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Guic. pag. 1085. Accord be|twéene the pope & the emperours agents.¶That the pope should be no partie against the em|perour, neither in the affaires of Millaine, nor in the kingdome of Naples. That he should accord vnto the emperour the croisade in Spaine, and a tenth of the reuenues ecclesiastike through all his dominions. That to assure the obseruation of these things, Ostia should remaine in the hands of the emperour, and Ciuita Uecchia which Andrea Dore had left to him before. That he should assigne ouer to him Ciuita Castellana, a towne which had refused to receiue the imperials, Mario Perusquo procuror of the filke be|ing entred within the rocke by secret commission from the pope, notwithstanding he made semblance of the contrarie. That he should also deliuer ouer to him the rocke of Furlie, and to put into his hands for ostages Hyppolito and Alexander his nephues, and till they were come from Parma the emperour to be possessed of the cardinals Pisani, Triuulco, and Gaddi, whome they led to the realme of Naples.

Furthermore, that he should make present pai|ment to the lanceknights of three score thousand du|cates,Heauie pai|ments for the pope to dis|charge. and to the Spaniards thirtie & fiue thousand. That in so dooing they should let him come out at libertie with all the cardinals, and they to go out of Rome and out of the castell, alwaies interpreting to libertie when soeuer they should be conueied in safetie to Orbietto, Spoletto, or Perousa. That with|in fiftéene daies after his going out of Rome he should paie the like quantitie of monie to the lance|knights, and afterwards the residue within thrée moneths to the Spaniards & lanceknights ioint|lie, according to their shares and portions. Which re|sidue togither with the summes paid amounted to more than thrée hundred and fiftie thousand ducats.]

Compare 1577 edition: 1 This is the true copie (said the lord of Buclans) of the capitulation, made touching the deliuerance of the pope, and how he is deliuered, and depar|ted from castell saint Angelo, the tenth of De|cember last past: put it in your relation. The said king of armes answered; We will so doo: and so for that time they parted. ¶ Here, bicause mention is made of the popes deliuerance out of prison, it shall not be amisse to set downe the maner thereof as it is reported by Guicciardine. Guic. pag. 1085 The manner of the popes go|ing out of pri|son. All things hauing their orderlie expedition, & the resolution set downe, that the tenth of December the Spaniards should accompanie him into a place of suertie, he fearing some variation either for the ill mind which he knew don Hugo bare to him, or for anie other accident that might happen, the night before he stale secretlie out of the castell in the closing of the euening, disgui|sed in the attire of a merchant. Lewis de Gonsaguo who was in the paie of the emperour, taried for him in the medowes with a strong companie of harque|buziers, and with that gard did accompanie him to Montfalcon, where dismissing almost all his bands of footmen, he was led by the same Lewis euen to Orbietto, into which citie he entred by night with|out the companie of anie one cardinall. An exam|ple worthie of consideration, and perhaps neuer happened since the church was great, that a pope should in that sort fall from so great a puissance and reuerence, his eies to behold the losse and sacke of Rome, his person to be turned ouer into captiuitie, and his whole estate reduced to the disposing of an other, and within few moneths after, to be restored & established in his former greatnesse. So great to|wards princes christian is the authoritie of the pope, and the respect which mortall men doo beare to him.]

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