not come forewards without deuiding the great 〈◊〉 from the lesse The Turkish fleet consisted of 200 saile among which were 160 well armed Gallies the rest were lesser vessells 〈◊〉 among them That of the Christians exceeded not the number of 127. light Gallies but they had six Galeasses and 22. shippes of warre excellently armed Both these fleets for many respects were thought to be in a manner equall Vluzzali meaning nothing lesse then to fight yet fearing by open flight to dishonour his great maister and 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 encrease the Christian glory like a polliâ—…que captaine made shew of that 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 for seeming 〈◊〉 to 〈◊〉 he did 〈◊〉 the 〈◊〉 and still keeping the prowes of his Gallies vpon them by little and little he gaue back and by the approach of night and by a warlike stratagem which hee vsed for hee sent one Galley bearing a lanthorne a contrary way to make them think that he followed with the rest he escaped at his pleasure About the same time Sigismond King of Poland dyed without issue male wherevppon Charles the French King desirous to procure that Crowne for his brother the Duke of Anioâ—… sent his Ambassadors thither But to returne to the enemies They were descried the next morning sailing towards the arme of Meina Our men hauing kept at Sea al night sailed to Cerigo enforced to take in fresh water and to refresh their tired rowers where continuing all that day and a pecce of the next spies brought word that they had discouered the enemies not farre from thence whervppon they speedily imbarked their soldiers and went to meet them but their labour beeing fruitlesse they lay all night at Sea in order of battaile and the next day which was the tenth of August by day breake they discried them at the Cape of Matapan lying with the poopes of their Gallies to land-ward Vluzzali perceiuing that the Christians had discouered him shot off certaine warning peeces to call his men aboord and ordered all things for battaile The Christians approching the Turks came forth of the Hauen with their fleet diuided into three battailes whereof the lest wing was a great way extended to the Sea the right wing kept neere to the maine wherein was Vluzzali him-selfe comming on faire and softly somtime purposely stearing his course to draw the Christian Gallâ—…es from the Galeasses and shipps The Turke fearing nothing more then the Galeasses commanded both his wings to fetch a great compasse about the one towards the right and the other towards the left aloof from the Galeasses and shipps which being preuented by the Christians by turning their wings likewise in manner of a Crescent their mayne battaile fronted that of the Turkes The wings of the Turkes fleet being thus diuided from their battaile seemed very aduantageous for the Christians which Generall Foscarini ready to lay hold on any faire occasion perceiuing requested Collonna and Andrada that not tarrying for the shippes and Galeasses they would with him vpon the sodaine assaile the enemies battaile depriued of the wings hoping to breake it ere they could arriue to rescue it and with couragious speeches entreated them to follow his councell The Generalls encouragement and aduice was ioyfully receiued by all the hearers but Collonna and Andrada said that it was dangerous so to doe for feare of drawing the enemies three battailes vpon them at once being not able to resist them without the help of the Galeasses and shippes and that therefore without those vessells they would by no meanes hazard the fortune of the battaile The wings of the Christians in turning about to confront those of the enemy were somwhat disordred which the Turkes perceiuing went about with certaine Gallies to circumuent the stragglers which Souranza noting went against them with foure Gallies and made a fierce fight in the midst whereof fearing to be enclosed with forty of their Gallies making towards him he was presently relieued by 20. Gallies and two of the Galeasses whose murthering shot made such hauock among them as in a small time 18. of their Gallies were rent and torne whereat the Turks being amazed returned as though they had rather fled then retreated One of Souranzaes Gallies was shot through in this fight himselfe returning againe to his Squadron The Christians had determined not to ioyne battaile without their Galeasses and tall shipps which Vluzzali well vnderstood as well by the fugitiues and his owne spies as by their manner of sayling And he him selfe though he were willing to fight yet the better to frustrate the Christians deseignes who drew with them their Galeasses and other greater vessells he sent his vessels of burthen to Maluesia wherby he freed himselfe of a great burthen and made him-selfe apt to take or leaue fight at his owne pleasure The day growing to an end Vluzzali perceiuing that he had done enough for that time both for the allaying of the Christian heate and encouragement of his own soldiers in seemely order as one not afraid sailed with his whole fleet together to Corona And the Christians retired to Cerigo The end of the first Booke of the seuenth Decade The Contents of the second Booke of the seuenth Decad. VLVZZALI determineth to assaill Don Iohn ere hee should come to the fleet Difficulties made by those of the Christian Nauy to meet with Don Iohn to free him from that incounter Don Iohn with the Spanish forces comes to Corfoù The resolution of the Confederate Captaines Vluzzali resolues not to fight with the Confederats Those of the league resolue to assaill the towne and Castle of Modon The Confederate fleet staies in the Hauen of Nauarin Nauarin is beseeged The Confederates raise their campe from before Nauarin and determine to returne into the West Vluzzali after the retreat of the Christian fleet returneth to Constantinople Don Iohn returnes to Naples and Collonna goeth into Spain The Venetians complaine to te Pope of the meane proceeding of the Spanish fleet The State of Dalmatia during the warre A fort builded by the Turkes at Catharr a is raized by the Venetians Conference of peace with the Venetian Bayly at Constantinople Peace or warre is propounded in the councell of Tenne The Princes of Christendome hauing intelligence of the Venetians practises of peace with the Turke goe about by their offers to interrupt it Of what efficacy the or ation of Prince Mocenigo was concerning that subiect The causes mouing the Senate to condescend to peace Peace is made betwixt the Venetians and Turkes And lastly the Articles thereof The second Booke of the seuenth Decade of the History of Uenice WHILEST the Christian fleete remained at Cerigo it had intelligence that Vluzzali had taken one of our Fâ—…egats which had acquainted him how that Don Iohn was comming to the fleete where-vpon hee prepared to meete him Colonna and Gly Andrada being moued at these newes propounded that all other matters being laid aside they were to depart thence with
much greater the which in the name of Almightie God we promise to as many as shall fight valiantly It is reported that when the Pope had ended his speech the whole assembly cried out that it was Gods will to haue it so Then the Pope hauing commaunded silence replied Goe then quoth hee yee generous spirits and let that which ye haue all with one accord now spoken bee your watch-word in this warre and let as many as meane to vndertake this iourney sew a Crosse of red cloath on the right side of their garments They report a very admirable matter the which I should hardly set downe were it not for the assurance that we haue that God doth euer assist holy enterprises Which is that the same day that the warre was resolued vpon at Clermont it was knowne and diuulged to the farthest Regions of the earth But whilest Pope Vrban and the rest did labour about the choice of a Captaine in the assembly the which besides other matters had giuen great hope to all men and that this businesse had kept them there certaine dayes it is reported that diuers thousands of men affecting this new warre came thither And that soone after three hundered thousand armed men were in a readinesse to march The leaders to these great numbers of Christians were Godfry of Bouillon Eustace and Baldwin his brethren Raymond Earle of Saint Giles and Robert Earle of Flaunders Hugh sirnamed the great brother to Phillip the French King Stephen Earle of Chartres the Bishop of Puy and Peter the Hermit the Author of this enterprise This man because hee would bee seene to haue some cheife commaund in this warre came with Baldwin and his brethren through Germanie Hungarie and Thrace to Constantinople accompanied with troops of souldiers The Bishop of Puy Raymond Hugh the great passed into Italie with greater forces and came to Rome to visit the Pope From whence they departed in three troopes The one marched directly to Brundusium the other to Barri and the third to Ottranto But Beamond sonne to Guiscard a valliant Prince being incited before by the report of this gallant enterprise did ioyne his forces with those which passed through Apulia Whilest the troopes which were in Italie made themselues ready to march Peter the Hermit who was arriued at Constantinople with the three brethren of Bouillon so soone as he had crossed the Bosphorus of Thrace the next and shortest way he passed ouer his troopes into Asia which the Emperor Alexis as it is reported did soone enforce him to doe in regard his souldiers obserued no martiall discipline but gaue themselues licentiously to all manner of euill The which Alexis with others did impute wholly to the Hermit being altogether ignorant of martiall discipline and vnworthie to haue any command by meanes whereof diuers did report that the Emperour caused Peter whether he would or no to depart formost into Asia where his Army soone after marched towards Nicomedia and Nicea But because it did manifestly appeare that vnlesse some other besides the Hermit who was more religious than martiall did take charge of the Armie it was likely at the verie first encounter to fall into great danger they chose Raymond a German by nation and a verie warlike person for their Generall By the which election we may easily coniecture that the brethren of Bouillon came not with Peter to Constantinople or if they did come after the Hermit was gone into Asia they remained with the the Emperour Alexis till the rest of the forces were arriued The Sarracens who had beene aduertised of the resolution of the Councell held in France and of whatsoeuer the Christian Princes had since then enterprised in this warre did determine by Ambush to surprise those who should first come into Asia to kill them and then to resist the passage of the rest ouer the Bosphorus of Thrace Raymond hauing marched on the Territorie of Nicea without sending forth his discouerers fell into Ambuscado and retired with great losse of his people to the Citie of Exorga This place had beene of set purpose abandoned by the enemie who so soone as they perceiued the Germaine to be within the Towne came sodainly and besieged it on euery side Raymond being wearied with that long siege of a Captaine became a fugitiue and with certaine others went to the enemies side The Citie after that was valiantly defended for a time but at the last the enemie tooke it and the most of those who were within it hauing beene tormented with hunger thirst and infinite other miseries were put to death either by the sword or by some other accident of warre all those which yeelded were likewise put to the edge of the sword The Hermit in the meane time seized on the Citie of Cynita which was forsaken by the inhabitants and hauing fortified it with those few forces which hee had hee ioyned himselfe with the troopes at such time as his Countrimen arriued Whilest these things were done in Bythinia Hugo the Norman the Earles of Flaunders and of Chartres departed from Barri and with a faire wind arriued at Durazzo Then at the intreatie of the Gouernour of Dalmatia in the name of the Emperour Alexis they marched in bands and at sundrie times to Constantinople for feare least so great an Armie marching all together should spoile the Countrie whither being come as into a place of safetie it is reported that Alexis did lay snares for them as one who from the beginning had greatly suspected their enterprise But being reconciled to Baldwin Godfrey and the rest The Bishop of Pâ—…y and Raymond did arriue who had conducted their troopes through Dalmatia Albania Macedon and Thrace Beamond who for his fathers and his owne particular enmitie with Alexis thought not himselfe safe if he should come into Greece sailed with a direct course from Brundusium into Morea and from thence marching in battaile as if he had beene to fights through the higher Misia and Thrace to auoide the trappes of Alexis and came into Asia sooner than hee was expected where after he had taken a Citie of the Hereticks spoiled and ouerthrowne it and being come to the banks of the riuer Barbara he caused part of his forces to passe ouer at a foord and kept the residue with himselfe But the morrow after by breake of day Alexis forces being come to assaile those troopes that were gone ouer the riuer they did greatly amaze them at the first and had vndoubtedly much endangered them if Beamond had not speedily come to their reskue with two thousand horse which he had ready fot the same purpose at whose comming the Greekes retired themselues And by this meanes Beamond perceiuing that there was no place free from the ambushes of Alexis he resolued still to march in order of battaile But the Emperour after he had in vaine made all these attempts thought it his best course to
deserts or at leastwise banished them from the citie The peace which hee had receiued from Foscari as by tradition which had beene well obserued in all times and places was by him deliuered entire to his successor To this felicitie and other fortunate euents which happened in his time the Art of Printing may be added which in those daies was inuented in Italie The inuention thereof is attributed to a Germane But this diuine art being by succession of times dispersed ouer all Italie the chiefe workemen in that misterie did openly contend for the garland of singularitie In which art we finde Nicolao Iansonio of Venice to haue exceeded all the rest Maripietro hauing gouerned foure yeares and a halfe departed this life and his bodie lieth honourably buried in the Church of the Twyns ¶ CHRISTOPHERO MORO the 67. Duke of Uenice CHristophero Moro succeeded him The second yeere of his gouernment the warre began against Ottoman We must briefly set downe the cause thereof The tyrant hauing done much hurt to the Christians of Grecia and other Prouinces of Europe determined to take Morea This Prouince is almost like an Island and is as they terme it one of the three rockes of Europe ioyning to the streight of Corinth For the Ionian Sea on the one side and the Aegean on the other doe in a manner make an entire Island of it It is in forme like to a leafe of a Plane tree by reason of the Seas which enuiron it towards the North the Ionian the Sicillian towards the West the Greeke on the South the Aegean on the East and that of Mirtona towards the Solstitiall It is in circuit according to Isidore three hundred and threescore thousand paces Towards the streight on the North side lieth the Sea of Corinth at this day called Patras Iust opposite to that is the Saronic Sea where in times past the ancient Hauen of Cencrea was and in the other that of Leches This whole countrey in former times was called Iappigia afterwards Pelasgis and for a long time Peloponessus which name by diuers is yet giuen vnto it It is commonly at this day called Morea Ottoman hauing mightily enlarged the confines of his Empire was desirous to take this Prouince as a member of the Greek Empire from the brethren Thomas and Demetrius In regard of the situation therof they might haue defended it a long time if they had beene assured to haue beene relieued by the Christians in time or if the brethren with a mutuall consent would haue vndertaken it But both those meanes were wanting For Demetrius went to the Turkes side which was the first and chiefest cause of the ruine of that state He gaue his daughter in marriage to Ottoman and gaue him entrance into one of the goodliest Prouinces of Grecia Thomas made some resistance neere to the streight but in vaine And hauing lost all flying from the rage of that cruell enemie he went to Rome whither he brought with him S. Andrewes head in regard whereof Pope Pius being accompanied with all the Cleargie went to meet him as farre as the Miluian bridge and appointed a marble Chappell to be built in that place where he had first saluted the Apostles head and another larger than that in S. Peters Church where the head was afterwards laid vp with great solemnitie The Dominion of the Greeks being extinct in Morea the Venetians still kept those townes there which they had a long time enioyed But the violent and perfidious inclination of the enemie would not long let them rest For after that he had taken Argers by treacherie he entangled the Venetians in a warre more necessarie than profitable The Senate being thereby enforced did presently take armes against him Victor Capello was then Admiral of the Sea who being entreated by the chiefe of the Isle of Lesbos at that time when Ottoman tooke it from the Cateloses of Genoa to come defend the Island would not do it as also when the Theodorans sent to him who dwelt in a part of the Island that he would aide them and receiue them vpon their homage when the Isle of Mitilene was taken he refused it notwithstanding that he had a mightie nauall Armie fearing least by any inconsiderate attempt he might precipitate the Repulicke into a manifest danger of warre although he might iustly haue taken Armes seeing Ottoman had contrarie to the ancient accord which the Venetians had made with Amurath his father and afterwards with himselfe crossed the streight of Gallipolis with his Armie This is the report of such as were there present For there is no Venetian Anâ—…all nor any other Historian whatsoeuer which makes mention therof Cepio exepted who in an eloquent stile hath written the notable actions of Pietro Mocenigo Neuerthelesse it is certaine that so soone as the warre was proclaimed against Mahomet it began in Morea where the wrong had beene first offered And whilest they expected greater forces from Italie certaine foot companies vnder the command of Pietro Palmiero together with two hundred light horse which the Greeks call Stradiots entering fiercely into the enemies countrey did by a sodaine incursion surprize a small towne betwixt Arcadia and Modon the Garrison whereof being put to the sword they brought away a great bootie Within a while after Bertoldo d'Aeste Betin of Calcina Cicco Brandolino Giouanni Attellano Roberto Thyente Giouanni Massano Leon Illirico and diuers other great persons with gallant forces arriued at Modon From thence the whole Armie went speedily to Naples where making no long stay Aeste who was Generall of the Armie went to besiege Argers This towne among all others of Greece was verie famous as well for the originall thereof as for the residence and Court of kings It was easily taken and as soone giuen to the souldiers who spoiled it The Turks in the citie who were no great number were retired into the Castle Two daies after the Christians arriuall in that place fiue hundred Turkish horse came and assailed the Christians neere to the Citie in the skirmish slew an hundred of our souldiers and among others Martin of Dalmatia who held an honourable ranke in the Venetian Armie Those of the Castle yeelded within a while after The Priest who had deliuered the towne to the Turkes being taken in that place was put to death Bertoldo hauing left three hundred Candiot Archers in the Castle brought backe the troupes to Naples VVithin a while after the Venetian Generall departed from Naples with fifteene thousand men He went first and encamped at Basilia the which being taken at his first arriuall he marched the morrow after to the streight through the territorie of Corinth and fortified his campe neere to the Saronich Sea Lodouico Lauretano was there with a mightie nauall Armie They had before placed a Garrison on the the other side of the streight opposite to that place Sixe Gallies rode at Anker not farre off Now because that the
dangerous that euer was in Italy and the Venetians to resemble them in all things did not onely in Lombardie withstand the forces of all the Princes of Italy enuying their geatnesse but brake and defeated them We will then first speake of the cause and progression of the Ferrarese warre from whence afterwards sprang that of the confederates that we may the better vnderstand what ensued But before we enter into this discourse we must set downe somewhat which preceeded that warre among others two iournies of Ottoman against the Christians which though they may seeme impertinent to our Historie I neuerthelesse thought good to insert because we account all Christendome for matters of religion to be but one intire bodie A yeare and more after peace was concluded Ottoman besieged Rhodes with as warlike preparation as he had certaine yeares before iuuaded Nigrepont Rhodes is the goodliest Island of the Aegean and Ionian Seas wherin in old time were three beautifull Cities Camia Linda and Lalissa at this day there is no more but Rhodes It is in compasse one hundred fiue and twentie thousand paces though Isidorus say it is not so much The Turke at this siege attempted many notable enterprises and by frequent assaults went about to vanquish the Christians and at times the walles being beaten downe entred the Citie but by the valour of the besieged most of whom were knights of Ierusalem for those of that order had the absolute command of the Island they were with great slaughter driuen from the walles and the Citie by diuine and humane aide was preserued The Turkes themselues did afterwards report that two men of diuine countenance so long as the siege lasted with torches in their hands did euerie night walke the round vpon the walles with their swords threatning the enemies so as they being terrified with this vision retired The common people said that they were Saint Peter and Paul If this be true we may then iustly affirme that Rhodes at that time was not onely preserued by humane but by diuine assistance It was also accounted for a miracle That the verie day that Ottoman a cruell enemie to Christians died the Hauen of Rhodes stood drie and yet it is exceeding deepe This happened a yeare after the siege The Spring following the great Turke resoluing of some important enterprize did by sodaine incursion take Ottranto This Citie is in Calabria diuided from Valona by a small Arme of Sea Valona is an ancient Hauen The smal space of sea which separates this place from Italy containing 50000 paces in length king Pirrhus first of all attempted to passe ouer his Armie on foote and to that end builded bridges there After him Marcus Varro Admirall of Pompeis nauall Armie against Pirates was desirous to doe the like but both of them were diuerted from their enterprises by sundrie accidents Ottranto being taken it was to be feared that Ottoman with all his force would come and inuade Italy which would mightily haue endangered Christendome had not Gods prouidence preserued it from that mischiefe by the Tyrants sodaine death for this plague to mankind was cut off euen in the middest of his warlike preparations whereupon king Ferdinand besieging Ottranto by land and sea recouered it aud tooke all the Turkes that were in it The Venetians in the meane time annexed the Isle of Coritia in Dalmatia to their dominions which the modernes call Veglia It was their owne in former time when they were Lords of Dalmaria and the Islanders for a time had beene gouerned by Venetian Magistrates But in the daies of Prince Râ—…iniero Zenâ—… it being giuen in perpetuitie to the Schiâ—…els in those daies one of the nobless families of the Island they and their successors for two hundred yeeres space continued loyall to the Venetians But in succession of time the affection of these petty kings beganne to alter in the troubles of Dalmatia now following the Venetians party and then on a sodaine that of Bela Ladislaus Lewis and other Hungarian kings euen till the time of Iohn sonne to Bano the last Prince of the Coritans Hee hauing rashly and forcibly entred certaine small townes on the firme land belonging to Prince Martin his brother by whose will and testament after his death they were bequeathed to Mathias king of Hungarie he did in such sort prouoke the Hungarian against him as he was enforced to haue recourse to the Venetians Maerblaisius who to that end was sent from Hungarie into Dalmatia not satisfied with the recouerie of those townes on the firme land passed ouer into the Island and had already besieged the cittie of Musella when Giacomo Venierâ—… sent by Antonio Lauretano Generall of the nauall Armie from Corfu arriued there followed afterwards by Antonio Vinciguerra one of the Secretaries sent from the Prince and Senate who in the Common-wealths name willed the Hungarian to desist from inuading the Coritans who were vnder the Venetians protection But the Hungarian was so farre off from giuing ouer his attempt as on the contrarie hauing taken Musella by force hee brought his Armie to the chiefe Cittie of the Island The Islanders standing ill affected to their Prince in regard of the grieuous subsidies hee exacted from them at the beginning of the warre were in a manner all reuolted from him vpon the enemies arriuall Then the Coritan Prince hauing lost all hope did by the perswasion of friends quit all the claime which himselfe and predecessors had in the Island to the Venetians into whose hands hee resigned the Castle and himselfe went to Venice whither already he had sent his wife and children Not long after foure Gallies arriued in the Island wherewith the Hungarian being terrified and fearing to be intercepted in his returne home hauing first taken assurance of the Venetians did peaceably surrender the Island vnto them Victor Souranza who succeeded Lauretano in the Admiralty comming thither by chaunce fortified it The Senate assigned a perpetuall pension of a thousand crownes to the Coritan Prince and foure thousand ducats for his daughters dowrie But he accustomed to tyranny and not being able to liue vnder Lawes in a free State departed secretly with his houshold into Germany It is now time to returne to the propounded warre of Ferrara The Princes of Ferrara had of a long time beene friends to the Venetians so that Borsia Predecessor to Hercules if at any time strife arose concerning their bounds came with a small traine as a priuate person to conferre with the Prince and Senate supposing that he could doe them no greater honour nor better expresse his loue than to come himselfe vnlooked for to giue them satisfaction This Prince to his dying day had nothing in greater admiration than the Venetian Seigniory nor accounted any thing comparable to the peace and friendship thereof This mans deserts and the hope which the Senate had conceiued that no man would more resemble Borsia in his behauiour and affection towards them than his
to no purpose by reason of the great difficulties to establish a perfect peace betwixt these two Princes in regard of what had happened on either side and that the cause which had mooued both of them to grant the pope this enterview was but for to iustifie themselues and to make a shew to all men that they were desirous of peace but that the meanes to obtaine it were hard both their iealozies beeing equally alike to purchase the Popes fauour by allowing all his Councells and deseignes for his Holinesse euer fearing to aduance the one of them more then the other would not suffer any of them to grow more mighty by the forces and authorityes of the Sea Apostolicke and especially in Italy Some likewise did thinke that the Pope was not mooued to procure this enteruiew only for the publick and vniuersall good but for some particular profit of his owne hoping by the meanes of his presence and the meeting of these two Princes to insinuate himselfe into their fauor and to obtaine some matter of importance for the establishment of the greatnesse of his owne house as the effect did afterwards manifest hauing at that assembly concluded the marriage of the Lady Marguerite the Emperors naturall daughter and widdow to Duke Alexander of Medicis with Octauio Farnesâ—… the Popes Nephew whom the Emperor inuested with the State of Nauarre Notwithstanding that the Venetians were possessed with these doubts and suspitions the Senate neuerthelesse did not cease to doe the duty which the time re quired to testifie the honor and respect it did beare to those great Princes and cheefely to the Pope and to this end to manifest how much it desired according to their antient custome to ayde and fauour that accord they chose two Ambassadors Nicholao Tepulo and Marc Antonio Cornare to be present at that assembly to make knowne the Senates good will and withall how greatly it desired peace betwixt Christian Princes and also for to make warre vpon the Turkes Now the Pope departing from Rome in the moneth of Aprill according as it had beene determined came to Parma where he celebrated Palme-Sonday in the Cathedrall Church staying in that Citty and at Placentia certaine dayes expecting the Duke of Sauoyes resolution concerning the Citty of Nice where the assembly was to be made because some difficulties were made thereuppon not without suspition that it came from the Emperor who was desirous before his comming to the assembly to see what the Turkes progression would be But the Pope at last resoluing not to make so long stay in his iourney did set forewards directly towards Nice where at his arriuall the entry into the Citty was denied him the Gouernour thereof saying that he held that place for the Prince and that the Duke his father was not to dispose thereof where vppon the Pope was enforced to retire him-selfe into a Monastery of Moncks beeing not farre from thence whither within a while after the Citties keyes were brought vnto him The Emperor and the French King came sodainly into those quarters the one being lodged at Villafranca and the other at Villanoua beyond the Riuer Var. Yet the Pope could neuer procure them to meet in his presence because they both determined not to grant the Popes desire in that meeting which was to make them good friends and to establish a firme peace betwixt them yet neuer-the-lesse he procured the prolongation of the truce which was already confirmed for the space of tenne yeares hoping that in the meane space the hatred which was so deepely rooted in their hearts might bee worne out that beeing done euery one went his owne way the Pope towards Rome the Emperor towards Barcelona and the King iournied to Auignion from thence to returne into France But the King being come to Auignion was adnertized that the Emperor was desirous to confetre with him and that for the same purpose hee entreated him to come to Aigues-mortes where he would land which the King willingly graunting went thither where both their maiesties did carsse each other and the Emperor went and dined with the King in the towne with great demonstration of brotherly friendship Then the king wentinto the Emperors Gallie where they had long conference to gether where-vpon all men hoped shortly to see a firme peace established betwixt them but no effectas thereof could euer since bee discerned but on the contrary the Emperor perceiuing him-selfe to be assured by the confirmation of the league with the Venetians against the Turkes not alone to sustaine their attempts beganne to make greater demands to the King accorping to the treaty of Madrill the King on the other side promising to him-selfe to recouer the States which hee detained from him made great warlike preparations to assaile him in sundry places not tarrying for the expiration of the truce Now whilest Christian Princes stood vpon termes of making warre one vpon another the Turke had in the winter time prepared all that which was necessary for his comming forth into the field who like-wise remembring that which did belong to his owne religion for those Barbarous people haue some impression of diuinity in their harts did before his departure celebrate with great solemnity the feasts of Baieran those daies are celebrated and reuerenced by that nation euen as Easter is by the Christians hee caused prayers to bee made in all his Mesquites for the happy successe of him-selfe and his army Then in the moneth of March his armies by sea and land departed from Constantinople where Soliman was in person and Barbarossa neere to him who held the rancke and grade which Lufti had done not long before who was depriued of his place of Bascha and confined into Macedon But the whole army being not yet well accommodated Barbarossa in the meane time with sixe score sayle went to wards the Archipelago as to an assured booty to assaile the Islands the which beeing defended the yeare before had as then no Garrisons that were suffitient to make defence whereby it came to passe that Schiros Schiaroc Schiati with certaine others of lesse fame being first sackt and spoyled fell into the power of the Turkes There happened a memorable accident at the Taking of Schiati for the Islanders and those few soldiers that were within it hauing constantly sustained the first assaults of the Turkes building vpon the assurance of the situation of the Castle seated vpon an high place some of the cheefe amongest them were desirous either thorow feare or a premeditated malice to yeeld them-selues vnto the Turkes but fearing peraduenture to be punished for their basenesse and treachery if the matter should not fall out according to their desire did runne to the Pallace where Ieronimo Memio gouernor of the place lay hurt in his bed who by his valor giuing example to his soldiers had beaten the enemies from the wals whome they slew by whose death all matters remayning
was great Grandfather to this man So as perhaps some other of the Roiall bloud might conduct the Normans into TransAlpine Gaule which at this day is a part of Italie before his time From thence it comes that diuers doe affirme that this yong Robert marched first against the Saracens Neuerthelesse howsoeuer it is herein all doe agree that at the same time almost the Normans did driue the Barbarians out of Italie and Sicilie with manie thowsands of men slain on either side and the Greekes likewise out of Calabria and Apulia But after that the Norman forces after manie and sundrie exploits became suspitious to the Popes for that they were increased in Sicilie and in a great part of Italie more than was thought needfull for the safetie of the Lands of the Church and others the common rumor was that the Normans after they had possessed Lucania would seize on Campania It is reported that Pope Leo resolued at the same time if he could not stay them by entreaties and threats to vse force And hauing leuied a mightie Armie for the same purpose he fought with them with bad successe neere to Beneuentum where after he had receiued a notable losse he fledde forth of the battaile into the neerest Citie Neuerthelesse hee was not discouraged at this losse but being a man stout and couragious he found new meanes and forces to driue them forth of Italie but all his attempts proued vaine He being dead Pope Nicholas his successour not daring to contend with them thought it much auaileable for the safetie of the Churches Lands if paying them a yerely tribute he might oblige Robert to aide the holie Sea when need should be making him by that means to acknowledge that he did depend on an other man This is in a maner all that which some Authors haue set downe of the stirres of this Nation Others haue affirmed that the same Robert as we haue said came from Transalpine Gaule not making any mention of France and they say that Tancreâ—… Lord of that Prouince had twelue children among whom they highly esteeme two that is to say William surnamed Ferrabach and Robert Guiscard They doe moreouer denie that which we haue spoken of the Normans to bee done vnder the conduct of Robert but vnder his brother William And besides they do not set downe the matter like those whom we follow but quite contrarie That Campania and Lucania were neuer possessed by them and that the Saracens were neuer driuen thence but how that Willam iointly with the Princes of Campania and Salerne marched against the Barbarians who had alreadie possessed Sicilie and tooke into their fellow-ship Molloc Gouernour of Apulia and Calabria for the Greeke Emperour by whose meanes being ioined altogether the Barbarians were easily driuen forth of Sicilie And that Molloc after the Island was taken againe did seize on it placing strong Garrisons in the Emperours name vnto whom he said the Island did belong and not to his fellowes whereat the Norman beeing incensed did sodainely leaue the Island came the neerest way into the firme Land laid seege to Melphi in Apulia For the releeuing whereof Molloc leauing the Island the victorie remained to the Norman Molloc being defeated with the losse of all his Armie fled into Greece so that in the end the Normans beeing conducted by William made themselues masters of the greatest part of Apulia But after they had a long time debated the possession of this Prouince with diuers euents it came to passe that the Emperour Michael with three of his children were driuen from Constantinople by Nicephorus The Emperour delt with Robert Guiscard who at the same time beseeged Tarentum for it is certain that vnder his conduct the Normans did in those daies flourish in Italie to come to his aide into Greece assuring him that Nicephorus being vanquished the which by his meanes he presumed easily to do he should afterward haue the command of Greece Whereunto Robert being likewise perswaded by Pope Gregorie did agree and raising his seege on a sodaine came to Ottranto where assembling and imbarking such forces as he needed he did put to Sea and with a faire winde he landed first at Auellona and from thence comming to Durazzo hee beseeged it by Sea and Land Nicephorus sent Alexis with an Armie by Land against Robert and the Emperour Michael to enforce him to raise the seege of Durazzo This man obtained of Prince Siluio in the name of Nicephorus that the Venetians should send a mightie Armie against the Normans Some saie that Nicephorus obtained it by his Ambassadours before Alexis comming by meanes whereof the Venetian Prince came with a mightie Armie against the Normans and being come before Durazzo in the view of the enemie he put his people in battaile and without any long stay came furiously against them The enemies in like manner being puft vp with their former victories did couragiously and without feare receiue the Venetian Gallies The Enemies fought with such furie as they seemed not alone to fight for the imperiall dignitie of one of their confederates but likewise for their Countrie The victorie was for a long time doubtfull At the last the Norman Armie being broken part of their ships taken or sunck and the rest fled the victorious Venetian opened to those of Durazzo the passage to Sea which was before shut from them The end of the fourth Booke of the first Decade THE FIFTH BOOKE OF THE FIRST DECAD OF THE HISTORIE Of Venice ¶ The Contents of the fifth Booke of the first Decad. THe Venetians are defeated by the Normans vnder Prince SILVIO in a set battaile neere to Durazzo The Emperour HENRIE comes to Venice The miraculous appearing of Saint MARKES bodie after it had beene a long time hid from his Citizens Vpon what occasion all Christendome tooke the Crosse vpon them and armed themselues against the Turks and Saracens Pope VRBAN his Oration in the Councell of Clermont exhorting all Christian Princes to recouer the holie Land The voiage of the VLTRA-MONTANI into Asia How vnlikely the Christians fought at the beginning in Bythinia The Christians beseege Nicea with their notable victorie obtained against a great number of Turkes The taking of Iconium Heraclea with diuers other Cities from the Infidels by the Christians Antioch is taken by them after a long and painefull siege and sundrie incounters The Venetians take Smirna The dissensions and secret hatred betwixt BEAMOND and RAYMOND Earle of Saint Giles And whatsoeuer was done in Phoenicia is generally comprehended in this Booke THe raising of the siege of Durazzo on that side where the battaile was fought brought no great commoditie to the Venetians For Nicephorus being wholy vndone by the sodaine rebellion of his people the Norman after hee had repaired his fleete returning to besiege Durazzo by Sea and Land Michael and Alexis iointly possessing the Empire by meanes of Nicephorus ouerthrow
determined in the Venetians absence to succour the Citie so that it is reported there was a cruell fight neere to the walles and that the Greekes beeing vanquished and one of the companions of the Empire beeing slaine Alexis saued himselfe by flight by meanes whereof the Durassians beeing constrained to yeeld became subiect to the enemies power And not long afterwards the Venetians in the behalf of Alexis came against the Normans almost in the verie same place where the first battaile was fought but the euent did much differ from the former For the Venetians being vanquished receiued so notable a losse as of all that great fleete which Siluio had brought with him a small number was saued part being drowned and the residue taken This purchased the Prince great hatred and enuie For at his return to Venice the people deposed him in the thirteenth yeare of his gouernment Diuers do confesse that the Venetians and the Greekes were vanquished before the Port of Durazzo but that the losse was not so great as wee haue said it was but only that the battaile was very bloudy on either-â—…ide and that so soone as the Norman began to haue the better Alexis fled on the left hand towardes Peloponesus and Siluio on the right hand towardes Venice They doe besides denie that hee was deposed from his gouernment but that the two and twentieth or as others say the three and twentieth yeare of his Principalitie hee fortunately deceased and was honourablie buried in Saint Marks Church ¶ VITALIS PHALERIO the 32. Duke of Venice SIluio being dead Vitalis Phalerio was with the generall consent chosen in his sted His first proposition was no lesse honorable than profitable for the Common-wealth For so soone as hee was declared Prince he propounded to the People to send Ambassadours to Constantinople to the Emperour Alexis to obtaine of him that Dalmatia and Croatia which they had taken from the vsurpers and purchased by right of warre might for euer remaine to the Venetians It was likely that the Emperour would easily grant their request in regard of the kindnesse which he had lately receiued from them The Ambassadours were Dominico Dandulo Andrea Michaeli and Iacomo Auro But in sted of these I finde in some Authors Ciani Vitalis and Antonio Alexis did freely graunt their requests whereby the Venetians haue euer since by iust title possessed Dalmatia and Croatia And Phalerio was the first according to some Annalists who in his titles did beare these Prouinces I finde likewise that about the same time the Greekes and the Venetians fought vnder Phalerio before Durazzo with Guiscard but the issue thereof was as successelesse as vnder Siluio The Emperour Henrie came from Treuiso to Venice to visit Saint Markes Church whose miraculous apparition was a little before diuulged euerie where It is reported that for a time it was not known in what part of the Church his bones did rest so as the coÌ„mon people cryed out that he had retired himselfe into some secret place as though he meant to conceale himselfe from the peoples sight whereupon the whole Citie being desirous to know his resting place prayers and fasts were appointed euery where then diuers Bishops being followed by the Clergie and people came in procession to his Church where it is reported that after diuers prayers he did miraculously shew himselfe to his Citizens by putting out of his armes forth of the earth and that then to the peoples great contentment his body was taken vp and carried to a more honorable place and it was decreed that none but the Prince and the Procurators of the Church should know his resting place and it is thought that at the same time they dedicated a new Church vnto him more rich and sumptuous than the former Phalerio did afterward repaire the Burrough of Lauretta decayed by antiquitie and reducing it into the forme of a little Citie he did enrich it with diuers liberties and priuiledges to make it thereby the more to be inhabited After he had made this reparation we finde no other matter done by him abroad nor at home hee departed this life the twelfth or according to some the thirteenth yeare of his Principalitie ¶ VITALIS MICHAELI the 33. Duke of Venice VItalis Michaeli was chosen in his place In his time and vnder his gouernment a mighty Armie was sent into Siria for to recouer the Cities and places of the Holie land But because wee know that the Venetians haue had share in diuers great exploits executed by the Christians in Asia I haue thought it not impertinent to touch briefly in order what was done there to the end that by that which shall be set downe it may be easily knowne what the Venetians did in that iourney The Author then of this warre as some write was a French Hermit named Peter who going on pilgrimage to the Sepulcher of our Lord Iesus Christ did vnderstand of Simeon Bishop of Ierusalem and of other Christians who were there in small number in what distres and miserable seruitude this holie Land where the Sauiour of the world did redeeme vs was held by the cruell Mahometists That there was no place in the same how holie or religious soeuer it were which that abhominable Nation had not till then defiled and contaminated by thefts murthers adulteries adding therewithall the scourges torments and wrongs which those who professed Christianitie did endure who were of necessitie either to goe from thence or resolue to dye there miserably To this was ioyned a great miracle How that vpon Easter euen about mid-night it seemed vnto Peter in his sleep that Iesus Christ did call vnto him inioyning him so soone as he should arriue in Italie he should tell the Pope and afterwards all the other Princes of France and Germanie that it would be pleasing vnto him and that he did commaund them tred Italie with great furie A verie great multitude of them leauing Scithia at that time would staie in no place til they had first seene how their friends and kindsfolke in Hungarie fared These men by continuall frequentation with the Italians being accustomed to the iournies of Italie had for the most part changed their naturall crueltie and manner of life by meanes whereof waxing more ciuill they were driuen from the places which they had gotten by right of warre by those that came after them The crueltie of this Nation is reported to be such as after that they had been in Hungarie they abstained not from eating humane flesh after their countrie manner who forthwith tooke vpon them the names of those whom they had driuen thence and were called Hungarians Those which were expulsed were likewise in times past called Huns aswell as the latter And being come into Hungarie in the daies of Attila they were afterward named Bauarians then Huns and certaine letters being taken awaie from both names it was made but one These then after diuers warlike
