litie the dition of Palatinatum Rheni so called: whych gaue also Agnetes the daughter of Henry Earle of Palatine to Otho hys sonne in mariage. This Henry was the sonne of Henry Leo the traytor: vnto whom Henry the 6. the father of Fridericke gaue in mariage Clemētia hys brothers daughter Conradus Palatine of Rhenus, and gaue vnto hym the keeping of the palace of the same. And as touching the inheritance of Boiaria, that he had also, long nowe possessed by the heyres of Otho Wiltespahcus. But to our purpose agayne.

MarginaliaThe gouernour of Agrippina reuolteth to the popeAt the same tyme also the gouernour of Colonia Agrippina, reuolteth the pope: who, not longe after in a skirmish betwene Brabantinus and him, was vanquished and taken prisoner. And doubtles, Fridericus Austriacus after he was receaued into fauour again wyth the emperour (keeping most constantly hys promise and fidelitie renued) during thys tyme, made sharpe war vpon the Vngarians which tooke part with the pope, and greatly anoyed them. As thease thynges thus passed in Germany: the Emperour, when he had gotten Ascalum and led hys host into Flamminia, hauing Rauenna at his cōmaundement: frō thence came to Fauētia, which citye neuer loued the emperour: the circute of whose walles is fiue myles in compasse, and pitched his campe round about þ^e same. And although the siege was much hindered by austeritie of the tyme and weather (beyng in the dead time of winter) yet notwithstāding, through his great fortitude and courage, so animating his soldiours in the paynfulnes of þ^t laborious siege, he indured out the same: who thought it no litle shame hauing once made that enterprise, to come from thence without any assault geuen. And therefore, when now the wynter (so extreme cold and hard) was welnere ended, & the spring tyme now hard at hand, and by long battery had made the same in diuers places sautable: The Citizens (being greatly discouraged, and in no hope of the defence therof) sent their Legates to the Emperour, crauing pardō for their offence, and that he would graunt vnto them theyr lyues, and so yelded them selues vnto hys mercy.

MarginaliaThe emperours great lenitie and clemencie but where meruilouslye enforced.The Emperour hauing agaynst them good and sufficient cause of reuenge: yet for þ^t his noble hart thought it to be the best reuenge that myght be, to pardon the offence of vanquished men: he thought it better to graunt them their requestes, to saue the citie, and citizens therof, wyth innumerable people: then by armes to make the same hys soldiours praye, to the destruction both of the citie, and great number of people therein. So doth this good Emperour in one of his epistles Adacta nobis confesse himselfe: which epistle, to declare the lenitie and mercyful hart of so woorthy a prince, if that with gret & maruelous prouocation and wronges he had not bene incited, I thought good in the middest of history here to haue placed. But this I haue kept you long herein, & yet not finished the same.MarginaliaThe emperour enforced to mak his monie of leather.In thys siege the emperour hauyng spent and consumed almost all hys treasure both gold and siluer: caused other mony to be made of leather, which on the one syde had his image, and on the other syde the spread egle (the armes of the empyre) and made a proclamatiō that the same should passe from man to man for all necessaries in steede of other money: and therwithall promised, that whosoeuer brought the same mony vnto his Eschecour when the warres were ended, he would geue them golde for the same accordyng to the value of euery coine limitted: which thing afterward, truly and faithfully he performed, as all the historiographers do accord.

Thus, when the pope as before is sayd, had stopped hys eares and would not heare the emperours Legates that came to intreat for peace, but reiected and despised hys most courtious and equal demaundes: neyther yet had left any wily policie vnattempted or force vnpractised, that wyth his confederates he thought hymselfe ey-ther able to reuenge or els resist: MarginaliaThe pope sendeth for forren aide and is preuentedHe by his legates calleth to a councel at Rome, all such prelates out of Italy, Fraunce, and England, as he thought to fauour hym & hys procedinges: that hereby as hys last shift and onelye refuge, he by their helpes myght depriue Fridericke of hys Empire, as an vtter enemy to God & to the church. All which thyngs Fridericus hauyng vnderstanding of and knew that these assemblies should be but to the destruction and supplantyng of hym: determined to stoppe and let their passages to Rome, as well by sea as by lād in all that euer he myghte. So that, all the passages by land beyng now stopped and preuented, he commaūded hys son Henry w^t certen Gallies to go & kepe the coasts of Sardinia, which kingdom the Italians cal Entimū: & from thence to Pisas & with the Pisās to rig out a nauy to meete with (if it were possible) such as should come to ayde the Pope at Rome. The popes champions vnderstandyng, that by land they coulde not safely repayre to Rome: MarginaliaThe emperour riggeth forth a nauie to the sea.they procured of galleys and ships of Genua (hauing Gulielmus Braccius for their chiefe capitaine or Admirall) for fortie saile their defence: thinking hereby, that if they should fortune to meete with any of the emperours shyps or galleyes, which shoulde lye for them in wait, they should be able to make their part in good, & geue them also þ^e repulse. Encius in like maner & Huglinus (being captayne and admirall of the Pisan nauye for the Emperour) Lanched forth to sea wyth 40. ships and galleis: and betwixte the iles of Lilium and mons Christi which lye betwen Liburnium and Corsica, they met wyth the Genewe ships: and straight wayes fiersly began to graple with them and bourde them, in whiche fyght at length, were three of þ^e Genewes ships boulged and sonke, and xxij. taken and brought away, with al the riches and treasure in them. Marginaliaa great victorie on the sea agaynst the popes confederate by the emperours nauie.In these wer taken three legates of the popes, wherof wer two cardinals, Iacobus columna, Otho marchio, and Gregorius de Romania, (al cruel enemies against the emperour) and manye other prelates moe: besides a great number of legats and procuratours of cities, w^t an infinite number of monks and priestes, besyde of Genewes souldiours, v. i. m. wyth diuers others.

Pandolphus Colonucius in discribing the circumstances of the great losse and misfortune of these champions of the pope by sea, amongst the rest declareth: that besides the great pray and bootie whiche the takers had from them,they also found many writings and letters against Friderike, which much holpe hym in the defence of those causes, wherin they had laboured against hym. MarginaliaThe emperour obtayneth an other victorie by land at Ticinum agaynst the pope and his confederageThe lyke mischaunce also, almost about that tyme hapned on the popes side, by the Emperors souldiors which lay in garrison at Ticinum, thus. There went forth vpō a tyme out of Ticinum into the borders of þ^e Genewes certayne bandes, to geue them larums in the countrey: which bandes, the scuriers of Mediolanum (where laye a great garrison of the popes) discryeng: told the captain of the towne, that now a verye oportune and fitte tyme was to geue an assaute to Ticinum: for that say they, þ^e greatest parte are now gone a foragyng. Wheruppon, they immediatly callyng together the captaines & suche as had charge, set their souldiors in araye and marched forward to Ticinum. And nowe, when they were come almost thether, the Ticinian bands (whom they thought to haue bene far a foraging) were returned & met wyth them, & fiersly gaue a ful charge vpon thē: who, being dismayed at the sodennes of the matter, foughte not long but gaue ouer and fled. In which skirmishe was taken (besides those that were slain) 350. captains and brought prisoners into Ticinum wyth all theyr ensignes wyth them.

Newes hereof was brought to the emperor not long after, who then was remouyng from the siege of Fauētia as ye heard to the citie of: Bononium thinkyng to