In a perfect moment, some patricians give us money in return for our patronage.
Of course we accept, the moeny will be used to create a unit of militia to keep eye on rebellious provinces.
The rest? The rest is sailing north - Duke of Wales has agreed to host our troops!
The whole crusade goes awfully awry from day 1 because of involvement of the Mamluks and Ottomans.
Meanwhile France and Sweden together band against the English Sultan in the same as we do.
While General Soterius Corleone is fighting hard on English soil, and Ottomans are landing at our islands, we get this.
It's a modded event of mine; we decide to sponsor Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, and leftover 10 ducats might require us to take a loan.
While heathen English troops are wasting their time in Gwynnedd, General Corleone has taken his troop on a
chevauchee across England.
In total, we gain about 80 ducats from the pillaging alone. Then, satisfied with the spoils, General Corleone takes his forces to London!
Papal age- I mean, emissaries, graciously bring funds to the Christian peoples of England.
Already there is a revolt in Lancastershire and Cumbria, and we hope the good Christians wipe the Sultan off the face of the British Isles!
Terrible news from Rome! Pope Clemens VII dies of old age.
Habemus Papam! Pius IV decides to continue the fight against English heathens.
A major battle occurs in Gwynnedd, where we fight the Royal Army.
They're defeated and chased to Marches, then Glouchestershire, where they're completely annihilated.
Be it plunder or political gains, most of Western Europe is now fighting the English!
Never since the First Crusade there was such unity against common foe. Pope Pius IV lauded the noble men and sons who took up arms against the English heathens.
Pius IV decides that while progress and innovation are good, they cannot undermine our Catholic policies.
Thus, when a philosopher was condemned as heretic, Pius IV agreed with the ruling.
The vile Ottomans lay siege to Rome!
We send General Corleone and our main army there after the militia left behind is annihilated at Battle of Venice.
Ottomans are routed from under the gates of Rome, but General Corleone pays the heaviest price for his bravery!
His replacement, General Anastasius Pramaggiore, swears to destroy the infidel or die trying!
The battle of Treviso goes in our favor, especially after appearance of our Ducal reinforcements.
Then we chase the Ottoman to Venezia, where their troops are drowned in the Adriatic!
Ottoman Empire is being terrible annoying. They even let Sicillian nationalists to take over in Sicily.
Meanwhile our fleet is battling theirs in control of the important straits.
There will be no inch of land given to the vile Turk!
The stressful management of the English Crusade has depleted the health of Pius IV, sending him early to House of our Lord.
Habemus Papam! Benedictus XIII is the exact opposite of a Pope we would want now.
However, he seems to be blessed with favor of our God; shortly after his ascension, we beat Ottomans in Veneto region, retake Verona, and then defeat their fleet at Straits of Otranto.
This is what happens when the Pope knows nothing about wielding political power!
We swallow the bitter pill of foreign dominance in the Curia, as the other option would cause a -2 Stability hit, which we cannot afford to have right now.
Turns out the Imperial Army, led by Sultan Ibrahim I Osmanli himself, is besieging Calabria!
Fortunately, the sneakily positioned Florentine troops join the battle, allowing us to beat the Turk and then destroy them at Naples.
Sultan Ibrahim has enough luck to escape our wrath.
With our fleet ruling over Aegean Sea, Sultan Ibrahim finally relents and sends us an offer of white peace.
Benedictus XIII wholeheartedly agrees. Now we can return to the fighting against the English.
The States have become riddled with problems as of late. Anastasius Pramaggione dies in Wales, and Innocentius Argenta takes control of the Army.
The Pope had to deliberaterily wait until January to toss money at Maltese rebels.
Despite the ravages of war, peoples of Roma prosper, somehow.
The powers-that-be in England are losing grip at the situation, and hteir soldiers and mercenaries fail every battle.
Everyone is ecstatic about our continued victories in England... that is good, for independence of Sardinia, massive revolts in Venezia and other cities pass relatively unnoticed.
Just few days after rewarding the Scottish emissary for their entrance, and victory, in English Crusade, Pope Benedictus XIII falls deadly ill.
Hopefully, he will be just like Pius III, and overcome the sickness, returning to the office in full health.
Unfortunately, he didn't.
Habemus Papam again, brothers and sisters!
And what a Pope he is. Either the God is displeased with our policies, the war, or mayhaps he wishes to teach us a lesson.
What lesson that would be, I have no idea.
Pope Gregorius XIV might himself be of little grace, but at least he gets nice advisors.
And yes, I do realize that Karel Debruyne is approximately 100 years old by now. We don't speak about Signor Debruyne around here.
Better not think too deeply about his longevity.
Woo! The pains this Crusade brought upon us have paid off for once.
We can finally adopt the title of Defender of Faith, gaining morale and war exhaustion bonuses.
Plus, we have usurped that title from Austria, and that's always nice.
No one is sure if the peace treaty was a good or bad idea on Pope Gregorius XIV's side. But the English Crusade is over.
It gave independence and autonomy to those still Christian in England. The rest, rumors say, is left to rebels. The Mamluks were punished for their role of bringing Ottomans in, hopefully it will make them suffer.
Pope Gregorius XIV claims that the English Crusade was a victory - but it will be the historians reading stories and reports from the war who shall judge us all.
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