R E N A I S S A N C E N E W S L E T T E R Issue Number 353 August 10, 2009 _______________________________________________________________________________ GM: Constantine Xanthos, 7080 NW 75th Street, Pompano Beach, Florida 33067 WEB SITE: cx.rensim.org PHONE: (954) 753-8002 EMAIL: cjxren@yahoo.com _______________________________________________________________________________ JUNE ORDERS - Orders for June 1522 are due in my hands by August 30, 2009. PAYPAL - If you wish to pay your fees by credit card, you may now do so through Paypal. You may also use my Paypal account to pay by check, or by transfer from another Paypal account. The email address to use for my account is cxren@lycos.com. Paypal's address is WWW.PAYPAL.COM. NEW PLAYERSHIPS - IAKOVSKII, EPIDAMNOS & OLEKOVICH: Gene Keller, 311 Bank St., New Albany IN 47150 STANLEY: Z. Samuel Bernstein, 1834 McCraren Rd, Highland Park IL 60035 RESULTS OF MAY SIEGES - Robert Ker, Duke of Calverton, successfully completed his eleventh month of siege at Stettin. Bayezid II Osmanli successfully completed his tenth month of siege at Serres. Richard Vere, a knight, successfully completed his fifth month of siege at Whitby. Robert Douglas, Earl of Douglas, successfully completed his third month of siege at Peterhead. Edward Guildford, a knight, successfully completed his first month of siege at Cardiff. SIEGES FOR JUNE - STETTIN: Besieged by Robert Ker, Duke of Caverton SERRES: Besieged by Bayezid II Osmanli, Sultan of the Ottomans WHITBY: Besieged by Richard Vere, a knight PETERHEAD: Besieged by Robert Douglas, Earl of Douglas. CARDIFF: Besieged by Edward Guildford, a knight. GALLEON PROPOSAL - To reflect the development of improved naval artillery during the current time period, Ray Houck has proposed that roundships be allowed to fire four cannons during Stage One of naval battles. Each cannon fired would have the same impact as ten falconets. Would anyone strongly object to such a change in the rules? MAY EVENTS - Outside Masira, George Herbert, a knight, and his 3,718 falconets, 192 archers and 6,805 crew (M=693, G=999) were attacked and killed by Arturo Lepe, a knight, and his (M=980) 3,528 auxiliaries, 4,450 arquebus- iers, 2,826 pikemen, 10,451 archers and 17,880 crew. 4,963,893 ducats, 3,643 falconets, 393 barques, 834 caravels, 4,643 fish, 686 fruit, 8,319 gold, 10,000 silver, 195 armor, 200 arquebuses, 31,000 pepper, 12,000 cinnamon, 3,000 cloves, 8,150 ginger, 3,000 mace, 200 vanilla, 3,000 nutmeg, 3,000 camphor, 2,700 aloe, 1,500 senna, 2,000 amber, 500 coral, 33,813 pearls, 3,105 diamonds, 1,030 sapphires, 2,902 rubies, 2,980 emeralds, 1,996 onyx, 37,240 ivory, 14,980 indigo and 40,128 opium were captured. In an urban battle fought inside of Chios, Kosta Kemal and his (M=847) 5 archers, 1,060 auxiliaries and 1,049 crew were attacked and killed by Jemal Narun, Magistrate of Chios, with (M=912) 1,900 archers and 11,631 crew. 12,717 marble, 10,332 wine and 2,955,877 ducats were captured. At Brusa, the Tarnowski family tower (FAS=24), which was defended by two tower garrison troops, was captured by assault by Jamal Mustapha, Magistrate of Brusa, with (M=999) 5,202 auxiliaries. During the absence of Juniper Home, the ungarrisonded location's magistrate and tenant, de facto control was taken (through unopposed urban battle orders) by Mary Tudor with (M=983) 4,000 auxiliaries. The undefended town of Glastonbury (FAS=900, FAR=0) was captured by assault by