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| 1511. Aug. 14. Commemoriale, v. xix. p. 163. |
1344. Power from Doge Leonardo Loredano authorizing his ambassador, Hironimo Donato, to stipulate in his name a league with Pope Julius II., King Ferdinand the Catholic, and Henry King of England and France. |
| Oct. 4. Ib. p. 164. tergo. |
Verification at Rome of the foregoing Power. |
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[Original draft. Parchment. Latin, 41 lines.] |
| Oct. 4. Commemoriale, v. xix. p. 165. |
1345. Instrument of the League between the Pope, Spain, and Venice. |
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[Original draft. Parchment. Latin, 60 lines.] |
| Oct. 4. Commemoriale, v. xix. p. 166. |
1346. Articles of the foregoing League. |
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1. Amount of the forces of the King of Spain. |
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2. Amount of the Papal forces under the Duke of Termini (Ducis Termulonrm). |
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3. The Venetian army to attack the enemy in the rear (ut hostes a tergo invade re possint). |
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4. The Venetian fleet to join the eleven galleys of the King of Spain. |
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5. The Pope and the Signory to pay the Captain General Raymond de Cardona 40,000 golden ducats monthly, on the expiration of the two months, for which he is to receive 80,000 ducats. |
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6. The Pope and the Signory, on the day of the publication of the league, to pay the aforesaid Captain General 80,000 golden ducats as stipend for two months. |
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7. The completion of the two months' service to date from the day on which the Captain General commences his march with the stipulated amount of troops and a sufficient train of artillery. |
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8. The Pope and the Signory to give security in Naples or Sicily for the monthly payment to the Captain General of the 40,000 ducats. |
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9. The Captain General to inspect the Papal troops every month; and a Papal commissary to do the like by those of Spain. |
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10. The Pope to excommunicate the opponents of the league. |
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11. The allies to defend each other mutually. |
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12. The allies to declare open war on all potentates opposing the confederacy; and any territory conquered from the enemy by any ally to be retained by him, although appertaining to a colleague. |
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13. Conquests made out of Italy to be retained by the allies, but beyond the Alps the Pope limits his assistance to spiritual weapons. |
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14. Place reserved in the league for the Emperor and all other Christian powers. |
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15. The league not to take effect on arrangements between the Emperor and Spain, unless at variance with the articles of the confederacy. |
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16. Peace not to be made without the general consent of all the allies. |
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17. The Catholic King and the Doge and Signory to ratify the treaty within 50 days (quinquaginta, dies). |
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18. Negotiation of the league with the participation and knowledge of the King of England, who, in union with the Catholic King, his father-in-law, has hitherto left nothing untried for the pacific restitution of Bologna and other places belonging to the Apostolic See, as becoming the piety of an excellent Christian King. To this effect, Christopher, Archbishop of York, Cardinal of England, has negotiated with the Pope, and is in daily expectation of a special order to ratify what is aforesaid, but his couriers having been delayed, and as the interests of the Church require the speedy conclusion of the treaty, the Pope and the other confederates will no longer defer it for lack of the power from the King of England; his excellent and most holy intention and mind being sufficiently known to his Holiness and the rest of the confederates, who, in the meanwhile conclude the treaty, reserving for His Majesty the chief and most honorable place in it. |
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Treaty concluded by Pope Julius, Hironimo de Vich, and Hironimo Donato in Home, 4th of October 1511. |
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[Original draft Latin. 123 lines or 3 pages, parchment.] |
| Oct. 20. Commemoriale, vol. xix. p. 170. |
1347. Publication in Venice of the League between the Pope, the King of Spain, and Doge Loredano. |
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The Cardinal of England, Archbishop of York, had been present throughout the negotiation, and was hourly expecting the mandate from his King. |
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[Original draft, Latin. 22 lines, parchment.] |
| Nov. 20. Commemoriale, vol. xix. p. 171. |
1348.Ratification of the League by Doge Loredano. Participation of the King of England, for whom most honorable place 'had been reserved as by the articles. |
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[Original draft Latin. 35 lines, parchment.] |
