an Agent expresly for that purpose to Constantinople but the small hope of any peace was soone discerned the Turke beeing not willing to haue any accord with the Emperour wherevpon the better to turne all his forces against him he had propounded and consented to an agreement with the Venetians But so soone as Gritti his going to Constantinople was published notwithstanding that the cause was kept secret all men did suspect the matter how that his iourney was to treate of peace with Soliman Don Diego Hurtado de Mendoza Ambassador at that time for the Emperor at Venice beeing come into the Senate in secret audience did discouer this suspition and made a modest complaint for that they went about to treate of peace with the common enemy not comprehending therein the Emperor their friend and confederate and did afterwards seeke by a long and perswasiue oration to disswade them from peace with the Turkes They answered him that the Republick had more then two years since entred into the league yet neuerthelesse it might truly say that it had alone susteined all the Turkish attempts That they did allow of the lawfull occasions which had held back the arriuall of the ayde of the other Confederates at that time when they most needed them that they did likewise beleeue how it might easily come to passe that by sundry accidents the same occasions might be againe offered and yet neuerthelesse they had euer borne and would beare great respect to the Confederates that the French King had procured generall truce at Constantinople by accepting whereof they did suppose to haue procured much wealth and profit to the common cause whereby great commodity might redound to the league if there were nothing else then the gaining of time which the Emperors selfe did thinke to bee most necessary for his voyage into the Leuant The like pursute was made in the Emperors Court betwixt his Maiesty and the Ambassador of the Common-wealth But it was not to any purpose either to hasten the Emperor to make prouisions for warre or to with-draw the Venetians from the treaty of peace already determined With such successe ended the yeare 1538. about the latter end whereof on the seuen and twenty day of December Prince Gritti deceased beeing foure score and foure yeares of age hauing gouerned fifteene yeares and seauen moneths and was buryed in Saint Francis Church PIETRO LANDE the seuenty eight Duke PIETRO LANDE was chosen in his place a noble man and of three score and eighteene yeeres of age The yeere following was in a manner spent about the negotiation of peace at the beginning whereof the Venetians supposing that it behooued them onely to trust and hope in their owne forces for the safety of their state went about to encrease the Garrisons of their fortes and to re-enforce their Armie wherevpon they made a great leuy of Soldiers and armed other light and great galleys at Venice they likewise sent a commandement to Alessandro
this trea ty and consenting to the Turkes demaunds he should put them in hope to obtaine other matters Hauing spent certaine daies in this perplexity Barbarossa seeming to be desirous that he should go foreward with the treaty of agreement perswaded him not to giue ouer his enterprize offering to aid and fauour him and although he opened him a way to be a better hope yet neuerthelesse by continuing the Treaty he found no alteration in the Baschas wherevpon he was enforced in a short time by little and little to consent to that which was reserued till the very last namely to giue ouer besides the Townes which they already possessed the Citties of Naples and Maluesia and to pay vnto them within three yeares towards the expences of the warres the summe of three hundred thousand Crownes Then were the antient Capitulations renewed and confirmed together with diuers other particularities concerning the establishment of the peace The report of this agreement beeing brought to Venice although euery man desired it the Republick being in great distresse by reason of the discomodities of the warres and the dearth of victualls and at such a stay as it had need of being restored by peace was neuerthelesse badly welcomed when men vnderstood the particularities thereof many blaming that Councell for hauing bought peace at so deere a rate by the giuing away of so goodly a portion of their state and so great a somme ofmoney wherewith they might haue beene still able for a time to haue maintained the war others did taxe the Ambassadors ignorance or to much feare who by a precipitate resolution had yeelded at the first to the Turkes demands and had suffered himselfe to be carried away by latest remedies reserued for the safety of most desperate matters But these first motions beeing vanished and the State of the affaires more maturely considered on with the reasons which had mooued those wise Senators to consent thereunto all men did rest satisfied and very well contented praysing their good aduise and wisedome Within a while after the trechery of certaine perfidious persons was disco uered wherby the intention and honor of the Ambassador Badoario was preserued The traitors were Constantine and Nicholao Cauazzo of the order of Cittizens who entring into the Councell of Tenn and into that of the Preguais in quallity of Secretaries receiuing pension of the French King did accquaint him with the affaires of greatest importance of the Common-wealth with them Maffeo Lâ—…one of the order of Senators was ioyned who by reason of his place had accesse into both of the Councells besides Augustino Abondio and Francisco Valerio had a hand in that trechery These men being discouered by meanes of certaine letters found in the Cabinet of Abondio where-in matters of State were mentioned three of them to wit Nicholao Cauazzo Abondio and Valerio retired vnto the Pallace of the French Ambassador as vnto a place of franchise This retreat of theirs hauing caused the Senate to thinke very badly of them the officers were forth-with sent to apprehend them where somme resistance beeing made they were enforced for to bring a small Barke thither with two great peeces of Ordnance in it to spoile and batter the house where-vpon the traitors were deliuered to them and being committed into the hands of the officers of Iustice and their processe made they were hanged in the market place of Saint Marke Constantine Cauazzo and Maffeo Leone leauing the Citty betimes had leasure to escape to some place of safety They were proclaimed thorrow the Citty three seuerall daies with promise of a good summe of mony to any that could take them aliue or dead The King seemed to be much displeased for the violence offered to the Ambassadors lodging so as for certaine moneths space he denied audience to Giouan Antonio Veniero Ambassador to the Signory vntill that one day being at the Campe before Perpignan and being desirous to here newes from Constantinople he called for him and complained but very modestly as though he were halfe reconciled for that his Ambassadors house had beene forced vsing these speeches among others what would you haue said if the like had beene done vnto you Venier made this ready answer If God should send into my house and vnder my power a traitor to your Maiesty I my selfe would lay hands on him and deliuer him vnto you being wel assured if I should