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A69343	A report and discourse written by Roger Ascham, of the affaires and state of Germany and the Emperour Charles his court, duryng certaine yeares while the sayd Roger was there	Ascham, Roger, 1515-1568.	1570 (1570)	STC 830; ESTC S100282	38,134	76

priuate cause to say wel on him do speake it boldly and openly that he was such a one as neuer could content his couetousnes with money nor neuer satisfie his crueltie with bloud And so by this foule meane many gentlemē in Naples haue lost some theyr liues but moe theyr liuynges and almost all theyr libertie And there be at this day as men say here that know it a good sort of thousandes Neapolitanes named Foriensuti who beyng spoyled at home by violence robbe other abroad for neede which comber so the passage betwixt Rome and Naples as no man departeth commonly from Rome without company which commeth to Naples without robbyng The whole body of the kyngdome of Naples was so distempered inwardly with this misorder with a litle outward occasion it would easely haue burst forth into a foule sore A lesse matter then the rauishyng of Lucrece A meaner ayde then the helpe of Brutus was thought sufficient to haue stirred vp this inward grudge to open reuenge But see how God prouided for the Emperour and the quyet of that kingdome For God in takyng away one Spanyard hath made Naples now more strong then if the Emperour had set xx thousand of the best in Spayne there for euen this last Lent. 1553. Don Pietro di Toledo dyed at Florence by whose goyng away mens hartes in Naples be so come agayne to the Emperour as he shall now haue lesse neede either to care for the fyne fetches of Fraunce or to feare the great power of the Turke A gentleman of this Court a true seruaunt to the Emperour sayd merely in a company where I was that his master the Emperour had won more in Naples by the death of the Uiceroy then he had lost in Lorraigne by the forgyng of Metz. But to my purpose not many yeares agoe diuers in Naples made their cōplaint to the Prince of Salerne of their griefes who was thought would be most willyng for his good nature and best able for his authoritie to seeke some remedie for them by way of intercessiō to the Emperour The Prince beyng here at Bruxels humbly besought hys Maiestie to pitie the miserie of hys poore subiectes who by this sute gat of the Emperour for hys cliantes wordes without hope and of the Uiceroy for him selfe hatred without ende The Prince yet alwayes bare hym selfe so wisely that he could not without some sturre be thrust downe openly and ridyng on his iourney he was once shot with a dagge secretly Thus he seyng no ende of displeasure in the Uiceroy no hope of remedy in the Emperour when he saw the Turke on the Sea the French kyng in the field Duke Maurice and the Marches vp and a good part of Italy either risen or ready to rise thinkyng the tyme come of theyr most hope for helpe by the Princes and of least feare of punishment by the Emperour came forth to play his part also amongest the rest who whē flying first to the French kyng and after by hys counsell as it is sayd to the Turke is compelled to venture vppon many hard fortunes And what succes he shall haue either of helpe in Fraunce or comfort of the Turke or mercy of the Emperour I can not yet write But this last winter he hath lyen in the I le of Cio and now I heare say this sommer he is on the Sea with 63. Gallyes of the Turkes at his commaundement what enterprice he will make or what successe he shall haue when we shall heare of the matter I trust I shal either by some priuate letter from hence or by present talke at home fully satisfie you therin ¶ Albert Marches of Bradenburge ALbert Marches of Bradenburge in the begynnyng of his sturre .1552 wrote a booke and set it Print wherin he declared the causes of hys fallyng from the Emperour wittely alledgyng common misery as a iust pretence of hys priuate enterprise makyng other mens hurtes his remedy to heale his own sores and common wronges hys way to reuenge priuate displeasures shewyng liberty to be last and Religion to be defaced in all Germany lamentyng the long captiuitie of the two great Princes and all the dispossessyng of hys father in law Duke Otto Henrick sore enueyng against the pride of the Spanyardes and the authoritie of straungers which had now in their handes the seale of the Impiere and in theyr swynge the doyng of all thynges and at their cōmaundement all such mens voyces as were to be called the Imperiall Dietes cōpellyng the Germanes in their owne countrey to vse straunge toungs for their priuate sutes wherin they could say nothyng at all or nothyng to the purpose vsing Camera Imperialis at Spires for a common key to open all mens coffers when they listed and these were the chiefest points in Marches booke The Marches also sore enueyed agaynst Luice de Auila for writyng and agaynst the Emperour for suffring such a booke as Luice de Auila wrote wherein the honor of Germany and the Princes therof by name Marches Albert who was in the first warres on the Emperours side was so defamed to all the world yea the Marches was so throughly chafed with this boke that when I was in the Emperours court he offred the combat with Luice de Auila which the Emperour for good wil and wise respectes would in no case admit Not onely the Marches but also the