Don John of Austria, or Passages from the history of the sixteenth century, MDXLVIIMDLXXVII . CHAPTER III. THE LOSS OF TUNIS AND GOLETTA ; DON JOHNS VISIT TO SPAININ 1575 ; HIS RETURN TO ITALY AS VICAR-GENERAL FORTHE KING ; HIS APPOINTMENT AS VICEROY OF THE NETHER-LANDS ; AND HIS SECOND VISIT TO SPAIN ; FROM AUGUST1574 TO OCTOBER IS76.. URING the winter of 1573-4 theengineer Gabriel Serbellone hadbeen engaged in constructing, withall possible speed, a new fortress atTunis. The reasons which inducedDon John of Austria to orderits construction have been already-indicated. It might have beensuppo

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Don John of Austria, or Passages from the history of the sixteenth century, MDXLVIIMDLXXVII . CHAPTER III. THE LOSS OF TUNIS AND GOLETTA ; DON JOHNS VISIT TO SPAININ 1575 ; HIS RETURN TO ITALY AS VICAR-GENERAL FORTHE KING ; HIS APPOINTMENT AS VICEROY OF THE NETHER-LANDS ; AND HIS SECOND VISIT TO SPAIN ; FROM AUGUST1574 TO OCTOBER IS76.. URING the winter of 1573-4 theengineer Gabriel Serbellone hadbeen engaged in constructing, withall possible speed, a new fortress atTunis. The reasons which inducedDon John of Austria to orderits construction have been already-indicated. It might have beensupposed that during the winter, either these reasons would have beenapproved by the King, or that theywould have been disapproved and the work stopped. It is aproof of the multiplicity of affairs pressing on his attention thatin April Philip II. was still in doubt as to the wisdom of thecourse taken in October. On the 5 th of April 1574 he wroteto Don John of Austria that he had hitherto delayed consideringthe matter, hoping to decide it after their meeting ; but that, nowthat Don John was fixed for some time in Lombardy, it wasneedful that a decision should be taken. He then proceeded, ina very rambling and confused style, to state the argument forand against holding Tunis. Briefly it stood thus : Tunis oughtto be held, because the