The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1899-10-24

Jacopo heaved a sigh Of relief ~ ne came
out, and / felt different man as ran down
the steps of the Scala Regia. Here met
with De Leyva again, and told him what
had seen.
The Camerlengo has just gone to him.
he answered, referring to the pope, "and you
have missed ID Amboise. He has returned
to the Palazzo Corneto. | can do nothing
here, and am going myself. Do you walk or
ride? / have no horse"
walk" / answered, and the Spaniard
linked his arm in mine, as, followed by
Jacopo, we took our way back to the car
dinaPs house.
On reaching there l sought D. Amooise ct
once. He had heard of my arrival, and was
awaitingme. After brief greeting, told him
his business was done, and handed him the
quittance 1 had received from Hardwood.
He was nightly pleased, as may be i'm
agined. felt it my duty to inform him of
the death of st. Armande, telling him how
it occurred, without in any way disclosing
my knowledge of the secret. He was much
affected.
ct is sad business" he said, "but we
have other things to think of now Mon
Dieu! mon Dieu!" And to this day l am
unaware if he knew or not.
But the night was not yet over, and late
as 1T was, there were yet things to be done
About midnight we heard that Alexander
was dead, and few minutes later GentiP
Orsini hurried to the cardinal. They held
hasty council, and De Briconnet and l were
summoned. News had come that Cesare had
not yet left Ostia, that he was too i'll to
travel, and D'Amboise and Orsini resolved
on bold stroke. 1t was nothing less than
the capture of Borgia. Orsini offered to lend
200 lances for the purpose, but leader was
wanted. He could not go himself, as his
arch enemy, Fabrizio Colonna, held all Rome
on the left bank of the Iiber, and was in
sufficient force to make dash for the Borgo
at any moment. The short of it was, that
at the cardinals recommendation, received
the command, and about two in the morning
set out for Ostia. If the ships Cesare had
hired had arrived the matter was ended, and
we could do nothing; but if not, there was
every chance of his surrendering without
blow, as although he had about 500 men
with him, they were not to be relied on, ex-
cept the half-dOzen cdt-throats who formed
his personal guard, and who might be
trusted to fight to the last The luck which
had followed me so far favored me again,
and pressing on as fast as our horses could
early morning. Only one ship, too small to
hold all, had come, and they were crowded
en- the banks of the Tiber, making every eff
fort to embark. The river shore was strewn
with the enormous quantity of baggage they
had with them, and a scene of the utmost
confusion took place on our arrival The
ship was drawing up to the quay, and we
could see the litter of the Borgia, surround
ed by the few men who meant to fight The
affair was over in five minutes, and Cesare
was my prisoner. Seeing how matters
stood, the master of the ship anchored in
mid-stream, needless of the yells and exc
crations of the followers of the Borgia, who
were not spared by my men. Indeed, l had
great difficulty in keeping Cesare from harm.
He was in truth very i'll, but was able to
gasp out as he yielded:
"Maldetto! 1t is my fate. l had pre-
pared for everything except being ILL.," He
then lay back in his litter, and spoke no
more.
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