doe otherwise that the Signory would sharpely reprehend me During the negociation of the treaty of peace albeit that the Generall Moceniga was abroad with a great fleet of Gallies yet neuer-the-lesse hee executed no warlike exploit for feare least he should hinder the agreement but onely sailed vp and downe entertayning the time and hauing intelligence that Dragut lay neere to the Isle of Zante with great numbers of Fusts and other vessels belonging to Pirats and robbed all those that hee met with hee sayled thither-ward to meete and fight with him But he hauing a farre off descried our Gallies and hauing a faire wind tooke another way and escaped and after wards not daring any more to returne into those seas he went into the West where hee was taken by Ianetin Doria with eight of his vessells Now after the conclusion of the peace the Generall before he would goe to Dalmatia to disarme the fleet went to Naples of Romagnia and Maluesia to acquaint those people with the successe of the businesse concluded at Constantinople and the Senates resolution to quit those townes to the Turke It is not to be imagined how greeuous these newes were to the people being as loth to tarry there as to go from thence For to liue vnder the Turkish tyranny seemed a very hard matter vnto them To depart thence like-wise and for euer to abandon their country goods houses and sepulchers was a greefe almost intollerable The Generall then to comfort them the whole people of Naples being assembled in the market place spake to them in this manner The fatherly loue wherewith the Common-wealth hath imbraced and receaued you from the beginning vnder her rule and protection and then gently gouerned you for a long time may very easily perswade you that the same which I am now enioyned to deliuer vnto you which perhaps yee already know how that this Citty and Maluesia your neighbour are by an agreement made at Constantinople to be deliuered to Soliman hath beene done rather vpon extreame necessity then by any free or voluntary will Diuers things may make you see how deerely the Republike hath euer loued you and especially in these last warres in which for your releefe it hath readily exposed part of her forces to great dangers it hath furnished you with mony soldiers and victualls for feare least yee should fall into the enemies power who with barbarous cruelty would haue bathed their hands in your blood as they threatened to doe and made this Citty desolate hath in aword not to
and wasted the whole country and chiefly the Isles of Ischia and Lipari which with a barbarous cruelty he did miserably ruine from thence sayling to Corfou and saluting the castle as a friend he receiued the accustomed presents not suffering any harme to be done to the inhabitants of the Island Captaine Polin was in that fleet with fiue Gallies and other vessels who hauing brought the Turkes as farre as Lepanto returned with all his vessels to Marseilles The Turkes were displeased at the newes of this peace betwixt Christian Princes thinking it be done the better to breake their deseignes vpon Hungary or Transiluania for which they had already made preparations but they went about to conceale their discontent for the better maintenance of their reputation being wont to contemne Christians and therefore not giuing ouer their former determination they caused to be giuen out that they were making farre greater preparations then at any other time before to march at the spring against the States belonging to the house of Austria and yet neuerthelesse the report at the same time was that if the Ambassadors of those Princes did come to that Port they should be entertained and willingly harkened to for by their law they can not deny audience to any that come to sue for peace and friendship with their great Lord the report of these great preparations caused the Emperor and Ferdinand expresly to dispatch their messengers to that Port to treat of peace and agreement and for their safer going to worke they caused the French King first of al to send one of his seruants to sound Solimans disposition therevnto and withall to craue a passe-port for their Ambassadors The King did willingly entertaine this businesse as well to free himselfe of that he was tied to by the treaty of peace to aide the Emperour when he should make warre vpon the Turke as in some sort to wipe out that blot for which men taxed him that a most Christian Prince had made vse of the armes of Infidels against Christians wherevpon his Ambassadour passing by Venice did tell the Senate by his Kings commandement that he had to none other end entertained the Turkes friendship but only to make vse of it vpon such occasions for the good and profit of Christendome This Ambassador being come to Constantinople found Soliman disposed to whatsoeuer he demanded and the passe-port which he craued being deliuered to him which was at the beginning of the yeere 1545. Ioronimo Adorni did in Ferdinands name goe to Constantinople the Emperor hauing to that end appointed Doctor Girardo caused him first to goe to Venice where he and the Prothonotary Monluke ordinary Ambassadour for the French King with the Signory did imbarke themselues in the Venetian Gallies for Raguza and from thence went to the Port of the great Lord. Before their departure from Venice they had entreated the Senate that their Baily might haue an hand in that businesse the which was granted and commandement sent to him so to doe but that he should doe it so cunningly as the Turkes might not conceiue any sinister opinion whereby any harme might redound to the Common-wealth or profit to themselues They treated at the same time in Venice of composing the strife betwixt King Ferdinand and the Republike as well for the execution of the sentence of Trent as for that which happened since concerning Maran where after great contestation they did at last conclude for the businesse of Trent to send Commissioners thither to decide it but for Maran it was referred to the Emperors councell one of the chiefe conditions was that the Venetians should giue to Ferdinand threescore and fifteene thousand Ducats the which all other controuersies being ended they promised to pay in three yeeres and at three equall payments This accord although it tooke none effect was maliciously interpreted by some who vsed to sow discord and contention telling Soliman that the same treaty was made against him in Ferdinands behalfe vnto whom the Venetians promised that summe of money to leauy souldiers These false reports being iustified and the truth of the matter knowne Soliman was satisfied therewith wherevpon the Senate thought it fit not to giue him any more cause of suspition and therefore they wrote to their Baily willing him no more to visit the Ambassadors nor to make any more publike demonstration of dealing in their businesse the which he did exactly obserue yet neuerthelesse some times when he had any secret conference with the Bashas he did not let to doe all good offices which might further the conclusion of the accord wherein because the Republike had no other aime but the common peace and quiet they solicited the Bashas that it might be mentioned in the treaty that the Emperor and Ferdinand should not attempt any thing in Italy during the truce Rustin hauing heard this proposition