fiegers with frequent Sallies, fo that at laft the Convoys paffed unmolested into the Town. But what compleated the Overthrow of the Siege was the Treachery of Andrew Doria, who, under Pretence of being difobliged by France, went over to the Emperor, and recalled his Nephew from before Naples, whereby the Port was immediately freed, and Provifions in Plenty was brought into the City both by Sea and Land, Marshal Lautrec in the mean time, who Lautrec's had partly recovered, relapfed and died in Death. the Night between the 15th and 16th of August, through 66 to fight on that Occafion." It was alfo faid, "That feveral Re"monftrances against him were "fent from Milan to the King, fetting forth, that, though he was a good Officer, yet very improper for fuch a Government: But that Madam de "Chateaubriant, Lautrec's Sifter, "and a most beautiful and po"lite Lady, for whom the King "had a very great Regard, fof"tened all thofe Complaints, "and always preferved her Bro"ther in the King's good Graces, "which gave Birth to a Proverb "in that Time, That Milan had raifed Meuillan, and Chateaubriant loft Milan; " which alludes to a famous Seat fo called, 66 built by Chaumont, out of the Spoils of Milan in Burgundy, and the King's overlooking Lautrec's Faults while Governor of that Dutchy, through the Interpofition of his Mistress. Virtue, though often traversed, is ftill in Vogue and fought after; for Lautrec having, after his Return from Italy, retired into Guienne, fome time afterwards was fent for to Court, received into Favour more than ever, and made Lieutenant General of the grand League concluded against the Emperor. He was fent on an Expedition against Naples, which he chearfully undertook, and in his March took Bofco, Alexandria, and Pavia. În Pavia he was rather cruel to revenge the Outrage and Taking of Francis, and the Death and Defeat of fo many brave Frenchmen, who had met with their tragical Fates under her Walls; for which Reafon he would not enter that City at any of the Gates, but at the Breach on Horse-back, to fhew thereby a more abfolute Triumph. Lautrec, having performed feveral grand military Exploits in Lombardy, was ready to invest Milan, through the extraordinary Fatigue he was inftantly obliged to undergo, by Doria's deferting the French Service. Milan, to repair his paft Fault, when he received the King's Orders to march directly to Naples. He arrived at that fatal Place for him, (as Ravenna had been for Nemours, his Coufin) upon the Point of a moft glorious Victory, if he had pleased: But, as the Neapolitans fay, Fortune is not to be catched by the Locks; which he neglected, when he might have had it by Hand-fulls, through his own Prefumption, who would liften to no Advice, and refused to affault or batter the Towns, contrary to the concurrent Opinions of all his Officers, faying, That he would not confume his Ammunition to no Purpose, which fhould ferve him well elsewhere; and that he knew •he muft foon have all the Garrifon, with their Necks in Halters, by Famine and a long Siege.' But it happened quite otherwise, as we have already related. When Lautrec was confined to his Bed, he frequently afked of the Officers and Phyficians, who vifited him, What State of Health the Camp was in ? who conflantly replied, That all grew better and better, for the Infection daily dimi⚫nished.' But he, fufpecting their Anfwers proceeded more from Complaifance to him than Regard to Truth, threatened one Day to have two of his Pages feverely punished, if they did not inform him of the true Condition the Army was in, then they declared, That the Camp was deftroyed, and that fearce any efcaped the Sickness: At which Lau Sir trec was fo fhocked, that his Gall and Heart broke, which put an End to his Days. However, he died with fo much Glory, that the Pope caufed folemn Obfe... quies, in a moft pompous Manner, to be performed for him and the King his Mafter caused a funeral Service to be performed for him in the Church of Notre Dame at Paris, with the fame Grandeur and Magnificence as if he were his own Child, or fome grand Prince of the Blood: But the Office performed for him by the Spaniard, his Enemy, exceeded all this a hundred Degrees, by erecting a Superb Marble Tomb for his poor Bones, which must have been tumbled and toffed in a miserable Vault, where his People had buried him without any funeral Pomp, and as if he had been the most private Centinel of his Time. The Tomb appears ftill in excellent good Condition, in the Duke of Seffa's Chapel, in the new Church of St. Mary, at Naples; the Epitaph on which is as follows: TO ODETO Foix LAUTREC SALVO. The Spanish Grandee, finding this Warrior's Bones, though an Enemy, lie without that Honour due to them, and to which the Fortune of War had brought him, and mindful of human Miferies, has bestowed this Tomb on the French General in the Chapel of his Forefathers. Sir Robert Jerningham, Gentleman of the Bedchamber both to King Henry and Francis, who had the Command of 200 Horfe in the Army, paid by our King, died of the Plague, as did John Carew, who fucceeded him, the Sweating Sickness being all this Summer in England, whereof alfo died Sir Francis Poyntz, William Compton, Efq; and