make an attonement with him and to that end sent his Ambassadours to him laying all that was past vpon the malice of certaine people desirous of spoile It is reported that Alexis did afterward more esteeme of Beamond than of all the rest of the Princes and Captaines of the Armie whereunto the meekenesse and courtesie of the Norman did incite him so as after his comming to Constantinople he did so farre insinuate himselfe into the Emperous fauour as he freely promised him to furnish the Armie with new succours horses garments weapons and all other necessaries But yet neuerthelesse because he would seeme to haue care of his owne affaires he said that his meaning was to performe his promise prouided that the Captaines would promise and sweare not to attempt any thing against himselfe his State and subiects and that all the Cities which they should take in Asia Hierusalem excepted should be reduced vnder the gouernment of the Grecian Empire This thus conluded the whole troopes were forthwith transported into Asia Beamond only with certaine others remained with Alexis to further the dispatch of victualls and other necessaries The Captaines in the meane time being come to Nicomedia so soone as they had vnited their forces resolued first of all to assaile Nicea Wherefore dislodging thence they came through forrests and by-wayes before the Citie and the siege was planted before Beamonds arriuall at the Campe by reason of his long staie about the sending away of victualls and other necessaries At his arriuall Nicea the cheife Citie of Bithynia called at first Antigona by Antigonus her founder and since then Nicea by Lysimachus in fauour of his wife was assailed in three seuerall places This Citie was reasonably strong by situation and much more by arte being compassed about with verie high and thicke walles the towers builded foure-square the fourth part whereof towards the South is watred with the lake Ascania They forthwith erected enginnes of batterie and woodden Castles of the iust height of the Citie walles Then they brought thither the ramme and other warlicke engines They did likewise vse the mine The Citie besides a great number of inhabitants had likewise store of armed souldiers in garison and euery day new supplies came to them by the lake in their steades that had beene slaine or hurt So as they were sure that whilest the passage of the lake should remaine open Nicea could neuer bee taken Wherefore it was concluded for the hindering of the enemies passage to send to the Emperour Alexis and to entreate him that with a certaine number of shippes hee would shut vp the lake from the enemies Alexis fulfilled their request but not sodainely For whilest he made readie his shippes threescore thousand Turkes with certaine troopes of Sarracens came and incamped on the hilles next to the Citie whereof they sodainely aduertised the besieged by the lake which was not yet shut from them to the end that on a day prefixed they should make a sallie on the Christians on the same side as they should on a sodaine assaile their Campe. The alarum began in the Bishop of Puy his quarter who was encamped on the East-side where the French did not onely with great valour receiue the enemies forces but running all the rest they seized on the towne of Soccor by meanes of certaine Christians that were within it where they remained till such a time as the souldiers had made prouision of victualls for fiue dayes But being departed from thence so soone as they had surprised the Citie of Sura and the Forte of the Imposts with certaine other small townes in the Territorie of Sura they laboured by a very streight path to ascend the top of Mount Taurus This way which was but a dayes iournie was no lesse dangerous than painfull It was verie narrow by reason of the flint-stones and sharpe rockes which hem'd it in on the one side and with a very deepe vally on the other which was of so fearefull a depth as it did amaze the beholders the troopes were a whole day passing this way not without the great care and heede of the Captaines and the greatest part thereof they went on foote There was none so hardie in the whole Armie as durst ascend those steepe places on horsebacke but they threw their cloakes and baggage on their horsebacks for to make themselues more apt and disposed to ouercome the danger of the way It is reported that the same day diuers sumpter-horses which were loden fell head-long downe into the valley some of them by chance and some likewise were throwne downe of purpose by those who saw no possibilitie to bring them vp to the top of the hill Hauing passed these mountainous streights they came to the Citie of Murasis which forthwith yeelded vnto them From thence they discouered such huge and spatious plaines as their sight was dazeled with beholding them In the middest of that plaine they espied Antioch whither all the Captaines ment to march and to besiege it Being come downe into the valley they descried the enemies a farre off vpon a Riuers side which runnes ouerthwart the plaine These men were sent by the King of Antioch to conuey the victualls which was to come to the Citie from the mountaines Against these were certaine light horse sent who at the first charge brake and defeated them part of whome being slaine the rest fled to the Citie There were taken the same day a great number of sumpter-horses and great quantitie of victuals which as most necessarie were brought to the Armie to the great content of the victorious They came afterwards to the riuer neare to Antioch the which by the inhabitants is as they say named Farfar But we know for a certaine that the Riuer Orontes watereth the Citie of Antioch Whereby wee may not only doubt of the riuers name but likewise which Antioch these modernes did meane were it not that the fame of the Citie is so great as it will easily bring vs forth of the Historians darknesse For there is an Antioch in Pamphilia neighbour to Seleucia and an other more excellent than that in Phenicia builded by Seleucus Nicanor sonne to Antiochus surnamed Ephiphanes through the which runs the riuer Orontes Towards this then marched Beamond Hugo and the rest and vnderstood by certaine prisoners that Cassianus was King of this Citie and Tributarie to the King of Babilon who vpon this occasion had sent diuers thousands of men to guard the Citie who were esteemed so strong and valiant as none in a manner durst fight with them much lesse attend them The commaunders were not amazed at these speeches Chiefly Beamond who conducted fiue legions did the next morrow by breake of day march directly towards the Citie where he did fiercely assaile the enemies who were vnder the walles in order of battaile But the neerenesse of the walles and their other munitions which constrained
they made a great shout in signe of ioy some honouring the name of Christ our soueraigne king with great reuerence others vpon their knees weeping for ioy did salute the holie Citie and the holie Sepulcher But because this place requireth that we should say some-what of the antiquitie and magnificence thereof to the end that this booke grow not too big we will begin the sixt which followeth by the description of the Citie The end of the fift Booke of the first Decade THE SIXTH BOOKE OF THE FIRST DECAD OF THE HISTORIE Of Venice ¶ The Contents of the sixth Booke of the first Decad. THe sixth Booke containeth the description of the Citie of Ierusalem with the taking thereof GODFREY of BOVILLON made King of Ierusalem The Christians most happie victorie against the Turkes The taking of Ascalon with other Cities of Syria The Venetian Fleet returneth into Italie The priuiledges graunted to the Venetians in the Citie of Ferrara The Venetian Sea-armie called backe into Syria The taking of the Cities of Ptolomais and Sydon with the priuiledges which the Venetians for their part obtained therein The lucky issue of the warre against the Paduans and their confederats Two strange and wonderfull accidents hapned by fire in the Citie of Venice one after another Those of Zara and other people of Dalmatia doe rebell Prince ORDELAPHO his successe at the reprisall of the Cities in Dalmatia with his death fighting against the Barbarians The Venetian Armie at the pursute of Pope CALIXTVS returneth into Syria The Citie of Tyre besieged by Sea and Land The Tyrians yeeld The Venetian Armie returneth from Syria into Italiâ—… The building of the Hospitall of the publicke Cbaritie THe Citie of Ierusalem which we may properly terme holy is as wee haue learned seated on a high place enuironed almost on euery side with very high mountaines hauing neither fountaines nor Riuers neare to it but only Siloe which Iosephus calleth a fountaine and others a riuer This which we cannot call a riuer for the small quantitie of water which is in it running from mount Sion passeth through the vale of Iosaphat The Territorie neare to the Citie is very drie and barren and is full of Cisternes to receiue raine water The Solymi which were sometime called Lycians according to Herodotus were the founders of this Citie as the verie name it selfe doth witnesse and Cornelius Tacitus doth affirme it in that place where he speakes of the antiquitie of the Iewes Homer neuerthelesse singing the praises of the Lycians doth seeme to make a difference betwixt them and the Solymi His verse is thus This man againe warr'd on the Solymi Meaning Bellerophon who was descended from Lycia Concerning the Religion and ancient manner of life which this Nation vsed it shal not be amisse to set down what Strabo a man verie much addicted to Paganisme hath written therof For there is no man almost but hath either read or heard what the Authours of the holie Scripture haue set downe concerning the antiquitie of this place It is good then and I say lawfull to know how neere some who were stuffed with Paganish superstitions haue approched to the knowledge of the truth The common report saith he of matters beleeued concerning the temple of the Ierosolimitans doth affirme That those who are now called Iewes are descended from the Aegyptians For Moses a Priest of Aegypt being possessed with a certain Idea of Religion detesting the vaine institutions of his owne Countrie came from thence into Palestine followed by great numbers of people highly deuoted to Diuine matters He taught them how greatly the Aegyptians did erre to attribute the name of God to brute beasts and the Grecians likewise to represent their Gods vnder humane pictures and figures And that the same thing was God which had created vs and the whole world beside which we call Nature the figure of whom no man how wise soeuer durst vndertake to present That it behoued them then to reiect all those Images and Idolls and to build a Temple to the only God wherein to worship him without any superstition And that those who should liue chastly in all integritie and righteousnesse might hope for happinesse otherwise not Strabo did not know all But it is altogether necessarie to vnderstand how an Ethnick brought vp in superstition doth approue that which is directly contrarie to his law For he doth sufficiently approue that which he doth not reproue and chiefly that which hee knoweth to bee openly repugnant to the dreames of his Religion But as I said he knew not all For concerning the portraits of the Diuinitie hee seemeth as much to reiect our custome as theirs And to speake truth as much as they did it foolishly we do it wisely with an other kinde of consideration Now Moses after he had thus perswaded a great multitude of people brought them in to the same place where the Citie of Ierusalem now stands the which hee possessed with so much the more ease as for the barrennesse thereof it was desired of none being no such place as was worth the contending for by Armes For the place whereon the Citie is seated is verie stonie and ill-prouided of water Strabo would heereby inferre â—…hat Moses and those which followed him out of Aegypt were the founders of this Citie and not the Solymi He sets downe besides That there was a Quarrie of stone found in the Citie two hundred and fiftie foote in length and threescore in breadth wherewith that most magnificent Temple was builded in the Citie from the foundation euen to the toppe thereof whereof diuers haue so largely written and principally Iosephus in his Historie of the Iewes But so soone as straying forth of the right way they gaue themselues ouer first to tyrannie then to couetousnesse and vnto all other vices it came to passe that by a iust iudgement of God the Citie hath not beene only once but many and sundrie times and in diuers manner taken and afflicted For omitting that which went before the time of Alexander the great it is written That the first Ptolomie king of Aegypt did wholly destroy it Then in succession of time vnder the happie gouernment of Titus sonne to Vespasian it receiued so much the greater losse by how much before then it had offended Soone after that in the daies of the Emperour Adrian and then after him these losses following one an other it had no leasure almost to breath in the middest of so manie miseries which haue continued euen to the time of this iournie In this manner the Holie Land otherwise happie hath been a long time tormented vnder the cursed Empire of Mahomet who cruelly possessed it at such time as the Christian troopes did arriue Now after the Princes had viewed the situation of the Citie they resolued to assaile it in three seuerall places The Earles of Flanders and Chartres encamped on the North-side neere to Saint Stephens gate for neere
thereunto is a Chappell of his name because it is thought that he being throwne out of the Citie was stoned in the same place Godfrey and Tancred on the West-side and Raymond neere to mount Sion toward the South So soone as the campe arriued certaine skirmishes were made on both sides as occasion serued And the Armie in the meane time wanted no victualls as it did before Antioch by reason of the Sea which was not far of as also for that they possessed diuers strong townes in Palestine They attempted at times during the seege to take the Citie by Scalado but it was in vaine At the last bringing woodden Castles and other warlike engins before the walls the batterie was somewhat more furious than before and a breach being made they marched to the assault which lasted from the day-breake till noone with a great slaughter of our men the which did howerly encrease without anie likelihood of waxing better had not Baldwin followed by a troope of Soldiers mounted the wall on boards which the enemies had there placed to catch our engins which were brought before the walls For a while it was doubtfull what would become of them But the Citie-gate in the meane time being broken open and the wall neere thereunto beaten downe by the Ramme the victors entring on euerie side the enemie retired where at their first entrance they made in all places a meruailous slaughter without exception of sex or age Dauids tower fortified in manner of a Cittadell was forthwith yeelded vp All the furie of the fight was neere to the Temple whither great multitudes of people were retired They fought there with great losse on either side Despaire encouraged the one and shame the other because the Citie beeing taken the Temple was possessed and kept from them by a few Yet neuerthelesse they entred it by force and ranne so couragiously vpon the enemie as beeing thrust forward in front by those which followed them they which first entred were constrained to fight hand to hand with the whole squadron of the Armed enemie and were besides thrust forward by those which were behinde them vpon the points of their swords The enemies in the meane time did valliantly defend themselues whom the imminent danger did constrain to fight with hazard of all things Therefore the fight was verie bloudie not onely at the entrie of the Temple but in the middest thereof And so great was the slaughter aswell of the victors as the vanquished as the bloud which was spilt on the pauement of the Temple was a foot deep In the end the vppermost part of the Temple being not yet taken the retreate was sounded a little before night The next morrow after commandement was giuen not to hurt those that were disarmed they which defended the higher part of the Temple did sodainly yeeld In this manner was the Citie of Ierusalem taken in the yeare of our Saluation 1099. and foure hundred fourescore and ten yeares after it was taken by the Infidels and the thirtie ninth day after the Christians had besieged it Godfrey of Bouillon was by the consent of all men saluted king who after he had receiued all the Roiall ornaments except the Crowne would by no meanes be crowned saying That it did not become a Christian to weare a Crowne of gold in the same place where Christ the soueraigne king had worne a Crowne of thornes Whilst these things were done in Ierusalem fearefull newes was brought that great multitudes of enemies did approach To meete whom Godfrey after he had left a good Garrison in the Citie marched almost as farre as Asdona There they fought a bloudie battaile which for diuers howers space inclined to neither part In the end the enemies were broken and put to flight with great losse Some saie that there died the same daie an hundred thousand men The prisoners that were taken did report That the number of their Armie was fiue hundred thousand fighting men During this happie successe in Syria the Venetians departing from Smyrna after they had coasted the Seas of Lycia Pamphilia and Cilicia they arriued in Syria and kept the Hauen of Ioppa taken before by the Christians But I dare not affirme that the Venetians beeing departed from Smyrna did arriue in Syria before that the holie Citie was taken Neuerthelesse it is certaine that the French beeing encamped before Ierusalem were releiued with victualls comming from the Sea The which I can not see how it should be done by any other but by them at that time seeing that all the coast of Syria was as yet in the enemies power After the Venetians had left a sufficient garrison for the defence of their vessells they departed from Ioppa and marched in order of battaile towards Ierusalem from whence returning they tooke by force the Citie of Ascalon vpon the Sea which the French had a little before attempted in vaine and leauing French-men there in garrison they laid siege to Caypha which is likewise called Porphiria neere to Ptolomais the which siege lasted longer than it was suspected From whence because they would not liue idely they went to besiege Tiberias the which being yeelded by the inhabitants those of Caypha did soone after the like Some Authours attribute these exploits to Godfrey and not to the Venetians But I thinke them to haue beene done by a mutuall consent namely by Godfrey with his Armie by Land after the taking of Ierusalem and by the Venetians by Sea keeping way with him still all-along the coast And from thence it commeth that the Venetian Chroniclers attribute the whole to the Venetians and the French to Godfrey It is certaine that so soone as the Venetians arriued in Syria they ioyned with the French and that the affaires of the Christians were for the space of a whole yeare gouerned in the Prouince vnder the happie fortune of either of them These things being done the Venetian Armie returned to Venice And Godfrey of Bouillon soone after died It is reported that about the same time the bodies of Saint Nicholas and Saint Theodore were brought to Venice the one being laid in Saint Sauiours Church and the other in that which of a long time had beene dedicated vnto him on the banks of the Sea The Normans vnder the conduct of Roger brother to Beamond made incursions on Grecia and Dalmatia The Venetians after they had made a league with Caloman sonne to Geica King of Hungarie marched against the Normans But I know not vpon what ground the Normans at the same time made warre on the Venetians and Alexis The Venetian fleet being strengthned by the succours of the Barbarian passed into Apulia For Caloman had not only made a league with the Venetians but ioyned his forces to theirs I know not vpon what occasion this was done vnlesse it were that the Hungarians did at the same time hold some places in Dalmatia and that it grieued them
enemie Ordelapho knowing that in such dangerous businesses speed was to be vsed passed into Dalmatia with a greater Armie than before and ouertaking the enemie before the walles of Zara drew him forthwith to battaile At the beginning they fought furiously on either side fortune enclining to neither part vntill that Ordelapho encouraging his Soldiours and thrusting himselfe into the formost rankes fighting hand to hand with the enemie was stricken with a dart of which wound he sodainely dyed The Venetians being amazed at their Princes death did for a time sustaine the enemies forces but beeing disordered they fell to flight diuers were slaine in the fight and many taken prisoners The report of this losse brought great heauinesse to the Citie The common people thought that their Prince being dead and their Armie defeated there was no more hope for them to be able to keepe the Prouince Therefore they resolued to send Ambassadours to the king of Hungarie to obtaine a peace if it might be or else truce for a certaine time Vitalis Phaledrio Vrso Iustiniano and Marini Morosino the Secretarie were sent thither who obtained truce of the king for fiue yeares Ordelapho's bodie beeing brought to Venice was honorably buried in Saint Markes Church who fighting valiantly for his Countrie was slaine in the nineteenth yeare of his Principalitie Dominico Michaeli was chosen in his sted ¶ DOMINICO MICHAELI the 35. Duke of Venice BAldwin the second of that name sent to this Prince for aide For the affaires of the Christians in Syria were brought to such a passe that they spake no more of making themselues greater but only how to keepe that which they had gotten For albeit in the two first yeares of his raigne he had obtained certaine victories of the enemie yet there was some likelihood that they daily waxing stronger as indeede they did they should hardly be able to keepe those places which they held in Syria without fresh supplies He requested the Venetians by his Ambassadours to passe with a mightie fleete into Asia and the more easily to obtaine it his Ambassadours in his name promised a verie great recompence But Baldwin expecting supplies from Italie being taken prisoner by Dalochus king of the Parthians with whom hee had fought was carried away captiue to Cayro Then those that remained in Ierusalem did speedily certifie Pope Calixus of the state of the affaires of Syria assuring him that if they were not forth with succoured with supplies from Italie and Europe that their dominion in Asia would not only be soone brought to nothing but the name of Christians would be extinct and all reduced vnder the power of the Turkes The Pope being moued by this great danger began forthwith to examine which were the chiefest forces of Italie and found that there were none but the Venetians which were able in those miserable times to preserue the affaires and state of the Christians in Syria Therefore he sent his Nuncio to entreate Prince Dominico speedily to passe into Asia with a mightie fleete to aid the Christians The people then being called before the Assemblie after due Praiers made vnto God the Patriarch of the Citie by the Princes commaundement spake to them after this manner The Oration of the Patriarch of Grada to the people of Venice I Thinke ô people of Venice that you are not ignorant what our owne forces in part and partly those of the rest of Europe haue done these precedent yeares for the recouerie of Palestine which ye call the holie Land For this is the six and twentith yeare if I mistake not since that great voiage which so manie Christian Princes taking the badge of the crosse vpon them vndertooke for the same purpose into Asia where by the Diuine bountie and their valour all that which stretcheth from Bythinia euen to Syria was in a short space taken by force out of the hands of the cruell enemie And our people likewise after they had taken Smyrna in Ionia and executed manie martiall exploits all along the Sea-coasts of Syria did not only purchase great commendation but had their share in the Cities that were taken The which if we well obserue ye shall finde that they laid a sure foundation at that instant whereon to enlarge in time to come your Dominion in Syria But it hath hapned in a short time that by the decease of Godfrey Baldwin and Beamond with other excellent Captaines who died according to the necessitie of nature our affaires in Syria haue been so altred as in sted of their woonted prosperous successe they are on a sodaine fallen to the ground and doe daily wex weake so as being more and more exposed to the violent assaults of the enemies wee haue left vs small hope of abilitie to defend that Prouince The which Baldwin the second fearing did not long since send his Ambassadours vnto vs to entreate vs with great promises to prepare forthwith a mightie Armie and therewith to passe speedily into Asia The intreaties of so great a person did mooue vs. But beeing at the point to open the matter vnto you and deuising meanes how to prouide such an Armie we haue with great terrour receiued newes how Baldwin is taken by Dalochus king of the Parthians and carried prisoner to Cayro Whereupon Varimond Bishop of Ierusalem ô yee Christian people being amazed with all those which lie in garrison in the Citie haue speedily sent for aide and succour to Pope Calixtus saying that vnlesse they be speedily releiued themselues with whatsoeuer they possesse in that Prouince are in danger to be lost The Pope being troubled with these newes hath thought the Venetians alone to be worthie of such an enterprise He hath written to your Prince and to you yee people of Venice whom hee intreateth exhorteth and adiureth not to abandon Christian Religion in so great a daunger Wherewith your Princes pleasure is you should be acquainted to the end ye might will and command a great Armie to be prouided for that purpose whereunto pittie alone and the affection which we beare to the Apostolike Seâ—… and to all Christians in generall should not onely prouoke vs which hauing receiued from our Ancestors as here ditarie we ought to preserue and increase with all our power but likewise the desire which wee haue to enlarge the bounds of our Dominions Who is it but seeth that it will cheefely be an holy and iust warre the which wee ought principally to consider in all things and secondarily highly worthie of the charitie and Religion for which ye are are euerywhere famous to defend by Armes and to preserue from the enemies wrong this land where Christ our king was borne did hide himselfe wept was betraied taken and crucified and his most holie bodie laid in the graue and who according as holie Writ doth witnesse to vs shall come the soueraigne Iudge one daie to enquire of the deedes of all mankind What Churches what monasteries what Altars doe yee
Whereupon they bethought themselues of a subtile stratagem to tie counterfeit letters to the Doues feeâ—…e instead of those which Dachines had sent to the Tyrians which imported Not to expect any succour from the King And therefore they should doe wisely seeing their affaires stood so as they must needs yeeld to giue place to the time which they were chiefely to thinke on and by a timely yeelding to prouide for themselues and their meanes These Letters being publiquely read for the Pigeon being let loose flew directly into the Citie the Tyrians being wholly discouraged did yeeld themselues the fifth moneth of the siege I know of a certaine that many will hold this which wee haue reported of the Pigeon for a fable thinking it to be against nature and so consequently vnworthie of beliefe that a bird transported into a farre Region should at a flight returne to her former nest But it is vndoubtedly true that it was so The which hath beene of ten times knowne by experience For diuers doe witnesse that the ancient Romans made vse sometimes of birds for the same purpose Plinie makes mention of a Pigeon which brought letters to the Campe before Modena I finde that Fabius the Roman Historian and Cecynna Volateran haue sometimes vsed swallowes in such like businesse But let it be granted that it may be so it is no lesse strange that these birds flying in the ayre should fall to the ground by a suddaine noyse For some doe affirme the same to haue hapned in the assembly of the Ismenians as oftentimes in other places at such time as by the meanes of Titus Flaminius all Grecia did recouer her ancient libertie Plutarch a man of singular learning hath taught the same to come to passe by the clearing of the aire because that by a suddaine crie ascending vpwards the aire is forcibly cleft leauing no support for the birds for waxing more soft and slipperie the birds fall as though they were come into an emptie place without any stay at all whereby they fall downe being stricken with the noyse as if it were with an arrow It may bee likewise according to the same Authour that this noyse engendreth in the aire a violent by-turning like to the tempest of the Sea wherewith birds being touched fall downe amazed Now the Tyrians hauing yeelded there were set vp on the Towers and highest places of the Citie the ensignes of Varimond and of the Venetians vnto whom were giuen the third part of the Citie according to the agreement the prowesse and valour of whom according to the saying of Chronicles was greatly admired in that siege The like was giuen to them in the Citie of Ascalon Baldwin returning from his imprisonment at the same time did not only approue all these things but did likewise at the ratifying thereof highly honour the Venetian Prince It is to be seene in some Authours that he vsed this preface Dominico Michaeli Duke of Venice and Dalmatia Prince of the Kingdome of Ierusalem who after he had defeated a great Armie of the enemies on the inaccessible shoare of Ascalon slaine and taken many thousands of those Barbarians and deliuered those of Ioppa from the siege where with they were shut in did enter victorious into Ierusalem Some others adding greater matters than these say That besides these things graunted at the same time to the Venetians in Syria it was confirmed vnto them ouer and aboue all the rest that whilest the Duke of Venice should make his aboad in Ierusalem hee should enioy the same honours and prerogatiues as the King did Whereas there is mention made that the enemies were defeated before Ascalon and not before Ioppa the same proceedeth from the varietie of Historians During the Venetians prosperous successe in Syria Caloianes sonne to Alexis some set downe Emanuel for Caloianes enuying that the Christians had obtained so notable a victorie and chiefely the Venetians vnto whom was ascribed all the glorie of whatsoeuer had beene then done in Syria resolued to make open warre against them In regard whereof there was some likelihood that the Venetians if they respected their owne priuate affaires would wholly leaue Syria as indeed it happened For the Prince being speedily called home vpon the first commotion of the Greekes did depart out of the Prouince who being come to Rhodes and the Townesmen refusing to furnish him with victualls he tooke and spoiled the Citie I beleeue hee had some other cause so to doe For that had beene to haue drawne a kindnesse from them perforce But it is most likely that it was done in hatred to Caloianes who had alreadie declared himselfe their open enemie which some Authours affirme or else certainely because the Venetians had in times past receiued some notable iniurie of the podians they would then at the instant call it in question hauing so fit an occasioâ—… Prince Michaeli from thence commâ—…g to the Isle of Chyos wasted it likewise and carried from thence the bodie of â—…int Isidore to Venice which was laid in Saint Marks Church in the Chappell â—…ich we haue elsewhere said was builded by Narses with the spoiles of the enemâ—…s The fleet made some staie there in regard of the great sharpnesse of the wiâ—…er From whence finding that place fit for the affaires of warre they would noâ—…slodge vntill they had taken all the neighbour-Islands from the Greekes Wâ—…eupon departing thence on a sodaine they first tooke Samos then Lesbos Aâ—…dros and all the other Islands of the Greeke Empire Hauing performed these â—…oloits neare to the Islands Ciclades they sayled into Peloponessus where he sâ—…ed on Methon at this day called Modona and left a garrison there Then commâ—…g into Dalmatia he recouered Zara as some write which had before driuen tâ—…nce the Venetian Magistrate and being thus recouered to the end that her destâ—…ction might serue for example to the neighbour Cities how in time to come to fâ—…ifie their faith so religiously sworne vnto they did for the most part ruine it Ten they recouered Spalatra and Trahu by force But other Authours haue pâ—…sed ouer in silence that which we haue now mentioned to haue beene done by hâ—… in Dalmatia All these great atchieuements luckily finished after that he had â—…amed one part by Armes and protected the other from al wrong from the Seacoast of Syria euen to Dalmatia he brought backe his Armie entire to Venice wâ—…ere hee was receiued with generall ioy And so soone as he had related what he hâ—…d done in that voyage the whole Citie did highly praise him The affaires of the Christians in Syria still declining by little and little did euery day wax worse vnâ—…ill the time of Baldwin the fifth From whom Saladine King of Egypt recoâ—…ered Ierusalem the fourescore and eighth yeare after the Christians had taken â—…t There were diuers and sundrie warlike preparations made aswell in Italie as iâ—… other parts of Europe for the conseruation of
Emperour with a great and inuincible courage made answere at the same time Non tibi sed Petro. Vnto whom hee replied in choller treading more hard vpon him Et mihi Petro. This was done vpon Ascension day Others say that it was vpon the day that the battaile was wonne and that in memorie thereof the Pope granted great pardons to all who repenting and being confessed should visit euery yeare on the same day Saint Marks Church Not long after the Emperour and the Pope departed from Venice But the Venetian Historians say that both of them tarried there certaine moneths Obba of Rauenna reportes that Frederick came by Land to Ancona and Pope Alexander with Prince Cyani arriued there at the same time the whole Citie running out to meet them And to giue them honorable entertainment the City sent out two Canopies the one for Alexander and the other for Frederick and that then the Pope commaunded a third to bee brought for the Venetian Prince and permitted him in the presence of all the people that he and his successours should for euer vse one as they at this day doe when they walke abroad in solemnitie with the other Ducall Ensignes VVhen they arriued at Rome the Pope was receiued with all gladnesse who obseruing amongest these triumphes siluer trumpets which made a verie excellent sound caused eight of them to be giuen to the Venetian Prince in memorie of his victorie which the soueraigne Magistrate of Venice should euer afterwards vse All the Venetian Chroniclers doe affirme this to be true Cyant taking leaue of the Pope returned with his holy blessing to Venice The Marriners appointed for that purpose went to receiue him in the Bucentauro The Bishop of the Castle with the most part of the Citie went forth to meete him and to doe him reuerence who landing at the Hauen hauing a burning taper of white wax borne before him as the first gift which he receiued of Pope Alexander being at Venice the Canopie the siluer trumpets and the banner being the ensignes which he and his successours had receiued on condition to haue them carried before them euer after he entered the Citie with great ioy This is it which we finde aswell in the Venetian Historians as in strangers touching this so famous victorie obtained by the Venetians against Otho sonne to the Emperour Frederick All which the Venetians who liued long time after would haue to be publikely represented For the whole order of this warre is painted in the hall of the Palace where euerie eight dayes they assemble for the creation of new Officers Cyani being oppressed with old age and ill disposed of his person after that hee had prosperously gouerned the Common-wealth for the space of eight yeares caused himselfe to be carried into Saint Georges Monasterie where in short space he died Hee gaue to the Common-wealth by his testament diuers lands neere to Saint Marks Chuch and some others in the Mercers street neere to Saint Iulians to the Pristes of the Church where he should be buried It is reported That it was hee which did enrich Saint Marks Church with that sumptuousnesse and magnificent cost whereof wee will make so much the shorter mention as we drawe neare to the end of this booke Now this Church is not as diuers other so much recommended for the greatnesse and vnmeasurable extent as it is for the richnesse thereof It is builded in forme like a Crosse whose corners are highly vaulted and couered with lead as all the rest is which is discerned of Sea-men higher than all the buildings of the Citie aboue six-score stadij from thence The whole masse is besides supported by most curious Arches ioyned together by a meruailous skill The inner part from the middle euen to the highest part thereof glistereth with gold and the concauitie of the vaults is enriched with diuers goodly and ancient pictures made after the Greeke manner which with the labour to behold them in respect of their heigth doe present to the spectatators by their sad and venerable aspect a kinde of feare entermingled with pietie and religion That which is from the guilding downe to the pauement is so well compassed and ioyned together with goodly tables of marble as by their pleasant raies in forme of vaines the eyes of the beholders are rather wearied than satisfied The seats below are of a strange red stone like to Porphirie The pauement all of marble engrauen with diuers figures wholly different and of sundrie colours Besides sundrie Columnes and diuers tables of marble Tapâ—…ic Parian Sparâ—…an and Numidian at least resembling them enuiron the high seates on both sides the Quire The comming into the Church on both sides is in a manner of the same trimming Whose guilded Arches are susteined without by more then three hundred admirable Columnes not so much for their greatnesse as for their diuersitie of colours the space betweene those pillers being couered with goodly tables of marble On the heigth of this entrance foure great brazen horses guilded are to bee seene as if they neighed for ioy which is indeede a most excellent peece of worke but not of our time All this beares vp the highest top of the Church diuided into sixe steeples euery of which built like a Piramides hath on the sharpest point thereof standing a white marble statue of a naked man Diuers other representations delightfull to behold and wrought with exceeding skill do greatly beautifie the spaces betwixt these steeples The whole worke aswell on the right hand as on the left is of the same substance and workemanship and all that which is vaulted vnderneath is couered with gold In a word there is no place in the whole Church either within or without but is either trimmed with gold or marble or with some other rich stone so that two Columnes of Alablaster which stand neere to the high Altar and the Calcidonie-stones which are to bee seene in the middest of the pauement of the breadth of a foote and halfe are among so great riches counted as nothing Such is the structure of Saint Marks Church the adorning whereof as I haue said is for the most part attributed to Prince Cyani And because it wholly in a manner glistereth with gold I will not sticke as I haue alreadie done to call it the golden Church as often as I shall haue cause to speake thereof The end of the seuenth Booke of the first Decad. THE EIGHTH BOOKE OF THE FIRST DECAD OF THE HISTORIE Of Venice ¶ The Contents of the eighth Booke of the first Decad. THe institution of the publike Almes by whom and at what time The fourth rebellion of those of Zara. A new iourney of the Christians against the Turkes with the defeate of SALADINE and the recouerie of the Citie of Acre by the Christians The coyning of the money called Aurelia in the Citie Pola surprised by the Pisans The recouerie of the same by the Venetians
soone after there arose a new rebellion in Candie Iustiniano who in the last voiage to Greece made an approach to Pera with the Venetian Gallies commanded the Island So soone as hee had leuied all his forces against thâ—…se new tumults hee vsed such diligence as in a moment he suppressed them and reduced the fearefull Candiots to their former obedience In the interim of these affaires in Grecia they treated in Italie with the Paduans about the turning back of the ordinarie course of the Brent into the Sea The Paduans were at the same time molested by Mastin of Escalla Wherefore the Venetians sought by all meanes to free them as their neighbours from this warre quite forgetting the iniuriâ—…s receiued from the Paduans in their aduersitie For during the interdiction of Pope Clement the Venetians neuer had worse enemies than the Paduans And because since then there had beene no reconciliation betwixt them the Paduans being vanquished by those of Escalla were brought into bondage But the Venetians neuer ceased till they had driuen the Tyrant forth of the Cittie and restored the Paduans to their ancient libertie committing the gouernment of the Citie to Marsilio Carrario who afterwards did carefully cherish the friendship and alliance of the Venetians This is all which happened abroad or at home during the Principalitie of Souranza Some neuerthelesse say that in his time there was a conspiracie against the Common-wealth But we finde no such matter in the principall Authors His gouernment lasted sixteene yeares â—…nd six moneths and hee lieth buried in that Chappell of Saint Markes Church where the Font standeth ¶ FRANCISCO DANDVLO the 52. Duke of Venice FRancisco Dandulo surnamed the Dogge as hath beene said was chosen in his sted At the beginning of his gouernment victualls beeing verie deere in the Citie hee dispatched certaine Gallies and shippes of burthen into Sicilie to fetch Corne vnder the conduct of Nicholao Phalerio who brought home such quantitie of wheat as in few daies to the peoples great contentment the scarcitie câ—…assed At the same time eight Gallies of Genoa tooke two of Venice returning from France in trade of Marchandize The goods within them were taken by the Genoueses but the sailers and marriners for that they must either die or bee taken prisoners leapt into the Sea and by swimming saued themselues on the neighbour-shoares The Polani and the Valesians who had bin a long time subiect to the Patriark of Aquileia did voluntarily yeeld themselues to the Venetians whereat the Patriarch beeing incensed did speedily leuie troupes of Souldiers to surprise them The Venetians on the other side because they would not seeme to abandon those who of their owne motion had lately come to their obedience sent great forces into Histria vnder the command of Iustiniano surnamed Iustinian The Patriarke of Aquileia knowing himselfe not of force sufficient to with-stand the Venetians did without any memorable fight resigne vnto them Pola and Valles vpon certaine conditions whereof the Authours make no mention Six Genoa Gallieâ—… fought with eight of Venice conducted by Thomaso Viari deputed for the guard of the Islands and Sea-coastes in which fight the Venetian was defeated with the losse of fiue Gallies and the other three escaped and came home to Venice With this losse the Senate was much displeased who being informed that it hapned by the negligence of Viari committed him to prison where as it is reported he ended his daies The Turkes in the meane time not satisfied with driuing the Christians forth of Syria by their ordinarie incursions became likewise Masters of the Sea and had so spoiled the coastes of Candie Ciprus and Rhodes as there was no safe sailing into the Leuant The Venetians at the pursute of Pope Iohn the two and twentieth had dealt with the French King vnto whom were sent Philippo Bellegno Blazio Zeni and Marino Morosini to conclude a voiage against the Turkes Some Annalles in sted of Pope Iohn set downe Pope Nicholas but they erre greatly therein seeing that from Pope Nicholas the fourth till that verie time there was no Pope of that name In this Treatie made with the French King concerning the recouerie of Syria and resisting the attempts of the Turkes it was concluded That he should send twentie thowsand horse and fifteene thowsand foote and that the Venetians should furnish an hundred vessells among which should bee diuers Armed Gallies with foure thousand Souldiours and besides diuers Marchant-shippes to carrie the victualls munition and other necessaries for the Campe. But the French-men failing for those Tramontani are held to bee slow and negligent in vndertaking such remote iournies albeit they are valiant and couragious to execute haughtie enterprizes and which is most commendable in this Nation are verie affectionate to Christian Religion the preparation of this goodly enterprise by little and little vanished into smoake The Barbarians waxing more insolent by this slacknesse and negligence did in a manner by their ordinarie incursions keepe the Seas as it were besieged The danger neuerthelesse which daily increased enforced the Pope and some Christian Princes to take Armes against them The Venetians first of all set forth a great number of shippes of which Pietro Zeni was made Generall This man pursuing the Barbarians in all places did with meruailous good successe free the whole Sea-coastes and the Islands neere to Syria from the incursions and spoiles of the Turkes Diuers others likewise did with good successe fight for Christendome with that cruell Nation but cheefly the Venetians who tooke from them an infinite number of shippes when by Zeni his command all the Prisoners were forthwith hanged Hauing thus assured the nauigation he brought back his victorious Armie to Venice It is reported That at the same time the Sunne suffered a meruailous eclipse at noone-daie for the space of three houres Prince Dandulo caused a new coine to bee stamped called Mediani The power of those of Escalla was at the same time wonderfully encreased in such sort as all men farre and neere ouer all Lombardie stood in awe of them For besides Verona Vincenza and Bressia which they before possessed they had newly seized on Parma after they had by treacherie driuen thence the Rossi And they had alreadie surprized Feltre Belluna and Ceneda from Iohn King of Boheme Treuiso likewise according to some Authors namely those which haue written the Venetian Historie did obey them Blondus neuerthelesse saith That Treuiso belonged to the Venetians at such time as they began the warre against Mastin of Escalla But I can hardly approue his opinion because we do not finde that the Venetians did then possesse any Towne of the firme Land seeing if it were so it would appeare in some sort at what time and in what manner the Venetians had taken so famous a Citie For my opinion The contrarie reported by others is farre more probable to witte That the Venetians tooke it
