R E N A I S S A N C E N E W S L E T T E R Issue Number 411 December 10, 2012 _______________________________________________________________________________ GM: Constantine Xanthos, 4050 N. Ocean Drive, Unit 204, Lauderdale by the Sea, FL 33308 WEB SITE: cx.rensim.org EMAIL: cjxren@yahoo.com _______________________________________________________________________________ APRIL ORDERS - Orders for April 1527 are due in my hands by December 30, 2012. ARCHIVES - Issue # 151 is being mailed to subscribers on December 10. NEW PLAYERSHIPS - GHAZI: Jane Burgess, 464 Smith St., Providence RI 02908 RESULTS OF MARCH SIEGES - Lazarus Goldli, Magistrate of Enos, successfully completed his fifth month of siege at Palermo. Peppin Perault, Magistrate of Issoudun, successfully completed his eighth month of siege at Mezieres. Milon Illiers successfully completed his ninth month of siege at Perigueux. Guillaume Legier, Magistrate of Anatolihissar, successfully completed his fourth month of siege at Salonika. SIEGES FOR APRIL - MEZIERES: besieged by Peppin Perault PERIGUEUX: Besieged by Milon Illiers PALERMO: Besieged by Lazarus Goldli, Magistrate of Enos SALONIKA: Besieged by Guillaume Legier, Magistrate of Anatolihissar MARCH EVENTS - Outside Adrianople, troopless Mortiz Kiefuss, Magistrate of Munich, was attacked and killed by Wenzel Schweidnitz, Magistrate of Solingen, with (M=999) 990 light cavalry. 49,345 ducats were captured. Inside Toulouse, the Terrail family tower (FAS=999), which was defended by Helene Terrail with (M=999) 2,102 arquebusiers and 99 tower garrison troops, was captured by assault by Princess Anne de France de Bourbon with (M=999) 35,790 auxiliaries and 4,000 archers. Helene was not killed, but 188 grain, 898 fruit, 341,592 ducats, 214 oil, 993 leather and 112,066 woolens were taken from her. Inside Toulouse on the next day, the Roth family tower (FAS=210), which was defended by Viktor Roth, Bishop of Condom, with (M=898) 1,214 auxiliaries, 377 arquebusiers and 21 tower garrison troops, was captured by assault by the King of France with (M=999) 116,100 auxiliaries. The Bishop was not killed, but 4,060,459 ducats, 5,818 horses, 526 falconets, 1,452 fruit, 1,191 wine, 1,184 leather, 1,755 iron and 1,196 small arms were taken from him. In an urban battle fought inside of Arles, Johann Roth, Grandmaster of the Knights of Saint Lawrence, and his 216 arquebusiers and 856 pikemen (M=955) were attacked and defeated by Charles de Lenoncourt, Count of Lenoncourt, with (M=994) 287,766 auxiliaries. The Grandmaster was not killed, but 2,805,389 ducats, 2,749 horses, 500 falconets, 4,911 oil, 300 iron, 1 copper, 5,000 marble and 4,000 candles were taken from him. Inside Lareole, the (FAS=26) Albret family tower, which was defended by Prince Heribert d'Albret with (M=964) 736 auxiliaries and 242 arquebusiers, was captured by assault by Robert de Lenoncourt, Archbishop of Tours, with (M=744) 31,960 auxiliaries, 50,000 pikemen and 50,000 archers. 1,531,458 ducats, 2,338 horses, 125 fruit and 2,000 leather were taken from the Prince, but he was not killed. In a field battle fought outside of Palermo, Antoniotto Sangallo, a knight, and his (M=880) 3,094 crew were attacked and killed by Leonardo Buona- rotti, Magistrate of Orbetello, with (M=865) 23,422 auxiliaries and 8,395 crew. 43,335,909 ducats, 669 barques, 35,000 coral and 38,000 salt were captured. Antoine PERAULT wrote a diatribe against Laurent A. TERRAIL. John FRASER wrote a diatribe against Laurent A. TERRAIL. Rene ILLIERS wrote a diatribe against Laurent A. TERRAIL. Edward STOREY wrote a diatribe against Laurent A. TERRAIL. Akos NAGY was appointed to the magistracy of Debreczen. Havel JICIN was appointed to the magistracy of OSTRAVA. William BRICONNET was appointed to the magistracy of Toulouse. Pierre BOURBON was appointed to the magistracy of Angers. Hernani AUSSONVILIER was appointed to the magistracy of Saintes. Gaston AUSSONVILIER deepened the harbor at LaReole to 8 feet. Creon RANGABE shortened the road from Arbaji to Sennar to 240 miles. Ephraim KARO shortened the road from Adrianople to Vidin to 194 miles. Mansur AFSHAR shortened the road from Teheran to Tun to 242 miles. Ali Beg PURNAK shortened the road from Balkh to Bokhara to 202 miles. Abdullah TULANBI shortened the road from Tabriz to Poti to 295 miles. Izmet YAKUBOGLU shortened the road from Adrianople to Yergogu to 219 mi. Rai UMARAH was appointed to the magistracy of Asyut. Bassima SAFAVID shortened the road from Diarbekr to Sinope to 305 miles. Ihab SAFAVID shortened the road from Kerman to Naband to 298 miles. Ahmed HAMADANI shortened the road from Hamadan to Mahruban to 326 miles. Omar MONTAFIQ shortened the road from Samawa to Unayzah to 280 miles. Alaaldawla BAKHTISHAH shortened the road from Herat to Kabul to 247 miles. Bayezid II OSMANLI shortened the road from Karaman to Amasia to 223 miles. Enver MUSTAPHA shortened the road from Brusa to Sinope to 275 miles. Fazil NARUN shortened the road from Tergovist to Constantinople to 209 mi. Jemal NARUN shortened the road from Tergovist to Constantinople to 200 mi. Oliviero CARAFFA shortened the road from Naples to Pavia to 339 miles. Antonio GIOVANNI shortened the road from Naples to Pavia to 330 miles. Oberto GIOVANNI shortened the road from Florence to Lecce to 350 miles. Enzio MEDICI shortened the road from FLORENCE to Gravina to 274 miles. Pachachi MARAKKAR shortened the road from Vijayanagar to Akola to 361 mi. Giuliano ROVERE shortened the road from Kaifeng to Ichang to 302 miles. Diego LEPE shortened the road from Peking to Hangginqi to 251 miles. SOVEREIGNTY CHANGES - ARLES & TOULON: King of Orange to King of France