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CHARLES AT SEA OFF MARSEILLE.

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remembered his covenant which he had made with Paul and the lords of Venice to war against Solyman; and they made ready at Genoa great ships, and put soldiers into them, who went with the rest of the ships along the coast of Sicily, by command of the emperor, at that time.

991. And the emperor journeyed from Genoa, and went away with his ships by the way of his own country, and the messengers of the king met him, and said unto him, "Thus saith thy brother Francis*, Come, I pray thee, unto Aigues [p] Mortest, for I long to see thy face as to see the face of God, and thou shalt be pleased with me. And when thou comest past Marseille, avoid not to enter the city, for it is given unto thee." And the emperor returned unto them under shoutings, of Grace! Grace! §' and he accepted their persons at that time. And he

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passed Marseille; but into the city he did not come, for he made haste to get away||. And there went out twenty ships of the king to meet him; which honored him, and the sea trembled at the voice of the battering-rams, and they went with him unto the islands of Pomegue, and encamped there. And many went unto Marseille and bought

*Gen. xxxii. 4.
Gen. xxxiii. 10.
1 Sam. xxiii. 26.

.אקווי מורטי,Aquae Mortuae *

§ Zech. iv. 7.

. Pomponiana, opposite Marseille.

'P CHARLES & FRANCIS AT AIGUES MORTES. 293 themselves provision, and returned unto the camp*. And they journeyed thence, and went on toward Aigues Mortes but a little way†, and abode there; and the high constable went out to meet him, and they drew nigh unto the city; and the earth was rent at the voice of the battering-rams. And the king and the nobles who were with him went out in a small ship to the emperor, and he went to meet him, and they bowed one before the other at the head of the ship until sunset; and the king took off his ring and gave it into the hand of the emperor; and the emperor put a golden chain round his neck, and spake unto the heart of the king, and they rejoiced together on that day, and the king returned unto the city.

992. And the emperor and the nobles who were with him went unto the house of the king in the city on the fifteenth day of the month of July, which is the fifth month, and the king and the queen went out to meet him, and brought him into the palace which he had prepared for him§, and the king slew sheep and oxen and fatted calves in abundance, and they ate and drank and were merry¶ with him there. And the king inquired of Andrea Doria, and he came as a deaf

* i. e. Squadron.

§ Esther vi. 4.

+ Gen. xlviii. 7. ↑ Gen. xli. 42.
1 Kings i. 19, 25.

¶ Kings iv. 20.

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CHARLES RETURNS TO SPAIN.

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adder*, and bowed before the king to the ground. And the king said unto him, "Be a son of valor†, but do not unto my friend, the emperor, as thou hast done unto me, when there was no injustice in my hands; the lord look upon you and judges.” To the ships also the king gave presents, five casks of wine to each, and two kine and twelve sheep; and unto the emperor he said, he said, "Behold, my land is before thee||; pass by the way of my land, for no man shall lift up his foot;" but he would not hearken¶. And the king and the And the king and the queen entreated him, so he tarried there all that night, and they rejoiced together; and it came to pass, on the morrow, that the emperor kissed his sister, the queen, and the king and his children, and they bowed one before the other, and separated themselves the one from the other**. And the emperor returned unto his ships, and went his way into his own land++.

* i. e. He was on his guard against the flatteries of Francis. Ps. lviii. 4 (Heb. 5). Ibi Cæsar, Andream Auream, classis prefectum, principem Melphitanum, qui ante annum decimum a rege defecerat per Granvellanum accersit, salutandi causa regis, ubi venit, rex, quia Cæsaris inquit, es familiaris et administer, Andrea princeps, eique visum est ut Te conveniam, gratificari sane ipsi volui, quem fratris loco habeo. Sleid. lib. xii. Job. xvi. 17.

+1 Sam. xviii. 16.

|| Gen. xx. 15.

¶ Is. xxviii. 12. ++ Exod. xviii. 27.

§ Exod. v. 25. **Gen. xiii. 11.

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MARCO GRIMANI IN ALBANIA.

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993. And the pope returned to Rome, and came into the city on the twenty-fourth day of the fifth month; but his garments and the rest of his men which he had sent by way of the sea*, the Lord gave into the hands of the Ishmaelites, who carried them into their own country.

994. And Marco Grimanit, the chief captain of his host, went unto Corfu‡ on the eleventh day of the month of August, and his ships were thirty-six; and he went to war against Prevesa§, which is on the seas of Arta. And they went on shore, and brought down from the ships two of the battering-rams. And the Turks who ride upon swift horses fell upon them, and slew many with the edge of the sword; and the uncircumcised were smitten before them, and fled for their lives, and left the battering-rams, and returned unto Corfu with shame.

995. And Andrea Doria did not tarry, but journeyed from Genoa with fifty galleys on the twelfth day of August, which is the sixth month. And he went unto Messina, and found the ships which the emperor had sent and the men of the host; and they became one in his hand¶. And he journeyed

* Is. ix. 1; (viii. 23.)

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§, a town in Albania.

|| 7078, Larta or l'Arta, a town in Albania.

¶ i. e. They were united in one fleet under his command. Comp. Ezek. xxxvii. 17.

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from thence and went into the seas of Corfu on the fifth day of the month of September, which is the seventh month. And it came to pass, on the morrow, that the chief captain of the pope's host, and the chief captain of the host of the lords of Venice went out to meet him, and they honored him much; and they returned unto Corfu together, and they journeyed all from Corfu as one man, on the ninth of the month, and went about thirty miles, and tarried there. And the large ships of Andrea Doria came on the twenty-second of the month, and they took provision unto themselves, and set captains at the head of the people; and Don Ferrand Gonzaga* to be head over all who went out on shore at that time. And when they heard that Barbarossa was come into the seas of Arta, the large ships they drew behind them, and went against him. And Andrea Doria sent fifteen galleys before him to espy; but Barbarossa sent after them twenty-five galleys, who pursued them; and the uncircumcised fled, and brought back word to Doriat.

996. And they thought to make war against Barbarossa, on the twenty-seventh of the month; and sent thither two of the galleys to espy, which brought them back word. And Barba

* MANINI DIN 17, the viceroy of Naples. Sleidanus (Lib. x.) writes Ferrandus; others write Ferdinand. See Von Hammer III. p. 216. + Num. xiii. 26.

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