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PREPARATIONS FOR WAR
315
money were actively carried on, although, as the
Count remarked,' Everything moves slowly in Spain/
Before engaging in hostilities, Charles consulted the
chief jurists, and summoned the States of Castile and
Aragon to decide whether he was justified in making
war on the Pope. As might be expected, the answers
were couched in different terms, but were all alike
framed to please the Emperor. Bourbon, who had
been wasting his time and money at Barcelona, now
sailed for Genoa to take command of the dwindling
army before Milan. Lannoy returned from France,
and, to the surprise of the court, was received with
great favour by Charles V., and appointed to the
command of the imperial forces at Naples.
' The Viceroy/ wrote Castiglione to Piperario, ' is
to go to Italy at the head of a new army. If the
ships were large enough, and even if biscuits were
the only fare on board, 10,000 or 12,000 penniless
soldiers would sail for Italy to-morrow, in the hope of
capturing another King of France and gaining fame
and gold. But whatever the result of the campaign
may be, I am sure that few of these 8,000 men will
ever return to Spain. If they do not die on the way,
they will spend the rest of their lives in plundering
and murdering our countrymen, and 8,000 fresh
brigands will be added to those who, as the Arch-
bishop of Capua says, are already swarming over
Italy.'i
Still the nuncio received no letters from Rome,
and only learnt the failure of Moncada's mission from
the Emperor's lips. Twice over Don Ugo and Sessa
had visited the Pope at the Vatican and ottered to
raise the siege of the Castello of Milan and recognize
the Duke, but each time Clement had rejected these
i Serassi, ii. 62.
315
money were actively carried on, although, as the
Count remarked,' Everything moves slowly in Spain/
Before engaging in hostilities, Charles consulted the
chief jurists, and summoned the States of Castile and
Aragon to decide whether he was justified in making
war on the Pope. As might be expected, the answers
were couched in different terms, but were all alike
framed to please the Emperor. Bourbon, who had
been wasting his time and money at Barcelona, now
sailed for Genoa to take command of the dwindling
army before Milan. Lannoy returned from France,
and, to the surprise of the court, was received with
great favour by Charles V., and appointed to the
command of the imperial forces at Naples.
' The Viceroy/ wrote Castiglione to Piperario, ' is
to go to Italy at the head of a new army. If the
ships were large enough, and even if biscuits were
the only fare on board, 10,000 or 12,000 penniless
soldiers would sail for Italy to-morrow, in the hope of
capturing another King of France and gaining fame
and gold. But whatever the result of the campaign
may be, I am sure that few of these 8,000 men will
ever return to Spain. If they do not die on the way,
they will spend the rest of their lives in plundering
and murdering our countrymen, and 8,000 fresh
brigands will be added to those who, as the Arch-
bishop of Capua says, are already swarming over
Italy.'i
Still the nuncio received no letters from Rome,
and only learnt the failure of Moncada's mission from
the Emperor's lips. Twice over Don Ugo and Sessa
had visited the Pope at the Vatican and ottered to
raise the siege of the Castello of Milan and recognize
the Duke, but each time Clement had rejected these
i Serassi, ii. 62.