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A51926	The general history of Spain from the first peopling of it by Tubal, till the death of King Ferdinand, who united the crowns of Castile and Aragon : with a continuation to the death of King Philip III / written in Spanish by the R.F.F. John de Mariana ; to which are added, two supplements, the first by F. Ferdinand Camargo y Salcedo, the other by F. Basil Varen de Soto, bringing it down to the present reign ; the whole translated from the Spanish by Capt. John Stevens.; Historiae de rebus Hispaniae. English	Mariana, Juan de, 1535-1624.; Camargo y Salgado, Hernando, 1572-1652.; Varen de Soto, Basilio, d. 1673.; Stevens, John, d. 1726.	1699 (1699)	Wing M599; ESTC R18800	1,371,898	749

Pope must be deposed for opposing that Assembly according to the Decree of the 11th Session of the Council of Basil The Treaty betwixt the Pope and King of Spain advanced only the Pope was unwilling to pay the Spanish Forces and therefore had some thoughts of being Reconciled to the King of France but that sailing he stuck to King Ferdinand 500 Men at Arms 200 light Horse 200 other Horse and 2000 Foot were shipped at Malaga under the command of Alonso de Garvajal Lord of Xodar and Zamudio Collonel of the Foot It was given out these Forces were for Africk but it was not likely for at the same time Count Peter Navarro arrived at Naples with 1500 tattered Men the relicks of the late Misfortunes The King of France proposed to Marry his youngest Daughter to Prince Ferdinand and upon the Match to quit all Claim to the Kingdom of Naples and tho' the Catholick King liked it yet he pressed to have Bolonia restored to the Pope Still that King resolved to Protect that City whereupon the English Ambassadors formally required him to deliver that Place which was as good as declaring War if he did not He answered he was resolved to defend Bolonia as he would Milan The Pope fell so sick it was thought he could not escape The Emperor came as far as Trent having conceived hopes of being Seated in S. Peters Chair and possessing the Kingdom of Naples But the King of Aragon the Pope and Republick of Venice on the 4th of October concluded a League for Defence of the Church and against the Schismaticks at Pisa By this League the King was obliged within 20 days after the publishing of it to furnish 1200 Men at Arms 1000 light Horse and 10000 Foot The Pope 600 Men at Armes the Republick was to join their Army to the other Forces and their Fleet to the 11 Galleys of Spain Whilst the War lasted the Pope and Venetians were to pay 40000 Ducats a Month to the King and 2 Months of it advance The King was to appoint the General and he made choice of D. Raimund de Cardona Viceroy of Naples The Venetians gave up any Pretensions they had to any Sum lent to the Kings of Naples of the House of Aragon The Emperor did not join in this League but it was declared that he knew of it as did the King of England James Garcia de Paredes who had been long a Pyrate and then went into the Emperors Service was taken at Vincenza by the Venetians Admiral Villamarin who was gone with the Galleys to Spain by the King's Order returned to Naples Berengarius de Olms was left with some Galleys on the Coast of Granada Roderick Baçan went to burn certain Vessels at Tetuan It was reported the King of Fez designed to besiege Ceuta both those Commanders repaired thither and understanding he lay before Tangier where D. Duarte de Meneses was Governor they failed to that Place The Town was distressed Roderick Baçan with his Men made a Sally in which he drove the Moors from some of their Works Next day the Portugues Horse did the like so effectually that the King of Fez raised the Siege This done the Spanish Commanders returned to Gibraltar with Honour The Viceroy of Naples prepared to March Count Peter Navarro was General of the Foot and lay with them near Gaeta the Horse being also in readiness Prosper Colona would not go upon this Enterprize because he had no great Command therefore Fabricius Colona was left as Governor and Lieutenant General It was observed that the Barons who had been of the Faction of Anjou were the forwardest to offer their Service Count Peter Navarro marched before with the Foot towards Pontecorvo On the 2d of November the Horse followed with the Viceroy The Emperor was now dubious which Side to incline to the Cardinal Sanseverino still fed him with uncertain hopes and the Ambassadon D. Peter de Urrea offered if he would enter into the League that the Army of the Allies should assist him in the Conquest of Milan as also to Reduce Guelders He inclined to accept of the Conditions before offered by the Venetians but it was too late for they were now grown strong Yet Hierome Vic Ambassador at Rome so contrived it that a cessation of Arms was concluded betwixt the Emperor and the Republick which proved