referred to Sforza vpon these conditions That seuen cities which had obeyed Philip should be his but that he should leaue Lodes and Pauia to the Milaneses If 〈◊〉 did accept of these conditions hee should bee a friend and allie of both the Common-wealths And Lombardie being by this meanes at peace the Venetians should entertaine sixe thousand horse the Milaneses two thousand and Sforza one thousand and no more And if he would not haue peace with the Milaneses hee should be declared an enemie to them both and that the Venetians should make warre vpon him with eight thousand horse and the Milaneses with six thousand Maripietro hauing propounded these Articles of peace to Sforza hee did neither allow nor reiect them but it is reported that gnashing his teeth he did lament and complaine of the Venetians loyaltie and that hee made answere that hee was not onelie content to quit Lodes which the Venetians had decreed should be surrendred to the Milaneses but all those townes which by an accord made betwixt them were to be his owne if hee did but thinke that they would haue it so in regard his onely desire was to obey them That he would send his brother to Venice there in the Senates presence to ratifie that which had beene concluded After this Alessandro Angelo Simonetta and Andrea Biraga were by him sent thither who hauing a while debated the matter did soone returne without any resolution first to Ferrara and from thence to Sforza Some write that these men did approoue the peace with the vsuall solemnities but Sforza would not ratifie that which Alessandro and the rest had doone as though hee had giuen them no such commission So soone as the truce was expired which had beene graunted for certaine dayes that they might in that meane space treate on the conditions of peace the Venetians and Milaneses made an accord For which agreement if the Venetians had not some reason they might seeme to haue degenerated from their ancient custome by contracting a new league and abandoning Sforza But without all doubt they did it vpon great occasion because Sforza not long before had forsaken them and he merits no pardon that sinneth by an other mans example Besides the loue to libertie which the Venetians haue euer as much maintained in forren Cities as in their owne caused them to forget all accords and to follow their new associates Nor can any man therein accuse them of disloyaltie or auarice I meane if he wil exactly and iustly consider the matter For by the accord made with the Milaneses the Venetians purchased no greater part of anie thing that had belonged to Philip than by that which they had formerly made with Sforza Notwithstanding they did not â—…ease to doe all good offices for this Prince their friend For whatsoeuer in a manner had belonged to Philip Milan excepted which they desired to set at libertie together with Lodes which before then was tributarie to it did by their meanes become his owne Supposing therefore that he would be satisfied with these conditions they were desirous to treate with him of peace Nothing therein was done vnder-hand or fraudulently but openly and plainely and in the selfe same manner as they had dealt with him from the beginning Now as the Venetians had taken Armes against Philip in the Florentines behalfe euen so by a solemne defiance as beseemed a free and potent Republique warre was denounced as well to this man aâ—… to them But this inuincible Captaine by a fortunate aduice made choice rather to follow the victorie which he had in his owne possession than the Senate and accepted warre against both those Common-wealths which by his owne valour and conduct hee fortunately ended The end of the sixth Booke of the third Decad. THE SEVENTH BOOKE OF THE THIRD DECAD OF THE HISTORIE Of Venice The Contents of the seuenth Booke of the third Decad. THE Venetians nauall Armie burneth diuers ships in the Hauen of Siracusa GIOVANNI PICININO and SIGISMVND MALATESTE victuall Milan Those of Milan hauing slaine the Venetians Ambassador proclaime SFORZA their Prince The Honourable entertainment in Venice giuen to the Emperour FREDERICKE and LEONORA his wife King ALPHONSO maketh great warre vpon the Florentines The Venetians Armie fighteth with good successe against SFORZAS forces neere to Otholenga They fight afterwards with different successe in sundrie places King RENATVS in the behalfe of SFORZA and the Florentines commeth into Italie against the Venetians STEPHANO PORCIO is beheaded at Rome The taking of Constantinople by the Turkes giues terrour to all Christians Two nauall Armies prepared against the Turke Peace with SFORZA and the Florentines is published The Citie of Venice and all places neere adioyning are greatly astonished by a terrible tempest And lastly are mentioned sundrie exploits of the Turkes in Greece and Asia DVring these new Treaties Lauretano with a mightie nauall Armie hauing coasted all the higher Sea came vpon that of Sicily where with sodaine incursions he assailed the hauen of Messina and set fire on a new Argozey of the kings of a wonderfull bignesse which had neuer beene lanched and on diuers ships which rode neere to the hauen He did sink moreouer neere to the neighbour shoars such Gallies other smaller vessels as came to the aide of those of Messina From thence entering farther into Sicily he assailed two ships of burthen of fifteene hundred tunne a peece which lay at Anker in the Hauen of Siracusa The Genoueses who owned one of these ships with diuers others and for feare of the Venetians had in hast gotten from Sea into that place had sunke two ships of burthen at the mouth of the Hauen and drawne a great chaine athwart it with a Rampier so as they thereby seemed to be out of the enemies danger They had besides made bridges from the top of the Citie wals to the ships that they might with more ease if need should be desend them from assaults Lauretano at his first arriuall attempted after he had beaten downe their fortifications to enter by force into the Hauen and neere to those ships there began a cruel fight But the Venetian hauing lost many of his men perceiuing that he laboured in vaine went backe to Sea Then he inuented another meanes to offend the enemie he filled a ship of burthen with drie vine branches and brimston and manned it with thirtie valiant men whom by faire promises he had drawne to that businesse who with the wind and tide sailed towards the Hauen This ship by the force of the wind striking vpon the Chaine Rampier did despight of all the enemies attempts and to their amazement passe forward to the ships that lay in the Hauen those within the ship after that they had on a sodaine set fire to the sulphurie matter leapt into a boate which they had expresly brought with them and by force of oares escaped to the fleete In the meane time the vehement flame
likewise there and an Argozie of Genoa of a wonderfull bignesse whereof Georgio Doria was Captaine Then three other Genoa ships of like bignesse which came from Chios arriued there being loden with men and victuals As they entred the Hauen in the Cities view the Turkes vessels went and assailed them whereupon there began a bloudie fight on both sides which lasted long without any aduantage to either partie In the end the Gallies and other vessels that lay at Anker not farre from thence comming to their reskue the Turkes quitted the place and retired to the pillars of Pera. The last that arriued there was Giouanni Iustiniano of Genoa surnamed the Long with two Argosies wherein were three hundred souldiers The Emperour hauing embraced him and entertained him with faire promises he committed vnto him the guard of the Romane gate Nicolao Molino and Giouanni Lauretano kept the gate Chersina Baptista Gritti with diuers other Venetians who by chance were at those troubles of Constantinople guarded the Pallace of Paleologus And by reason that the enemies nauall Armie had beene beaten forth of the Gulph all was safe on the Sea side The Turkes greatest furie was towards the land They had brought diuers great peeces of Ordnance in sundrie places neere to the walles and especially at the gate Sutrina There and elsewhere the continuall shot of Ordnance had beaten downe a great part of the walles But the Turke that he might diuide the forces of the besieged in sundrie places and thereby make them weaker resolued for otherwise he could not doe it to cause part of his vessels to be carried by land ouer into the Gulph He did without resistance draw seuentie fiue Gallies from the pillars of Pera into the waters of the castle neere to the walles commanded an assault to be giuen to the Citie on that side with threescore and ten thousand men He himselfe came to guard those vessels whilest they were drawne forth of the water for feare least the Armie should on a sodaine come and set fire on them He had beside planted certaine peeces of ordnance ouer-against the mouth of the Gulph opposite to the cittie not so much to batter the walls as to keep the Christian Gallies from approaching Some say that those of Pera might haue hindered the Turkes in their enterprize of carrying their Gallies into the Gulph but that they were vnwilling to doe it for feare of drawing that warlike tempest vpon themselues The Gallies being thus drawne into the Gulph there was nothing more certaine than that such ill neighbors would soone procure the ruine of the cittie The Venetians and other Christians although in number of men and ships they were farre inferiour to the Turkes did neuerthelesse resolue to assaile them supposing that by a sodaine assault they might amaze them and in that feare to set fire on their vesselles To further whose purpose the night was verie darke and mistie whereby the enemie was so farre off from discerning them as they could hardly descrie one another It is thought That the enemie could by no meanes haue discouered the intent of our men and that perhappes the Turkes nauie might haue beene defeated and Christendome thereby freed from the losse of so noble a Citie or at leastwise that it would not haue happened so soone if those of Pera who desired the ruine of the Citie had not discouered the Christians designe to the enemies By whose aduertisement Mahomet sent the same night as many souldiers to ouerthrow our nauall Armie as he had done at the former time The Captaines of the Christians vessells being full of hope and courage set forward against the enemie thinking that their comming had not beene knowne but the Turkes being prepared for fight waited for them and did not onely courageously receiue them but hauing on a sodaine discharged a piece of ordnance vpon a Candiot gallie which was commaunded by Zacharia Gria they went to inuiron all the rest The Christians being amazed to see them in that readinesse turned theyr backes One Gallie which was commaunded by Giacomo Cocco comming in considerately with two others to charge the enemie was by a cannon-shot suncke in the enemies view with all those in a maner that were in her Three and thirty men that fell into the enemies hands were murthered before the Cities gates A great quantitie of the wall in the meane time on the other side of the Cittie neere to the gate Sutrina was beaten downe This breach was foorth with repaired with new fortifications according to the vsuall maner The Turke attempted to enter the Cittie by a mine which tooke no effect for by a counter-mine it was made vnprofitable A Tower at the Roman gate which the canons had much shaken fell downe and had made a great breach and neere thereunto the enemie had raised a rampire and gabions against the Christians ordnance There was a great breach neere to the gate Chersina which caused Mahomet vpon hope to enter the cittie there to giue a furious assault The Turkes the more to amaze the besieged did before day enter the rampires with fearefull and terrible clamours The Emperour riding vp and downe the cittie incouraged his souldiers to fight valiantly for their Countrey wiues children and liues telling them That the time was come that vnlesse they did brauely beare themselues that famous Cittie would not onely he lost but the fame and renowne of ancient Greece would bee cleane extinguished Hee tolde them moreouer that they had to doe with an enemie from whom they were to expect no grace nor fauour It therefore behooued them either to liue with their Countrey or to die with her ruine This did hee speake to the souldiers as hee walked the round vpon the walles but comming to the Roman Gate hee found Iustiniano the Genouese grieuously wounded who began to talke of yeelding from which the Emperour could by no meanes diuert him It is reported that the Emperour perceiuing those that fought in Iustinians companie to thinke on nothing but flight did stand in his place with those few forces that he brought with him and that hee did brauely attempt to beate the enemies from the walles but perceiuing that his souldiers were too weake to resist such multitudes hee was well-neere ready to haue slaine himselfe But considering that it did not become a Christian to vse such desperate meanes he did intreate his owne souldiers to kill him and vpon their refusall so to doe he resolued to die more nobly For hee threw from him his Imperiall ornaments fearing if he should be knowne that they would take him aliue and with his sword in hand ran in among the thickest of the Turkes that were entring where this Prince worthie of eternall memorie fighting valiantly with the enemies was flaine by them His bodie falling downe together with that great Empire was confusedly mingled among his other subiects and being afterwards knowne among the dead bodies his head by Mahomets
others of meaner qualitie who were known to haue been the cheefe motiues of leauing the army they proceeded more sharply than against the gentlemen for they were whipt from the market-place to Rialto and their noses being slit they were for euer bannished the Citie Within a while after peace was concluded with Sforza the Florentines which contrarie to the Popes opinion was effected by meanes of Simon Camertes the Hermit who after sundry iournies concluded it on these conditions That Sforza should restore to the Venetians whatsoeuer he had taken from them in the last warre the Townes of the Gyradade excepted That the Marquis of Mantua should reinuest his brother Carolo in his State That the Florentines should receiue from Alphonso whatsoeuer he had taken from them Chastillon excepted and the Sienna Territorie belonging to the Florentines And for the greater confirmation of that peace the Pope interposed his authoritie and it was expresly mentioned that if henceforward any strife did arise betwixt them that the Pope should haue ample authoritie to decide and end it That either of them which should first take Armes against the other after the wrong knowne should presently be declared an enemie not only to the partie wronged but to the Pope and to as many as had beene present at that accord And in this manner by these conditions of peace euerie one was satisfied sauing the Genoueses For Alphonso would still continue warre against them which we must suppose to haue beene graunted him because otherwise hee would hardly haue beene drawne to haue consented to the peace which ensued The Citie of Venice being tired with so long a warre had neuer a more welcome day than that when peace was published ouer the Citie with sound of trumpet They did first appoint praiers to be made in Churches and generall processions in which the relicks and images of Saints were carried about with great solemnity the whole Clergie following them with the Prince and Senate and all the orders of the Citie The night following manie torches were lighted and other signes of ioie were shewed ouer all the Citie This was in the yeare of our Saluation 1454 and the eighth after the warre was renued in Lombardie against Philip concerning Cremona the fifth against Sforza in the behalfe of their associates the Milaneses Italie was afterwards a long time quiet and especially Lombardie which was very peaceable till such time as it felt the terrible tempest of the Ferrarese war Zacharia Treuisano and Nicholao Canalis were sent Ambassadors into Germanie to the Emperour Frederick who had written to most parts of Europe That Commissioners might be sent to him with whom to consult in open assembly concerning the warre with the Turke Bartilmeo Marcello did in the meane time returne from Constantinople who in the Republikes name had made peace with Mahomet and freely obtained of him whatsoeuer he craued Mahomets Ambassadours followed Marcello to Venice to cause that peace to be ratified But the Senate fearing to do any thing inconsiderately did delay the businesse a long time till the league among Christians was contracted and then for they rather wished the wealth and commoditie of Italie and all Christendome than any good to the Turke they would haue war and no peace with him Yet in the mean space because they would not seeme to contemne the friendship of so mightie a Prince they returned the same Marcello together with the Turkes Ambassador to Constantinople with new Articles commission that if Mahomet should receiue them then to conclude peace in the name of the Common-wealth and that he should remaine there as their Magistrate But heere an occasion may seeme to be offered to condemne and tax the Venetians It was very well knowne that the Venetians had forsaken the Christians alliance will some detractor say in regard they had inioined their Ambassador that if the Turke should entertain the offred conditions then to make peace with him the which being once sworne to it would not haue beene lawfull for them their publike faith saued to alter But we must imagine that they did foresee this for wee finde no certainetie thereof because that the enterprise against the Turks had been propounded in the Emperors presence two moneths before so as it is to be supposed that it was then concluded whereupon they had time ynough to determine which was the profitablest way for their commonwealth though perhaps some wil be of another opinion But according to al mens saying the Venetians dealt very discreetly as they haue alwaies done who would not rashly thrust themselues into so dangerous a warre wherein being entangled by Sea and Land the other Princes of Europe might in derision haue looked a farre off vpon their losse and ouerthrow as it hapned within a few yeares after when the Venetians beeing enforced to make warre on the Turke they were not onely forsaken of all other Christians but were betraied in the verie confines of Italie But we will speake of this in his place Let vs now returne to that which happened after the peace in Lombardie which seemeth to be worthy the noting because that armes being scarce laied down a new war had like to haue entangled the Venetians at their doores The Senate demanded Bagnacauallo a dependant on Rauenna and some other Townes of the Pollesin of Borsia D'Aeste To this end they sent messengers to him to Ferrara to denounce war according to their custome vnlesse he did surrender those Townes which they demanded But he being a louer of peace and one that made great account of the Venetians friendshippe did by his Ambassadour write to the Prince and Senate that hee desired peace with them and no warre and that hee would referre himselfe to their discretion Vpon this honest answere they did presently lay down their Armes which they had alreadie put on and attempted nothing against him Then the Venetians hauing changed the warre by Land to that by Sea did Arme two vessells against Nauipator the Venetian who hauing receiued some disgrace of his fellow-Citizens was become a Pirate The Senate accounted it an heynous matter that any Venetian should in those dayes scoure and robbe the Seas seeing that their Ancestors from the first foundation of their Citie had rigorously pursued such theeues About the same time Victore Capello was sent to the Princes of Morea who foreseeing the great danger which threatned them from the Turkes had sent to the Prince and Senate of Venice to treate with them about the deliuering vp of their Island into the Venetians hands prouided that they would giue them in recompence as much reuenue in Italie as would suffice for their honourable entertainment according to their present fortune though not so much as they were wont to haue At Capels arriuall the Genoueses had approached the Island in hope to become Masters thereof their Nauall Armie consisting of tenne Gallies and eighteene other shippes of warre
to reare ladders against the walls which being done they mounted them and hauing broken open the Gates they gaue entrance to the rest of the Armie The towne was spoyled and for the most part burnt many were slaine but more were made slaues men and women that were taken prisoners were villainously handled the Sacred places were polluted and prophaned without any respect to the name of Christians for although they obeyed the cruell Turkes they had not changed their Christian Religion besides all these outrages Nunnes were rauished and defloured whom the barbarous enemie for reuerence to Religion neuer durst touch Diuers haue thought that for the punishment of this sinne the taking of Nigrepont ensued together with the Generalls banishment A great bootie was brought to Nigrepont with two thousand captiues Within a while after he took and spoyled the new Foglies But at the Spring time the Turkes with a mighty Nauall Army surprized the cittie Coccina in the Isle of Lemnos and after they had spoiled it and carried away the Inhabitants they made it desolate Canalis vpon report hereof being come to Lemnos with foure Gallies so soone as he perceiued all places to be ruined for the enemie was alreadie gone from thence returned to Nigrepont There he found six Gallies of new supplies which were come from Venice With these and the rest he went to Modon whither sending for all his Gallies that had wintered in sundrie places hee made a fleete of fiue and thirtie Gallies and presuming on his forces he returned to Nigrepont determining to aduaunce forwards against the enemie But whilest he was busied in preparing his fleete those in Albania fought with good successe against the Turks Alexis and Nicholas brethren straue for the principalitie there who followed seuerall parties Nicholas being aided by the Venetians had 1200. souldiers which were commaunded by Iosepho Barbaro as Prouidator Alexis had assembled a thousand Turkish horse He comming in haste with his cauallerie encamped in the valley of the Blacke Hill vpon the Riuer Drimon where the next day hee drew his brother to battell by whom being vanquished all his horsemen were slaine except two hundred that fled Canalis was still at Nigrepont when news was brought him thither that the Turkes had aboue an hundred Gallies neere to Tenedos and that their fleete did daily encrease by new supplies Beeing moued with this report hee departed from Nigrepont and went to Lemnos and from thence to Imbres where at his arriuall hee vnderstoode by the Islanders that the Turkish fleet lay vpon the other side of the Island and they being not able to tell him in Latine the number of their vessells did by plucking the haires from their heads demonstrate vnto him that it was very great The Venetian gaue no great credit to this aduertisement nor did he altogether reiect it Matters seemed more terrible by the Islanders report than they were discerned then to be Now because he would be throughly satisfied he commaunded Lorenzo Lauretano to goe with tenne of the best Gallies in the fleete to discouer the enemie and if hee should perceiue that hee had but three score Gallies to turne his prowes towards him and hee foorthwith would come to his reskew with the rest of the fleete if they were more then to put to Sea and to auoide the fight Lauretano sent Francisco Quirini with one Gallie to descrie the enemies number who should afarre make it knowne to him by his ordnance shot Their number being knowne by Quirini his signall the Venetian fleet speedily returned and put to Sea-ward The Gallies that were sent abroad for discouery so soone as they saw the Turkish fleete beganne to flie with saile and oares for so soone as the enemies had from farre descried the Venetian Auisoes and the rest of the fleete that came after they presently sent tenne Gallies foorth of the Hauen who gaue chace to the Venetian fleete till late in the euening Canalis with foure Gallies went into the Hauen of Paleocastra The Turkes hauing by the darkenesse of the night lost sight of the Venetians directed their course to the Isle of Scyros The morrow after the Venetian Gallies being all together sailed in close battallion towards the Isle of Scyros The enemie was on the other side of the Island and fiercely battered the cittie Against him thus busied in the siege the Venetian sent tenne Gallies which durst not goe neere to fight but by their Ordnance shot did from farre attempt to offend them The Venetian would not assaile them fearing lest the rest of the enemies fleete should come and inuest his Gallies the which without all doubt would haue beene done if hee had offered to fight The enemies sailed from Scyros into the Isle of Nigrepont where at their arriuall they tooke Stora by force a Towne in the Island seated towardes the West and afterwards that of Basilica both which were burnt and spoyled This being done they went directly to besiege Nigrepont The Venetian was come from Scyros to Cape Martillo This place is neere to Nigrepont and from thence before hee had possessed all the passages hee sent three Gallies loden with victualls through the chanell of Loretto to Nigrepont and commaunded the Captaines of them to tarrie there for the guard of the Cittie if the officers of the Towne should thinke it expedient The victualls being receiued the Gallies were returned to the fleete Not long after Giouanni Troni was commaunded to go thither with two Gallies But all passages neere to the Cittie being alreadie stopt and his owne Gallie beeing bruised with the shot of the enemies canon he was inforced to returne Now the better to vnderstand the State of the siege wee will make a briefe description heere of the situation of the Island The Isle of Nigrepont being diuided from Boetia is an hundred and fiftie thousand paces in length the breadth thereof is not aboue fortie thousand and the narrowest not aboue twentie thousand It is in circuite three hundred three score and fiue thousand paces There are two litle hills in it the one termed Gerasa and the other Capharea It was in auncient time inriched with very goodly cities at this day there is in it but Nigrepont The citie of Nigrepont which is seated right ouer-against Aulida is diuided from Beotia by a small Gulph Wherefore the Turke the better to besiege it made a bridge ouer that Gulph so soone as the land forces were wholly arriued On the fifth of Iune the enemies fleet wherein were three hundred vessells and amongst others aboue an hundred Gallies approached the citie but by the valour of the Inhabitants and the souldiers which were in it the enemies that then 〈◊〉 were beaten backe to their ships The 13. of the said moneth the Emperour Ottoman being come with threescore thousand soldiers through Beotia caused a bridge to be made ouer the chanell as farre as Saint Marks Church within a mile of the
of Asia The Turkes were Masters of all places neere to the Rampiers so as the inhabitants durst not come forth of their fortifications by reason of the enemies daily incursions There the Venetians were tolde a wonder of the skilfull sent of their dogs how that the inhabitants kept fiftie dogges which in the night time they did put forth of the Rampiers for the guard of the Citie and that their manner was if any Christian did by chance come thither in the night they would gently fawne vpon him and lead him to the citie but if they met with any Turke they did first by their loud barking as it were by a trumpet giue warning of their comming and would then fall vpon them and teare them in peeces Now the better to procure means for the inhabitants to come forth and to seeke for their commodities abroade the Venetian resolued wholly to ruine all the Townes and villages neere adioining And for the effecting thereof hauing sailed all night hee came before day neere to the enemies shoare where finding that all his Gallies were not come vp hee determined to stay for the rest of his Fleete which the error of the night had caused to stray about the Promontorie And early in the morning when the inhabitants perceiued the enemies on their shoare they sent their vnexperienced troups vp to the Mountaines determining on the assurance of the steepinesse of the places there to fight with them The Venetian perceiuing the boldnesse of those people did put his Souldiers in battaile and gaue them a fierce charge They did not refuse the fight but answered them as brauely the bickering was for a time doubtfull and the horse-men could doe no great matter by reason of the stony and steep waies the Souldiers and Marriners did with darts and arrowes charge the enemies from farre and at last came to handie stroakes with swordes pikes and iron maces but many of them beeing sore wounded by the Turkes fell downe dead In the end the Venetian beeing stronger both in valour and number euforced the enemie to quit the place and with great slaughter brake and defeated him diuers threw away their weapons were taken prisoners but the greatest number being skilfull in the craggie waies escaped by the Mountaines Then the Venetians fell to spoile and hauing wasted all that Countrie they retired to their vessells loden with tapestrie In that part of Asia the women are cunning in weauing of tapestrie and do not only deale in household businesse but in trade of Marchandize The heads of those that were slaine being numberlesse were carried to the Generall many were taken in the fight but very few in the fieldes and villages Foure daies after the fight the Fleete departed thence and in a morning before daie drew neere to Tabia a Citie of Caria In that place two Seas comming to ioine together make part of Caria in a manner like an Island The Territorie in time past belonged to those of Halicarnassus with their roiall Citie famous for the magnificent tombe of King Mausolus there is yet to this day as Cariolan writeth among the ruines of the citie certaine markes of that admirable worke to be seene The inhabitants of those places detesting husbandrie giue them selues to feeding of Cattaile from thence great store of Cattaile and many prisoners were brought to the Gallies Then Mocenigo sailed to the desert Island called Capraria where whilest the bootie was diuided newes was brought that the Popes Legat was at hand with his Fleete The Venetian to do him honour prepared certaine Gallies and went to meete him and after that he had welcommed him with the generall applause of all men with sound of trumpets and reciprocall embracements Mocenigo said vnto him Mocenigo his Oration to the Popes Legat. I Am sure most reuerend and excellent Father that you are not ignorant how valiantly hither to the Venetians haue borne them selues for the Christian faith This is the ninth yeare we haue fought by Sea and Land against this cruell enemie without the assistance of any Christian Princes but of King Ferdinand onely It is needelesse to rehearse the losses trauailes and dangers which we haue sustained for there is no place in all Morea no shoare in Greece nor Island in all the Ionian and Aegaan Seas which is not watered with our bloud or with that of our enemies we haue not spared our labour nor expences and we hartily wish that whatsoeuer wee now doe or shall heereafter execute may be for the wealth of Christendome We haue lately with fier and sword wasted Aeolia and Caria two rich Prouinces of the enemies and now we hope by thine happy arriuall to bring to passe some nobler enterprize It rests therefore on your part to teach vs what you know to be profitable for Christendome and to prescribe vnto vs what to execute and on our partes forthwith to obay thy commandements The Legat answered It is sufficiently known with what zeale affection the Venetians haue till this present defended Christian Religion and how by their valour and industrie they haue preserued Cities Commonwealths and Islands But for thy own particular I may wel say That although other Generalls haue done valiantly yet thou hast not only câ—…rried thy selfe valiantly but most fortunately and if I may so say almost diuinely This being thus I entreate thee to continue as thou hast begun and let not our conductor that of any else interrupt the course of thy happy fortune For my selfe as it becommeth a Church-man I will pray vnto God and his Saints that all thy entreprizes may succeed fortunatly those troups which I haue brought with me shall follow thy commandement After this they sailed into the Isle of Samos intending there to consult whether they should shape their next course This Samos is at this day desolate for wee speake not of that which is neere to Thrace but rather of that which is right ouer against it This that we now speake of is vpon the coast of Ionia and is according to Isidorus an hundred thousand paces in circuite called in olde time Parthenia afterwards Adrisia and Anthemusa Melamphila and Ciparissa and lastly Samos At this day it aboundeth in wilde Beastes in regard of many desert places thereof In this Island the Fleete made some abode till such time as the horse that were tired with their long beeing at Sea had refreshed themselues in the pleasant meadowes The Souldiers and Marriners in the meane time going on shoare spent the time in banquets and hunting The Generall and Captaines of the Armie concluded to assaile Satalia on the sodaine a Citie of Pamphilia builded by King Attalus This Citie is at this day the greatest of all the Sea-townes of Asia It hath an Hauen fortified on both sides and is embarred with a mightie iron chaine The Syrian and Aegyptian marchants do vsually come thither as to the ordinary Mart of the whole Prouince Mocenigo commanded the
Captaines of the Gallies speedily to prepare ladders the which being made readie he departed from Samos with a gentlegale of winde and sailed to the assault of Satalia Being come to the Islands of Calidonia he receiued supplies of two Gallies sent to him by those of Rhodes The whole Fleete consisted of foure score and fiue Gallies namely twenty which the Pope sent seuenteene from King Ferdinand two from Rhodes and six and fortie of the Venetians The Fleet departing at Sun-set from the Calidonian Islands did the next day by three of the clock in the morning arriue vpon the enemies shoare Mocenigo presently commanded Victor Soranza one of the Prouidators to go with ten Gallies to seize vpon the Hauen and Maripietro the other Prouidator to Land his Souldiers and with them to giue an assault to the Citie on the other side and he commanded the horse-men speedily to make good a little Hill neere to the Citie from thence to send supplies where need should be He did moreouer exhort them to remember their accustomed valour and to consider that they were to deale with an vnexperienced enemie and such an one as was to be taken vnprouided and that they did assaile a Citie which being taken would for euer enrich them Thus beeing full of hope and valour they marched towards the Citie Himselfe with the Captains of the associates tarried in his Gallie to behold the assault The horse-men without delay ranne to take that Hill Souranza with force of oares being come to the Hauen after that he had in the middest of a terrible shower of darts and arrowes broaken the chaine was himselfe the foremost that entred into the Hauen The other Gallies that followed him seized on the Fortes on both sides the Hauen slew all those that were within them then they brake in to the houses in the Suburbes and into them that were neere the walls where the Marchants for the most part dwelt in regard of their trafficke who at the first approach of the Fleete had abandoned their wares and retired them selues into the Citie All the store-houses were full of pepper cinamom ginger perfumes and other costly marchandize All which being taken and brought to the Gallies they set fier on the houses the more to terrifie the inhabitants Then because their ladders were vnprofitable by reason of the great heighth of the Walls the Souldiers fell to the spade and mattock The Generall of the Rhodes whilest inconsiderately with his Souldiers he was busied in breaking open one of the Citie Gates was slaine outright with the fall of a great stone which fell vpon his head His Souldiers carried his body to the Gallies The death of this valliant man did greatly afflict the Souldiers but their fier-workes most of all which being throwne into the aire were by the winde carried into their faces and falling thicke amongst the assailants did grieuously scalde them whereby they weare enforced to giue ouer the assault and to retire to their Gallies Maripietro likewise with his Souldiers fought valiantly on the other side of the Citie which being encompassed with a double wall the first was presently entred by scaling ladders with no meane slaughter of the Turkes but comming to the second and the ladders prouing to short the courageous Souldiers fell instantly to vndermining Our men did many gallant exploits there and it was certainely thought that the Citie would haue beene taken that day had not the darkenesse of the night preuented them which enforced them to retire It is reported that a Dalmatian woman who had a long time beene a slaue to the Turks was so valiant as with cries and exhortations from the walls she encouraged the Christians whereupon some that were not farre off threatning her with punishment she clapt her gowne round about her and leaped downe from the walls where being wounded with the fall she died among her Countriemen The Prouidators hauing left a strong guard in all places neer to the Citie that none might come forth or enter in they retired in the night with the rest of their forces to the Gallies where after that they had well considered among themselues that the Citie being strongly encompassed with high walls and well-manned with Souldiers could not bee taken without great ordnance and that it would bee too long a time to send for any from Morea and very dangerous to bring it thither in regard of the continuall tempests which are vsuall along the coast of Pamphilia exposed to the South-east wind which doth fiercely tosse those Seas they determined to depart the next day hauing first burnt the Suburbs and wasted the Countrie which was the richest of all Pamphilia The Fleete beeing gone from Sathalia did within a few daies after come to Rhoades where whilest it remained the Ambassadour of Vsan-cassan King of Persia came thither He told them that at the intreatie and pursuite of Catharin Zeno a Venetian Gentleman and their Ambassadour in Persia his King had determined to ioyne his forces with those of the Venetians to ouerthrow the power of Ottoman and that his troupes were already entred into the greater Armenia which was subiect to Ottoman and had taken the Citty of Toccata the wealthiest of all the Prouince and some other townes of great worth Hee told them besides that he had great numbers of men and horse That the Persians in their warres did skilfully handle the launce sword and bowe but that they were not accustomed to other armes That he was sent to the Venetians Pope and other Christian Princes to intreate them from the King to furnish the Persian Army with Artillery against their common aduersarie Mocenigo and the rest gaue a willing eare to the Ambassadours discourse and did put him in good hope that he should easily obtaine all his demaunds They shewed him their mighty fleete well furnished with men and armour and told him that it was ready to saile whither his King should commaund it if his pleasure were to imploy it The Persian being in this sort dismissed went towardes Italie and they made themselues readie for some other enterprize wherein to spend the remainder of that Autumne But whilest these things were done at sea Ottoman did inuade the Venetians in sundrie places For the Turkes made incursions into Albania and Dalmatia and entred into Italie They did at the beginning of the warre at a certaine time prefixed make incursions twice a yeare into Albania namely in the time of haruest and grape-gathering neere to Scutarie Lesia Croya and other places with the Venetians held in the Prouince For before the Venetians were open enemies to Ottoman Amurath his father had a long time before made warre in Albania and especially then when hee came to inuade Scanderbeg who in his time was a famous and valiant Captaine and such an one as next to Pyrrhuâ—… who warred on the Romans in Italie Albania neuer bred the like Those which haue seene him in Apulia
