noble men present at this Counsell who afterwarde came to the estimation of great Captaynes Andrew de Altauilla of the noble house of Capua Hugh of Cardonna Theodore de Trivulzi and of the Spanyardes Emanuell Benauides Peter Pâ—ces Alberade and Pennalosa who being very desirous to fight prayed Gonsalues that he woulde not distrust the prowesse of the Souldyers and promising to behaue themselues valiauntly adhorted Ferdinande to commaunde the armie to issue out of the Towne Seminara standeth high and from the Towne runne there hylles along vnto a little valley the whiche sendeth forth a riuer out of a lowe botome at this vale beginne the Champeine fieldes whither the Frenchmen were now come from Terranoua Ferdinande marching thrée miles along the hilles came to the riuer and lodging his footemen on the hither banke vppon the lest hande and all hys Horsemen béeyng stretched out along like vnto a wing on the right hand looked when his enimies would passe the riuer Ouer right againste the footemen of their enimies dyd Obegny and Persiue set their Switzers being cast into one battaylion they placed the foot men of the Calabrians behinde them as it were to succoure them and deuided betwéene them the Horsemen who were little lacke of foure hundred men of armes and after the order of the Frenchmen twice as many light Horsemen and passing ouer the riuer in a square battell made towardes their enimies The Spanishe Horsemen séeing that set spurres to their Horses and chéerefully ranne foorth and when they béeyng ouermatched both in armour weapons and strength could not make the thicke battell of the men of armes to giue ground giuing a shoute began to turne their Horses and after a Spanishe kind of sight to retire vnto their fellowes with fetching a round compasse that both discouraged the heartes of the Arragonian footemen thinking theyr horsemen had bin discomfited by the enimie and so fledde backe and also encouraged the Frenchmenne couragiously to presse on them so that Obegny on the right hande and Persiue on the lefte hotely charging the battell of the footemen with theyr Horsemen disordred them before that the Switzars coulde bende their pykes towardes them and many of them being ouerthrowen quite cat-stered the whole â—attell Ferâ—â—â—â—â—sse 〈…〉 aâ—â—â—â—ting hys Souldyers to returne into the battell like a valiant Horseman ranne vppon his enimies accompanyed with certayne men of armes of his seruauntes and brake hys Launce on the brest of a Frencheman of Maâ—â—â— and anoâ—e after béeing ouerwhelmed with the multitude of his enimies was forced to â—â—ée béeing pursued of many by reason of his crost and guilt annour but ouertaken by none when sée the such his Horse foundering threw him downe headlong into a very narrowe place in a hollow way neither were the frenchmen farre off from hym béeyng encombred with hys Horse lying vpright vppon hym and hys foote â—â—taugâ—â— in the stirrops when Iohn brother vnto â—adrâ—w â—tiaâ—â—â—â— came to his helpe and of entieâ—â—mis worthy of eternall memorie offered him his owne swifte Horse to saue his life vpon whome Ferdinander as he vauâ—ted excellently well spéedely leaped although he were in heauie â—â—fâ—plete armoure and so escaped the enimie But Aâ—â—â—uilla being on foote was anâ—ne after staynâ— by the Frenchmen â—â—egry hauyng stayne a great part of the footemen lodged not farre from the place of enâ—oâ—â—tes so â—â—atâ—â— was said that he little knew how to vse the victorie bycause he neyther pursued so manye noble men among whome was the Cardinall of Arragon nor incontinently brought his victorious armye before Semiâ—â—â—â— through the whiche leysure both the noble men and the King came by dyuers wayes in safetie vntoothe Shyppes and Goâ—salues also who by valiauntly fightyng and by repayring the array in many places had doubtlesse saued many entred the Towne and carryed away the baggage and all the better part of the furniture of the Camp and then gote hym to Rezo the Frenchmen afterward pursuing him in â—â—yne The Battell of Eboli fought in the Kingdome of Naples betvveene Persiue Chiefetayne for Charles the French King and Thomas Carafa Rarie of Matalone Generall for Ferdinande the King of Naples in Anno. 1495. KIng Ferdinande and the greate Gonsalues béeing escaped as yée haue heard out of the battell of Seminara the king embarking his power that was lefte sayled 〈◊〉 the Citie of Naples where he was receyued in by the well willing Townemen and many noble men Arragonites repayring vnto hym he straightely besieged Monipensier the Frenche Viceroy and other in the Castel the which he had entrenched round And also the great Gonsalues hadde repayred hys power at Hezo out of Sicile and warred on the Calabrianâ— Monpensier signifyed vnto Obegny and Persiue that he was not able to hold out long vnlesse that ayde were spéedyly sent vnto him eyther by sea or land Vpon this they sent for the noble menne that were of the Aniou or French faction â–ª to repaire vnto theÌ„ with their hands and also gathered togither their dispersed people and then deuiding the army Obegay went against Gonsalues and Persiue with Bernardiue Sanseuerino Prince of Besignino who had brought a cornet of Horsemen and four hands of footemen hasted to Naples came to EBOLI a towne not far froÌ„ the riuer of Cochile standing vpon a very high hir and enclosed round about with a déepe valley Ferdinand hauing intelligence of the french mens comming hadde sent his Captaines power thither before to let the passage of the whose way lay by Salerne himself remained at Naples to the end he might be presente at the parle of the FrenchmeÌ„ who séemed willing to entreate of taking truce and yéelding vp the Castel The General of the kings army was Thomas Carasa Prince of Matalone a man vtterli ignoraÌ„t of forraigne warfare but thers were with him many good warrioures amoÌ„g theÌ„ Venazi D. of Camerino Lucas Sabello who knowing whiche way the Frenchmen mynded to trauayle and hauing diligently viewed their power gaue aduice with small iourneys to followe at their enimies héeles who marched directly to Salerno to cut off their victuals and not to ioyne in battell wyth them before that a place of disaduantage hadde taken and offered them to be oppressed or else which séemed to be best incontinently with all spéede to take the Towne called the little Lake and the inhabitants thereof being commaunded to abandon the Towne and to set it on fire that the enimie might not vse the victuals and bouses thereof and then to marche spéedely to Salerne before the Frenchmen But the rest of the Captaynes and Souldyers contemning the small number of their enimies dyd burne with so great desire of fight that béeing incited by a foolishe courage they cryed out that it was not for the dignitie of the King and of so great an army that the victorie which they almost held assuredly should be sought not by the right way opeÌ„ prowesse but by going about the bushe and dastardly suttletyes Moreouer
pace it â—â—â—â—ed that the foreward of the Frenchmen wherein were v. C. men of armes and the regiments of the Switzers vnder the coÌ„ducte of Charles de Amboise and Iohn Iames de Triulzi were vppon a sodaine gotten very neare vnto the rerewarde of the Venetians ledde by Barthlomew de AluiaÌ„ wherein were eight hundred men of armes and almost all the beste footemen of the whole army but in no very good array bycause AluiaÌ„ did not thinke that day to fight But when he sawe his ennimies so neare vnto him whether incited by his wonted heate or for that he was broughte into that state that he muste needes fight incontinently signifyed vnto the Earle of Petilia who marched before with the vauntgarde either his necessitie or purpose requesting hym to come to his aide to whome the earle answered that he should marche on and shunne the conflicte for so both the reason of the warre required and so the Senate of Venice also willed But in the mean tyme Aluian placing his footemen with fixe great peeces on a little bay made to let the course of a certaine brooke then dry which ran betwene the two armies gaue a chardge at his enimies wyth suche violence and valor that he disordered them being holpen herein bicause the fight was begunne among certayne Vineyardes where the FrenchmeÌ„ could not for the vines redily vse their horse but this perill caused the king to come forward with the strength of the army and thervpon the auauntgarde and the middle battell charged on the souldiours of Aluian who hauyng conceyued greate hope of victory through the happy beginning flewe about hether and thether in kindling and inciting his souldiours wyth most vehemeÌ„t words and very fiersly fought they on both sides the Frenchmen taking againe heart of grasse through the succour of their fellows and also the battell being broughte into an open place where they might freely vse their horses wherein they did farre ouermatche besides they were not a little inflamed by the presence of the King who taking no more care of himselfe than if he had bin a priuate souldiour lay open to the daunger of the ordinaunce and cessed not where need was to commaund encourage and threaten his souldiors On the other side the Italians being made hardy by the first successe fought with incredible valiancie neither failed Aluian in doing in any â—â—nction of a very excellent souldiour and chieftaine At length when they had fought about iij. hours with singular valiaÌ„cy the Venetian power hauing receiued in the plaine and champaine field a great flaughter and discomfiture by the horsemen and also the ground being made so slippery by a great shoure of raine which fel whilest they fought that the footmen coulde â—et no fast footing especially being destitute of the succor of their felows began to fight with great incoÌ„moditie yet neuerthelesse wheÌ„ they fought with passing prowes although now hope of victory was lost rather for glory thaÌ„ for safety made the victory bloudy for a time doubtfull but at the laste their strength being rather loste than their courage auailed they neuer turning their backs were slaine where they stoode among whom Peter one of the house of the Marquesses of Monte Sanmaria in Tofcan a captain of a regiment of footemen was much coÌ„mended This so stout valor of but one only part of the army bred a constant opinion in many mens minds that if the whole army of the Venetians had entred the battell they had horne away the victory But the erle whether bicause as he stayed himself wheÌ„ he turned about to fight he was impeched by the fleing battel of Aluian or as the reporte went for that he had no hope of victory and was very angry that Aluian durst fight contrary to his coÌ„maundement and had thought it better to haue that part of the army to be conserued than the whole loste through anothers rashnesse he kepte the greatest parte of the army from fighting In this battell were few horsemen loste the greatest flaughter lighted on the footemen of the Venetians wherof some say there were viij M. slaine other but only vj. M. on both sides Bartholmewe Daluian was broughts prisoner vnto the kings Tente with one of his eyes and his face sore brused and made blacke and blewe twenty péeces of great ordinaunce were taken the rest of the army escaped no man pursuing them In the place where this battell was fought the French king built a Chappell which he called Sancta Maria victoria After this ouerthrowe the Venetians were easily spoyled of almost all the Cities that they possessed in the maine land of Italy ¶ The Battell of Rauenna fought in Italy betvvene Gascon of Foix Duke of Nemours generall for the Frenche king Lewes the twelfth and Reymund de Cardonna viceroy of Naples general for the king of Spayn and Iulius the Pope Anno. 1512. GAscon of Foix Generall of the armye in Italy of Lewes the French King against the Pope hauyng intelligence that the power of the Spaniardes and the Pope were coÌ„ming accordyng vnto their promise to succour Marke Anthony de Colonâ—a besieged by hym in Rauenna fearyng the irruption of Marke Anthony brake vp the siege and withdrewe thrée miles froÌ„ the town towards the army of the league and that night making a bridge ouer the riuer of Ronco digging downe leuell the bankes of the Riuer that the souldiours might in all places passe ouer more easily the eleuenth day of Aprill being Ester day the Almaine footemen passed ouer the Riuer by the bridge but all the souldiers of the forewarde and middle battell thorough the Forde the rerewarde ledde by the Lord Iuo de Alegres in the whiche were foure hundreth men of armes remayned on the banke of the Riuer towardes Rauenna that if needs should be they might aide the army or else bridle the garrison and townsmen of Rauenna if they hapned to sally out but to kepe the bridge which had before ben built vpon Montone he left Paris Scot wyth one thousand footemen which being done thus he aranged his battels the vauntguarde before whome went the great ordinaunce consisting of seuen hundred men of armes and Almaine footemen vnder the leading of the Duke of Ferrara and the Seneschall of Normandie was placed on the banke of the riuer which was on their right hand so that the footemen did flanke the lefts wing of the horsemen Nere to the footemen of the auauntgard were set the footmen of the mindâ—le â—â—â—tâ—ll all being right thousand parte Gascoignes and parte of other Countreys of Fraunce the captaine of this battel was Alegres Then further from the banks of the riuer stoode the rerewarde who were Italian footemen in number v. thousand conducted by Federicke de Bozzolo This battell was flanked by all the Archers on horsebacke and the light horsemen beeing in number thrée thousande Behynde all these battailes which stoode not directly one before another but embowed like vnto a Croisaunt or
