The Immorality of Men,

But more by the Probity of his Life.
He built a celebrated School by
The Name of JESUS.

The Remains of COLET refts in this Mould. He flourished in the Reigns of Hen. VII. and Hen. VIII. He died in the Year of our Lord M.D.XIX.

Learn to die to the World, and to live to God.

The MERCERS Company in grateful Remembrance, and in order to perpetuate the Memory of Dr. Colet, caufed a Copy of his Monument to be carved, on which they affign their Reason as follows: Between the Choir and the South Isle.

Left the Monument of a moft worthy Divine fhould fall with St. Paul's Church, The Mafter, Wardens, and Affiftants of the Mercers Company of London, ordered this Copy thereof to be carved at their Expence,

In the Year 1656.

See his Epitaph before; but here the View of his Tomb.

It is very remarkable, that the Cathedral of St. Paul's, was afterwards burnt down, in the dreadful Fire of London, in the Year 1666.

The Cardinal

continues his with Bp. Fox. Correspondence

However arduous the grand Affairs might be which the Cardinal had to attend, both in Church and State, they did not divert him from carrying on a grateful Correfpondence with his old Patron, Bishop Fox, by fending from time to time fpecial Meffengers with kind Epiftles, and to enquire after his Welfare, also by readily paying Refpect to that venerable Prelate's Recommendations; which friendly Actions were fo ac, ceptable to him, that he publickly acknowledged, them on feveral Occafions, and there is now to be feen an

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original Letter, fent from the Bishop this very Year to the Cardinal, in the Exchequer Record-office, filled with the most affectionate Expreffions, and thus addreffed, To the moft Rev. Father in God, my fpecial Friend, and good Lord, my Lord Cardinal of England. And here we shall wind up the Year 1526.

Affairs of

Itatly. 1527.

ON the 9th of Jan. the D. of Bourbon drew his Men from their Quarters of Refreshment, in order to enter upon Action, tho' he was in the fame Perplexity in common with all the Emperor's Generals, who did not want Troops, but the Sinews of War to encourage his Men, which was very furprising, confidering the Emperor begun now yearly to draw vaft Sums of Money from the Weft-Indies. Soon after Bourbon took the Field, he formed to himself a bold Undertaking; to execute which he began his March January the 11th; but, before he could arrive at the Place propofed, he had a Number of Rivers to pass, several Towns of the Enemies in his Way, and Reafon to apprehend the Confederates would be close at his Heels; yet thefe Difficulties did not difcourage him from proceeding, after leaving the Care of the Milanefe to Anthony de Leyva. As he marched on he rewarded his Soldiers with the Plunder of feveral fmall Towns, to keep them from mutinying for want of Pay, and promifed better Booty by and by; yet he took care to conceal from them his real Intention, which was to take the City of Rome. However, as foon as they were got beyond Florence, they began to difcover whither he was bending his March, which was fo pleafing, that the Soldiers looked upon all their past Fatigues as nothing.

In the mean time the Pope, perceiving the Duke of Bourbon to continue his March with great Expedition, concluded a Truce with the Vice-roy of Naples for eight Months, and had engaged him to write

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to the Duke to halt: But, if he fincerely performed his Undertaking, it had no Effect; for Bourbon continued his Rout, notwithstanding the concluding the Trúce, till he came before Viterbo, which he foon made himfelf Master of.

On the 25th of May he encamped in the Meadows near Rome, and then fent a Trumpet to demand a Paffage through that City, that he might proceed to the Kingdom of Naples; and his Demand being refufed, the Night following was spent in confulting where to give the Affault, and in making fcaling Ladders for fix Men to mount a-breaft. The Imperial Army, according to the best Computation, confifted of 30,000 fighting Men, compofed of Germans, Italians, and Spaniards. The next Morning, by Breakof-day, the Army was drawn out to give the Assault, and fo eager were the Soldiers, that they preffed for the Signal, which once given, they run on as if nothing had stood in their Way; nor were the Defendants lefs refolute on their Part; fo that a bloody Combat enfued, and Heaps fell on both Sides. In the Heat of the Action the brave Duke, as he was leaning on a Ladder against the Wall, to encourage his Men, received a Shot from a Mufquet, which wounded him in his Thigh, and laid him on the Ground; who, finding himself grow faint, ordered a Gafcogne Captain to carry him to the Camp, and cover him with a Nightgown, for fear his People, being frighted at his Death, fhould quit the Affault; and he was no fooner got to the Camp but he expired, being but 38 Years of Age, without leaving any Iffue.

