Chapter 9

CHARLES V. AND THE TURKISH WARS. From 1552 to 1555.

The Treaty of Passau.--The Emperor yields.--His continued Reverses.--The Toleration Compromise.--Mutual Dissatisfaction.--Remarkable Despondency of the Emperor Charles.--His Address to the Convention at Brussels.-- The Convent of St. Justus.--Charles returns to Spain.--His Convent Life.--The Mock Burial.--His Death.--His Traits of Character.--The King's Compliment to Titian.--The Condition of Austria.--Rapid Advance of the Turks.--Reasons for the Inaction of the Christians.--The Sultan's Method of Overcoming Difficulties.--The little Fortress of Guntz.--What it accomplished. Page 186