old men were slaine the young men led away into captiuitie women rauished before their husbands faces and afterwards slaine with their children young infants were ript out of their mothers wombs and others taken from their breasts were cut in pieces or else thrust vpon sharpe stakes yeelding vp againe that breath which they had but a little before receiued with many other incredible cruelties which were then by the mercilesse enemie committed Solyman himselfe shortly after followed these forerunners and setting forward with all his armie from BVDA towards VIENNA by the way tooke the castle of ALTENBVRGE whether by force or composition is diuersly reported of the garrison souldiors there placed by king Ferdinand he reserued three hundred Bohemians whom he commaunded to follow his campe He also assaulted the little citie of NEAPOLIS seauen times in one day and was as often repulsed but being loath to spend any longer time about a towne of so small importance he forsooke that and held on his way to VIENNA whither he came about the six and twentith day of September and encamped in fiue places found about the citie with such a world of people that vnto them which viewed his campe from the highest tower in VIENNA it seemed that the ground was for the space of eight miles all couered with the multitude of his tents and people King Ferdinand who from the time that he had by his embassador Oberdanscus receiued the hard answere from Solyman alwaies stood in doubt of his comming had beside his owne forces which were not great to oppose against so mightie an enemie craued aid of the Christian princes his neighbours especially of the princes of the empire who graunting him aid against the common enemie appointed Fredericke countie Palatine of RHENE and duke of BAVARIA Generall of their forces But whilest the Germans after their manner slowly set forward and made lesse hast than the greatnesse of the present danger required Solyman comming in the meane time had so belaied the citie that it was not possible for the duke Frederick by any meanes to get into it but was glad to stay with his army at CHREMSE about twelue miles from VIENNA A few daies before by good hap vpon the report of the losse of BVDA twentie thousand souldiors horsemen and foot out of diuers countries were in good time come to VIENNA amongst these the cheefe commaunders was Philip the Paulsgraue duke Fredericks nephew a young gentleman of great courage and hope sent thither but a little before with a few companies of horsemen and footmen by Fredericke his vncle who was comming after with a greater power himselfe but was now shut out of the citie by Solyman Nicholaus countie of SALMA the L. William Rogendorff steward of the kings houshold Ioannes Cazzianer a noble man of CROATIA and afterwards gouernour of VIENNA and next vnto them Nicholaus Turrianus Ioannes Hardecus Leonardus Velsius Hector Ramsack men both for their birth and valour of great account amongst the Germanes The citie of VIENNA as it was of some good strength toward the North by reason of Danubius so in other places it was at that time neither by art nor nature strong The ditches such as they were were altogether drie and easie to be passed ouer the wals of bricke built round without any flankers and neither high nor thicke but after the antient simple manner of fortification of cities for before that time neither had king Ferdinand fearing no enemie neither they of VIENNA who had not of many yeares seene an enemie had any care to fortifie the citie but as men altogether buried in securitie and nothing fearing the comming of so mightie an enemie although they were thereof before admonished by Oberdanscus had not so much as cast vp any rampier or bulwarke more than at the gate of CARINTHIA whereon they might conueniently place their great Ordinance so that of a hundred great peeces and three hundred others of lesse charge which might haue wonderfully annoyed the enemie a great part serued to no vse for want of conuenient place to mount them vpon Yet as the suddain comming of the enemie and the shortnesse of the time gaue leaue such bulwarkes as they could vpon the suddaine they cast vp and planted their ordinance thereon The citie was deuided into diuers quarters and to euery part a strong garrison appointed for defence thereof all the gates of the citie were mured vp except such as were of purpose reserued to sallie out at Now had Abraham the great Bassa encamped himselfe vpon a high hill where stood a ruinous castle from whence he might ouerlooke all the citie yet so as that he lay out of the danger of gunshot Becrambeius Solymans great commaunder