Jeremy Rotheram, Bishop of Bath, with (M=828) 1,000 auxiliaries. In an urban battle fought inside of Nuremburg, the largest urban battle in years, Frederick von Habsburg, the Holy Roman Emperor, and his 113,927 arque- busiers, 74,301 pikemen, 62,799 archers and 19,074 heavy cavalry (M=999) were attacked and defeated by Gerald Fitzgerald, Earl of Kildare, with (M=998) 108,911 auxiliaries, 151,850 arquebusiers, 90,896 pikemen, 32,110 archers and 23,179 heavy cavalry. Due to his standing orders to "stay out of towers", the HRE never retreated to his tower. 8,347,103 ducats, 24,125 timber, and 6,412 small arms were captured. At Tripoli, the Barbarossa family tower (FAS=23), which was defended by 2 tower garrison troops, was captured by assault by Camillo Massimi, Magistrate of Tripoli, with (M=716) 14,074 auxiliaries and 692 crew, Giuliano ROVERE wrote a diatribe against Semen TARNOWSKI. Domenigo ROVERE wrote a diatribe against Stanislaw TARNOWSKI. Istvan CSEH wrote a diatribe against Henry II WELF. Peter CSEH wrote a diatribe against Henry II WELF. Zygmunt CSEH wrote a diatribe against Henry II WELF. Sigismund WATZELRODE wrote a diatribe against Henry II WELF. Wladislaw WATZELRODE wrote a diatribe against Henry II WELF. Barbara WATZELRODE wrote a diatribe against Henry II WELF. Nicholas C. WATZELRODE wrote a diatribe against Henry II WELF. Lucas WATZELRODE wrote a diatribe against Henry II WELF. Andreas BATHORY wrote a diatribe against Henry II WELF. Nicholas BATHORY wrote a diatribe against Henry II WELF. Sigismund BATHORY wrote a diatribe against Henry II WELF. Stephen BATHORY wrote a diatribe against Henry II WELF. Jakob SZEKELY wrote a diatribe against Henry II WELF. Akos NAGY wrote a diatribe against Henry II WELF. Arpad NAGY wrote a diatribe against Henry II WELF. Emericus NAGY wrote a diatribe against Henry II WELF. Zoltan NAGY wrote a diatribe against Henry II WELF. Zsolt NAGY wrote a diatribe against Henry II WELF. Coloman FILIPECZ wrote a diatribe against Henry II WELF. Geza FILIPECZ wrote a diatribe against Henry II WELF. Gyula FILIPECZ wrote a diatribe against Henry II WELF. Ignaz FILIPECZ wrote a diatribe against Henry II WELF. John FILIPECZ wrote a diatribe against Henry II WELF. Bozena BUDWEIS wrote a diatribe against Henry II WELF. Stefan BUDWEIS wrote a diatribe against Henry II WELF. Leonardo BUONAROTTI wrote a diatribe against Henry II WELF. Marco BUONAROTTI wrote a diatribe against Henry II WELF. Michelangelo BUONAROTTI wrote a diatribe against Henry II WELF. Michelangelo BUONAROTTI wrote a diatribe against Henry II WELF. Michelangelo BUONAROTTI produced a work of art critical of Henry II WELF. Lorenzo CIBO produced a work of art critical of Henry II WELF. Nicholas CIBO wrote a diatribe against Henry II WELF. Diego LEPE shortened the road from Peking to Kaifeng to 340 miles. Tomasso LOREDANO produced a work of art critical of Ernst WELF. Alfonso BOBADILLA produced a work of art critical of Henry II WELF. Alfonso BOBADILLA wrote a diatribe against Ernst WELF. John WAKEFIELD closed the market at Canton. Thomas WAKEFIELD wrote a diatribe against Ernst WELF. Thomas WAKEFIELD produced a work of art critical of Henry II WELF. William WAKEFIELD wrote a diatribe against Henry II WELF. William WAKEFIELD shortened the road from Bologna to Naples to 195 miles. Garin LEGIER wrote a diatribe against Henry II WELF. Girard LEGIER shortened the road from Mahdia to Bougie to 337 miles. Edward STAFFORD wrote