béeyng dismayde wyth the vnlooked for reuolting of Sacranoro Visconti who kepte aboute him at Milane a great number of desperate vnthriftes as well of the nobilitie as other ioyned with the first company of the Switzers and wente to Nouara there to exspect farre from priuie awaytes and Treason the conunyng of the rest of the Switzers The Frenche power came before the Towne of Nouara but when they had intelligence that the second companye of the Switzers were at hande and also that Altosaxe was at Galarita they withdrewe to a place called RIOTTA twentye furlongs from Nouara néere to the Riuer of Mora. But as soone as euer the seconde companye of the Switzers hadde entred the Towne and broken their fast the Captayne 's assembled togyther to consulte what was best to be done where Craffe the Haman of Zurich rising vppe sayde I besieche you inuincible bréethren suffer not the exployte that ye haue wyth valiaunte heartes determined to bée corrupted through the vntymely staying for Altosaxe and his companye for the safest and happiest way to good successe will doubtlesse fall out to be only by celeritie Neyther néede we that are rightly and valiauntly resolued ought else than spéedie execution least we may nothing couragiously fayle vnto so great occasion whych is offered vnto vs to put vs in hope of a fayre daye whyche yet may be preuented by a light momente of tyme for yee a fewe bandes of inuincible valor will be ynough to oppresse the enimies whylest they thynke we wyll attempt nothing before Altosaxe bée ioyned wyth vs let vs therefore vse their error and by an vnloked for onset bring suddayne terror not without assured slaughter and flight into the heartes of the enimie puft vp with vnaduised pride and erronious opinion doubtlesse we haue alredy vanguished if the victorie conceyued and assured by this honorable deuise and counsell be presently pursued by fearelesse heartes and valiaunt armes Craffe had no sooner ended his spéeche but all the Captaynes and ensigne bearers without stay assented vnto him and grauely consulted vppon the manner how to attache the battell wherevpon the Souldyers were commaunded to refresh their bodyes with meate and rest and to repaire vnto the ensignes after the secōd watch then the Captayns should tel thē before the dawning what they would haue done Now whilest all mens mindes were musing on the euent of the future fight the Sunne was now going downe beholde a wonderful chance hapened al the frēchmēs dogges forsaking their Camp entred Nouara in one great troupe and began to licke the handes and legges of the Switzers that warded and wagging their tayles and laying downe their eares fawned now vpon one and thē vpon another of them as though they were now become their Maisters or shortly after should But the Switzers to the end they might make a shew that they meant some other thing than that they intended indéed commaunded the Drummes to be sounded all the whole night now in this part of the Citie and nowe in that to make the espyes if there were any in the Citie to beléeue that they would issue out of the Towne and thereby kéepe their enimies who they knewe had bin in armour all the whole day on Horsebacke armed also all the night long But they commaunded all their owne men to strengthen their bodyes wyth fléepe and to stay for day that euery man might in the cléere lighte shewe his valor with a noble contention for honor For these are the most seuere lawes of the Switzers that whosoeuer shall in the sight of the armie doe things for feare whiche are shamefull and vnméete for valiaunt menne shall be incontinently slayne by their nexte fellowes so that the greater feare doth ouercome the lesse and for doubt of a shamefull death an honorable death is not feared Now a little before it was light the Captayne 's chose out of all their armie whiche was about nine thousand footemen one thousande men of approued prowesse who should haue the charge of eyghte falkons and accompany Maximilian and his Horsemen who were very fewe but of the chiefe of the nobilitie The rest dyd cast themselues into two battels and marched all whyst without sounde of Drumme towardes their enimies two diuers wayes But Triuulzi who although he were accompted a Captayne of approued and beaten wisedome yet thoughte nothing lesse than that a few and those weary footemen woulde before Altosaxe were come issue out against a very strong power or attempt any thing touching the fortune of the battell When he vnderstoode that the enimies power was in syght reyseth vp Tremouille and the rest of the Captaynes commaundeth the signals to be sounded the ordinance to be placed against the enimie and all things that he hadde learned by experience and discipline to be administred according to the necessity of the perill The shortenesse of the tyme was suche and the heartes or the enimies so ready to fighte that the Frenche horsemen had scarse tyme to bridle their horses and put on their heade peeces as they which had stoode a greate parte of the day and night in armour attending what shoulde bee commaunded them and at length thoughe very late when newes was broughte that all was quiet at Nouara had gotte them into their cabines to take their reste But the light horsemen as men sooner ready in good time enoughe ranne forth with a very long wing stretched towards the lefte hande and mette with the thousande Switzers as they were commyng who that they mighte auoide the greate ordinaunce that nowe tempested vppon them marched towardes the riuer of Mora fetching a little compasse aboute and then minded to passe ouer the riuer by a bridge and set vppon the backes and tentes of the enimies Thus the Switzers marching on towardes the bridge in a broade waye beganne to be torne in peeces with the ordinaunce whych flanked them on the side and to be vehemently pressed by the horsemen But then Mottine wyth vnappalled hearte altered hys counsell and willed Maximilian who was in great danger the Epirotes insulting roūd about him to depart out of the fight and incontinently to returne vnto the Citie that so he might keepe the heade of the warres which then laye open vnto the acerbitie of fortune for to enioye the noble hoped victory But when hee nobly refused so to doe and with constant hearte desired that he might be suffered to take the chaunce of common fortune two pety Captaines and so manye ensigne bearers tooke his horse by the bridle and pulling off the crest from his helmet and casting about hym an olde cloke to bide his coate armoure ledde him out of the field forcing him to returne vnto the citie with a troupe of horsemen that hee beyng a daungerlesse beholder of their prowesse myghte there exspecte the newes of speedy victory Mottine being thus deliuered of that wofulnesse relieth his swaying battell which had nowe lest thrée of their Falkons wythdraweth the wounded into
succour his enclosed and dying ensignebearer he being tossed among the pikes and halberdes of hys enimies and his horse wounded and the creste stroken off from his helmet gotte hymselfe out of thys daunger by the rescous of hys company of horsemen And nowe was the battayle hardely susteyned in moste places and the Switzers for that they had passed ouer the very yll ditche had with greate valor wonne the ordinance and defeating the footemen and disordering the horsemen had wonne the place where their enimies had stoode séemed to haue the better of the battell when the King aduauncing forward wyth him the middle battell and commaunding Alencon to folow him with the rereward with equall pace and many péeces of ordinance being bestowed by the Captaines in certaine places by whom the Esquadrons of the Switzers might bée annoyed on the sydes came in very good time wyth the blacke regiment and a mightye number of horsemen hée couragiously professing bothe to hys owne Souldiours and also vnto hys enimyes by hys coate armour of Skye colour poudered wyth Lillies of golde that hée was the King was conuersaunt in the fore front valiauntly laide on the enimye and perillouslye galloppyng hys horse hyther and thither encountred the hotest of the enimies finally inflamed his souldiors not only wyth words adhortations but also with singular example of true prowes for the Switzers did presse on so feruently and stoode to it so sternely and stoutly yea and so great was the valor and courage yea of them that were wounded and were dying that the Kyng in that iniquitie of fight muste néedes forget his maiestye contemne his life and repaire his enclined state rather by valiant hand and strength than by sleight counsell or aduice The horsemen also who had by running away at Nouarra and Turwin loste the olde opinion of their prowesse did now least that if they should againe giue place be marked for euer after with euerlasting ignomy contend to satisfy the Kyng who fought valiauntly in the sight of them all eyther by honorable death or else with noble victory There were slaine in this encounter the Prince of Talemonde sonne vnto Seigneur Tremouiile and Seigneur de Roy a man of greate nobilitie in Picardie and Seigneur Vantell who bare the extraordinary standerde of the Kyngs troupe and many moe of the valiantest horsemen and Mounsieur de Moy that bare the ensigne of a very noble company of horsmen bycause they beyng empeached and entangled wyth the ditches and vines could not get out and orderly range their bands But of the Switzers there was slaine Rafe Long that greate stirrer vp of the multitude and also Flech a man more renoumed for his valiauncye than his stocke and VVolter Offy who for his singular prudence mighty strength which are not lightly blended togither in men of that nation had gottē great opinion of prowesse in al warres especially at the battell of Nouara They fought continually seauen houres without ceassing ▪ for when the sunne had failed them in the mids of the heate of the battell the Moone that then shined bright kepte both armies in armes And the fighte was horrible and very bloudy as long as there was any light at all But anone when the Moone was hidden wyth the cloudes althoughe they being wearied with toile and woundes and their weapons blunted sought place for reste yet in the meane tyme through mutuall error both friends and foes were slaine by blind and frantike blowes For when the Almaines not beyng muche vnlike vnto the Switzers neyther in tongue nor habite were blended togither with the Switzers in dyuers places at length the watcheworde bewrayed them and then foule slaughter was committed in the darke Neyther ceassed the ordinance all night but as they were shotte off without any certaine markes so did they cause more terror than flaughter The Cardinall who had not this daye failed vnto his Countrymen in hope care and toile did by mistaking the place lighte among the Almaines but got himselfe out of the daunger by counterfaiting their tongue by a rougher voice and passying the ditche returned vnto the burnyng houses of the village whether Rosty and Anglarde being inuited with the shining of the fire and many other of the Captaines resorting as it were vnto the Generalls tent had caused the mighty horne of a wilde Vri the which being deliuered by hand from their ancesters is kept with great care and religion at Vri the authours of the libertye of the Switzers to be sounded that the dispersed and wandering Souldiours might be called vnto the ensignes This no doubte saued many that were intermedled in diuers places among their enimies bycause they coulde haue no certaine recourse vnto their fellowes the likenesse of the sounds of the drummes confounding their eares Both armies by reason of mutuall feare passed the whole night without sléepe yet were more readye in hearte than in strength for to fight againe for although the valiant also the cowardes were both tyred with the long toile of fight yet with dyuers habites of heart they were excited eyther with desire of fight victory or feare of death The Cardinall and the rest of the Captaines althoughe that the firste opinion séemed greately to haue deceyued them for that they had not as they hadde hoped vanquished at the firste charge their enimies yea being disordered with great slaughter and lost wyth almostle vaine attempt the stoutest of their men yet forsake not themselues and call many into counsell and when that it pleaseth them all to expecte the light and to fight againe they doe decrée that certaine be sent to Milan to requeste all kinde of helpe for that they had come foorth vnprouided of all things Iohn Gonzaga is sent to fill wyth newe hope Maximilian and the Citizens of Milan who were hofull of the euent of the battell and to sende from the Citie out of hand bread and meate ready dressed and many vessels of wine for the souldiours that fainted for wearinesse and thirste and to conuey vnto the Campe greate ordinance shotte and pouder with all possible spéede But when the Counsell was broken vppe the Capitaines and ensigne bearers spake dyuersly among the Souldiours according as euery man thought of the Cardinall and of the euent of the battell Some beyng desirous of honour and victory made light of the greate losse that they had in déede and did extoll and augment with false tales the valiant actes of their fellowes and the slaughter of the Frenchmen Contrariwise those of the aduerse faction that they might spéedilye prouide for their owne safety and also augment the daunger of dignitie and lyfe in the Cardinall who was enuironed with extreame difficulties disbended and returned to Milan Also the Popes horsemen who for their small number had serued to no greate vse did for a greate parte of them either for feare or despaire forsake their captaines and returne into the Citie But although the king were
almoste all the middle battayle wyth slaughter and tercouâ— The Turkishe state stoode in greate daunger for that Selyâ— was by the incursyon of the enimies almost cut off from his footâ—â—â— in whom he reposed his greatest hope and also the horsemen of the guarde were very sharpely pressed by Gazelles who followyng the fortune of the Prince of Damascus had now charged the middle front and finally the Asian horsemen being disordered and defeated coulde finde no meane to repaire the fight when Synambassa came to succoure them being in greate distresse By his comming who had béene vered by Cayerbey with none or small fight and therby brought in a freshe multitude of horsemen the audacitie of the Mamaluches was abated and the courages of the Turkes encreased and anone after the victory also was taken away from the enimy When by Selyms commaundement the ordinance was shot off full vpon the enimies whose vnaccustomed thundring did so affright the Mamaluches their horses that their riders coulde not rule them neyther could they themselues do any good with al their singular and wonderfull valor bycause they were enclosed in the mids by the infinite multitude of their enimies Yet notwithstanding in this asperitie of things were not their harts brokeÌ„ neyther although they were forsakeÌ„ by Cayerbey and fortune failed they vnto themselues either in aduise or valor for vniting themselues all togyther into one thicke troupe they brake throughe the battell that stoode before them with the slaughter of the Europeans and the detriment of the wing of the horsemen of the guarde and beganne to make their continued course vnto the Campe and Citie Anone all the reste also were made to flye Sinambassa pursuyng them wyth the lightest and the freshest of the horsemen for Selym who hadde that daye wythout all doubt appeared greater than hymselfe for the patience and sufferance of bodye that hée shewed in that extreame heate the couragiousnesse of his hearte and the felicitie of his counsell had fleing hither and thether adhorted his men to folow the victory and pursue the affrighted Now had Campsâ—n aduaunced forwarde hys battell eyther that hée might succour his men or be present at the victory if the Turkes were vaÌ„quished when hée vnderstoode by the way of those that fled that Cayerbey hadde reuolted his power was defeated neyther coulde nowe the flyght of them hée stayed finally so greate was the force of the ordinance and so greate the multitude of the eniuries that they were able no longer to sustaine them With the which newes the haughty olde man of lxxvij yeres who liuing in perpetuall traÌ„quility of state had neuer before séene fortune frowne conceyuing a supreame griefe almoste