in ASIA lay at the gate called PVRGATORIA neere the church of S. Vlderich In the third campe towards the rising of the hils lay Michael Ogli towards the church of S. Vitus At the Scottish gate towards Danubius lay the Asapi with diuers companies of the Ianizaries which with shot out of their trenches suffered no man to appeare vpon the wals in that quarter without most manifest danger and powred such showers of arrowes ouer the wals into the citie as if they had fallen out of the clouds that hardly could any man stirre in the citie vnarmed but he was forthwith wounded Solyman himselfe lay neere vnto S. Markes church compassed about with the Ianizaries and other souldiours of the court defended also with the bricke wals of the gardens thereabouts Whilest the Turkes were thus encamping themselues the Christian defendants oftentimes fortunatly sallied out vpon them and slew many of them In one of which sallies Wolfgangus Hagen a valiant captaine with certaine old souldiours of the Spaniards was slaine fighting most valiantly at the gates of the castle and in another skirmish Christophorus Zetlitz a man of great courage sallying out of the citie with fiue hundred horsemen euen vnto the enemies trenches was intercepted and taken with six others of his companie who were all compelled by the Turkes to carrie so many heads of their slaine fellowes vpon poles and so presented vnto Solyman of whom he enquired many things as well concerning Ferdinand himselfe and where he was as concerning the princes which had the charge of the citie whether they were in hope to defend the same against his mightie power or not Whereunto Christopherus aptly and wisely answered although not altogether so truly That king Ferdinand lay not farre off at the citie of LINTZ expecting the assembly of a great armie and that the princes of GERMANIE BOHEMIA MORAVIA and of diuers other places were comming vnto him with great aid so that if he would but stay a little vntill his forces were come together he should then see whether of them were of greater strength and power for as much as it would not be long before the king would come and giue him battell As for the princes in the citie he said he knew
should haue paid them with verie foule and contumelious words as that there was not money enough to pay the Christian soldiers of the Latines and the Greeks much lesse those vile dogs whom they so called for that they had but a little before receiued the damnable doctrine of the false prophet Mahomet the great seducer of the world who euen in that time flourished Vpon which discontentment they at their returne reuolted from the empire and joyned themselues vnto their great prophet and so afterwards vnto the Caliphs his successors extending his doctrine together with his soueraigntie to the vttermost of their power and that with so good successe that in short time they had ouerrun all AEGYPT SIRIA the land of promise and taken the Holy citie With these the disciples of Mahomet and his successors the Sarasins for so now they would be called the Greeke emperors ensuing had for certaine yeeres diuers conflicts with diuers fortune for the possession of SIRIA But at length wearied out by them ouercom they left the aforesaid countries wholy vnto their deuotion Hereby it came to passe that the Sarasins for the space of 370 yeeres following held those countries with many others in great subjection oppressing still the poore Christians in IERVSALEM with most grieuous tributes and exactions vnto whom they yet left a third part of the citie for them to dwell in with the temple of the Sepulcher of our Sauiour and mount SION not for any deuotion either vnto them or those places but for that it yeelded them a great profit by the recourse of deuout Christians trauelling thither reseruing in the meane time vnto themselues the other two parts of the citie with the temple of Salomon before reedified by the Christians Now whilst the Sarasins thus triumph it in the East and not in the East onely but ouer a great part of the West also contenting themselues with such tributs as they had imposed vpon the subdued nations and countries vp start the Turks a vagrant fierce and cruell people who first breaking into ASIA as is before declared and by rare fortune aspiring vnto the kingdome of PERSIA subdued the countries of MESOPOTAMIA SIRIA with the greatest part of the lesser ASIA and IVDEA together with the Holy citie who both there and in all other places held the poore oppressed Christians in such subjection and thraldom as that the former gouernment of the Sarasins seemed in comparison of this to haue beene but light and