a diatribe against Semen TARNOWSKI. Edward STAFFORD produced a work of art critical of Ernst WELF. Edward STAFFORD shortened the road from Dartmouth to Wakefield to 224 mi. Elizabeth STAFFORD shortened the road from Nuremburg to Bologna to 262 mi. Jemal NARUN wrote a diatribe against Zacharias EPIDAMNOS. Leyli NARUN wrote a diatribe against Zacharias EPIDAMNOS. Leyli NARUN produced a work of art critical of Zacharias EPIDAMNOS. Bayezid II OSMANLI wrote a diatribe against Zacharias EPIDAMNOS. Jamal MUSTAPHA wrote a diatribe against Zacharias EPIDAMNOS. Jamal MUSTAPHA produced a work of art critical of Zacharias EPIDAMNOS. Richard WIMSEY wrote a diatribe against Henry II WELF. Roger WIMSEY wrote a diatribe against Henry II WELF. Henry WIMSEY wrote a diatribe against Henry II WELF. Gervase WIMSEY wrote a diatribe against Henry II WELF. Charles VIII VALOIS wrote a diatribe against Henry II WELF. Johann LAMARCK wrote a diatribe against Henry II WELF. Robert III LAMARCK wrote a diatribe against Henry II WELF. Pierre PEYRAT wrote a diatribe against Henry II WELF. Guillaume CAPPEL wrote a diatribe against Henry II WELF. Emil RICAUT wrote a diatribe against Henry II WELF. Jean RICAUT wrote a diatribe against Henry II WELF. Jacques BEAUNE wrote a diatribe against Henry II WELF. Pierre III ROHAN wrote a diatribe against Henry II WELF. Andre ANCEZUNE wrote a diatribe against Henry II WELF. AnnedeFrance BOURBON wrote a diatribe against Henry II WELF. Louis BOURBON wrote a diatribe against Henry II WELF. John LENE wrote a diatribe against Henry II WELF. John LENE produced a work of art critical of Henry II WELF. Edward LENE wrote a diatribe against Henry II WELF. Edward LENE produced a work of art critical of Henry II WELF. Henry LENE wrote a diatribe against Henry II WELF. Henry LENE produced a work of art critical of Henry II WELF. Richard LENE wrote a diatribe against Henry II WELF. Richard LENE produced a work of art critical of Henry II WELF. Thomas LENE wrote a diatribe against Henry II WELF. Thomas LENE produced a work of art critical of Henry II WELF. James IV STEWART wrote a diatribe against Henry II WELF. James IV STEWART produced a work of art critical of Henry II WELF. John STEWART wrote a diatribe against Henry II WELF. Angus ELPHINSTONE wrote a diatribe against Henry II WELF. Laurence ELPHINSTONE wrote a diatribe against Henry II WELF. Edward VERE wrote a diatribe against Henry II WELF. Elizabeth VERE wrote a diatribe against Henry II WELF. John VERE wrote a diatribe against Henry II WELF. Edward GUILDFORD wrote a diatribe against Henry II WELF. Richard GUILDFORD wrote a diatribe against Henry II WELF. Richard GUILDFORD produced a work of art critical of Henry II WELF. Turlough O'BRIEN wrote a diatribe against Henry II WELF. Donogh O'BRIEN wrote a diatribe against Henry II WELF. Henry VIII TUDOR produced a work of art critical of Henry II WELF. Thomas WOLSEY wrote a diatribe against Henry II WELF. Thomas WOLSEY produced a work of art critical of Henry II WELF. Robert WOLSEY wrote a diatribe against Henry II WELF. ThomasWynter WOLSEY wrote a diatribe against Henry II WELF. Dorothy WOLSEY wrote a diatribe against Henry II WELF. Joan WOLSEY wrote a diatribe against Henry II WELF. Laurence NEVILLE wrote a diatribe against Henry II WELF. Ralph NEVILLE wrote a diatribe against Henry II WELF. Thomas NEVILLE wrote a diatribe against Henry II WELF. George TALBOT wrote a diatribe against Henry II WELF. Jean BUDE