wounded nor long after a company of his owne fléeing men and also of the pursuing enimies who being caried wyth violent course vppon the spurre threwe downe all that they met indifferently wythout regarde comming vpon hym Campson being loaded wyth yeares and the waight of a mighty Hernia or rupture and also fainting for extreame heate and sorowe was smouldered in that duste Moreouer as the Mamaluches sledde amaine vnto the Campe and from thence vnto the Citie the Princes of Damascus and Tripoli endeuouring to sustaine the force of their vrging enimies in the hindermoste taile were slaine But Selym causing a fewe tents to bée set vp in the same fielde where they had fought and the greater parte of his army being placed in station passed that night without sléepe as he that beyng ignorant of his victory and fortune did greately feare leaste that men of so greate valor would haue returned againe that night and giueÌ„ a Camisado vnto his camp Sithence he himselfe had séene that they were defeated and made to flye rather for feare of the ordinance than by the true prowesse of his Souldiours But afterward when Gazelles and the rest of the Mamaluches had more certaine intelligence of Campsons death they departed from Alepe with spedy pace hasted vnto Damascus at the fourth watch their horses being scarse yet refreshed of their wearinesse The nexte day Selym marching forward graunted vnto his souldiours the spoyle of his enimies Campe the whiche was full of all royall riches and from thence marching vnto the Citie receyued the yéelding Alepans with their Captaine Cayerbey and graunted them to be frée from paying tribute There died in this battell not aboue one thousaâ—â— Mamaluches but moe of their seruants and greater slaughter was committed in the flight than in the fight For when their horses fainting with sweat and dying euery where for thirst they were sette on foote and were easyly oppressed by euery towardly souldiour for a greate number of noble horses died bicause they beyng very fatte and kept ouer delicately in the shadow and stable coulde not beare vehement and vnwonted laboure and namely that daye when the Sun scortched all things with his immoderate blaze This field was fought the fiue and twentyth of Iugust vpon the very same day which is wonderfull that two yeares before he had vanquished the Sophy in battell But they report that on Selims fide there were staine aboue thrée thousand horsemen that hereby we may confecture how great a slaughter he had receyued if that the lefte wing which had remayned vntouched the ough the benefit of the traitour Sinambassa had also lighted on his Prince of Damascus albeit in very déede séeing that Selim was sully strengthned and established with the freshe and yet whole and vn touched guard of his footemen it was thought that he coulde not come into any daunger of safety or ignomy Two dayes after was the body of Campson found without wound by them that were appointed to search for hym the which Selim commaunded to be openly shewed that those natioÌ„s which thought wish obstinase credulity that Campson was yet liuing and gone towardes Caire to repaire hys power might be depriued of all the reste of their hope and also they whiche were faithful vnto the Turke might he made euer after more firme nowe that all suspition of that matter was quite taken away Nor long after when the body began to stinke and the fame of the common people séemed to be sufficiently reproued by shewing of the body thrée dayes it was buried with small funeralls at a very auntient Temple of the Citie Alepo being yéelded Selim marched vnto Damascus a Citie of verye greate riches and power whych also yéelded whose example caused the Cities on the Sea coaste and especially Tripoli Beritus Sidon and Acres to sende Legates vnto Selim wyth surrender of themselues vnto hys clemencye and fealtie ¶ The Battell of Gaza fought betweene Synambassa Chiestaine for Selym the Turke and Gazelles Lieutenaunt of Tomumbey the Soldan of Aegipt in anno 15.16 Out of Ionius AFter the death of CampsoÌ„ Selym minding to pierce Aegipt sente before from Damascus Sinambassa into Iudea with fiftéene thousand horsmen and a strong power of Marquebusiers which had béen chosen out of the Ianizars and Asappes for to
surney all that region and to open the way vnto Gaza the which was combersome and troublesome by reason of the Arabians That Citie standeth on the Sea coaste and in the fines of Aegipt neare vnto the sandy desertes throughe whome they muste go with a harde and painfull iorney that will tranaile vnto the farther Aâ—gipt and vnto the Citie of Caire The Citizens of Gaza bycause they had no garrison of souldiors at the very first receyued Synambassa and subtilly thanked hym for that hée hadde vouchesafed to deliuer them out of the intollerable slauerye of the Mamaluches for the memorie of the which benefit they promised to be and remaine true and faithfull vnto Selym and his successors for euer But whilest that Synambassa expected in Campe wythin an arrowe shoote of the Citie the comming of Selym learning out diligently in the meane time the region that they must passe thoroughe to goe into Aegipt and endeuouring to winne the friendshippe of the Arabian Capitaines and suborning espies to goe vnto Caire to learne the counselles of the Mamaluches and Tomumbey whom they had chosen after the death of Campson to be Sultan the Citizens of Gaza who by nature were extreame enimies vnto the Turkes and nowe began to féele dayly great dammage through the present Turkishe army certified Tomumbey of the comming of Synambassa and also gaue hym to vnderstand that the same power of the Turkes might be easyly oppressed and destroyed before that Selym were come if that a strong crue of Mamaluches with skilfull Capitaines were sent vnto them for whilest the Mamalâ—ches did in the deade time of the nighte at a time agréed vppon betwéene the Citizens and them inuade the fléeping Tuâ—kes they would also at the selfe same momeÌ„t sally out of the Citiz and disorder and deface the enimies campe with fire and swood Temumbey and the Mamaluches doe incontinently like the deuise and sende Gazelles with sire thousande horsemen or Mamaluches and a greate multitude of Arabians But he was scarse departed from Caire but Synambassa had intelligence thereof by Syrian espies and howe they hasting without any cariages would be there within two daies The whiche newes as it saued the Turkishe army to also was it of greate moment to the obtayning of the entire victorye of the whole warres But althoughe Synambassa had no intelligence at all of the falshoode of the Gazans yet bycause he did suspecte as he was a man of a prouident and wise head that the like might happen vnto hym determined lefte that hée might haue to doe wyth twoo enimies at once to méete the Mamaluches by the waye and to trye the fortune of fight Therefore dislodging after the seconde watche hée wyth greate silence departed out of the sight of the Citie and marched fiftéene miles in the way towardes Caire Nowe hée was come neare vnto a small village where all trâ—uailers doe commonly vse to ledge by reason of the commoditie of a plentifull Spring that riseth in that place It fortuned that Synambassa was minded to stay in that village and also Gazelles had likewise thought to rest there certaine hours and refreshe his men and horses that he might fiye to Gaza in the night time on hys refreshed and â—ayted horses when almoste at one time it was tolde the Chieftaines on both sides by the auant-currers that there was a mighty duste raised and that the enimies approched Gazelles being vehemently troubled in mind with this vnlooked for chaunce for that he perceyued hée shoulde misse of hys purpose and entent and be vnable to matche the enimye if he wold encounter hym speciall ye séeing hyâ— dâ—oses were weary yet for all thys hâ—â— hearts fayleth hym not althought hée wors forced presently vppon a sodaine to deuise what was to bée done for the common safety of the whole armie and adhorteth his souldiours to make ready their weapons and to thinke that the thing whiche they coulde not doe by ambushe and stealth as they hadde ment they must now dispats he openly by true valor On the other side Synumbassa hauing his men farre sooner sette in array than Gazelles coulde bycause he had tolde them long before at leysure what he woulde haue to be done if they shoulde happen to sight vsed â—â—â—ng and chearefull spéeches vnto all the rankes of his souldiours but the ende of his oration was that they should quite forget all fleing away séeing that all places round about them wold do shal and â—â—â—urions to them vnlesse they were victors and speriasly that they shoulde fully persuade themselues this one thing that nouman shoulde perish that day but he whom God almighty had prodestinated to death by the most certaine lawes of fate and that with equall perill the valiant should finde safety in the minds of the â—â—â—â—nses sâ—â—ordes and also the fearefull death in their most safest â—â—ight throught the power of â—oauâ—â—â—â—ble lâ—t The harquebusâ—â—â— were in the wings the which were stretched foorth in leÌ„gth with a single array and one man not standing very nere vnto another that they mighte be able to vse their harquebusses more foâ—â—ly and compasse he theâ—â—nimy but the pike men were placed in the 〈◊〉 for to susteine the impression of the Mamaluches But Gazelles approching sent the troupes of the Arabians before for to disturbe the wings and he himselfe with a square battell charged the middle battell of the Turks The fight was very cruel a long time doubtful for that the Turks yea though superior in number wer not able is abide the foâ—ce of the armed horsmen now being beaten 〈…〉 ground and dispensed some one way and some an other by the Mamaluches that brake in among them looked rounde about for flight both with eyes and hearâ—es when by Synambassas coÌ„mandement the harquebusserâ— who had with the first storm of their shoâ—◠〈◊〉 a way the Arabians reducing their wings enelosed all the whoâ—â— battell of the enimies Then both men and horsmen were a fair◠〈◊〉 shenk endedâ— with mortall yellets whiche were shot by 〈…〉 and no place for prowesse was lefte vnto the enclosed for when that any troupe of Mamaluluches did run their horses violently vpon the Turkes they by reason of their lightnesse and nimblenesse being accustomed to giue grounde did very swiftlye flye backe and in all places this was their endeuour not to encounter them wyth their horses but to vse only their harquebusses When Gazelles sawe that his horses were tyred with extreame wearinesse and that nowe many of his stoutest men were eyther slaine or hurt and he himselfe was gréeuously wounded in thenecke hée wyth the reste makyng themselues away wyth their weapons fledde vnto Caire thoroughe those wildernesses that hée came losing all hys Ensignes There perished in this battell the Captaine of Alexandria and Orcomas the Gouernour of Caire men of greate accompt and besides them a greate number of Arabians and almoste a thousande horsemen of marke Neyther did Synambassa winne a ioyfull and vnbloudy victory for hée
the very nighte had not brought an ende vnto so great a slaughter Tomumbey who no doubt was vanquished distrusting the entier losse of the fielde first commanded the retreate to be founded that his men who now could not matche the esquadron myghte séeme not to haue bene beaten back but ledde backe The which thing he thought was of very great moment to establish the harts of his souldiors and also to reteyn his owne authoritie for that same dame Fortune who had deceyued his first hope did séeme to promise vnto him who hoped as meÌ„ in miserie do for better lot prosperous euents of things if that his heart quayled not and he sauyng that power whiche was yet lefte woulde repaire the warres The battell being broken off by the commyng of the night the Turkes who were victors and had gained the ordinance and tentes of the enimies pursued vntill it was late nights the Mamaluches that marched to Caire almost in fléeing manner In the flight were taken Biadarius who could make no spéede by reason of his gréeuous wounds and with him Bidon who had one of his knées broken with the shotte of a falcon whiche dyd also kill his horse The next day Selym commaunded both of them to be slayne either bycause they coulde not be healed or for that it was decent that he myght with so worthie sacrifices appease the spirite of Synambassa for whom he singularly lamented Although the Turks had nobly vanquished yet was their power vehemently decayed yea through these fortunate battells The fourth parts of them was quite spent with sicknesse and woundes and also a great number of their horsses were brought weake through the toyle of the long fourney and specially by the wearinesse of this day For the which causes Selym was constrained to renut somewhat of his olde manner in hasting for he knewe not as yet the myndes and deuotion of the Aegiptians that inhabited Cair neyther did he yet vnderstande by fame in what place Tomumbey soforned and what he intended to dâ— But before he had maturely and diligently learned out all these things hée in no case minded to commit the safety of his owne person and of his whole armye vnto the innumerable Citizens the greatest Citie of the whole worlde Wherefore staying foure dayes in his olde Campe at Rhodania he caused the wounded to be cured and the bodies of hys slaine souldiors to be buryed in the ground but lefte the carkasses of the enimies to be torne into péeces by byrdes and beastes And then hée dislodged and marching towarde Caire encâ—mped in a plaine betwéene olde Caire and Bulach for the Citie of Caire is diulded into thrée townes olde Caire new Caire and Bulach that they might be the more commodiously serued of water The Battell at Caire IN the meane tyme Tomumbey beyng nothyng broken with so many and so lamentable vnfortunate successes of things but gathering togyther the Mamaluches from all partes had pitched his campe in a commodious place betwéene newe Caire and the riuer of Nilus had armed an eight thousande Aethiopian bondmen the whyche kind of meÌ„ he had not vsed before by reason of the memorie of an olde rebellion Morcouer he opening the olde armoury had deliuered armour and weapons vnto the sonnes of the Mamaluches and the Moores their reteyners the Iewes and the Arabians with all diligence had prepared greater and more cruell wars against the Turkes than he had made before But after warde when his deuise to giue a camisado vnto the Turkishe campe had béene disclosed vnto the Turkes who beyng prepared therefore had with losse repelled his foremoste rankes hée by the adhortation of all hys captains entred the citie of Caire for the Mamaluches being vanquished in all battells thought that they muste take another way in administring the warres and therefore counselled him to strengthen the Citie by placing his army in guarde in the most commodious places thereof and to impeache the enimy from entring the towne for in this lamentable state seeing that they must néedes fight for