of great moment The King of France failed not to give Orders to his General Gaston de Foix and send him supplies to oppose the Allies and at the same time laboured to raise Swiss and prevent them from joining for the defence of the Church as was laboured by the Cardinal of Sion He offered the Emperor to make him Pope or give him Authority to choose one that he would Restore to him the Lands of the Church belonging to the Empire give him what part of Naples he would ask and that Milan and Genoa should be obliged to assist him in his Wars as also that the Differences about Guelders should be composed by Persons of his own choosing The Cardinal Sanseverino seeing the Emperor unsettled took his leave of him The Viceroy of Naples would have marched to Florence to secure that City which held for the French but the Pope commanded him to march to Bolonia The Weather was Bad and the Country Rough many of the Soldiers fell sick but few died At Imola the Viceroy staied for the Artillery which came to him at the beginning of the Year 1512. Count Peter Navarro was before at Lugo and Bagnacavalo and thought good to Besiege Bastida a Fort belonging to the Duke of Ferrara upon the River Po in which was a Garrison of 200 Italians This Place esteemed Impregnable was taken by Assault in Five days and most of the Defendants put to the Sword It was delivered to Cardinal John de Medicis the Popes Legate The King of France having got Alonso younger Son to Frederick King of Naples gave out he would settle him in that Kingdom which seemed easie the Kingdom being left Naked of Defence and the People coverous of having a King of their own CHAP. II. The Seige of Bologna The King and Queen of Navarre excommunicated The Venetians recover Bergamo and Bressa and are overthrown by the French AFter the taking of Bastida Count Peter Navarro return'd to Imola There a Council of War was held to determin which way was best to begin the War Fabricius Colona advised to waste the Country and take in the weaker Places of the Country of Bologna and leave the City to the last Count Peter Navarro was positive for besieging Bologna and being a bold Man represented the taking of it as a matter of no difficulty His advice was followed because he was in great esteem among the Soldiery and never served well when contradicted The Duke of Termens dying in his way from Rome and the Duke of Urbin refusing then to command the Forces of the Church tho afterwards he sent his Lieutenant the Pope

Ampurias and pardoning all past Faults which highly obliged the Earl of Benavente his Cousin It was now the easier to content him because he had lost all hopes of Marrying the Princess Joanna she being gone from Escalona to Truxillo in order to be Married to the King of Portugal The Town of Perpignan being pressed with a long Siege surrendred on the 14th of March upon Condition the Aragonian Ambassadors detained in France should be released and the Townsmen have Liberty either to stay there or depart whither they pleased A Truce for 6 months was concluded between France and Aragon King Ferdinand sent an Embassy into France to propose a Peace and Treat about Restoring Russillon The King of France received the Ambassadors Honourably and sent one to Castile to propose a Match betwixt the Dauphin and the Princess of Castile which if concluded he promised Supplies of Men and Money to Reduce the Nobility of that Kingdom and to stand to the Judgment of Arbitrators as to the Affair of Russillon King Ferdinand was not averse from this Proposal but the King of Aragon Resented it and Complained that such Important Affairs should be Managed without his privity Above all he feared lest the Archbishop of Toledo should endeavour to set up another King in Castile The King of Portugal was ready on the Frontiers with an Army of 5000 Horse and 14000 Foot Thus all hopes of Accommodation being taken away the King and Queen prepared for War Andrew de Cabrera to make himself the more acceptable delivered up the Royal Treasures for which he was created Marquess of Moya Earl of Chinchon and Hereditary Governor of the Castle of Segovia Medina del Campo a great Town of Trade was secured to the Kings Interest the Castle being delivered up to him by the Duke of Alva The Rendezvous was at Valladolid whither the King and Queen went and soon gathered an indifferent Army King Ferdinand stayed in Old Castile where the People were well affected towards him and Queen Elizabeth passed the Mountains to endeavour to appease the Archbishop of Toledo but he to avoid seeing her went away from Alcalà to Brihuega a strong little Town pretending there was a design to kill him Peter Fernandez de Velasco the Constable sent by the Queen upon the same Errand could not prevail with him However the Queen's Labour was not lost for she secured Toledo putting a Garison into that City and expelling the Earl