Princes at the Diet of Passan this last yeare made a common complaint of this booke I knew also the good old Prince Fredericke Palsgraue of the Rhene in September last when the Emperour lay at Landaw beside Spires goyng with his great army to Metz complayned to the Emperour hym selfe and to his counsell of a certaine spightfull place in that booke against him The good prince told me this tale him selfe at hys house in Heldibirge whē I caried vnto him kyng Edwardes letters the Lord Ambassadour him selfe beyng sicke at Spires And wise men say that the Duke of Bauiere also is euill contented for that which is written in that booke agaynst his father when he deserued of the Imperials to haue bene rewarded rather with prayse and thankes then with any vnkynde note of blame and dishonour of whom the Emperour in his warres agaynst the Lansgraue and the Duke of Saxonie receiued such kindnes as no Prince in Germany for all respectes in the case was able to affourde hym as first he had his whole countrey of Bauiere for a sure footyng place to begyn the warre in and had also both men and vittaile of hym what he would and at lēgth should haue had that countrey his onely refuge if that in warre he had come to any vnderdele as he was like enough to haue done But it was Gods secret will and pleasure to haue the matter then go as it did And for that cause men say Duke Albert of Bauiere that now is that hath maryed the Emperours niece was more straunge this last yeare to the Emperour

it was not the wisest deede that euer the Emperor did to deny the prince this sute for if the Prince had bene made the deliuerer of the ij princes out of captiuity he had won therby such fauor in all Germany as without all doubt he had bene made coadiutor with the k. of Romaines his vncle And afterward the Emperor Which thing was lustly denyed to the Emperor by the Electors though he laboured in the matter so sore as he neuer dyd in any other before Fourthly this last yeare a litle before the open warres duke Maurice procured once agayne not onely all the Princes and free Estates of Germany but also the kyng of Romaines Ferdinand Maximilian his sonne king of Boeme the kyng of Pole the kyng of Dēmarke the king of Sweden to send also their Ambassadors for this suite so that at once xxiiij Ambassadours came before the Emperour together at Insburge To whom whē the Emperour had geuen very fayre wordes in effect cōcernyng a double meanyng aunswere that was this That it did him good to see so noble an Ambassage at once And therfore so many Princes should well vnderstand that he would make a good accompt of their sute Neuertheles because duke Maurice was the chiefest partie herein he would with speede send for him and vse his head for the better endyng of this matter But Duke Maurice seyng that all these Ambassadors wēt home with out him and that the matter was referred to his present talke who was neuer heard in the matter before he wisely met with this double meaning aunswere of the Emperours with a double meanyng replica agayne for he promised the Emperour to come and at last in deede came so hastly and so hotely as the Emperour could not abide the heat of his breath For when duke Maurice saw that all humble sutes all quiet meanes were spent in vayne had to beare him iust witnes therin all the Princes of Germany First with close pollicie after open power both wittely and stoutly he atchieued more by force then he required by suite For the Emperour was glad to condiscend which surely in an extreme aduersitie was done like a wise Prince without money without artillery without defacyng of holdes without receiuyng of pledges to send the Lansgraue home honorably accōpanied with at the Emperors charges the nobilitie of Brabant Flaunders This last day I dined with the Ambassadour of Venice in cōpany of many wise heades where duke Maurice was greatly praysed of some for his wit of other for the execution of his purposes Well sayth a lusty Italian Priest I can not much prayse his wit which might haue had the Emperour in his handes would not Loe such be these Machiauels heades who thincke no mā to haue so much wit as he should except he do more mischief then he neede But Duke Maurice purposing to do no harme to the Emperour but good to his father in law obtainyng the one pursued not the other Yea I know it to be most true whē we fled from Insburg so hastly Duke Maurice sent a post to the good kyng of Romanes bad him will the Emperor to make no such speede for he purposed not to hurt his person but to helpe his frend whereupon the Diet at Passo immediatly folowed I cōmend rather the iudgement of Iohn Baptist Gascaldo the Emperours man and the kyng of Romanes generall in Hungary who is not wont to say better or loue any mā more then he should specially Germaines namely Protestantes And yet this last winter he wrote to the Emperour that he had marked Duke Maurice well in all his doynges agaynst the Turke and of all men that euer he had sene he had a head to forecast the best with pollicie and wit and a hart to set vppon it with courage and speed also a discressiō to stay most wisely vpon the very pricke of aduauntage Marches Marignan told some in this Court foure yeares ago that Duke Maurice should become the greatest enemy to the Emperour that euer the Emperour had which thing he iudged I beleue not of any troublesome nature which he saw