CHAPTER IX.
CHARLES V.AND THE TURKISH WARS.
From 1552 to 1555.
The Treaty of Passau .-- The Emperor yields .-- His continued Reverses .-- The Toleration Compromise .-- Mutual Dissatisfaction .-- Remarkable Despondency of the Emperor Charles .-- His Address to the Convention at Brussels .-- The Convent of St.Justus .-- Charles returns to Spain .-- His Convent Life .-- The Mock Burial .-- His Death .-- His Traits of Character .-- The King's Compliment to Titian .-- The Condition of Austria .-- Rapid Advance of the Turks .-- Reasons for the Inaction of the Christians .-- The Sultan's Method of Overcoming Difficulties .-- The little Fortress of Guntz .-- What it accomplished.

Page 186.