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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1897 edition. Excerpt: ...to confer on him the Neapolitan crown, whereon the French ambassador appealed to a future Council. Cardinal Rovere now abandoned the cause of Naples, when Naples was allied with the Pope; filled with distrust and hatred of Alexander he again retired to Ostia.2 In April he took ship to Genoa and thence made his way to the French king, who received him with respect. He bitterly complained of Alexander, and his personal animosity led him to aid the foreigners to enter Italy, a step the evil effects of which he afterwards vainly strove to counteract. Alfonso II. was crowned in Naples on May 7, and his. daughter's marriage with Jofre Borgia was cele-Closealli-., ., ..., r anceofthe brated w1th pomp and rejo1c1ngs. Jofre was made Pope with _. f n.11..,. Naples. Pr1nce of Squ1llace, w1th a revenue of 40,000 ay' 1494-ducats. his eldest brother, the Duke of Gandia, was made Prince of Tricarico; and Cardinal Cesare was enriched by Neapolitan benefices. Ostia, the stronghold of the rebellious Cardinal Rovere, was captured by the papal 1 It is given in Malipiero's Annall Venet1, p. 404. 2 Sanuto, La Spedizione di Carlo VIII., 42, says that Rovere fled in consequence of a plot of the Pope against his life, but this is not mentioned elsewhere. THE POPE AND ITALIAN AFFAIRS. 205 forces. Thus Alexander had reduced his enemies and enriched his family. But his arrangements had no permanent foundation; while he developed his plans Charles VIIL was gathering his army. Alexander and Ludovico Sforza had been willing to use the French invasion as a threat; it was rapidly becoming a reality. Yet Alexander cannot fairly be accused of having caused this beginning of the ruin of Italy, and when it actually came to pass he did his best to stay it. But he was no wiser and no...

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