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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A05184	The historie of George Castriot, surnamed Scanderbeg, King of Albanie Containing his famous actes, his noble deedes of armes, and memorable victories against the Turkes, for the faith of Christ. Comprised in twelue bookes: by Iaques de Lauardin, Lord of Plessis Bourrot, a nobleman of France. Newly translated out of French into English by Z.I. Gentleman.; Historia de vita et gestis Scanderbegi. English	Barleti, Marin, ca. 1460-1512 or 13.; Jones, Zachary.	1596 (1596)	STC 15318; ESTC S113043	769,033	528

THE HISTORIE OF GEORGE CASTRIOT SVRNAMED SCANDERBEG KING OF ALBANIE Containing his famous actes his noble deedes of Armes and memorable victories against the Turkes for the Faith of Christ Comprised in twelue Bookes By IAQVES DE LAVARDIN Lord of PLESSIS BOVRROT a Nobleman of France Newly translated out of French into English by Z. I. Gentleman ANCHORA SPEI LONDON Imprinted for VVilliam Ponsonby 1596. TO THE HONORABLE SIR GEORGE CAREY KNIGHT MARSHAL OF HER MAIESTIES HOVSE GOVERNOVR OF THE ISLE OF VVIGHT and sonne and heire apparant to the Lord of Hunsdon Lord Chamberlaine c. GEORGE CASTRIOT the Prince of EPIRE hauing long soiorned amongest the French is now come as a traueller to see the entertainment of the English his desire is to be made knowne vnto some honorable personage vnder whose fauour and protection he may passe freely amongst the English without being wronged or iniured in his trauell but to whom should he haue recourse or to whom can he be better recommended then to your selfe whose respectiue regard of strangers and Honorable hospitality continued without match or compare and whose Noble descent vnited in consanguinitie to the thrice honored house of the most renowmed Empresse of our English nation promiseth acceptance of his deuoted affection and Honorable patronage against all such dangers as commonly accompanie trauellers in forreine countries He hath heard in places farre distant from this Isle aswell of your succesfull imploiments in ambassage for Prince countrie as best can witnesse the French and Scottish nations as of your grounded experience in militarie profession wherein you haue bene trained from your younger yeares and being himselfe a souldier hath therefore resolued to presse into your presence and in your loue of Martialists entirely to commend himselfe to the assurance of your protection If his attire wherein he is clad be plaine and simple and nothing sumptuous if his habit do seeme either too base for the state and presence of the Court or too contemptible for the nice curiositie of the citie or too stale for the variable fashions of the countrie yet for that vnder the meanenesse of his attire are hidden most rich treasures of incomparable knowledge and rare experience I doubt not but you will grace the desert of his vertues without respecting his outward shew and apparance to the intent that so admirable an example of all militarie perfections and the singular precepts which may be deriued out of this historie of his life and actions may haue that due applause and commendation of the world which the greatnesse of his exploits and the worthinesse of the worke do iustly deserue in the eye iudgement of the wise VVhatsoeuer defects do appeare about him you may impute them to the ignorance and ouersight of his guide who knew not better how to direct him and whose willingnesse was greater to cause this stranger to see England then his skill and abilitie to giue him the rightes that belonged vnto him Notwithstanding if it may please you in regard of the honorable bountie shining in your noble mind and for Scanderbeg his owne sake to giue him a gratious welcome I make no doubt but others likewise either all or the most or the best will be glad to entertaine him by meanes whereof my selfe also who haue conducted him to your presence shall both hold me highly fauored and I shall euer liue in the continuall contemplation of your honorable vertues as a vowed Orator for the greatnesse of your fortunes vnder the fauour whereof I desire most humbly to be reputed Yours most deuote Z. I. TO THE READER GEntle Reader I haue here presented you with an Historie out of French into English containing the life and glorious actes of Scanderbeg King of Epyre a Prince no lesse admired in his life then memorable after his death I neede not commend vnto you eyther the excellencie of the Historie or the worthinesse of the partie for that both the one and the other are sufficient to commend themselues and the shadow of my prayses will but eclipse the brightnesse of their deserts Notwithstanding because it may be expected that I should say somewhat giue me leaue to speake what I thinke though I cannot thinke what I ought to speake First therefore touching Scanderbeg so exquisite was his skill and experience in the art and science militarie so excellent and heroicall was his cariage and gouernment amongest his souldiers amongst his subiects and towards his very enemies so amiable and louely were his vertues so vnspeakable and vnmatchable were many of his qualities so honorable and glorious were all his actions and so extraordinarie was his fortune in the multitude and rarenesse of his victories that it may be a question whether was greater his vertue or his fortune The one was rare the other admirable and both together haue exempted him from comparison in so much that if Hanniball the Carthaginian the scourge of Rome and Scipio the Romaine the plague of Carthage were now liuing to reuiue their old disputation who should be reputed the best Captaine I doubt not but each of them would giue Scanderbeg the garland at leastwise they would acknowledge him if not superiour to all yet inferiour to none and equall to the worthiest If we compare his small meanes with his mightie exploites you will say they were wonderfull if you consider his policies and fine stratageames you will say they were singular if you respect his corporall giftes and ornaments nature her selfe will say she was prodigall in gracing him hauing made him as comely as Edgar Atheling who was called Englands darling and as vnpenetrable as Achilles whom no weapon could fasten on If you regard his fortune fortune her selfe will tell you that she was fond ouer him For in him onely she shewed a change of her nature which being vsually changeable and inconstant to all men mortall yet to him continued constant and vnchangeable As for his vertues Oh how they shine most glorious as the sunne beames dazeling the eyes of the beholders with the excellencie of their obiect Looke into his life and let this Historie be the glasse to shew you his perfections you shall finde that for warinesse and prudence he was comparable to Fabius Maximus who by temporizing repayred the estate of Rome almost ruinated for loue to his natiue countrie he was another Camillus who being exiled by his ingrate citizens yet rescued them from the Gaules For discipline he was equall to Manlius whose seueritie to his owne sonne hath made him euer famous Couragious as Hector that neuer turned backe to his enemies bountifull and courteous as Caesar who by giuing forgiuing and relieuing made himselfe way to the Romaine Empire mercifull as Traian who neuer signed Bill for the execution of malefactors but he bedewed it with his teares deare to his subiects and souldiers as Tytus who was termed the delight and the Iewell of the world Alexander the glorie of Macedon got the name of Great