easie Neither was there any end or release of these so great miseries to haue beene expected had not God in mercie by the weake meanes of a poore heremit stirred vp these most woorthie princes of the West to take vp armes in their defence who hauing with their victorious armies recouered the lesser ASIA with a great part of SIRIA were now come vnto this Holy citie The gouernour of IERVSALEM vnderstanding by his espials of the proceedings of the Christians had before their approch got into the citie a verie strong garrison of right valiant souldiers with good store of all things necessarie for the holding out of a long siege The Christians with their armie approching the citie encamped before it on the North for that towards the East and the South it was not well to be besieged by reason of the broken rocks and mountaines Next vnto the citie lay Godfrey the duke with the Germans and Loranois neere vnto him lay the earle of FLANDERS and Robert the Norman before the West gate lay Tancred and the earle of THOLOVS Bohemund and Baldwin were both absent the one at ANTIOCH the other at EDESSA The Christians thus strongly encamped the fift day after gaue vnto the citie a fierce assault with such cheerfulnesse as that it was verily supposed it might haue beene euen then woon had they beene sufficiently furnished with scaling ladders for want whereof they were glad to giue ouer the assault and retire But within a few daies after hauing supplied that defect and prouided all things necessarie they came on againe afresh and with all their power gaue vnto the citie a most terrible assault wherein was on both sides seene great valour policie cunning with much slaughter vntill that at length the Christians wearie of the long fight and in that hot countrey and most feruent time of the yeere fainting for lacke of water were glad againe to forsake the assault and to retire into their trenches onely the well of Siloe yeelded them water and that not sufficient for the whole campe the rest of the wels which were but few being before by the enemie either filled vp or else poysoned Whilst the Christians thus lay at the siege of IERVSALEM a fleet of the Genowaies arriued at IOPPA at which time also a great fleet of the Egyptian Sultans lay at ASCALON to haue brought reliefe to the besieged Turks in IERVSALEM whereof the Genowaies vnderstanding and knowing themselues too weake to encounter them at sea tooke all such things out of their ships as they thought good and so sinking them marched by land vnto the campe There was amongst these Genowaies diuers enginers men after the manner of that time cunning in making of all manner of engines fit for the besieging of cities by whose deuice a great moouing tower was framed of timber and thick plancks couered ouer with raw hides to saue the same from fire out of which the Christians might in safetie greatly annoy the defendants This tower being by night brought close vnto the wall serued the Christians in steed of a most sure fortresse in the assault the next day where whilst they striue with like valour and doubtfull victorie on both sides from morning vntill midday by chance the wind fauouring the Christians carried the flame of the fire into the face of the Turks wherewith they had thought to haue burnt the tower with such violence that the Christians taking the benefit thereof and holpen by the tower gained the top of the wall which was first footed by the duke Godfrey and his brother Eustace with their followers and the ensigns of the duke there first set vp to the great encouraging of the Christians who now pressing in on euerie side like a violent riuer that had broken ouer the banks bare downe all before them All were slaine that came to hand men women and children without respect of age sex or condition the slaughter was great and the sight lamentable all the streets were filled with blood and the bodies of the dead death triumphing in euerie place Yet in this confusion a woonderfull number of the better sort of the Turks retiring vnto Salomons temple there to do their last deuoire made there a great and terrible fight armed with dispaire to endure any thing and the victorious Christians no lesse disdaining after the winning of the citie to find there so great resistance In this desperat conflict fought with woonderfull obstinacie of mind many fell on both sides