and seeming to be desirous to performe any thing for the particular profit of the Signory sayd that by all meanes it was particularly to bee inserted in the treaty of the accord as the friend of the great Lord and expresse mention was made how that during the truce the Venetians State should in no sort be molested by the Princes comprehended in the agreement who doing otherwise it should be vnderstood to be broken with Solimans selfe yet neuerthelesse it was thought that the Venetians had opposed themselues against that truce then handled seeing that they could not procure peace which caused the Emperor for that purpose to returne from Trent to Venice his Ambassador Mendoza who not dissembling this suspition and assuring them of the Emperours hearty affection towards them entreated them from him to fauour the treaty of truce which was already as hee said well forward at Constantinople and which for the Republikes sake might easily bee effected promysing to haue it comprehended in the treaty as their good and louing friend This did the rather mooue the Venetians to solicite a suspension of armes betwixt those Princes in regard that besides other commodities they were to receiue thereby great assurance and reputation by being declared friends to both parties enioying the benifit of peace which they were to hope for by such an agreement It was thought that the Emperor did not so earnestly pursue the conclusion of the league for any distrust not to be assisted by Germany against the Turkes but because he perceiued himselfe to be enforced to take armes against the chiefe Lords and States of that country who hauing pell mell ouerturned all matters sacred and prophane to the great contempt of the Church of Rome and the Maiesty of the Empire went daily vp and downe practizing nouelties by a manifest rebellion so that the Emperour who from the beginning to draw them to his party had consented against the Popes minde that the councell should be held in the city of Trent to the great aduantage of the Almaines did afterwards repent him of it
their Gallies they made incursions into the Isles of Zant and Cephalonia and the inhabitants being retired into the fortes all the villages and country houses were burned and the whole country wasted The Turke beeing not satisfied with setting forth a fleet had likewise raised a land army vnder the command of Achmat Basha determining to enuade the Venetians both by sea and land in regard the treaty of peace was wholly broken off and no hope of agreement left For so soone as Ragasson came to Constantinople the Turkes hoping by accord to obtaine that which they could hardly get by armes he was together with the Baily brought before Mahomet the Visier Basha who beganne highly to extoll the power of the Ottoman Empire and to relate the great Lords deseignes against the States of the Venetian Common-wealth who resolued to enuade them by sea and land That Selims intent was to propound peace on very hard conditions neuerthelesse hee would find meanes to moderate that great seuerity prouided likewise that they would consent to what hee should tell them which in effect was that the Baily should perswade the Senate freely to surrender to Zelim the entire possession of Cyprus as a State iustly belonging to the Ottoman Empire The Baily perceiuing thereby that the treaty of peace could not bee continued to the honour of the Common-wealth aduised Ragasson to leaue Constantinople which hee did the other businesse concerning merchants remayning likewise imperfect which once was concluded but presently reuoked by reason of some false reportes brought from Syria and Alexandria so that Ragassons iourney was altogether vaine The end of the ninth Booke of the sixth Decade The Contents of the tenth Booke of the sixth Decade THE Spaniards absolutely tell the Pope and Venetians that they will not ioyne their forces till Don Iohns arriuall The great progression of the Turkish fleet The league is concluded at Rome and published at Venice The Turkes take Dulcigna and Antiuary The Venetians great preparations so soone as they heard that the Turkes were come into their Gulphe The enemies come before Mandracchia with their base retreat The Pope soliciteth Christian Princes to enter into the league The arriuall of Don Iohn and the Spanish forces The Turkish army before Famagosta Marc-Antonio Bragadino Gouernor of Famagosta The enemies at one time batter the city in fiue seuerall places The beseeged make a counter-battery The Turkes giue many fierce assaults to the city The cittizens by reason of extreâ—…me want are enforced to yeeld vpon composition Mustapha his perfidious cruelty His impiety against the dead The vnion of the Christian fleete with the number of the vessels The Christian fleet resolueth to fight with the Turkes The famous battaile of Lepanto where the Turkish fleet is defeated and put to rout The number of the dead on both sides with the number of the enemies vessels that were taken The great ioy at Venice for newes of the victory Don Iohn retireth to Messina The Venetians take the fort of Marguerites The Christians enterprize vpon Saint Maur is bootles And lastly Marc-Antonio Colonna his magnificent entry at Rome The tenth Booke of the sixth Decade of the History of Uenice THE Confederates nauall army which should haue met at Ottranto in May there to haue ioyned altogether came not thither at the latter end of Iune neither was there any tidings of it The conclusion of the league hanging in suspence and the Venetians fearing that they should not bee strong enough of themselues to incounter and repulse the enemies fleete which was reported to bee farre greater then those of the former yeere determined to set forth threescore Gallies of the best in all the fleet at Candy to employ them for the releefe of Cyprus or other places as need should bee to hinder the enemies nauigation vpon those seas and to cut off the rereward of the Turkish Gallies which should lagge behind the fleet and in a word to take hold on all occasions which time should offer Such was the State of the Venetian fleet for that time the greatest part whereof remayning at Corfou did daily expect the arriuall of the Spanish Armada The Pope and Venetians made earnest request that the Gallies of Naples and Sicily which were ready might goe to Ottranto but the Spaniards would not heare of it resoluing to tarry for Don Iohns arriuall The Turkes on the other side hauing intelligence that the forces of the Christian Princes were not yet vnited departing from Candy did boldly saile forwards the great Lord hauing commanded them to seeke out the Christian fleete and fight with it and in the meane time to waste all places by the way belonging to the Venetian State The Generall Venieri hauing intelligence of the enemies course and deseignes and knowing that nothing could hinder them from passing forward resolued to saile with the fleet to Messina fearing as it was very likely that if the enemies fleet should come neerer to Corfoù his owne Gallies would bee exposed to sundry perils and and dangers and if the Turkes should come and lie betwixt the Fana and the Merlieres hee likewise feared that they would hinder the vniting of the Confederates forces Whilest these determinations were made abroad the league on the second day of