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temporary expedient for immediate use . 1 Howvaliant Charles V. was! Something of JuliusCaesar in the admirable quiet of his reply to Doriajust before embarking at Marseilles, on his lastAfrican expedition: “My son” (thus the silver-haired admiral, with his habitual phrase,by commandof the emperor, who always called him father), “ donot sail in this weather! By Heaven, we may allbe drowned! ” “ Nevertheless let us sail.” Charles

had promised, and could not bear the thought ofbreaking his promise. So sail they did; but wereobliged to run into La Spezia, just in time not tobe wrecked. And looking from shore to where shipswere navigating through the hurricane, and somepeople asking who those fearless creatures could be:“The Hospitallers certainly” (was the imperialreply in Spanish), “ for no other galleys than theirscan brave such a tempest .” 2

Homedez’s chief foible a little later, was that ofage, which permitted the chapter of 1542 to be sooften prolonged, that its sittings became nearly per-1542 manent during the rest of his life, reigningunder who suffered them to reduce him toa mere cypher, and whose leaders are accused oftaking to themselves and adherents all the high

1 Bosio : par. ii. lib. ix., anno 1541.

2 Id. : id. id. 204.