492 POLENZA CHERASCO, A.D. 1552. קלט king; and both of them made a covenant*. And his hosts departed from it; and the men of the city came out, and cast the forts to the ground, and brought the wood into the city, as well as corn, bread and meat, and some of every thing by which man doth livet, they brought into the city at that time. 1275. And the French that were in Piedmont besieged Polenza§, and took it, and saved alive nothing that breathed||. And the Spaniards also went against Ribiasco¶, which is a small city nigh unto Asti**; and fifty Frenchmen were within it; and they took it also, and smote with the edge of the sword all the males thereof, with the women and children. 1276. And the French went against Cherasco on the twenty-third day of the month of April, which is the second month. And they cast down the bridge which was over the river Tani††, with the battering-rams, so that their voice was heard afar off. And the men of Cherasco cast stones upon them‡‡, and four men died at that time. They burned the mills also with fire, and returned to the camp; and the city was besieged. * Gen. xxi. 27. Deut. viii. 3. || Deut. xx. 16. .לאסטי ** Lam. iii. 53. + Gen. xlv. 23. .פולינצו $ .ריביאשקו . .טאני ++ קלט SALAH REIS, MAY, A.D. 1552. 493 1277. And Don Ferrante went against them with a mighty hand. Then the French journeyed from Barra*, and left a garrison in the midst thereof. And the men of Don Ferrante went thither, and took it with a strong hand. There was also with him the first-born son of the duke of Savoyt, who commanded, and they hanged up thirty men of the inhabitants of the city against the sun; for his soul was embittered against them. 1278. In those days, came Salah Reiss from the east country with twelve galleys, and took two ships from Ragusa||, and a large ship of Genoa, in the third month, and led them away unto, Algiers. 1279. And Don Ferrante went unto Saluzzi¶; but the men of the city spoiled it** before he came, and left no gleanings therein; yet he came into the city, and tarried there a few days††· And the French gathered themselves into the fortified cities at that time. And Don Ferrante went and besieged Dironitt, which is on the borders of Saluzzi, and took it in the beginning 494 WAR IN ITALY, A.D. 1552. קלט of barley harvest*, and ruled in the open cities at that time. And he removed thence, and went unto Binit, and they besieged it many days, and destroyed every good piece of land. And the inhabitants of Bini could bring none of the produce into the city, because of the fury of the oppressor§. 1280. And the nobles of the emperor made peace for two years with the Duke Ottavio, who was at Parma, and gave him the fortress which they had made upon the river Linza¶; and he put a garrison therein. At that time the emperor restored Brisilo** also, the fortress which is upon the river Po, to the duke of Ferrara††; and the duke strengthened it, and fortified it, and builded to it a very high wall with gates and bars‡‡, and put therein a garrison; and it has belonged to him until this day. 1281. And Andrea Doria brought about four thousand Spaniards to Genoa in that year. And the soul of the people was grieved because of the way, on the twenty-seventh day of the month of June, which is the fourth month; and they cast into the sea some of the battering-rams, and of the horses, קלט WAR IN FLANDERS, A.D. 1552. 495 and of the garments, and of the wares which were with them, to be lightened of them*, for the sea wrought and was tempestuous against them†, and they reeled like a drunken man‡; and they passed the city Voltabio§, in which I dwell, on the eighth day of the month of July, and went on their way. 1282. And King Henry passed not over the river Rhine, for he feared for his life; but drew back his right hand, and sent away his host, every one to his home. And again he gathered together the men of his host, and set his face towards Flanders and besieged Thionville**; and there fell slain to the ground in that war, about six thousand of his men. And the Lord delivered the city into their hand; and they slew all their males with the edge of the sword, and took all their spoil. And the Lord delivered also Aire and St. Omer††, into their hands; and they put a garrison therein. 1283. And the French who were in Piedmont besieged Verua++, and cast up a bank§§ against it; and the city was broken up on the tenth day of the month of July, which is the fifth month; and they put a garrison into it and strengthened it; and it hath belonged to King Henry until this day. 1284. And it was evil in the sight of Don Ferrante; and he went up from the city of Bini* and put garrisons in the fortified cities. And the Spaniards who came from Spain, as well as the riders upon horses, he sent to the land of Germany; and the emperor's camp increased exceedingly. 1285. And the emperor also gathered together an army and horsement, after he had fled from before Maurice, and set his face towards Augusta; and the fear of him fell upon them, and they delivered the city into his hands. And Maurice also drew back his right hand from destroying§, and made peace with the emperor, because his heart was not perfect with the king, but he returned from pursuing after him. The Marquess Albert alone made not peace with the emperor in those days, because his soul was bitter against him on account of the landgrave, whom the emperor had imprisoned; and he was a Satan unto him|| all the days. 1286. And the viceroy who was in Naples, hated the prince of Salerno¶ in his heart, and set ביני * Comp. Esth. ix. 3. † Comp. Gen. 1. 9. § Lam. ii. 3. 8. .משאלירנה ] |