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THE KING OF SCOTLAND SLAIN.

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affability were seen; but he could not stand before the mightiness of this great Emperor Charles. And the king of Scotland who was with him fled into the house of a miller, and hid himself, and said to him*, "Be silent, I am a king, I will shew thee kindness, if thou savest my soul from death." And the miller rose up against him, and slew him, and hid him in the sand. And the thing became known unto the nobles of the emperor, and they hanged him on a gallows, and his violent dealing came down upon his own pate; for who shall stretch forth his hand against the king and be unpunished?†-And the viceroy and the nobles who were with him, brought the king of France, by order of the emperor, to Genoa, in the month of May; and they sent him with ships unto Spain, and put him into the fort of Madrid and set a watch over him; and he remained there many days.

654. And the hosts of the emperor who were in Italy, came to Piedmont and took Moncaleri‡, and Caramagnole, and Ranconis§, and Saluzzi||. And the marquess fled before them and abode in the fortress Roil¶. And unless his brother Jean Louis had stood in the breach, there had not remained in those cities one stone upon another. And they abode there many days.

* Probably to the miller.

This anecdote is unfounded.

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■ MEETING OF CHARLES V. AND FRANCIS. 53

655. And Andrea Doria refused to go with the king to Spain, but went to Rome; and Clement, the pope, made him general of his host.

656. And it came to pass, after many days, that the Emperor Charles gave to the King Francis his sister Leonora to wife, and they made a covenant together. And the king gave him his two sons for a pledge, saying, " Thou mayest kill them if I overstep this covenant, or this oath, to do harm*."

657. And the emperor sent to the king a gift of eight mules and a chariot, and the king received it, and was glad in his heart. And it came to pass, after eight days, that the emperor removed from Toledo and met the king near Madrid, and he embraced him, and fell upon his neck and kissed him, and they rejoiced in love. And he intreated the king much; and he went to the right hand of the emperor, and they came into the fortress, and the earth was moved at the noise of the cannon, and they sat down to eat bread and rejoiced together at that time. And it came to pass, on the third day, that the two kings went to the Ileiscast, because the sister of the emperor was there; and all the people rejoiced. And the next morning King Francis took her hand, and

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the emperor gave her to him for a wife before the people, and the nobles; and he loved her. And they made a great feast for all who came into the city during three days. And the drinking was according to law; none did compel: for so the king had appointed to all the officers of his house, that they should do according to every man's pleasure*.

658. And the king journeyed to return to his country, France, on the fourth day. And the emperor went with him to accompany him, and they separated one from the other. And they returned home; and the king went to Fontarabia, which is by the sea-shore, and they found there a small ship which they had made ready to cross over. The king went down into the ship, and his sons went in another ship from the other side; and they journeyed. And it came to pass, while they were in the ships midway, that the two sons rose up and bowed their faces to the dust; he kissed them, they wept, and his ships went on their way. The king went on shore, and rode upon a horse, and went to Bayonne which is in Navarre on the same day; and his two sons went to the Ileiscast and they bowed down to the sister of the emperor, the wife of their father; and they received them with joy, and loved them greatly.

* Esther i. 8.

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A. D. 1526—SOLYMAN INVADES HUNGARY. 55

659. And the chiefs of the hosts of the emperor restored Francesco Sforza to the throne of the dukedom of Milan; and his sovereignty was established for a few days.

660. And it came to pass, in the year one thousand five hundred and twenty-six, that the sultan Solyman collected troops, and went to Hungary with a multitude of people and a strong hand. And the Hungarians were not reckoned for any thing in those days, because Ladislaus had not set his heart upon war; and in the days of Lewis they were not tempted to fight; and their heart was lifted up, but to no purpose. And King Lewis made ready his chariot, and took his people with him, being twenty-four thousand chosen men. And they went to Mohacz, which is on the banks of the river Danube, and they encamped there on the river side. And Lewis hastened to war, before the Woywode of Transylvania arrived with the men of the host which were with him; for Paul Tomorri*, the bishop of Kolozinsit, a Franciscan friar, who longed to fight against the Turks at that time, urged him. And it came to pass, when they were between Buda and Belgrade, that they lifted lifted up their eyes, and they saw, and behold, the first troop or

* INITIDIO ISIND, a Franciscan monk, archbishop of Golocza.

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company of Solyman came up, and there was not one feeble person in his camp. And they amounted to twenty thousand horsemen, all handling the sword, and exercised in war. And they ran into the field, and divided themselves into four heads. Five thousand ran until noon, and five thousand changed with them until sunset, and five thousand until midnight, and five thousand until day-break. And they gave no rest to the Hungarians all the day, and the Hungarians were grieved because of them; and they could not drink of the water of the river, which was on their left hand, and they digged wells for themselves to draw water, and to give drink to the multitude of their cattle.

661. And the Sultan Solyman drew nigh, and his host was twenty thousand chosen horsemen besides footmen; and they pitched their tents over against them.

662. And Paul Tomorri, by whose word the king was directed, mustered the men of the host and the horsemen and the artillery. And those men who had no experience in war he left to watch the waggons and baggage, and they fortified themselves there; and he put the king into the second camp; and a thousand horsemen exercised in war he left there to assist and to guard him. And it came to pass, on the twenty-ninth day of the month of August, that the Turks came, and

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