II. ITALIAN WARS. PART surrendered. The two Abruzzi, the Capitanate, all the Basilicate, except Venosa, still held bj Louis d'Ars, and indeed every considerable place in the kingdom, had tendered its submission, with the exception of Gaeta. Summoning, therefore, to his aid Andrada, Navarro, and his other officers, the Great Captain resolved to concentrate all his strength on this point, designing to press the siege, and thus exterminate at a blow the feeble remains of the French power in Italy. The enterprise was attended with more difficulty than he had antici- pated.^" 30 Zurita, Hist, del Rey Hernan- lo V., fol. 18, 19. — Ammirato, do, torn. i. lib. 5, cap. 30, 31, 34, Islorie Fiorentine, torn. iii. p. 271. 35.— Giovio, Vitae Ulust. Virorum, Summonte, Hist, di Napoli, torn, fol. 255-257.— Garibay, Compen- iii. p. 554. — Chronica del Gran dio.tom. ii.lib. 19, cap. 15. — Ber- Capilan, cap. 84, 86, 87,93,95.— naidez, Reyes Catolicos, MS., cap. Sismondi, Hist, des Fran^ais, torn. 183. — Guicciardini, Isloria, lib. 6, xv. pp. 407-409. pp. 307-309. — Ulloa, Vita di Car-