wrote a diatribe against Henry II WELF. Jean BUDE produced a work of art critical of Henry II WELF. Guillaume BUDE wrote a diatribe against Henry II WELF. Guillaume BUDE produced a work of art critical of Henry II WELF. Louis BUDE wrote a diatribe against Henry II WELF. Jeannot BUDE wrote a diatribe against Henry II WELF. Charles BUDE wrote a diatribe against Henry II WELF. Sir Andrew WOOD wrote a diatribe against Henry II WELF. Sir Andrew WOOD produced a work of art critical of Henry II WELF. John Albert JAGIELLO wrote a diatribe against Henry II WELF. Lavenas JAGIELLO wrote a diatribe against Henry II WELF. Sigismund JAGIELLO wrote a diatribe against Henry II WELF. Elizabeth JAGELLON wrote a diatribe against Henry II WELF. Frederyk JAGELLON wrote a diatribe against Henry II WELF. Helen JAGELLON wrote a diatribe against Henry II WELF. Christine JAGELLON wrote a diatribe against Henry II WELF. Hedwig JAGELLON wrote a diatribe against Henry II WELF. Walter BUCHANAN wrote a diatribe against Henry II WELF. Robert BUCHANAN wrote a diatribe against Henry II WELF. Douglas BUCHANAN wrote a diatribe against Henry II WELF. Andrew BUCHANAN wrote a diatribe against Henry II WELF. William III KEITH wrote a diatribe against Henry II WELF. William III KEITH produced a work of art critical of Henry II WELF. Robert KEITH wrote a diatribe against Henry II WELF. Aaron FLETCHER wrote a diatribe against Henry II WELF. Aaron FLETCHER produced a work of art critical of Henry II WELF. Donald FLETCHER wrote a diatribe against Henry II WELF. Donald FLETCHER produced a work of art critical of Henry II WELF. David FLETCHER wrote a diatribe against Henry II WELF. Andrew HAY wrote a diatribe against Henry II WELF. Andrew HAY produced a work of art critical of Henry II WELF. Desiderius ERASMUS wrote a diatribe against Henry II WELF. Jacob ERASMUS wrote a diatribe against Henry II WELF. Maurice ERASMUS wrote a diatribe against Henry II WELF. Per ERASMUS wrote a diatribe against Henry II WELF. Rogerius ERASMUS wrote a diatribe against Henry II WELF. Hugh FRASER wrote a diatribe against Henry II WELF. John FRASER wrote a diatribe against Henry II WELF. John FRASER produced a work of art critical of Henry II WELF. David LINDSAY wrote a diatribe against Henry II WELF. John of Byr. LINDSAY produced a work of art critical of Henry II WELF. John of Cra. LINDSAY wrote a diatribe against Henry II WELF. Eric GADH wrote a diatribe against Henry II WELF. Eric GADH produced a work of art critical of Henry II WELF. Hemming GADH produced a work of art critical of Henry II WELF. Knut GADH wrote a diatribe against Henry II WELF. Knut GADH produced a work of art critical of Henry II WELF. Maud ROTHERAM wrote a diatribe against Henry II WELF. Richard ROTHERAM wrote a diatribe against Henry II WELF. Thomas ROTHERAM wrote a diatribe against Henry II WELF. Thomas ROTHERAM produced a work of art critical of Henry II WELF. William SHEVES wrote a diatribe against Henry II WELF. John FISHER wrote a diatribe against Henry II WELF. John FISHER produced a work of art critical of Henry II WELF. Albert DURER produced a work of art critical of Henry II WELF. Albrecht DURER wrote a diatribe against Henry II WELF. Albrecht DURER produced a work of art critical of Henry II WELF. Ernst DURER wrote a diatribe against Henry II WELF. Hans DURER wrote a diatribe against Henry II WELF. Hans DURER produced a work of art critical of Henry II WELF. Heinrich DURER wrote a diatribe