272 COSIMO PACIFIED. קח the son of Filippo Strozzi, at their head; and he went up the mountain. And when they heard that Filippo and his men were taken, and that they were sent into the city, they returned back, and went their way. 962. And it came to pass, after some days, that the Duke Cosimo took the watchman at the fort of the gate of judgment, as he found a sin worthy of death* in him; and they brought him down to the grave in blood. And they put the prisoners into the prison-house, and chastised them, and they confessed their iniquities; and they brought down Bartolomeo Valori and his son, and the son of his uncle, and eleven men, and the men who followed them, into the grave in blood, on the twenty-first day of the month of August; and the wrath of the duke was pacified‡. 963. And Filippo was left in the hand of Alessandro in the fortress; and he accepted his person, and sware unto him to deliver him, when he should give the ransom for his life§. And Filippo gave presents unto him daily in those days. And there was born a son unto Alessandro, when Filippo was bound in the fort, and Filippo became his confederate on the day of the gladness *Deut. xxi. 22. Lev. xxvi. 40. § Exod. xxi. 36. קח FILIPPO STROZZI COMMITS SUICIDE. 273 of his heart*. And eleven thousand ducats gave Filippo unto him as a ransom for his life. 964. And it came to pass, after some days, that Alessandro delivered the fortress into the hand of the emperor; and it grieved the duke Cosimo, much. And Filippo was left there, and Alessandro remembered his covenant; and the emperor gave unto Alessandro, in the kingdom of Naples, cities to dwell in. And the children of Filippo sought to bring him out of the hands of the emperor, but they could not, for they wrote daily against him accusations from Florence, unto the emperor. And when Filippo saw that he had been many days in the prison-house, he said, "It is better for me to die than to livet." And it came to pass, one day, that he sent out his two lads, and took the knife and thrust it into his own throat, and died. 965. And Monseigneur de Dumeris§, the chief captain of the king's host, sent on the twentieth day of the month of August, Cesare Fragoso, against Cherasco||, and took it; and in the midst thereof were about fifty men of war. And the 274 CHIERI STORMED BY THE GERMANS. קח chief captain of the host journeyed from Alba and went thither; and he turned and passed over, and went unto Bosco, and encamped against it; and they cast up banks against it. And they cast its walls down to the ground, and arrayed a battle against it. They were yet fighting, and behold, there came a man, and spake unto the chief of the host, saying, "Stand fast and prepare thee*, for twelve thousand Germans have reached the camp of the emperor, and his camp is increased much; and behold, they journey against thee." And the man trembled, and went off from the city and went unto Pinerolo†, and abode there. 966. And it came to pass, when the Germans reached the camp of the marquess, as he was at Astit, that his heart was much lifted up. And he journeyed thence, and went unto Chieri§, and encamped against it; and he cast up a bank against it on the first day of the week, on the twenty-fifth day of the month of August, and its walls fell down to the ground. And they warred against it, and the city was broken up, and every one that was found therein was pierced with the sword, and the women were lain with; and there died that * Jer. xlvi. 14. .פינארול + אשטי + || Jer. lii. 7. P. See p. 282. קח THE IMPERIALISTS TAKE CHERASCO. 275 day much people. And many went down by the way of the walls, and the Lord gave them into the hand of those cruel Germans; and their eye had no compassion upon men or women on the day of the Lord's anger*. And they journeyed thence; and the marquess and his men went against Cherasco; and in the midst thereof were about two thousand men; and they cast up a bank against it; and there fell of the men of the emperor multitudes slain to the ground in that battle. And it came to pass, after some days, that the men of King Francis delivered it into their hand, and made a covenant with them, and returned into their own country. And the imperialists went also unto Alba, and the garrison did as they had done at Cherasco, and delivered it into their hands, and made a covenant with them; so they went their way. And the marquess turned his face towards Turin and Pinerolo; and they took the tower which was on the other side of the river Po. And the men who were in the midst thereof, they sent bound in fetters† unto the sea; and Turin was straitly shut up, none went out, and none came in. Against Montcaliert also, the Spaniards went, by command of the Marquess del Guasto, on the *Lam. ii. 22. + Job. xxxvi. 8. מונקאליר + 276 BARBAROSSA IN THE LAND OF OTRANTO. Пр second day of the month of September; and they battered its walls, and took it by force, and gave up the city to be plundered, and took much spoil* ; thus there was war in Piedmont many days. 967. And the wrath of Solyman was kindled, because of that which Andrea Doria did. And Solyman sent Barbarossa after him with eight galleys, but they found him nott. And Barbarossa returned from chasing after him, and went unto the land of Otranto, and brought out on shore, about eight thousand Turks riding on swift horses, and footmen in multitudes; and the heart of the inhabitants of that country melted, and became like water. And a mixed multitude went up also with them from the men of those cities, which the land spewed out; and they went unto Castro, and besieged it, and cast up banks against it. And the horsemen went to run to and fro in the land, and slew many with the edge of the sword, and took much spoil. And the men of Castro went out against them and made a covenant with them. And the Turks came into the city, but remembered not their covenant, and broke what went forth from their lips||; and gave it up to be plundered at that time. And the Pope Paul was content to * 2 Chron. xxv. 13. Exod. xii. 38. † 1 Sam. xvii. 53. § Levit. xviii. 28. Comp. Ps. xxxix. 34; Deut. xxiii. 23. |