קלג PHILIP II. AT GENOA, A.M. 5309. 455 returned again, and took some of the large ships according to his heart's desire; and there was none to save from his hand. And the rest were dismayed before him; and the sailors sent a present unto him, and he made with them a covenant of peace; so they went their way. 1214. And Philip, the son of the emperor, went to sea with the ships of Andrea Doria at Roses, which is in Catalonia, in those days. And he came unto Genoa on the twenty-fourth day of the month of Chisleu, in the year three hundred and nine, and the nobles of the city honored him much; and he abode in the house of Andrea Doria, the chief of his host, several days. And many nobles and honorable men came to bow before him, and he stood not up nor moved before them; and the chambers of their hearts were full of indignation against him*. And he went from thence unto Milan, and the nobles of the city received him with gladness, and bowed before him unto the ground, and brought presents before him. Also, all the cities of the dukedom filled their hand, every man as he was able at that time. And he set his face towards the wilderness†, to go to Germany, to see the face of the emperor, his father. *Esther v. 9. + Num. xxiv. 1. 456 LAMENTATION FOR JUDAH. קלג 1215. For the mountains will I take up a weeping and wailing*, because I looked for good, and evil came unto met; my harp also is turned to mourning. I looked for peace, and there was none; for the choicest of youths|| was taken away when the fruit of my womb, the son of my vows was visited¶: the Lord is righteous**! Why did the knees prevent me†† to see labor and sorrow let not the day wherein my mother bare me be blessed§§. The violence done to me be upon this my evil time, which has brought me to days and years in which I have no pleasure||||; for what pleasure have I yet, after this grief, when the arrows of his trials which my son met with, set themselves in array at the gate¶¶; they smote me, they wounded me*†, and embittered me; He has caused the arrows of his quiver to enter into me; my reins* they have broken asunder*§; they did not give me rest till I swallowed down my spittle*; so that my days were consumed in vanity*¶; קלר JUDAH, JOSEPH'S SON, DIES, A.M. 5309. 457 my bitter and impetuous heart roareth like the sea*; mine eye trickleth down and ceaseth not†. Weeping endureth at night, and in the morning cometh lamentation; and a mourning as the owls§. Oh, that my head were waters, and mine eyes a fountain of tears! for it is no good report¶. 1216. Judah, the priest, my son, was a lion's whelp**, of whom we said, of whom we said, "Under his shadow we shall livett." Because of our transgressions, he stooped down, he couched‡‡, and was not; for God took him§§ in the night of the sixth day, on the twenty-ninth of the month Shebat in the year three hundred and nine. And he went to his rest and left us sighing. Blessed be the true Judge! Let that night be solitary, for on the same my house was spoiled suddenly; in a moment were my curtains spoiled¶¶, for my sun was darkened; the crown [p] of my head fell*+, the stars of my heaven drew back; who has believed my report, my grief is very great*t. The work that has been wrought is grievous unto me*§, and there is no + Lam. iii. 49. § Eccles. ii. 17. 458 ANDREA DORIA EMBARKS. קלד comforter*; he that was stronger than a cedar (in wisdom a father) planted by the finger of Godt; alas! the hewer came upon him when he was seventeen years old. Woe unto the eyes which have seen this! this I will recall into my bitter and impetuous heart, that our Maker has prepared for him a fountain of life; with this we can be comforted, as there is left for our souls an everlasting salvation in the house of the king. I hope that the God of the spirits of all flesh§ will bind up his pure soul in the bundle of life, and that his rest will be glorious¶. And on me, the embittered one, and on the grieved spirit of my wife Paloma**, HE will have compassion, and comfort us, and will deal more kindly with our latter end and last days, than with our beginning††, for the sake of his great name; for in him my soul trusteth‡‡, therefore I hope in him§§. 1217. And Andrea Doria armed his trained servants|||| by command of the in that year, * Lam i. 9. Comp. Lam. iii. 21. || 1 Sam. xxv. 29. ** ,פאלומא emperor + Comp. Ps. civ. 16. § Num. xvi. 22. NONE, a corruption of Palomba, which is the corrupted Columba. In Germany also, Jewish females are frequently called Täubchen, i. e. little dove, in allusion to Cant. v. 2. 'My sister, my love, my Dove, my undefiled." ++ Job. xlii. 12. §§ Lam. iii. 21. tt Ps. lvii. 1 (2). Gen. xiv. 14. 66 קלר 459 TO PURSUE DRAGUT, A.D. 1549. and led them down to the sea into ships in the month of April, on the second day of their Passover, in the year one thousand five hundred and forty-nine. And he went during the whole summer hither and thither, to seek Dragut and his men, for their wickedness came up before him*. 1218. And on the first day of the month of May, Dragut fought fiercely against two great ships of the men of Genoa, and took them with a strong hand. And he took other ships also after his heart's desire; there was not one ship too strong for him†, the Lord gave all into his hand. Yet for all this, Andrea Doria found him not, and knew not his place, but returned into the city. 1219. In that month was an earthquake in the borders of Genoa; and in Ventimiglia; the houses of the priests were cast down; and in Diano|| six houses were cast down, and a great tower; and seven souls of men died under the stones at that time. Also in Arbingor was the storm; and some of the buildings fell to the ground, but no man of them was missed. 1220. And Dragut returned into the seas of Genoa as swift as the eagle flieth¶; and they went * Jonah i. 2. ווינטימילייא ? + Deut. ii. 36. § i. e. The convents. , Diano, a small city in the state of Genoa, a few miles east of Oneglia. Deut. xxviii. 49. |