Philippo Nefalone Georgio Galesia Giouanni Clericato of Vincenza with diuers others that held an honourable ranke in the Armie They consulted together that night whether it were best to fight with the enemie or onely to defend their owne Forts For it was likely that those Forts being defended the enemie durst not go farre forward for feare least all meanes of returne should be taken from him yet at last they made a more valiant than a discreet resolution which was to oppose themselues against the enemies which way soeuer they should passe They diuided their Cauallerie into three troupes and ouer euerie troupe appointed a Captaine But the Turke in the meane time intending to vse policie as well as force comming to the opposite shoare did about sun-set rome vp and downe with his horse men and at last without any difficultie seized on the Fort neere to the bridge some of the souldiers retired to the bridge resoluing to breake both the ends and to defend themselues in the middest but being on a sodaine ouerwhelmed with great showers of darts and arrowes they were beaten into the riuer This place was foure miles from the campe so that they had no newes of the taking of the Fort till it was late in the night and then they hardly beleeued it Marbeg for so was the Turkish Generall named hauing taken the bridge did send vp and downe to discouer some fit place for an ambuscado and finding one not farre from thence he commanded a thousand choice horse to passe ouer the riuer about midnight at a Ford and to lie in ambush till a signal were giuen them to breake out then to fall on a sodaine vpon the enemies So soone as it was day the Turke caused a troupe of horse to crosse the riuer and commanded them to goe as farre as the enemies campe and to gallop euen to their gates to draw them forth to fight and then to retire by little and little to the place of ambuscado But by the way they encountred Ieronimo and the rest of the Cauallerie which followed him in order of battaile At first they fought valiantly on both sides but the Turkes at last did of set purpose giue backe the Christians pursuing them Ieronimo his sonne a couragious young man made a fiercer pursuit than any of the rest and was seconded by a troupe of young gallants who were as forward as himselfe The politicke old man was displeased with their rashnesse saying that he was certaine that the Turkes would not so easily flie but vpon some speciall aduantage And because they were almost come betwixt two streightes which were much to be suspected Nouello sounded the retreat Then the Turks returning to charge renewed a fierce fight Ieronimo sent for the first squadron to come to his reskew For from the other side of the riuer a companie of men at Armes were alreadie comming to the aide of their fellowes In the meane time a great squadron of Turks had gotten vp on the neerest banks of the riuer where the fight being renewed the Turks were repulsed as far as Graman a little streame running a thwart the vallies Pergotanes But whilest the Venetians were wholly busied in the victorie the signal being giuen to the Ambuscado from the top of the mount Licinicia which was on their left hand the Turkish troupes brake forth and with fearefull cries fell vpon the Venetians who were so terrified wâ—…th the enemies sodaine eruption as one would not haue taken them for those Venetians that euen now fought so valiantly Neuerthelesse perceiuing that the hope of their liues consisted onely in their Armes they were inforced somewhat to giue backe that they might fight more at large But vpon a sodaine the Turkes gaue them so furious a charge as being beaten backe into a streight place they could not haue roome In the meane time the cruell enemy assailed them in front and in flanke and made an horrible slaughter of them so that the first band was in a moment cut in peeces by the enemies great numbers and were all slaine sauing a few men of note who yeelded to the enemie The Captaines of the second squadron perceiuing their fellowes to be inclosed by the enemies gaue backe by little and little towards the Plaine but in such amazement as those in the rereward supposed it rather a flight than retreite Within a while they all beganne in disorder and without Ensignes or Captaines to flie as vanquished into the thickets of the neighbour-forrests the Turkes still pursuing them Some leauing their horse and armour behind them escaped into the Mountaines In this battell died Iâ—…ronimo Generall of the Cauallerie his sonne Giacomo Badoario Anastasio of Romagnia and many other noble persons most of the rest were taken The Turkes likewise bought this victorie at a deere rate Marbeg their Generall was grieuously wounded and great numbers of souldiers slaine who being heaped vp all together were by his commaundement burnt The news of this ouerthrow did much terrifie the whole Country for the people thought themselues scarce safe euen in their walled cities The next day about noone a great smoake was seene in the aire in many places neere to Vdina whereby they knew that the enemie was not farre off and in an instant all the farme houses betwixt the Riuers Lizonza and Taillement were seene to burne It was a lamentable sight to behold so goodly a Countrey filled with cloudes of smoake but most of all when the night following the whole territorie neere adioyning was on fire The Turkes spoiled and wasted all places the same night and by day-breake vniting themselues returned merrily home to their campe beyond the riuer Lizonza loden with bootie and store of prisoners The next day they marched with their Ensignes into the field a dayes iourney from the Riuer making shew to depart but with greater furie than before they came and incamped on the banckes of Taillement and crossing the Riuer they set fire on all places carrying away more prisoners and doing more hurt to the poore inhabitants than at the former time And vpon report that the Venetian forces were comming against them by land and Sea Marbeg raised his campe and left Italie This ouerthrow at Lizonza terrified all men and affrighted the famous Cittie of Verona At Venice the fire of the Countrie houses which burnt by night being seene from the highest Turrets of the Citty did much amaze the inhabitants Many said That it was a great dishonor to the Seigniory to see â—…he pleasantest countrey of the Venetian Territorie burnt and wasted before their faces by a barbarous enemie This caused them presently to dispatch certaine armed vessells along the Sea-coast and certaine troupes of horse and foote through the firme land But they arriued in Friull when the ennemie was gone The two Fortes were for a time without Garrison and some were of opinion to haue them razed The Senate sent certaine Gentlemen thither to view the state
of the Prouince Dominico Georgio who in that iourny died at Vdina was sent thither with Zacharia Barbaro Giouanni Hemo and Candian Bellano to take order for that which should be expedient for the Common-wealth and either to raze them both or else repaire and fortifie them And for safe withstanding the enemies incursions it was concluded at the least to place a strong garrison of horsemen in one of them Carolo Montone who the yeare before had beene cassed was called from Tuscanie and sent into the Prouince he placed a strong Garrison in the Fort of Gradiscan and fortified it with dikes and Rampires But whilest hee continewed his workes Prince Vendramino died the second yeare of his Principalitie beeing scarce expired Hee was honourably buried in the Church of the Seruians ¶ GIOVANNI MOCENIGO the 72. Duke of Uenice GIouanni Mocenigo brother to Prince Pietro a man of singular wisedome and iudgement was by generall consent declared Prince Such successe had the Venetian affaires in Italie whilest in Dalmatia the siege of Croia without any intermission lasted one whole yeere Ottoman not satisfied heerewith did on the fifth day of Iune with greater forces than foure yeares before come and besiege Scutari At his arriuall those of Croia oppressed with famine and terrified with the fearefull report of the Turkes arriuall yeelded Alibeg a little before his comming had with 15000. men beguirt Scutari Foure daies after Solyman came thither and incamped on the east side of it with threescore and tenne thousand men The Gouernour of Asia followed him with a power not much inferiour and lodged on the south side Last of all the great Turke himselfe came thither in person on the fifteenth day of Iune Those which were present at this siege say That the enemies multitude was such as on the Mountaines Plaines and on all sides of the City as farre as mans sight could discerne there was nothing to be seene but Tents and Pauillions The ordnance was forthwith planted to batter the walls In the Citie there were sixeteene hundred inhabitants and two hundred and fiftie women They had before the enemies arriuall rid the towne of all vnprofitable eaters Moreouer there were sixe hundred mercenarie souldiers in it vnder the commaund of Carlino Antonio Cortone Francisco Sanserobar Micaele Spalatino and other braue Captaines Antonio Legiero was Gouernour and Prouidator of the citie This small handfull of men was in Scutari when it was the second time besieged by so great a multitude The Defendants did cheerefully receiue the enemies for they were now better prouided of all necessaries for a siege than at first A breach being made the Turkes gaue two assaults Both Christians and Turkes vsed the selfe same Armes and Engines as at the former time But by how much the preparation for warre was greater than at the first siege by so much more great was the slaughter on both sides And the assaults were much more furious by reason of the Emperours presence than at the beginning vnder the conduct of Solyman Those of Scutari were twice assaulted in a short space and in both the retreit was made with great slaughter The enemies shot such store of arrowes as some worthie of credit report That a dogge being frighted with the great noise ranne home to his masters house with eleuen arrowes sticking in his hinder parts And because the Reader shall not thinke this to be a ridiculous report all writers affirme that for many monethes whilest the siege lasted after the great Turkes departure the inhabitants vsed no other wood to heat their Ouens nor to dresse them meat but fagots made of Turkish arrowes They write beside that in the hottest assaults at such time as nothing was heard but terrible reports of the Canon imitating thunder and that a thousand sundrie kinds of death were presented to mens view the inhabitants and souldiers of Scutari fought with such animositie and resolution as nothing did lesse terrifie them than the hazard of their liues so soone as one troupe of enemies were ouerthrowne others presently marched to the assalt on the dead bodies and others after them The dikes were filled with dead carkasses so were the hollow places of the mountaines and though multitudes were slaine others stept in their steed Those in the Citie likewise contemning death wounds though they saw their fellowes torne in peeces by the Ordnance did not for all that cease valiantly to repell and beat backe the enemies from the Rampiers In the end Mahomets wilfulnesse being ouercome and diuers telling him that it was in vaine to hazard so many thousand braue men to such manifest dangers tha he had to do with enemies who rather resolued to die that yeeld he al inraged sounded the retreat afterwards gaue no more assaults yet still continued his batterie But whilest he streightly besieged the Scutarians he forgat not Italy For he sent forces to those places whither hee thought the Venetians would send least aid who arriued in Italie the same day as the first assault was giuen to Scutari They encamped with great noise not farre from the Forts of Lizonza where embattialing themselues they sought to draw forth Carolo Montane to fight But he remembring the late ouerthrow durst attempt nothing rashly but containing his souldiers within the enclosure of his Fort he kept the Turkes in expectation more than halfe a day But they perceiuing that they could not draw the Venetians to fight went from thence and encamped within foure miles of the Fort Gradiscan betwixt the mount Medea and Cremona But the next day he left Masan and marched through the deepe bottome directly to the foote of the mountaines They were in number 30000. who went into Germanie through the precipices of those steepie hils which are in a manner in-accssible to the inhabitants of the countrey In passing those mountaines they performed matters scarce credible and among others I thought good to set downe this one Being come to the top of those craggie hilles which were impossible to be descended by horse they tied them with cords and by engins and deuises which they made did let them downe into the next bottomes and from thence into the rest till they were come downe into the lowest of all What did they not to get ouer the top of the Alpes downe to the foote of the mountaine Cargna where hauing intelligence that the mount Lanca ouer which they were to passe into Germanie was guarded by the inhabitants of the Alpes being come thither neither that danger nor difficultie to ascend to it could in any sort amaze them who leaning on their targets crept vp those steepis rockes ind despite of their enemies wherewith they that guarded the passages being afrighted betooke themselues to flight and thereby goue occasion to the Turkes to commit great slaughter This was the last iourney which the Turks made into Italy against the Venetians But in the meane time Mahomet still continued the siege of
other In the meane time after Pope Leos death Pope Adrian Cardinall Bishop of Bertheusa and a Dutchman by Nation who had beene Schoole-maister to the Emperor Charles and by his meanes made a Cardinall by Pope Leo was at the time of his Election in Spaine and hauing receiued newes thereof would be called Adrian the sixt taking none other name vpon him then his owne did embarke himselfe and came to Nice and from thence went to Rome whither all the Prelates speedily came and all Princes sent their Ambassadors to present their accustomed obedience wherein because the Venetians among others would not faile they deputed sixe of the chiefe of the Citty namely Marco Dandulo Lodouico Mocenigo Vincentio Capel Antonio Iustiniano Petro Pesare and Marco Foscare who being come to Bolognia and vnderstanding that the plague was very great in Rome they remained there for certaine dayes but beeing aduertized that the Pope was enforced to leaue the Citty and to retire else-where they returned to Venice The new Pope was noted to bee of a generous disposition and very much addicted to quiet beeing very zealous for the common good of Christendom For so soone as hee was installed in the supreame dignity his greatest care was to vse meanes to vnite all Christian Princes together and to end all their controuersies writing briefs to them all for that purpose with great affection causing his Nuncios to present Monitories to those Princes with whom they resided threatning to excommunicate them if within three moneths they did not agree together or make a generall truce in which meane space all their strifes might be composed and ended He did likewise write particularly to the Venetians entreating and exhorting them not onely to hearken vnto peace but to procure all other Christian Princes to vnite themselues together and to oppose themselues against the greatnesse of the Ottoman Empire But perceiuing the execution of this enterprise to bee very difficult hee was desirous in the meane time to conclude a league betwixt himselfe the Emperor the Venetians the Duke of Milan and the Florentines for the defence and quiet of Italy The Senate did at the first entertaine his proposition with great affection esteeming it to bee very good and profitable but hauing considered in what maner the Pope did practise it how that the end was to haue them to take armes against the Turke they would not enter too farre into it nor incurre the displeasure of so mighty a Monarke wherein wholy to satisfie him they on a sodaine sent the aboue-named Ambassadors that were appointed to present their obedience to him the plague beeing ceased in Rome who beeing arriued were honorably receiued and enterteined by his Holynesse who promised them to deale in such sort as they should be fully satisfied The treaty of agreement in the meane time with the Emperor was not interrupted for all these goings and commings the Senate hauing appointed three of their number namely Ledouico Mocenigo Georgio Cornare and Marc-Antonio Veniere to conferre with Ieronimo Adorni the Emperors Commissioner that they might determine of it afterwards vpon their report in the Councell of the Pregays and make some resolution therevpon This conference beeing ended and the whole businesse beeing sent back to the Councell to bee debated their opinions were very different some saying that it was best to continue their alliance with the French King and others to make a new one with the Emperor the two chiefe of these contrary opinions were Andrè Gritti and Georgio Cornare The first beeing highly esteemed for the great offices which hee had borne and for his great authority in the common-wealth spake first with great vehemencie in the behalfe of the French King The other beeing of like authority and accounted as wise a man as any in the Councell spake to the contrary and said that the Dutchy of Milan did by right appertaine to Francis Sforza and that therefore by consequent they were to make alliance with the Emperor Both of them by their great and apparent reasons did rather possesse the Senators mindes with doubts then with any certaine resolution so that the Senate delayed the determination thereof as much as they could their vsuall manner inducing them therevnto which was not to doe any thing rashly the importance of the matter and their desire to see more preparations of the French Kings who prouiding for warre had sent the Bishop of Bayeux to entreate them to put off their determination for a moneth longer assuring them that before that time were expired hee would come downe with a greater army then had euer beene seene in Italy in the memory of man But because the King did dayly send new messengers to the Senate with very great offers and for that they were aduertized that Anna of Montmorency and Frederick de Bozzolo were comming to Venice for the same cause The Emperor and the King of Englands Ambassadors who did very much suspect those delayes did protest in open Senate that within three dayes next they would depart thence leauing all matters imperfected In regarde whereof the Senate being enforced to end that businesse and the trust which they reposed in the French Kings promises beginning to faile by reason that hee had for diuers monethes fed them with vaine hope and especially because their Ambassador with the same King did assure them of the contrary they resolued to embrace the Emperors frendship with whom they made agreement on these conditions That there should be a perpetuall peace and confederacy betwixt the Emperor Ferdinand Archduke of Austria and Francis Sforza Duke of Milan on the one side and the Senate of Venice on the other That the Senate should send when need should bee for the defence of the Dutchy of Milan sixe hundred men at armes sixe hundred light horse and sixe thousand foot That it should doe the like for the defence of the kingdome of Naples if any Christians should enuade it the Venetians beeing vnwilling to oblige themselues against the Turke because they would not incense Soliman against them That the Emperor should bee bound to defend against all men with like number of Souldiors whatsoeuer the Venetians possessed in Italy That the Venetians should in eight yeares pay to the Archduke the summe of two hundred thousand Ducats in regarde of their antient strifes and for the agreement made at Wormes That the Venetians should possesse their Citties townes and places of their demaines with the same preheminence and iurisdiction as they then enioyed them That all those who had beene bannished by the Senate and their goods confiscate for taking the Emperours part should returne into their owne Countrey bee restored againe to their goods and should during their life haue a yeerely pension of fiue thousand Ducats These things beeing thus concluded the Kings of Poland Hungary and Portugall as friends to both parties the Duke of Sauoy likewise the Florentines the family of Medicis
with all the troopes 〈◊〉 within it and the Marquis of Pescara to Lauda but they gaue 〈◊〉 order that 〈◊〉 might be well fortefied and stored with soldiers and all other necessary prouisions into the which Aâ—…tonia de 〈◊〉 entred with three hundred 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 and fiue thousand foot partly Spaniards and Almaines 〈◊〉 all of them old soldiers In this sort did the French recouer the Citty of Milan into the which the King would not haue the army enter least they should sack it At the same time Iohn Stuard Duke of Albanie appointed by the King to goe and enuade the Realme of Naples with two hundred Lances seauen hundred light horse and foure thousand Suisses craued passage of the Pope thorow the Churches territories and thorow Tuscany to march to that enterprise which was resolued on to draw the Imperiall forces thither to the end that the defence of the state of Milan might bee weakned where dayly sundry townes yeelded without any great difficulty All the cheefe exploits of warre were neere vnto Pauia whither the King with his whole army was come to besiege it resoluing not to stirre from thence till hee had taken it thinking that it would greatly diminish his reputation if hauing so goodly an armie hee should leaue such a Citty behinde him so well stored with Soldiors and victuals as that was The King had according to the common report not reckoning those who stayed at Milan two thousand Lances eight thousand Lansquenets sixe thousand Suisses sixe thousand Pioners and foure thousand Italians the number of whom did afterwards very much encrease with great prouision of Artillery and the flower of all the French Nobility The Imperials on the other side placed their chiefe hope in the conseruation of that Citty and therefore all men were desirous to see what the euent of that siege would bee especially the Pope and the Venetians fearing on the one side the French Kings armes who was displeased with them if hee should prooue the victor and on the other those of the Imperialls if chasing thence the French they should become maisters of Italy Amidst these sundry thoughts they shewed themselues in a manner newters neither sending their forces to the ayde of the Imperialls nor agreeing in any sort with the French expecting with good deuotion the successe of Pauia which beeing reduced to a siege did seeme would bee very long The Pope neuerthelesse thinking it to bee a part of his duty to procure peace betwixt these Princes sent his Datarie to the Kings Campe to treate of an agreement wherevnto the King seemed to condiscend the Viceroy was soone aduertised thereof by his Holynesse to the end hee might testifie that his desire was conformable to the duty wherevnto hee was obliged by the place and degree that hee held to vnite the Emperor and the most Christian king in a firme peace and friendship that all of them together might afterwards arme against the power of Soliman who was already in the field with a mighty Armie The conditions of the treaty of peace propounded by the Pope were That the Emperor should enioy the kingdome of Naples and the French king the Duchy of Milan with particular promise not to passe on any farther into Italy without the Popes knowledge and consent This treaty hauing continued for certaine daies no effect thereof succeeded but onely iealousies betwixt the French and Spaniards wherevpon the Venetians were againe solicited by both parties to fauour their sides The Count of Carpi came to Venice from the French to solicite the Senate to renue their alliance with the most Christian king or at leastwise that they would not bee against him The Viceroy on the other side sent Charles of Arragon thither to require them to send those forces which they were bound to by the capitulations of the league They answered the French Ambassador in generall termes how that they had referred all that businesse to the Pope but to him the Viceroy sent albeit they did not refuse his demand yet neuerthelesse they answered coldely as those who knew very well how to fit their councels to the euent of things and this irresolution of theirs continued till such time as the Pope had very secretly concluded with the French king both for himself them wherevpon when they came to resolution in the Senate their opinions were different either because in many of them the memory of their ancient â—…lliance with the French King was renewed or else for that they supposed hee would prooue victorious in regarde of the great forces that hee had ready in Italy against enemies that were wholy vnready and very ill prouided of all necessaries which caused them rather to encline to the French then to the Imperials According then to this resolution a peace and league betwixt the Pope the King and the Venetians was determined and concluded at Rome with the Ambassadors in the beginning of Ianuary the yeare 1525. and confirmed afterwards by the Senate at Venice This treaty beeing handled very secretly the Senate beeing most importunately vrged by the Emperors Ambassadors to ioyne their troopes with the Imperiall Armie after sundry excuses answered that they would not contradict the Popes command and least of all at that time when they were vpon a treaty of peace which his Holynesse pursued by the Emperors consent and that therefore they would not interrupt it nor bee a a meanes to prolong the warre The league beeing thus concluded the French King sent the Bailiffe of 〈◊〉 to Venice to congratulate them and to assure them of his loue to the Common-wealth from which hee promised neuer to diuide himselfe Hee did afterwards require that the same accord which was secretly concluded might be published abroad wherevnto the Venetians did freely condescend thinking it to bee the best thereby to cause the Imperials who expected their ayde to hope no longer for it and that they beeing destitute of their helpe dispairing of beeing able to keepe the State of Milan might retire some-where else or incline to peace The Pope was of a contrary opinion saying That the treaty ought not to be published the better to reduce the Imperials to greater necessity and danger which would happen so soone as the French should passe the Po which they said they would doe promising to repasse it at the Popes pleasure but time and necessity pressing him to discouer himselfe in regard hee was to grant passage to the Duke of Albany thorow the Churches territories for his iourney into the Realme of Naples the Pope made shew as if the Duke of Albany would passe by force and violence with his troopes thorow the lands of the Church and the Florentines and that for himselfe hee would remaine neutrall in that warre and seeke to procure an vniuersall peace and concord protesting against those two Princes and admonishing them both to throw downe Armes to come to an agreement
The French King on the other side beeing prouoked by discontent caused thirty Galleys to bee armed at Marseilles his intent therein beeing not knowne It was likewise reported that great numbers of vessells of all sorts were armed and prepared in Barbary not to scoure and robbe at sea but to ioyne with the Turkâ—…h Armie conducted by Caâ—…aaine and among other Captaines there was a very famous Pirate called Sinam Câ—…fut surnamed the Iewe a man very valiant and well experienced in marine businesse The Pope in like manner to assure his Sea townes from all incursions and inuasions or â—…or some other deseigne as it was sâ—…pposed had armed ten Galleys All these fleetes begaâ—… iealousie in the Venetians and enforced them to expences by augmenting the number of their Galleys and the soldiers of the garrisons in their sea townes whereby beeing in extreame need of helpe in these extraordinary expences it was propounded in the Councell to acquaint the Pope againe therewith to the end to obtaine leaue of him for that purpose to raise the summe of an hundred thousand Ducats vpon the Clergie of their owne State Some others of those of the Councell who had already in this businesse tried the Popes rigor were of opinion that the Senate without tarrying for that leaue should begin to leuie that summe of money or else to proceed therein more earnestly with the Pope declaring how that the wealth dedicated to the Churches of their State was very great and ample which beeing freed from all publick contribution their other subiects were oppressed with subsidies and intollerable charges for the paiment of their fleets and soldiors leuyed for the conseruation of their liberty and publick faculties That it was not credible that the holy intent of those who had enriched the Churches was that the Republick being ruined and destroied should be depriued of making vse of that which they had giuen to those Churches in case of necessity That the Pope stood badly affected to their State and to whatsoeuer concerned them â—…o as hee made difficulties vpon all their requests or else vsed long delayes therein Bâ—…t notwithstanding these prepositions the zeale of Religion and the respect to the Sea Apostolick were of such force with the Senators as preferring it before all other profit and commodity this proposition was reiected constantly affirming that it did not beseeme the Republick which was founded encreased in Christianity vnder a continuall obedience and vnion to the Church and Pope of Rome whereby it had purchased an immortall glory and commendation to lay her hands on Church goods or therein to force the Popes will That they in times past had great and vrgent affaires for which they had prouided without that aid and without enterprizing scandalous matters that they were not to doubt but that he which knoweth the inward thoughtes of men and can doe all things would raise them vp aid and succor by meanes to them vnknowne much greater and farre moâ—…e 〈◊〉 then that where-unto they werâ—… councâ—…lled by an euill example and if the Pope did still continew his vsuall rigor by so much the more would appeaâ—…e before God and the world the deuout and holy intent and accustomed wisdome of the Venetian Senate This opinion being allowed they pursued with all honor and reuerence the expedition of their request in the Court of Rome the which at last they obteined By this means the Senate hauing raised money they began to augment the number of their galleis whereof Capello was still Generall and to leuy footmen to send to the Islands and other sea places vnder their obedience to the end to assure them expecting what would become of the preparations of so many fleetes Now the Turkes whiâ—…est their nauall army was preparing were come by land to besiege Coron did so strictly shut it in as the Spaniards that were within it beeing impatient and in a manner desperate by reason of the miseries they there endured made a sally vpon the Turkes which succeeding vnfortunatly they were enforced to retire into the castle with great losse of their soldiers whervpon finding themselues by that losse likewise by pestilence to be reduced to a very small number so soone as the Sicillian ships arriued which brought supplies the Spanish Captaines being out of hope to keepe that towne embarked themselues in the same ships and left it to the Turkes discretion Yet neuerthelesse it was supposed as a matter more likely that the same happened by the Emperors expresse commandement who perceiuing that hee would not but with great expences defend that place enuironed on all sides with enemies and beeing out of hope of any farther progression determined to quit it Cariadine in the meane time hauing put to sea with an hundred saile and beeing come neere to the Venetian Gulphe the Generall who narrowly obserued his actions prepared according as the Senate had willed him at the beginning to retire farther in and not to abandon the defence and safety of the Gulphe but the Turkish fleete directing their course towards the Tirrhene sea sailed to the sea coasts of Calabria where on a suddaine hauing landed great numbers of soldiers they did not onely spoile the countrey but tooke two townes vpon the sea-shore though of small consequence The feare of the inhabitants of Naples and Rome at the report of the arriuall of these Barbarians was very great so as if Cariadine had marched thither he might easily haue taken them there beeing no forces to hinder him but the Turke hauin scoured and spoiled the whole Prouince went vnto the Isle of Ponze to take in fresh water and then sailed towards the coast of Affrick chiefely to exectute his deseigne for which hee was come from Constantinople albeit that hee had cunningly made shew to â—…aile towards the coast of Spaine that hee might on a sodaine and vnlookt for assaile his enemy Amulcasse King of Tunis Cariadine was sufficiently enformed of the whole State of that Countrey of the situation and strong townes and of the Kings forces and what affection his sâ—…biects did beare vnto him Wherevpon adding to all these things which hee well knew force and cunning â—…ee hoped that his enrererprise would fall out prosperously as it did For hee gaue forth that hee brought Roscetta with him the Kings brother knowing how pleasing that name was to the people where after sundry exploits hee did at last take the Citty of Thunis The other fleetes at the same time did nothing worthy of memory except that of the Venetians which was enforced to come to strokes with certaine vessels of Malta to chastice their Captaine It was Philippo Mazzo a Knight of Malta who hauing very audaciously with certaine vessels scoured not onely the Leuant seas but came into the Venetian Gulph spoiling robbing both Christians and Turkes indifferently was taken by the Generall and sent to Venice where his processe beeing by the Senate referred to the criminall
to accept peace on such vniust conditions would to much blemish the Republikes reputation and by quitting so easily their townes and giuing away their money was nothing else but to cause the enemies who by nature are insolent to demand greater matters During these irresolutions Casar Cantelmo came to Venice who hauing beene already sent as hee said to Soliman from the most Christian King about the negociation for the truce at his returne into France had informed the King of the whole matter wherevpon hee returned againe by his commandement to Constantinople for the same businesse The French Ambassador comming into the Senate told them that the King his Maister did expresly send that gentleman to Constantinople about the affairs of the Venetian Common-wealth and from him to deale in the negociation of peace and therefore he was come to Venice to receiue their commandements therevpon being by the King enioyned to execute them as though they were his owne The Lord Iohn Francesco Valerio a Venetian Gentleman did affirme the very same who hauing remained a long time in France had beene very familliar with the chiefe Lords of the Court who did often acquaint him with matters of importance this Gentleman did testifie the Kings loue and hearty affection towards them and his readinesse to send other Agents to Soliman if the Senate should dislike of Cantelmo exhorting them to trust to the King and to his loue towards the Republike the totall summe of this negociation that there was no better nor safer way then that to reconcile them to the Turke with more honour and lesse losse They were aduertized at the same time that an enteruiew was practised betwixt the Emperour and the French King the cause thereof was the iourney which the Emperour determined to make into Flanders to chastice those of Gant who had rebelled resoluing to goe thither through France and to talke with the King and to treat with him for so it was reported about some good agreement that being good friends they might afterwards ioyne their forces together against the Turkes The enteruiew of these Princes furnished all men with matters of sundry discourse and chiefely the Venetian Senate where it was a long time debated whether they should continue the treaty of peace with the Turke in regard of matters offered and the hard conditions propounded by Soliman On the other side some were of opinion to embrace the occasion of Cantelmo his voyage and the Kings offer if they should refuse it it was to bee feared that his Maiesty would take it in ill part thinking that they made small account of him or his friendship that they were at least to entreat that Gentleman on the Kings behalfe to insist vpon the Generall truce which beeing graunted would greatly serue for the fitnesse of the time and the quiet which thereby would arise to enioyne him besides to assure the Turke that the Senates intention was none other then to procure a firme peace vpon honest conditions Others propounded that it was best to send a speedy messenger to Contaren to command him for to tarry in that place where hee should meet with him and there to expect a new commission which the Senate would send him according to the progression of the affaires others thought it fit to proceed to the election of a new Ambassadour or else to referre the whole businesse to the Bayly Canalis who was at liberty and able to negociate but these men were not of opinion to make vse of Cantelmo in this negociation nor to impart any thing vnto him that he was a Neapolitan bannished from his Country who besides the Kings deseignes and interests quite contrary perhaps to those of the Republike had his owne likewise a part which might hinder and not further the good successe of that businesse That their safety and publike dignity did not permit them to discouer vnto such men any iot of the Senates intention the which they were to suspect and not without cause that hee was very desirous to know rather to crosse then to further it that the Emperour sought all occasions to breake this pursute of peace which did so much trouble and anoy him and the French King vpon hope to recouer the State of Milan was ready to con tent him in all things To all these considerations they added an other which was of no meane consequence which was that because the haruest of the same yeere had beene euery where and especially ouer all Italie verie badde wherewith the City of which was to feed an infinite number of persons was greatly troubled so as the people who were wont to fare delicately and to eate none other bread then that which was made of wheate were enforced to feed on all sorts of graine and in hazard likewise to want them vnlesse they might bee brought from forraine countries Venice hauing no corne territory of her owne a thing which did greatly trouble the Senate wherevpon the better to prouide for a matter of so great importance some said that the friendship of the Turkes was very necessary and others thought it fit to haue recourse to the Spaniards to get proportions of wine and graine from their countries whereby it fell out that the same subiect serued for a foundation whereon to build the two sundry opinions In this manner was the time spent without any certaine resolution so as the Ambassador Contaren hauing continued his iourney and receiued no new commandement from the Senate arriued at Venice and Cantelmo departed thence without any commission These irresolutions gaue the Emperor some hope who espied al occasions to breake the negociation of peace with Soliman and once more to draw the Venetians to confirme the league therefore supposing that there was nothing which could better further his intention then to make them beleeue that he was friends with the French King and that being thereby freed from all other lets he would employ all his forces vpon the enterprize of the Leuant and that the French King would aide and fauour the league determined to send some noble personage to Venice perswading the King to doe the like to acquaint the Venetians with the enteruiew and to discouer somewhat of their intentions The Marquis of Guasto who was gouernor of Milan for the Emperor and the Lord of Annebault Marshall of France and Generall for the most Christian King in Piedmont came to Venice vpon the tenth day of December Their entertainment was magnificent as well in regard of the Princes greatnesse that sent them as for the quality and nobility of the persons great numbers of Senators went to meet them with the Bucentaur and seuen Gallies then they were lodged in a goodly pallace and their expence defraied by the Signory Their first audience was giuen them in the great Hall where the great Councell is held in the presence of many people where there were no other speeches vsed but complementall and of
come to this last point to leaue her deere and welbeloued subiects vnder a tyrants power made great prouisions of Armes beene at excessiue expences and at last vndergone for a time the insupportable burthen of warre But what greater signe of loue can the Common welth shew vnto yee in this present affliction then to promise as it doth vnto al those who are willing to depart to giue them another fit dwelling place wherein they may safely liue vnder her protection and to helpe fauour and nourish them The ancient Sages said how that the same place may be truly termed a mans Countrey where hee liueth well but what better thing is there or more to be desired then to liue vnder the moderate gouernment of a good Prince yee shall remaine vnder the gouernement of the Common wealth wee will find yee out a dwelling place in an other Countrey where yee may liue if not so commodiously as heere at leastwise more safely and free from the continuall dangers and alarmes of the Turks to which I may truly say that yee were dayly exposed Diuers nations their numbers waxing ouer great at home haue of their owne free-will departed from their natiue Cuntrey haue followed fortune seeking by armes for new and vncertaine habitations In miseries and calamities to haue a certaine and assured refuge carrieth with it such a comfort as a man doeth oâ—…ten-times remember things past with greater contentation Without all doubt our cheifest desire hath beene to haue still liued at peace not to haue had the enemies to come and beseege this Citty not to haue purposed to take it by force or if this should happen to haue had greater forces to resist and repulse their attempts But seing neither the one or other was in our power or yours what other thing is ther now to be done in this State that we stand but for vs to performe the duty of a good Prince Father and Pastor of his people to defend vnder our safeguard and protection your persons seeing that we cannot preserue and beare from hence the houses and walls of this Citty and for you to comfort your selues with the loue of your Prince to fit your selues to time and to make vse of necessity your persons shall be preserued your posterity shall encrease and of you beeing valiant fathers shall be borne generous Children who knoweth but that some of them may one day reuenge your wronges so great is the change of humaine affaires whereunto the greatest Empiers are no lesse subiect then the meanest things on earth It is certaine that the Common-wealth will euer retaine the same will and desire to take armes against these enemies so soone as it shall perceiue the Christian Princes so well vnited together as it may hope for som commodity thereby and bee able to doe some notable seruice to Christendome Therefore as it is necessary so is it great discretion and a gallant resolution to seeke to liue in safety and still hope for better and better Whilest the Generall did thus comfort them all men did shed warme teares being no lesse moued by loue then by greefe and sorrow The Generall after-wards did make the same remonstrance to those of Maluesia whereby the poore people beginning by little and little to bee resolued the greatest number of them prepared for their departure carrying with them their best and deerest wealth And so within a while after in the moneth of Nouember the treaty of peace beeing confirmed and ratified the Prouidator Contaren came thither with twenty Gallies and diuers other Vessells of all sorts in which hauing imbarked the artillery munitions soldiers those inhabitants who were willing to depart with their bagage consigned as it was decreed those two townes into the hands of Cassin Bascha of Morea who came thither with smale forces All matters being in this sort pacified the Generall and the Prouidator did disarme leauing only abroad the ordinary number of Gallies for the gard of the Gulph But so soone as the Prouidator Contaren came to Venice he was called into question by Petro Moceniga Auogator for the common-wealth to answer according to the Senates decree made three yeares before for that which hee had done in Puglia when he sanke the Turkish Gally but the matter being debated in Senate and diuers Senators defending Contarens cause the Commandement of the Auogatore was declared to bee of none effect and Contaren was wholy acquitted in regard of the worthinesse of his good seruices done during the time of that warre No other thing worthy of Memory hapned during this yeare 1540. which was made notable by the peace concluded with the Turkes which continued for the space of thirty yeares The end of the third Booke of the sixth Decade The Contents of the fourth Booke of the sixth Decade THE occasion of the warre of Hungary Soliman determineth to make warre in Austria The French king resolueth to make vse of the Turkish forces against the Emperor who had broken promise with him The Imperialls doe murther Rincon and Fregosa going in Ambassage from the most Christian king to Soliman The Emperor granteth the Interim in Germany The Senate deny the Pope the holding of a Councel at Vincenza The Accord betwixt the Turke and the Venetians is confirmed The Venetians are discontented because there was not a particular Duke of Milan An Enterùiew betwixt the Pope and Emperor at Luca. The French King being incensed against the Emperor doth at one time prepare three armies against him Maran is taken from Ferdinand A league betwixt the Emperor and Henry King of England against the French King Barbarosâ—…a with his Army aideth the French King Enteruiew betwixt the Pope and the Emperour at Basset The Turkish Army in Hungary Maran by agreement remayneth to the Venetians The English men take Boloin Peace betwixt the Emperor and the French King Trruce graunted betwixt the Emperor and Ferdinand on the one side and Soliman on the other The Pope giueth Parma and Placentia in title of Dutchy to Petro Lodouico And lastly the great contentions betwixt the Emperor and the French King which were the causes of the quiet of Italy The fourth Booke of the sixt Decade of the History of Uenice PEACE being in this manner concluded betixt Soliman and the Venetians as hath beene said and the Venetians hauing elsewhere no warre with any Christian Princes they did hope after so many toyles and trauaills of warre to see an age full of peace and felicity For Soliman made shew that hee was disposed to make a generall truce for a long time with the Princes of Christendome Wherein the French Ambassador did much good who assured them that he held the to â—…all resolution thereof in his owne hand and that which made them to giue more credit to his speeches was because though the fleet were ready to set saile yet Barbarossa his iourney was held doubtfull and beside no preparation at all for a land army was made