was gouernour thereof But he when the matter came to proofe was not to be woon either by promise or reward to betray the citie Wherefore Solyman resolued to take it by force neither did his fortune faile him therein for as soone as Mahometes vnderstood that Vlemas was at hand with the forerunners of the Turkes armie and that Solyman with all his power was comming after who as he thought would neuer haue come so farre he not prouided to withstand so mightie an enemie and not beloued of the citisens fled out of the citie Solyman comming in short time after was of the Babylonians receiued without resistance This citie of BABYLON commonly called BAGDAT rise out of the ruines of the old citie of BABYLON so much spoken of in holy writ from whence it is not farre distant standing vpon the riuer Tygris which not farre beneath falleth into the riuer Euphrates In this famous city is the seat of the great Caliph the chiefe Mahometane priest whom all the Mahometane princes haue in great reuerence hath an old prerogatiue in the choise and confirmation of the kings of ASSIRIA and the Sultans of AEGYPT of which Caliph Solyman according to the old superstitious manner receiued at his hands the ensignes and ornaments of the Assyrian kings and with great bountie woon the hearts of the people and thereupon resolued to spend that Winter there billiâ—ing his armie in diuers places of that fertill countrey The other cities of ASSIRIA and MESOPOTAMIA also namely CARAEMIDA MEREDINVM ORSA and ASANCESA hearing that Solyman had without resistance taken BABYLON yeelded themselues and receiued his garrisons Yea the fame thereof was so great that embassadours came vnto him as farre as ORMVS a citie in the mouth of Euphrates where it falleth into the Persian gulfe famous for the great traffique out of INDIA thither suing vnto him for peace Thus the auntient citie of BABYLON with the great countries of ASSIRIA and MESOPOTAMIA sometimes famous kingdomes of themselues and lately part of the Persian kingdome fell into the hands of the Turkes and became prouinces of the Turkish empire in the yeare 1534. Where Solyman after he had spent that Winter in great joy and triumph according to the manner of the Turkish gouernment placed a great Commander which they by a proud name call the Beglerbeg which is as much as to say the lord of lords and vnder him diuers others for the gouernment of these countries by parts which they call Sanzacks who are euer at the commaund of the Beglerbeg Whilest he thus wintered at BABYLON he caused Ashender Zelibi which is to say Alexander the noble his great treasurer for the warres to be hanged for that he had vnfaithfully dealt in his office and confiscated all his goods Tamas hearing that Solyman was gone to BABYLON returned to TAVRIS of whose speedy comming the Ianizaries and other captaines there left by Solyman vnderstanding fled in hast out of the citie leauing all such things as were committed to their custodie for a prey vnto the Persian souldiors Solymans armie being mightily increased by the comming vnto him of the great Bassa of CAIRE with the Sanzacks of ALEXANDRIA IVDEA SYRIA and COMAGENE by the persuasion of Abraham and Vlemas the Spring now well come on departed from BABYLON againe towards TAVRIS with purpose either to draw Tamas to battell or else to his eternall infamie before his face to sacke that his regall citie But Tamas aduertised of his comming and knowing himselfe too weake to giue him battell forsooke the citie and fled into the mountains of HIRCANIA destroying all the countrey before him as he went and carrying away the inhabitants leauing nothing to relieue the Turkes if they should pursue him Solyman vnderstanding that Tamas was againe fled sent Vlemas with all the choise horsemen of his armie to ouertake him if it were possible and to fight with him But when he had followed him two or three daies journey and still found the countrey desolat as he went yeelding neither forrage for his horses nor reliefe for his men and saw no hope to ouertake the king he began as a prouident Generall to forecast the extremities like to befall in his returne thorow those desolat countries with the enemie at his heeles and thereupon in time retired backe againe to Solyman declaring vnto him what had happened Who fretting in his mind that the Persian king was not to bâ— drawne to battell marched forthwith to TAVRIS entred it without resistance the citisens submitting themselues vnto him whose liues spared he gaue that rich citie for a prey vnto his soldiors who left neither house nor corner thereof vnransacked abusing the poore citisens with all manner of insolencie euerie common souldiour without controlment fitting himselfe with whatsoeuer best pleased his greedie desire or filthie lust Tamas had in this citie a most stately and royall pallace so had also most part of the nobilitie their sumptuous and rich houses which by the commaundement