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The two powers, allied for offensive operations, could then

securely begin their enterprise; Carlos Emanuel entered

Montferrat, and Don Gonzalo gladly undertook the siege of Casale;

but he did not meet with the success he had anticipated. The

court did not afford him all the supplies he demanded; his ally,

on the contrary, was too liberal in his aid to the cause; for,

after having taken his own portion, he also took that which had

been assigned to the King of Spain. Don Gonzalo, inexpressibly

enraged, but fearing, if he made the least complaint, that

Carlos, as active in intrigue, and as brave in arms, as he was

fickle in disposition, and false to his promises, would throw

himself on the side of France; was constrained to shut his eyes,

to champ the bit, and to maintain a satisfied appearance.