their houses wiues children they thought it honorable correspoÌ„dent to the glory of their antient valor to dye fighting in the sight of them before the dores of their houses So euery horseman or Mamaluch going to his owne house furnished all his houshould and the toppe of his house with all kinde of weapons and euerye one suppliauntlye desired the Aegyptians of hys streate and warde that they woulde take armes against the common and cruell enimies nor suffer them selues to be slayne and their wiues and children to bée carried away for slaues for if the sauage and moste couetous enimy should win the victory which God forbidde they woulde not spare no not them yea though they woulde beare them selues indifferent and healye neyther the one parte nor the other bycause that victory being fraught ful of licentiousnesse and insolencie will knowe no man but hym that without staggering and doubting what to do did helpe with goodes and hand the fortune of their parte while that the warres were of vncertaine euent Moste of the richer sorte of the Aegiptians as they did foresée that the alteration of the state and of the Empire would be very hurteful and bring greate losse and hinderaunce vnto their traffique and wealth so in deuotion and healpe they failed not vnto the Mamaluchs Contrariwise moste of the meane sorte of the Citizens and a mightye multitude of the worser who being voide of danger do always gain by other mens losses remembring all the villanies and extreame oppressions that they hadde suffered almoste thrée hundreth yeares vnder the Mamaluches in wailefull and wretched slauery kept themselues within the dores waiting for the euent of the supreame fight and reioyced in their sléeues that not without the care of almighty God a time had come when their wicked and outragious lords shold be punished for so many heynours facts yea and the reuenge shold be sought by the bloud of strangers whereby it wold come to passe that they shold anone fully satisfy their eyes with a most desired and wished spectacle and sight In the meane tyme Tomumbey with most intentise labor and trauell fortified the gates and all the wayes into the Citie appointed Capitaines ouer euerye streate made adhortatorie orations in euery court market place and assemble of people suffered not any light loytering to be vsed in the works and finally whiche is thought to be the moste hardest thing in calamitie and danger shewed a surpassing great hope and a renued and singular valor in his vnappalled face and countenaunce But the Mamaluches ouer and aboue necessitie the whiche doe vse in extremities to enkindle and to make mad and desperate yea the very cowards being stirred vp by emulation did spéedily and couragiously execute the duties and offices of Captaines for euery one of them as his witte inuention and industrie did bear made ditches crosse the most notorious streats and also laid mighty greate péeces of
timber ouerthwart them other did set in priuie pits holes and ditches very sharpe stakes vppon whom the enimies vnwarily falling might be gored other furnished with gunnes according to their store the windows and houses that stood in the turning of the stretes that wer much frequēted Al which things were doon with so great celeritie that no man no not the ioyliest felow of all the Mamaluchs made curtesie to take the spade or to do any seruile or foule work so the all things séemed not to haue bin deuised before they were don finished Although the citie being very great very old was enclosed with no walls yet there were gates but certain ways into it of whom the one with direct and very broade way or strete did lead from the East gate vnto the Castell and into the middes of the Citie The rest of the ways into the Citie had very narrow pathes and ill fauored streates in whome the ordinaunce could not be well and aptly drawen neyther coulde aranged battells safely ioyne togither Into this place and way had Tomumbey chiefly brought a power bycause he vnderstood that of necessitie the enimie must breake in at that place by reason of the wydenesse of the streats but the other quarters of the citie father off he kept with small gards but the inner and middle parts of the citie where the castel stood were guarded with a very strong part of his power that they being very intentiue might spéedily run with succor to al places of the citie where that the cry of the enimies the perill of their fellows did call thē bicause that the citie being of al other the gretest could not be defended round about the outward cōpasse with so small power namely wayes lying open into it in euery place But when Selym certenly knew that Tomūbey was entred Caire and al the Mamaluches gathering their strength into one wold try the vttermost fortune of the wars he admoued his host more neare vnto the Citie and adhorted his souldiours to thinke that they must that day entierly vanquish and quite destroy their enimies whom they had so often ouercome and to take a little paine more that they might receiue the rewardes of their former labours and victories the which would be so many and so greate as they had before coueted with immoderate mindes that there remained a few men wyth the forsaken and naked king who bycause they beyng attached with woundes and feare were not able to abide the fielde had decréed to expect at home in the sight and armes of their wiues and children the supreame and laste caste of wretched life That the Aegiptians of their owne accorde had sent for him for they deadly hating the name of the Mamaluches did moste gréedily exspect their destruction and did promise to fight from their houses for to destroye that progenie of moste wicked and sauage men But yet notwithstanding that the very absolute victory of the whole wars consisted in the vtterly vanquishing of the remnauntes of the defeated and throughly affrighted army bycause they could not be accompted ouercome that yet hoped were yet in armes and possessed the siege of the Empire and the greatest Citie thereof Therfore they should think that whereas their safety and glory then also their whole state and welfare did consiste in the euent of that day But that it woulde be a thing almost of nought and of no daunger if that they woulde persuade themselues that they muste néedes vanquish in this newe kinde of fight as they hadde valiauntly done before vnder his conducte in all other The souldiours heartes burned for desire of spoile and being ready and deducted into rankes exspected the signall of the irruption When Selym entring the Citie at Bassuell gate sent in his horsemen at many places at once but the Ianizars at the broader way horsemen met with horsmen and attached a cruell fight in the turnings of streats and narrow lanes but the footemen drawing foorth their falcons and culuerings before them in their front did flank with them all the streats along as they wente making them naked of defendants But when they were come vnto the munitions and ditches and went about to remoue the logs and greate beames that lay in their waye and to passe the ditches and on the other side the Mamaluches valiauntly obsisted they fought on both sides with so greate valor and so great pertinacie of harts that neuer none in our memory encoūtred either more fiercely or more bloudily for both the Mamaluchs the Turkes shewed all their strength and all their sleights of warre in this one daungerous fight not being ignorant that they fought in this last encounter for life and Empire séeing that sporting fortune did set indifferently before them both supreame rewardes for the victors and extreame punishments for the vanquished Very greate slaughter was committed at the munitions by reason that the Turks vnwarely running into the blinde and priue ditches pits and holes fell downe into them by heapes one vpon another the hindermost thrusting them forwarde that were before and other were gored on the sharpe stakes The Mamaluches their wiues and children did with manlike hardinesse hurle and tumble down tiles and great stones on them that were beneath On the other side the Turkes woulde wyth their harquebusses fetche suche off as they coulde sée in the windowes and on the houses and breake open the doores where they saw any hurtefull thing hurled downe and fight wythin the houses wyth diuers euent Also the Aegyptians beholding the fortune now of the one side and then of the other did with diuers deuotion take for enimies and assaile them both that vnto whether of them lot would giue the victory they might séeme also to haue greately aided that partie Many encounters were attached in diuers quarters at once as they ranne into diuers streates yea and in sundry partes of one streate now this company now that lighted vpon new troups of the enimies they that vrged the victors in the front were often intercluded by the enimies were beaten down behind The ways and the space that were left betwéen house and house were an horrible thing to behold so wet of the gore bloude that ranne oute of the slaine men that laye on leapes euery foote that the raised dust whyche at the beginning was very thicke was nowe quite layd Yet neuerthelesse the aire was darkened wyth the smoke and miste of the gunnes and the cloudes of arrowes and so greate was the crie of the souldiours the clashing of the weapons the thundering of the ordinaunce that the earth séemed to tremble and quake and the houses to bée torne into péeces They fought continually two days and so many nights with doubtfull fortune but yet so that the Mamaluches who being fewe in number were not able to sustain the labour and watching had withdrawen themselues by giuing backe by little and little into the inner partes of the Citie forsaking
the formost munitions The third day when the Mamaluches were in the very pitch of the perill of all their whole state and all that euer they had which thing is wont to augment the supreme enterprises endeuours and hartes of all men they renued the fight wyth such surpassing valor that they droue the Turks a great way backe and intercepted certaine of their falcons Which chaunce they saye made Selym to dispaire of the victory and then he commaunded the houses to be set on fire in all places he being also impelled vnto that heinous and cruell proclamation almoste by iuste wrath conceyued against the Aegiptians bycause that a little before Innusbassa had bin gréeuously wounded in the heade in Selyms sight with a stone throwen out at a windowe Now were the houses light on fire now was heard the houling of the wéeping and suppliauntly entreating Aegiptians and new the Turkes fightyng somewhat faintly expected that the retraite shoulde bée sounded when sée newes was brought by many men at once that in another quarter the Mamaluches being beaten from their ground and defeated by vrging Mustaphas had reposed their laste refuge in running away for Mustaphas through the intimation of certaine Aegiptians and fugitiue Mamaluches had come vnto a very large streate where the Mamaluches had sette their horses ready bridled and sadled that if any ill chaunce happened they might haue recourse thither and taking their horses flée vnto those nexte places whither they had determined to go He got all those horses and ledde them awaye hauing chased their guarde the which as in a parte of the Citie that they did nothing suspect was very weake consisting wholy of boyes and horse kéepers This thing as it commonly happeneth in waighty and vnlooked for chaunces did maruellously wraken their valour and impression Wherefore when hope of flight was taken awaye and they perceyued them selues to be enclosed rounde aboute and that the fight was susteined by none other hope and by none other helpe and aide than prowesse they being vanquished by their own confession turned their backs Many hasting vnto Nilus with Tomumbey who had in vaine tried all artes of valiauncy wisedome and deuise that hée might not be vanquished in this battell passing ouer the riuer by boate wente into the region of Seiectica Another multitude hidde themselues in the houses of the Aegiptians and in moste shameful lurking dennes But aboue a thousande and fiue hundreth of the valiauntest of the Mamaluches fledde vnto the greatest Temple in all the Citie where after that they hadde long time defended them selues as oute of a Castell bycause they woulde not yéelde but vppon honourable conditions at the laste beyng vanquished by thirste wearinesse woundes and ordinaunce they yéelded themselues vnto the will and pleasure of the victor A part of them were slaine presentlye before the Churche by the angrye Souldiours Selym winking thereat and parte were certaine dayes after caried downe the Riuer to Alexandria When the victory enclined Selym sent two bands to put out the fires and also sending aboute cryers throughout al the Citie caused proclamation to be made that all the Mamaluches that would come in and yéelde them selues within twelue houres should haue no hurt but all found after that time should die for it and also that hée woulde giue rewardes vnto all those Aegiptians that woulde diselose the Mamaluches that lurked and contrariwise incontinently sticke them that had hidden any and selling their wiues and children burne their houses Vppon the brute of this proclamation a great number of them came abroad who were straightway put in yrons and also afterward all moste cruelly slain in prison for that they were said to haue practised an escape But diuers that wold not violate the rights of friendship and faith by bewraying their freÌ„ds being accused by their neighbors suffred losse of life dying very constantly for their friendes After this the souldiors beyng made fierce through the victory searched all places drewe out all them that were hidden and slew them and also spoyled the Aegiptians their houses and lefte nothing shut and secreate The very same day Gazelles happened to come vnto Caire who had béen sent a litle before into Thebais to leuy Arabians and to hyre aides Then hée séeing the state to bée quite euerted and that hée was able to do no good eyther by hand or counsell came in with thrée Arabian Capitaynes and many horsemen and yéelded himselfe vnto Selym who entertained hym with all his traine very honourably euery man according to hys calling The Battell at Nilus BUt Tomumbey being as ye haue hearde fledds ouer the riuer of Nilus into that region that is called Seiectica which lyeth towards Cyrenaica although he had bene vanquished with so many mischiefes yet be couragiously repaired the wars There had come vnto him a strong crue of Mamaluches from Alexandria who were sent for by letters out of the garrison of the Citie and many also folowed hym in the flight Moreouer the Arabians of Africa repaired vnto hym and also the Moores the inhabitaunts of that country promised hym their good will and healpe yea and sundry Aegiptians of Caire whose houses and housholds had bene spoiled and dishonested by the couetous and lecherous Turks promised that they would raise an insurrection and tumult if that he would spéedily come thither one night that it shold be brought to passe that all the Turkes which were lodged in the houses of the Citie shoulde be sodainely destroyed by the crie and inuasion of all the whole people for the Citizens hauing suffered at their handes all abhominable and enimy like partes coulde not longer abide the iniuries of the most proude and malaperte oppressers They also said that the Turks were brought from a very mighty armye vnto a contemptible number for a greate parte of them were slaine in the baâ—elâ—s at Ihedâ—nia and Câ—â—râ— and almoste all the rest were quite spent with wounds and sickenesse But whilest that Tomumbey was busied about the preparation of these thingâ— Albuchâ—â—â—r the greatest man in of â—â—â—ectiâ—â— for authority landes and richeâ— came vnto Selym eyther that he â—â—gâ—â— auert frâ—â— his countrey and landes the mischief of imminent vâ—â—râ—es or else to winne the victors fauor by treason and certified hiâ—â— of the poâ—â—er and new deuises of Tomumbey and the â—â—tizens of Câ—re The which when Selym vnderstood he caused strong and straight watche and warde to be kept in all partes of the Gitie her câ—â—â—â— manded the suspected Citizenâ—â—o be kept 〈◊〉 the casâ—â—l the 〈◊〉 he hâ—dde casely taken the garrâ—â—â— forsaking it and plated indiuers places all â—loâ—g the riuer of Niluâ—â— greate number of vessels furnished wyâ—â— ordinance and souldiors for to watche and kéepe the farther â—auâ—ke of the riuer But yet he 〈◊〉 iâ—hingâ—â—ith hymsâ—â—â—â— wiâ—â— how greate perilâ— he haâ— fought so often with his most vâ—li â—uâ—vertiâ—â—â—eâ—e and how harde 〈◊〉 thing it woulde be fore hiue to intercept Tomumbey who by sleing into waste and