of Cifuentes and John de Ribera who favoured the Archbishop She went not to Madrid because the Marquess de Villena held the Castle This done she returned to Segovia to Coin all the Silver and Gold that was there King Ferdinand secured Salamanca but the Houses of such as were of the other Party were plundered Zamora opened the Gates to him but Alonso de Valencia the Governour would not deliver up the Castle of which he was Governour He thought not fit to attempt reducing it by force nor to go to Toro fearing John de Vlloa a Powerful Citizen who was inclinable to favour the Portugueses having deserved Death for several Crimes The King and Queen being come to Valladolid the City of Alcaraz submitted to them and the Citizens laid siege to the Castle The Earl of Paredes the Lord of Coca and the Bishop of Avila assisted the Townsmen and the Marquess de Villena came to raise the Siege but finding himself too weak desisted This loss moved him by Letter to hasten the King of Portugal That King was on the Frontiers near Badajoz in May upon the 18th day of which month he had a Grandson born at Lisbon which was looked upon as a good Omen he was called Alonso was Sworn Heir to the Crown but lived not long The Earl of Feria who stood firm to King Ferdinand was in Badajoz and had lately taken a Town called Xerez The Portugueses ought to have taken the Right Hand way and broke into Andaluzia where Carmona Ezija and Cordoua were for them so that having secured Sevil they had left no Enemy behind them Yet they turned to the Left and marched through Estremadura to Plasencia In this City the King of Portugal was Contracted to the Princess Joanna and tho they Consummated not the Marriage expecting a Dispensation because of the near Kindred that was betwixt them yet they were Crowned and Proclaimed King and Queen of Castile Here the King created Lope de Albuquerque Earl of Penamacor to Reward his Labour in gaining the Nobility of Castile A Manifesto was also published and sent to all parts declaring the Right of the Princess Joanna and reflecting on King Ferdinand and Queen Elizabeth The War broke out in several parts at the same time Villena with its Dependencies was infested with Forces out of the Kingdom of Valencia Hereupon the Inhabitants of that City at the perswasion of the Earl of Paredes took up Arms and declared for King Ferdinand having first Capitulated That they should for ever be incorporated in the Crown of Castile Cuidad Reall was recovered from the Master of Calatrava who had possessed himself thereof without any other Right than that of Arms. Great havock was made by both Parties in Andaluzia and Galicia Peter Alvarado saved the City Tuy for the King of Portugal The Citizens of Burgos besieged the Castle of that City which Inigo de Zun̄iga the Governor and D. Luis de Acun̄a the Bishop held for the Portugueses That King being called upon on every side knew not whither to go first The Nobility failed in their Supplies of Men Money and Provisions The People hated the Portugueses and they themselves began to grow weary of the War perceiving King Ferdinand who at the time they broke into Castile had scarce 500 Horse now headed an Army of 10000 Horse and 30000 Foot The King of Portugal marched first to Arevalo a Town that was for him and thence went to take possession of Toro and Samora King Ferdinand marched after him and encamped near Toro where the Enemy was designing to Relieve that Castle which still held out for him No Action hapned betwixt them King Ferdinand sent a Challenge by a Herald The Portugues answered his Forces were dispersed yet offered to accept of single Combat Therefore King Ferdinand not being able to relieve the Castle which was at last surrendered Provision and Money growing scarce returned to Medina del Campo The Cortes assembled in that City granted him towards carrying on the War half the Silver and Gold of the Churches provided he engaged to restore it as soon as the Kingdom was free from War Then he sent out to besiege the Castle of Burgos Many said King Ferdinand retired from Toro through Fear and that it denoted an ill posture of Affairs Certain it is it moved the Archbishop of Toledo without regarding the Prayers of all his Relations and Friends to go away and join the King of Portugal with 500 Horse He and the Duke of Arevalo advised that King to march in