Iuly was with great solemnity and concourse of people published at Venice after the celebration of Masse in Saint Markes Church by Don Guzman de Silua Ambassador for the Catholike King in the presence of the Duke Senate Princes Ambassadors and great numbers of Prelats who together with the whole Clergy going afterwards through the city in Precession came into the great Market-place which was ritchly hung with tapistry and other costly ornaments whither so soone as the Prince came to the vsuall place where proclamations are made to the people the league was by an Herald published with great silence which being done the ordnance were shot off drummes beaten and trumpets sounded to the great ioy and content of all the people The league being in this sort published they hastened the preparations already begunne and solicited other Princes to enter into it that they might the better encrease their forces Wherevpon the Pope determined for that purpose to send his Nephew the Cardinall Alexandrine into Portugall supposing that the forces and territories of that King would bee fit to affoord aide and reputation to the league hee beeing Lord of many armed vessels and his countries of the Indies confying vpon the Turkish Empire in respect whereof the Senate likewise resolued that Antonio Tepulo then Ambassadour in Spaine should to the same end goe to the King of Portugall to bee there in the name of the Common-wealth at such time as the Popes Legat should treat of that businesse The Venetians the league beeing thus concluded were so bent to warre vpon hope to encrease their forces by the assistance of other Princes as they would not harken to any discourse of peace for
Leuant and obserue the Articles of the league The King gaue a willing eare to this discourse saying that the Senate was in no sort deceiued of his exceeding loue towards their Commonweale and least of all in beleening that he was desirous of the wealth and aduancement of Christendome that the troubles of Flanders had neuer pleased him that he had vsed all possible meanes to keepe his subiects from being adherents or supporters of those Rebels but that the condition of those times and the present wretched estate of his Kingdome would not permit him to tame the insolency of some that loued innouation who were not to be wondered at if after they had raised troubles in his owne Realme went about to doe the like in his neighbours Dominions that it had neuer beene by his consent for that would haue hurt the Catholike King and done no good to France but on the contrary would haue procured new troubles which might easily incite the Catholike King to an agreement with the Flemings and afterwards to make warre vpon him in Daulphiné or in the Kingdome of Nauar by which meanes in seeking to carry the war into a forraine country he might be enforced to bring it into his owne at such a time when the forces of his Realme were wasted and diuided by long ciuil wars The Queene mother being present at this discourse who at that time had great authority in managing the affaires of the Kingdome desirous to preserue peace would needs with her owne hand write to his Holinesse to assure him of her willingnesse in all things to follow his aduise and councell and that if her sonne the King had raised forces it was not don with an intent to hurt any but only to serue and defend himself from the Spaniards who were reported vpon no iust cause to haue taken armes The Catholike King on the other side before Tepulo his arriuall at his Court resolued to write to Don Iohn That all other respects laied aside hee should make hast with his Gallies to ioyne with the Venetians and with them to saile into the Leuant being herevnto moued by intelligence of the French Kings affection towards him or else for that he did not much feare his power hauing recouered Valenciennes or because he would not so much honor the French as to haue it said that for feare of them he had giuen ouer so important an enterprise as that against the Turkes or that which is most like to be true because as became a wise and vertuous Prince he would in no sort omit that wherevnto he was obliged by the league but whatsoeuer it were that caused this resolution it is certaine that it proceeded from his owne proper motion and that he did write so to Don Iohn before he acquainted his councell therewith fearing least they should propound some difficulties which might haue diuerted him from it as in former times Antonio Tepulo in the meane time being come into Spaine and aduertized of the Kings determination did not speake any thing of the French iealozies or vniting of the Nauies but only intreated the King to permit D. Iohn in regard the time of yeere was almost past for sea-affaires to winter in the Leuant mooued therevnto by sundry reasons which much imported the Venetian Common-wealth The King neuerthelesse alleadging many reasons to the contrary would not grant his request either of his owne proper motion as being vnwilling to hazard too much on fortune or else being so aduised by such as were not greatly affected to the league Now whilest the confederate fleet went slowly forward the great and mighty Turkish nauy scoured the sea For Vluzzali being made Generall thereof besides the gallies which he had receiued of Carazzati had with great speed rig'd and man'd an hundred others with al which departing in great pompe and magnificence from Constantinople he had already past the Streight of Gallipolis and came forward intending to wast and spoile the Isle of Candy and other places belonging to the Venetians according as he should haue intelligence of the progression of the Christian fleet certaine newes being at that time brought to Venice of the stay and delaies of the Spanish fleet which did much discontent them and made them wonder that the Spaniards who at first had been so desirous of the league should after such a fortunate and vnhoped for successe fearing some vncertaine and remote dangers wholy depriue themselues of the present and assured beauty thereof The Senate not being able to discouer wherevnto those delaies tended thinking it vaine to expect their assistance any longer determined to write to Generall Foscaren that without any longer expectation of the conuention of the fleets so soone as the Prouidator Souranza should returne to Corfoù he should put to sea to encourage their subiects and assure their owne territories proceeding warily to embrace such occasions as God shold offer him for the honor and profit of the Commonwealth Foscarin receiuing this commandement tired with his idle aboad there so soon as the Prouidator Souranza Colonna came to Corfou propounded the departure of the nauy into the Leuant wherevnto all men consenting they began to consult about their iourney But Antonio Colonna did freely and with great affection vtter his good meaning towards the affaires of the league and in particular to the profit aduancement of the Venetian Commonwealth much bewayling the time lost and the diminution of their forces neuerthelesse he willed them to hope well assuring them that the Spanish Kings intention was honorable and the Pope very earnest in soliciting him and that Don Iohn with the residue of the fleet would shortly meet them yet though the Popes subiect and seruant to the King of Spaine he