vnknowen regions prolonged the warres and sâ—ll gotâ—e newe and new asdes and also considering that his power being so small and so far from sueâ—â—â—r might be easely oppressed in that most mighty Citie by the huge multitâ—de of men of vncertaine faith â–ª was desit 〈◊〉 rather to ende the warres by â—omposition than by contending with force to entangle himselfe in new dangers and especially séeing that he had intelligence by those of the prouince of Seiectica that companies of horsemen of all sortes were leuied in all partes by the Mamaluches that had fledde into diuers regions and that the nauie which had bin sent iâ—â—to the slâ—â—â—ghts of the redde seâ— in the Arabian gâ—ulf against the Poâ—â—ugals was looked for at Pâ—rs Svezzia In that nauie were aboue thrée thousand Mamaluches and Amyrasses an Ray Salomon very skilful Captains and a great number of brasse yéeces wherby it seâ—â—en the Tomumbey might be able to repaire the receued incoÌ„moditieâ— come againe vnto the Citie beâ—ing sent for by hys friends to repaire thither â–ª But the mightyâ— care of the Persian affaires did most moue him least that if Hymbracossa whom he had sent before vnto the mountain Câ—nrus shuld not be able to matche the Persiâ—â— power that then he shoulde be excluded out of Asia the lesse and Syria before that the Constantinopolitan fléete coulde come to Alexandria with supply of souldiours and victuallâ— Wherefore he sent very honorable men of the clergie and also among them certain Argiptians of great estimation in ambassade vnto Tomiâ—â—ley who should counsell hym to lâ—yâ— down armes and at leÌ„gth acknowledge the fortâ—â—e of the victor and therewith should also giue theâ—â— saith that if he woulde come in suppliaunt sorte vnto Selyâ—â— be shoulde by the humanitie and benefite of the victor and conquerour obtaine the kingdome the which he had not ben able to kepe by armes but if he wold proceade in renewing the warâ—es and forget his owne weakenesse that then after the fortune of the wars were throghly adiudged determined he shold according vnto his dâ—sert flâ—â— no condition of dignity life at aâ—gâ—â—d Selyms hand But â—heâ— these ambassadors were come into Seâ—â—ction they were with â—â—antilâ— and barbâ—rous cruelty slain by certaiâ—â— â—â—â—alâ—chtâ— before they had any â—â—dience The whiche proude and cruel fact brake off al Selyms patience who was a man by nature yea being not moued very vedement fierre streightway he proclaimed avoiage into Seiestita against Tomumbey coÌ„manded victualâ— to â—e prouâ—â—ed therfore gathering togither boats froÌ„ al parts 〈◊〉 a sure very broad bridge to be built ouer the riuer of Niluâ— thinking it neither for his dignitie nor for the present occasion to passe ouer in boates But when Tomumbey vnderstoode by espies and the Citizens of Caire that a voyage was prepared against him and a bridge made ouer Nilus hée fearyng the falshoode of the Prouincials whose heartes hée lightly suspected were alienated from hym by the reuoltyng of Albuchomar bycause of hys greate power and authoritie among them determined to trye the selfe same Fortune of battell whyche hadde so often tymes deceyued his hopes for hée being inferiour in all thinges coulde not drawe foorth the warres nor expecte his enime neyther did he thinke it good for him to flée agayne wyth losse of hys dignity through farther wildernesâ—â—â— Wherefore consulting wyth hys Captaines she which was the laste attempte that he and the Mamaluches made hée departing in the breake of the daye from Seiectica wyth foure thousand armed horsmen or Mamaluchs and double the number of Moores and Arabians hasted to Nilus wyth iorney coÌ„tinued day and night that by hardy attempt he might deceaue the Turkes who he vnderstood would suspect no such thing of the vanquished very weake enimy and also that he might by celeritie preuent the fame of his approche thinking that he shoulde by his soddaine vnlooked for commyng destroy that part of the Turkish power that had first passed the riuer before that they coulde be succoured by their fellowes Neyther did the space of the tyme deceyue his opinion for the houres beyng very truly reckened wyth the celeritie of his march did agree iumpe and as he had coniectured it woulde happen the forewarde of the Asians had passed ouer the bridge The Mulâ—tters and boyes that were of Selyms chamber ranging some what farre to séeke a more pleasaunt place to pitche their tent in were the firste that sawe the dusto of the approching enimy and Mustâ—pha was streightwaye certifyed therof and a larum was â—ryed The whiche rumour did caste greate feare into the heartes both of them which had already passed ouer and also of those that stoode on the hither banke ready for to passe Tomumbey charging sodainly with greate valor the Asians while they were making themselues ready and resorting vnto the ensignes slew the foremoste that durste sustaine the shocke of the assatlantes â—ispersed other and forced them to flée Neither after thâ—t almost all the whole foreward was ouerrunne and troden downe and the rest disordered was Mustaphas able although he fought fearelesse in the fore front and chéerefully encouraged his Souldiours to repaire the array or to reteine the turned into flight foo in this cruell and vnsuspected chaunce euerye place was full of hâ—dling togyther of people slaughter slight and feare and all along on the banke of the riuer both aboue and beneth the bridge were coÌ„panyes of men séen looking behind them and criyng for â—â—â—ccor And many being dryuen by the vrging trouâ—â—es of the enimies vnto the verse brinke of the bâ—nke fel downe into the riuer and many also perished at the ende or head of the bridge when they â—oulde not runne ouer it for them that were continually sente ouer from the further side and also many that wold haue climed the bridge being impeached by feare and thrust back by their felows were drowned in the riuer The bridge was so broad that foure horsses myght well goe ouer in a ranke and a great number of them be sente ouer in an houres space But bicause the ordinance was to be drawen ouer fewer horssemen were sente than the greatnesse of the daunger or the suddaine chaunce dyd vrgently requite neither was there any helpe or ayde in the ordinance whiche coulde not be spéedily drawne ouer or shatte off from the hither banke vnto the other againste the enimie without gâ—eaâ— damage to themselues by reason of their owne men that stoode in the waye In the meane tyme Selym who had run downe vnto the ryuer syde at the beginning of the hurly burlye filled small boates with Ianizars harquebusiers and sent them ouer to succoure their distressed fellowes and also commaunded the horsemen to haste ouer by the bridge The spéedy Mariners vsing al celeritie often returned and tooke in mo so that within a short space they had set ouer manie bandes of Ianizars Whose comming did confirm the Asians who were disordered and now hardly
night viewe and suruey all thinges it is reported that he withdrewe from nature the desires and necessaries of â—â—ats and fléepe to the gréeuous hurt of his health But sithence it was apparant that the Kings Munitions coulde not be wonne but with doubtfull euent and assured losse of souldiours he determined to enter into the Parke by breaking open the wall that fetching a little compasse about he might come to Mirabelle the which is a lodge of singular pleasure very commodions for Hanking and hunting standing almost in the midst of the Parke the which is sixtene myles about In that place the King remouing from his elde lodging â–ª had placed his horsemen and had left there a great company of marchants and straglers and men of peace Nowe was Pescara desirous to take this place speciallye for two causes for if he coulde without empechement of the enimie get Mirabella the whiche thing was first purposed in this iourney then he manifestly sawe that with his surpassing prayse and the infamie of the French men Leua were deliuered from â—â—ege and also the enimies were vtterly excluded from the Citie of Milane But if the King to impeache that iourney would nothing doubt to issue out of the munition of his campe for to fight then ability woulde be gyuen commodiously to ioyne in battayle wyth him the which thing the Emperials did so greatly desire wyth ardent heartes and in very dede were forced by necessitie to wyshe and seke it bycause they wanted money to paye the souldiours and also nowe the hearts of their olde allies were not doubtfully turned vnto the French kyng All these things as they were inuented and deuised by a saylfull and sharpe percing wyt in lyke maner did Pescara declare vnto the captaynes descrybing euery thing wyth so great efficacie and couragiousnesst that he seemed to reioyce not in the victorye surely surueyed and founde out but gotten and obteyned And also Lanoy and Burbon conceyuing greater confidence did nowe beleeue that they hadde vanquished For when that hée proued all things by most weightie arguments and graue speaches his credit and authority encreased so almoste immesurably that it was vtterly voide of obtrectation and enuie the which vice doth alwaies hurte flourishing vertue and in so much that the chiefe captains did of their owne accordes commit vnto him the supreme authoritie in wholy ordering this matter the which thing was almost more glorious vnto him than afterwarde to haue vanquished as he that hauing often at other times tamed his enimies yet had this one worke only left him to ouercome enuy by vnwonted glory and certes it séemed a wonder that Lanoy who was yea ambitiously desirous of honor and the highest authoritie and Burbon who had the chiefe charge of martiall affaires preferred him before themselues as the better warrior not only by secret but also by frée and open iudgemeÌ„t for Piscara was at that time voide of all authoritie and honor because he had before in the iorney to Marsilas giuen vp the office of gouerning the footemen vnto the Marquesse of Guasto his vncles sonne and hys owne heire apparaunt But he was so loosed of peculiar charge that he aloue almost administred all things and taking incredible toile bothe in bodye and minde was still among the footemen the horsemen â–ª the victuallers the purueyors and ordinaunce continually viewing and séeing that nothing were done ouer hastily negligently or vnskilfully So then the resolution being allowed of all the inferiour Captaines and the exploite taken vpon hym Pescara sent Arrio one that had charge of horsemen promising him greate rewardes vnto Antony Leua to tell him that he shold incontinently sally out of the Citie when he should haue intimation thereof at the tyme appoynted by the shooting off of twoo mightie greate péeces of ordinaunce Neyther didde fortune faile vnto Arrio for he setting foorth in the deade time of the nyghte came in safely with his troupe fetching a greate compasse about vnto the backe gate of the town hauing deceyued the Frenchmen that watched by an happy lye for when they asked hym for hys watch word he faining himselfe to be one of Mediceâ— companies as hée had also counterfeited their habite wyth a while crosse made his excuse that he could not tell the watch word because he had bene two dayes out of the Kings campe in a woode After the Pescara had intelligence by a fire made out of the top of the toure that Arrio was fortunately entred the towne he commaunded Salsede to breake open the wall of the Parke deliuering vnto him to doe it withall Rammes made after the auncient forme and also yron Crowes and Pickares But he commaunded Lewes Viacampe and also Hercera and Gaioses to stande with their bands in seueral places ouer right against the munitions of the enimy and make a noyse all the night long with their weapons and Drummes and by putting them in feare and prouoking them kéepe them still occupied But when they had receyued word that he was entred the Parke they shoulde incontinentlye followe with their bandes He also willed Honofito Montano to stande not farre from the Parke wall vpon an high banke ouer right against the blacke regiment of the Lansquenets and so to bestirre himselfe and his men that it might séeme that the bandes were in armes throughout all the campe as they had vsed to be many nightes before He also commaunded that all the cariages of the armie shoulde go forth into the high way towardes Lodi with a garde of a troupe of light horsemen and also commaunded an other companie of horsemen to take waye that laye vpon the left hande that if there were espies in the Campe they being distracted and deceyued by so many and diuers goings forth and so suÌ„drie preparation of all things might not be able to tell the FreÌ„ch men any thing for certaintie But Salsede who had come in the deade time of the night vnto the place before prescribed spente the night in long beating and bouncing in vaine so that the dawning was broken before that he had opened the wall in thrée places somwhat later than Pescara woulde haue had it For the wall being made of Bricke after the olde buylding was verye strong and resisted the Rammes with singular contumacie although they were driuen against it with the armes and strength of whole bandes The first man of all that was sent into the Parke by Pescara was Alphons Marques of Guasto with the valiantest of the Spanishe and Almaine footemen and thrée companies of horsemen Incontinently Greco Iustiniano a Genouese who watched in the station nexte vnto the place where the enimies brake in was chased awaye There were with Guasto about fiue thousande men vnto whome it was enioyned to marche directlye to Mirabello and to take that place without any returne When that Guasto entred the Parke Pescara sayde vnto him with seuere but yet with chearefull countenance Plucke vp a good heart vnto thée valiant
