Having compelled Solyman to retreat

he undertook, in 1535, an expedition against Tunis, reinstated the dey, and released 20,000 Christian slaves. The disturbances caused in Germany by the Reformation induced the emperor to accede to the peace of Crespy witn France in 1545. The policy of Charles was to reconcile the two parties, and with this view he al- NL ternately threatened and ‘courted the Protestants. After some show of negotiation the Protestant = raised the standard of war. he emperor declared in 1546 the heads of the * Jeague under the ban of the empire, excited divisions among the confederates, collected an army in haste, and. obtained several advantages over his enemies.