upon that Design Soon after two others being put to the Wrack confess'd the same Both the Moorish Kings desir'd to relieve the Town He of Morocco durst not leave Ceuta for fear his Son Abderhaman should Rebel who about this time was put to Death for attempting it The King of 〈…〉 durst not alone hazard a Battle but lest he should be thought to be Idle sent part of his Forces to over-run the Country of Ezija whilst he Burnt Palma a Town seated upon the Conflux of the Rivers Xenil and Gaudalquivir He durst not Garrison it nor make any stay there hearing the Country was gathering to make Head against him His other Forces were defeated by Ferdinand de Aguilar who took from them all the Booty they had gather'd It was now the beginning of the Year 1343 and nothing considerable was done at Algezira only some Works were carry'd on by In̄iga Lopez de Horosco wooden Towers were apply'd to the Walls and other Engines play'd but all was destroy'd with Stones cast by the Defendants The Place was unfit for advancing of Works or for the Men to ascend In the Streight of Gibraltar there are two Bays of the same Form but one bigger than the other Tarifa stands upon the Lesser and Algezira over the Greater upon a steep and craggy Hill It is divided into the New and Old each encompass'd with a Wall like two distinct Towns This was then the Seat of the African Empire in Spain No Provision could be convey'd into the Town except a few Boats that stole in by Night which was a small Relief where Hunger began to pinch It was now doubtful whether in were not better to raise the Siege than continue it for the Mony sent by the Pope and King of France was spent and he of Portugal had contributed nothing Some Overtures of Peace were made but took no Effect Therefore the King of Granada advanc'd with his Army as far as the River Guadiarro 5 Leagues from Algezira In Ceuta a great Fleet was ready with the Power of Africk to pass over into Spain These were fresh and the Christians harrass'd yet the King's Resolution and good Fortune overcome all Difficulties Considerable Succours came to him at the same time from England France and Navarre From England the Earls of Derby and Salisbury This Earl of Derby must doubtless be John of Gant 3d Son to King Edward the IIId for it was he had the Title at this time From France the Earl of Faux with his Brother and some others King Philip of Navarre having sent before great store of Provision by Sea and order'd his Army to follow hasted away himself to come time enough for the Battle which was expected would be fought D. John de Lara and D. John Manuel came before and daily fresh Forces arrived from all Parts This increase of the Christian Army terrify'd the Moors and they propos'd a Truce Notwithstanding the Treaty the Town was batter'd and the besieg'd did great harm among the Christians with Iron Bullets they shot This is the first time we find any mention of Gun-powder and Ball in our Histories In the Month of August in the County of Vrgel a Child was born with two Heads and four Legs The Superstitious People bury'd it alive and the Parents suffer'd Death for consenting to that Act. This year also dy'd Robert King of Naples At Algezira when Autumn came on the foreign Souldiers went away the English pretended they were call'd home by their King the Earl of Faux said his Men complain'd of the Pay But Sickness was the chief Motive of their Departure and the Earl of 〈…〉 dy'd at Sevil King Philip of Navarre at Xerez both in the Month of September their 〈…〉 were carry'd into their Countries The Departure of those Princes encourag'd the 〈…〉 hazard a Battle 60 Galleys of theirs which in October had Anchor'd at Estepona pass 〈…〉 to Gibraltar The River Palmones parted the two Armies both Parties several times meeting in that River at last they came to a Battle in which the Moors shew'd no Bravery but presently fled Hunger press'd in the City for our Fleet had taken two Galleys of theirs carrying in Provisions Five Barques got in at the beginning of the Year 1344 and they returning to Africk gave an Account that the besieg'd could hold out no longer Presently after a Treaty was set on Foot and on the 26th of March the City was deliver'd upon the following Conditions That the King of Granada pay the usual Tribute That the besieg'd have leave to depart and carry away their Goods That there be a Truce for the term of Ten Years Many of the Moors went over into Africk The King enter'd the City in solemn Procession on the 27th of March the great Mosque was consecrated and the Country divided among the Souldiers who were willing to live there This done the King went to Sevil where he receiv'd an Embassy from King Edward of England offering his Daughter Joanna in Marriage to France Peter the Heir of Castile This offer was then accepted of yet afterwards took no effect In the late Battle of Tarifa two Daughters of Albohacen were taken Prisoners and now sent to him without any Ransom but he return'd rich Presents Great rejoycing was throughout all Spain and the Churches resounded with Thanksgiving CHAP VI. The King of Aragon conquers Majorca and all its Dominions Great Troubles in Aragon The Rebels suppress'd An Vniversal Plague The Knights of Calatrava at Variance at length reconcil'd DUring the time of the War in Andaluzia the King of Majorca was depriv'd of his Kingdom by Peter the Ceremonious King of Aragon who