mutuall encounter Guasto with wholsome counsell adhorted Vgo to hasten first to shoote off his great gunne called a Basilisco that the thicke smoke thereof might take away from the enimie all certaine stroke But Vgo who woulde be accounted very skilfull in sea affaires and a little before had gainesayd at the Isle of Crapi all the olde maisters of the galleys who dissuaded the fight vpbrayding them with cowardise deferred so loÌ„g to shoote that Philippino being very diligentlye intentiue therefore and aptly leuelling the first shotte of his Basilisco with piercing the Emperiall Admirall passed from the stemme to the decke slaying thirtie men and among them Peter of Cardonna a kinseman of Guasto and Leo Tassino one borne in Forrara who had slayne vpon a quarrell betwéene Guasto and the Duke of Potenza the Duke his sonne a gentleman of great hope and Gusman a spaniarde a gentleman that played very excellently on the Cithron But the Basilisco of the Emperiall Admirall did no great harme vnto the Genoueys bicause that the Gunner coulde not sée howe to shoote right for the smoke of the Genoway péece and also the Geneuoys laye not so open as did the Spaniardes vpon the open hatches but being defended with a sure netting made of strong boordes shot with Harquebusses a crooke out of loope holes they themselues being safely couered But in the meane time three of the Emperiall galleyes of whome one was called the Gibba the maister whereof was Iustinian a Genoway but the Captaine of the souldiours was Cesar Faramusca the other two the Secamia and the Villamarina so called of their valiant maisters Secamo and Villamarino runne vpon two of Doria his galleys named the Pilgrime and the Handmaide and fight very vehemently and the hardie Spanishe souldiours leape into them when Lomellino sawe this he timelye turned his course and at one time his thrée galleys discharged their thrée Basiliscoes vpon the Emperiall Admirall The Moore hitting the decke strake off the rudder The Neptune slaying certaine of the galley flaues did so shake the Maste that the sayles yards fell downe and oppressed manye with the fall and among them Hierome of Trani who had succéeded his father Antonello in the office of Maister of the ordinance vnto the Emperour Finallye the Mistres brake of the Emperiall beake and sore annoyed the stemme Neyther stayed they but spéedily rowed for to ayde the Pilgrime and the Handmaide that were nowe bourded Then the Moore turning about hir selfe verye artificially discharged such a tempest of small and meane shot which fell as thicke as hayle vppon the Gibba that she was brought into great daunger For besides the slaues and the Mariners and souldiours fouly slayne Cesar Feramusca was also borne ouer the boorde deade with a shot of a small Falcon and Iustinian the Master was shot into the thigh and Baredo a Captaine of an hundreth Harquebusiers was hurte with thrée deadly woundes In another quarter two Emperiall galleys called the Perpenniana and the Oriana encountred with the Mermayde and the Fortune whom when they had much endammaged and almost bourded they séeing the discomsiture of their fellowes left and fled awaye in safetie for they despayring of the victorie bicause they saw the baner of the Admirall thrown down and the Secamia and the Villamarina circumuented and the Pilgrime and the Handmayde whom they had bourded recouered and the small fléete of long Boates and Foystes scattered had chosen rather to saue themselues for the Emperour than with the rest to fall into the same mischaunce of aduerse fortune although that this counsell as to soone put into practise was blamed of many Incontinently after the flight of these two galleyes the victorie was graunted vnto Philippino for Vgo being slayne with a small Falcon Guasto being gréeuously burnt with wilde fire in the necke neare vnto the care and also his helmet sore battered to his heade by stones and other things throwne downe from the toppes and Ascanio de Colonna being wounded in the right hande and in one of his féete yéelded themselues vnto Lomellino In the winning of this victorie the galley slaues of the Moares and Turkes stoode Philippino in great steade For when Philippino had promised them libertie and had taken off their chaynes and weaponed them and adhorted them as the fierce enimies of the Spaniardes and namely of Hugo to fight lustily they couragiously leaped vnarmed into the enimies galleys armed only with sworde and target fighting very fiereely On the Empertall side were lost about seauen hundreth old souldiours Spaniardes besides so many Mariners and slaues but Philippino the victor lost of all sortes fiue hundreth and among them diuers skilfull Mariners but no master of any galley but only one Of the Emperials two galleyes one Foyst one Brigantine and certaine long Boates were drowned two fled awaye and the two other were taken and one of them was the Admirall Of the Emperials were slayne besides Vgo and Feramusca the stoutest Captaines of bandes Macinio Daia Iohn Biscaine Zambron and Barâ—d But there was taken aliue besides Guasto and Ascanio de Colonna Francis Hirarde the master of a galley the brother of the Captaine of the Castell of Naples who had the brawne of his fatte buttocks stroke off with a péece of ordinance Philip Cerbellion Iohn de Gaietta Monsieur de Verreis a Flemming Monsieur de Acogne a Frenchman who had fled cut of Fraunce with the Duke of Burbon and Sereny a Spaniarde Scribe vnto the Senate of Naples and worthie knightes Camillo de Colonna and Aniball de Geuari The rest of the petie captaines Ensigne bearers and souldiours that were not maymed wyth woundes were incontinently put in chaines and turned to the Oare in the place of the rowing slaues that had bene slayne in the fight and the Turkes and Moores that for their valiant seruice were made frée Not only no profite but great incoÌ„moditie fell vnto the Frenchmen by this victorie For when Francis the French K. requested of Andrew doria to haue that noble men taken in this battayle to be deliuered vnto him Andrewe reuolted vnto the Emperour and caried all Genoa with him the which hath continued euer since faithfull vnto the Emperour and his house And also a great mortalitie rysing in the French Campe the power was vtterly defeated by the Emperials ¶ Of the Battell of Landriano in the Duchie of Milan fought Anno domini 1529. betvvene Antonio de Leua general for Charles the Emperour and Francis of Burbon Conte of S. Poule generall for Francis the French King THe Conte S. Poule and the Duke of Vrbine Generals for the French king and the Seignorie of Venice after that they had wonne Pauia for the behoofe of Francis Forza nowe oppressed by the Emperour vnderstanding that Antonie de Leua the Emperiall Captaine had a great power of souldiours in the citie of Milan the which they had meante to haue besieged thought it best to besiege it farre off after this maner That Vrbine
of the Turkes and Moores Corsaleâ— were before the Isle of Erumentara came into greate hope to oppresse them Wherefore of his fiftéene galleyes he chose out eyght of the strongest and furnished them with the rowers and souldiers of the rest of his galloys and obteyned of the Captaine of the Isle of Ibiza about a hundred and fiftie valiant souldiours whom he bestowed in his galleys Portundo being thus angmented strengthened was fully resolued to sight with the Barbarians and setting all things in a readinesse departed about the thirde watche from Ibiza and made towards Frumentara which was ten miles off The Barbarians séeing galleys comming spéedily got them aboorde and prepared to sight But when it waxed light Iohn Portundo his sonne numbred the nauie of his enimies and therefore admonished his father not hastily to sight being ouermatched iâ—â— number Portundo vehemently and bitterlye reuiled him as a cowarde and that so insolently that he swore he was not his son who feared his enimies who were furnished only with Foystes Brigantines so that yea he himselfe alone would with his only Admirall galley drowne all those small vessels of the Barbarians Portundo was in déede a man of a noble and stoute courage but very lostie and proude and so through vaine boasting being made obstinate wilfull and vntameable no consideration either of assured or very harde dannger nor any horrible shewe of present perill presented coulde feare him Then his sonne who was both of surpassing prowes and also prudence replied God graunt father the we may rather be ashamed of our conceiued feare than sorowfull for our foyle But Portundo made such baste towardes the enimie that he was farre before the rest of the galleys who were not able to rowe so fast and looking back commaunded the slaues in his Admirall to cease rowing that the rest might ouertake him and they were called vnto both by voyce whistle to make hast that they might make front with the Admirall Aidin of Smirna the Archpyrate who was surnamed Cocciadiabâ—lâ— séeing the vnequall course of his enimies and that one comming behinde another they coulde not make front with the Admirall calling togither the souldiours and maisters with spéedie deliberation resolued vpon this counsell that the stronger Foystes shoulde runne directlye vpon their enimies with their stemmes but the smaller shoulde euery two on both sides lay aboorde one of their enimies galleys Frendly fortune fauoured the Pirates but was a cruell foe to the christians For Assanes Celebine and Solyman the moste desperate and fiercest fighters of the Pyrates at one time ranne vpon the Admirall one on the side and the other on the stemme and before that succor coulde come siue Portundo with all the souldiours and tooke the Idmirall galley so that sodenly the banner was throwne downe the which did muche diminishe the courage of the rest and with the like spéede did Aidin himselfe lay aboorde the Cocke the Captaine whereof was Iohn Canticler who was slayne with all his men In the same moment of time an other Pirate called Salec valiantly setting vpon the galley of Derthosa the Captaine whereof was Iohn de Ciueres and also the next therevnto wherein was Iohn Portundo his sonne toke them both Ciueres being slayne and Iohn taken and all the souldiours slayne In the same moment of halfe an houre Mathewe Sances was slaine by Saba a Pyrate and his galley taken But Naggali did so hotely pursue the hindermoste of the Spanishe galleyes that fledde that one wherein was Martine Oriego he loste but the other wherein was Iohn de Cordoua he forced to runne hirselfe vpon the rocken the galley was taken with the captaine who woulde not flée away after so foute an ouerthrowe but all the rest fledde out of hir but were so fiercelye followed by the Pyrates who also went a short that manye mot were taken than escayed ¶ The Battell of Gabiniano sought betvveene Philibert Prince of Orange generall for the Emperour Charles the v. and Ferâ—â—iâ— a Captaine of the Florâ—â—tines in Anno. 1530. AVno domini 1530. the Florentines being streightlye besieged by the power of Charles the Emperour whose general was Philiberâ— Prince of Orange for banishing the familie of the Medres sent for a Captain of theirs called Fernaio who had gotten great glory of late for the valiant recouery of the city of Voâ—â—eâ—ra from the Emperials â–ª and also for no lesse famous defending thereof agaynst them that he with his power assaulling the Emperâ—alles without on one for and the garrison of the Citie sallying out on the other some fortunate sight might be committed to deliuer their countrie from the imminent perill of sacke and seruitude Fernaio accordingly gathered his power togither which was thrée thousand footemen and of armed horsemen and Epyrotes or Albanoises vnarmed fine hundreth the Captaine of the Epyrotes was Nicâ—tas Masio surnamed Pulledâ—â— But of the other horsemen Charles earle of Ciuitella and Amico Arsula Besides this power he had also sollicited the Mountaine men about Pâ—stâ—ia of the Cancellariel action who as they had promised were looked for to bée press to ioyne with their countriemen 〈◊〉 they matched that waye He had also layde on Sumpter horses aboue an hundreth stunkes of wylde fire and also ten péeces called Moschattes the which being layde vpon reâ—â—es of â—oods are commonly vsed to be a garde in saiâ—â—â— she for the footemâ—n against the violence of the horsemen Wich this power and furniture and a â—erâ—â—tue prouisson of victuals and specially of Bishes as much as might suffice the souldiours hasting through the woodes and mountaynes if that they coulde finde none other victualles among those poore mountayne men he did set forth from Pista and fuâ—uing towardes certaine of the Captaines spake these wordes My valiant heartes we are commaunded to go neyther must any inâ—â—â—nant violence of daunger he seared séeing that we muste in any case obey the Senate who doe maintayne and finde vs and doth repose the hope of their supreme safetie in our noble valiance â–ª He séemed vnto some not to haue spoken with his wonted chearefulnesss as though he did abode howe vnluckilye he shoulde fight in a voyage that he made at other mens appointment and pleasure In the meane time the prince of Orange hauing intelligence by spyes of the intent and iourney of his enimies wrote vnto Fabricâ—o Maramaldo and Alexander Vitelli who laye with their regiments in the territorie of Pisâ— that with all possible spéede they shoulde haste to cutte off Fernaio his iourney and followe him at the harde héeles There also followed Vitelli a hande of Spaniardes who being put out of wages by the Emperours commaundement liued by robberie them did Vitelli abhort to doe some good seruice in this voyage whereby they might deserue pardon of their mutinie and be interteyned agayne into wages The Prince also sent before out of the Campe Râ—scio the Earle of Sâ—n secondâ— Marito de Colomia and Sculengo with their regimentâ—â— and
