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in the year 1489
FELIX BRENVVALDVS.
1489.
The small town of Saint Gall is held in a siege
On all sides by the invincible Swiss.
89. The cause being that the Regusca people tore down the airy fortress of Rosac,
The people mimic the fierce bears.
in the year 1499
RODOLPHUS AESCHERVS.
1499.
99. Following behind the footsteps of his father, Maximilian,
Caesar calls the nobles of the empire to arms.
And fiercely attempting to cut out the Swiss race,
He grows wise too late (for he perceived how great that is).
in the year 1501
MATTHIAS VVIS SIVS.
1501.
1530. King Louis wages the Neapolitan wars not with a favorable omen,
Having used the help of the Swiss.
Whose camps, as they followed against the will of their masters,
Many thousands of men fell in the battle line.
in the year 1505
MARCUS ROEYSTIVS.
1505.
507. The Gaul subdued the Ligurians thrown down from the steep mountain,
Assisted by the help of the Swiss soldier.
And because the ignoble mob, with the nobles driven out,
Was seizing the sceptres, Genoa was captured.