of Solyman were all rased downe to the ground and the greatest part of the best citisens and beautifull personages of all sort and condition at his departure thence carried away captiues Solyman contenting himselfe to haue done the Persian king this disgrace in spoiling this his rich and royall citie returned againe towards MESOPOTAMIA destroying the countries all the way as he went killing the verie beasts and cattell thereby the more to impouerish the Persians wishing to leaue nothing vnto them but penurie and miserie He was scarcely past COIM and the Calderan fields famous for his fathers victorie against Hysmaell but that certaine troupes of the Persian horsemen were in the taile of his armie and had taken away some of his baggage and slaine diuers of the sicke and stragling souldiours and with their often skirmishes did not a little trouble his whole armie Besides that it was noised thorow all his campe That Tamas himselfe was comming after him with a great power of horsemen taken vp in HIBERIA ALBANIA PARTHIA MEDIA and ARMENIA and would be at their backes before they could get out of ARMENIA for which cause hee appointed the two great Bassaes of CAIRE and SYRIA for so they were called and Vlemas the Persian with eighteene thousand good souldiours to follow him in the rearward of his armie to receiue and represse the sudden assaults of the Persians if need should require and so still kept on his march vntill he was come to AMIDA now called CARAEMIDA an antient citie of MESOPOTAMIA In the meane time Tamas the Persian king was returned to TAVRIS with a mightie armie in hope there to haue suddenly surprised his enemie surcharged with the pleasures of so rich a citie but finding him gone and beholding the miserable spoile and desolation he had made in the citie moued with indignation he resolued to pursue him whither soeuer he were gone and was now on his way as farre as COIM Where vnderstanding that Solyman
daiâ—â— A barbarous â—act Solyman his speech vnto the Great master The resolute answere of the great Master to Solyman Solyman commeth into the citie vnto the Great master The speech of the Great masâ—â—â— to Solyman The notable answere of Solyman to the great Master Solyman entreâ—h into the Rhodes on Christenmaâ— day in the yeare 1522. Solyman sendeth Ferhates Bassa against Alis beg the mountaine prince Alis and his foure sons treacherously slaine Solyman returneth to Constantinople Solyman vpon the discord of the Christian princes and disordered state of Hungarie taketh occasion to inuade that kingdome 1526 Solyman commeth against Lewes king of Hungarie The vanitie of Tomoreus Wholsome counsell not followed The battell of Mâ—hatchz Tomoreus slaine King Lewis drowned in a ditch The heads of slaine Christian bishops and captaines presented to Solyman The bishop of Veradium too â—rue a prophet The honourable speech of Solyman concerning his comming into Hungarie Ioannes Sepusius Vaiuod of Transiluania aspireth to the kingdome of Hungarie King Lewes buried Iohn Sepusius the Vaiuod chosen and crowned king of Hungarie Ferdinand king of Bohemia laieth claime â—o the kingdome of Hungarie King Ferdinand taketh Buda The battell of Tocai betweene the armies of king Iohn and king Ferdinand King Iohn â—lieth iâ—to Polonia Ferdinand crowned king of Hungarie at Alba Regalis Lascus counselleth king Iohn to â—raue and of Solyman Lascus goeth embassadour for king Iohn to Solyman Abraham Bassa Lascus his request of Solyman in the behalf of king Iohn Solyman graunteth Lascus his request Ferdinand sendeth an embassador to Solyman Solymanâ— answer to Ferdinands embassadour 1529 Solyman coÌ„meth into Hungarie with a great armie King Iohn commeth to Solyman aâ— Belgrade Solyman entreth Buda without resistance and besiegeth the castle Solyman contrarie to his promise caâ—seth the garrison souldiours afâ—er they had deliuered the castle to be slaiâ— Austria spoiled by the Turkâ— Altenburge taken Solyman commeth to Vienna Vienna badly fortified Solyman releaseth the Christian princes without ransome Eight thousand Turkes lost in the mines The wals of Vienna blowne vp The Turkes repulsed from the breach A most terrible assault The Turkes the third time repulsed The Lo. William Rogendorffe Vienna againe assaulted The Turks repulsed Solyman raiseth his siege 80000 Turks lost at the siege of Vienna Solyman restoreth the kindome of Hungarie to king Iohn The honourable saying of Solyman to K. Iohn 1530 Solyman circumciseth his three sonnes King Ferdinand sendeth embassadors to Solyman The preparation of Charles the emperour against Solyman Strigoâ—ium besieged by king Iohn Mutinie