all other Rossales following the example of Chiscera the captaine of the men of armes fledde with continued course euen vnto the gates of Pistoia with so great perturbation that the same that the Prince was flayne and his armie discomfited was brought vnto Gonzaga who laye in siege before Florence and also vnto the Consalioner within the Citie At the verye same moment of time Vitelli pursuing a while and vrging and slaying the regiment of Bailâ— de Cere as he entred the towne did tymely hit vpon the gate where Maramaldo had entred and then such a cruell fight was remed that one coulde scarce passe along the stréete for the heapes of slayne men But Fernaio and Paule being tired with long fight and the scorching heate of the mids of the day tooke a high hâ—â—se and from thence pelied the Emperials with harqueâ—usses vntill that all their horsemen were ouerthrowen and destroyed by the light horsemen of their enimies who for shame woulde not followe Rossales when he fledde but did cast themselues into thicke troupes and a little before the bandes which eyther coulde not enter the towne or which had remayned without by Fernaio his commaundement and had slaine Orange vsing such Malles of yron as the helmets coulde scarce resist had bene ouerthrowne neyther did the prepared trunkes of wylde fire do any great good that daye For the Florentines coulde cast but fewe of them vppon the Almaines and horsemen neyther bicause their baggage was spoyled and their Sumpter horses put quite our of order coulde the Moschats be made readie and layde on their restes as they had trusted and hoped to haue done Then Fernaio and Paule acknowledging the euent of aduerse fight and fortune insestuous vnto the Florentine name all their souldiours being either slayne or taken and all the houses of the towne wonne and sarked and Maramaldo hauing nowe gotten assured victorie yéelded themselues and incontinently Fernaio was brought armed as he was vnto Maramaldo who sayd vnto him when that thou didst Iewdlye hang vppe my Drummre with an halter against the lawe of armes hadst thou thought euer to haue come into my handes Then answered Fernaio this is the chaunce of Marâ— who is not alwayes wrongfull and the like may also befall vnto to you strung in the fielde But if thâ—â— you murther me you shal winde by my death myther profitable nor honourable praise But Maramaldo reuiling and calling him a Captaine made of a Merâ—â—aâ—t comâ—â—â—aunded his helmet and his armour to be pulled of and thrusting his sâ—oorde into his throate left him vnto the souldiours to be staine But afterwarde Maramaldo vsed to saye that he slue him not for anye priuate quarrell but to please the souldiours and namely the Almaines who woulde haue chafed that the Captaine of their enimies shoulde haue bens saued after that their so great a Generall was slaine There were slayne in this conflict on both sides little lack of 〈◊〉 M. For many died afterwarde of their woundes And of the Florentines Captaine de Borgo and Francis and Paule Corsi Charles Carle of Ciuicellâ— and Alphâ—ns Stipicianâ— And of prisoners taken Paule de Core Amico Arsula Masiâ— and Captiuanzâ— Strozzi But there were stayne of Maramaldo his regiment Iohn Maiâ— his valiamitest Captaine and thrée Enfigne bearers Anont after this victorie the despayring Flâ—â—â—â—eâ—nes yeelded their almost starued Citie and whole oppressed state vnto the mercie of the Emperour who depriued them of their libertie and created Alexander de Medies base sonne of yong Laurâ—nco do Medici Duke of Elâ—rnce and of all the dominiâ—us theceof ¶ The Battell of Exech fought in Hungarie betvvene Cazzianer Generall for King Ferdinande and Mahoâ—ut Lieutenant for Sâ—lyman the Turke in anno 1537. Out of Iouius ANnâ— 1537. Ferdinande the Emperour sent Cazzianer the Captaine of Vienna into Hungarie with a power of ten thousande horsemen of Almaines Hungarians Bohemians and Carinthians and sirtene thousande footemen Almaines and Iâ—alians to winne the towne of Exech vpon the riuer of Draw which Mabomet lahiaâ—gles the Turkishe Captaine of Bâ—lgrade and Lieutenam generall of all â—â—â—se patten has fortifies in a parte of Hungaris called Prossega and made it to be the feate of his warres to vexe the kingdome of Hungarie But before that this arinie coulde come vnto Exech the sixtene thousande footemenne were brought throught sickeiâ—sse vnto eyght thousande and the rest were also much weakened with diseases the which inconunoditie was also smut â—asucably augmented through lacke of victualles so that they were not so senne come before the towne wherein was Mahomet with fixtens thousande men but that they were forced to breake vppe their siege and to retyre harke vnto a cowne called Carâ— the Tickes pursuing and continuallye skiclasshing with them in which skirmishes they slewe Peter Raschinius the Marshall of the â—â—hemians and Baule Bâ—â—chitius the Captaine of the Hungarians one accounted the valiantest and most expect Captaine of that nation And the Christians hearing by certaine râ—â—â—ors that Mahomet looked for â—ewe and strong supplies of sâ—uldiours the Christians tarefully deeréed that all the whole armie shoulde haste vnto a towne called Walpons ten myles of where was storâ— of victoals leaning behinde them their great ordinance whiche coulde not be easily caried and setting on fire all their gunpouder and destroying all the rest of the Martiall furniture of the armie and all such baggage as coulde not be caried on horsebacke and that Cazzianer shoulde giue the signall when they shoulde dislodge with a kinde of Pype that the Almaynes vse and is called by them Schalmeyen Nowe was the time of the seconde watche almost spent and all men watching did so expect with hofull heartes the signall of dislodging that they thought euery little moment of tariance to be a yeare and very incomdious and diuers Captaynes of great marke by franticke instinct brake off all stay â–ª and hasted to depart without commandement and to go before their fellowes They saye that this heinous shamefull departure was begun by the light horsemeÌ„ or Vsarâ—nes of the Hungarians who trusting to their knowledge in the blinde wayes and woodes â—ent their course towardes Valponi whome Ladislaw More a noble man of Hungarie following with dishonorable example fled vnto his owne castell of Zeuthuerzebeth and also all the horsemen of Staermarke forgetting shame with great tumult hasted after with their Captaine Iohn Hunganolt who had bene appoynted to leade and defend the rerewarde In the meane time it was fearefullye reported vnto Cazzianer that the Vsarones were fledde and that Ladislawe and Hunganolt had done the same with the horsemen of Staermark and that the rest of the armie neuer a whit expecting the sounding of the Schalmeyn as it had bene decréed made themselues readie for the same flight Then the astonned and afrighted Generall got him to horse and forgetting to giue the signall for he had surely thought as he sayde afterwarde that all the armie had bene already gone before fledde away vnarmed
streight vpon our ordinaunce and cariage My Lordes grace as I sayde most speciallye for the doubt of the same placing himselfe thereby caused a péece or two to be turned towarde them with a fewe shottes whereof they were soone turned also and fledde to Dakith But to returne vnto the Scottishe chase it was continued with bloud and slaughter fiue miles in length westwarde from the place of their standing whiche was in the fallowe fieldes of Vndreske vntill Edenborough Parke and welny to the gates of the towne it selfe and vnto Lyth and in breadth nye foure myles from the Frith sandes vp toward Dakith southwarde In all which space the deade bodies laye as thicke as a man maye note cattell grasing in a full replenished pasture And for the smalnesse of our number and shortnesse of the time which was scante fiue houres from one welnie vnto sixe the mortalitie was so great as it was thought the like afore time not to haue bene séene In déede it was the better maintained with their owne swordes that laye eche where scattered by the way whereof our men as they had broken one still tooke vp another there was store inough and they layde it on fréely that right manye among them at this businesse brake thrée or foure ere they returned homewarde to the armie There were thus slaine in fielde of Scottes xiij thousande of the which number as we were certainlye enformed by sundrie and the best of the prisoners then taken beside the Earle of Loghemwor the Lorde Fleming the Maister of Greym the maister of Arskin the maister of Ogleby the maister of Auendale the maister of Rouen and many other of noble birth among them there were of Lardes and Lardes sonnes and other Gentlemen slayne aboue xxvj C. and xv C. were taken prisoners among whome were there of name the Earle Huntley Lorde Chauncelour of the Realme there the Lord of Yester Hobbie Hambleton Captaine of Dunbarre the maister of Sampoole the Lard of VVimmes and a brother of the Earle of Casselles Two M. by lurking and lying as though they were deade scaped away in the night all maimed and hurt Herewith wan we of their weapons and armour more than wée woulde vouchsafe to giue cariage for and yet were they conneyed thence by shippe into these partes of Iackes specially and swords aboue xxx M. The camp also was taken wel replenished with their simple victualles and also some péeces of plate and chalices were founde After this my Lordes grace tooke the towne of Lyth with thirtene vessels in the hauen the which he burnt with the towne brought vnder the Englishe obedience all Tiuidale and their marches all the Lardes and Gentlemen thereof comming in and swearing fealtie and within the mids of the lande did wynne and placed there garrisons S. Colmes Ince and Broughtie crag a place of greate importance standing at the mouth of the riuer of Tey whereby all the vse of the ryuer might be cut from Saint Iohns towne Dundee and many other townes in those partes And vpon Michaelmas day returned ouer the Twede with losse not of aboue lx men ¶ The Battell of Weser fought in Saxonie by Morrice Duke and Prince Elector of Saxonie and his confederates against Albert Marques of Brandenburg in Anno. 1553. Out of Natalis sinnes WHen that Albert one of the collaterall line of the house of Brandenburg raged with a great power through Franklande and Saxonie sparing neyther frende nor foe he brought his faithfull frende Morrice Duke of Saxon in his top who being ayded by the power of Ferdinande king of the Romanes Henrie the Duke of Brunswicke Philip the Lantgrane of Hessen the Bishoppes of VVirtzpurg and Bamberg the citie of Nuremberg and other did by taking of a streite force Albert to fight The wynde blewe with Albert which doth somewhat helpe in fight and also he had taken a little hill that stoode in the playne and fiest the great ordinance was shot off on both sides but with small detriman◠of eyther armie But although that Albert was inferiour vnto his ennimies in horsemen yet he was verye well furnished with eyghtene goodly Cornets of horsemen and in footemenne did muche ouermatche them The hostes beganne to drawe neare one vnto the other by little and little and sodenlye a most cruell battell was begunne they fighting on bothe sides with greate valor and courage In the middes of the fighte Albert commaunded the beste of his horsemenne to charge foure Cornettes of Morrice his men of armes the whiche was done both parties approching one so neare vnto the other that for lacke of roume they coulde not breake their Launces The shotte encountered togither with noble courage singular prowes and incredible alacritie and charefulnesse But at the last Albert being inuaded on all parts and weakened through the great slaughter and discomfiture of his men was forced to séeke safetie by flight and fléeing with onely eyght horsemen left his defeated people his ordinaunce furniture and baggage vnto the mercilesse vsage of his enimies This battell which was begun in the morning early continued almost vntill night and was fought in a playne that lyeth betwéene the Duchies of Brunswicke and Lunenburg in the which battell were taken liiij ensignes of footemen and fiftene of horsemen there were slaine iiij M. horsemen and many footemen There were taken on Albert his side of noble men the Earle of VVarenberg and Nicolas Berney and many other slaine On Morrice his parte were slayne Charles Victor and Philip Magnus sonnes of Henrie Duke of Brunswicke and many other noble men Many ensignes of Albertes power were saued by reason of the greate woodes that were neare at hande and also of the spéedie approche of the night But Morrice himselfe being shotte into the bodie at the battell with a Pistolet dyed the next daye There were some that thought he was not wounded by his enimies but by one of his owne familiars to whome he had done reproche in former time the reuenge whereof hée deferred vntyll thys commodious tyme This one aduerse battell didde so breake the power of Albert that whereas before he was inuincible a terrour vnto all Germanye and spoyled all states at hys pleasure hée was neuer afterwarde able to doe anye thing but being anon after againe ouerthrowne in fighte with his small power by Henrie the Duke of Brunswicke was turned out of all his dominions and forced to die in banishment ¶ The Battell of Martiano fought in the territorie of Sene in Italie betvveene Iohn Iames Marques of Marignano Generall for Charles the v. Emperour of Rome and Peter de Strozzi Chiefetaine for Henrie the seconde King of Fraunce Anno. 1553. Out of Natalis Comes ANno domini 1553. Henrie the Frenche king to molest the Emperour Charles in Italie sent Peter Strozzi a banished Florentine and one of the Marshals of France to take into his protection the noble citie of Sene and to his vttermost to endammage Cosmo the Duke of Florence a faithfull