against Henry II WELF. Heinrich DURER produced a work of art critical of Henry II WELF. Agnes LIVINGSTONE wrote a diatribe against Henry II WELF. David KER wrote a diatribe against Ernst WOLGAST. Robert KER wrote a diatribe against Ernst WOLGAST. Robert KER produced a work of art critical of Ernst WOLGAST. Timothy KER wrote a diatribe against Henry II WELF. Gavin DOUGLAS wrote a diatribe against Henry II WELF. George DOUGLAS wrote a diatribe against William THIRKILL. Charles ALENCON wrote a diatribe against Henry II WELF. Francoise ALENCON wrote a diatribe against Henry II WELF. Anne ALENCON wrote a diatribe against Henry II WELF. Hugh PAVY wrote a diatribe against Henry II WELF. Hugh PAVY produced a work of art critical of Henry II WELF. Owen PAVY wrote a diatribe against Henry II WELF. Richard PAVY wrote a diatribe against Henry II WELF. Stephan SALAZAR wrote a diatribe against Henry II WELF. Gaston SALAZAR wrote a diatribe against Henry II WELF. Guillaume MALET wrote a diatribe against Henry II WELF. Jerome MALET wrote a diatribe against Henry II WELF. Jean ILLIERS wrote a diatribe against Henry II WELF. Milon ILLIERS wrote a diatribe against Henry II WELF. Rene ILLIERS wrote a diatribe against Henry II WELF. Rene ILLIERS produced a work of art critical of Henry II WELF. Antoine PERAULT wrote a diatribe against Henry II WELF. Gerard PERAULT wrote a diatribe against Henry II WELF. Raimond PERAULT wrote a diatribe against Henry II WELF. Gaute IVARSSON wrote a diatribe against Henry II WELF. Maurice FITZGERALD wrote a diatribe against Henry II WELF. Nicholas SCHADE wrote a diatribe against Henry II WELF. Klaus SCHADE wrote a diatribe against Henry II WELF. Snorri SCHADE wrote a diatribe against Henry II WELF. Hans SCHADE wrote a diatribe against Henry II WELF. Stefan JONSSON wrote a diatribe against Henry II WELF. Lord James HAMILTON wrote a diatribe against Henry II WELF. Lord James HAMILTON produced a work of art critical of Henry II WELF. John CUNNINGHAM wrote a diatribe against Henry II WELF. Edward STOREY wrote a diatribe against Henry II WELF. Edward STOREY produced a work of art critical of Henry II WELF. Stephen STOREY wrote a diatribe against Henry II WELF. Thomas STOREY wrote a diatribe against Henry II WELF. Martin STOREY wrote a diatribe against Henry II WELF. Anne BUTLER wrote a diatribe against Henry II WELF. Edmund BUTLER wrote a diatribe against Henry II WELF. Piers BUTLER wrote a diatribe against Henry II WELF. Archibald CAMPBELL wrote a diatribe against Henry II WELF. Archibald CAMPBELL produced a work of art critical of Henry II WELF. Colin CAMPBELL wrote a diatribe against Henry II WELF. John ofLundy CAMPBELL wrote a diatribe against Henry II WELF. Abraham CAMPBELL wrote a diatribe against Henry II WELF. Augustin GRIMALDI was appointed to the magistracy of SanRemo. Pablito MENDOZA was appointed to the magistracy of Ecija. Michael OLEKOVICH was appointed to the magistracy of Orsha. Henry PODEBRAD wrote a diatribe against Henry II WELF. Vacha JICIN was appointed to the magistracy of KONIGGRATZ. Albrecht PODEBRAD wrote a diatribe against Henry II WELF. Bocek PODEBRAD wrote a diatribe against Henry II WELF. Hynek PODEBRAD wrote a diatribe against Henry II WELF. Victorin PODEBRAD wrote a diatribe against Henry II WELF. John LIPA wrote a diatribe against Henry II WELF. Bourian LIPA wrote a diatribe against Henry II WELF. Henry LIPA wrote a diatribe against Henry II WELF. Trtchka LIPA wrote