Don John of Austria, or Passages from the history of the sixteenth century, MDXLVIIMDLXXVII . 26 DON JOHN OF AUSTRIA. CHAP. II. in providing for the vigorous prosecution of the works whichSerbellone was constructing at Tunis. He directed the Duke ofTerranova to despatch from Sicily four vessels laden with suppliesto the Goletta ; and he ordered Don Juan de Cardona to holdhimself in readiness with fifteen galleys to ply between Sicily andthe African shore during the summer, for the purpose of convey-ing such provisions, materials, and workmen as might be requiredfor the new fortress. The Marque

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Don John of Austria, or Passages from the history of the sixteenth century, MDXLVIIMDLXXVII . 26 DON JOHN OF AUSTRIA. CHAP. II. in providing for the vigorous prosecution of the works whichSerbellone was constructing at Tunis. He directed the Duke ofTerranova to despatch from Sicily four vessels laden with suppliesto the Goletta ; and he ordered Don Juan de Cardona to holdhimself in readiness with fifteen galleys to ply between Sicily andthe African shore during the summer, for the purpose of convey-ing such provisions, materials, and workmen as might be requiredfor the new fortress. The Marquess of Santa Cruz was alsoordered to get the greatest part of his naval force ready for theconveyance of such stores as Cardinal Granvelle might be able tofurnish to the army in Africa.^ Sailing from Naples on the i6th of April, Don John ofAustria the same day cast anchor at Gaeta. Here he was met. GRAND-DUCAL CROWN OF TUSCANY, PRESENTED TO COSIMO 1. BY PIUS V. by the courier, Andres de Perales, bearing despatches from theKing which altered his plans. Disturbances had broken out atGenoa between the rival factions of the Old and the New Nobles, which were supposed to be secretly fomented by French agents, and which seriously compromised the interests of the King ofSpain as protector of the Republic. Don John was thereforeordered to repair to Vigevano, a small town on the frontierbetween Lombardy and the Genoese territory, for the purpose ofwatching the proceedings of the contending parties and ofcountermining the plots of the French Court. He was also metat Gaeta by Giacomo Buoncompagno, the Popes nephew, his oldcolleague Marc Antonio Colonna, and Don Juan de Zufliga, theSpanish ambassador at Rome, who conferred with him on thepolitics of Genoa and informed him of the views of the sovereignPontiff. Thus advised, he sailed on the 21 st. For two days helay in the port of St. Stephano