was resolued to spend his life in that enterprise it importing the Venetians particular seruice whom hee knew were more interessed in that warre then any other Generall Foscarani replied that the State was well acquainted with the Pope and Catholike Kings loue and they of the States affection and inclination to the league as the proceeding herein testified but Colonnas vertue zeale to the common good of Christendome and particular affection to the Venetian Commonwealth was not only manifested to themselues but to the whole world by so many noble seruices in aduancement of the league yet himselfe could not choose but lament that so many fayre occasions presented they had not imbraced them as they deserued But since it was fruitlesse to call backe time past and they not able to remoue the impediments detayning D. Iohn in Sicely the onely remedy hereof is to redeeme delayes past with present expedition and to set forward against the enemy inferior to themselues both in number and vallor And seeing it hath pleased the diuine prouidence conducting humaine actions in by-wayes to vs vnknowne that the confederate fleeet should bee thus disioyned let vs see if wee can set vpon them
sundry difficulties arising about the renewing of the fleet did much farther this resolution in respect of the great numbers that were dead the like did newes from Flanders where by reason of new rebellions and aid which the Germaines were ready to send them all places were in vprore in regard whereof the Spaniards had turned all their deseignes thither moreouer the Senate at the same time had intelligence that a Chiaus from Constantinople arriued at the Emperors Court whom though it was afterward knowne that his comming was Concerning Moldauia they suspected came to craue passage for the Turkish army which was said to be comming into Frioul These aduertizements did coole their heate who were yet willing to continue the league so as with generall consent euery one inclined to the treaty of peace The Bishop of Aix Ambassador for the French King was presently accquainted with this determination he was lately returned from Constantinople to Venice where he receiued a new Commission from his King to returne to the great Lords Porte and in his name to further this treaty wherevnto his Maister had often aduised the Venetians to hearken The Bayly hauing intelligence of the Senates determination was commanded so soone as the French Ambassador should arriue at Constantinople to conferre with him concerning the treaty of peace and as occasion should bee offered to make vse of his Kings mediation and authority The Turke in the meane time hauing notice that the Bishop was to returne to Constantinople presently suspected that hee brought new conditions of peace more aduantagious for them wherevpon their former treaties with the Baily were by little and little neglected cunningly going about to temporize concealing their owne intentions This delay did greatly preiudice the businesse for they who for their owne particular interest were desirous to hinder it alleadged sundry difficulties especially to Selim telling him that all things were ready that it was neither profitable nor honorable at that time to speake of any accord whereby the state of the treaty grew euery day from bad to worse the Turkes propounding very vnreasonable conditions thereby manifesting how carelesse they were of peace Therefore they committed the Bayly to straighter keeping muring vp the windows of his house placing strong guards about it handling him very roughly thinking thereby to enforce him to reueale his latest and most secret Commission or else the treaty of peace being broken to hinder him from aduertising the Senate of their warlike prouisions or rather which is most likely to bee true to barre his conference with the Bishop thinking by this meanes more easily to draw from the French Ambassador ignorant of what was past the new conditions which they supposed hee brought with him So soone as the Bishop arriued they confer'd with him and found that he had no other then a generall Commission but the Visier Basha suspecting that the French for their owne particular interest would haue an hand in this treaty by this good office bind the Turkes to fauour and assist the Duke of Aniou the French Kings brother in the election to the crowne of Poland would in no sort vse him as an instrument but effect it by the former meanes and mediation of those whom hee had first imployed namely Orimber and Salomon therefore he renued his treaty with the Bayly and after sundry propositions and answeres from both sides peace at last was concluded about mid March whereby confirming all articles contained in the old Commission sauing that the castle of Siponto which the Venetians yet held should be surrendred to the Turkes As for other townes of Albania and Sclauonia with their confines and territories possest before the warre should remaine vnto those who then held them that all marchants goods should bee restored on both sides and that the Venetians beside should be bound for three yeares space to send an 100000. Ducats yearely to Constantinople which the Turkes for their owne greatnesse and reputation made most account of Peace in this sort beeing concluded and signed by Selim the Bayly dispatched his sonne Francesco to Venice who arriued there on the fifteenth of Aprill where it was presently published The end of the second Booke of the seuenth Decade The Contents of the third Booke of the seuenth Decade POpe Gregory is displeased for that the Venetians made peace with the Turke The King of Spaine is highly pleased therewith The Pope beeing satisfied by an Ambassador sent of purpose from Venice in open consistory doth approue what they had done The Venetians and Turkes are iealous of each other Peace is ratified with the Turke Henry Duke of Aniou is chosen King of Poland and goes thither Don Iohns voyage into Affrike where he takes Tunis The death of Selim the Turkish Emperor The death of Charles the ninth French King The King of Polands secret departure towards France Great triumphs made at Venice at the reception of Henry King of France and Poland Amurath the Turkish Emperor enuades the Empires territories Amurath confirmes peace with the Venetians A great plague at Venice with the Prince and Senates vow to appease Gods wrath Great charity of Cardinall Borromeo The lawes of Venice are reformed and a new order taken for the gouernment of matters The Pope sends a golden Rose to the Venetian Duke The Venetians decree concerning the Citizens particular expences The Venetians solicited by the Persians against the Turke will not agree to it Contention betwixt the Venetians and knights of Malta The death of Pope Gregory the thirteenth and creation of Sixtus the fifth A Dutchesse is cruelly murthered in Padua The third Booke of the seuenth Decad of the Historie of Uenice PEACE beeing published men did differently censure thereof measuring it by their owne particular affection Many had regard to their owne interest and others perseuering in their former hope that warre would haue procured much good to Christendome did taxe the Venetians for making peace but grauer and more iudicious spirits measured future things by experience of matters past saying that therein they were to be approoued at least not condemned requiring it for the conseruation of the State which without this only remedy Peace was exposed to very dangerous hazards But the Pope more then any seemed to be displeased therewith and at such time as the Venetian Ambassador came to acquaint him with it commanded him forth of his presence and would for that time admit no excuse The Cardinals and others of his Court following his President discoursed thereof after their owne various passions The Catholike King knowing by experience how much it importeth Princes to desire the preseruation of their owne States did with great iudgement and modesty seeme for his part to bee well pleased therewith saying that hee doubted not but that the occasions which mooued the Venetians to doe so were of great importance hoping that as himselfe had freely imploied his forces for the seruice of