and wasted the whole country and chiefly the Isles of Ischia and Lipari which with a barbarous cruelty he did miserably ruine from thence sayling to Corfou and saluting the castle as a friend he receiued the accustomed presents not suffering any harme to be done to the inhabitants of the Island Captaine Polin was in that fleet with fiue Gallies and other vessels who hauing brought the Turkes as farre as Lepanto returned with all his vessels to Marseilles The Turkes were displeased at the newes of this peace betwixt Christian Princes thinking it be done the better to breake their deseignes vpon Hungary or Transiluania for which they had already made preparations but they went about to conceale their discontent for the better maintenance of their reputation being wont to contemne Christians and therefore not giuing ouer their former determination they caused to be giuen out that they were making farre greater preparations then at any other time before to march at the spring against the States belonging to the house of Austria and yet neuerthelesse the report at the same time was that if the Ambassadors of those Princes did come to that Port they should be entertained and willingly harkened to for by their law they can not deny audience to any that come to sue for peace and friendship with their great Lord the report of these great preparations caused the Emperor and Ferdinand expresly to dispatch their messengers to that Port to treat of peace and agreement and for their safer going to worke they caused the French King first of al to send one of his seruants to sound Solimans disposition therevnto and withall to craue a passe-port for their Ambassadors The King did willingly entertaine this businesse as well to free himselfe of that he was tied to by the treaty of peace to aide the Emperour when he should make warre vpon the Turke as in some sort to wipe out that blot for which men taxed him that a most Christian Prince had made vse of the armes of Infidels against Christians wherevpon his Ambassadour passing by Venice did tell the Senate by his Kings commandement that he had to none other end entertained the Turkes friendship but only to make vse of it vpon such occasions for the good and profit of Christendome This Ambassador being come to Constantinople found Soliman disposed to whatsoeuer he demanded and the passe-port which he craued being deliuered to him which was at the beginning of the yeere 1545. Ioronimo Adorni did in Ferdinands name goe to Constantinople the Emperor hauing to that end appointed Doctor Girardo caused him first to goe to Venice where he and the Prothonotary Monluke ordinary Ambassadour for the French King with the Signory did imbarke themselues in the Venetian Gallies for Raguza and from thence went to the Port of the great Lord. Before their departure from Venice they had entreated the Senate that their Baily might haue an hand in that businesse the which was granted and commandement sent to him so to doe but that he should doe it so cunningly as the Turkes might not conceiue any sinister opinion whereby any harme might redound to the Common-wealth or profit to themselues They treated at the same time in Venice of composing the strife betwixt King Ferdinand and the Republike as well for the execution of the sentence of Trent as for that which happened since concerning Maran where after great contestation they did at last conclude for the businesse of Trent to send Commissioners thither to decide it but for Maran it was referred to the Emperors councell one of the chiefe conditions was that the Venetians should giue to Ferdinand threescore and fifteene thousand Ducats the which all other controuersies being ended they promised to pay in three yeeres and at three equall payments This accord although it tooke none effect was maliciously interpreted by some who vsed to sow discord and contention telling Soliman that the same treaty was made against him in Ferdinands behalfe vnto whom the Venetians promised that summe of money to leauy souldiers These false reports being iustified and the truth of the matter knowne Soliman was satisfied therewith wherevpon the Senate thought it fit not to giue him any more cause of suspition and therefore they wrote to their Baily willing him no more to visit the Ambassadors nor to make any more publike demonstration of dealing in their businesse the which he did exactly obserue yet neuerthelesse some times when he had any secret conference with the Bashas he did not let to doe all good offices which might further the conclusion of the accord wherein because the Republike had no other aime but the common peace and quiet they solicited the Bashas that it might be mentioned in the treaty that the Emperor and Ferdinand should not attempt any thing in Italy during the truce Rustin hauing heard this proposition and seeming to be desirous to performe any thing for the particular profit of the Signory sayd that by all meanes it was particularly to bee inserted in the treaty of the accord as the friend of the great Lord and expresse mention was made how that during the truce the Venetians State should in no sort be molested by the Princes comprehended in the agreement who doing otherwise it should be vnderstood to be broken with Solimans selfe yet neuerthelesse it was thought that the Venetians had opposed themselues against that truce then handled seeing that they could not procure peace which caused the Emperor for that purpose to returne from Trent to Venice his Ambassador Mendoza who not dissembling this suspition and assuring them of the Emperours hearty affection towards them entreated them from him to fauour the treaty of truce which was already as hee said well forward at Constantinople and which for the Republikes sake might easily bee effected promysing to haue it comprehended in the treaty as their good and louing friend This did the rather mooue the Venetians to solicite a suspension of armes betwixt those Princes in regard that besides other commodities they were to receiue thereby great assurance and reputation by being declared friends to both parties enioying the benifit of peace which they were to hope for by such an agreement It was thought that the Emperor did not so earnestly pursue the conclusion of the league for any distrust not to be assisted by Germany against the Turkes but because he perceiued himselfe to be enforced to take armes against the chiefe Lords and States of that country who hauing pell mell ouerturned all matters sacred and prophane to the great contempt of the Church of Rome and the Maiesty of the Empire went daily vp and downe practizing nouelties by a manifest rebellion so that the Emperour who from the beginning to draw them to his party had consented against the Popes minde that the councell should be held in the city of Trent to the great aduantage of the Almaines did afterwards repent him of it
aduised and assisted by Coza Ali a marchant of Tauris vnto whom he comming with him from Venice the busines had been recommended he beganne to deale with the great Chancellor of the Kingdome who after diuers ordinances made a free answer That his King was a very wise and discreet Prince who knowing that in a matter of so great importance it was necessary to proceed very maturely he would first see the successe of the league wherevppon he might afterwards more safely resolue Alessandri hauing receiued this answer and perceiuing that he could not bee admitted to speake with the King left Persia for he plainly discerned that Tamas being very old was altogether adicted to peace and auoided all occasions which might cause the Turkes to suspect that he had any intelligence with Christians against him Such were the Venetians preparations such their resolution and thus did they treat with forraine Princes that beeing vnited together they might oppose themselues against that Common enemy at what time the Turkes beganne to vse hostile actions staied diuers Venetian Marchants with their goods who traded at Narenta and other places of Albania in the Turkes dominions they did likewise vnlode although vnder another cullor two Venetian shippes which were at Constantinople not suffering them to depart from thence Therevppon it was thought fit at Venice to doe the like by the Turkes subiects and their goods to the end that vppon all occasions the bodies and goods of those men might be answerable for their subiects Whilest the Venetians were busied in their preparations the Turkes at Constantinople did hasten the prouision of all necessaries for their iourney they did in their Arcenall build new Gallies trimmed the ould ones cast new peeces of Ordnance enroll great numbers of Pioners in Grecia made huge proportions of Biskets in Morea sent fiue and twenty Gallies to Alexandria to fetch all prouisions made there for the Army and Selim continuing his resolution to goe in person with the army they prepared an infinite number of vessels called Mahonnes and Palanderias and made great prouisions of all things according to the custome of that nation whenso-euer their great Lord doeth goe vnto the Army But the Baschaes Mustapha and Piali with diuers others of the Councell vnto whom the enterprize of Ciprus was committed consulting afterwards on what course were best to be held in that warre and there being some contrariety found in their opinions some stay was made of the businesse In the meane time the Venetian Baily that lay at Constantinople beeing acquainted with all these proceedings tooke great care how he might aduertise the Senate thereof to write he durst not fearing least his letters would bee intercepted as some of his had already beene wherevppon knowing that the Bascha Mahomet was euer against this enterprize hee did hope by his meanes to obtaine his desire Hee did by Ibrahim acquaint the Bascha and afterwards himself by word of mouth how-ill beseeming it was for the Maiesty and generosity of so great a Prince to inuade those on a sudaine and vnlookt for who vpon his word and oath thought themselues safe and firme as though when time and occasion should bee offered hee could want forces to employ against them for the recouery of that which hee might iustly thinke did belong vnto him against whom hee ought first to proceed by way of Iustice and next by force vsing first gentle meanes before hee did take Armes The Bascha being mooued by these reasons perswaded the great Lord to send some of his seruants to Venice to demand the Realme of Cyprus before hee sent his Army to enuade it which councell Selim allowed Cubat Chiaus was appointed to that end who some two yeares before had beene at Venice vpon other businesse the Bayly vnder this coulor tooke occasion to send one of his seruants to accompany the Chiaus to conduct him safely thorow the Venetians territories and to cause this negotiation to bee the more esteemed Hee determined to send Lodoutco Bonriey his Secretary whom hee thorowly instructed with all matters hee did likewise obtaine leaue of the Bascha to send his yong sonne Lodouico to Venice fearing least hee should miscarry among those Barbarians in such wretched times This proposition to send to Venice did occasion an other good for there was a suspention of Armes on the Turkes side till the returne of the Chiaus whereby the Venetians had time to man their townes with strong garrisons and to prouide for their affaires The Chiaus beeing come to Venice the Senate beeing before aduertised of the cause why hee came and hauing resolued vpon an answer commanded that no man should talke or conuerse with him but beeing left alone with the Secretary Bonriccy and two Dragomans they decreed that without any other ceremony hee should haue priuate audience where hee comming into the Senate and beeing placed in the vsuall seate vppon the Princes right hand hee went and kissed his Gowne and after diuerse reuerences hee presented a pursse of cloth of gold Tissue wherein according to the custome of that nation Selims letters were and said Most excellent Prince this is a Letter from my Lord when you are acquainted with his demand I expect to haue an answer Wherevnto the Prince answering that it should bee so and the Chiaus standing still perplexed in minde because no other speech was vsed to him added My Lords Mahomet the Visier Bascha hath commanded mee to tell you that hee is very sorry that an occasion is offered that hee must needs breake off from you hauing euer sought by all meanes to continue your friend but complaints comming so often to the Porte and from so many places of the vnfriendly dealings of the officers belonging to this State and especially of the kinde entertainment and reception giuen to the Westerne Pirates in Cyprus who this very yeare haue done great hurt to the Musulmans hath taken such impression in the minde of the great Lord and hath so prouoked him against this State perceiuing that speech vsed so often vpon these complaints to your Bayly hath beene to no purpose as his authority hath beene no longer able to keepe warre from beeing denounced against you and because hee knoweth that yee cannot long hold out against the power of so potent a Prince hee aduiseth you as a friend to take some other course to shield you from so many dangers and to this end he hath procured my comming hither and offereth to doe all hee may that yee may auoyde this mighty stroake of fortune and continue your ancient friendship with the great Lord and hauing ended his speech hee presented a letter from the same Bascha conteining in substance that which hee had spoken The Chiaus hauing deliuered his message the Prince told him that the Senate had resolued on an answer the which should bee read vnto him that hee might the better vnderstand and know their intention Wherevpon hee commanded Antonio
were come so farre together he ought with them to run one selfe same fortune and make proofe of the hazards of warre wherof they should not afterwards haue cause to complaine thereby blotting out the infamy which all men might throw vpon them for hauing such gallant forces and consuming so much time in vaine without attempting any memorable matter but all these perswasions were to no purpose with him nor with the rest likewise who had noe liking to the iourney who vpon Dorias refusall to goe on any farther the Generall Zanne to his great greese was enforced to permit it The Christian fleet then departing from Castell-rosso and comming all of them to Scarpanto into the Hauen Tristano Doria on a sodaine took his leaue directing his course to wards Puglia and from thence into Sicily his only care being to retire safely into his Contrey Colonna and Zanne being desirous to exploit some worthy enterprize remained still together But hauing intelligence that Piali with a great number of well armed Gallies was come from Cyprus to ouertake them and finding themselues to weake for resistance they weighed ankors and sailed into Candy to the Hauen of Canea not without danger of being assailed by the Turkish fleet which hauing notice of the Christians departure sailed speedily to the I le of Stamp alia and Piali determining to goe to Candy iâ—… hope to find some assured booties on those Seas could not execute his proiect by reason of stormes and foule weather wherevppon he returned back and went into the Archipellago where hee entered the Hauen oâ—… Calegiera making a shew as if hee would winter there but on a suddaine changing his mind hee went with his whole fleet vnto Constantinople At the same time certaine Townes of Albania which were subiect to the Turke did rise against them and being desirous to shake off their slauish yoak they sent to request the Venetian Magistrates their nearest neighbors to send them supplies of men and armes a suring them that at the first sight of their Euseignesthey would speedily come vnto them and become their subiects and for a sure testimony thereof they offered to giue them their children in hostage which request of theirs though it could not bee granted as befitted their need and desire great numbers neuerthelesse of inhabitants of the black Mountaine and neere to Boyan called at this day the countrey of Drina and other places belonging to the Marcouichians did submit themselues to the Venetians so that the Gouernors of Antiuari Dulcigna and Budua did in the name of the Venetian Common-wealth receiue the oath of allegiance of more then an hundred townes and villages The Christians of Zara were in armes not so much in hope to make any new conquest as to repulse the enemies and to free the countrey from their continuall incursions But there was no memorable matter done in regard both parties were apter to robbe and spoile then to fight In the meane time the renewing of the league was treated at Rome whither so soone as ample commissions were brought from Spayne and Venice to their Agents and Ambassadors for the conclusion therof the Pope hauing called them before him beganne to exhort them all to enter into league against the common enemy telling them that the cause was common although that in respect of present losse it did more neerely concerne the Venetians in regard the quarrel was betwixt Christians and Infidells and that if his owne presence should be necessary his age should not hinder him from the iourney That he would entreat solicite and admonish the Emperor and all other Christian Princes to enter into the league for which he promised continually to pray vnto God that it might please him to grant it victory ouer his enemies The Ambassadors and Cardinalls seemed to be greatly mooued by this exhortation giuing his Holinesse many thanks for it each of them promising to proceed therein charitably speedily and sincerely as became a matter so important holy and desired by their Princes as well in respect of their owne particular interest as for the Common good of all Christendome these words beeing often re-itterated by them did not produce effects conformable therevnto but euery of them aimed at his owne particular profit which beeing sundry brought forth different opinions breeding extreame and important delayes in the conclusion of that businesse wherein diuers monethes were already vainely spent in idle and needlesse disputations The Pope had appointed fiue of the greatest and noblest Cardinalls of the Colledge to bee present in the name of the Sea Apostolick at the treaty of the league to wit Alexandrine his Nephew Moron Cesis Grassi and Aldobrandino betwixt whom and the two Spanish Cardinalls with the two Ambassadors of Spaine and Venice the treaty hauing beene begunne to be decided they presently fell into sundry difficulties for euery of them aiming to haue the league concluded to his owne particular profit propounded very strange matters as it often happeneth in such cases But the Pope who proceeded therin very sincerely his ayme beeing only for the good of all Christendome went about somtimes to moderate the excessiue demands of the Spaniards protesting that if they did not presently conclude it to reuoke all power and authority granted to their King to leuy money Then turning his speech to the Venetians he exhorted them to harken to an agreement though it were somwhat to their disaduantage promising neuer to faile them in any aid or releefe possible The Cardinalls likewise that were his Holinesse Commissioners speaking now to the one then to the other did all they might for the ending of the businesse but especially Cardinall Moron a man well experienced in the managing of most important affaires and very eloquent who allowing the propositions of the Venetians Ambassador as those which tended to the vniuersall good went about to draw the Kings Ambassadors from their owne priuate interest and to make them capable of truth which hauing done by a very eloquent remonstrance and they vnable to make any reasolable answer fell to new excuse saying that they would write thereof into Spayne and expect a more particular and expresse commission from their King The Spaniards added to the former difficulties which they had propounded That the Venetians should be bound on paine of Ecclesiasticall Censures to obserue in euery poynt that which should be resolued on in the league as though they had suspected the Venetians loyalty which had like to haue broken off the whole businesse They did moreouer striue about a General to command the Army the Spaniards arrogantly crauing not onely to appoint a Generall which was freely granted but a Lieftenant who in his absence should haue the same authority in the Army there-by wholly distrusting the Venetians which suspition still encreasing did much coole the treaty of the league which was begunne with such earnest heate The Senate being highly displeased there with did expresly send a
the most Christian King hauing dispatched the Bishop of Aix to Constantinople chiefly to negociate some accord and hee comming to Venice acquainted them with the zeale and affection of his King towards the good and proffit of the Common-wealth togither with his Commission to procure peace betwixt the Turkes and them The Senate thanked him and without giuing farther eare to his propositions called in the Confederates Ambassadours that they might heare his message this they did to take away all iealouzy and suspition and to animate them to warlike preparations like themselues The Turkish fleet in the meane time came still forward into the Venetian Gulphe none daring to oppose it on the other side the Sangiacs of Scopo Durazzo and Ducagina taking fiue thousand men tenne cannons and many other lesse peeces with them came neere to Dulcigna hauing enforced the country people to quit the streight passages which they guarded wherevpon the inhabitants resolued to abandon the city and to retire to Catharra but Nicolo Suriana and Sciarra Martinenga comming with newforces did confirme and encourage them to defend their city although it were not strong either by art or nature The enemy beeing encamped before it after that hee had made a battery and a reasonable breach the Ianissaries prepared for the assault wherevpon Martinenga beeing out of all hope to hold out long without sresh supplies did speedily send for the French men which hee had brought thither with whom for a time they valliantly defended it but the enemies fleer approaching and Suriana in that respect beeing with his Gallies enforced for to quit those seas all the inhabitants and souldiers beeing affrighted and wholly despayring to hold the towne any longer craued a parley the battery hauâ—…ng continued for the space of twelue daies and the accord was made with the Basha to depart with their liues and goods with promise to giue them foure ships to transport those to Ragusa that were willing to depart and good entertainment to such as would still remaine there and that the souldiers might depart with their armes and ensignes The city was deliuered to the Turkes though that the conditions were afterwardes badlie obserued because that since then some contention either true or feigned arising therevpon betwixt Pertau and Achmat Bashas who were come to that seege they tooke occasion to deale cruelly with those poore wretches who relying on their word had submitted to them for they caused all the inhabitants in a manner to bee imprisoned and did put diuers valliant Albanese souldiers to the sword that were come thither to defend the city onely they kept their word with the Gouernor Martinenga and some few other of the chiefest who were safely conducted to Ragâ—…sa Dulcigna beeing taken the enemies fleete sailed towards Antiuari where the inhabitants were much daunted with their neighbours misfortune though they feared not the fleete the Citty beeing foure miles from sea The Gouernor hauing intelligence of the enemies approach did without waiting for their comming send the Citties keyes to the Bascha by some of the pâ—…incipall townesmen in regarde whereof hee was afterwards by the Senate condemned to perpetuall banishment In the meane time newes beeing brought to Venice how that the enemies with a mighty fleete were come into their Gulphe the whole Citty was much terrified especially when it vnderstood how that in all places where they came they left terrible scarres behinde them the Venetians presently began to fortifie all passages and especially the Porte of Saint Nicholas on the shoare opposite to which is a very strong Castle builded and well stored with ordnance the defence where of was committed to Lodouico Grimani with certaine foote companies and furnished with expert Gunners they afterwards gaue Vincento Morâ—…sin one of the cheefe Senators charge of all the Fortifications along the shore with sixe other Gentlemen of the order of Senators to assist him namely Daniele venieri Marco Iustiniano Ieronimo Contareni Francesco Mithâ—…ele Lorenzo Souranze and Andrea Bernardo Those men caused a mighty Iron chaine to bee drawne from the aforesaid Castle to the opposite shore the which embarred the whole Channell and behinde it they placed three great Galleys and a certaine number of light ones which were well stored with Ordnance All other passages were likewise assured they did more-ouer place sundry corps du Guard in diuerse places of the citty and in a word omitted nothing which was necessary for the preseruation and defence thereof But it was knowne within a while after that all these speedie preparations were altogether vnnecessary For Vluzzali Admirall of that fleete after that hee had wasted as hath beene sayd the Isles of Lisena and Cursoles went back againe to ioyne with the Basha who with the residue of the fleete lay at the mouth of the Channell of Catharra where making some aboade hee summoned the Castle to yeeld and yet made none attempt vppon it because peraduenture hee was vnwilling to performe any great enterprise or else feared the vnion of the Christian fleetes Wherevpon hee departed thence and sailed to la Valona where hauing re-enforced his Armie with diuerse troopes brought to him by the Sangiack of Bossina and sent foorth certaine Galleys truely to discouer the estate of the Confederate nauall Armie hee bent his course towards Corfou and comming to Paxu hee sent first to view Mandracchia and the Galleys going vnto Butintro the Captaines coasted vppe and downe the Iâ—…land and heedfully obseruing the sytuation thereof could not agree vppon that which they would haue done In the meane time diuerse souldiers which were in the Fusts going on shore to get pillage fell into an Ambuscado of certaine troopes of horse belonging to the gaâ—…rison of the Citty vnder the commmand of Captaine George Mormori by whom all the enemies were eyther â—…laine or taken and among others Cassan surnamed Baffa á Renegado of Candy a man very famous not so much for his experience in marine matters as for his notatable crueâ—…ty In the end the whole fleete drew neere to the Island and yet as they passed along many Cannon shot were bestowed among them which did no great harme thorow the fault and small experience of the Gunners And comming to Potama great numbers of soldiers were landed who assaulted the towne our men who had seazed on the passages of the mountaines beeing to weake to hinder their passage Phillippo Rancone with foure hundred footmen garded the Towne part of his forces were Greekes and the rest Italians who perceiuing the enemies great numbers beganne to retire towards the plaine where finding other supplies sent from the Castle he made a stand and caused the Turkes that followed him to doe the like But the day following greater numbers beeing landed together with sixe hundred horse which they had taken in at Butrinto they gaue an assault to the Castle Saint Angelo and finding it to be a farre difficulter enterprize then they had immagined
threw fire workes vppon the enemies which did greatly anâ—…y them some of these mines did no good the rest tooke effect as that at the Tower of the Arsenall which with great noyse brake the wall which was of a wonderfull thicknesse and threw more then the one halfe of it to the ground carrying with it part of the Paraper This breach caused great numbers of Turkes with their Ensignes to mount it Pietro el Conte with his company had the gard there who did brauely at first sustaine their assaults whither other Captaines with their companies comming to second him the â—…urkes were roughly repulsed the assault hauing continued aboue fiue howers The beseeged in this action lost aboue an hundred and three-score men and many were wounded there Marco Criuellatore and the Knight Maggio did afterwards in all parts where they perceaued mines to be made make places of refuge well flanqued with barrells full of moist earth and sackes full of straw the Greekes for that purpose bringing willingly what-so-euer they wanted for the speedy reparation of the Parapetts ruined by the enemies artillery which plaid vppon them day and night without intermission These reparations were to very great purpose because that the shot lighting on no solide substance did no other harme then carry away with it some of those sackes and others beeing presently put in their place the breach was still stopt vp The enemies pursuing their former deseigns gaue fire to the mine of the raueling of the Rocke which made a very great breach where-vpon they presently gaue a furious assault Mustapha looking vpon and encouraging them Count Hercules Martinenga and his company did brauely with-stand them till the other Captaines came thither and then the enemies were repulsed with great losse the like happened at the Arsenall where after an assault which lasted sixe howers the Turkes to their great shame were enforced to retire The Bishop of Limissawith the crosse in his hand came to the assault to encourage his countrymen the like did many valliant Ladies bringing armes stones and scalding water to the soldiers The enemies being by these meanes and by the singular valour of the beseeged so often repulsed and out of hope that way to take the Citty began to build other forts neerer to it from whence they might with more ease beate downe the defendants fortifications and safe places of retreat and taken from themselues all impediment and hauing to this end built seauen â—…orts they planted great store of ordnance in them from whence they continually shot keeping them still in alarum and made shew especially in the night as if they would giue an assault whereby the beseeged had not a moments ease nor any meanes to rest but onely in the heat of the day The Turkes at last perceuing that breaches of the mines were not suffiâ—…ient to open their passage fell to vndermining the walls so as they reduced the Rauelin to so small a space as the beseeged were enforced to giue themselues scope with boords and other matter Then the Knight Maggio perceauing that of necessity they were to abandon the Rauelin being no longer able to keepe it hee made a mine there that he might quit it to the enemies great losse Mustapha perceauing that the wall might bee mounted in sundry places resolued at one time to giue an assalt in foure seuerall places namely at the Rauelin at Saint Napes tower at that of Andruzzi and at the Curtaine and tower of the Arsenall in all which they fought continually for sixe howres space in three of which the enemies were brauely repulsed but the fourth which was the Rauelin was of set purpose forsaken to the great hurt both of the Turkes and Christians For it being assalted those within it being not able with their armes to stirre vp and downe by reason of the small roome and going about to retire as it had bin already determined the enemies mingled them-selues among them wherevpon fire being giuen to the mine it blew vp a thousand of the enemies and two hundred Christians Mustapha him-selfe was present at euery assault where he encourraged his soldiers rebuked some and promised rewards to others according to their deserts The Rauelin being lost there was no more betwixt the assaillants and the beseeged then the thickenesse of the places of retreat made as hath beene said with tuns and sacks full of earth and straw so that those of the campe and the 〈◊〉 â—…oldiers did often times talke together according to the manner of war the Turkes flouting and bragging and the Christians deriding their vaniâ—…y and amid their iests the enemies brought â—…om Christian slaues they had in their Camp to propound to them some particular agreementâ—… as they had already oâ—…tentimes done by letters to the Gouernour and people â—…yed to arrowes which were neuer answered nor any consent giuen to come to parley The Turkes perceiuing that their cunning trickes were to no purpose did againe turne to force and came to a new assault by meanes of the Rauelin which they had already wonne where on both sides was a braue fight but most of all to the honour and reputation of the beseeged for valouâ—…ous and braâ—…e Baillone beeing more couragious in deedes then words encouraging his Soldiors in the formost rankes did himselfe take from a Turkish Enseigne-beaâ—…er an Enseigne wherein the Armes of the Venetian Common wealth was painted which they had wonne at the taking of Nicosia and Lodouico Mâ—…rtinenga 〈◊〉 the other side who had the guard of that quarter oftentimes refreshing his men in the fight putting new in their stead that were hurt or tired still exhorting them to doe worthily did that day purchase the fame and reputation of a discreet and valiant Captaine This attempt of the enemies hauing no good successe they inuented another way yet vnpractised â—…hey did cast a great heape of wood called â—…eglia which is very apt to burne against the gate of the Rauelin with store of pitchâ—…â—…agots which thy set on fier it burnt so fiercely as it was impossible to quench it this fier lasted fiue dayes by meanes wherof the beseeged were enforced to retire farther in by meanes of the great heat and smoake Notwithstanding all these discommodities labours and troubles these valiant men did still continew the defense of their Cittie determining to hold out euen to the last Man but all things faiâ—…ing sauing hope and courage and all manner of victuals beeing very scarce they hauing already eaten asses horse doggs catts and hauing no more bread nor corne to make any drincking nothing but water perceiuing besides that three other mines were making towards the Cauallier of the gate that of al the Italian soldiers there were only but eight hundred in health and they so tired and spent with long watching and continuall trauell sustained in fight in the heare of the day and the most part of the Greekes being slaine the cheefe of the Citty
it Who would triumph ouer woemen Wee are to share the whole wealth of nature the earth to the suruiuors heauen to the martirs Euen the scarres of the wounded will be beautifull because honorable who would ingratefully refuse to bleed for that louing God which hath not refused to dye for him Courage therefore diuine Champions forget not that som of ye are Romains and which is more all Christians This speech was euery where answered with applausiue and hopefull conclamations In which resolution wee will leaue them a while to view the countenance of the aduerse Nauy The Turkes in the meane time vsed circumspection and prouidence nothing barbarous For hauing intelligence by spies fugitiues and prisoners not only of the conuention of the Confederate nauy but their aproach beeing now in the Gulph of Lepanto Mehemet Bey was dismissed with 60. Gallies to Aspropicio a neighbor Citty to bring from thence competent supplies of victuall and men in which businesse he vsed such celerity that in short time he returned bringing with him plenty of victuall and munition besides ten thousand Ianizaries two thousand ordinary soldiers and two thousand voluntaries with which multitude and false supposition of our paucity they were not so cōfirmed but that they stood possest of a certaine fatall ominous misdeeming the euent In which respect the high Admirall Ali Bascha though by his owne inclination and his maisters command he stood resolute to fight called a Generall Councell to deliberate so important a deseigne Most of them perswaded to giue battaile but Partau Bascha Generall of the land forces earnestly oppugned it on the contrary part Hassan Bascha sonne to Barbarossa somtime Viceroy of Algier a young man yet of great spirit and worthy so noble a father whose magnanimity he seemed to inherit licensed to speake with braue countenance and apt gesture spake as followeth Most excelse and victorious Prince the Turkish Nation hath euer so nobly behaued it selfe that it is a question whether their fortune hath bred their greatnesse or their valour commanded their fortune Once it may be affirmed that if our starres haue fauored vs wee haue not forsaken our selues nor shamed them but magnified their influence by our actions Our Predecessors haue left vs ample territory wherein wee haue not been vnthrifts but haue so husbanded it that if they made little much wee haue extended much almost to infinite So that if we hold on this course of victory Alexander neuer stood more then wee in need of new worlds which if these prying inquisitiue Christians had not discouered to vs our valour ere long would want work Yet let vs not seeme so glutted and cloyed with conquest as to refuse to accept this one triumph more This by Sea wilserue to counterpoize that other balance of land victories Let vs fill both the hands of our Emperor one with spoiles of the land the other of the Sea These feeble tired Christians haue been but our Porters They are now ready to deliuer it Let not vs disdayne to take it of them least they couzen vs now as they did my father about thirty yeares since and ran away with their burthen Wee haue Gallies enough not only to stowe their wealth but if need were their Gallies Therefore most inuincible Admiral let vs preuent their flight by speedy assault This speech vttered by a man whose performance had euer heeretofore beene correspondent to so confident a perswasion not only encouraged but inflamed many of the hearers whereof Vluzzali Generall of the forces of Barbary could not containe him-selfe but with many earnest and pregnant arguments aue◅r'd the same alleaging besides the opportunity the necessity of obtaining the great Lords command Caiabeg the Sanzach of Smitna ecchoed Vluzzali Yet many the grauer and aduiseder Captaines dissented from this more hotte then deliberate determination especially Mehemet Bey the Sanzach of Negropont which if not eloquently yet truly demonstrated the danger of fight as followeth I am sorry magnificent Alli that at this time the Councell of Illustrious Hassan is rather to bee admired and applauded for greatnesse then followed for soundnesse fitter to set our tongues on worke then hands I meane to bee answered then executed It is most true in raysing the Ottoman Empire that the Turkish valour hath euer guided their fortune but as true their wisdome hath directed their valour else had they neuer created this world of their greatnesse out of nothing or made it of Attomes and so slender principles They haue not by poasting to the end of their desires lamed or tyred the meanes that carried them but by going softlier haue gone farther Greatnesse is steepe and high not to bee ascended but by leysure Those that striue to rise violently fall precipitately Such was the suddaine floud and ebbe of the Goths such the inundation of Tamberlan One Kingdome is a sufficient croppe for one yeare After that rate wee may soone begger Christendome and perfect the Turkish Monarchie As wee haue wonne Cyprus and may keepe it so wee may lose both that and ourselues too in seeking to get more If you conceiue the Christian◅ haue come so farre but with resolution to fight or to fight but with probabillity of preuayling you must thinke them either fooles or cowards But if after so familiar and long hostillity ouer-vallewing our selues hinder vs not to know them wee must needs confesse their swords and wits as sharpe as ours Not their Pusillanimity but diuision hath ruined them and our multitudes rather wearied then conquered them From Preueza themselues departed not wee draue them at least the shame of flying then will excite them to fight now Our oddes of strength is vncertaine If they bee the weaker supplyes may strengthen them If wee the stronger many accidents may weaken vs but none strengthen Therefore my councell is that wee go home while our way is open and wee haue our welcome in our hands and not let hope defraude vs of certeinty Yet is mineopinion opinion euer subiect to your correction This speech was highly approoued of Partau Bascha Siroch and Carabey Yet fate and their Emperors expresse command vrged publickly by Vluzzali so farre carried them against their owne iudgements that they resolued not onely to hazard battaile but seeke it To this end hauing distributed those foureteene thousand soldiers where they found most need They weyed anchor and came to Galanga about the euening the seuenth of October and there stayed There supplying their Galleys and themselues with whatsoeuer was requisite for the incounter Now drawing neere the Admirall neglected nought that tended to the augmentation of the strength or ostentation of the brauery of his Galleys and men One principall care was the fastning of his slaues least their bodies his but mindes his enemies might insteed of necessary instruments be conuerted to dangerous bosome aduersaries knowing that desire of liberty and reuenge two violent appetires would make them apt to snatch at any opportunity Hee caused their
hauing no meanes to satisfie his desire of reuenge on al desperatly ranne vpon Giouan Contareni whose kinsman was before not idely slaine with such violence that he had almost stem'd his Galley which he obstinatly perseuering to boord was there mortally wounded as before in iudgement so now in valor hauing manifested himselfe a compleate and absolute souldier He falling bred like amazement with the Turkes as the fate of Barbarico had with the Christians his men slaine wounded and dismaied left their decks naked to their thronging enemies who rushing in were like to haue made the Galley a common sepulchre to both For shee being shot betweene winde and water was now ready to sinke The Turkes leaped ouer-boord hoping by swimming to finde the land more mercifull to them then the water Siroch was taken not quite dead but his wounds serched and found incurable in pitty not cruelty he was dispatch't His death though it were deerely bought was a mortall wound to the Turkes whole Nauy For those that were before busied with his incounter this right wing or arme now cut off conuerted their forces though much enfeebled against other members of the fleet assisting where they saw need and had opportunity Besides the battaile of succors continually supplied and releeued impartially all parts distrest Now the two Generals Don Iohn and Ali Basha meeting like two furious Currents began so cruell a fight in the middest of both fleets that the rest seemed but spectators to them two The Gallies incircling them were the Theater these two the Stage Contrariety of Religion emulation of honor anger hope and feare producing admirable effects in both While the Basha made violent impression on the prow of Don Iohns Galley she by others was likely to haue beene entred on the poope which seene was preuented by those that back't her who boording these boorders tooke their Gallies but with great slaughter and difficulty The Turkish Admirall knowing the fortune of the day to depend vpon his successe desperatly contended to inforce Don Iohn wherein he so farre preuailed that he compelled him to bring out of hold his fresh reseruations to exchange place with his wounded and wearied men vpon the hatches which strange and vnexpected supply as it were new borne out of the wombe of the Galley to defend their mother bred amazement and by amazement hastned the destruction of the fainting Turkes The Basha shot in the head his Galley soone yeelded himselfe being yet aliue presented to D. Iohn had his head strooke off which mounted on the point of a pike he held vp in publike demonstration of victory a gratefull obiect to the Christians but dreadfull to the Turkes The same cause bringing forth at once most contrary effects extremity of hope and feare which yet lesse dismaied them not discerning it a far off then the aduancement of the Crosse royall in the top of their Admirall Galley That was seene throughout the fleet and the fatall signification easily interpreted Now they all fly but so confusedly that while they shun the pursuite of one Galley they fal foule vpon an other Besides Marco Quirini and Antonio Canali intercepted many of the Gallies flying and men swimming to the shoare In this memorable fight many notable captaines on either side were taken and slaine whose distinct Catalogue ensues at the end of the battaile not yet absolutely ended For Vluzzali foreseeing now to late this generall ouerthrow studied how he might in some measure reueng what he could not preuent therefore houering alooffe from the fleet to expect some straglers of the Christian Nauy at last found opportunity to cut off certaine Venetian Gallies which at first had followed Doria but now desirous to haue beene sharers in so noble a victory were retyring to the maine battaile them he chased fetched vp and boorded yet they brauely repelling him and Doria wheeling about to assaile him abaft knowing it dangerous for him to perseuer in fight where his owne force would continually decrease and his Aduersaries be augmented by confluence of reskew from all parts of the army executing his most mischiefe vpon those Venetians he with saile and oares stood off to sea towing after him the Gallies of Pietro Bua of Corfou of the Prior of Messina and Lodouico Cipico of Trahù Benedetto Soranza mortally wounded and oppressed by multitude fighting valliantly to the last was slaine and his Galley taken But so that such getting in conclusion proued their losse For many of the enemies thronging into the Galley either by casualty or desperate malice of some captaine she fired and they perished in a wretched mixture of death burning and drowning It seemed that the fury of the slaughtered Turkes suruiued and was vnited in Vluzzali who alone gaue all three battailes some taste of his diuilish rage Notwithstanding all those Gallies which he had taken were recouered but that of Petro Bua of Corfoù in whose purchase he had a very hard bargaine The night was his best protection which shaddowed him from the pursuing Christians Who now despayring to fetch him vp whom they could not see to follow gaue ouer the chase and stood back to the fleet and Vluzzali escaped with about thirty Gallies Many which could not swim being aliue as if death had taught them that skill floted being dead And the sea glutted with multitudes swallowed spued their carkases vp againe Many laboring in the water for life found now more safety in their wracks then before in their Gallies and sometimes a Turke and Christian laying hold of one planke began a priuate fight while a third tooke benifit of what they stroue for the sea in the meane time proouing victor of both Here a tired Christian calls to his friend for helpe here a Turke implores it of his enemy Lamentable and confused cries come from both when now the billowes begin to roare louder then all For the nauy was yet scarce collected and reduced to a safe Hauen towards night when there arose so sodaine and violent a storme as if the battaile had not now beene ended would haue beene a cruell stickler in it To conclude the insolent enemies being thus ouer-throwne and their spoile gathered the next care was to cure the wounded men and repaire the brused and torne vessels Wherein the Commanders testified no lesse industry then in preparation for the fight and valor in it It is hard to resolue which of the three Admirals D. Iohn Venieri or Colonna merited most applause they all did what could not be exceeded by any other nor equalled but by themselues The former distast twixt Don Iohn and Venieri as it had beene prouidently pacified by mediation of Colonna so was it in the conquest nobly forgotten of themselues D. Iohn toward the beginning of the battaile being endangered by inequallity of number Venteri with his owne danger brauely reskewed like two fierce mastiues iarring betweene themselues when the Beare comes forget priuate strife to assaile the common enemy which noble curtezy the
