קלט TURKS BURN PROCIDA, 1552. upon him men of Belial to kill him. 497 And it came to pass, on a certain day, that they shot balls upon him; and his horse fell under him. But the Lord delivered him not into their hands* at that time. And his fury came up in his face†; and he rode upon a swift horse and fled to the land of Germany, and poured out his complaint before the emperor, who set not his hearts to his words. And in those days, they took from him even every thing which he had in the kingdom of Naples. And the prince arose in burning wrath, and went to France and bowed himself before the king unto the ground; and the king honored him much. And they purposed to make war upon Naples, for the prince was great in the eyes of the people and of the nobles in that country. 1287. And there came a hundred and ten ships of Solyman the Turk, into the seas of Italy, to the help of King Henry, in the fifth month. And they burned Procida¶ with fire, and their fame was over the whole country. And the men of Genoa feared much: and they put a garrison in all their cities; yet the ships remained near Naples, but drew not nigh unto the city. And the *Ex. xxi. 13. Ps. cxlii. 2 (Heb. 3). VOL. II. K K Ezek. xxviii. 18. § Exod. vii. 2, 3. .פרוגיטה | 498 DRAGUT NEAR NAPLES, A.D. 1552. קמ inhabitants of that city were greatly afraid of them, and fled for their lives. And the pasha of Romania* and Dragut were over the host in those days. And three ships of Henry were with them at that time to lead them the wayt. 1288. Now Siena‡ is a great city in Italy; and it had been ruled by the word of the elders§ all the days. But their hearts were divided; and they were found faulty. And they brought the princes of the emperor into the city, and placed [p] the Spaniards in it for a guard; but their ways became in their eyes as the uncleanness of a removed woman. And they hated them, and could not speak peaceably unto them**. And it came to pass, when they heard the tidings of Dragut††, they said with subtlety unto the viceroy of the emperor who was with them, "Now will the Turks lick up all that are round about us‡‡; what therefore shall we do to the cities which are upon the sea shore? Come on; let us deal wisely before they come§§, and send thither some of the people of the land who are with us, lest they .רומאניאה * וסיאיני t || Hos. x. 2. ** Gen. xxxvii. 4. Num. xxi. 3. + Exod. xiii. 21. קמ SIENA GIVEN UP BY THE SPANIARDS. should become a burning." 499 And he said, "Do ye what is pleasing in your eyes." And they gathered together about eight thousand footmen, and said, moreover, unto him, "Give unto them weapons of war." of war." And he hearkened unto their voice; and they said, moreover, "How can these men go, who have not been proved*, as sheep which have no shepherd?† Send now with them some of the Spaniards who are with thee, that they may be unto them instead of eyest." And he sent them; but they fell out by the ways, and the Spaniards were slain with the edge of the sword, and there remained not even one. And all the warriors returned into the city, and the whole city was moved; and the viceroy, and they who were with him, fled into the fortress and shut to the door**. And the men of the city compassed the fortresstt; and it was straitly shut up; none went out, and none came int‡. And it came to pass, after some days, that the Spaniards delivered the fortress into their hands for want of all things§§, and went their way: then the land had rest. 1289. And the lords of Siena inclined after 500 ANDREA DORIA DEFEATED BY THE TURKS. DP King Henry; and they made a covenant between them. And the fame thereof was heard* in Lombardy, and the nobles of the emperor feared much. 1290. And on the twenty-second day of the month of July, Andrea Doria sailed from Genoa with forty galleys to help the Neapolitans, and about three thousand Germans were with him. And it came to pass, when he was near the island of Ponzat, there went out to him about midnight some Turkish ships. And he recognized them, and was afraid and distressed, and returned back. And the Turks pursued after them the whole of that night, and until the middle of the next day. This was on the fifth day of the month of August. And the Nazarenes fled seven ways from before thems, because evil was determined against them||. And in that fearful time, the Turks took seven ships as a man taketh a piece of an ear¶; and they returned on their way. And Andrea Doria returned to Genoa in the night of the eleventh day of the month, bitter and angry**; and no one knew of his coming, because he made haste to fleett, and his tt Comp. Gen. xxxi. 21; and 1 Sam. xxiii. 26. ; in allusion to קמ DIRONI TAKEN BY THE FRENCH, 1552. 501 face gathered blackness*. And about four hundred Germans were taken at that time, besides the nobles, and the merchants, and the sailors, and the men of the host who were in the ships. And the Turks took about a hundred thousand pieces of gold, besides the garments and the vessels which were there in abundance; and it was a reproach to the Nazarenes. And the Turks returned, joyful and with a glad heartt. And they tarried in the seas of Naples, to see whether the ships of France were come at the set time of which they had spoken to them‡. 1291. In those days, the French who were in Piedmont, fought against Dironi, and there fell of them about six hundred men slain to the earth in that battle. And they cast up a bank against it, and took it, and all the males thereof were slain with the edge of the sword, and they hanged the captain of the hosts. And they journeyed from thence and besieged Bosco, wherein were about six hundred men who drew the sword. And they set up against it twenty-five rams, and battered its walls; and the city was besieged¶; and in troublous times**, they delivered it into their hand; and they put therein a garrison. And the captains of the king journeyed from thence, and besieged * Joel ii. 6, and Nah. ii. 10 (11). + Esth. v. 9. .בוסקר || Gen. xxi. 2. § Comp. Gen. lx. 22. ** Dan. ix. 25. |