XLI.

French.

Siege a Cité & de nuit assaille, Peu eschapez non loing de Mer conflict, Femme de joye, retour fils, de faillie, Poison & Lettres caché dedans le plie.

English.

A Siege laid to a City, and assaulted by night, Few escaped, a fight not far from the Sea, A woman swoundeth for joy to see her son returned; A poison hidden in the fold of Letters.

ANNOT.

After the taking of _Vulpian_, the _French_ came to _Montcalvo_, and in the night surprized it by _Scalado_, and _Paradin_ saith, that not a drop of Blood was shed on either side.

The Town being taken, the Citadel did hold out a good while, and at last did surrender, _Don Arbre_, who was in the place of the Marques of _Pescaire_, and of the Duke of d’_Alva_, knowing that the besieged had not made a sufficient resistance, caused the Captain, and eleven more of the chief ones to be hanged; because the place was of consequence, and those within had not made a sufficient resistance.

The Author saith in the first Verse, Siege was laid to a City, that is, it was resolved to besiege _Montcalvo_, as the Martial of _Brissac_ had advised. In the execution it was assaulted by night, in the taking few escaped; for they were all taken, and yielded to the Victorious. There were none killed or wounded, all were taken, except few who ran away, and carried the news to the _Spaniards_.

At the same time _a fight not far from the Sea_, that is, at the same time there was another Battle by the Sea, between the _Spaniards_ and the _Pope_, as we shall shew hereafter.

The third and fourth Verses are concerning a particular accident, which happened presently after the taking of _Montcalvo_, which is, that a woman seeing her Son come back safe, fell in a swound, or died for joy, because knowing the danger wherein he was, she had lost all hopes of ever seeing him. This fellow had brought Poison in a Letter to give to one that had not rewarded him according to his desire. His wickedness being discovered, his Master put him in Prison, whence he escaped, and came back again to _Montcalvo_; the Author speaketh of the same in another place, which we shall set down in its order.