ought chiefly to have protected him The City Montpellier in France was subject to the Kings of Majorca for which place the Kings of France pretended the others ought to do them Homage they having bought it of the Bishops of Magalone to whom of right it belong'd but those Kings refusing the French by force made themselves Masters of many Towns subject to Montpellier and put Garrisons into them The King of Majorca being a Dependant on the Crown of Aragon begg'd assistance of that King The Aragonian cunningly temporiz'd with the King of France and gave the other nothing but good Words At length they met and the Aragonian promis'd to aid his Kinsman in case the King of France should refuse to put the Difference between them to Judgment Embassadors were sent on this Message but this was only to gain time or mean while the King of Majorca was charg'd with many Crimes whether true or false is not known but such as serv'd for a pretence to deprive him of his Crown The Pope and Queen of Naples labour'd in vain to compose these Differences the Mallorquines wasted with heavy Taxes were willing to change their Master At length the War broke out Peter Moncada the Admiral was call'd from the Siege of Algezira and a Fleet of 116 Sail

that King and Queen for Castile and Leon without mentioning his Father in Law or the Kingdom of Aragon which was contrary to the Agreement made with King Ferdinand at Villafasila and misbecoming the Duty of a Son to a Father The Catholick King by the way of Montagudo and Hariza went to Zaragoça where the Queen first and then he were received with great Joy the People having conceived hopes that the King's Marriage would produce a King of their own By the way before King Ferdinand left Castile he at several times pressed King Philip to deliver up to him Duke Valentin as his Prisoner that he might keep him in some secure place in Aragon or carry him over to Naples whither he designed soon to go and to that effect was sitting out a Fleet at Barcelona King Philip was willing to deliver him but his Council advised it was fit first to decide whose Prisoner he was being taken and sent into Spain by the Great Captain whilst Queen Elizabeth was yet living This Councel was followed which was a new Subject of Distast The Jealousie of the Great Captain still increased His long Delays gave Malicious Men occasion to Descant upon him Some said he expected the coming of the Emperor who designed to Embark in the Gulph of Venice with 8000 Germans to possess himself of that Kingdom Some said he held Intelligence with France by means of the Cardinal d' Amboise Others that he Corresponded with the Pope and designed to accept of the Command of General of the Church differed him to expel John Bentivolla out of Bolognia which City he had made himself Master of Others said he designed to Marry his Daughter to the Son of Prosper Colona that he might support himself with the Interest of the Coloneses Every Man affirmed as much of him as he imagined or believed was in his Power to do The Great Captain sent Nan̄o de Ocampo by the Post to Spain to clear him and to assure the King of his coming But there being so many various Reports this was looked upon as no sufficient Security and the King resolved to go away as soon as possible He constituted the Archbishop of Zaragaça Viceroy of Naples and the Duke of Calabria of Catalonia but took from him his Italian Servants and ordered some of them to go with him to Naples He also sollicited to have the King of France send him the Duke's Mother and her other Children but she could not be perswaded to go and therefore went away to the Marquisate of Mantua with Luis de Gonzaga her Nephew the King of France promising to allow her 10000 Duccats a year The Catholick King sent Charles de Alagon to Naples to give Advice of his coming and Assure the Colloneses that regard should be had to their Services On the 4th of September he set sail from Barcelona and with him Queen Germana the Two Queens of Naples Mother and Daughter and a great number of Castilian and Catalonian Noblemen that attended upon him The Fleet was very great for in it were the Galleys of Sicily commanded by Tristan Dolz and those of Catalonia by D. Raymund de Cardona besides many Ships The Galleys of Naples were left there for the Great Captain to come out and meet the King which he did accordingly On the 7th of September he set out from Naples by Land the Weather being unfit for the Galleys He stayed at Gaeta till the 20th of the month With him was the Duke of Termens and many Spanish and Italian Gentlemen Prisoners he carried the Prince of Rosano the Marquess of Bitonto Alonso de Sanseverino and Fabricius de Gesualdo others he left sick at Naples At the same time King Philip being come to Burgos and lodged in the Constables House immediately ordered the Lady Joanna de Aragon the Constables Wife to depart