those who tooke the Croisado after the councell at Cleremont 71 Number of the dead Infidels farre greater than of the Christians 75 Number of the Infidels Armie ibid. New religious order 97 New army against the Normans 98 New deceit of the Greeks 102 New manner of electing the Prince 113 New Armie of Christians for recouerie of the Holy Land 114 Number of the Christian Armie 116 New Greekish inuention to deceiue the Christians 120 New agreement betwixt the Venetians and the Princes 121 New strife betwixt the Venetians and Paduans 126 New commotion in Candie 131 Noble courage of a Prenestine 143 New warre against the Greekes 94 New warre against Bolognians 154 New warre with those of Cape-Histria with the Anconitans 156 New contention with the Paduans 167 New stirres in Candie soone suppressed 174 New Magistrates created 195 Nicholas Pisani Generall of the Venetian Armie 200 New Prouidatori sent with supplies to Candie 222 New suplies come to the Armie 225 Nouello sonne to Francisco Carrario comes to sweare to the peace at Venice 230 Number of the Genoueses army 240 Nou◅lla besieged by the enemie 267 Nouello sonne to Carrario recouereth Padua 279 Number of the Venetians army 311 Number of Philips armie ibid. New league against Philip. 314 Number of the Venetians nauie 352 Nicholao de Aeste fortifieth his owne estate and is afterward freed from his feare and suspition 353 Notable seruice of women 356 New Orgies yeelded to Picinino by treacherie ibid. Nicolao de Aeste his motion made to the Senate 358 Nicholao de Aeste is receiued into the league 361 Newes of the league brought to Venice 362 Nicholao de Aeste commeth to Sforzas campe to treat a peace 387 Nicholao de Aeste bringeth the Ladie Bianca to Mantua ibid. Nauall Armie determined against the Milanois 404 Nauall Armie against Pirates 405 Nicholo Canalis Generall of the nauall Armie 441 Nauall Armie giueth an assault to Sattalia 452 Number of the Turkes and the Persians Armies 471 Number of the Turkes Army before Scutarie 477 Noblest families of Rome 501 O ORiginall of the Huns and their comming into Italy 3 On what day the Citie of Venice was builded 4 Obellerio practiseth treason against Pepin 23 Otho the second hateth the Venetitians 53 Otho the second his designe 54 Otho Duke of Venice vanquisheth the king of Croatia 61 Otho the Duke dieth in Greece 62 Originall of the Plaies dedicated to them that are married 43 Otho the Emperors answere to Vitalis 51 Occasion of the war betwixt Alexis and Beamond 86 Ordelapho comes againe into Dalmatia 88 Ordelapho dies and the Venetians are defeated ibid. Otho his discourse to his father Fredericke 109 Orlando Rossis chosen Generall of the Armie 188 Of all earthquakes the agitatiō of the water is most dangerous 196 On what conditions Arbawas deliuered to the Genoueses 265 On what conditions Te◅edos was yeel ded 276 Officers sent by the Sen. to Padua 288 Occasion of the warre against Philip Duke of Milan 295 Oration of Cornari to Philip. 297 Oration of the Florentine Ambassador 299 Oration of Carmagnolla to the Senate 302 Oration of the Milanois to Philip. 313 One Prince waiteth vpon anothers funerals 430 Occasion of the Ottomans warre against the Venetians 431 Order of Ottomans campe against the Persian 470 Ottoman besiegeth Rhodes 491 Ottoman takes Ottranto ibid. Opinion of those disswading warre with the Ferrarois with the contaries answere 494 Originall and spring of the Po with her course 496 Originall of the Rheticke warre 523 P PAduan fugitiues dwell at Embragola 10 Pepin king of Italy 22 Pepin retires to the firme land 26 Publike games at Shrouetide 28 Pollicie of those which carried Saint Marks bodie into the ships 30 Prophecie accomplished ibid Pola an ancient Citie 33 Pythagoras and Milo the two ornaments of the Crotonians 35 Pope Bennet comes to Venice ibid. Pouegia newly inhabited 36 People sweare to the Prince 50 Palace and Saint Markes Church repaired ibid. Prince resolues to giue ouer his place 52 Plague and famine in the Citie 60 Pepin Patriarch of Aquileia disquiets Grada 61 Pepin obeyes the Popes commaundement 64 Pope Leo comes to Venice ibid. Pope Leo vanquished by the Normans 65 Pope Nicholas tributarie to the Normans ibid. Peter tels his message to the Pope 70 Pope Vrban comes to the councell at Cleremont ibid. Pope Vrban his Oration ibid. Peter the hermit ignorant of martiall discipline 72 Prohibitions to pay no more tribute to the Barbarians 55 Priuiledges granted to the Venetians by Henry the fourth 86 Pope Calixtus his resolution for succour of the Holy Land 89 Phaenicians the inuenters of Arithmeticke the Alphabet and Astronomie 92 Proofe of the Venetians loyalie 93 Paduans defeated 97 Plague very great in Venice 103 Prince Vitalis murthered 103 Pope Alexander comes to Venice in disguise 107 Preparations for warre against Fredericke 108 Ptolomais yeelded 114 Pisans take Pola 115 Pisans defeated by the Venetians ibid. Peace granted to the Brundusians 116 Prince Dandulo deceaseth 122 Pleasant games inuented at Treuiso 126 Paduans and Venetians quarrell at the games at Treuiso ibid. Paduans make roades on the Venetians ibid. Paduans defeated ibid. Peace betwixt the Paduans and the Venetians bid Peter Count of Auxerre chosen Experour of the East 127 Pope Gregories entreatie to arme against the Turks 138 Pietro Tepulo defeated and taken prisoner 139 Pope Alexanders diligence to make peace betwixt the Venetians and the Genoueses 147 Power of the French much decayed in Greece 148 Paleologus taketh Constantinople 149 Paleologus readie to leaue Constantinople ibid. Popular commotion in Venice 152 Pope Clement endeuoreth to accord the Venetians and Genoueses 153 Peace granted to the Bolognians 155 Paleologus defeateth them of Nigrepont ibid. Patriarch of Aquileia succoureth the Rebels 156 Patriarch of Aquileia allieth himselfe with Count Gorcian 158 Patriarches Armie comes to Thryeste 159 Pope Nicholas exhorteth the Christian Princes to vndertake the voyage into Syria with his offer 160 Popular tumult about the creation of the Duke ibid. Pisans vanquished by the Genoueses 164 Pera taken and burnt by the Venetians ibid. Punishment of the guiltie 166 Peace with Paleologus 167 Punishment of conspirators 169 Pension giuen to the woman that slue Baiamont ibid. Polans and Valesians brought vnder the Venetians obedience 175 Power of those of Escalla 176 People come from all parts to the Venetian Armie 178 Pietro Rossis declared Generall of the Venetian Armie 179 Pietro Rossis his first victorie 180 Pietro de Rossis arriueth at Venice 181 Pietro Rossis Oration to his souldiers 183 Padua reuolteth from those of Escalla 187 Pope Clement the Venetians and other Christian Princes in league against the Turke 193 Pope Clement permitteth trafficke with Infidels ibid. Prince Dandulo causeth all the decrees of the Citie to bee gathered into one forme 195 Pagano Generall of the Genoa Armie 200 Petrarch his speech concerning the battaile 202 Pisani Generall of the Venetian Armie 203 Pisani ioyneth with the