arriued in a lesse welcome manner he was most graciously entertained His Holinesse applauding his proceeding generally But quite contrary was his opinion of Doria whom he said behaued himself more like a Pirate or newtral then one of the Christian party The end of the tenth Booke of the sixth Decade The Contents of the first Booke of the seuenth Decade THE farther expectation of al men after the famous victory of Lepanto The Venetians preparation against the spring The Emperor beeing solicited by the Pope and Venetians to enter into the league refuseth it The French King Kings of Portugall and Poland doe the like The Spaniards seeme vnwilling by reason of the troubles of Flanders The Venetians great preparations to passe into the Leuant The Turkes scoure the seas whilest their fleet is making ready The death of Pius the fifth with the creation of Pope Gregory the thirteenth Don Iohn his allegations for his stay at Messina Souranza comming thither solicits Don Iohn to depart and vnite himselfe to the Venetian fleete The cause of Don Iohns delay Souranza bringeth supplies to Corfou Iealozies betwixt the French and Spaniards by reason of the troubles of Flanders with the French Kings complaint against the Duke of Alua. The Spaniards are iealous of the French The Pope and Venetians send Ambassadors to the most Christian and Catholike Kings to remooue their distrusts Vluzzali Generall of the Turkish fleet putteth to sea The Senats resolution perceiuing the delays of the Spaniards Don Iohn certifieth Marc-Antonio Colonna of his departure The Christian fleet notwithstanding leaues Corfoù Vluzzali determineth to fight with the Christian fleet The Christians resolue to assaile the Turkes The enemies alter their purpose and refuse battaile The death of Sigismond King of Poland The Venetian General intending to giue battaile encourageth his soldiers And lastly the retreat or rather flight of the enemies The first Booke of the seuenth Decad of the Historie of Uenice THE victory of the confederate Princes ouer the Turkes who by their fortunate successe had till then made themselues terrible to all nations had begot such expectation and hope in most men as they supposed a fit occasion was now offered to reuenge all former wrongs and that the Ottoman Empire forsaken of her late felicity would be ouerthrowne by the power of Christian Princes perswading themselues that the onely report of the arriuall of the Christian fleet was sufficient to open a way to gallant enterprises and conquests and to cause the inhabitants of the Prouinces possest by the Turkes to reuolt who did deadly hate their religion customes and gouernment But the discreeter sort were not transported with such idle suppositions nor fed with such vaine hope considering the euent of things by reason and not by affection knowing that so long as the Turkes land forces the true foundation of their Empire were vnshaken there was no likelyhood at all to preuaile against them nor to hope on the peoples reuolt who commonly are wont to produce cleane contrary effects and especially in the Ottoman Empire where subiects are poore and needy wanting commanders armes and meanes so that their commotions can not greatly hurt the Turkes or profit others and that the Greekes accustomed of a long time to seruitude had lost the greatest part of their ancient generosity The Venetians vpon these considerations were carefull to make new warlike preparations to augment the number of their Gallies to refresh their army with new souldiers and generally to prouide whatsoeuer should be necessary that they might speedily send their fleet into the Leuant against the Turkes But Christian Princes shutting their eyes in regard of their owne particular affections did not apprehend the fit occasion offered to abate the power of so great and terrible an enemy and in a manner enuying one an other they discoursed thereof as though it had beene a forraine warre wherein notwithstanding consisted the common safety and reiected the good fortune which the former prosperous successe did promise them for the Emperor being entreated and solicited by the Pope and Venetians to embrace the cause and being likewise perswaded by the Catholike King who to that end had sent Don Pedro Fassardo to him still persisting in his vsuall delaies and irresolutnesse alleadged new but greater difficulties and wanting will was very glad to entertaine any excuse to free himselfe from it therefore he demanded to haue ready money giuen him insteed of those foote forces which they offered and sufficient caution for it in some free townes of Germany adding farther that he would be assured of the continuance of that supply for a long time and that to those ends they should insert more strict and expresse obligations in the Articles of the capitulations this hee propounded onely for a shew knowing well enough that they would neuer be granted and it was likewise knowne that hee had prepared the tribute and already made choice of a messenger to carry it to Constantinople Charlâ—…s the French King on the other side solicited by the Pope not to be wanting to all Christendome in such an expedition answered that he would first vnderstand the Emperours resolution and so soone as his forces were ready hee would not faile speedily to send his aide to ioyne with the land-troupes of Germany vnder the conduct of his brother the Duke of Aniou but that hee neither could nor ought to suffer his sea-forces farre inferior to those of Spaine to ioyne with them At the same time the Cardinall Alexandrine hauing executed his commission in Spaine was by the Popes commandement gon in Portugall from whence they hoped to procure thirty vessels of warre for seruice of the Christian fleet the King did honourably entertaine him yet hee could draw nothing from his Maiesty but generall promises whereby he saw that the King inclyning wholly to the enterprize of Barbary against the Moores did not greatly respect matters farre from home Not long after Antonio Tepulo hauing accomplished his Ambassadge into Spaine went thither likewise verily perswading himselfe that the newes of the late victory would the easier haue induced that King to embrace the league wherein a very honourable place was reserued for him the Confederates fortunate successe inuiting him therevnto together with his owne interest that the vnbridled greatnesse of the Turkes might bee abated whom not without cause hee might feare would prooue bad neighbours to his Indies All this could not procure the King to incline to the league nor could the Ambassadors draw any other promise from him then this That hee would the next yeere send foure thousand footmen to the seruice of the league and ioyne some few of his owne vessels to the Confederates fleet the which he could not then doe because that certaine French Protestants of Rochell did ordinarily make incursions vpon his territories and sea coasts whereby he was enforced continually to entertaine certaine armed vessels to resist them and the Moores of Fesse and of
which extending towards the South-east makes the Hauen like to a semicircle and is stronger by situation then art This the Turkes carefully garded for the commodiousnesse of the hauen lying in the very hart of Morea There are two wayes leading to the Castle that on the left hand is not farre from the Sea the other behind it towards the firme land lies by a lake not farre from thence and is very narrow and hidden The Prince of Parma had charge of this enterprize who landing two thousand Spanish and Italian foot and tenne peeces of battery took the open and plaine way to cut off supplies from the enemies but he either neglected or knew not the other narrow secret way Iuan di 〈◊〉 and Morettâ—… the Calabrois went afterwards to make good the passage but they were on a suddaine assailed by great number of enemies and with great difficulty came off By this meanes aboue two thousand Turkes came to releeue the Castle who beeing maisters of that narrow passage did at their pleasures not onely put in what supplies they thought good but had leisure to seaze on certaine high places commanding the wayes from whence with their small shotte they still annoyed our men busied in planting the Ordnance lying open also at the same time to the Castles shot so that in three dayes they could hardly plant two Canons and the danger more and more increased the soldiers wanting rampiers to defend themselues and the enemies numbers still augmented with whom to their owne great disaduantage they were daily enforced to skirmish This did greatly trouble the confederate Generals who knew that to quit the enterprise would blemish their reputation and to continue the siege would not much auaile them but their greatest difficulty was want of bread which Don Iohn and his faction dayly amplifying said That of necessity they were to depart And yet it seemed strange and incredible to most men that the Spanish Nauy comming lately from Sicily with so many ships which is the Magazin or Granary of Italy should in so short time want bread or if it were true that scarcity might easily haue beene supplied by sending to Tarento for certaine vessels laden with Bisket which the Spaniards themselues reported they had left there The Venetian Generall that he might cut of all occasion of the Spaniards departure offered Don Iohn part of his owne Store earnestly entreating him to accept his offer telling him that the rest of his Nauie might bee easily supplyed by those vessels before mentioned It is not certainly knowne why the Spaniard refused this curtesie who stopped their eares against all reasonable perswasions which might delay their departure which they onely intending discamped from before Nauarin leauing a safe and open way for Vluzzali to conduct his fleete to Constantinople and the Honor to bee accounted a skillfull and valiant Captaine Yet Don Iohn did what he could to cause Generall Foscarin and the Venetians to consent and be well pleased with his departure assuring him of his earnest desire to purchase honor and reputation whereof Fortune had bereft him by taking from him the meanes to fight with the enemy yet if by the way he did chance to meet with those ships of supplies he would then willingly embrace any occasion whatsoeuer to doe some notable seruice to the league ere hee returned with his fleet into the West and that though he now wanted opportunity hee hoped the next yeare to recompence that which necessity had enforced him to loose The Venetian Generall perceiuing his resolution consented therevnto because hee would not giue an occasion to the enemies to thinke that the league was broken as also for that hee knew himselfe alone too weake to attempt any great matter Yet when our men thought least of it they were more likely then euer to giue the enemy battaile for at the very instant when the confederats were vpon departure they had intelligence that a Spanish ship come from Corfou was in fight with certaine Turkish Galleys not farre from Sapienza wherevpon all things beeing put in order the fleete speedily left the Hauen of Nauarin to rescue the shippe and to fight with the enemies Ere our men could get out of the Hauen Vluzzali with three score of his Gallyes came forth of the channell of Modon to rescue those that were in fight and to secure others which hee had sent to scoure the seas So soone as Don Iohn saw Vluzzali hee commanded the Prouidator Souranza to meete him with a certaine number of Galleys to hinder his comming on any farther the Marquis of Santa Cruz and the Prouidator Canalis with their Squadrons to charge the enemies with fiue and twenty Galleys who discrying our fleete left the ship and betooke themselues to flight When Vluzzali saw the Prouidator comming towards him he made a stand but at last turning his prowes without any farther delay he retired vnder the Castle of Modon being still pursued by our Gallies who beeing come neere to the towne bestowed diuers Cannon bullets on it The Gallies which fought with the shippe beeing light and able to make way escaped with ease one excepted commanded by the Sanzach of Mitelene nephew to the famous Barbarossa who fighting longer then any of the rest and his slaues in hope of liberty rowing slowly was taken by the Marquis of Sancta Crux but night approaching they gaue ouer farther pursute Then D. Iohn sounded the retreat and commanded eùery one to returne into the hauen of Nauarin beeing vnwilling to leaue the engin behind that the enemies might not terme his departure a flight then the greater vessells beeing forth of the Hauen and a faire southeast wind blowing he willed them presently to saile to Zant and himselfe the next morning directed his course thither with the whole fleet being so desirous to returne home as going a neerer way through the Channell of Giscarda contrary to the aduise of the skilfullest Marriners who councelled him to goe to Cephalonia he escaped a great danger neere to the Gulph of Larta and there lost one of the Popes Gallies which was broken to peeces vpon the Rocks of Paxu Vluzzali after the Confederates departure freed from all hinderances in his iourney did without any order put to Sea and came vnto the Cape of Malâ—…a where by reason of a contrary northerne wind he was enforced to continue certaine dayes but in the end hauing a faire Gale he sailed to Constantinople with an hundred Gallies where he was with all honour entertained the Turkes openly term ing themselues Conquerors for that they had defended Morea and their other territories dared as they said the Christians oftentimes to battaile lastly driuen them forth of their dominions secured the Sea and made it nauigable The Confederates in the meane time arriued at Corfou the twentith day of October who though their fleet were augmented with thirteene Gallies and certaine shipps loden with wheat brought by the
Lords and Barons of Poland proclaimed a generall assembly at Varsouia in Aprill next ensuing there to proceed to election of a new King After this election posts were dispatched into France to giue Henry notice thereof whilest Ambassadors were making ready to receiue and conduct him into Poland Italy being now freed from the dreadfull Turkish warre was like to haue baâ—…ched an other in her owne bowels for the Duke of Vrbin going about to lay some new impositions vpon his subiects they denied to pay any thing but that which they had granted to Duke Francesco Maria when he entred into the State and therevpon tooke armes protesting neuerthelesse that they did it not against their Prince but onely to defend their ancient priuiledges The Duke on the other side raised an army to enforce them and the matter would haue proceeded to battaile had not the Pope quenched this flame making them friends but the Duke entring afterwards with a power into Vrbin beheaded some of the chiefe of the sedition and banished others consiscating their goods and then built a Cittadell at the Cities charge the better afterwards to conteine them in their obedience Don Iohn of Austria being at the same time in Sicily with a gallant Nauy and vnderstanding that the Venetians had made peace with the Turkes did by King Philips permission passe ouer with his forces into Affrick to â—…eate the sonne of Muleassem in the Kingdome of Tunis who for his intelligence with Christians had beene expulsed by the Turkes and had honorable entertainment giuen him by the King of Spaine in Goletta Being come into Affrick he landed his souldiers and in order of battaile marched to assault the City of Tunis where no resistance being made the Christians without any slaughter entred and sacked it then Don Iohn causing a fort to be built nere to the City placed Gabriele Serbellone the Milanois in it with three hundred Italians and himselfe with the fleet returned into Sicily About the beginning of the yeere 1574. the Venetians hauing intelligence that Selim armed at Constantinople fearing that he would not obserue peace suspected that hee ment to enterprise vpon Candy wherevpon they leauied 12000. foot-men to guard it and rigged their fleet making Iacomo Souranza their Generall but these preparations were needlesse for Selim turning his deseignes vpon Affrike to bee reuenged on Don Iohn ratified the peace and tooke from them all suspition of being inuaded by him sent Sinan Basha with a mighty army into Affrike to recouer Tunis and raze Goletta the which in one month he did Selim perceiuing all things to succeed according to his desire intended to breake his word and oth with the Venetians and to inuade the 〈◊〉 of Candy but whilest he made his preparations death ouerthrew his vniust and proud deseignes God so prouiding for the quiet and safety of Christendome Amurath his eldest sonne succeeded him in the Empire In the meane time Henry of Aniou entring Poland did vpon the confines in great power and magnificence meet with the chiefe of the Kingdome who conducted him to Cracouia where with royal solemnity he was crowned and whilest he busied himselfe with enquiring of their manner of gouernment beginning by little and little to order the affaires of State the Queene his mother sent a speedy messenger to him from France to aduertize him of the death of his brother King Charles and to aduise him to returne into France with all possible speed to receiue the crowne and to remoue those troubles wherewith by his brothers death she was entangled The King accquainted the Polanders with these newes telling them that hee was of necessity to returne into France to order the affaires of that Kingdome which were much embroiled But the Lords which were then with him at Cracouia answered that his departure could not be treated of but in the Generall Councell of the whole Realme who would send him so well accompanied as he should terrifie those that durst make any resistance The Generall Estates of the Kingdome were to the same end summoned to Cracouia but the King againe solicited by his mother to make hast and on the other side perceiuing that the Polanders did not proceed with such celerity as his affaires required and that they were vnwilling to let him goe resolued in secret manner to depart and in disguise by night leaping on horse-back him-selfe with three more went from Cracouia and with great speed hasted towards the confines of the Empire His departure was not long concealed for the Earle of Tericenia the Kings Chamberlaine with other Lords comming to his chamber and finding him not there did presently take horse pursuing the same way that hee had taken meaning to stay him and bring him backe but the King made such speed as they could not ouer-take him till he arriued in the Empires territories where they earnestly entreated him to returne with them which he not granting they went back againe to Cracouia The King in the meane time pursuing his iourney came to Vienna where the Emperors sonnes met him and within a while after the Emperor himselfe who very magnificently entertained him From thence he sent word to the Venetians that he determined to come and see their Citty Archduke Charles accompanied him through his Cuntrey vpon the Venetians confines he met with a gallant troope of Noblemen who came to waite vpon him with eight hundred souldiers the next day foure of the chiefest Senators of Venice came to him as Ambassadors and intreated him to come and view their city where all men with great desire expected him which he pro mising to doe the Duke of Neuers who was then in Italy came likewise to him and so altogether arriued at Maguera the farthest place of the firme land on the lakes where hee met with threescore Venetian gentlemen which came to waite vpon him and entring into a Gondola prepared for him together with the Dukes of Ferrara and Neuers attended by infinite numbers of Gondolas hee came to Murana where the next day hee was visited by the Prince and Senate with foureteene Gallies then beeing conducted to Lia hee went into the Bucentauro and with him the Prince and Senate from thence with great magnificence he was brought to Venice all that Channell betwixt Lia and the city beeing full of boates made in fashion of sea monsters wherein were all the youth of Venice ritchly attired with infinite numbers of Gondolas who rowed before and on euery side of the Bucentaure which was gently towed to Venice where the King remayning certaine daies the Signory shewed him all pleasures and delights that could be imagined and at his departure the Prince and Senate accompanied him three miles from the city where taking leaue of each other the King embraced the Prince giuing him great thankes for his royall entertainment which hee promised neuer to forget and in so saying gaue him a diamond of great valew entreating him to
to Venice ibid. Berengarius defeated by the Hunnes 40 Battaile betwixt the Venetians and the Hunnes 41 Buriall of Pietro Candiano and his young sonne 47 Berengarius and his sonne Albert defeated 51 Bishop of Grada his present to the Duke 56 By what meanes the Normans grew great 65 Beamond assailed by Alexis subiects 73 Battaile betwixt the Christians and the Infidels 74 Beamond giues the first assault to the Citie of Antioch 76 Beamond his great authority 78 Bethlehem Braim Berithon 80 Bodies of S. Theodore and S. Nicolas brought to Venice 84 Baldwin king of Ierusalem 85 Beamond is set at liberty and returnes to Antioch ibid. Baldwin surnamed Burgensis king of Ierusalem 86 Baldwin taken prisoner by Dalochus king of the Parthians 89 Barbarians defeated by the Venetians before Ioppa 91 Building of the hospitall of the publike charity 95 Baldwin of Flanders chosen Emperour of the East 121 Boniface king of Thessaly 124 Bishops Sea at Malamoc translated to Chioggia 127 Benedicto Treuisano 141 Brent and Bachillion turned backwards 142 Bolognians intent discouered 154 Bolognians defeated 155 Buconio his 〈◊〉 166 Braue resolutioÌ„ of a great captain 183 Bressia besieged by Luchin Visconte 187 Bressia and Bergamo taken by Luchin ibid. Building of Saint Anthonies Hospitall 194 Battaile betwixt the Venetians and Genoueses 203 By what meanes the plot was discouered 208 Base retreat of the Almans 226 By what means the Isle of Tenedos came into the Venetians possession 232 Battaile at Sea with the Genoueses 233 Bebia recouered 264 Bressia and Senia taken by Lauretano 267 Boucicault a French man Generall of the Genoa-army 281 Both fleets dissemble ibid. Bathes in time past at Veroâ—…a 286 Boldnesse of Picinino one of Philips Captains 312 Brissels taken 315 Battaile betwixt the Venetians and Philip. 319 Bressia somewhat relieued 362 Barbaro his politick wisedome 368 Bressians terme Barbaro Father of their countrey ibid. Bressians are put to rout 369 Braue message of the Gouernour of the old Pallace to the Prince of Mantua 376 Bressia is relieued with victuals 379 Borsia de Aeste is put to rout 384 Bregnan Trioill and Rimolca in the Gyradade recouered by Sforza 385 Battail of Anglare betwixt Picinino and those of the league 386 Bressians recompenced for their loyalty 388 Bistice assailed by the Venetians 396 Bologneses hauing recouered their liberty craue the alliance of the Venetians and Florentines 399 Bertoldo D'Aeste is slain at the siege of Corinth 433 Bartholomeo of Bergamo bringeth forces into Tusâ—…anie 440 Battell of Molinella ibid. C CReation of Tribunes 8 Comming of the Lombards into Italie ibid. Churches builded by Narses 9 Church of Grada made Metropolitane by the Pope 10 Church of Grada robbed ibid. Complaint against the Tribunes 11 Creation of Exarch 14 Conspiracie against the Duke 20 Cruel death of the bishop of Grada 21 Conspiracie against the Duke discouered ibid. Cause of the warre betwixt the two Empires 22 Comming of Theodosius to Venice 34 Citie of Crotona ibid. Citie of Venice new fortified 39 Ciuill warre betwixt the Hunnes 40 Commachians vanquished 43 Complaints against the Narentines 45 Church of the Augustines builded 46 Complaint of Vitalis bishop of Grada 51 Ciuill discords 53 Cruell intent of the Calloprini ibi Calloprini returne to Venice 54 Cittie of Pharos destroyed 58 Conditions of peace graunted to the Narentines ibid. Church and Monasterie of Bennet builded by the Phaledrini 60 Conspiracie against the Duke and his banishment 61 Centranico deposed from his dignitie is by the people shorne and made a Monke 62 Custome of taking a Colleague into the Principalitie abolished 63 Crueltie of the Mahometans 70 Charlemain his exploits against the Infidells 71 Complaints of the Christians before Antioch 78 Caesarea 80 Christians besiege Ierusalem 82 Christians take Ierusalem 83 Castle of Soball built by Baldwin 86 Chioggia built with the ruines of Malamoc 87 Ciprians Monasterie built ibi Caloman king of Hungary dieth sodainely 88 Croatia brought vnder the Venetians obedience ibid. Conditions graunted by Varimond to the Venetians 92 Christians stratageme before Tyre 93 Corfu taken by the Venetians 98 Contagious sickenesse in the Venetian armie 103 Creation of the Ten. 104 Crüeltie against the Law of Nations 105 Cruell determination of a woman ibid. Christian Princes arriued at Venice 116 Complaint and request of young Alexis 117 Constantinople besieged by Sea and Land 118 Constantinople besieged the second time 121 Constantinople yeeldes ibid. Coronation of the Emperour Baldwin 122 Cause why the Emperour Emanuell hated the Venetians ibid. Colonie sent into Corfu 127 Count of Auxerre chosen Emperor of the East ibid. Count Mailloc his enterprise vpon Candie 130 Colonie sent to Candie 131 Candace taken by Tepulo 132 Cyani willingly deposeth himselfe 134 Constantinople besieged againe by Vattasus 137 Craft and subtâ—…ltie of the Genoueses 138 Court of Requests established in Venice 139 Citie of Pola taken and ruined 140 Cittie of Epidauro called at this day Maluasia 149 Crueltie of the Greekes and Genoueses 150 Christians in Syria diuided in to sacâ—…iöns ibid. Cania in Candie ruined by the Genoueses 152 Certaine Genoa ships taken by the Venetians ibid. Carolo and Andraea Dandulo Generalles of the Venetian Armie 165 Cydon in Candie taken by the Genoueses 166 Cittie of Ferrara recouered by the Popes Legate 168 Conspiracie of Tepulo ibid. Conspirators purpose ibid. Conspirators assaile the Dukes pallace 169 Course of the warre with those of Escalla 176 Cause why the Paduans reuolted from those of Escalla 185 Caminensis wife slaine in the habite of a seruant 186 Charles son to the king of Boheme incamped before Feltra ibid. Citty of Feltra taken by the king of Hungary 187 Candie is appeased by the Rebells punishment 191 Certaine Lords of Candie doe rebell ibid. Chiefe conspiratours punished 208 Cause of the warre betwixt the Venetians and the king of Hungarie 212 Commissioners sent into Candie to appease the troubles 216 Calergo the murtherer taken 218 Candiots resolue to yeeld to the Genouese ibid. Candiots crueltie to the Venetians 219 Candiots defeated 220 Citie of Candace yeelded ibid. Candiots defeated and put to flight by Giacomo Bragadino 222 Contareni his fault inexcusable 225 Carrario his purpose discouerd 226 Cause of the fourth warre with the Genoueses 231 Carrario beginneth warre against the Venetians 234 Cause of the taking of Famagosta ibid. Citties of Cesalta and Saligetta taken 237 Caballa of Verona Generall of the Venetian footmen 241 Carrario ioyneth himselfe with the Genoueses 242 Chiurani for not doing his duety is condemned to perpetuall imprisonment ibid. Cap-darger taken by Carrario 245 Common coÌ„plaint of the people 246 Charles sonne to Lewis King of Hungarie commeth before Treuiso 248 Charles returneth to Hungary 249 Citizens resolution ibid. Caloianes earnest intreatie to the Venetians for succour 252 Cornari seizeth on Brondolli 253 Carolo Zeni arriueth in the hauen of Chioggia 255 Cap-Histria taken by the Genoueses and giuen to the Patriarke of Aquileia 264 Carolo Zeni Generall of the Venetian armie 266
Cape-Histria taken by the Genoueses 271 Conditions of peace betwixt the Venetians and the Genoueses 274 Cruell warre at Tenedos 276 Carrario imprisoned in the Medozian Tower 279 Carrario his lands diuided ibi Castle of Padua recouered for Nouello ibid. Carrarians make incursions on the Vencenzans 282 Carrario wrongeth the Venetian Ambassador 283 Carolo Malateste of Arimini generall of the Venetians armie 284 Conditions of peace made with Albert Aeste 285 Conditions of peace propounded vnto Carrario 287 Carrario his great cruelty 288 Ciuidalians yeelde to the Venetians 293 Carmagnolla leaueth Philip and commeth to the Venetian 297 Cornari his Oration to Philip. ibid. Carmagnolla called into the Senate with his Inuectiue against Philip. 302 Carmagnolla Generall to the Venetians 307 Certaine Venetian troups defeated by the armie of Philip. 310 Castle of Bressia yeelded to the Venetians 312 Casal-Maior taken by Picinino 315 Carnagnolla before Monteclaro 317 Carolo Malateste Generall of Philips armie 320 Chiefe cause of Carmagnolla his death 321 Cause of the renewing of the war betwixt the Venetians Philip. 323 Carmagnolla escapes by flight 328 Carmagnolla giues ouer his charge for sorrow that he had done a fault 331 Carmagnolla conuicted of treason is beheaded 334 Cornari dieth in prison 336 Cause of the renewing the warre betwixt the Venetians Philip. 338 Carrario commeth forth of Germany to take Padua 339 Carrario is discouered and executed at Venice 340 Cosmo de Medicis sent to Venice 344 Cosmo goeth to the Pope 346 Casall yeeldeth to Picinino 348 Cause of the commotion of Padua Vincenza 367 Commissioners of Verona come to Venice 378 City of Antiuari subiect to the Venetians 396 Christians possesse the Streight 397 Cause of Sforza's hatred to king Alphonso 398 Ciarpelions death 400 Carolo Montone taketh the Venetians party 403 Coione takes the VenetiaÌ„s part 406 Coyone his victory 409 Crenia yeeldes to the Venetians 411 Coyone assailed by command of the Senate 416 Carolo Gonzaga imploreth the Venetians aide ibid. Coyone makes incursions vpon the Bressan territorie 418 Constantinople besieged 422 Captaines of gallies punished for leauing the fleet without licence 425 Conditions of peace concluded betwixt Sforza and the Florentines by meanes of an Hermit 426 Cause of the warre betwixt the Thryestines and those of Cape Histria 434 Capel his exploits 439 Capel dieth with griefe 440 Canalis speech to Mocenigo 447 Canalis condemned to perpetuall banishment ibid. Commissioners return from Constantinople without any conolusion ibi Coccina in the Isle of Lemnos is reedified 448 Citie of Vdina affrighted at the comming of the Turkes 454 Christians besiege Smyrna 465 Coric yeelded 468 Caraman his present to the Venetian ibid. Conspirators flie from Cyprus 475 Croia yeelded to the Turkes 486 Conditions of peace betwixt Ottoman and the Venetians ibi Confederate armie against the Florentines 489 Comparison betwixt the Romans and Venetians 491 Cause of the warre of Ferrara 493 Castel-nouo yields to the Venet. 498 CoÌ„ditions of peace betwixt the States of Italie and the Venetians vpon the end of the 〈◊〉 of Lombardie 516 Ceremonie at the Duke of Venice his funerall 522 Charles the eight Freâ—…ch king sends an Ambassadour to Venice with the Senates answere 532 D DIuers opinions of the Historians concerning this Historie 3 Duke Paulutio the first takes oath 12 Duke Horteo murtherd by his owne Citizens 14 Difference arising about the câ—…eation of a new Duke ib. Dominico Leon the first master or Colonell of the men at armes ib. Duke Giouanni and his sonne expelled the Citie 21 Description of the situation of Venice 24 Different intents of Combatants 25 Dukes Pallace in Rialâ—…o 27 Description of the Dukes Pallace ibi Duke Giouanni flieth 32 Duke Giouanni deposed from his charge and becomes a Priest 33 Duke Tradonico murthered 35 Dorsse-Dura newly inhabited 37 Duke Giouanni his brother taken by the Count of Commachia 38 Duke Giouanni doth voluntarily depose himselfe ibid. Duke Pietro dieth fighting with the Narentines 39 Duke Vrso his sonne taken at sea 42 Duke Vrso voluntarily deposeth him selfe and becomes a Monke ibid. Duke Pietro his sonne who was his Colleague stirs vp sedition in the Citie and is banished 45 Duke Pietro dies for griefe ibi Duke Pietro the fourth marrieth Walderta daughter to Guido 46 Duke Pietro his tyrannie ibid. Death of the Duke and his son 47 Duke Pietro Vrseolo his secret departure 52 Dominico Morosino murdred 54 Death of Otho the second Emperor ibid. Duke Tribuno voluntarily deposeth himselfe 55 Description of Illyria 56 Duke Vrseolo the second his great wisedome permitted to associate his sonne Giouanni into the gouernement 59 Duke Vrseolo the 2. his last will 60 Dominico Vrseolo vsurpeth the Dukes Pallace 62 Durazzo besieged by the Normans 66 Description of Hierusalem 81 Duke of Venice comes to Hierusalem 92 Description of Tyre ibid. Distrust conceiued against the Venetians 93 Death of Rogero King of Sicil. 99 Diuers opinions of the Historians concerning the reconciliation of Pope Alexander and Fredericke the Emperor 109 Death of Cyani and his last wil. 110 Description of S. Marks church ibi Description of Constantinople 118 Discreet answer of a yong Emperour 120 Death of the Emperor Baldwin 122 Decree of the Venetians about possession of the Ilands 124 Damiet in Aegipt taken 128 Description of the I le of Candie 129 Death of Theodore sonne to Vattasus 148 Death of Baiamont 169 Dalmasio the Spaniard proues a traitour to the Venetians 171 Dalmasio diuinely punished for his treacherie ibid. Dandulos pietie acknowledged 173 Description of the Arcenall ibid. Diuers sorts of Earthquakes 196 Discreet act of the Generall 199 Doria spoileth the Adriaticke Gulph 205 Duke of Venice denied a pasport 213 Duke of Austria comes to Venice 215 Dominico Michaeli Generall of the Venetians nauall armie 217 Demand of the Greeke multitude ibi Death of Nicholao Dandulo and his brother 221 Duke of Austria bringeth aide to the Thryestines 226 Diuers opinions concerning Rainiero his dismission 229 Diuers opinions in the Senate concerning the taking of Tenedos 232 Diuers opinions concerning the taking of Famagosta 235 Description of the hauen of Brandissa 236 Description of the city Chioggia 243 Diligence vsed in fortifications 247 Diuers and sundry incounters where the Venetians had the better 248 Dandulo goeth to Venice about the souldiers demaunds 269 Duke of Sauoy a Mediator for peace 272 Diuers publike shewes made in the city for loue to the Duke 280 Death of Paulo Sabello 285 Duke of Milan his victorie ouer the Florentines 296 Description of Bressia 308 Duke of Sauoy Montferrat make incursions on the Milanois 319 Double treacherie vpon the Castle of Soncina 328 Discourse betwixt Gonzaga and the Venetians 347 Description of the lake of Benac 349 Duke of Ferrara complaines vnto the Pope 352 Death of Pietro Lauretano and his strange buriall 360 Disposition of Picinino 374 Doubt of those of Verona 375 Description of the Riuer Adice 376 Diuers Gallies armed at Venice against
will Testament 31 Infidels aduertised of the Christians enterprize 72 Infidels retire 74 Ierusalem 80 In whose time the Turkes recouered the holy land 95 Incursions of the Bandetti of Zara. 118 Isaac the Emperour ratifies what his sonne had promised 119 Isaac deliuered out of prison ibid. Isaac dieth sodainly ibid. Isle of Candie giuen to the Venetians 122 It is lawful for all men to defend their owne 138 Iâ—…ppa besieged by the Barbarians 91 Inconstancie and lightnesse of the Greekes 151 Ingratitude of the Venetians neighbours 153 Incursions of the Turkes 175 In what place and manner the battell was fought 203 Ingratitude of a son to his father 232 In what maner Pisani fortified Venice 247 In what place Zeni receiued newes of the losse of Chioggia and the Cities siege 252 Ielousie betwixt Pisani and Thaddeo Iustiniano 254 Iohn d' Agons a Frenchman Generall of the Venetian Armie 257 Iustiniano is sent to Apulia to forrage 259 Iustiniano is taken by the Genoueses ibid. In what esteeme the Citie of Verona is 286 Incursions of Nichola Stella vpon the Lucan territories 324 Italus of Friull and Giacomo Guiuano are put to death 401 Inestimable valew of the treasure of Venice 410 Inuention of the Art of Printing attributed to a German 431 Isle of Lemnos deliuered to the Venetians 436 Isle of Delos described 451 Italian Princes send a present to Matthias King of Hungarie 479 L. LOmbards giue limits to the Venetians 8 Luitprand Duke of Forleini 11 Leo the Emperor giues many goodly reliques to the Prince 28 Lewis King of Germanie Tributary rie to the Huns. 40 Leo the Pope comes to Venice 64 Leo the Pope vanquished by the Normans 65 Length of the siege of Antioch with the want in the Armie 78 League with Wilâ—…iam King of Sicill 100. League of Achaia with the Venetians 150 League renewed betwixt Paleologus and the Venetians 155 Ligustick and Lybick warre had almost one selfe same end 163 League and alliance against those of Escalla 176 Lewis King of Hungarie defeated before Zara. 195 Luchin Vermio of Verona Generall of the land Armie 217 Lightnesse and inconstancie of the multitude 218 Lithernians returne to the Venetians obedience 223 Liberall offer made to the Senate by a Citizen of Chioggia 250 Loretta recouered 256 Leopold accepteth the Venetians offer 278 Leopold his proud answere to the Paduan 273 Leopold entreth Treuiso ibid. Leopold rendreth Treuiso to Carrario vpon conditions 277 League against Galeas Viscont ibid Ladislaus selleth Zara to the Venetians 290 Lauretano respected and beloued of euery one 352 Lauretano besiegeth Sermone 360 Legnaga is taken 365 Longina is taken by Sforza 369 La Garda Bardolin and Lansiza are taken 383 Lionello d' AEst commeth to Venice 397 La Marca reduced vnder the Popes obedience 400 Lodes and Plaisancia yeeld to the Venetians 404 Leonesio his death 421 Lauretano his exploits in the Isle of Nigrepont 425 Lamentation and great courage of a woman 465 Lodouico Lauretano commeth from the Popes Legate 470 League betwixt the Venetians and the Kings of Portugall with the cause of that league 518 Law of Nations violated 524 Luca Pisani his opinion on Sanseuerino his designe 525 M. MAcrin Gouernour of Hungarie ouercome by the Huns. 3 Monegario his miserable end 19 Miraculous aparition of S. Marke 30 Malamoc ruined 32 Moores returne into Italie 34 Murcimirus King of Croatia sends Ambassadors to the Duke 57 Molloc Gouernour for the Greeke Emperour deceiueth his fellowes 66 Murasis yeelded 76 Moores came into Dalmatia 35 Michael the Emperour driuen from Constantinople 66 Murderers punished 36 Malamoc burnt and drowned 87 Myrtillus issued from meane parents 120 Myrtillus speach to the people Ibid. Myrtillus flight 121 Meaning of the Prophecie 123 Modona and Corona receptacles of theeues and Pirates ruined 125 Mount Ida. 130 Michael Paleologus his treacherie 148 Mastin beggeth peace of the Venetians 181 Mastin raiseth his campe from Pontremolle 182 Mestra yeelded to the Venetians 185 Mastin incampeth to shut victuals from the Venetians 186 Marsilio his answere to the Venetians 188 Mastin imploreth aid of the Duke of Bauiere ibid. Mastin enforced accepteth peace on any conditions 189 Mastin made a gentleman of Venice 190 Manner of Phalerio his conspiracie 207 Marco Cornari Vice-duke during the troubles 209 Miserable death of Andrea Cornari 217 Marco Gradonico murthered in the Palace 218 Mocenigo his resolution 223 Marsilio Carrario forsaketh his brother 230 Mestra besieged by the Carrarians 237 Mestra relieued by the Venetians ibid Mutatio his answere to the Venetians and Genoueses ibid. Market place of S. Marke paued with bricke 280 Malateste giues ouer the Generals place 284 Massolerio conuicted and punished for treason 287 Milanois offer to Philip. 314 Malateste Generall of Philips Armie 320 Marquis of Montferrat commeth for refuge to Venice 334 Mellato his valour 343 Mellato conducteth the Venetian Armie 346 Mantuans excuse 347 Mellato speedily dislodgeth 348 Martinenga's and Auogadres in Bressia are reconciled 349 Mellato commeth forth of Bressia and is constrained to returne 353 Mellato departs from Bressia and marcheth towards the mountaines 354 Mantuan fortifieth Po. 356 Mellato made Generall of the Venetian Armie 357 Mellato prouides to relieue Bressia 359 Mantuans plot to send the warre farre from his owne Countrie 362 Mantuans pollicie for the passage of his gallies 363 Mantuans gallies passe into the Adice 364 Mellato fortifieth the passages neere to Torbolles 372 Malateste Prince of Cesenna is taken prisoner 373 Maguis entreateth the Prince of Mantua not to spoile Verona 375 Mantuan proclaimed Prince of Verona ibid. Mantuans preparation for defence of Verona ibid. Maguis brought before Sforza is clâ—…ered 377 Malatestes take the enemies partie 379 Mellato his death 396 Mount Barri is taken 403 Milaneses suspect Sforza 408 Manerbia and Ponteuico yeelde to Sforza 421 Malateste besiegeth Sparta 437 Mocenigo his answere to Canalis 447 Mocenigo his first exploit 448 Mocenigo his Oration to the Popes Legate 451 Mocenigo his incursions into Asia 454 Mocenigo his answere to the King of Cyprus 469 Micra is taken by composition ibid. Mocenigo his answer to the Ambassadours from the King of Cyprus his sister ibid. Mocenigo his answere to Lauretano 470 Mocenigo aduertised of the enemies purpose 474 Mocenigo his diligence to relieue Cyprus 475 Mocenigo punisheth the murtherers of Cornari 476 Mocenigo is chosen Gouernour of Cyprus ibid. Matthias King of Hungarie a great souldier 479 Mantuan Prince goes to the Confederates Armie 509 Mantuan discontented leaueth the Armie 510 Maximilian is chosen King of the Romans 521 N. NArses comes into Italie 9 Narses answere to the Empresse ibid. Narentines rodes euen to Caorli 35 Narentines great incursions 55 New officers sent to the Cities newly conquered 58 Normans driue the Saracens and Greeks forth of Italy 65 Nicholas the Pope Tributarie to the Normans ibid. Normans defeat Molloc 66 New titles giuen to the Duke of Venice 68 Nicea besieged 73 Nicea yeelded and vpon what conditions 74 Number of
