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were cast down. And Giambattista, of Castello*, a man of Bologna, the chief of the host, delivered it into their hand; and they sent them away free, only that they took their goods for a preyt. And on the fifteenth day of the month Nisan, the Germans who were with them went to take spoil; and Corneglio Bentevoglio, who was at Grosseto, went out against them, and the shooter shots and smote his brother. And Corneglio, the captain of the host, said, Sword, sword!" And they slew of them about seven hundred men with the edge of the sword. And when he saw that his brother was not dead, he said, "How long shall the sword devour||? take the rest alive;" and they did so. And on the twenty-first of the same month, the Spaniards went against Montalcino¶, and battered its walls; but they moved not before them**, for it was very strong. And the Italians drew nigh to go up into the city, and the men of the city hid themselves with subtlety, and their voice was not heard; and the Spaniards also came after them, and sought to go up, for they said,

.קאסטילו *

+ Numb. xxxi. 9; Deut. ii. 35.

10, a town in Toscana, near Siena.

§ 2 Sam. xi. 24; 2 Chron. xxxiii. 23.

Comp. 2 Sam. ii. 26.

¶, a town in Toscana, near Siena.

** Comp. Esth. v. 9.

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"God has delivered it into our hand." And the Italians envied them, and every man's sword was against his fellow*, and their voices were heard from afar. And when the men of the city saw this, some of them also went out abroad, and made among the Spaniards a great slaughter; and the rest drew back, when they saw that evil was determined against them. And Pope Julio del Monte† sent messengers unto the emperor, to ask of him the peace of his people. And also unto France he sent messengers at that time. And the emperor consented, and made a covenant of peace with the lords of Siena; and the pope was the surety between them. And the emperor sent his troops whom he had there unto the kingdom of Naples, to guard all the coasts thereof against the French ships which went out with the Turkish ships to ravage those places; and the fame of them went throughout the whole earth.

1309. And in the month Abib, at the time when kings go forth to battle§, the emperor armed his trained servants, and turned his face toward France by the way of Picardy, and encamped against Terouennell, and besieged it several days; and he battered its walls, and made mines under

* Jud. vii. 22; 1 Sam. xiv. 20. Prov. vi. 1.

יוליאו די מונטי +

§ 2 Sam. xi. 1.

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the wall; and the wall fell down flat. And on the twenty-first day of the month of June, the city was broken up, and the men of the emperor came into the midst thereof, and every one that was found was pierced with the sword: they saved alive nothing that breathedt. And the emperor commanded, to make it an everlasting heap, which should be no more rebuilded; only the son of the constable, the captain of the king's host, with ten of his young men, were taken alive, and they took the spoil of all their goods§. [p] And the emperor rejoiced greatly; and passed over unto Hesdin, and besieged it; and battered its walls, and took it, and did unto it according as he had done unto Terouennel. The Duke Horatio fell dead there¶, and all his valiant men were taken alive; and his brother, the duke of Parma, wept for him**. The emperor journeyed thence, and turned his face towards Paris. Then the dukes of France were amazed: the mighty men of Picardy, trembling, took hold upon them : all the inhabitants of Paris melted awaytt. And the king spake unto their hearts; and he sent unto the Swiss for help, and gathered together men of

Josh. vi. 20.

Jos. viii. 28.

+ Deut. xx. 16.

§ Num. xxxi. 9.

INT. Comp. Jos. x. 28. 30. 32. ¶ Jud. v. 27.

** Comp. Gen. xxxvii. 35.

tt Exod. xv. 15.

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valor in great multitudes; and he went out against the emperor with a numerous people, and with a mighty hand.

1310. In those days, when the Duke Maurice and the Marquess Alberto were in their house, after the emperor had sent them away from him, there was strife between them, and they gathered together men of valor. And those that were numbered of the duke were about twenty thousand footmen, and three thousand horsemen. And the host of the marquess was about sixteen thousand footmen, and four thousand horsemen. When they joined battle, the earth shook at their voice, and there fell of them about fifteen thousand men; and the hand of the men of the duke prevailed; and they took Alberto alive. And when the shooters shot, they slew Maurice, so that he fainted and died*. And it came to pass, when they were amazed, that Alberto fled from them, and returned unto his place, and into his country, and the war ceased.

1311. In that year, in the month of June, fire fell from heaven upon the high tower which was at Cremona; and it devoured the wood upon which the bells rested, and the shop which was at the lower part of the tower. And it burned

* Jonah iv. 8.

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This is the finger of Godt." And an old man said, "Let there be taken strange firet, and let it be put upon this fire, that they become ones, then the waters will be able to quench it." And they did so, and the fire was quenched. Then said they, "Wisdom is better than strength|| ;" and they gave thanks unto God.

1312. And at the end of the month of August, the king brought his camp within the distance as it were of a bowshot of the camp of the emperor¶; but the emperor would not come out against the king on the day of the battle, but remained upon his ward between the trenches in the ground, which he had made for his camp round about. And the destroyer went out of both camps, and they joined battle; and the hand of the emperor's men prevailed; and the liers in wait of the emperor went also out, and there fell slain of the king's camp about ten thousand men. And of the emperor's men there lacked but a few, for they were led on with wise counsel**; and the king and his men feared and removed, and stood

*Cant. viii. 7.

† Exod. viii. 19.

§ Ezek. xxxvii. 17.

Gen. xxi. 16.

Lev. x. 1.

Eccl. ix. 16.

** Prov. xx. 18; xxiv. 6.