Pope 68 The incursions of Rance de Cera Gouernour of Crema 69 The tenour of the Senates letters to Aluiana 74 Troubles in Asia 75 The Emperour Maximilian prouoketh Selim against the Venetians 76 Traitor punished 77 To what intent the Spaniard spake to the Venetians of peace 88 Those of Bressia make a sally on the Venetians campe 101 The retreat of the Venetians Armie ibid. Triuulcio leaueth his charge 104 The Emperours comming into Italie 105 The whole countrey betwixt Oglio Po and Adda yeelds to the Emperour 107 Truce renewed betwixt the Emperour and the Venetians 117 The King of England chosen Vmpier betwixt mightie Princes 124 Traitours in Milan giue aduertisement to Prospero Colonna 128 Triuulcio taken prisoner by the Imperials 129 The protestation of the Emperor and King of Englands Ambassadors in Senate 139 The French King will by no meanes discampe from Padua 148 The French King is taken by the Imperials and the Armie defeated ibid. The Emperours speech and gestâ—…re vpon newes of the victorie 149 The King of Englands courtesie towards the French king 154 The King of Englandes aâ—…nswere to the Commissioners of the league 156 The two Armies of the Pope and the Venetians march together to Milan 157 The offer of the Pope and the Venetians to the King 159 The King of England offereth the Pope a great summe of money 163 The Emperours preparations by sea and land ibid. The two Armies of the league and Imperialles at once in Tuscanie 171 The king of Fraunâ—…e and England resolue to free the Pope 176 The Emperours dissimulation concerning the Popes taking 177 The French kings great preparations to send into Italy 179 The Turke being assailed by Marcello hath speedie reuenge 183 The Emperour commaundeth the Pope to be enlarged 115 The French kings answere to the Venetians Ambassador and his determination 206 Treason discouered in Barletâ—…a 207 The two Armies of the French and Venetians distrust one another 209 Triuulcio his request from the king to the Venetians 213 The Emperours arriuall at Genoa 212 The Kings request to the Venetians 215 The king entreateth the Emperour to make an accord with the Venetians 216 The Emperour is desirous of an accord with the Venetians 218 The Emperour is crowned at Bolognia 224 The Emperours gift to the Venetian Ambassadors brought into the publike treasurie ibid. The Turkes complaints against the Venetians 226 The Emperour granteth an Interim concerning the difference in Religion 228 The king of Hungarie seeketh peace of the Emperour and Ferdinand 230 The Emperour with a mightie Armie encampeth before Vienna 232 The Emperours and Solimans nauall Armie 233 The Emperour returneth into Italie 235 The Turkes recouer Coron 243 The Turkish fleet scoureth the Sea-coast of Calabria 244 The Emperour seeketh to the Venetians 245 The Emperour for the Venetians sake doth maintaine the Duke of Vrbins caufe 246 The Emperours preparations for Africke ibid. The Emperours great Armie for his voiage into Affricke 247 The taking of Thunis and Bonna 248 The Emperours captious answere to the Venetians concerning the State of Milan ibid. The Emperour challengeth the French King to single fight 250 The Emperour enforced to retire forth of Prouence 251 The three chiefe pointes which the Pope handled with the Christian Princes 252 The French king sendeth an Ambassador to Venice to draw them from the Emperour ibid. The king purposeth to vse the Turke against the Emperour 253 The king commeth to Lyons to go into Italy 257 Three sundrie accidents that caused warre betwixt Soliman and the Venetians 260 The Turks of Obrouazzo retire to the Castle 269 Treatie of peace betwixt the French king and the Emperour broken off 276 The Emperour declareth that hee could not take Armes for the league ibid. The Emperour and French King refuse to sâ—…e one another at Nice in the Popes presence 277 The Turkish feastes of Baieran 278 The Turks wast Dalmatia 281 The Turkes take the Castle of Laurana 282 The Turks leaue Dalmatia and goe into Hungarie 283 The Turkes arriuall makes the Venetians quit Obrauazza 284 The Turks wonder at the Christians boldnesse 286 The Turkish Gallies put to rout by the Armie of the league 287 The Turkes come forth of the Gulph and put themselues in battaile 288 The Turkes purpose broken by Doria 289 The Turkish Armie retireth into the Gulph of Larra 292 The Emperours excuses for not performing his promise 295 The Turkes great preparations for recouerie of Castel-nouo 298 Truce for three monethes betwixt the Turkes and Venetians 299 Truce prolonged with the Venetians 300 The Basha his demaunds to Contaten 302 The Emperour desireth passage through France to goe into Flanders 303 The Emperour and French king send to the Venetians to diuert them from peace with the Turks 304 The Emperour commeth to Paris 307 The traitors which bewrayed Badoatio his Commission to the Turks discouered 308 The traitors punished 309 The Emperours resolution contrarie to his promise 313 The Emperour allieth himselfe with Henrie King of England 319 The Turkes take Regio in Calabria 320 The Emperour returneth into Italy ibid. The Emperour refuseth to conferre with the Pope 321 The Turke makes warre in Hungarie 322 Two Legates sent to the Emperour and the French king to procure peace 324 The Emperour and Ferdinand send Ambassadors to treat of peace with the Turke 326 Truce for one yeare betwixt the Emperour his brother and Soliman 328 Tyrannicall law of the Turks ibid. The Emperor refuseth to inuest Pietro Lodouico in the Dutchie of Parma and Placentia 329 The Emperours the French kings difficulties cause of peace in Italy 330 The Emperours complaintes against the Pope with his returne so Milan 335 The Turke sendeth an Ambassador to Venice 342 The Turkes make war in Hungarie and Transiluania 347 The Emperour sendeth the Vice-Roy of Naples against the Siennois 355 The Emperour Charles resigneth his whole state to his sonne Philip and to his brother 358 Truce granted and soone broken 358 The taking of Calais by the Guise 361 The forme of the great Turkes oath 369 The opinion of the other Bâ—…shaes contrarie to that of Mahomet 371 Treason practised by a Cypriot discouered and punished 374 The King of Spaines aunswâ—…re to the Popes conteâ—…t 376 The Turkes preparations for the war of Cyprus 378 The Emperours answere to the Venetian Ambassadour 382 Turkes repulsed from Tina 385 The Turkish fleete landed in Cyprus ibid. Turks build 3. Forts neere to Nicosiâ—… 390 Turkes take the Bulwarke Constantia 391 The Emperour resuseth to enter into the leâ—…gue 396 The Emperour will not allow of the Popes new Title giuen to the Duke of Florence 399 Tepulo his opinion tends to warre 401 The league against the Turke concluded ibid. Turkes put to rout in Candie 404 Turkes waste the Islands of Xant and Zephalenia ibid. The League published at Venice 407 Turks before Dulcigna 408 Turkes before Mandrachia 410 The king of Spaines answere to the Cardinall Alexandrine ibid. The leagues offer to