The Duke of Bour

bon's warlike Courage and Death.

The Death of the Duke did not clofe the Fury of the Affault, which was vigorously carried on, and the Suburbs entered, when the Pope with 17 Cardidinals, and the English, French, and Florentine Ambaffadors fled to the Caftle of St. Angelo, Renfo de Ceri following them with 500 Men out of the Gar

rifon.

Rome plundered.

rifon. After a confiderable Slaughter and much Pillaging the Soldiers refrefhed themfelves, but the Prince of Orange, on whom the Command devolved, beat to Arms, and, driving the Guards from the Bridges, broke into the City. In both of the Attacks 5000 of the Defendants were reported to have been killed, and the whole City plundered, without fparing Churches, Monafteries, or Churchmen, which lafted for seven Days. "This was the Confequence, fay the Spanish Writers, of Clement the VIIIth's ambitious Practices, "which happened without the Confent or Knowledge "of the Emperor."

Rome being thus reduced the Castle of St. Angelo was befieged, where the Pope held out fome Days, before he would give Ear to any Agreement, expecting the Duke of Urbino would come to his Relief, which accordingly he did, and the Imperialists marched out as readily to give him Battle. A Letter writ from Rome at that Time fays, "The Duke of "Urbino was utterly routed;" but Peter Mefcia and other Authors fay, "That there was no Battle fought, "but the Duke, having continued fome Days with" in fix or seven Miles of Rome, and finding no Dif"order in the Imperial Army, as he had expected, "marched away and retired into the Milanefe, "where he employed Part of his Forces in taking "the best Precaution he could, to prevent Concordia "from being furprized by another Part of the Em"peror's Forces."

As foon as the Duke of Urbino was gone the Imperialists returned into the City, where they found the Citizens with 8000 Men in Arms, in order to af fit the confederate Army in driving the Emperor's Forces from Rome; but these were easily routed. The Pope then, feeing no hopes left, obtained an Interview with Lanoy, the Vice-roy of Naples, who was come inso thofe Parts, and, after much Debate, they agreed,

"That

The Pope

pays a

"That the Pope should pay 400,000 Du46 cats for the Ranfom of those that were "in the Castle," which he delivered up im- Ranfom. mediately, and alfo put into the Hands of the Impe rialists, the two Fortreffes of Civita Vecchia, and Offria with its Ports, befides the Cities of Placentia, Parma, and Reggio. This done Ferdinand de Alarcon was left in the Castle of St. Angelo, to fecure the Pope till a Meffenger arrived from the Emperor.

Florence.

This News being brought to Florence Mutiny at the People mutinied, crying out, Liberty! and turned all the Family of the Medicis and their Adherents out of the City, declaring for the Emperor, who had received Advice of what had happened; and though the Succefs of his Forces could not but be pleafing to him, yet he outwardly fhewed, according to his ufual Way, much Concern for the Sacking of Rome, the Imprisonment of the Pope, and the Death of the Duke of Bourbon.

The Calamity that attended Rome was fucceeded by the Plague, and the Churches were shut up throughout Italy, the Contagion raging fo vehemently, that, to complete the Miseries of the Romans, 500 of them were fwept off in a Day; the Pope's Palace with the Library and all the Record were burnt, the Lofs of which was irre trievable.

Lanoy dies of the

Plague.

Charles de Lanoy, Vice-roy of Naples, died alfo of the Plague at Rome, fo that he did not long furvive his Rival, the Duke of Bourbon; and Hugo de Moncada fucceeded him, which was no ways pleafing to the Pope, on account of the Differences that formerly had been between them. In Confideration of Lanoy's great Services, which the Emperor did not forget, he gave his Son a confiderable Principality, which is enjoyed by one of that Family at this Time.

It was remarked, that before the War broke out, which no Man imagined could have threatened Rome, there appeared in that City a Man, named John Baptift, VOL. IV.

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