Historians concerning the building of the City 6 Sophia the Empresse reproacheth Narses 9 Strange prodigies 10 Succor sent to the Greeke Emperour against the Sarrazens 29 Saint Peters Church at Rome taken by the Moores 34 Spoiles made by the Moores ibid. Saba the Moore before TarentuÌ„ ibid Sarracens before Grada fought withall 37 Sundrie opinions of the Normans comming into Italy 66 S. Marks miraculous apparition 68 Sixtie thousand Turks come to succour Nicea 73 Soliman Generall of the armie 75 Strabo his opinion concerning Moses 82 Sinne the cause of the destruction of Ierusalem ibid. S. Cyprians monastery builded 87 Strange case of a Pigeon 93 Sodaine fire 99 Secret league betwixt the Greek Emperour the king of Sicily 101 Saladines Armie defeated 114 SeditioÌ„ against the yong Emperor 119 Sedition of the Constantinopolitanes affirming their Church not subiect to Rome 127 Sedition in Candiè 131 Sanuto comes to aide the Venetians in Candie ibid. Sanuto chiefe of the rebels 132 Sanuto narrowly followeth the enemie ibid. Sanuto his designe ibid. Sedition in Candie by ouer-much libertie 134 Sanuto commeth to the aid of Candie 135 Since when the forme of electing the Prince hath beene in vse 142 Sacco taken by the Legate and the venetians 143 Scarcity of victuals in Venice 153 Situation of Italy 162 Sundrie opinions touching the battaile at Corfu 165 Strange death of one of the Generals of the Venetians Armie ibid. Strange prodigies hapned that day that the conspiracy should haue bene executed 169 Sixt rebellion of Zara. 170 Sentence of a great Captaine 180 Sacceans yeeld to the venetians 183 Secret practise of Marsilio Carrario with the venetians 185 Serrauall vnder the venetians 186 Sundry opinions vpon Earthquakes 196 Strangers that would come and people the City made Citizens of Venice 197 Spoiles made by the Candiots 222 Situation of Tarentum 236 Sicco taken by the venetians 237 Souldiers molested with hunger and cold 238 Stratagem to auoide fight 236 Supplies come to the Genoueses 244 Seuenth rebellion of Zara. 194 Sharpe fight in the hauen of Brondolli 254 Senates answere to the garrison of Serrauall 270 Seuere iustice of a father on his owne sonne 278 Sabello endeuoreth to stay his amazed souldiers 285 Secret practises of Marsilio Carrario 291 Strife betwixt the Bishop of Aquileia and the Vdinois 293 Skirmish neare vnto Cremona where the venetians had the worst 316 Sforza comming to aide the Luquois causeth the enemy to raise his camp 325 Stratagem of Philips Captains 329 Supplies from Genoa to Chios 333 Siluester Morosino sent to the aide of Corfu ibid. Sigismond in the behalfe of Philip commeth into Italy 335 Sigismond crowned Emperour at Rome ibi Sforza seizeth on the Marca os Ancona 338 Sforza his successe ibi Sforza and Attendulo ioyne together ibid. Spinola author of the Genoueses rebellion 341 Sforza recouereth that which Picinino had taken ibi Sforza at the venetians intreaty com meth to Regio 343 Sundry exploits betwixt Sforza and Picinino 344 Sforza his demaunds to the Senate and the Florentines with their answer ibid. Subtilty of a Centurion 355 Senates answer to Nicolao D'Aeste 358 Sundry opinions concerning the venetians retreit 364 Sforza goeth forward towards Verona 369 Senats care for the Bressans 371 Sforza exhorteth his souldiers 373 Sforza his great valour ibid. Sforza marcheth to the rescue of Verona 375 Sforza his speech vnto his Captaines 376 Sforza puts supplies into the Fort of Feliciana ibid. Sforza his aduise to the Prouidator and Captaines of the army 383 Sforza vanquisheth the enemies 384 Soncina taken ibi Sforza recouereth Casal-Maior and taketh Carauazza 385 Sforza his great conquest 386 Sforza his answere to those that entreated him to goe thither where Bianca lay 387 Sforza recouereth the bridge of Valeza 389 Sforza his speech to his souldiers ibi Sforza besiegeth Martinenga 390 Sforza his Oration in the Senate with their answer to it 392 Sforza his speech to his future Bride 392 Sforza his sentence concerning the strife betwixt the Ambassadours 393 Sforza with his wife commeth to Venice 394 Sforza sends his brother to the aid of Renatus 398 Sforza comes to the field 404 Sforza taketh diuers townes 406 Sforza besiegeth Carauazza ibid. Sforza defeateth the venetians 407 Sforza his resolution and his secret practises with the venetians 408 Sforza marcheth against the Milanois ibid. Sforza besiegeth Milan 409 Sforza his answer to the proposition of peace 411 Sforza maketh warre against Venice and Florence 412 Sforza his preparations 414 Sforza his wise and discreet resolution 415 Sforza is proclaimed Duke of Milah ibid. Senates decree to get money to furnish the expence of the warre 417 Sforza with 20000 men commeth into the Bressan territory ibi Sforza his troupes defeated 419 Sforza taketh Caluisiana ibi Sforza compared to Caesar. ibi Sforza refuseth fight and retireth into his winter garrisons 420 Stephano Porcio his conspiracie against the Pope ibid. Stephano Porcio put to death 421 Sundry incounters betwixt the venetians and Sforza ibid. Sforza his exploits in LoÌ„bardie 424 Saint Andrews head brought â—…o Rome 432 Senate grieued at the news of the siege of Nigrepont 443 Scanderbeg a famous captaine 453 Smyrna is taken by the Christians 465. Senate recompenceth the brother and sister of the yong man that burned the Turkes gallies 466 Situation of Coric 468 Seleucia yeelds to the venetians ibid. Souranza his proposition to the conspirators 475 Situation of Scutary 476 Soliman the Eunuch Generall of the Turks army before Scutary 477 Scutarians prepare for defence 478 Siege raised froÌ„ before Scutary 480 Soliman besiegeth Lepanto 481 Some of the Milanois defeated in an Iland 500 Sanseuerino in battell before Ferrara 504 Sanseuerino his Apologie to the Senate with their gratious accepâ—…ation 508 Situation of Valegia 511 Sanseuerino comes to Valegia 511 Sanseuerines speed 512 Sanseuerino his magnificent entertainment at Venice 513 Sanseuerino aids pope InnoceÌ„t 519 Sanseuerino recouereth Pontenomentaâ—…a 520 Sanseuerino despoiled of his forces 521 Sauorgnane defeats the Almaines 525 Sanseuerino his resolution ibid. Siege of Trent resolued 526 Senate sends George Cornari into Cyprus to demaund the Realme of the Queene for the Venetians her answer his replie and her consent vpon it 529 T THe true originall of the first Venetians 2 The trouble which the first Venetians had to keepe that which they had conquered ibid. The true time when the Cittie of Venice was built 6 The parts of mans life compared with Cities 8 The Triestines defeated 9 The taking of Rauenna by the Venetians 14 The troubles round about Grada ib. Theodore the third Master or Colonell of the men at armes ib. The retreit of Valentine and all the Venetians to Rialto 24 The Princes houshold seruants retired into the Pallace capitulate 36 Three men appointed by the people to enquire of the Princes murder ib. Treuiso taken by the Hunnes 40 The Dukes sonne warres on the Venetians 45 The Duke seekes to saue himselfe and his yong sonne 47
Pope 68 The incursions of Rance de Cera Gouernour of Crema 69 The tenour of the Senates letters to Aluiana 74 Troubles in Asia 75 The Emperour Maximilian prouoketh Selim against the Venetians 76 Traitor punished 77 To what intent the Spaniard spake to the Venetians of peace 88 Those of Bressia make a sally on the Venetians campe 101 The retreat of the Venetians Armie ibid. Triuulcio leaueth his charge 104 The Emperours comming into Italie 105 The whole countrey betwixt Oglio Po and Adda yeelds to the Emperour 107 Truce renewed betwixt the Emperour and the Venetians 117 The King of England chosen Vmpier betwixt mightie Princes 124 Traitours in Milan giue aduertisement to Prospero Colonna 128 Triuulcio taken prisoner by the Imperials 129 The protestation of the Emperor and King of Englands Ambassadors in Senate 139 The French King will by no meanes discampe from Padua 148 The French King is taken by the Imperials and the Armie defeated ibid. The Emperours speech and gestâ—…re vpon newes of the victorie 149 The King of Englands courtesie towards the French king 154 The King of Englandes aâ—…nswere to the Commissioners of the league 156 The two Armies of the Pope and the Venetians march together to Milan 157 The offer of the Pope and the Venetians to the King 159 The King of England offereth the Pope a great summe of money 163 The Emperours preparations by sea and land ibid. The two Armies of the league and Imperialles at once in Tuscanie 171 The king of Fraunâ—…e and England resolue to free the Pope 176 The Emperours dissimulation concerning the Popes taking 177 The French kings great preparations to send into Italy 179 The Turke being assailed by Marcello hath speedie reuenge 183 The Emperour commaundeth the Pope to be enlarged 115 The French kings answere to the Venetians Ambassador and his determination 206 Treason discouered in Barletâ—…a 207 The two Armies of the French and Venetians distrust one another 209 Triuulcio his request from the king to the Venetians 213 The Emperours arriuall at Genoa 212 The Kings request to the Venetians 215 The king entreateth the Emperour to make an accord with the Venetians 216 The Emperour is desirous of an accord with the Venetians 218 The Emperour is crowned at Bolognia 224 The Emperours gift to the Venetian Ambassadors brought into the publike treasurie ibid. The Turkes complaints against the Venetians 226 The Emperour granteth an Interim concerning the difference in Religion 228 The king of Hungarie seeketh peace of the Emperour and Ferdinand 230 The Emperour with a mightie Armie encampeth before Vienna 232 The Emperours and Solimans nauall Armie 233 The Emperour returneth into Italie 235 The Turkes recouer Coron 243 The Turkish fleet scoureth the Sea-coast of Calabria 244 The Emperour seeketh to the Venetians 245 The Emperour for the Venetians sake doth maintaine the Duke of Vrbins caufe 246 The Emperours preparations for Africke ibid. The Emperours great Armie for his voiage into Affricke 247 The taking of Thunis and Bonna 248 The Emperours captious answere to the Venetians concerning the State of Milan ibid. The Emperour challengeth the French King to single fight 250 The Emperour enforced to retire forth of Prouence 251 The three chiefe pointes which the Pope handled with the Christian Princes 252 The French king sendeth an Ambassador to Venice to draw them from the Emperour ibid. The king purposeth to vse the Turke against the Emperour 253 The king commeth to Lyons to go into Italy 257 Three sundrie accidents that caused warre betwixt Soliman and the Venetians 260 The Turks of Obrouazzo retire to the Castle 269 Treatie of peace betwixt the French king and the Emperour broken off 276 The Emperour declareth that hee could not take Armes for the league ibid. The Emperour and French King refuse to sâ—…e one another at Nice in the Popes presence 277 The Turkish feastes of Baieran 278 The Turks wast Dalmatia 281 The Turkes take the Castle of Laurana 282 The Turks leaue Dalmatia and goe into Hungarie 283 The Turkes arriuall makes the Venetians quit Obrauazza 284 The Turks wonder at the Christians boldnesse 286 The Turkish Gallies put to rout by the Armie of the league 287 The Turkes come forth of the Gulph and put themselues in battaile 288 The Turkes purpose broken by Doria 289 The Turkish Armie retireth into the Gulph of Larra 292 The Emperours excuses for not performing his promise 295 The Turkes great preparations for recouerie of Castel-nouo 298 Truce for three monethes betwixt the Turkes and Venetians 299 Truce prolonged with the Venetians 300 The Basha his demaunds to Contaten 302 The Emperour desireth passage through France to goe into Flanders 303 The Emperour and French king send to the Venetians to diuert them from peace with the Turks 304 The Emperour commeth to Paris 307 The traitors which bewrayed Badoatio his Commission to the Turks discouered 308 The traitors punished 309 The Emperours resolution contrarie to his promise 313 The Emperour allieth himselfe with Henrie King of England 319 The Turkes take Regio in Calabria 320 The Emperour returneth into Italy ibid. The Emperour refuseth to conferre with the Pope 321 The Turke makes warre in Hungarie 322 Two Legates sent to the Emperour and the French king to procure peace 324 The Emperour and Ferdinand send Ambassadors to treat of peace with the Turke 326 Truce for one yeare betwixt the Emperour his brother and Soliman 328 Tyrannicall law of the Turks ibid. The Emperor refuseth to inuest Pietro Lodouico in the Dutchie of Parma and Placentia 329 The Emperours the French kings difficulties cause of peace in Italy 330 The Emperours complaintes against the Pope with his returne so Milan 335 The Turke sendeth an Ambassador to Venice 342 The Turkes make war in Hungarie and Transiluania 347 The Emperour sendeth the Vice-Roy of Naples against the Siennois 355 The Emperour Charles resigneth his whole state to his sonne Philip and to his brother 358 Truce granted and soone broken 358 The taking of Calais by the Guise 361 The forme of the great Turkes oath 369 The opinion of the other Bâ—…shaes contrarie to that of Mahomet 371 Treason practised by a Cypriot discouered and punished 374 The King of Spaines aunswâ—…re to the Popes conteâ—…t 376 The Turkes preparations for the war of Cyprus 378 The Emperours answere to the Venetian Ambassadour 382 Turkes repulsed from Tina 385 The Turkish fleete landed in Cyprus ibid. Turks build 3. Forts neere to Nicosiâ—… 390 Turkes take the Bulwarke Constantia 391 The Emperour resuseth to enter into the leâ—…gue 396 The Emperour will not allow of the Popes new Title giuen to the Duke of Florence 399 Tepulo his opinion tends to warre 401 The league against the Turke concluded ibid. Turkes put to rout in Candie 404 Turkes waste the Islands of Xant and Zephalenia ibid. The League published at Venice 407 Turks before Dulcigna 408 Turkes before Mandrachia 410 The king of Spaines answere to the Cardinall Alexandrine ibid. The leagues offer to
the Emperor 411 The besieged in Famagosta make a counter-batterie 413 The Tower of the Arcenall ou◅rthrowne by a mine ibid. The Turkes in pre◅ence of their Generall giue a furious assault and are repulsed 414 The Turkish fleet in the Gulph of Lepanto 420 The speech of Hassan Bascha persuading to fight 430 The King of Portugalles answere to the Cardinall and the Venetians 450 The Turkes opinion of the Christians before the battell 451 Treatie of peace broken 452 The true cause of Don Iohns delay 454 Tepulo his suite to the K. of Spaine 458 Turkes re◅ire from the Christian fleet 461 Turkes comming to relieue the Castle much annoy the Christians 467 The state of D◅lmatia during the warre 469 The Turkes build a Fort against Catharra ibi The Emperor seeketh to hinder peace 471 The Turkes deale roughly with the Venetian Bailie 474 The King of Spaine not discontented with the Venetians peace 476 The Turkish fleete departes from Constantinople 477 Troubles in the Dutchie of Vrbin 478 The king of Poland returneth secretly into France 479 Troubles in Genoa appeased 480 The Turkish Armie in the Empires confines ibi The cause of the Venetians iealousie of the Spaniards 493 The manner of reuoking the Popes censures against the Venetians 499 V VEnetians answere to the Emperour 4 Venetians greatly perplexed 7 Venetians resolute answer to the Emperors Ambassadors ibid. Venetians refuse to graunt Maximilian truce for three yeares 10 Venetians secret practises with Maximilian 12 Venetians attempt in vaine to beereconciled to the Pope and Emperor 13 Venetians astonished at sundrie bad presages ibid. Venetians recouer Treui 15 Venetians loose the battell of Gyradade 16 Venetians seeke to be reconciled to the Emperor ibid. Venetians quit Padua Verona and their places of the firmeland 17 Venetians take Padua 21 Venetians masters of the champaine Country ibi Venetian Ambassadors come by night to Rome 22 Venetians recouer Vincenza 24 Venetians nauall armie scowreth the Po as farre as Fiquerolles 25 Venetians recouer the Pollesin of Rouigo ibid. Vincentine Commissioners craue pardon of the Prince of Anhalt 29 Vincentines yeeld themfelues to the victors mercy ibid. Verona and her Territorie pawned to the French King for a hundred thousand crownes 30 Venetians recouer all the places neare to Padua which had been taken by the French 32 Verona besieged 33 Venetians raise their campe from before Verona ibi Venetians take Azola ibid. Venetians intelligence vpon Bressia discouered 36 Venetians still maintaine their forces and greatnesse 47 Venetians returning to the assault of Bressia enter the Citie 52 Venetians constancie in maintaining their alliance 60 Venetians take Valegia Pescara and Cremona 61 Venetians besiege and batter Verona 65 Venetians offers to the French King 67 Venetians loose Pescara 69 Venetian Ambassador sent vnto Selim 75 Venetians besiege Maran 77 Vitturi the Prouidator defeated and taken 84 Venetians giue great entertainement to Rance de Cera 85 Venetians send Ambassadours to the French King and to the King of England 88 Venetians desirous to drawe the Pope to their party 90 V◅netians send an Ambassador to the Pope ibid Venetians exhortation and their offer to the French King 106 Verona besieged in two seuerall places 111 Venetians remonstrance to Lautrec 112 Verona againe besieged 113 Verona consigned to Lautrec for the French King is deliuered to the Venetians ibid. Veronois ioy for their reduction to the Venetians subiection ibi Vniuersitie of Padica reestablished by the Senate 115 Venetians send two Ambassadours to the Turke ibi Venetians send Ambassadours vnto Charles King of Spaine concerning traffike 116 Vsuall trade of the venetian vessells 117 Venetians answer to the Popes exhortation ibi Venetians answer to the French king 118 Venetians Armie against the Pirates 119 Venetians suspect the French King 120 Venetians send the King of Hungarie thirty thousand ducats 123 Venetian Common-wealth christen a daughter of the French King 125 Venetians seeke to appease the Popes indignation against the French 126 Venetians disswade Lautrec from his resolution 130 Venetians leuie forces to march into the Dutchie of Milan ibi Venetians great discretion in their resolution 137 Venetians ambassage to the Pope 138 Venetians send Ambassadours to the Emperour to reioyce with him for the new league 140 Venetians preparations against the French ibi Venetians suspect the motion of peace betwixt the Emperour and the French King 142 Venetians make new leuies of horse and foote ibid. Venetians send Ambassadours to the new Pope ibid. Venetians stand in feare of Solyman 144 Venetians sought vnto by the Imperialls and the French 146 Venetians discourse on the French K. taking 149 Venetians send Ambassadours to the Emperour ibid. Venetians make meanes to drawe the King of England into the League 155 Venetian ambassadors remonstrance to the Pope ibid. Venetians answere to the Pope inuiting them to an agreement with the Emperor 162 Venetians answer to the French king concerning the renewing of the warre of Naples 172 Venetians place a garrison in Rauenna for the behoofe of the Sea of Rome 177 Vitturi contrary to the Duke of Vrbin 178 Vitturi called to account for being against the Popes deliuerie 179 Venetians oppose themselues against Lautrec his proposition to goe to Rome and leaue Milan 181 Venetians suspect the Duke of Vrbin 183 Venetians Ambassade to the Pope 185 Venetians preparations against the Duke of Brunswich 191 Venetian forces much diminished 201 Venetians keepe the Citties in Apulia 202 Venetians answere to the Kings Ambassade ibid. Venetians great preparations by Sea and Land 204 Venetians loue to the French and the Duke of Milan 205 Venetians sollicite the King to come into Italie 207 Valor of a woman in mans attire 211 Venetian Senate male-content with the French King 212 Venetians meaning for the articles of peace at the treaty of Cābray 213 Venetians answer to Triuulcio ibi Venetians recourse vnto the King of England ibid. Venetians exhortation to the Confederates 215 Venetians offers to the Duke of Ferrara ibid. Venetians answer to those that motioned peace with the Emperor 219 Venetians send Ambassadours to the Pope and the Emperour 223 Venetians send an Ambassage to Soliman 225 Venetians forbid the Knights of Maltato come no more vpon their gulfe 226 Vmpires chosen to end the controuersie betwixt the Archduke and the Venetians 228 Venetians craue the nomination of Bishoprickes vnder their dominions 229 Venetians craue the Tenths leuied vpon the Cleargie to helpe them against the Turkes ibi Venetians by chasing the Pirats secure the Seas 230 Venetians in vaine sollicite the Pope for the King of Hungarie ibid. Venetians exhort Ferdinand to peace 231 Venetians answer concerning the renewing of the league 235 Vmpires appointed with a third man to end the controuersie betwixt Ferdinand the venetians 238 venetians victorie at Sea against the Moore of Alexandria who was taken 240 venetians ships stayed by the Turkish officers ibi venetians answer to themperor 245 venetians seek to appease the strife betwixt the Pope and
murthered The slight of the Calloprini to the Emperour Otho with their promise to him The Emperours cruell Edict against the Uenetians Otho the second his designe The Venetians braue resolution The reuolt of Capodarger The peoples reuenge on the Caloprini The Death of Otho the second The Caloprini return to Venice Three sonnes of Stephano Caloprini slaine The Duke voluntarily deposeth himselfe The Venetians free ouer all the Grecian Empire Prohibitions to pay no more tribute to the Barbarians The Narentines great incursions The Ambassadors of Dalmatia Liburnia and Histria come to Venice to complâ—…ine of the Narentines The Ambassadors offers to the Venetians Description of Illiria Albania is a part of Illiria The Venetians Armie against the Narentines The Bishop of Grada his present to the Duke The Duke arriueth aâ—… Parenza The Duke comâ—… to Pola The occasion of his staie there The Dukes comming to Zara. Coricta and Arba rendred to him Mure emirus king of Croatiâ—… sends Ambassadors to the Duke Fortie Narentine marchants taken The yeelding vp of Belgrade and Trahu The yeelding of Spalatra The taking of Corcyra the blacke Te situation of Pharos The Venetian Gallies surprise the Hauen of Pharos Those of 〈◊〉 summoned What moued those of Pharos to defend themselues The taking of the castle and towne of â—…haros called Lesina The Citie of Pharos destroied The conditions of peace graunted to the Narentines The Duke returnes to Venice New â—…fficers sent to the Cities newly conquered The Emperour 〈◊〉 sundrie priuiledges to the Venetians The Emperour Otho comes to Venice in disguise The Dukes great wisdome The Duke permitted to associate Giouanni his sonne into the gouernment Plague and famine in the Citie The Church and Monasterie of Saint Benet builded by the Phaledrini The Dukes last â—…ill The Hadrians defeated by the Duke 〈◊〉 vanquishetâ—… the King of 〈◊〉 Conspiracie against the Duke and his banishment Pepin Patriarch of Aquileia disquiets Grada Contranico deposed from 〈◊〉 dignitie 〈◊〉 by the people shorne and made a Moncke Otho dieth in Greece Dominico Urseolo vsurpes the Dukes Pallace Great ingratitude of the Venetians The family of the Vrseoli for euer banished from the Citie The custome of taking a Colleague into the Principalitie abolished Zara taken againe which was reuoâ—…ted Pepin obeyes the Popes commandement Pope Leo comes to Venice Tâ—…o great nic eues of a woman A Diuine punâ—…shment What the Normans were and their Originall Raoul the Normans Captaine becomes a Christian By what meanâ—…i the Norâ—…ans grew great The Normans driue the Sarracens and Greeks forth of Italie Pope Leo vanquâ—…shed by the Normans Pope Nicholas tributarie to the Normans Sundâ—…ie opinions of the Normans comming into Italie Molloc Gouernour for the Greeke Emperour deceiueth his fellowes The Normans defeate Molloc The Emperour Michael driuen from Constantinople Durazzâ—… beseeged by the Normans The Venetians Armie succoreth Nicephorus The Venetians victorious ouer the Normans The Greekes ouer throwne by the Normans before Durazzo The Venetians defeated New titles giuen to the Duke of Venice The Emperour Henrie comes to Uenice Saint 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 apâ—… Who was the Author of the warre against the Turkes A wonderfull vision hapned to Peter the Hermit Ciuill warre betwixt the Huns. Lewis King of Germanie Tributarie to the Huns. Berengarius defeated by the Huns. Treuiso taken by the Huns. The Huns assaile the Citie of Venice The great crueltie of the Huns. Exhortation to the Venetians The 〈◊〉 constant resolution Battaile betwixâ—… the Venetians and the Hunnes The Venetians ouercome the Hunnes Great praise gâ—…uen to the Duke Peter tells his message to the Pope The Pope comes to the Councell of Clermont in Auuergne The crueltie of the Mahometans What Charlemaine did against the Infidels The Assemblies answerâ—… to the Pope An admirable matter The number of those who at the same time tooke the Croisado The chiefe commanders Their sundrie pâ—…ssadges Peter the Hermite ignorant of Martiall discipline Raymond a German chosen in the Hermits sted The Infidels aduertised of the Christians enterprise Raymond flies to the enemie The French arriue at Constantinople Alexis practiseth â—…reacherie Beamond assâ—…yled by Alexis Subiects Alexis and Beamond reconciled A new agreement betwixt Alexis and the ChristiaÌ„ Princes Nicea besieged The strength of Nicea Sixtie thousand Turkes come to succour the Towne Sura The Forte of the Imposts A very dangerous way Murasis A luckie euent for the ChristiaÌ„s What Antioch the Christians did besiege Beamond giues the first assault to the Citie of Antioch Antioch Saint Peters first Seate A boundance of 〈◊〉 at the beginning of the siege The Venetians fleâ—…t The Venetians defeate the Pisans at Rhodes The Venetians take Smyrna The length of the siege of Antioch with the want in the Armie The complaints of the Christians before Antioch How great Beamond his authoritie was How glad the Armie was to fight to free themselues from famine The enemies that came to the succour of Antioch are defeated Treacherie of a Citizen of Antioch The taking of Antioch The death of KIng Cassianus Why Alexis refused Antioch Rugia Albaria A great quarrell betwixt Beamond and the Earle of Saint Gyles Tripoli besicged by the ChristiaÌ„s Tortosa Gibella Agrement made with the King of Tripoly Bethlehem Zabarim The riuer Braim Berithon Cesarea Ramolles Ierusalem The description of Ierusalem Strabo his opinion concerning Moses Sinne the cause of the dâ—…struction of Ierusalem The first taking of Ierusalem by Ptolomie The second by Titus The third by Adrian The Christians besiege Ierusalem The Christians take Ierusalem Great effusion of bloud in the Temple 1099. Godfrey of Bouillon king of Ierusalem The defeate of the enemie with the number of the dead The Venetians comming into Syria The Venetians take Ascalon The Frenchmen and Venetians ioyned together The death of Godfrey The bodies of Saint Theodore and Saint Nicholas brought to Venice The Venetians agreement with Caloman King of Hungarie The Venetians take Brundusium The Hungariaus giue ouer their pretended right to Dalmatia A new fleete of Venetians in Syria Baldwin King of Ierusalem Beamond is set at libertie and returnes to Antioch The taking of Acon by Baldwin What account Baldwin made of Beamond The occasion of the Warre betwixt Alexis and Beamond The taking of Sydon The Venetians take Faronia by assault The Castle of Soball builded by Baldwin Baldwin surnamed Burgensis King of Ierusalem Great priuiledges granted to the Venetians by the Emperour Henry the fourth The Warre against the Paduans with their 〈◊〉 The Emperours mediation betweene the Venetians and the Paduans The Venetians and Paduans reconciled Two great accidents of fire hapned in the Citie Malamoc burnt and drowned Chioggia builded with the ruines of Malamoc S. Ciprians Monasterie builded The 〈◊〉 of Zara. Caloman King of Hungarie dyed sodainely Zara recouered â—…e â—…hy Venetians Croatia brought vnder the Uenetians obedience A new Armie of Hungarians in Dalmatia Ordelapho comes againe into Dalmatia Ordelapho dyes and the Venetians are defeated Truce with the King of
Hungarie for fiue years Baldwin taken prisoner by Dalochus king of the Parthians The Popes resolution for the succour of the holie Land The Venetians resolue to succor the holy land The number of the Fleet. Ioppa besieged by the Barbarians The Barbarians defeated by the venetians before Ioppa The Duke of Venice commeth to Ierusalem The lot fell vpon Tyre Description of the Citie of Tyre The Phoenicians the inuentors of Arithmeticke the Alphabet and Astronomie The conditions graunted by Varimond to the Venetians Tyre besieged The distrust concâ—…ed against the Venetians A couragious act of Prince Michaeli Proof of the Venetians loyaltie A strange case of a Pigeon The Christians stratagem before Tyre The yeelding vp of Tyre The like done by a Pigeon before Modena The third part of the Citie giueÌ„ to the Venetians Baldwin ratifies it New warre against the Greeks All the Islands of the Grecâ—…an Empire taken Zara and all the other Cities of Dalmatia recouered The Prince returneth to Venice In whose time the Turkes recouered the Holy-land The building of the Hospitall of the publike charitie The Faneseâ—… made Tributarie to the VenetiaÌ„s A new Religious order Agreement with the Pisans The Paduans defeated Rogero sonne to Guiscard King of Sicilie Emanuell his request against the Normans A new Armie against the Normans Corfu taken by the Venetians The Venetians Armie in Sicilie The death of Rogero king of Sicily A sodaine fier A league with Willam King of Sicil. Zara made an Archbishopricke The Venetians neighbours take armes against them Ulrich Bishop oâ—… Aquileia brought to Venice as a prisoner The originall of the Games at shrouetide A secret league betwixt the Greeke Emperour and the king of Sicilie The Emperour Emanuels Ambassadours at Venice The answere made to the Greeke Ambassadours Emanuel seizeth on the Cities of Dalmatia Treacherie of Emanuel A great Fleete against the Greeke Emperour A new deceit of the Greekes The contagious sicknesse in the Venetian Armie The family of the Iustinians woâ—…ne out by the sicknesse The family of the Iustinians restored The Plague very great in Venice Prince Vituliâ—… murthered The creation of the ten An example of great affection to a mans Countrey Three great Pillars brought to Venice How the Columnes were erected by whom The recompence which the Ingâ—…ner demanded Crueltie against the law of Nations Cruell determination of a Woman All the Princes of the Greeke Empire murthered The cause why Emanuell hated the Uenetians When the loane began at Venice The True cause of Vitalis his death Wherefore the Emperour Frederick hated Pope Alexander the third A generall councell published to be holden at Dijon The flight ofâ—… Pope Alexander The Emperour Fredericks rigorous 〈◊〉 against the Pope Pope Alexander comes to Venice in disguise How the Venetians entertained the Pope when they knew him A resolued Ambassade to Fredericke in the Popes behalfe At what time the Venetian Prince began to seale with lead Fredericke his answere to the Uenetian Ambassadours Frederickes menaces Preparations for warre against Fredericke The Prince imâ—… himselfe in the Popes presence Fredericke his Fleet put to flight and his sonne brought prisoner to Venice At what time the Venetian Prince did beginne to mâ—…rrie the Sea Otho â—…is discourse to his father Fredericke How farre Otho his entreatie preuailed with his Father The Emperour ariues at Venice The Emperours obedience to the Pope Diuers opinions of the Historians concerning this reconciliation How long the Venetian Princes haue vsed the Canopie Why they vse siluer Trumpets The ornaments and ensignes of the Venetian Princes The death of Prince Cyani and his last Will. The description of Saint Markes Church Who was the Author of the publike Almes The ancient maÌ„ner of distributing Almes A new manner of electing the Prince The fourth rebellion of those of Zara. Example of great loue towards a â—…ans Countrie A New Armie of Christians for the recouerie of the bolly Land Who were the chiefe of this enterprise against the Turkes The Emperour Frederick dieth in Armenia Great famine in the Camp before Pâ—…olomais Saladines Armie defeated Ptolomais yeeldeth The Pisans take Pola The Pisans defeated by the Venetians Peace granted to the Brundusians Great ingratitude and crueltie of a brother The Christian Princes arriued at Venice The number of the Christian Armiâ—… The Venetians boâ—…ntie to the christian Princes Agreement betwixt the Venetians and forraine Princes The number of the Ships for the Voyage Histria reduced to the Venetians obedience The recouerie of Zara. Yong Alexis commeth to the Armie The complaint and request of yong Alexis Yong Alexis 〈◊〉 promiseâ—… The Venetians and the Princes resolue to goe to Constantinople Incursions of the Bandetti of Zara Agreement with the Bandetti of Zara. Description of the Citie of Constantinople Yong Alexis giueâ—…h the Isle of Candie to Boniface of Montferrat Constantinople besieged by Sea and Land Theodore Lascaris sallies foorth on the Christian Pilgrims A great â—…ght aâ—… the Hauen Constantinople streightly besieged An assault giuen to the Citie The flight of Alexis Isaac deliuered out of prison The mutuall coÌ„fort of the father and the Sonne Isaac ratifies what his Sonne had promised Isaac dieth sodainly Sedition against the yong Emperour A discreet answere of the yong Emperour Myrtillus issued from meane Parents The treacherie of Myrtillus Myrtillus speech to the people Yong Alexis murthereâ—… A new Greekish inuention to deceiue the Châ—…istians The Greekes put to flâ—…ght neare the Citie A new agreement betwixt the Venetians and the Princes Constantinople besieged the second time Myrtillus flight Constantinople yeelds Fifteene men appointed to elect a new Emperour Baldwin of Flan ders chosen Emperour of the East Thomaso Morosino Patriarch of Constantinople The Princes liberalitie to the new Emperour Thrace reduced to the Emperors obedience The Isle of Candy giuen to the Venetians Thomasâ—… confirmed Patriarch by the Pope The coronation of the Emperour Baldwin The death of the Emperour Baldwin Henrie brother to 〈◊〉 Emperour of the East Prince Dandulâ—… decâ—…aseth The 〈◊〉 why the Emperour Emanuel hatâ—…d the Venetians The meaning of the prophecie Boniface King of Thessaly A Deeree of the Venetians about the possession of the Islands The cause of this decree The Venetians flecte against the Pirats Modâ—…na end Corona recepâ—…acles of theeueâ—… and Piraâ—…s â—…ned The names of the Islands passesseâ—… by particular persons Henrie the Fisher maketh aâ—…tempts on 〈◊〉 Isle of Candie The Venetianâ—… send a Colonie to Candace The Genâ—…ueses defeated by the Uenetians Pleasant games inuented at Treuiso The Paduans the Venetians quarrell at the games of Treuiâ—… The Paduans make roads on the Venetians The Paduans defeated Peace beâ—…xt the Paduans the Venetians A great cuâ—…tesie A new strife betwâ—…xt the Uenetians and Paduans The Bâ—…shops See at Malamoc translated to Chioggâ—…a A Colonie sent to Corfu A â—…dition of the â—…stantinopolitans affirming their Church not to be subiect to that of Rome The Emperour Otho confiâ—…mes the Uenetians priuileges
Peter Count of Auxerre chosen Emperour of the East The Emperour Peter murtâ—…ered Robert 〈◊〉 to Peter Emperour of the East Great friendship betwixt the Emperour and the Venetian Magistrate The Emperour Robert his vnforunate marriage A cruell reuenge of a subiect on his Emperour Andrew King of Hungarie chiefe of the voyage inâ—…o Syria Damiet in Egypt taken Description of the Isle of Candie Mount Ida. Radamanth and Minos Lords of Candie What mooued the Genoueâ—…es to attempt on Candie Coâ—…nt Mailloâ—… his enterprise vpon Candie The Venetians Armie â—…n Candie Rayniero Daâ—…dulo his death Tepulo Gouernoâ—…r of Candâ—… A Colonie sent to Candie Sedition in Candie Saâ—…to comes to â—…ide the Venetians in Candie A new commotion in Candace The Gouernoâ—… of Candie flies being 〈◊〉 like a woman Sanuto chiese of the rebels Venetian supplies in Candie Sanuto narrowly followeth his enemie Sanuto his dessigne Candace taken by Tepulo Accord betwixt Tepulo and Sanuto Great reasons in Sanâ—…to his behalfâ—… Great reasons in Sanuto â—…halfe A nâ—…w commotion in Candie The Venetians defeated in Candie Agreement betwixt the Venetians and the Greekes 〈◊〉 willingly â—…posed himselfe Sedition in Candie by â—…uer much liberâ—…ie Sanuto commeth to the aids of Candie Uattâ—…sus â—…is â—…mie succoretâ—… the Rebels in Candie Vattasus Armiâ—… leaues Candie And suffers shipâ—…acke An agreement with the chieâ—…e Rebels of the â—…sland Gradonico dyeth Two Prouidatorij giuen to â—…rie Gouernour Vattasus sendeth new aide to Candie The Venetians fight with the enemies Angelo Gradonico Gâ—…uernour of Candie Agreement with the Candiots Request made to the Venetians for the preseruation of the Greek Empire The Venetian fleete commeth to the aide of Constantinople The Armie of the Greekes before Conâ—…tinople The Greekes â—…feated The Uenetians ioy at the returne of their Nauie Constantinople besieged againâ—… by Vattasus Vattasus Nauiâ—… put to flâ—…ght Vattasus dieth The Articles of the truce betwixt the Venâ—…tians and the Genoueses The reason why the venetians succoured Constantinople It is lawfull for all men to defend their owne The craft and subâ—…iltie of the Genoueses The Popes intretie to Arme against the Turks What Eccelin was with his coÌ„miâ—…g into Italie Eccelin in Paduâ—… Wonderfull crueltie of a Tyranâ—… Pietro Tepulo defeaâ—…ed and â—…aken prisoner The Venetians take Fredericks great ship called the Barâ—…e or Cethea The Court of Requests establâ—…shed The Pope excommunicateth the Emperour Frederick Frederic against the venetians Andrea Tepulo sent to aide the Genoueses The Citie of Pola â—…aken and â—…uined The fifth rebellion of Zara. Zara recouered The agreement with the King of Hungarie for Zara. The forme of electing the Venetian Princes Benedicto Treuisano Since when the forme of electing the Prince hath beene in vse Tâ—…e Popes Legate commeâ—…h to Venice against Ecâ—…elin An Armie at Venice against Eccelin The riuerâ—… Brent Bacchillion turned backwards Sâ—…cco taken by the Legate and the venetians An Assault giuen to Padâ—…a The flight of Ansedin Padua taken Eccelin before Mantua Eccelin his crueltiâ—… against the Paduans Twelue thousand Puenestines slaine by Sylla in cold bloud A Noble courage of a Prenistine The Citie of Ptolâ—…mais called Acre The originaâ—… of the warâ—…e betwixt the Venetians and Genoâ—…eses Their dâ—…fference referred to the Pope The Popes sentence The Venetians commaunded to leaâ—…e Acre Acrâ—… taken by the Venetians The Genoueses resolution The Popes disigence to make peace betwixt the Venetians the Genoueses The treatie of peace broken Wisedome of the Gouernour The Genoueses defeated by the Venetians The power of the French â—…uch decaied in Greece The death of Theadore sonne to Vattasus Michael Paleologus Great treachery of a Greeke William Prince of 〈◊〉 To what extremitie Baldwin was brought Treachery of thâ—… Greeks against the French Paleologus taketh Constantinople The venetians send a fleete to guard the IstaÌ„dâ—… Paleologus ready to leaue Constantinople The Genoueses leaguâ—… with Paleologus William Prince of Achaia set at libertie The Citiâ—… of 〈◊〉 called at this day 〈◊〉 The league of Achaia wâ—…th the venetians The venetians in the â—…sle of Negrepont Crueltie of the Greeks Genoueses The Genoueses put â—…o flight The Christians in Syâ—…ia diuided into factions in regard of the venetians and Genoueses A new venetian fleâ—…e in Syria Tyre besieged by the venetians The Genoueses ambush discouered Three Genouâ—…ses gallies taken by the venetians The Goneueses deseated by the venetâ—…ns before Trapani The inconstanâ—… and lightnesse of the Greekes A new Venetian Armie sent to Modâ—…n The Genoueses come into Candie Canâ—…a in Candie ruined by the Genoueses A popular commotion in Venice The people beare small respect to their Prince The seditioâ—…s puâ—…ished A new Venetian Armie against the Genoueses Certaine Genoa ships taken The Venetians victorie against the Genoueses The Pope endeuoreth to accord the Venetians and the Genoueses Great scarcitiâ—… of victualls in Venice Iagratitupe of the neighbours Truce graunted betwixt the Venetians and the Genoueses 1260. New war against the Bolognians The Bolognians intent discouered What was the number of the Bolognians Armie Avsuall preuerâ—… The Bolognians deseated Peace granted to the Bolognians Those of Ancona complained to the Pope of the Venetians The Anconitans coÌ„plaints ended The truce betweene the Venetians and Genoâ—…eses prolonged 〈◊〉 defeateth them of Nigropont The league renewed betwixt Palcologus and the Venetians The warre like to haue beene renewed with the Genoueses New 〈◊〉 with those of Capâ—…d ' Hisâ—…ria The Patriarke of Aquileia succoureth the rebells The rebells subiâ—…cted Rayniero Morosinâ—… New warre with 〈◊〉 Anconitans The Anconitans seâ—…ke to defrand the Venetians of their Impoâ—…s The Venetian fleet before â—…cona The Venetian fleet scattered by tempest The Aâ—…conitans pollicie to surprise the Venetians The Gâ—…nerall of the Venetian Armie punished The 〈◊〉 sâ—…nd to â—…ope Nicholas the third The Venetian Ambassadours at Rome The Venetians discontentea with the Pope The Venetian Ambassadours brought backâ—… 〈◊〉 Rome The venetians send â—…w supplies before Ancona The Duke willingly deposeth himselfe Great ouerflowing of the Sea with an earthquake A new warre with the Patriarke of Aquileia The Patriarke allieth himselfe with Count Gorician The Venetians preparations for Hâ—…stria Thriests besieged by the 〈◊〉 The Patriarcks Armie comes to Thrieste A Traitor punished The Venetians Armie comes againe before Thâ—…este Those within the fortes retire to their shâ—…ppes The Venetians take truoe with the King of Babilon The Pope exhorteth the ChristiaÌ„ Princes to â—…ndertake the â—…oiage into Syria with his offer The Venetians offer for this â—…otage Acre taken by the Infidels At what time the Christians were driueu out of Syria 1290. A popular tumult about the creation of the Duke The VenetiaÌ„s Genoueles compared to the Romanes and Carthagenians The situation of Italy The distance betwixt the Venetians and Genoueses From whence the Venetians are descended from whence the Genoueses The Ligustick and Lybick wars had almost one selfe same end Andrew King of Hungary commeth to Venice A new warre with the
whole country betwixt Oglio Po and Adda yeeld to the Emperor The French Uenetian army retire to Milan The Emperor summoneth the City of Milan The diuersity of opinions in the City The arriuall of the Swisses at Milan for the Kings seruice The Emperor distrusteth the Swisses The Marquis of Brandenbourg commeth to the Emperours army The French Kings complaints against the Pope The Emperors deseignes come to nothing Lautrec beseegeth Bressia Bressia yeeldeth on composition Lautrec beeing 〈◊〉 of 〈◊〉 doth 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 it to the Venetians Lautâ—…ec marcheth to beseege Ueroâ—…a Sundry opinons in Lautrecs campe Excuses aleadged by Lautrec thaâ—… be might discampe Gritti the Prouidator his answer to Lautrec The Venetians resolution The cause which mooâ—…ad Lautrec to stay still where he was The number of the Venetians army The Lansquenets refuse to beseege a City belonging to the Emperour The army dislodgeth by reason of the Lansquenets refusall The Uenetians send supplies to the army VVhat forces were in Uerona Verona beseeged in two seuerall places Assault giuen to Verona The assailants reâ—…ire with losse Lautrec deliâ—…eth The Venetians remonstrance to Lautrec The Venetians stay to gard the bridge Rocandof the Almaâ—…n victuall th Verona The Prouidators and Venetian Senate in great care For what cause the French king would haue the Venetians to be aduertized of the treaty The sum of the treaty of Noyon Verona againe beseeged The Emperor wholy enclineth peace Uerona consigned to the Lord Lautrec for the French King is presently deliuered to the Venetians The great ioy of the Veronoiâ—… for that they were reduced vnder the subiection of the Venetians The Senates acknowledgement to the Lord Lautrec The Senate disburdeneth the commonwealth in time of peace The Vniuersity of Padua reestablished by th Senate The Venetians send two Ambassadors tâ—… the great Turkâ—… Selims victories The Mamalâ—…kes vanquished by Selim Selim takes 〈◊〉 Cairo Selim granteth the Venetians demands The Venetians send Ambassadors to Charles King of Spaine concerning traâ—…fick The vsuall trade of the Venetian vessels Truce â—…ed betwixt the Emperor and the Venetians The Pope exhorteth christian Princes to take armes against the Turkes The Venetians answere â—…o the Popes exhortation The Emperor Maximilian death The French and Spanish King aspire to the Emperor The French Kings request to the Venetians The Venetians answer to the French King Charles king of Spaine chosen Emperor Lewis King of Hungary preparâ—…th for defence against the Turke The alliance is renewed betwixt Soliman and the Venetians The Uenetians arme against the Pirats VVhy the French King did distrust the Elect Emperor After what manner 〈◊〉 Pope would consent to â—…he Kingâ—… preposition The Venetians suspect the French King The Emperor seeketh the Venetians friendship The comâ—…ssoners of the Emperor and the Venetians meâ—…t at Verona The demâ—…ds of the Venetian commissioners The assembly is broken of without any conclusion and the Uenetians are put in hope of â—… prosperâ—…s â—…d An. 1520. Soliman resolueth to enuade the Realme of Hungary An. 1521. The oration of the Hungarian Ambassador VVhat the Senate concluded after the Ambassadors oration Another Ambassador from the King of Hungary at Veâ—…ice The Venetians send the King of Hungary thirty thousand Ducaâ—…s Belgrade taken 〈◊〉 the Turkes The Emperors promises to the Venetians VVhat mooâ—…d the Emperor to send his Ambassador to the French King The King of England is chosen Vmpier and mediator betwixt mighty Princes The French King and the King of England talke together The Uenetian comon wealth doe â—…sten a dâ—…ghter of the French Kings VVhy the King delayed to conclude the league The Popes new 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 the 〈◊〉 of the 〈◊〉 The 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 the 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 The Pope and the Eâ—…peror make 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 against the French King VVhat the Popes and Emperos deseignes were The Lord of 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 â—…prise of the â—…andetti of Miâ—…an The Pope is is 〈◊〉 with the Lord L'â—…scut his pursute The Venetians seeke to appease the Popes indignation against the French The conditions of the agreement betwixt the Pope and the Emperor The Popes and â—…emperors forâ—…s needâ—… to march if their secret intelligences should faile The Venetian army redy to march The Emperor 〈◊〉 passage for his soldiers Ieronimo Pesare Prouidator of all the forts on the firme land In what manner the Venetians did releeue the Start of Milan The Lord of Lautrec hopeth for aide The Imperials beseege Parma The Lord of Lautrec succoreth Parmai Prospero Colonna raiseth his campe from before Parma The Pope suspecteth the Imperials The Emperor 〈◊〉 destasted with the Popes suspition The Emperour by his Ambassador seeketh to draw the Venetians to his side The army of the league marcheth directly to Milan The enemies passe ouer the riuer Adda without any impediment The Swisses leaue the French campe for want of pay Leutrec fortifieth Milan Prospero Colonna is within foure miles of Milan The traitors in milan giue aduertizement to Prospero Colonna The enemies being come to Milan win the Roman Gate â—…d the suburb Triuulcio taken prisoner by the Imperials Lautrec vetireth with his Cauallery to Coma. Moscaron captaine of the castle of Milan Milan is sackâ—… ten whole daies together The Swisses retire home into their country Coma taken The Imperials breake the Decree Lautrecs determination The Venetians disswade Lautrec from his resolution Pope Leo his sodaine death The Cardinall of Medicis after the Popes death retireth to Rome The Venetians leauy forces to march into the Dutchy of Milan Colonna fortifieth Milan The French Venetian army on the Cremonois Great numbers of Swisses in the French campe The French campe before Milan VVhat hindred the Lord of Lautrec from assailing Milan VVith what seruensie the people of Milan endured the discommodity of the seege The Duke of Milan commeth to Pauia with six thousand Lansequenets The French take Nouara Sforza arriueth at Milan Pauia beseeged by Lautrec The campe dislodgeth from before Pauia The Emperors campe lodgeth at Bicoca Lautrec sendeth to discouer the enemies campe In what order the French did assaile the enemies Pollicy of the Lord of Lautrec The Swisses boldnesse in assâ—…yling their enemies The battaile of Bicoca The Swisses retire to Monce The Swisses returne home into their country The enemies surprize Lauda Cremona is yeelded to the enemies The Emperor sicketh the friendship alliance of the Uenetians The Emperor and the King of England talke together A league betwixt the Emperor the King of England The Ambassadors of the Emperor and the King of England come to Venice The Venetians great discretion in their resolution An. 1522. Rhodes taken by Soliman The Creation of Pope Adrian the sixt The Venetians Ambassage to the Pope The Pope is zealous of an vniuersall peace League betwixt the Pope the Emperor the Venetians the Duke of Milan and the Florentines Different opinions in the Senate concerning their alliance with the Emperor The protestation of the Emperor and King of Englands Ambassadors in Senate
