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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A03635	A dolorous discourse, of a most terrible and bloudy battel, fought in Barbarie, the fowrth day of August, last past. 1578 VVherein were slaine, two kings, (but as most men say) three, besyde many of her famous personages: with a great number of captains, and other souldiers that were slaine on both sides. VVhereunto is also annexed, a note of the names of diuerse that were taken prisoners at the same time.		1579 (1579)	STC 1376; ESTC S108235	8,729	34

murmured in their mindes at his great seuerity and in the ende burst out in plaine speches saying that the sonne of a bond woman should not raigne ouer them Mulla Hamet his Vncle remaining all this whyle at Argere vnderstāding how the people were enclined by the procurement of the most part of the Nobility of the Realme sent to his Brother Mulla Maluca that remayned with the Turke wylling him with all expedition to procure such forces as he coulde to returne therwith into the coūtry of Barbary where he certifyed him that he shoulde be sure to finde such friendes as hee might easely attaine to the Crowne With this good hope Mulla Maluca hauing obtayned of the Turke in recompence of his long seruice with him a band of 10000. Turks He entred with them into Barbary where hee was wyllingly receyued by his friends and fauourers and greatlie succoured aswel by them as with the substaunce of his brother Mulla Hamer who spared nothing to pleasure him with all or to further his present enterprise Mulla Sheriffa his Black Nephew vnderstanding of his comming Leuied a huge Army to make respstāce against him but yet although his power farre surmounted the nūber of his enemies yea though hee had ten to one more thē his Vncle Mu●la Maluca Yet what through his owne valliancie and the good wyll that he knewe the common people bare to him Mulla Maluca dyd in short tyme so preuaile against the sayd Sheriffa as dryuing him to the Mountaynes of the countrey he obteyned possession of the Crowne and euer synce hath continued king of Barbary where he was well beloued of his people being a man very actyue and of great agillitie skylfull in warres wherein from his youth he had alwayes ben trayned vp and as men report ministred Iustice with equitie much fauouring Christians and specialie our Nation The Blacke king when he fled into the Mountaynes carryed with him a great parte of the Treasure of the Countrey and dayly dysturbed the quyet possession of his Vncle Maluca Who slepte not in the meane space but prepared by all meanes to preuent whatsoeuer his Blacke Nephew myght doo to his preiudice And in the ende draue him to so great extremitie that he was forced to craue ayde of the king of Portingale who hath certayne holdes in that countrey The Kinge of Portingale being a lusty young Gentleman about xxiij yeares of age peraduenture pricked forwarde by a vaine hope and ambitious desire of gaine and glory not respecting the perril that depēded ther vppon promised the sayd Sheriffa to performe his desyre therein And thereupon leuied an Armye to the number of 40000. in all to wete 16000. Portingale footemenne and 4000. horsemen 10000. footemen of Spaniards high Almaines and Italians and. 10000. that were Pages Seruauntes Purueiours and such lyke continuallye accompaning the Campe. With this power the king of Portingale in his owne person●● accompanied with a great number of his Nobillitie departed out of his owne countrey on the .xiiii. day of Iuly 1578. and with his whole fleete first ariued at a town in Spaine called Calez where he made his abode for the space of viij whole dayes together the occasion whereof was as some suppose to furninsh his Armye with all such things as should be needefull for the prosecution of his pretensed purpose And on the. 22. daye of the foresayd month of Iuly he gathered his men together and with all expedition passed frō Calez to another Towne lying within the bord●rs of Barbary called Tanos where hee mett● with the Blacke Kings who had with him fyue hundreth Mores Horsemen And after he had also soiourned therefor a seasō he departed from thence to Argele Which is a certayne Houlde that the sayde king of Portingale hath in Barbary and after his departure from thence The fyrst daye which was the. 29 day of the sayd Iuly the sayd king of Portingale with his whole power marched forward one League farder which is three of our Englishe miles pitched his Tents in a place called Sweete Riuer The second day he went forward one League more and in that place remained for the space of two whole dayes In which tyme there was discouered on the toppe of a verye high hil a troope of Horsemen of the Mores which wereby estimation not aboue the number of 400. in the whole and the cause of their comming as it might very well be imagined was onelye to take a view of the king of Portingales Campe to know of what power he was whiche indeede standeth greatlye with reason for that after their appearaunce they departed againe so suddainlye without 〈…〉 or making any other● 〈…〉 The third day of y● 〈…〉 proceeding he marche● 〈…〉 Leagues farder and 〈…〉 ●●●stance quietly pitched hi● 〈…〉 vnto a Ryuer called Qu 〈…〉 remayned all that night The. 4. day he also m … 〈◊〉 furder arriued at a City of the … o●es called Alcasar Kiber b●t●●en ●●ich City them ran the great 〈◊〉 … sa and the bridge therof was … lye garded by 2000. Mores … en that the king of Portingale per●●●●●●g it to be impossible without 〈…〉 to passe that way because he w … … re his men tyl more meet● 〈◊〉 ●●ght be offred for the prosecution of his present enterprise he c … ed the contrey to finde out some otherwaye mo●e f●t for his purpose And at th● lengt●●●me to a lytle Foorde whe●e he 〈◊〉 o●●r his whole Army his Ordinance carriages without any d●n●●r o●●●ficulty ●t al which 〈…〉 worke he was constrayned to harbor there all that night The next daye the king of Portingale called all his most wyse best experienced Captaines to counsell asked theyr aduise whether it were better for him with his whole power to martche towarde Alcasany which being a drye Towne though there were in it about the nūber of 7000. housholds yet was it but weake vnmeete to make any great encounter and not able long to stand in resystaunce Or else to proceede forewarde on his waye towards the Towne Alcasar Kiber before named This being long debated betweene them euerie man alleadging what he lysted After they had all particularly expressed their opinions therin som one way and some another way in the end it was concluded with a general consēt that he should keepe his course toward ●lcasar Kiber which he performed ●c●●●dingly He had not passed very farre before he discouered Mulla Maluca that was king of Barbary martching toword●s him with a great power of men which were valued to be in number 70000. Horsemen 40000. Footemen wherof 20000. were Horsemen shotte and 10000. Footemen gunners besydes other followers of the campe whose nūber I haue not heard and therfore cannot make a true report thereof But because the day was quite spent before the two Armyes could com●●●y thing neere together they both ●ncāped them selues there that night in syght the one of the other The next daye being the fowrth