330 WARS AND POLITICS OF ITALY. PART The craving appetite of Louis the Twelfth, on '- — the other hand, sharpened bj the loss of Naples, ProiBCts against sought to indemnify itself by more ample acquisi- Venice. Dec. 10. tions in the north. As far back as 1504, he had arranged a plan with the emperor for the partition of the continental possessions of Venice, intro- ducing it into one of those abortive treaties at Blois for the marriage of his daughter.^ The scheme is said to have been communicated to Ferdinand in the royal interview at Savona. No immediate ac- tion followed, and it seems probable that the latter monarch, with his usual circumspection, reserved his decision until he should be more clearly satisfied of the advantages to himself.^ cambray^ ^^ length thc projectcd partition was definitely 1508. settled by the celebrated treaty of Cambray, De- cember 10th, 1508, between Louis the Twelfth and the emperor Maximilian, in which the pope, King Ferdinand, and all princes who had any claims for spoliations by the Venetians, were invited to take part. The share of the spoil assigned to the Catholic monarch was the five Neapolitan cities, Trani, Brindisi, Gallipoli, Pulignano, and Otranto, pledged to Venice for considerable sums advanced by her during the late war. ^ The Spanish court, and, not long after, Julius the Second ratified the treaty, although it was in direct contravention of 2 Dumont, Corps Diplomatique, * Flassan, DiplomatieFran5aise, torn. iv. part. 1,110. 30. — Flassan, torn. i. lib. 2, p. 283. — Dumont, Diplomatic Frangaise, torn. i. pp. Corps Diplomatique, torn. iv. part 282, 283. 1, no. 52. 3 Guicciardini, Istoria, torn. iv. p. 78.