comming causeth the Venetian Army to retire to the Citties The Citty of Cambraâ—… chosen for the â—…reaty oâ—… peace The Venetian Senate are male content with the Frâ—…ch King The Venetians giue authorâ—…ty to their Ambassadors to be present at the treaty of Cambray The Uenetians meaning concerning the Articles of peace The Venetians suspect the Kings carriage Triuulcio his request to the Venetians from the King The Venetians answers to Triuulcio The Venetians recourse to the King of England The Emperor arriuall an Genoa Nomâ—…er of the Emperors 〈◊〉 in Italy Italy amazed at the Emperor crmming Florentines send Amâ—…assadors to the Emperor VVhat kâ—…pt the Venetians from sending Ambassadâ—…s to the Emperor Great preparatiâ—…ns of the Venetians The Uenetians exhortation to the consederats The Venetians offers to the Duke oâ—… Ferrara Publicatioâ—… of the treaty of Cambâ—…ay The Kings request to the Venetians The Venetians answer to the King The King entreateth the Emperor to make an accord with the Venetians Soliman taketh 〈◊〉 The Hereticks begin to stirre in Germany The 〈◊〉 in desirous of 〈◊〉 accord with 〈◊〉 Venetians The Venetian â—…nswere to those that spaâ—… to them oâ—… Peace with the Empeâ—…or Expectation of the enteruiew at Bolognia Sundry opinions in the Senate concerning the motion oâ—… 〈◊〉 with the Emperor A Discourse made in Senate concerning peace with the Emperor A Discourse in Senate contrary to the â—…ormer The Senatâ—…s resolution The Pope and the Empâ—…ror come to Bolognia The Imperials dâ—…mand concerning the accord for Milan The Duke of Milans great humility to the Emperor The Articles of peace betwixt the Emperor and the Vâ—…netians The Florentines great trouble VVhat moued the Emperor to enâ—…orcethe Florenâ—…ines to obey the Pope Soliman restoreth Iohn King of Hungary to his Kingdome The Venetianâ—… send Ambassadors to the Pope and the Emperor The Ambassadors discharge their duties to the Princes The Emperor is crowned at Bolognia The Emperors guiâ—…t to the Venetian Ambassadors brought into the publike treasury The Mâ—…rquisate of Mantâ—…a is erected into a Dutchy The great entertainment giuen to the Emperor on the Venetian 〈◊〉 Soliman distastâ—…d of the Venetians by reason of a report that was cuâ—…rant in Constantinople The Venetians sâ—…nd an Ambassage to Soliman Soâ—…iman 〈◊〉 the Venetians The circumcision of Solimans children The incursions of the Knights of Malta against the Turkes Solimans purpose to enrich Constantinople The Venetians pursuites to diuert Solimans deseignes The Uenetians forbid the Knights of Malta to come no more vpon their Gulph The Turkes coâ—…plaints against the Venetians The Almains desire to hauâ—… a General Councell The Pope excuses concerning the conuocation of a councell The Pope hath recourse to the Venetians against the instances of the Germains The Venetians answer to the Pope 〈…〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 the 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 the 〈◊〉 and 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 The Castle of Milan and the city of Coma 〈◊〉 to 〈◊〉 Sforza Iohn Pisani extraordinary Ambassador into France The Venetians 〈◊〉 the nomination of Bishopricks vnder their 〈◊〉 Solimans deseigne against the Christians The Venetians craue the 〈◊〉 leauied vpon the Clergie to helpe them against the Turkes The Venetians preparations to stand vpon their gard The Venetians by chasing away the Pirats make the sâ—…as safe The King of Hungary secketh peace of the Emperor and of Ferdinand The Venetians doe in vaine solicite the Pope for the King of Hungary The Venetians answer to the Popes demand Ferdinands deseignes against the Turkes The Uenetians exhort Ferdinand to peace VVhat moued the Kings of France and England to make warre on the Emperour 1532. The number of the Turkish army Soliman with his army commeth into Hungary The Emperor with a mighty army encampeth before Vienna Solimans retreate The Emperors retreate The Emperors and Solimans nauall Armiâ—… Doria his subtile meaning The Senates answer to the Emperors Ambassador The retreate of the Turkâ—…sh Army Coron and Patras taken by Doria The Duke of Ferrara recouereth Mode na and Regio by the Emperors sentence The Emperor is againe 〈◊〉 rous to talk with the Pope â—…t Bolognia What was the cause of the enteruiew The Emperour returneth into Italy The Venetians are requested to consent to the renuing of the league The Venetians answer concerning the renuing of the league A new league betwixt the Pope Emperor and all the Italian Potentates the Venetians excepted Vmpiers appointed wiâ—…h a third man to end the controuersie betwixt Ferdinand anâ—… the Venetians The assembly is broâ—…n vp without anâ—… conclution The Venetians make preparations for their safety Francesco Dâ—… duo is taken by Pirats Sâ—…dry opini ons in â—…he Senate concerning the reuenge of that wrong Dandulo is banisheâ—… at his returne to Uenice A fight at Sea betwixt the Venetians and Turkes The Venetians victory at Sea against the Moore oâ—… Alexandria who was taken The wisely remedy the error commited by night The Venetian ships are staâ—…ed by the Turkish officâ—…rs Sundry opinions in the Senate concâ—…rning Canalis 〈◊〉 Soliman accepteth oâ—… the Venetians excuses The Senate acknowledge Canaâ—… seruice by recompâ—…nsing his sonnâ—… Cariadiâ—…e Barbarrâ—…ssa his greâ—… experience at sea The Pope acquainteth the Veâ—…etians with all hiâ—… 〈◊〉 The Popes preteâ—… ces to coullor 〈◊〉 ioy concâ—…iued by that mâ—…riage Great troubles in Germany concerning the Duke of VVittemberg 〈◊〉 great preparations for 〈◊〉 Great 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 at on time in 〈◊〉 pâ—…aces The Senates holy resolution The Venetiâ—… pre parations for their safe ty The Turkeâ—… recoâ—…r 〈◊〉 Tâ—…e Turkish fleet sâ—…oureth the Sea coast of Calabria Cariadine taketh Thuniâ—… Phâ—…lippo Mazzo a Knight oâ—… Malta looseth â—…is head for â—…is many robberies The death of Pope Clement the seuenth Tâ—…e Crâ—…ation of Pope Paul tâ—…e third The 〈◊〉 sendeth â—…ight 〈◊〉 to the Pope The Emperor seeketh to tâ—…e Venetians The Venetians answer to the Empâ—…ror The Pope takâ—…th Armâ—…s â—…or the Dutchy of 〈◊〉 The Venetians seek to appâ—…ase the strise betwixt the Pope and the duke oâ—… Vâ—…bin The Emperor â—…or the Venetians sake doth maintaine the Duke of Vrâ—…ins cause A new pracâ—…ise beâ—…wixt the Popâ—… and the 〈◊〉 The Emperors preparations for 〈◊〉 Soliman adueâ—…tiseth the Vâ—…netians of what he had done in Persia The Emperâ—…rs great army for his voyage into Affrâ—…ck 〈◊〉 besoâ—…ged Cariadiâ—…e 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 The taking of Thunis and 〈◊〉 The Emperor returâ—…eth to Naples The death of Francis Sâ—…orza Duke oâ—… Milan Tâ—…e Emperors 〈◊〉 answer to the Venetians conceâ—…ning the Statâ—… of Milâ—…n The Confederacy confirmeâ—… betwixt the Emperor and Venetians The French Kings Ambassade to the Venetians concerning the businesse of Milan The Venetians answere to the Ambassador The Duke of Sauoy denietâ—… the Kings paâ—…sage 〈◊〉 of the Kings discontent with the Duke of Sauoy Thâ—… French take 〈◊〉 â—…ossan and Pigneâ—…oll 〈◊〉 chalengetâ—… the Frencâ—… King to 〈◊〉 fight 〈◊〉 to accoâ—…d tâ—…e Empâ—…ror and tâ—…e Frencâ—… The Emperor 〈◊〉 with bâ—…sarmy into Prouenâ—…e The Kings enteâ—… prose vpon Genoa The Emperor 〈◊〉 to retire forth of Proâ—…ence
The Venetians send Ambassa dors to Selim the new Emperor A mischeuous practise of a reuoulted Iew. The Ceremony of bringing Ambassadors to the great Lord The Venetian Ambassadorâ—…â—…on to the Empepor Sâ—…lim ratisieth the Venetians alliance The forme of the great Lords oath The 〈◊〉 do purâ—…e the 〈◊〉 of Pirats The Arcenall of Uenice burnt The first motion of the enterprize of Cyprus for the Turke Selim comâ—… the enterprise of 〈◊〉 â—…o bes 〈◊〉 as The councel of Mahomet the Visier Bascha The opinion of the other Bascâ—…as contrary to that of Mahomet The reasons of the two Baschas contrary to Mâ—…homet Selim resolueth to inuade the Isle of Cyprus The Senate are certainly aduertised of the Turkes enterprise vpon Cyprus The Venetians preparation for the warre of Cyprus Treason practi zed by a Cipriot Treason is dis couered the Author exâ—…cuted Supplies of one thousand men sent into Cyprus The voluntary offer of Ieronimo Martinenga The death of Martinenga The Venetians implore the aide of Christian Princes Reasons propounded to the Pope to 〈◊〉 him to releeue them The Pope sendeth to exhort the Catholicke King to ioyne in that warre against the Turke The King of Spains answer to the Popes content The Venetiansolicit the Em peror to the same effect The Emperors answer to the Venetian Ambassador The Pope 〈◊〉 the French King to haue â—…n band in this warre The answer of the King and the Queen his mother to the Pope The French Kings offer to the Venetians The Venetians solicit the King of Persia to make war vppon Selim. The Chanceller of Persia his answer concerning the Emperors demand The Turkes preparations for the warre of Cyprus The Baylies remonstrance to the Bascha Mahomet Selim sâ—…ndeth a dâ—…fiance to Uenice vnlesse they surrender the Realme of of Cyprus The Chiaus presenteth Selims letters The Senateâ—… answer to the 〈◊〉 The contents of 〈◊〉 letters The Senates answer to 〈◊〉 letters The Venetians great preparations VVâ—…r opened in aâ—… 〈◊〉 Selim is greatly discontented for the smal respect and entertainment giuen to his Câ—…ians The Venetians 〈◊〉 Ambassador to tâ—…e Eâ—…peror to solicit him to enter into the leâ—…gue The Emperors answer to the Venetian Ambassador The Venetian propositions in the â—…ourt of Sâ—…aine with the difficulties alleadgea thereâ—…pon The Popes proposition to aâ—… delay The flâ—…et receiueth great discommodity by their aboad at Zâ—…ra The Pope armeth twelue Galliâ—…s whereof Colonna is made General The cause which sâ—…aied the 〈◊〉 at Câ—…rfou The enterprize of the 〈◊〉 broken off in 〈◊〉 of the dâ—…fficulty thereof The Venetian fleet 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 by the Senats commandement The 〈◊〉 of the Pope King of Spaine and Vâ—…netians ioyne together Mustapha Generall of the enterprize of Cyprus The Tukâ—…s reâ—… from Tina The number of the Turkish fleet 1570. The Turkâ—…sh fleet landed Mustaphâ—… by 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 to win the Cyâ—… Astor Baillone General in Cyprus Piali is of opinion to beseege Famagosta first Mustapha mainteâ—…neth the contrary and his opinion is followed The enemies are encamped before 〈◊〉 The sytuation of the city of Nicotia Discord among the commanders in the city Mustapha his great credit among the souldiers Prayers and Processions in Nicotia Those of Nicosia makâ—… certaâ—…ne sallâ—…es The Turkes build three forâ—…es neere to the city The enemies fierce battery A fierce assault giuâ—…n â—…o foure bulwarks at one time An assault giuen to the Bulwarke Constantia The Turkâ—…s take the Balwarke Constantia The Conâ—…t Roccas slaine All the Bulwarke 〈◊〉 taken The Citâ—…y of Nicosia is taken The Citty is sackt The number of the dead Cyprus yeeldeth to the Turkes Famagosta excepted Sundâ—…y opinions of the Captaâ—…nes oâ—…â—…he Christian fleet The Generall is oâ—… opâ—…nion â—…o meet with the enemy sight with him The Number of the Christian fleet Doria hearing of the losse of Nicotia is desirous â—…o returne home The Generall Prouidator vse reason to Doria to perswaâ—…e him 〈◊〉 Doria returneth home Diuers places subiect to the Turke yield to the Venetians The Popes â—…x-hortation for the conclusion of the league Long 〈◊〉 vsed in the conclusion of the league The Spaniards idle excuses The difficulties propounded by the Spaniards The Emperor 〈◊〉 to enter into the 〈◊〉 The Venetian 〈◊〉 resolâ—… 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 to Famaâ—… The Marquis Rangon 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 bâ—…s excuse Lodouieo Martinenga 〈◊〉 supplies tâ—… Faâ—… Collonna â—…peth two great dangers as 〈◊〉 returned kemeward Sebastiano Venieri is made Generall in Zanne bis steed The Bascha Mahomet reuiueth the trea ty of peace The Venetians great doubts perplexities The Venetians request to the Pope The Emperor will not allow of the Popes new 〈◊〉 giuen to the Duke of Florence The Venetians resolue to â—…arken to peace The Articles of peace propounded by the Venetians The Pope and Spaniards seeke to the Venetians to conclude the league Colonnas remonstrance to the Venetian Seuate The Senates answer to Colonna Tâ—…pulos opinion 〈◊〉 to warre Baâ—…oario is of a contrary opinion VVarre is resolued at Veniee The league against the Turke concluded The Articles of the league Don â—…ohn de Austria Generall of the Army Some particular treaties Supplie sent to Famagosta Flight of the enemies Galleys The Venetians 〈◊〉 the 〈◊〉 at Gambella More aide sent to Famagosta The number of soldiers in Famogosta The 〈◊〉 reâ—…bel against the 〈◊〉 Prince Mocenigo his remonstrance to the great councâ—…ll The number of the Turkish flâ—…et The Turkes are put to â—…outin Candy The Turkes waste the Islands of Zant and Cephalonia Bash is Mahâ—…mets proposition to the Venetian Bayly The Venetians expect the â—…onfederates fleets VVhat 〈◊〉 the Generall Uenieri to saâ—…l to Messina The league is published at Venice The Pope 〈◊〉 the King of Portugall to enter into the leagu The Uenetiaâ—…s will not heare oâ—… peace The Turkes come before Dulcigna Dulcâ—…gna yeeldeth to the Turkes in composition which is badly obserued The enemies fleet 〈◊〉 forth of the Gulph of Vinice The Christians surprize some of the enemies by ambuscadâ—… The Turkes come before 〈◊〉 The Venetians complaints to the Pope The King of Spains answer to the â—…ardinall Alexandrine The Emperor is doubtfull The Emperors resolution The leagues offer to the Emperor The arriuall of Don Iohn with the Spanish forces The offers of Don Iohn to the Venetians The enemies army before â—…amagosta The care of those within the Citty for their â—…ortifications The number of seruiceable men in the citty Bragadins exhortations to his soldiers The enemies 〈◊〉 fiue batteries at one time The dilâ—…gent care of the Captaines of the Citty Euery Captaines charge The 〈◊〉 mâ—…ke a counter battery They want pouâ—…er The Toure of the 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 by a mine The enemies are repulsed from the breach The Turkes in the presence of the Generall Mustapha giue a furious assault and are repulsed The great labour and trouble of tâ—…e beseeged An assault giuen â—…n foure sundry places â—…t one time â—…he volour of the 〈◊〉 in 〈◊〉 the 〈◊〉 Another inuen tion oâ—… the enemies
to take the Citâ—…y The estate of the beseeged 〈◊〉 them to yeeld The Captains sâ—…ndry opinions The beseeged resolue to yeeld on composition 〈◊〉 giuen on both sides The artiâ—…les of the 〈◊〉 Mustapha his seigned curtesie Bragadin 〈◊〉 to Mustapha his tent Mustapha his 〈◊〉 â—…cliy More then barbarous cruelty Great impiety against the dead The Bascha returneth to Constantinople The vniting of the Confederate fleet The Aduise of D. Bernardino de Requesens for fighting or not fighting with the enemy Barbarico 〈◊〉 speecâ—… peâ—…swading to fight Cornia his speech confirming Batbaricos The Turkish fleet in the Gulph of Lepanto An accident which had like to haue bred great miâ—…chiefe Don Iohn 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 against Venieri Venieri his answer to them The order and forme of the chrâ—…stian battaile Don Iohns Oration to his soldiors The speech of Hassan Bascha perswadiâ—…g to fight Mehemet Bey bis speech dissweding from fight The order of the Turkish flect Ali Basha his speech of incouragement to his captaineâ—… and soldiers at the inâ—…ant of battaile The memorable battaile of Lepanto Small hope in the reuolt of the Turkes subiects The Ueneâ—…ians preparations against the spring The Emperors excuses to free himselfe from entring into the league The King of Portugals answer to the Cardinall and Venetians The King of Portugals promises The Pope soliâ—… the King of Poland Bascha Mahomet soliciteth the Emperor The Pope and Venetians doubt 〈◊〉 Turkes 〈◊〉 of the Christians before the battaile The 〈◊〉 of peace beoken Rumors diuâ—…lged by the Spaniard The Spaniards feare least the Uenetians make peace with the Turks 〈◊〉 of Pius Quintus The Venetians solicite the Cardinalls in the 〈◊〉 of the 〈◊〉 The enterprize vppon Castelno â—…o propounded to the Senate The attempt vppon Castel-nouo in vaine Soranza is honorably enterteined by Don Iohn at Messina His Remonstrance to D. Iohn The Spanish delayes The true cause of Don Iohns delay D. John leadett the Venetians 22. Gallies The French King â—…orhideth his subiâ—…cts to goe into Flanâ—…ers Râ—…asont alleadged by the Protestants to moouâ—… the French King to warre The Spaniards are iealous of the French mens actions Ambassadors 〈◊〉 from Venice to France and Spaine The Venetian Ambassadors discourse to the French Kinâ—… The French Kings answere to the Venetian Ambassador The mother Queene of France writeâ—… to the Pope The Catholick Kingâ—…s resolution before the Ambassadors ariual Tepulo his sute to the Kinge of Spaine The senates resolution when they perceiued the Spanish delaies Colonna his â—…duice General Foscarini his answer to Colonna Colonna's opinion concerning the setting forward towards the â—…mies Gâ—…l Andrada his opinion Don Iohn certifies the Venetians that bee will shortly bee with them The fleet departeth notwithstanding The Christians descry the Tur kish fleet The number of the Christian and 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Ulâ—…zzalies policy The death of Sigismond King of Poland The Christians flâ—…et desâ—…rieth that of the Turkes The Turkes retire from the Christian fleet Vluzzali determineth to assaiâ—…ls D. Iohn â—… proposition made 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 witâ—… securâ—… D. Iohn Difficultieâ—… arising about the meeting of Don Iohn Quirini sale conducts the great vessels to the fleet The number of the confederate fleet The order of the Confederates fleet The Confederates error The enemies 〈◊〉 to Modon Ulâ—…zzali inâ—… not to fight Charles of Lorraine Duke of Mayen in the 〈◊〉 fleete 〈◊〉 of the Turkish fleet A vayne and vnprofitable engin The situation of the Castle of Nauarine The Turkes comming to releeue tâ—…e castle doe much anoy the Christians The Confederats discampâ—… from before Nauarin Don Iohns excuses Tluzzali returnes to Constantinople The Cousede rate fleet coms to Corfou The Spaniards desirous to returne into the west Don Iohn goes to Naples 〈◊〉 to paine The Venetians complaine to the Pope Venieri his hoâ—… noroble entertainment and welcome at Uenice 〈…〉 The Turkes build a fort against Catarin The Uenetians take the sort They ruine it by a myne Motion of Peace at Constantinople with the Vene tian Baily The Senate at first makes no great account of peace Peace is propounded in the Councell of Tenne The Spaniards conference with the Venetian Ambassador The Emperor seekes to hinder peace Prince Mocenigo his oration to the councell of Tenne The Senates resolution to peace Causes moouing the Senate to imbrace peace The Bishop of Aix Ambassador for the French King at Constantinople The Turkes deale roughly with the Venetian Bayly Peace concluded betwixt the Turkes Venetians Articles of peace Sundry opinions concerning the Venetians peace The King of Spaine iâ—… not discontented with the Venetians The Venetians send an expresse Ambassador to the Pope The Ambassadors excuses to the Pope The Turkish fleet depaâ—…teth from Constantinople The Ambassadors speech to Selim. An. 1573. Henry Duke of Aniou chosen king of Poland Troubles in the Dutchy of Vrbin Don Iohn goes into Affrick The death of Selim Emperor of Turkes The King of Poland returnes secretly into France The entertainment giuen to the French King at Vienna in Austiiâ—… The Dukes of Ferrara and Neuers come with King Henry to Venice The French Kings magnificent reception at Uenice The death of Cosmo de Medicis first great Duke of Tuscany Troubles in Genoa appeased An. 1575. The Venetians scare The Turkish army in the Empires confines The cause why Amurath hated the Emperor Amurath confirmes peace with the Uenetians The Prince Seâ—…ates vow to God Great charity of a Prelat Price set vpon all wares The Pope sends a golden rose to the Venetian Prince Brescia afflicted with the plague Sundry prodigies seene in the ayre Ambassadors sâ—…nt to the King of Spain Decrces against the Venetians superfluous expences A Decree against superfluous dyet A Persiaâ—… Ambassador 〈◊〉 to Veniâ—…e Vpon what occasion the Pope caused tenne daies to be taken from the yeere Contention betwixt the Venâ—…tians and Knights of Malta A Uenotian Gentleman is exâ—…cuted to satisfie the Turke The creation of Pope Sixtus the fifth A Dutchesse iâ—… cruelly murthered in Paduâ—… The murtherers are put to death Pope Sixtus death with the creation of Pope Vrban the 7. Creation of Pope Gregory the 14. The deceit of a Greeke The Venetians are iealous of Turkeâ—… and 〈◊〉 The building of the bridge of Rialto The death of Pope Gregory the 14. The Creation and death of Pope Innocent the 9. The Creation of Pope Clement the 7. A Prodigie The Institution of the Uenetian Academy A sollâ—…mne Amâ—…assage from Fâ—…ance to Rome The Venetians send Ambassadors to the French King The Pope blâ—…sseth and absoluâ—…th the â—…rench King The Cardinall of Florence Legat in France The Venetians defeat the Vsicoques Henry the 4. motioneth a marriage with the Princâ—…sse of Florence The Kings mariage celebrated at Florence Italy zealouâ—… of the Spaniardâ—… Peace betwixt the French King and Duke of Sauoy The caâ—…se of tâ—…e Venetianâ—… icalou siâ—… Diuers Pirates are defeated The Senates Dâ—…cree agaâ—…nst the Clergie A decree concerning building of Churches The death of Pope Clement the viii The election of Pope Leo the 10. and his sodaine death The creation of Pope Paul the fift The Pope complaineth to the Venetian Ambassador The Popes resolution vpon the Venetians refusall The Senates answer to the Pope The censures against the Venetians are publishâ—…d The Venetians make a declaration vpon the Popes excommunication The French King mediates peace betwixt the Pope and Uenetians Cardinâ—…ll Perron 〈◊〉 with the Pope The Pope grants a commission to the Caâ—…dinal Ioyâ—…use The Commission is giuen to Cardinal Ioyâ—…use to reuoke the censures at Venice 〈◊〉 Articles on which the iâ—…terdiction was reuokâ—…d The Cardinals reception at Uenice After what manner the prisoners were deliuered The manner of 〈◊〉 the censures The Duke reuokâ—…th his first declaration The Senats doubt
Ferdinand to intreat the that they would the summer folowing arme against their common enemie the Turk and to tell them that the matter was not to be delayed but that it was time alreadie to be at Sea The Ambassadours were curteously entertained by either of them who promised all assistance according to their power Mocenigo likewise did by Letters intreate the King of Cyprus and the great Maister of Rhodes that they would arme against the Turkes Himselfe in the meane time visited all the Islands of the Aegean seas and confirmed them by his presence There is a small towne in Ionia opposite to the Isle of Chios which is called Passage whither from Asia all goodes were brought at such time as the Italian Marchants did frequent the Isle of Chios as into a common store-house Mocenigo hauing intelligence that the same place was without garrison came with his fleet before day neere to the shore and sent his Mariners and some of the Rowers to fetch this rich booty The Inhabitants of this Towne being affrighted at this sodain incursion escaped into the neighbour-mountaines the Shoppes full of Asian marchandise were rissed and the whole bootie beeing brought to the Gallies the towne was burnt Mocenigo returning to Modon for Winter was not yet spent made some stay there Then beeing prouoked by the common report how that the enemies fleete of fortie Gallies were ready to inuade Lemnos he with his fleet speedily sailed into the Island But finding this rumour to be false and beeing vnwilling to haue his comming thither to be to no purpose hee caused the towne of Coccina in the Isle of Lemnos to be repaired which before had beene ouerthrowne by an Earth-quake and hauing reedified it hee manned it with a strong Gar rison Hauing prouided for the assaires of the Island he returned to Modon where hee found two new Prouidators sent from Venice who were Stephano Maripietro and Vittori Soranza two of the chiefe Senators At their arriuall they concluded betwixt themselues that in euerie Gallie besides the Souldiers and Marriners tenne horse-men whom the Greekes call Stradiots should be placed These men are more apt to take booties than to fight They vse a buckler sword and lance few of them waere curases but they quilt their doubtles and casocks with cotton to beare off the enemies stroakes They haue very swift horse and wel breathed The Venetians did vse these kinde of men in the wars in Albania and Morea But those of Morea neere to Naples wee reaccounted most valiant The choicest of these were put into the Gallies The Fleete beeing furnished with such supplies put to Sea to waste and spoile the Prouinces of Asia It spared the Cities and Islands of Greece for respect it did beare to the Christian name notwithstanding that they were subiect to Ottoman From Morea hee went to Lesbos where neere to the Promontorie on the East-side where the Island is least habitable the Fleete cast Ankor in a safe Hauen Right ouer against it on the Sea shoare stands the Citie of Pergamus a towne in olde time very famous in the lesser Asia it was well knowne to the Romans for the Tapestrie that was made there but much more because it was the inheritance of king Attalus There is nothing to bee seene at this day but the ruines of tance of king Attalus There is nothing to bee seene at this day but the ruines of olde buildings The Territorie by reason of the fertilitie thereof is stored with villages The Venetian departing about midnight from Lesbos landed his troups on the opposite shoare in the lesser Asia and commanded Giacomo Parisotto the Admirall of the Fleete to place part of his troupes in Ambush and with the rest to spoile and wast the enemies Countrie putting all to fire and sword According to this commaundement all places were spoiled to the great terror of the Countrie-people and great store of cattaile with many prisoners were carried thence But the Turkish horse-men of the neighbour Garrisons hearing the lamentations of the poore people that fledde did fiercely charge the Venetians who retired to their shippes and by that vnlooked for assault did greatly molest the Souldiers that were loden with bootie Then the light horse of Morea comming speedily to their reskew did easily chace and pursue them with great slaughter The enemies heads together with the bootie were brought to the vessells and for euery head the Souldier receiued a Ducat the which recompence the Generall promised to all those that serued him in that iournie against the Turkes and was exactly performed during that warre The Fleet departing from the enemies Countrie went and cast Ankour in a desert Island betwixt Chios and the firme Land There was the bootie laied abroade and sold to them that offered most The Treasourers appointed for that purpose distributed the monie to the horse-men Souldiers and Marriners The same night the Venetian sailed to the Islands neere to Caria which in times past had belonged to the inhabitants of Gnidos to spoile and wast them Gnidos in times past among the Cities of Caria was very famous in regard of her Arsenall and two Hauens and at this day sundrie ruines of olde buildings are to bee seene there The Territorie neere adioining is not tilled but frequented by sheepheardes The Fleete being come to this place both horse and foot were landed to waste the Countrie many of all sex and ages were taken and brought to the Gallies but of Cattaile no more than serued for their present vse They found nothing else there but certaine tapestrie and fustians to make tents such as the Numidians vsed when they were wont to goe wandring vp and downe The Venetian putting to Sea went to Delos an Island of the Ciclades famous informer times for Apollos Temple and the great concourse of people that resorted thither it is now desolate and inhabitable there is nothing now to be seene but the ruines of the temple with those of an amphitheater of white marble columnes and other statues with a Colossus of fifteene cubites high From Delos Mocenigo directed his course to Morea because victualls grew scant By the way neere to the Cape of Mailles he met with Rachainesis the Generall of King Ferdinando his fleete with seuenteene Gallies and after reciprocall salutations with great acclamations and other signes of ioy after the manner at Sea they went together to Modon There the Venetian had intelligence that the Popes Fleet would soone arriue there But because he would make no long abode there hauing victualled his Fleet he and the Kings Generall departed from Modon and with a faire winde sailed to the Islands of the Rhodian Sea next to Asia Those of Rhodes possessed the Cittie which was exceeding strong by arte and manned with a strong Garrison called the Castle of S. Peter seated in that part of Caria opposite to the Isle of Coos the only refuge of the Christians that fled forth
fortifying the townes and wayes necessary and fit to repulse the enemy giuing them for assistants Aluiana with his light horse and Gurlin of Rauenna with two thousand foote Pietro Marcello likewise one of the Prouidators of the Army in Lombardy was commanded to carry forces into Frioul but the Turkes came not thither at that time because their Emperour called home their Generall to Constantinople This report againe reuiued about Midsommer that the Turkish army was in field to waste the Venetians confines Count Petillan with a great part of the forces and Giouan Baptista Caracciola Colonell of the States Fantery did by the Senates command march into Frioull where all the inhabitants of the plaines retired with their goods to the Castles and strong Townes yet the enemies came not thither eyther for that they had intelligence that the townes were fortified or else beeing imployed by their Emperor in the warre of Peloponessus Manenti was newly returned to Venice when the Senate fearing to loose the Isle of Corfou sent Angelo Quirini and Lodouico Canalis with a hundred foote to gard the two fortes of the Island which are seated on two Promontaries neere one another and not farre from the Citty beeing so small as they needed no greater forces to defend them Newes was afterwards brought that the Turkish fleete which had wintered at Lepanto much increased determined to saile into Morea their Emperor beeing with them in person to take those townes which hee had demanded of Manenti Herevpon the Senate commanded ten great Galleys and foure great ships to bee made ready vnder the command of Iacomo Venieri with a particular Captaine to euery vessell whose pay was augmented the better to incite them to goe the voyage Rowers were sent for from the firme land and money giuen to pay the fleete diuerse Brigantines and other lesser vessels apt for warre were rig'd to attend vpon the fleete Melchior Treuisan which lay not farre from Cephalonia to keepe out all Turkish ayde beeing assured of the enemies deseigne made speedy meanes to send men victuals and ordnance from Candy to Naples because all men thought that the Turke would make his first attempt there hee likewise sent victuals to Modon The Modonois hauing wasted the countrey round about their Citty and burnt the houses because the enemy should not make vse of them builded a Forte neere to the Hauen to keepe the enemies vessels from the walls leauing but a little space at the entrie of the hauen for one ship to come in at once Melchior Treuisan beeing come to Zant sent for the whole fleete thither consisting of seuenty vessels both Galleys and ships of burthen but that of the Turke in number more then two hundred comming to the confines of Naples had sent part of the cauallery before by land to scoure as far as the city The horse within the town to the number of one thousand fiue hundred made a sally vpon the enemies and in a manner defeated them all Therevpon the enemy leauing Naples went to Modon from whence hee sent forces to besiege Iunca which is a Castle seated on a hill with a hauen beneath it some ten mile from Modon Those within it hauing beene newly supplyed with men and victuals by Ieronimo Contaren the Prouidator did brauely repulse the enemies so as despairing to take it they returned to their fleet In the meane time Melchior Treuisan fell sick and dyed neere to Cephalonia wherevpon by a Generall consent Contaren the Prouidator was chosen to command the Army till the Senate had otherwise prouided The Turke came and assailed the Burrow of Modon and with his Canon did beat downe a great part of the wall those within it being out of hope to defend the breach carried away all their goods into the Citty and abandoned it The enemy entred it and hoping ere long to become Lord of all did without intermission batter the walles of the Citty Whilest this siege lasted Contaren left Zant determining if it were possible to releeue Modon or at least to annoy the enemies fleete whose great ships lay neere Sapienza and the Galleys and other lesser vessels in the Hauen of Iunca So soone as the Venetian descried them hee resolued to fight with them and ordering his fleete did brauely set forward The Turke seeing them to come on receiued them with an hundred Galleys the fight was sharpe and cruell victory inclining to the Venetians so as the Turkes were once ready to make towards the shore and flie But the misfortune was that whilest they fought the winde slackned whereby the shippes of burthen could neither goe backward nor forward and part of the Galleys durst not come vp to them the Turkes seeing this tooke courage and renued the fight for three houres space till night one great Venetian Galley was sunke and an other taken but all her men slaine who alone had fought all night with the enemy Contarens Galley beeing shotte thorow both sides and a great leake in her himselfe leapt into an other and retired to Zant to trim his vessels which were much bruzed The Senate hauing notice of Treuisans sicknesse and death chose Benedetto Pesare to succeed him who receiuing money to pay the Army departed from Venice three dayes after his election Contaren hauing trim'd his Galleys resolued to releeue Modon fearing least the besieged dispairing of helpe should yeeld to the enemy Hee chose fiue Galleys out of the whole fleete which hee loded with all necessaries yet before their departure hee thought good to aduertise the besieged thereof that they might bee ready to receiue supplies To this end hee sent a valiant and couragious fellow in a Frigate with tenne Oares Hee at noone dayes passed thorow the enemies fleete euen in their view and entred Modon dooing his message The next day Contaren with the whole fleete sayled towards Modon and beeing in sight of the enemy hee called for the Captaines of those fiue Galleys intreating them valiantly to releeue the besieged foure of them with great difficulty passing thorow the middest of the enemies entred the Hauen the fifth slower then the rest perceiuing diuerse of the enemy Galleys to come vp towards her returned to the fleet The Modonois greatly cheered ranne presently to the Hauen to receiue those supplies and to carry them into the Citty and they were so earnest in it as those on the other side of the Citty which were on the walls forsooke their guard and ranne thither likewise so as the walls were bared of defence which the enemy perceiuing and loth to let slippe so faire an occasion reared Ladders and entred the Citty killing some few that resisted This being knowne the Townesmen and Soldiers ranne vppon them and fought valiantly with them a long time in the middest of the Citty killing great numbers of them But the multitude of enemies still increasing and all the streetes stopt the Christians were in a manner all cut in peeces
Those which escaped the slaughter fired the Citty and with it burnt themselues and goods In this manner was the Citty of Modon taken The Venetian Magistrate beeing tyed in chaines was by the Turkes command carried to Iunca to bee seene of the Captaine of the Castle and all those within it who thervpon yeelded their liues and goods saued As the Venetian fleet returned towards Zant an horrible tempest arose which dispersed them into sundry farre Islands euen to Candie their masts rudders and tacklings beeing all broken in peices Modon taken the Turke sent one of his Baschas and part of his fleet to Coron who told them that if vppon honorable composition the would yeeld before he beseeged them he would vse them curreously otherwise if they stayed till the Canon were planted he would put them all to the sword They terrified with the desaster of the Modonois without respect to the Magistrates or Captaines who had prepared all thinges for defence did vpon very profitable conditions receiue the Bascha into their walls The Turke supposing to take Naples in the same manner and as soone as hee had done Coron sent part of his army to their Confines and sent thither with his Captaines euen to the Citty gates Paul Contaren a Venetian Gentleman that was married in Coron and well knowne in those Cuntryes who after Coron was taken the Turke tooke along with him to this end to perswade the Neapolitans to yeeld He conferring with those in the Citty concerning their yeelding and standing vppon the edge of the Dike right ouer against the Gate did on a suddaine and vnperceiued spur his horse and leaping into the Dike presently entred the Citty The Neapolitans both by his aduice and being willing of themselues did very valiantly repulse all the enemies attempts and did moreouer as occasion was offerred make very fortunate sallies And the Turke sending for his whole army thither thereby thinking to terrifie them they despised all his threatenings and brauely defended themselues In the meane time Pesare comming to Corfou and from thence to Zant tarried there till the fleet dispersed by tempest was revnited The Vessells trimmed and made ready there were 18. great Gallies and 25. lesser ones and 20. shipps well rigde and armed with these hee determined to seeke the enemies fleet and fight with it But the Tuke hauing intelligence of his comming to Zant commanded his Baschas to raise the Seege and to carry back the fleet to Constantinople and himselfe with his whole army departed from thence the next day Pesare at the same time sent a Fregate to Naples to view the enemy fleet but perceiuing they were gon he sailed to Legina which the Turke had taken during the seege of Naples where landing his soldiers hee tooke the Fort and slew all the Turkes within it reseruing the Captaine for his prisoner and restored the Island to the Venetian State From thence he went to Mittilyn where he did the like giuing the spoile to his soldiers and marriners The next day he sailed to Tenedos which he burnt downe to the ground And finding the enemies fleet which fled at the mouth of the Straight he gaue in vppon their taile and tooke diuers vessells and many prisoners whom vpon Gibets set vp on the two shores that diuide the confines of Europe and Asia he hanged and afterwards spoiled and wasted the Contrey with fire and sword From thence he directed his course to the Isle of Samothrace where vnderstanding that the Islanders obeyed the Turke on constraint he sent Lodouico Canalis to them to know if they would yeeld to the Venetians they willingly accepted the offer and he promised to giue them a Venetian Gentleman for Gouernour vnto whom for his entertainment they offered to giue the tenth part of their reuenues Then after that he had taken and sackt Carista hee returned with his fleet to Naples loden with spoile and hauing there made a reuiew of his forces hee did by his bounty highly please and content his soldiers And vpon intelligence that the King of Spaines fleet commanded by Gonsaluo Ferdinandes came to aid the Venetians and was at Zant hee sailed thitherward and passing along by Iunca he caused Charles Contarens head to be cut off vpon the Prow of his Galley who commanding that Castle for the Signory which was exceeding strong both by nature and art had yeelded it to the enemy vppon the first summons not beeing enforced by a seege Beeing come to Zante hee there found Gonsaluo with whom and the Spanish Captaines that were with him hauing consulted vpon the affaires of warre by their aduise and consent of the Prouidators hee determined to goe and besiege Modon But because they wanted store of vessels they sent all their workemen to Cephalonia which a bounds in woods and Forrests to cut downcitees Whilest some were busied in cutting of wood because they would not loose time they resolued to besiege the towne of Cephalonia because the Turkes should not say that two fleetes vnited durst not assaile them This thus resolued Pesare and Gonsaluo caused Ordnance to bee brought from the shippes to batter the walls and giuing euery man his charge they were desirous to make tryall of the valour of those within the tower who were in number three hundred The same day as they would haue begun the battery there fell such store of raine as they were enforced to deferre it till some other time The weather at last beeing faire the Ordnance was planted against the walls where after a breach made an assault was giuen but the enemies did with all sorts of weapons so valiantly desend themselues as the towne could not bee taken so as our men were enforced to retire and great numbers of them hurt The Generalls thus repulsed raised a mount higher then the enemies fortifications from which they might easily see whatsoeuer was done in the citty and then gaue an other furious assault where the Venetians and Spaniards so brauely behaued themselues as they constrained the Turkes to retire into the Forte who within a while after yeelded to Gonsaluo fearing the Venetians indignation whom they had so often deluded and offended During the siege of Cephalonia the Castle of Iunca returned to the Venetians by meanes of one called Demetrius of Modon who practised it with an Albanese a friend of his which was of the garde of the Castle where killing fiftie Turkes that lay there in garrison and enforcing the rest to leape ouer the walles they became Maisters of the place whether Pesare presently sent Ieronimo Pisani the Prouidator with forces and after him Siluestro Troni for Iudge In this manner in a short space they tooke Cephalonia and Iunca Gonsaluo who had already made warre at sea many moneths perceiuing that Pesare deferred the siege of Modon till some other fitte time and that the enemies had strongly fortified it since the recouery of