a tempest The Popes great resolution against the Duke of Ferrara The Popes preparations against the citty of Ferrara The Venetians intelligence vpon Bressia discouered The Ferrarois defeateth two â—…cetes of the Venetians The Pope exâ—… Alfonso of Este and all his adherents A Generall councel published at Lyons The Bishop of Gurcia commeth into France from the Emperor New confederacy betwixt the Emperor and the French King The French army marcheth toward Bolognia where the Pope lay The Earle of Mirandole sent from the Pope to the Lord of Chaumont The Pope takes courage at the comming of supplies The Lord of Chaumont distrusts the victory The Lord of Chaumont retireth from Bolognia The Pope returneth to his former wrâ—…h The Duke of Ferrara assaileth the Uenetians naual Army The Popes army taketh Saâ—…suala The Popes proposition to the Captains of his Army Concorda taken by the Popes Amy. The Cause of the Kings loosing of Mirandola Those of Mirandola yeeld vpon sâ—…fety of their liues and goods The different opinions of the French Captaines Triuulcio his oration in defence of his opinion The French Army marcheth towards Modena A great earthquake at Venice The Popes forces defeated before the Bastid Geniuola The EmperorMaximillian inclineth to peace The King displeased with this new deter mination The practises of the King of Arragons Abassador The King sendeth the Bishop of Paris to Mantâ—… Gaston of Foix his incursions The Popes great entertainment giuen to the Bishop of Gurcia at Bolognia Speech of agreement betwixt the Emperor and the Venetians The Pope breakes off the treaty 〈◊〉 â—…keth Concordia Iohn Paul Manfron taken prisoner by Gaston of Foix. Triuulcio draweth neere to Bolognia The Popes exhortation to the Bolognois The answer of the Balognois to the Pope Sundry thoughts of the Bolognois The flight of the Cardinal of Pauia The Bentiuolcs with the French are in Bolognia The flight of the Duke of Vrbin Iniury offered to the opes statue in Bolognia In what manner the Uenetians prouided for their Cities of the firme land The Cardinall of Pauia performeth bad offices in the duke of Vrbins beâ—…alse The Cardinall of Pauia slaiue by the Duke of Vrbin Libels set vp in diuers places against the Pope The French Kingâ—… great desire to bee at peace with the Pope The Emperors suÌ„dry thoughts The Venetian army retireth to Padua and Treuiso The Emperour changing his minde goeth back to Trent The Kings forces in the Dutchy of Milan The Venetians doâ—… stil maintaine their 〈◊〉 and greatnesse Confederacy betwixt the Pope the king of Arragon and the Venetians The number of the confederates army Gaston of Foix Lieutenant general for the King in the Dutchy of Milan The Swisses defie Gaston of Foix. The Swisses come down into the Dutchy of Milan The Swisses retuâ—…ne home 〈◊〉 The Bastide taken by the Spaniards The 〈◊〉 army marcheth towards Bolognia The forces that were iâ—… Bolognia The confederates smal progression before Bolognia A breach made at Bolognia A strang miracle in the mine Aide sent to the bâ—…seeged Gaston of Foix comes to the aide of Bolognia The consederates army dislodgeth from before Bolognia Gaston of Foix releeues the Castle of Bressia Andre Griul reâ—…ireth The Venetians returning to the assault of Bressia enter the City Bergamo expelleth the Frinch The speed of Gaston of Foix. Iohn Paul Baillon is broken and defcated by Gaston of Foiâ—… Gaston of Foix defeateth Meleager of Furli Gaston of Foix bauing entred the Castle of Bressia marcheth to the resâ—…ue of the 〈◊〉 The French after a long fight became masters of the City André Gritti and Antonio Iustiniano taken prisoners Count Lodowick Auogare beheaded The losse of Bressia troubleth the Venetians Truce agreed on betwixt the Emperor and the Venetianâ—… The number of Gaston of Foix his army Gaston of Foix his great desire to fight Gaston of Foix beseegeth Rauenna The resoâ—…ue to assaile the enemy and not the Citty The French are victors in the battaile of Rauenna Goston of Foix is slaine by the Spaniards Rauenna taken and spoiled by the French VVhat astonish nent the losse of the bataâ—…le brought to Rome The Popes perplexity The Pope will by no meanes haue peace with the French The Cardinall of Medicis prisoner at Milan The Swisses â—…atred to the French King The Suisses take the way towards the Dutchy of Milan La Palisse forsaketh the field and gardeth the towns The Lancequenets forsake the French King The Venetians great progression in the company of the Suisses Triuultio comming to the Army is of opinion to abandon the Dutchy of Milan Genoa reuolteth from the King Legnaga yeelded The treaty betwixt the Emperor and the Venetians handled Difficulties concerning the agreement League betwixt the Pope and the Emperor Maximillian Sforza in possession of the Dutchy of Milan The death oâ—… Pope Iulius the second A motion of agreemâ—…t betwixt the French King and the Uenetians The league concluded betwixt the King and the Venetians The Articles of the League The election of Pope Leo the tenth The new Pope is tâ—…ssed with sondry thoughts The Venetians constancy in maiâ—…tayning their alliance The King prepareth â—…or his returne into Italy The number of the French Army The number of the Ventian Army The enterprise on Uerona discouered The Venetians take Valegia and Pâ—…scara The Venetians take Creâ—…a The 〈◊〉 descate some of the Uenetian â—…orces The Lansqueâ—…ets enterprise vpon Vincenza broken All the Dutchâ—… of Milan iâ—…â—…proare Maximillian Sfoorza retireth to Nouara Milan reduced to the French gouernment Brâ—…ssia yeelded The Suisses Protectors of of the State of Milan The Suisses discontent make warre on the French king The French besiege Nouara in vaine The French retire from before Nouara The resolution of the Suisses The Suisses saâ—…ly foâ—…to to fight with the French The French Campe in feare and confusion at the Suisses 〈◊〉 The Suisses great boldnesse The Suisses victory at Noâ—… The whole Dutâ—…hy of Millan yeeldeth to 〈◊〉 Cremona taken and sackâ—… by the Spaniards Legnaga taken and dismantmantled by the Venetians The Venetians besiege 〈◊〉 Verona Aluiana raising his siege spoileth the Countrey The Castle of Legnaga taken by the Spaniards The Venetian Armie retireth to Padua and Treuiso The Pope reuiueth the agreement betwixt the Emperor and the Venetians The Venetianâ—… constancie The Venetians offers to the French King The French Kings anâ—…wer 〈◊〉 Venetians The Venetians 〈◊〉 the French King The Kings Submission to the Pope The Popes reproachful speeches of the Venetians The Pope sendeth forces to the Emperor against the Uenetians Prouisions made by the Venetians The 〈◊〉 Army on the bankes of Adissâ—… The 〈◊〉 of Rance de Cere 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 of Crema The 〈◊〉 loose 〈◊〉 Of 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 portance the taking of 〈◊〉 duâ—… 〈◊〉 The Imperials resolution to 〈◊〉 Padua Padua furnished of all things necessary to susteine a siege The number of the enemies before Padua The Imperials raise their siege from before Padua The enemies spoile ruinâ—… Uincenza