קט GEROLAMO DI PESARO. 279 month, and went away from it and passed over to the coast of Bastia, and returned unto their own country. And Solyman went unto Constantinople, the city of his kingdom, and abode there many days; and the ships also went their way. 972. And Gerolamo di Pesaro, the chief captain of the Venetian host, fled from the face of Barbarossa, before he came and spake with Juan Vittore*, the chief captain of the host in Mortara†, and they assembled there. And Gerolamo went to war against Scardonat, which is about ten miles from the sea; and they besieged it, and cast up banks against it from morning until noon; and they took it with a strong hand. And in the midst thereof was an Ethiopian, a mighty man of valor, who could shoot with a gun at a hair's breadth, and not misss; and he did great things on that day. And many they slew with the edge of the sword when they came into the city; and they slew the Ethiopian, beside the rest of them that were slain; and the cry of the city went up toward heaven, and there was none to deliver; and they gave it to be plundered and Gerolamo commanded, and they cast down its houses to the ground, and it became a heap for ever until this day¶. And Juan Vittore .ויטורי * .סקארדונה ! Num. xxxi. 8. .מורטארה t § Jud. xx. 16. Josh. xxviii. 28. 280 LEAGUE AGAINST SOLYMAN. קט went unto Zara*, and found there Gabriel, the chief captain of the host, and they made an appointment theret; and he sent three of the captains of the marines with Gabriel. And they went to war against Abruzzo on the twenty-ninth day of the seventh month. And they besieged it, and cast up banks against it; and they burned the suburbs of the city and its houses round about. And many of the uncircumcised fell slain to the ground; and they went off from it with shame, for the famine was sore. And it came to pass, when they returned unto Zara, that the Turks went out against them in the way, and discomfited them with the edge of the sword; and they that remained were taken alive and Gabriel fled away on his feets, and he escaped with the few men who were with him. And the wrath of Gerolamo di Pesaro was kindled against him; and they took him at Zara, and he beheaded him, and brought him down to the grave in blood. And of the three generals of the host who went with him, no man knoweth of their sepulchre until this day¶. 973. Then the emperor, and the pope, and the men of Venice, heartily agreed to make war against Solyman. And they chose Francesco Maria, the קט GIOVANNI BATTISTA AT OSTROVIZZA. 283 and made an armistice for three months, in the ninth month. Then went the Marquess del Guasto to bow before the king at Montcalier. And the king and his nobles honored him much. And he bowed before the king unto the ground, and went from him in peace. And the king and his son returned unto France, but the marquess returned unto his place*. 978. Then Giovanni Battista, the captain of the Venetian host journeyed from Zarat, and three hundred footmen and one hundred and fifty horsemen with him. And they went unto Ostrovizzat about the morning watch; and they climbed suddenly upon its walls, and called with a loud voice, and set the houses on fire, whose smoke went up toward heaven. And the Turks awoke from their sleep, and went out abroad, and the uncircumcised slew them with the edge of the sword; and there died of them by the sword and by the great fire about seven hundred men at that time; but of the uncircumcised there died only three who were slain by the stones§ of those in the fort; and they took the prey, and returned unto Zara with gladness. And the booty which the men of war had caught, was three thousand sheep and beeves||, *Gen. xviii. 33. .אוסטרוויצה $ +NI, a town of Dalmatia. Num. xxxi. 32. 282 ELEONORA & THE QUEEN OF HUNGARY. קט Spaniards with the stroke of the sword*; and there fell of them many slain unto the ground on that day. 975. And the men of the emperor journeyed thence, and gathered themselves together into the fenced citiest; are they not Chierit and Asti, Vercelli, Casale, and Alessandria? and they were quiet there§. And the French besieged Chieri in the middle of the month of November, but could not do anything, and returned back with shame. 976. And there murmured again a part of the Spaniards against the marquess, saying, "Give us our money; why should we die of hunger?" And he spake unto their hearts; but they hearkened not unto him for anguish of spirit; so he gave them their money, and they returned unto the camp. 977. And Eleonora, the queen of France, and the queen of Hungary, the widow, said one unto the other, "How long shall the sword devour¶?" and they spake to the heart of the emperor and the king; and Paul the pope fulfilled their words** ; and these two kings hearkened unto their voice, קט GIOVANNI BATTISTA AT OSTROVIZZA. 283 and made an armistice for three months, in the ninth month. Then went the Marquess del Guasto to bow before the king at Montcalier. And the king and his nobles honored him much. And he bowed before the king unto the ground, and went from him in peace. And the king and his son returned unto France, but the marquess returned unto his place*. 978. Then Giovanni Battista, the captain of the Venetian host journeyed from Zarat, and three hundred footmen and one hundred and fifty horsemen with him. And they went unto Ostrovizza‡ about the morning watch; and they climbed suddenly upon its walls, and called with a loud voice, and set the houses on fire, whose smoke went up toward heaven. And the Turks awoke from their sleep, and went out abroad, and the uncircumcised slew them with the edge of the sword; and there died of them by the sword and by the great fire about seven hundred men at that time; but of the uncircumcised there died only three who were slain by the stones§ of those in the fort; and they took the prey, and returned unto Zara with gladness. And the booty which the men of war had caught, was three thousand sheep and beeves||, * Gen. xviii. 33. אוסטרוויצה $ NI, a town of Dalmatia. Num. xxxi. 32. |