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CHAPTER XXVII
1516
The Pope begins proceedings against the Duke of Urbino—Death
of Giuliano de' Medici—Castiglione in Rome—The Duchess
Ehsabetta at the Vatican — Excommunication and deprivation
of Francesco Maria—Invasion of Urbino—Flight of the Duke
and Duchesses to Mantua—Lorenzo de' Medici proclaimed
Duke of Urbino.
THE doom of Urbino was sealed at Bologna.
Francis 1. had finally sacrificed his old ally to the am-
bitious schemes of the Medici, and Leo X. and his
nephew returned to Florence resolved to put their deep-
laid plot into immediate execution. On January 27
Marin Zorzi, the Venetian ambassador who had ac-
companied the Pope to Florence, wrote home:
' The Pope has begun important proceedings against
the Duke of Urbino, and means to deprive him of
his State. He brings two charges against him. One
that he murdered the Cardinal of Pavia; the other,
that he refused to fight after he had taken the Church's
money.
In vain the Duke appealed for help to friendly
powers. The only monarch who made any attempt
to save him was the Emperor Maximilian, who
wrote from Trent desiring the Pope to abstain from
attacking this loyal vassal of his grandson Charles,
i Sanuto, xxi. 496.
416
1516
The Pope begins proceedings against the Duke of Urbino—Death
of Giuliano de' Medici—Castiglione in Rome—The Duchess
Ehsabetta at the Vatican — Excommunication and deprivation
of Francesco Maria—Invasion of Urbino—Flight of the Duke
and Duchesses to Mantua—Lorenzo de' Medici proclaimed
Duke of Urbino.
THE doom of Urbino was sealed at Bologna.
Francis 1. had finally sacrificed his old ally to the am-
bitious schemes of the Medici, and Leo X. and his
nephew returned to Florence resolved to put their deep-
laid plot into immediate execution. On January 27
Marin Zorzi, the Venetian ambassador who had ac-
companied the Pope to Florence, wrote home:
' The Pope has begun important proceedings against
the Duke of Urbino, and means to deprive him of
his State. He brings two charges against him. One
that he murdered the Cardinal of Pavia; the other,
that he refused to fight after he had taken the Church's
money.
In vain the Duke appealed for help to friendly
powers. The only monarch who made any attempt
to save him was the Emperor Maximilian, who
wrote from Trent desiring the Pope to abstain from
attacking this loyal vassal of his grandson Charles,
i Sanuto, xxi. 496.
416