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BARBAROSSA OF PROVENCE.

and he hearkened unto them.

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And he served

the king from that day forward; and it grieved the men of the duke much, and they gave him two cities which were nigh unto Nizza; and they exalted him greatly to his own hurt. And it came to pass, when they came into the city, that the Turks and the king's servants brought the guns and the rams nigh unto the fort, and battered its walls many days.

1100. And the duke of Savoy and the marquess del Guasto, the viceroy of the emperor, gathered about ten thousand men, beside the horses, and went thither to deliver it out of their hand. In that month came Andrea Doria from Spain, and thirty galleys with him. And there came with him about one thousand five hundred Spaniards. And he also sent them thither to help the duke, as he was commanded by the emperor: let his glory be exalted!

1101. And Barbarossa heard thereof, and the nobles of the king heard thereof, and returned unto the ships on the ninth day of September, which is the eleventh day of the month Tishri, three hundred and four; and they went away from the city, and went to the coast of Provence; and Barbarossa remained there until the month Abib: and many of his people died there through sicknesses in those days. [p]

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1102. And the Lord drave the sea with a strong east wind*, and four of the ships which Andrea Doria had sent were brokent near Villa Franca, on the sixteenth day of the month Tishri, and there died of them about eighty men.

1103. And the marquess and his men went unto Nizza and spake to the hearts of the men of the city; and he put soldiers therein, who fortified themselves there. And it came to pass, when he returned, that he besieged Mondovi, and cast up trenches against it. And the Lord put faintness into their hearts, and they went out unto them for peace. And he made a covenant with them, and set a garrison in the midst thereof.

1104. And Gaspar Cais went up against Isa, which is upon the mountain, and with him about two thousand Turks. And he spake to the hearts of the men of the city, saying, "Is it not better to deliver the city into our hand, than that ye should be for a scorn among the nations? And now, come ye out unto me, and ye shall eat the good of your land§; and if not, know ye, that evil is before you||." And the men of the city came out unto him and gave the city into his hand, and he made a covenant with them. And he sent the Turks back; and Gaspar and twelve men with him

* Comp. Exod. x. 13; xiv. 21.

Lev. xxvi. 36.

+1 Kings xxii. 48.

§ Is. i. 19.

Exod. x. 10.

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CHARLES V. BESIEGES DURA.

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were left, for he trusted them. And it came to pass, after some days, that the men of the city made a conspiracy against him, and delivered him into the hand of the duke who set a watch over him. And the duke gave order, to cut off his head from him; for so shall the days of the rebellious be fulfilled*. Therefore I said, "Woe unto him that increaseth that which is not hist."

1104. And the emperor drew nigh unto the country of Flanders, and made for himself chariots and horsemen, and about thirty thousand men to run before him‡, and his sister Maria went out to meet him, and embraced him, and fell upon his neck and kissed him§, and entreated him much. And the emperor said unto her, "Fear not||: am I not better unto thee than seven sons?T" And she consoled herself; and they came into the house and rejoiced together at that time.

1105. And the hosts of the emperor, with the hosts of Maria, fought against the duke of Cleves and against his men. And the men of the duke gathered themselves into the fenced cities, for they were troubled at their presence**, and the hosts of

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the emperor encamped against Dura*, and besieged it, and cast up trenches against it, and took it on the twenty-fourth day of the month of August one thousand five hundred and forty-three; and all the males that were therein they slew with the edge of the sword. And the women were ravished, and went into captivity; and they burned the city with fire, and its smoke went up toward heaven. And the terror of God was upon all the fenced cities which were round about it; and they said, "It had been better for us to serve the emperort than that we should become a reproach among the nations." And they asked peace the emperor, and opened the gates unto him, so he ruled over the treasures of gold; and his fame was noised throughout all the country§.

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1106. And the nobles of Germany said unto the duke, "How long shall these wars be a snare? Go out unto the emperor, for he is a merciful man; knowest thou not yet, that this country is destroyed, and that the guilt will be upon thee?" And he hearkened unto them, and went unto him, and bowed himself unto the ground and said, "I have sinned: forgive, I pray thee,

1543.

7. Düren, a town near Jülich, taken by Charles V.

+ Exod. xiv. 12. § Jos. vi. 27.

+ Gen. xxxv. 5.

|| Exod. x. 7.

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THE PRINCE OF TUNIS REVOLTS.

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my transgression according unto the greatness of thy mercy*, for as the man is, so is his strength." And the emperor accepted the person of the duke, and spake kindly unto him, and restored him unto his former station‡, except that he took the third part of his dukedom from his hand, and the duke went out from him in peace.

1107. And the emperor was content to make war against the cities of King Francis; and he turned his face toward Picardy at that time. And France was exceedingly grieved§; and the king went out against him with much people, and with a strong hand.

1108. And it came to pass, when the king of Tunis was at Naples, that his son exalted himself, saying, "I will be king." And he slew the governor who was in the fortress, whom his father had left there; and the viceroy and two of his father's servants and his brethren fled unto Goletta, where the Spaniards were, who saved their lives. And he spake to the hearts of the men of the city, saying, "My father died for the iniquity of his covetousness|| in Italy? And I am the beginning of his strength, the right of the

* Num. xvi. 19.

Comp. Gen. xl. 21.

+ Judg. viii. 21.
§ Esth. iv. 4.

|| Is. lvii. 17; i. e. Morally and politically perished.

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