קכו ISHMAELITES NEAR GENOA. 397 And Pietro Strozzi went on his journey, by the way of the mountains, because of the riders upon the swift horses whom the marquess had sent against him in the plain, for he said, "They will come down unto us, because of hunger, and we will take them alive." And they came into the cities of Montferrat in peace, only the feeble were left behind, as the handful after the harvestman, that none gathereth*. And he made war against Alba, and cast up trenches against it, and the city was delivered into his hand on the thirteenth day of the month of August, and his fame went through the whole world. 1139. And there came twelve ships of the Ishmaelites into the sea of Genoa at that time, and went unto San Stefano at the end of the middle watch, and took all its spoil and thirty souls of men, and went their way; and the ships of Andrea Doria pursued after them, but did not overtake them; and they returned home. By the ships which he had sent unto Corsica to deliver it from the hand of its spoilers, they took two of the ships of the Turks which were found there. And one went down into the deep; she sank as lead†, because of the multitude of the uncircumcised who went upon her. And there died of the captives about twelve men, and their brethren went out + Exod. xv. 10. * Jer. ix. 22. 398 THE CRAFT OF THE TURKS. קכו free without ransom*. And they sent them unto their country; so in the same net which the Turks hid for them their own foot was takent, and they remained in their place. 1140. And the emperor once more fought against Landrecit; and the city was given into his hand on the seventeenth day of the month of August, which is the sixth month. And the soldiers were sent away free, and they went into France; and it grieved the king much. 1141. And there was no peace in Montferrat for him that went out, nor for him that came in at that time, because of the host of the French who hunted their steps, so that they could not go§, and the city was besieged. And the captains of the king made a covenant of peace with the captains of the emperor for a month of days, and the country had rest; and it was of the Lord, had it not been for that covenant, there would have been delivered into the hand of the king, Vercelli, Trino||, Chieri, and Casale, for want of every thing in those days. 1142. And the ships of the emperor went against Antibes, which is in Provence, and warred * Exod. xxi. 2. + Psalm ix. 15; xxxi. 4 (Heb. 16). .395 See note on page בסאנדיסי : Lam. iv. 18. 1, a little town in Montferrat. קכו PEACE PROCLAIMED, TISHRI 21, 5305. 399 against it but could not prevail against it; and there fell of the men who were upon them about fifty men slain to the ground at that time. And the king and the emperor made a covenant of truce in France also. And when Andrea Doria heard it, he brought the ships back unto Genoa, and the country had rest. And the law of peace was given at Genoa* on the twenty-first day of the month Tishri, three hundred and five; and all the people of the country rejoiced, and gave praise unto God. 1143. And they restored all the cities which were taken in Flanders, Piedmont, and Montferrat, as they were when the pope spake unto them at Nizza on the day of the covenant; those which belonged unto the emperor, to the emperor; and those which belonged unto the king, to the king. And the war ceased between the emperor and the king. 1144. And the duke of Orleans, who is the third son of the king, and the cardinal of Lorraine, went to bow before the emperor, while he was at Brüssel on the twenty-second day of the month of October, one thousand five hundred and fortyfour, which is the eighth month. And also Leonora, his sister, the queen, went with them; *Esth. iii. 15. 400 CONGRESS AT BRUSSEL, OCT. 1544. קכז and he went out to meet them, and they bowed themselves down before him; and they asked each other of their welfare*, and came into the city; and his sister also bowed herself down; and she embraced him, and said, "Is there peace, my brother?" and he answered, 66 Peacet." And the emperor received them with joyfulness, and with gladness of heart, and spake unto their heart; and they ate and drank, and were merry together§ during several days, and went their way. 1145. Only Henry, king of England, made no covenant with them, but still held fast by Boulogne||, and fortified it, and put a garrison into the midst thereof. And the second son of the king went against it with a strong hand by sea and by land, and the French could not prevail against it in that winter, for it was a fenced city. 1146. And there was peace between Charles the emperor and King Francis, and both of them made a covenant¶. The copy of the covenant is**, that the daughter of Ferdinand, the brother of the emperor, should be given unto the third son of the king, and Milan and its villages, as a dowry and gift unto them and unto their seed after them; *Exod. xviii. 7. Deut. xxviii. 47. Comp. Exod. ix. 2. + 2 Kings ix. 18. § Gen. xliii. 34. ¶ Gen. xxi. 27. ** Comp. Esth. iii. 14. קכן WALDENSES PERSECUTED, A.D. 1545. 401 only that the cities should return unto the emperor, who should be in those days, if he do not beget one to make ashamed in the land*, sitting upon his throne after him, inheriting the power to restraint. And the thing was pleasing in the sight of the king; and also the cities of Savoy he promised to give back unto the duke, when his son should take that woman. But in the sight of his second sont who was to sit upon his throne this was evil; and the country had rest in that year. 1147. And the king hired ships and soldiers at Genoa in the month Abib, one thousand five hundred and forty-five. And also some of the soldiers whom he had in Piedmont he brought over to France, to go to war against England, for his soul was embittered against them. While they were yet at Marseille, it was told the king, The inhabitants of Cabrieres§ and of Merindol||, and the open cities which are in Provence, incline unto the faith of Luther¶, and it is not meet for the king to suffer them**; and the king was wroth. And he sent against them some of the troops; but the men of Cabrieres fortified themselves, and the city was be * i. e. One who might put transgressors to shame. + Judges xviii. 7. .גאבריאיראס $ + Henry II. .מירינדו || ¶ i. e. The inhabitants of these cities were Waldenses. |