_A well-known statesman during the reigns of Charles V and Philip II. Chief Councillor to the Duchess of Parma when Governess of the Netherlands. He became so unpopular that in 1564 Philip II was compelled to advise him to retire to his estates in Burgundy. The Cardinal left vowing that he would not cut his beard until he returned to Brussels. Three years later he went to Rome, where he assisted in the negotiations of the Holy League. He subsequently became Viceroy of Naples._ From his picture by Scipione Pulzone called Gaetano in Municipal Museum, Besançon. SEBASTIAN VENIERO. DOGE OF VENICE 279 _Died 1578._ _Son of Moise Venier._ _Married Cecilia di Nadalin Contarini._ _After being constantly employed in many important posts at home and abroad, including that of Procuratore di San Marco, he became General del Mar, and commanded the left wing at the battle of Lepanto, where he was wounded in the knee by an arrow. Padre Coloma says that he was seventy at this time, which would place his birth in 1501. He was elected Doge June 11, 1577, and died eight months later._ Portrait by Titian in the Prado Gallery, Madrid. DISPATCH ANNOUNCING THE VICTORY OF LEPANTO, DATED PETALA, OCTOBER 9, 1571. POSTSCRIPT IN DON JOHN'S WRITING 302 _There are several known copies of the dispatch, the postscripts varying from one to two lines, according to the importance of the person addressed. This one was almost certainly sent to the President of the Council of Castille, Cardinal Espinosa, though, from the outer sheet being torn, the address is wanting._ _It is in three lines_: "_Doy a V.M. el parabien desta vitoria que Nrõ Señor ha sido servido darnos, como a quien holgara de tan felice nueva lo es justo._" "_I congratulate Your Grace on the victory that Our Lord has been pleased to give us, as is due to one who will rejoice over such happy news._" From the collection of the Conde de Valencia de D. Juan. Photographed specially for this book. Postscript in D. John of Austria's writing from the collection of the Conde de Valencia de D. Juan. 303 PHILIP II AND HIS SON, DON FERNANDO 309 _Sir William Stirling Maxwell says that tradition has connected this picture with Lepanto. Philip II is represented holding up to Heaven his short-lived son, by Anne of Austria, Don Fernando, who was born December 4, 1571, shortly after the news of the victory reached Spain. It is stated that the picture was painted by Titian (1477-1576) "at the age of ninety-four at least."_ It is in the Prado Gallery, Madrid. STATUE OF DON JOHN OF AUSTRIA AT MESSINA 319