in Duke Maurice but of the great wronges that were done to Duke Maurice knowyng that he had both wit to perceiue them quietly and also a courage not to beare them ouer long Some other in this court that loued not duke Maurice hauyng no hurt to do him by power went about to say him some for spight therfore wrote these two spightfull verses agaynst him Iugurtham Mauricus prodit Mauricius vltra Henricum Patruum Socerum cum Caesare Gallum He that gaue me this verse added thereunto this his iudgement well sayth he he that could finde in his hart to betray his frend Duke Henry of Brunswicke his nigh kinsman Duke Fredericke his father in law the Lansgraue his soueraigne Lord the Emperour his confederate the French kyng breakyng all bondes of frendshyp nature law obediēce and othe shall besides all these deceaue all men if at length he do not deceaue hym selfe This verse and this sentence the one made of spight the other spoken of displeasure be here commended as men be affectioned For any part as I can not accuse him for all so will I not excuse him for part And yet since I came to this Court I should do him wrong if I did not cōfesse that which as wise heades as be in this Court haue iudged on him euen those that for countrey Religion were not his frendes that is to haue shewed him selfe in all these affayres betwixt the Emperour and him first humble in intreatyng diligent in pursuyng witty in purposing secret in workyng fearce to foresee by open warre ready to parle for common peace wise in choyse of conditions and iust in performyng of couenaunts And I know he offended the Emperour beyond all remedy of amēdes So would I be loth to see as I haue once sene his Maiestie fall so agayne into any enemyes handes lesse peraduenture lesse gentlenes would be found in him then was found in Duke Maurice who when he was most able to hurt was most ready to hold hys hād and that agaynst such an enemy as he knew well would neuer loue him and should alwayes be of most power to reuenge If Duke Maurice had had a Machiauels head or a cowardes hart he would haue worne a bloudyer sword thē he did which he neuer drew out in all these sturres but once at the Cluce that was to saue the Emperors mē Hetherto I haue followed the order of persons which hath caused me somewhat to misorder both tyme matter yet where diuers great affaires come together a man shall write confusedly for the matter vnpleasantly for the reader if he vse not such an apt kinde of partitiō as the matter will best affourde which thyng Plato sayth who cā not do knoweth not how to write Herein Herodotus deserueth in myne opinion a great deale more prayse then Thucidides although he wrote of a matter more confused for places time and persons then the other did In this point also Appianus Alexandrinus is very commendable and not by chaunce but by skil doth follow this order declaryng in his Prologue iust causes why he should do so Our writers in later tyme both in Latin other tounges commonly confound to many matters together and so write well of no one But see master Astley I thincking to be in some present talke with you after our old wont do seeme to forget both my selfe and my purpose For the rest that is behind I will vse a grose homely kind of talke with you for I will now as it were cary you out of England with me will lead you the same way that I went euen to the Emperours Court beyng at Augusta an .1550 And I will let you see in what case it stode and what thyngs were in doyng when we came first thether After I wil cary you and that a pace because the chiefest matters be throughly touched in this my former booke through the greatest affaires of ij yeares in this court Yet in order till we haue brought Duke Maurice as I promised you to ioyne with Marches Albert in besiegyng Augusta And thē because priuy practises brast out into open sturres I might better marke thynges dayly then I could before And so we will depart with the Emperour from Insburg and see dayly what chaunces were wrought by feare and hope in this Court till hys Maiestie left the siege of Metz and came downe hether to Bruxels where then all things were shut vp into secret practises till lastly of all they brake forth into new mischiefes betwixt the Emperour and Fraunce in Picardy also betwixt Duke Maurice and the Marches in hyghe Germany which thynges I trust some other shall marke and describe a great deale better then I am hable to doe ¶ FINIS C. Caesar. P. Iouius Polibius Phi. Comines Thucidides Homer Chaucer Titus Liuius Tho. Morus The cause of the sturres in Italy Germany Unkyndnes The brech with the Turke An horrible face The great Turke Mustapha the Turkes ●ldest sonne Brech of Italie Octauio Breach with Fraunce Pope Parma Mirādula The Popes practice Syr Iohn Gates wish Marches Albertes booke and the cōtents therof Sore and iust complayntes The booke of Luice de Auila The duke of Bauiere vnkyndly handled Duke of Prusia Xenoph. ● 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Lazarus Swendy Iohn Fredericke Duke of Saxon. A noble nature * 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 ▪ wordes alwayes vsed in Thucidides in decidyng cōmon controuersies Why Duke Maurice left hys dearest frendes and fell in with the Emperour Ambition The Turke The Pope The Emperour French kyng Duke Maurice offer for the Lāsgraues deliuery Iohn Baptist Gascaldo Duke Maurice