others of Note. Lautrec's Death was followed with raifing the Siege of Naples, and the Marquis of Saluzzo, to whom the Command of the Army devolved, retreated in good Order and retired to Averfa, where he was befieged, being wounded with a Blow from a Stone that broke his Knees, which fo difcouraged the Soldiers, that they obliged him to furrender on a difhonourable Capitulation; for the Marquis fubmitted to be a Prifoner of War; but the French Officers and Soldiers had leave to go into France, upon leaving their Colours and Standards behind them: Terrible Terms for Men of real Blood! The Swiss, by one of the Articles, were to return Home: The Italians, by another Article, were obliged not to ferve againft the Emperor for fix Months; and the Marquis was alfo to do all that lay in his Power to oblige the Governors of of the Places, taken either by the French or the Allies, to deliver them up, but most of them refused to ftand to this Capitulation. Naples was no fooner loft but Genoa followed, Andrew Doria, who was very powerful in that City, made it revolt. Marshal Theodore Trivulca retired into the Castle with fome Soldiers, but was obliged to furrender about the End of October for want of Provisions: Whereupon Doria, pursuant to his Agreement with the Emperor, restored his Country to Liberty, and established the Government, which fubfifts at this Day. Savona was alfo delivered up thro the Cowardice of Governor Moreta. The French were no lefs unfortunate in the Milanefe, for Anthony Leyva furprized Pavia and other Places, Places, but was obliged to raise the Siege of Lodi, through the vigorous Refiftance of John Paul Sforza, baftard Brother to the Duke of Milan. The Count of St. Pol, being come up with a Reinforcement from France, and joined by the Venetian Army, retook Pavia, and made himself Mafter of Como; and with this the Campaign ended in the Milanefe. 26 "So fatal a War, fays Father Daniel, the Advantages and Disadvantages of which were not yet great enough on either Side to fecure the Event, begun to tire both the Emperor and France, and “make them hearken to peaceable Councils, which Margaret of Auftria gave the Emperor, her Nephew ; and the Princess Regent, on the other hand, "the King, her Son." Whereupon they both fignified their Inclinations to the Pope by their Envoys, in the beginning of the following Year, 1529, and had this Effect, that the City of Cambray was pitched upon for the Conferences which were agreed to be negotiated by the above Princefs, and to begin at the End of May; but, before thefe Ladies met, the War was carried on in Italy, and Anthony Leyva attacked the Count of St. Pol in the Milanefe, routed his Forces, and took him Prifoner. The Remainder of the French that were at Pavia, hearing the News, deferted in whole Companies, fo that there was fcarce any French left in the Milanefe; and thus ended this new Expedition into Italy, which, one would think, fhould have been a fufficient Memento to prevent them from fending Troops thither, that has generally proved fatal to them, and not improperly called, The Grave of the French men. Congress at In July the two Princeffes repaired to CamCambray. bray, as did Dr. Tunftal, Bishop of Durham,and 1529. Sir Thomas More, on King Henry's Behalf, and on the 5th of Auguft a Treaty of Peace was concluded between the Emperor and France, in which England was included, included, called the Lady's Peace, the Substance where of follows. Treaty of Cambray. 1529. "That the Emperor fhould defift from "his present Demands on Burgundy, with out prejudicing any Right he might "claim to that Dutchy by Course of Law. That the Crown of France fhould pay him two Millions of "Crowns of Gold, for the Ranfom of Francis's Sons, 66 and withdraw his Forces out of Italy. That he should "refign to the Emperor the Sovereignty of Flanders and "Artois. That he should restore to the Emperor the "Earldom of Efti, with whatever he held in the "Dutchy of Milan. That he fhould renounce all "his Pretentions to the Kingdom of Naples, and marry Eleanora, with whom the Emperor should give him in Dower 200,000 Crowns." 66 There was also several other Articles, particularly, "Francis promised to restore the Heirs of the late "Duke of Bourbon to all that Prince poffeffed in "France." And alfo "That the King of France "should pay the 200,000 Crowns due from the Em→ peror to England by Inftalment, and redeem the "rich Flower-de-Luce, pawned to Henry the VIIth " for 50,000 Crowns.' But there was no mention of the Venetians, who were Allies of France, fave that Francis undertook to require the Venetians to yield to the Emperor what they poffeffed in the Kingdom of Naples. This made a Venetian Nobleman tell the Doge, That the City of Cambray was the Purgatory of the Venetians; alluding not only to this Treaty, but that which was formed to ruin them, as before mentioned. The Pope had before made his Peace with the Emperor, upon as advantageous Conditions as if that Prince had had the worst of the War in Italy: And his Holiness's Aim was not only to be restored to Florence, but to other Places taken by the Venetians during his Captivity. But, whilft he was forming thefe Projects, VOL. IV. Y he |