the Court that the Queen might have no body to make her Complaints to An Impeachment began to be drawn up against the Duke of Alva and the Admiral was ordered to deliver up one of his Castles he being grown into suspicion He having consulted with the Marquess of Villena the Duke of Najara and Earl of Benavente excused himself This Posture of Affairs seemed to threaten some great Revolution when King Philip was seized by a Pestilential Fever which brought him to his end in few days Some suspected he was Poisoned but his Doctors declared his Disease proceeded from too much Exercise The Queen stayed by him during the whole time of his Sickness and even after his Death could not be drawn from his Body notwithstanding that besides her ordinary Indisposition she was with Child He died on the 25th of September being 28 years of Age. He ordered his Body to be buried at Granada and it was deposited at Miraflores a Monastery of Carthusians near Burgos Such was the end of that Prince in the very beginning of his Reign being snatched away before he could enjoy the glory he might reasonably expect How many ill grounded Hopes fell to the Ground upon his Death And how many new Projects were started He was of an indifferent Stature of a fair Complexion had a thin Beard midling Eyes long Hair and all the Frame of his Body was comely and agreeable His Spirit was generous his Nature easie a Noble Fault of which his Favourites made ill use an Enemy to Business addicted to Pleasure and very apt to be led away by his Followers In August was seen a Blazing Star for the space of 8 days between the West and South After his Death it was supposed to portend the End of this Prince and that some notable Change or Revolution would ensue in his Kingdoms The End of the 28th BOOK The History of SPAIN BOOK XXIX CHAP. I. The Settlement made by the Nobility of Castile after the death of King Philip The Catholick King goes over to Naples his Reception in that City No Settlement in the Government of Castile Amidst their Confusions Duke Valentine makes his Escape NO sooner was King Philip dead but several Malignant Humours began to appear there being no Body left to put a stop to Evils that Threatned the Commonwealth The Queen to whom this principally appertained was Incapacitated by reason of her Indisposition Her Son Prince Charles was a Child and Bred abroad and if he Succeeded in the Place of his Mother he must be governed by Strangers Of his Two Grandfathers the Emperor was far off and unacquainted with the Affairs of Spain Only King Ferdinand remained on whose Prudence they might Rely but he was then absent disgusted and some feared he would if he were in Power Revenge the Affronts offered him For this Reason many projected strange Methods of Government and the day before King Philip died there being no hopes of Life there was such Contention among the Nobility as threatned a War To prevent all Disasters the Constable the Admiral and Duke del Infantado Met and Declared for his Catholick

He of Burgos delayed whereupon the King sent Peter Navarro with Forces to besiege it and then the Lieutenant submitted as did all the others D. John Manuel by the way of Navarre went into France designing for Germany There only remained the Duke of Najara who fortified that Town and levied Forces hoping the Emperour would soon come and therefore acted in the Name of Prince Charles as his Viceroy To put a stop to these troubles the King set out towards Burgos and from Arcos sent Ferdinand Duke of Strada to require that Duke to deliver up his Forts The Duke excused himself The King leaving the Queen at Arcos because she would not go to Burgos where she lost her Husband went on himself in order to force the Duke Count Peter Navarro was sent with his Forces the Guards and Artillery to seize all the Duke's Estate and his Person Several of the Nobility interposed and the Duke submitted to deliver up many Places of Strength Hereupon the King pardoned the Duke and not long after by degrees restored all those Forts to Duke Antony Manrique Earl of Triveno Son to the Duke To oblige the Duke of Albuquerque the King proposed to marry the Lady Joanna de Aragon Daughter to the Archbishop of Zoragoça to the Dukes eldest Son but this Match did not succeed and she was afterwards married to D. John de Borgia Duke of Gandia The Emperor was much offended at the Kings of France and Spain He complained of the Catholick King for that he had seized upon the Government of Castile without agreeing with him It was reported he would send 3000 Germans to Naples to favour the Pretensions of the Duke of Calabria and it was also suspected that the Great Captain forwarded this Design in hopes to marry his eldest Daughter to the Duke and would accept of the Command of General of the Forces of the Church with a Pension of 6000 Ducats But those were mere Jealousies and soon