amongst the Spanish souldiours 1532 Solyman coÌ„meth into Hungarie Gunza besieged by the Turkes The huge army of Solyman Solyman proud 〈◊〉 to Charles the emperour and king Ferdinand Abraham Bassa persuadeth Solyman to leaue the siege of Gunza The Gouernour commeth to the Bassa His answere to the Bassa Solyman departeth from the siâ—ge of Gunza Cason sent with 15000 horsemen to spoile 〈◊〉 4000 Christian captiues murdred by Cason Cason discomfiâ—â—d by the Palatine and slaine The slaughter of the Turkes Charles the emperour his power at Vienna The order of the Christian armie Solyman returneth The Italians left for the aid of king Ferdinand arise in mutinie The seditious or 〈◊〉 of Titus Marconius to the mutinous Italians * At this verie time a great blazing starre was seene in the sâ—â—mament at Vienna Eight thousand of the Italian in mutinie forsake their captaines and returne to Italie Charles the emperour returneth into Italie Auria goeth against the Turks Auria besiegeth Corone in Peloponesus Corone yeelded to Aâ—â—ia by the Turkes Patras taken and ransacked by Auria Auria returneth to Italie 1533 The Turkes besiege Corone Auria sent by the emperour to relieue Corone The order of Auria his fleet before Corone The Christian fleet disordered Auria arriueth at Corone The Turkes â—â—eeâ— flieth to Modon Corone relieued by Auria Auria returneth and before Modon braueth the Turks fleet The Moore of Alexandria well beaten and taken by Canalâ—s the Venetianâ— The garrison soldâ—ors of Corone desire of their generall to bee brought to some seruice Macicaus gouernour of Corone goeth out to surprise Andâ—ussa Macicaus slaiâ— Corone forsaken by the Spaniards 1534 Aloysius Grittus the duke of Venice his sonne Solymans lieutenant in Hungarie to ouerseâ— king Iohn Americus bishop of Veradium and Vaâ—od of Transiluania contemneth Grittus Ianus Docia incenseth Grittus against the Vayâ—od The cause why Lascus the Polonian â—ell from king Iohn The Vayuod murdred in his tent by Docia and his head presented to Grittus The Transiluanians rise vp in armes against Grittus to reuenge the death of the Vayuod Grittus bâ—sieged by the Transiluanians Grittus taken and bâ—â—ugâ—t to Maylat Grittus beheaded The riches founâ— about Grittus Solyman aâ— one time purposeth to inuade Persia and Affrickâ— The â—â—ore beginning of Horruccius and Hariadenus who of base pyrats aspired to the kingdome of Algiers Horruccius his successe Horruccius slain and his head caried about in Spaine Hariadenus surnamed Barbarussa succeedeth his brother Horruccius in the kingdome of Algiers His wonderfull successe Solyman sendeth for Barbarussa Barbarussa commeth to Constantinople Barbarussa enuied in the Turkâ— court Barbarussa reiâ—ctâ—d to Abraham the great Bassa He trauelleth into Siria to the Bassa and is by him commended to Solyman His returne to Constantinople Roscetes Barbarussa his speech to Solyman to persuade him to inuade Tuneâ— Barbarussa made Solymans great Admirall He spoileth the coast of Italie Iulia Gonzagá â— faire lady hardly distressed by Barbarussa The Romans afraid of Barbarussa Muleasâ—eâ— king of Tunes The ingratitude of Muleasses Roscetes riseth against his brother Muleasses Forsaken of the Numidian princes he flieth to Barbarussa Barbarussa landeth at Biserta Biserta yeelded Barbarussa commeth to Guletta Muleasses flieth out of Tunes Barbarussa entreth into Tunes The citisens deâ—â—iued of their expectation â—ise against the Turkes Muleasses returneth into the citie The citisâ—ns of Tuâ—eâ— discomfiâ—ed by the Turks Muleasses flieth The citisens of â—unes yeeld theÌ„selues to Barbarussa The description of Abraham the great Bassa His bringing vp in the court His great credit with Solyman Abraham Bassa persuadeth Solyman to make war vpon the Persians Solyman resolueth to goe against the Persians Abrahams crediâ— maligned by Solymans mother and Roxâ—lana Abraham Bassa sent before with an armie into Siria The citie of Tauris yeelded to the Bassa Solyman commeth to Tauriâ— Solyman followeth Tamaâ— the Persian king into Sultania Solymans armie dâ—sâ—â—â—ssed with tempest Babylon yeelded to Solyman The countries of Asâ—iria and Mesopotamia possessed by the Turks Tamas commeth to Tauris 1535 Tamas hearing of the comming of Solyman to Tauriâ— flieâ—h into Hircania So 〈◊〉 â—ansaâ—â—â—keth Tauris Delimâ—nthes with 5000 Persian◠〈◊〉 the â—urkes Delimenthes assaâ—â—eth the Turks campe by night and maketh a great slaughter Solyman discouraged Abraham the great Bassa in disgrace with Solyman Abraham Bassa murthered in the court by the commaundement of Solyman The causes which moued Charles the emperour