Don John of Austria, or Passages from the history of the sixteenth century, MDXLVIIMDLXXVII . -robedsons of St. Bruno, and resolved to abjure the faith of the Arabianprophet and accept that of the Italian Pontiff. In the baptisteryof the church of the fortress of Castel-Novo the youth receivedthe name of Don Carlos of Austria, to which was afterwardsadded a royal pension of twelve hundred crowns a year. DonJohn appeared at the font as his godfather, the godmother beingDona Violante de Moscoso. The real father, Muley Hamida,proof against the Carthusians and Christianity, was greatly afflictedat

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Don John of Austria, or Passages from the history of the sixteenth century, MDXLVIIMDLXXVII . -robedsons of St. Bruno, and resolved to abjure the faith of the Arabianprophet and accept that of the Italian Pontiff. In the baptisteryof the church of the fortress of Castel-Novo the youth receivedthe name of Don Carlos of Austria, to which was afterwardsadded a royal pension of twelve hundred crowns a year. DonJohn appeared at the font as his godfather, the godmother beingDona Violante de Moscoso. The real father, Muley Hamida, proof against the Carthusians and Christianity, was greatly afflictedat the apostasy of his son. That he might be released from thelads society, he petitioned that the place of his own captivitymight be changed to Palermo ; and he died a few months afterhis arrival in that city. que aliud. Dr. Nicholas Sanders to Philip II. [no place], 27th April 1574; Arch.Gen. de Simancas, Estado, Legajo 828, fol. 50. ^ Abstract of despatches of Antonio de Guaras, jth, l^th, 21st, and 2%th November, and Sth December 1574. Arch. Gen. de Simancas, Estado, Legajo 828, fol. 79.. ANDREA DORIA. CHAPTER II. ACCOUNT OF THE TROUBLES AT GENOA, 1573-1576; AND THEVISIT OF DON JOHN OF AUSTRIA TO VIGEVANO, MILAN, PIACENZA, AND OTHER PLACES IN THE NORTH OF ITALY, IN MAY, JUNE, AND JULY, I 5 74. N the spring of 1574 Don John ofAustria determined to avail himselfof the leave granted him by the Kingto visit Spain. He was desirous ofprosecuting in person his suit forpromotion to the title and rank ofInfant of Castille, and of urging uponPhilip the claims of his troops forpay, and the pressing necessity ofsupplying the garrisons of Golettaand Tunis with provisions and munitions of war. His last days at Naples were spent in effecting such settle-ments as he could with the creditors of his fleet and army, and