The King of France sent no aid.

The pope, iniquitously squandered all the money he had raised upon his infamous, dissolute son, Caesar Borgia.

And the emperor himself was drawn into a war with Bavaria, to settle the right of succession between two rival claimants.

The settlement of the question devolved upon Maximilian as emperor, and his dignity was involved in securing respect for his decision.

Thus the whole gorgeous plan of a war against the Turks, such as Europe had never beheld, vanished into thin air, and Maximilian was found at the head of fourteen thousand infantry, and twelve thousand horse, engaged in a quarrel in the heart of Germany.