a diatribe against Henry II WELF. Nicholas STYGGE wrote a diatribe against Henry II WELF. Svante STYGGE wrote a diatribe against Ernst WELF. Geraldo CORTEREAL wrote a diatribe against Henry II WELF. Ursula CORTEREAL wrote a diatribe against Henry II WELF. Fernao CORTEREAL wrote a diatribe against Henry II WELF. Marino CORTEREAL wrote a diatribe against Henry II WELF. Vasco CORTEREAL wrote a diatribe against Henry II WELF. Viktor SCHWEIDNITZ wrote a diatribe against Henry II WELF. Gustav SCHWEIDNITZ wrote a diatribe against Henry II WELF. Herman SCHWEIDNITZ wrote a diatribe against Henry II WELF. Wenzel SCHWEIDNITZ wrote a diatribe against Henry II WELF. Stefan SCHWEIDNITZ wrote a diatribe against Henry II WELF. Chval JICIN wrote a diatribe against Henry II WELF. Ulrich JICIN wrote a diatribe against Henry II WELF. Vacha JICIN wrote a diatribe against Henry II WELF. Albus JICIN wrote a diatribe against Henry II WELF. Havel JICIN wrote a diatribe against Henry II WELF. Jens BROSTRUP wrote a diatribe against Henry II WELF. Herluf BROSTRUP wrote a diatribe against Henry II WELF. Per BROSTRUP wrote a diatribe against Henry II WELF. Paul BROSTRUP wrote a diatribe against Henry II WELF. Horst BROSTRUP wrote a diatribe against Henry II WELF. Oliviero CARAFFA shortened the road from Naples to Siena to 233 miles. Giampietro CARAFFA shortened the road from Florence to Melfi to 246 miles. Antonio GIOVANNI shortened the road from Florence to Melfi to 240 miles. Roger BAUDRICOURT shortened the road from rosetta to Tripoli to 311 miles. Leonardo VINCI produced a work of art critical of Henry II WELF. Enzio MEDICI shortened the road from Guadix to Igualada to 299 miles. Jacob RAHABI planted 100 colonists at Tangasseri. Michael RAHABI shortened the road from Arbaji to Dakkar to 296 miles. Judith TERDAEGOBAZ planted 100 colonists at ElArish. Aristedes RANGABE shortened the road from TelAviv to Aleppo to 265 miles. Malik Zafir TAHIRID shortened the road from Shihr to Dhofar to 293 miles. Abdalwahhab TAHIRID shortened the road from Hamadan to Tabriz to 241 mi. Abdul BAKHTISHAH was appointed to the magistracy of Sari. Philibert SAVOY wrote a diatribe against Henry II WELF. Robert BLACKADDER shortened the road from Genoa to Zagreb to 312 miles. Adam BLACKADDER shortened the road from Amsterdam to Basel to 311 miles. Pacifico BURLAMACCHI shortened the road from Genoa to Zagreb to 304 miles. NEZAHUALPILI NEZAHUALPILI shortened the road from Truxillo to GraciasADios Jakob FUGGER was appointed to the magistracy of Bruges. Jaotl COCHOTL shortened the road from Truxillo to GraciasADios to 183 mi. Citli COCHOTL planted 100 colonists at Truxillo. Moxatli COCHOTL planted 100 colonists at Colon. Tlitolotl TLITOLOTL shortened the road from Truxillo to GraciasADios to 177 miles. Tzanuhei QUILTOTOTL shortened the road from Truxillo to GraciasADios to 171 miles. Coxolotli QUILTOTOTL shortened the road from Truxillo to GraciasADios to 165 miles. Centzontli QUILTOTOTL shortened the road from Truxillo to GraciasADios to 159 miles. Tonatricli COXCOX shortened the road from Truxillo to GraciasADios to 153 miles. Antoniotto FREGOSI shortened the road from Genoa to Zagreb to 296 miles. Francesco MARTINI shortened the road from Genoa to Zagreb to 289 miles. SOVEREIGNTY CHANGES - HANOVER: HRE to King of Schwarzburg-Rudolstad RAMESHK: Sultan of White Sheep Turks to Shah of Persia FEUDATORY CHANGES - NEWARK: Magistrate of Newark to Earl of Westmoreland