392 BARBAROSSA'S MEN IN GENOA. 66 קכה Doria brought the present which was in their hand before him, and bowed before him unto the ground. And he asked them of their welfare, and said, "Is my brother well, your old master, of whom ye spake ?" And they said, 'Thy servant, our master, is in good health*; and he sent us to find favor in the sight of our Lordt. And they bowed their heads and worshipped‡. And he took the present from their hand, and commanded, and they unloaded the ship which they had taken, and he gave her unto the man who brought the present; and he returned unto his master with gladness. And Barbarossa sent also at the same time unto Andrea Doria spices and cinnamon as a present. And some of his men came into the city of Genoa, and bought whatsoever their soul desired, and none made them afraids. And they set at liberty many of the Turks who belonged unto Andrea Doria, and Dragut also they brought out from the prisonhouse; who gave the ransom for his soul¶, and went with them; and they returned unto their own master; and he passed over before them unto Piombino, and remained there several days. And they did no hurt in the borders of Genoa neither *Gen. xliii. 27. Exod. iv. 31. .אדרגוט || + Gen. xxxiii. 8. Exod. xxx. 12. קכה BARBAROSSA BEFORE PIOMBINO. 393 small nor great; for so King Francis had commanded, for there was peace between them. And he went on his journey*, going on still toward the east, as he was commanded. And he fought against Porto Ercolo, and against Talamone, which is in the sea of Siena. And the Lord gave them into his hand in the month of June, which is the fourth month; and he burned them with fire, and took both the persons and the goods; he left no gleanings§, and his fame went out over the whole world. The men of Giglio|| also drank the dregs of the cup of the fury of the Lord¶; they also were delivered into the hand of those who sought their lives** at that time. And he overflowed and overran the kingdom of Naples; and Procidatt they burned with fire, and went their way. 1132. And when the men of the emperor who were at Carignano saw that there was no power in their hands, they delivered it into the hand of the captains of the king, and vowed to fight the battles of the emperor no more, until six months be fulfilled; and they went out from the midst thereof, and made a covenant with them; and they and their stuff and all their cattle went 394 BARBAROSSA AGAINST LIPARI. קכה away free unto the coast of Cremona, and abode there several days, and remembered not their covenant, for they were a froward generation, and defiled that which came forth from their lips. 1133. And the cardinal of Ferrara, the confederate of the king, had a small city on the banks of the Po, and its name was Brisilo*, and those that went out of Carignano† went in ships secretly against it on the first day of the month of June, and took its suburbs; and after another three days the city was broken up, and they gave it to be pillaged, and there was none to deliver it. 1134. And the servants of the king went in ships into the sea of Spain, and met there a large ship going unto Genoa, whose merchants were princes, whose traffickers are the honorable of the earth. And they warred against her all that day and all that night, and took and brought her unto their own country. And of them who were in the ship there died only four men in that battle. And their foot was laid in iron, they afflicted their soul with fetters§. 1135. Then Barbarossa went and fought against Lipoli, a small island which is nigh unto Sicily, and it had none to deliver; and they cast up .בריזילו * Isa. xxiii. 8. + Comp. Gen. xxxiv. 24. .perhaps Lipari ליפולי | P BARBAROSSA IN CALABRIA AND APULIA. 395 banks against it, and took it; and they took the persons and the goods, and left not in the midst thereof one that pisseth against the wall. And the cry of the city went up toward heaven. And also in Calabria and in Apulia he did great things, and they took the mother with the children, and led them away into captivity. And the number of the captives was sixteen thousand. 1136. And the emperor journeyed into France, and fought against Ligny; and they delivered the city into his hand, and he made a covenant with the dwellers therein. They went also to fight against* Landrecit, and many fell slain to the ground in that battle. For the king had filled his hand, and went out against them with a strong hand, and saved the city. And also some of the soldiers who were in Italy he brought into France; and the rest of his men who were in Piedmont gathered themselves together into the fenced cities at that time. Then the men of the emperor re-took some of the small cities which the French had taken, after their hearts' desire, and took the prey thereof. 1137. And the king of England also fought against Boulogne, which the king had on the coast of the sea, and took it, and put into the * Comp. Deut. xxii. 6. but we suppose that the first + Both editions have "DND; has been put erroneously for . Landericiacum, a small town on the road from Maubeuge to Paris. 396 STROZZI IN MIRANDOLA. קכו midst thereof about seven thousand men, who fortified themselves there. 1138. And Strozzi again passed over unto Mirandola, and gathered together soldiers to help Paul the pope, for there was peace between them. And he turned his face unto the cities of Milan, and the men of the marquess went against him, so he turned away from them. from them. And he brought them on by-ways* unto the road of [10p] Tarot, and the soul of the people became weary‡ on the road for want of every thing§. And he sent unto the lords of Genoa, saying, "Let me pass, I pray you, through your country by the king's highway, on the fourth day of the month of August, which is the sixth month." And they allowed them to pass through their borders according as they had asked; and they went their way. And the villagers¶ smote the hindmost, even all that were feeble behind them**, and all that they had they plundered††. And the thing was known, and the elders of the city commanded, and the captains went out, and brought back their garments and their weapons of war, and sent them home. And seven hundred Spaniards who came in ships pursued after them, but could not do any thing, so they drew back. * Jud. v. 6. **Deut. xxv. 18. .טארו + § Deut. xxviii. 48. Esther ix. 19. ++ Josh. ix. 27. |