after the Emperor declared he would break through the Dutchy of Milan and with all his Forces invade the State of Venice The Catholick King took care to secure the Duke of Calabria who was at his Court The Emperor was offended at the King of France for that he supported the Duke of Guelders and had made War in Burgundy at the time that King Ferdinand went into Italy He did not approve of the Conference betwixt the two Kings and took it ill that the Match betwixt Prince Charles and the Princess Claudia was broke off At this time that Lady was contracted to the Duke of Angoulesme Heir to the Crown of France and therefore the Emperor pleaded the Investiture of the Dutchy of Milan according to the Agreement made with King Philip was void The Catholick King valued not the Match thinking by this means to secure Prince Charles the Inheritance of the Kingdom of Naples The King of France not regarding the Emperor's Complaints he thought of marrying Prince Charles to Mary Daughter to the King of England This Match was so far advanced that the Princess's Portion was assigned to be 250000 Crowns and the Time and Place of Marriage appointed It was concluded the Consent of King Ferdinand and Queen Joanna should be asked but the Marriage to be consummated tho they opposed it This Match pleased the King of England yet he was willing to oblige King Ferdinand in hopes himself to marry Queen Joanna The Catholick King gave him good words to secure the Marriage of his Daughter the Princess Catherine with the Prince of Wales But the King of England at the same time delayed in hopes to promote the Match for himself which was a strange Complication of Politicks Death broke off all the King of England's designs Many said King Ferdinand intended to marry Queen Joanna to his Brother-in-law Gaston de Foix to put him in possession of the Kingdom of Navarre to which he pretended a Right and by that means take revenge of the King and Queen of Navarre who had often offended him and lastly in siezing the Estate of of the Earl of Lerin who was married to his Sister and refusing to restore and stand Tryal with him D. John Manuel was come to the Emperor's Court but not so well looked upon as before which he perceiving thought of returning to Spain In order to it he proposed to King Ferdinand either to restore him to his Estate and treat him according to his quality or else to give him leave with his Wife and Children to go to Portugal otherwise he must like a desperate Man do all that he could against him Nothing was granted him and he tho out of favour by his sharp Wit sowed Discord betwixt those two Princes It was also believed Cardinal Bernardin de Carvajal the Pope's Legate at the Emperor's Court did King Ferdinand no good Offices there wherefore the King requested of the Pope that he might be removed and called back to Rome which at last he obtained CHAP. V. The Designs of bringing Prince Charles into Spain King Ferdinand in Andaluzia to settle that Country Penon in Africk taken by the Spaniards the Portugueses loosers at Azamor in that part of the World yet relieve Arzila THe Emperor now declared his warlike Preparations were not designed against Naples but against the French in Milan and tho the Pope and King Ferdinand interposed for a Peace or Truce he would not give ear to it unless upon very advantageous Conditions He left the Princess Margaret his Daughter to Govern Flanders in Jan. 1508 marched towards Italy and in February came to Trent There he took the Name of Emperor Elect being till then called King of the Romans His General was the Marquess of Brandenburgh his Forces so small that no great matter could be expected of them The first Hostilities were committed in the Valley of Cadoro subject to the Venetians and the Emperor understanding that 5000 Swiss were going into the French Service returned into Switzerland to prevent it and thence to Luxemburgh because French Forces marched that way Upon his departure most of the Germans at Cadora disbanded and 2000 that remained were defeated by the Venetians The Catholick King tho setled in the Government of Castile thought himself not secure knowing there were many that persisted in their aversness to him Among the rest the Bioshps of Badajoz and Catania signalized themselves having no hopes of Preferment unless the Government were changed The Pope at the King's Suits commissioned the Archbishop of Toledo and Bishop of Burgos to prosecute them He of Badajoz endeavouring to make his escape into Flanders was apprehended near Santander and after being Prisoner some time at Atiença was remitted to the Archbishop of Toledo according to the Pope's Order D. Jayme de Conchillos Bishop of Girachi the King's Ambassador at the Emperor's Court pressed to have Prince Charles sent to Spain to have him bred after the manner of the Country and to secure his Succession but the Emperor