_ 421 _ Seripando, who was formerly General of the Augustine Order, a very learned man with an excellent reputation, to make him a cardinal, and it is thought he will be a legate. It is also thought that Bishop Varmiense, a native of Poland, a prelate of learning and manners rare in Christendom, will also be made cardinal. He is nuncio to the emperor; and with these two he will be able to put off other men to whom he has made promises. It is said that Bayezid, the son of the Turk who fled to the Sophy, is alive and is in the country with an army prepared to fight on the frontiers of his father's country, but this war is not considered so important that it would prevent the Turk from sending a large fleet in the coming year to these parts with the aim of taking some town in the Kingdom of Naples or Sicily and using it as a base to conquer one of the kingdoms. This does not seem a difficult task, especially now, with his strength and our carelessness. He was not content to rest with what he won last summer, nor will he let pass such a good opportunity as is presented now on account of the misfortunes and troubles of Christianity because of religious differences. Our sins have so weakened us so that we do not dare to consider and prepare our defense, and if this neglect continues, and
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