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SIEGE OF MILAN.

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counsel. And Prospero stationed eight hundred Swiss in Caravaggio*, and went before them to Rivolta. And he gave command with subtlety to make a bridge across the Adda, that the people might pass over from afar off. Of all this the French knew nothing. Wherefore they turned back and went to Milan with the Venetians, and fortified it. Also, the French who were in the fortress, strengthened themselves much. And Prospero went on his way, and halted at Marignano, until the artillery came. And it came to pass, on the nineteenth day of the month November, that they drew nigh unto the city, and went to the forts and set the battle in array against them; and much people died. And Lautrec placed Teodoro Triulzio at the gate, which is called Roman, to watch it; for he feared the men of the city; for he had spilled the blood of their princes like water. But Teodoro was smitten before them, and they took him alive on that day. And the men of the city made a conspiracy against the French; for their soul was embittered against them. And during the night, they brought the army of the emperor and the pope into the city. And Prospero walked in its streets all the night, and spake kindly to the inhabitants of Milan, saying unto them, "Fear not." And the French

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gathered themselves together to the park*, which was a garden of the fortress, and deposited there all their vessels, and went to Como with the artillery, and set guards there. And it came to pass, after three days, that Prospero sent the marquess Pescara and much people of the Spaniards to Como; and they warred against it, and much people died. And they battered the walls, and cast them down to the ground. And when the French and the inhabitants of the city saw that they had no strength, they went out to the marquess, and he made with them a covenant for peace, and they gave the city into his hand. And it came to pass, when the Spaniards came into the city, that they plundered it, which displeased the marquess and Prospero very much, because that for fury and for wrath they did it.

605. Then Cremona revolted against the king; and Monsieur del Iscur, the brother of Lautrec, went thither with a mighty hand, and cast up trenches against it. Also, the French, who were in the fortress, proceeded with strength day and night; and the whole city was moved. And the French entered the city by the way of the tower, and set a watch therein.

606. And Prospero and the marquess of Mantua removed from Milan to go to Cremona, and lo! it

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was told them, that Leo, the pope, was dead, in the night of the first day of the month of December, in the year one thousand five hundred and twentyone; and their courage failed them, and they returned back. And it came to pass, whilst they were at Milan, that the nobles of Placentia gave their hand to the emperor, and they sent to Prospero for help; and he sent to them the Swiss who were at Caravaggio, and they abode there. And when the princes of Parma heard of it, they also gave hand to the emperor, and also sent thither warlike men, and the French no more returned to that place.

607. And the cardinals chose Adriano Fiamingo* to be pope, while he was in Spain, and he knew it not. And there was a plague at Rome, and in the places round about and throughout all Italy, in those days; and there was no town too high for itt, and much people died in the same three years. [V]

608. And Gasilit said, in the year when Selim, the Turk, died, "I am free from the oath which I sware unto him ;" and he exalted himself, saying, "I will reign in all the land of Syria, for his son Solyman was not experienced in all this §." And he made for himself chariots and horsemen, and

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†i. e. Preserved from it.
§ i. e. In the art of war.

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gathered to him the remnant of the escaped mamluks, and spake kindly to the princes of the Arabians, who also turned after him, and he exalted himself. And his words were with the priests who were at Rhodes. And he asked of them weapons and ships of war. And also to the viceroy, Kari Bey*, who was in Egypt, he sent, saying, "This is the time to laugh, for the man is dead who sought our lives, and who spilled our blood like water and now come on; let us be wise in our hearts, lest he increase, for mine is the vengeance of a bloody house." But Kari Bey trusted not Gasili, but gave command; and they slew the man whom he had sent to him.

And to Solyman, the Turk, he sent, saying, "These words spake thy servant unto me."

609. And Gasili went and subdued Beyrout and Tripoli, and the cities and fortresses which belonged to the Turks, and they brought the inhabitants thereof down to the grave in blood.

610. And when Solyman heard the report of Gasili, he sent thither Parat↑ Pasha with a mighty hand; and Gasili hearing it, was greatly afraid and distressed, and returned to Damascus. Parat proceeded on his journey and encamped over against the city. And Gasili went out against him

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with a strong arm, and encamped against him. And it came to pass, on a certain day, as they set the battle in array there, that Gasili was smitten before them and fell to the earth. And the remnant of the escaped mamluks were slain with the edge of the sword. And Parat brought back all the land of Syria, and the land of Egypt, to Solyman, his master, at that time. And he came to Damascus, and made with them a covenant of peace, and returned to his own country. 611. And it came to pass, when the year came round, that Solyman purposed to war against Belgrade, which is on the borders of Hungary; and there were all the weapons of war which the Hungarians took from Amurath and Mohammed, his ancestors, in the house of their graven images.

612. And Solyman marched to Sophia, and the Hungarians knew it not; and he abode there some days. And Lewis, the son of Ladislaus, was king of Hungary at that time. And he was young, and his nobles devoured all his substance; and he retained no strength. And they delayed to come to his assistance. Then went Solyman and besieged Belgrade, and battered its walls many days; and warred against it, and subdued it with a mighty hand, on the twentieth day of the month of August, in the year one thousand five hundred and twenty-one, and many fell slain to the ground in

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