brought up
with the future Emperor, who was greatly attached to him. He was made a
Knight of the Golden Fleece in 1515, and Viceroy of Naples in 1521.
(14) Francesco Ferrante d'Avalos, Marchese di Pescara, a member of a noble
Neapolitan family of Spanish origin, and the husband of the celebrated poetess
Vittoria Colonna, who consecrated many of her poems to his memory. The
Italian historian Vettori describes him as arrogant, envious, avaricious, vindictive,
and cruel, and "born expressly for the ruin of Italy"; but, however that may
be, he was adored by his soldiers and was by far the ablest general whom
Charles V possessed at this time.
(15) This reinforcement had been duly despatched by the King, but it had been
delayed on the march.
(16) Du Bellay,
Mémoires;
la Très joyeuse, plaisante et récreative histoire du
gentil Seigneur de Bayard, composée par le Loyal Serviteur, publié
par J. Roman
(Paris, 1878).
(17) Adrian IV had died
in September 1523, and had been succeeded by Cardinal Giulio
de Medici, who assumed the name of Clement VII.
(18) Henri Martin,
Histoire de France
.
(19) Armstrong, "The Emperor Charles V."
(20) There was a saying that, whereas in the rest of France every man could
wield a sword, the Provençals could scarcely hold a knife.
(21) Du Bellay relates that one day a cannon-shot from the town passed through
Pescara's tent, killing his almoner and two of his attendants. Pescara sent the
deadly missile to Bourbon. "Here," wrote he ironically, "are the keys which
the citizens of Marseilles bring you."
(22) Mignet,
la
Rivalité de François I er et de Charles-Quint.
(23) Jacques de Chabannes, Seigneur de la Palice. He was a member of a family
famous for its warriors, and one of the oldest of the French marshals, having
served with distinction in the Italian wars of Charles VIII.
(24) Son of Alexander Stuart, second son of James II, and Anne de la Tour
d'Auvergne. He had been brought up in France, which he looked upon as his
country, and, though he was Regent of Scotland during the minority of James V,
he passed but some three years there.
(25) Their army was composed of a little over 20,000 infantry, 500 light horse,
and 200 men-at-arms, with a few pieces of cannon. Its strength lay in the
Spanish arquebusiers, at this period the best marksmen in Europe, and the
serried masses of intrepid
landsknechts
, under the command of Luther's friend,
George Frundsberg. — Mignet.
(26) Brantôme,
Vie des grands capitaines
.
(27) Pescara's harangue to his starving Spaniards on the night before the battle
is worthy of reproduction: "My lads, Fortune has placed you in such an
extremity that on the soil of Italy you have nothing on your side except what is
under your feet; all the rest is against you. The whole power of the Emperor
could not provide you to-morrow morning with a single morsel of bread. We
know not where to obtain it, unless in the French camp, which is before your
eyes. There, there is everything in abundance — bread, wine, meat. And so, my
lads, if you intend to eat to-morrow, let us march to the French camp."
(28) "
Il couvrit son
artillerie et lui ôta le moyen de jouer son jeu.
" — Du Bellay.
(29) Richard de la Pole, son of John de la Pole, second Duke of Suffolk and
younger brother of John, Earl of Lincoln (killed at Stoke in 1487), and Edmund
(executed in 1513). He had been attainted in 1504, and exempted from the
general amnesty on the accession of Henry VIII. The French called him "
Rose
blanche
," to distinguish him from Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk, the second
husband of Mary Tudor.
(30) "His Majesty sent to Heaven the Marchese di S. Angelo, whom he slew with
his own hand." — Letter of Marco Paolo Luzascho, cited by Ranke, "History of
Germany."
(31) On his arrival at Lyons, his wife and mother-in-law overwhelmed him with
such bitter reproaches that he died of grief two months later.
(32) His horse having been killed under him, he had surrendered to a
with the future Emperor, who was greatly attached to him. He was made a
Knight of the Golden Fleece in 1515, and Viceroy of Naples in 1521.
(14) Francesco Ferrante d'Avalos, Marchese di Pescara, a member of a noble
Neapolitan family of Spanish origin, and the husband of the celebrated poetess
Vittoria Colonna, who consecrated many of her poems to his memory. The
Italian historian Vettori describes him as arrogant, envious, avaricious, vindictive,
and cruel, and "born expressly for the ruin of Italy"; but, however that may
be, he was adored by his soldiers and was by far the ablest general whom
Charles V possessed at this time.
(15) This reinforcement had been duly despatched by the King, but it had been
delayed on the march.
(16) Du Bellay,
Mémoires;
la Très joyeuse, plaisante et récreative histoire du
gentil Seigneur de Bayard, composée par le Loyal Serviteur, publié
par J. Roman
(Paris, 1878).
(17) Adrian IV had died
in September 1523, and had been succeeded by Cardinal Giulio
de Medici, who assumed the name of Clement VII.
(18) Henri Martin,
Histoire de France
.
(19) Armstrong, "The Emperor Charles V."
(20) There was a saying that, whereas in the rest of France every man could
wield a sword, the Provençals could scarcely hold a knife.
(21) Du Bellay relates that one day a cannon-shot from the town passed through
Pescara's tent, killing his almoner and two of his attendants. Pescara sent the
deadly missile to Bourbon. "Here," wrote he ironically, "are the keys which
the citizens of Marseilles bring you."
(22) Mignet,
la
Rivalité de François I er et de Charles-Quint.
(23) Jacques de Chabannes, Seigneur de la Palice. He was a member of a family
famous for its warriors, and one of the oldest of the French marshals, having
served with distinction in the Italian wars of Charles VIII.
(24) Son of Alexander Stuart, second son of James II, and Anne de la Tour
d'Auvergne. He had been brought up in France, which he looked upon as his
country, and, though he was Regent of Scotland during the minority of James V,
he passed but some three years there.
(25) Their army was composed of a little over 20,000 infantry, 500 light horse,
and 200 men-at-arms, with a few pieces of cannon. Its strength lay in the
Spanish arquebusiers, at this period the best marksmen in Europe, and the
serried masses of intrepid
landsknechts
, under the command of Luther's friend,
George Frundsberg. — Mignet.
(26) Brantôme,
Vie des grands capitaines
.
(27) Pescara's harangue to his starving Spaniards on the night before the battle
is worthy of reproduction: "My lads, Fortune has placed you in such an
extremity that on the soil of Italy you have nothing on your side except what is
under your feet; all the rest is against you. The whole power of the Emperor
could not provide you to-morrow morning with a single morsel of bread. We
know not where to obtain it, unless in the French camp, which is before your
eyes. There, there is everything in abundance — bread, wine, meat. And so, my
lads, if you intend to eat to-morrow, let us march to the French camp."
(28) "
Il couvrit son
artillerie et lui ôta le moyen de jouer son jeu.
" — Du Bellay.
(29) Richard de la Pole, son of John de la Pole, second Duke of Suffolk and
younger brother of John, Earl of Lincoln (killed at Stoke in 1487), and Edmund
(executed in 1513). He had been attainted in 1504, and exempted from the
general amnesty on the accession of Henry VIII. The French called him "
Rose
blanche
," to distinguish him from Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk, the second
husband of Mary Tudor.
(30) "His Majesty sent to Heaven the Marchese di S. Angelo, whom he slew with
his own hand." — Letter of Marco Paolo Luzascho, cited by Ranke, "History of
Germany."
(31) On his arrival at Lyons, his wife and mother-in-law overwhelmed him with
such bitter reproaches that he died of grief two months later.
(32) His horse having been killed under him, he had surrendered to a
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