bicause that the commodities of the ennimie doe redounde vnto their calamities For the whiche effecte the natures and dispositions bothe of hys owne souldiours and of the ennimies are to be knowen their counsayles and deuyses to be learned oute their weapons and martiall furniture to be vnderstoode and their arte in setting their men in araye and the nature of the place muste be viewed of the whiche things if that anye one be not well knowen or neglected oftentimes it bryngeth all the whole state into verye great daunger For there is nothing so perillous as an hoste aranged in battel against the nimie for a very light matter yea and a very small and vaine false rumour may make them to turne their backes and flée But to returne vnto the battell the Frenchmen as they are of nature prone to fighte and readie to aduenture all warrelike daungers to winne glorie being nothing at all stayed with the difficultie of the ditche goe downe into it for to giue the onset on the Emperials The auantgarde and specially the foremost rankes which consisted of the most chosen bandes of the whole armie was put to flight The difficultie of this ditch tooke the victorie almost out of the handes of the Frenchmen and gaue it without bloude vnto the Emperials although that the Frenchmen charging the Emperiall Italians had defeated the left wing Then the Marques fearing least that all his battels would haue the like yll hap mounting on his horse got him vnto an hill on the backe of all the hoste where he might sée in what state his armie stoode But anon after when he sawe the French battell that had discomfited his left wing being enclosed rounde by the Spaniardes the Almaines and the Florentines to be defeated and chiefly through the valor of the Spaniardes who fought worthily that daye he returned againe vnto his men to incite them to fight Thus the most flourishing armie of Strozzi the which a litle before was a terror vnto all Tuscan the which houered ouer the walles of the citie of Florence the which threatened slaughter captiuitie and fire vnto all the townes of the Florentine Duchie was in shorte time ouerthrowen and destroyed the Italians fléeing and the horsemen being discomfited afflicted and put to flight through that ditche whereby it maye plainly appeare in howe slipper a place mannes state standeth which is subiect vnto frayle and fickle Fortunes pleasure But whereas in all matters it is conuenient that men placed in chief charge auoyde errors and dotings then most specially in martiall affaires in whome yea a small error of the Chiefetaine doth drawe with it the ruines of Cities and Countries There were slaine in this battell about foure thousande men and manye also were killed with intollerable heate and manye stifled for thirst and they for the greatest part were Frenchmen and Switzers For the fielde was foughten the seconds of August There were taken about an hundreth ensignes of footemen and horsemen and diuers field péeces There were also taken prisoners by the Emperials two thousande of the enimies There were slaine of men of the greatest marke the Lorde VValeâ—oâ— the Colonell of the Switzers with all his petie captains ensignebearers Reuerâ—ce the colonell of the Almaines that were with the Switzers Iohn Bentinogli Of French captaines Cablas Conbasse Iohn de Ville Many of the Italians Captaines all the Captaines and Ensignbearers of the Almaines There were also taken Seignour Forques Galeazzo Bentiuogli Earle of Gaiazzo Paule Orsini Turchettâ— Agabito and Bartholomewe Murena and many Captaines and Ensignebearers But Strozzi himselfe and Aurâ—liâ— Fregoso a man of great authoritie and nobilitie escaped to Monte Aleino but yet wounded with shot After this ouerthrowe the greatest part of the townes of the Senese territorie yéelded and anon after the citie of Sene it selfe when the Citizens coulde holde out no longer for famine ¶ The Battell fought at Saint Quintines in France betvvene Anne Montmorencie high Constable of France General for Henrie the French King and Emanuell Philibert Duke of Sauâ—y Lieutenant Generall for Philip King of Spaine in Anno. 1557. Out of Natalis Câ—mes WHen Emanuell Philibert Duke of Sauâ—y Lieutenant Generall for Philip the king of Spaine besâ—eged the towne of Saint Quintines in Vermandois with thirtene thousande horsemen fortie thousande footemen and eyght thousande Pioners Henrie the second the French king being moued with the daunger of the towne which was vnprouided of men munition and victuals to withstande so great a power sent Montmorencie the Constable with an armie wherein was almost all the nobilitie of France and twentie thousande footemen and foure thousande horsemen and twentie péeces of ordinance to reléeue the towne with men munition all other things néedefull The Constable being come within xv miles of the towne sent before ij M. horsemen who after they had vaunted themselues about noone vnto the enimy on a smal hill they coÌ„manded certaine to trie the foord of the riuer which they must passe the which was so narrow the not aboue vj. horsmen could passe ouer at once but in other places they could not passe the riuer for the gards of the Spaniards WheÌ„ the Duke of Sauoy vnderstoode that the Frenchmen had founde the foorde he sent a great number of harquebusiers to kéepe it But the thirde day after which was the feast of S. Laurence the same horsemen but many mo in number with many footemen shewed themselues againe vnto the Spaniardes who coulde not by reason of the iniquitie of the place perceyue what number they were but the Frenchmen determined to passe ouer the riuer hauing brought with them for that purpose small boates bridges The French ordinance began to shoote off vpon the Spaniardes not without their great dammage and the boates began to take the water to transport the French souldiours whome the Spanishe harquebusiers vnto whome was sent a freshe supplie of foure hundreth did much annoye Then the Duke also determined to passe ouer the riuer the which was thrée miles from the towne and to fight with the enimie after that he had by very faithfull espyes learned the number of the Frenchmen Wherefore the matter being communicated with the Conte Egmont who was one of the chiefe of the nobilitie of the lowe Countrie for landes birth and authoritie and also not vnskilfull in Martiall affayres and with other of the nobilitie it was resolued that this present occasion should not be let slip séeing that their enimie was inferiour vnto them both in number and strength Egmont was commaunded to passe ouer the riuer with one thousande horsemen of Burgonions and Spaniardes and Ernest and Ericke Dukes of Brunswicke shoulde backe him with their two thousande and v. hundreth horsemen after whom the Conte Mansfeld followed with eyght hundreth Pistolets and then the Conte Horne with one thousande men men of armes of Gelders and with him about a thousande of other men of armes of diuers bandes passed ouer
by the ordinance bicause he had not so spéedily gotte himselfe and his company out from that daunger charged the Asians of whom hée slewe a greate number but not wyth the same felicitie that Jsmaell had for whilest he sought very egerly among the formost hée was slaine with an harquebusse shot through which chaunce the Turkes recouered againe their daunted spirites so that they who euen nowe driuen from their grounde had loste aboue the thirde parte of their fellowes nowe verye lustily renewing the fight susteined the men of armes and setting agaynste them the Harquebusierz by whom the horses of the Persians were moste affrighted droue them hedlong in one troup vpon the Asappes The Persians eyther compelled by necessitye for that hauing receyued greate detriment they had also loste their Capitayne and coulde not rule their horses affrighted with the noise and thundering of the ordinaunce or else séeing the side of the Asappes lie open wherby they thoughte a better hande myght there be had with thicke troupes gaue a charge ouerthwarte the footemen whom they ouerthrowing with greate slaughter came vnto the ordinance and there enclosing the maisters and gunners slew them all who vnaduisedly shooting off their greate péeces in that greate hurle of things had fouly slaine a greate number indifferently aswell of their owne fellowes as of their ennimies and wyth continued course came thorough as it were victors vnto the ryghte wyng where Jsmaell fought wyth the Europian horsemen who hauyng lost their captain and being repulsed and wearied with wounds had before tyme withdrawen themselues vnto the aides and battelles of succour But now when they were vrged on the side with another company of the enimies féeling themselues vnable to sustain their impression began to cry out as in their extreme perill for succour vnto the battell of aide In this hard state of the battel Selym loosing the chaine of the wagons opened the Trench in two places and incontinently sent foorth a part of the horsmen of his guarde And then tourning hymselfe towardes the Janizars he sayde The victory of this day is reserued for your valor seruice wherfore plucke vp good hearts lusty laddes and behaue your selues valiauntly breake foorth courageously and being now fresh and lusty set vpon your weary and wounded enimies The bodyes of their horses euen melt with sweaie and the horsemen themselues do now faint vnder so greate a waighte of armour The Janizars notwithstanding these speches did neither spéedily nor readily obey Selym but in so greate desperation of things willingly kepte thēselues within the munitions So that whilest they made courtesy to set forward the Persians in this heate of the victory being spred rounde aboute the Europians slewe them all Selym beholding it and in vayne hastyng to succour them Fabricio Carrecto the greate Mayster of the Rhodes vnto whome all these matters were very diligently reported wrote vnto Leo the Pope that the Janizars were not obedient vnto Selym neyther coulde they be adduced eyther by his adhortation or prayers to succour the distressed Europians as they that doubting the vtter losse of the battayle lyked better to expecte the euent than wyth apparaunte perill to obiecte them selues vnto the storme of the horsemen who had destroyed the rest of the footemen Nowe hadde the Persians from all partes inuaded Selym who made his abode in the battel of succoure When Senambassa drawing after him his wyng al to torne greatly diminished came all in tyme the enimye following through the mids of the heapes of the Asappes and then sending for bringing certayn freshe troups that had escaped whole from the violent charge of Vstaogle the fight is restored namely through the surpassing prowesse of the two brothers Turabey and Mahomet Malcocks who being equall among the Turkes in noblenesse of stocke vnto the house of the Othomans resembled and shewed the noble prowesse and courage of Malcocke their father the renounted captain in that lamentable roade made by the Turkes into Venetia and Carnia And also not despayring but erected into hope and very cherefull Selym cōmanded all his ordinance to be shot off vpon the enimy which thing he had reserued for the supreame daunger wherwith so many horses and men both Turkes and Persians being blended togither were slain that when the men had lost the vse both of eyes and eares through the dust the smoke and noise of the ordinaunce and the horses also being affrighted wyth the vnwonted terrible roaryng contemnyng the bridles caryed their ryders an other waye the battell was broken off the victorye being as yet vncertaine Jsmaell being caried out of the daunger of this storme perceyued him selfe wounded with a Harquebus shotte in the shoulder when by the aduise of his friendes hee wente out of the battell ▪ to looke vppon his wounde whyche onely thyng didde doubtlesse bring safety vnto Selym and all his For the Persians incontinently following Ismaell and his standarde loste and forsooke the vndoubted victorye and by the opinion of all men for a greate parte already gotten But when hee founde that hys wounde was but lighte for that the pellet could not pierce deepe by reason of the syngular temper of hys Armour hee purposed to retourne agayne into the battayle But bearyng that Vstaogle was slayne in whome hee reposed greate truste for his passing skill in martiall matters and hys friendes also still counsellyng hym not to neglect hys wounde that was yet hotte but to haue speciall regarde of his life hee beganne to retire in a square troupe wyth a slowe pace that his departure might not séeme to haue any shew of flight and going vnto Taruis the chiefe Citie of Armenia yea and of the Persian Empire after he had willed the chiefe of the citie to open their gates vnto the Turke and receyue his garrison leaste throughe vaine constancy they might receiue some greate detesment hee departed into Media But the Turkes being sore shaken with so many losses hauyng neyther courage for feare nor force through faintnesse to pursue tooke without resistāce There wer found besides tents wrought with the néedle and enterwouen with silke and golde and other pretious furniture of houshold many women of greate nobility who had folowed their husbands al of whom Selym released without any raunsome They that were present at this battell had reported that among the heapes of the men that were slaine diuers women were also founde who puttyng on helmet and harnesse and following their husbandes had died with them valiauntlye fighting Selim loste in this battell aboue thirty thousande men among whom besides Cassembassa the Belerbech of Greece seuen Sanzaces and the two Malcockes who were slaine as the one brother endeuored to succour the other being enclosed and besides the despised multitude of Asappes obiected to slaughter the horsemen of Sclauony Macedony of the Tribals Epyrus Thessaly and Thracia no doubt the floure and strength of his army who were in the right wing were for a great parte eyther
slaine or sore wounded Now vnto Selym being victor by the confessiō of the enimies came there Ambassadors from Chois and the Cities thereaboutes and also from Taruis yelding themselues vnto him who marched to Toruis mynding to winter there but he hadde not made his aboade there aboue tenne dayes but intelligence was giuen that Jsmaell hauing sent for a strong power of Jberian and Albaniā horsmen was comming towardes Taruis with the Parthian horsemen and those that had béene at the battell of Chois Then Selym callyng to minde howe hardly in the flelde he had susteyned thirty thousande Persians wyth an hundreth and fiftye thousande Turkes and had vanquished them rather by chaunce and his ordinance than by true prowesse and estimating with al the greate power of the Citizens of Taruis whose fidelity and multitude hée suspected departed thence and hasted to passe ouer Euphrates marching a longer way about for feare leaste hée shoulde méete the approching Iberians who although they passed withall possible spéede assoone as they once vnderstoode of the Turkes departure yet coulde they not ouertake them beyng posted ouer Euphrates before the Iberians could come yet when the auauntcurrers of the Iberians had gotten the sight of them they caused suche a tumult among the Turkes before theyr hyndermoste tayle coulde passe the riuer that about two thousande of them were drowned and parte of the baggage and certaine falcons were lefte in the Riuer sticking fast in the mudde whome the Sophy afterwardes weighed vp and caried away ¶ The Battell of Marignano fought not farre from the Citie of Milan betvvene Francis the French King the first of that name and the Switzers vnder the conduct of Mathew the Cardinall of Sion and Rosti but in the quarrel of Maximilian the Duke of Milan in anno 15 15. Out of Iouius FRancis the French King at the beginning of his raigne séeking to recouer the Duchye of Milan leuyed a puissannte armye of foure thousande men of armes euery one drawing wyth hym thrée or foure horses eight thousand light horsemen the Capitayne Generall of all which horsemen was Charles Duke of Burbon and highe Constable of fortie bandes and mo of Lansquenetz vnder the conduct of the Lorde Floranges and Charles Duke of Ghelders who among other brought an approued regiment of olde Souldiours called of their blacke ensignes the black regimēt and of twenty bands of Gascoignes Nauarrines and other borderers on the mountaines Pyrences vnder the conducte of Peter of Nauarre They for the greatest parte were Arcubalisters and Archers but a kinde of souldiours that would toile like horses very venterous light and nimble excellent to kéepe or assault a towne and also to skirmishe Then hadde he so greate store of greate and small artillerye as would well suffise two greate armyes and the wagons and carts that caried boullets gunpowder pikeaxes crowes of yron and all kinde of tooles and other things to make easy the troublesome wayes thorouge the rocky Alpes were almoste innumerable All this prouision was drawen by the perpetuall labour of fiue thousande mighty strong horses There also followed for desire of pillage a strong regiment of voluntarie footemen vnder certaine ensignes and Captaines and with them thrée thousande Pioners With this army whych for number and furniture passed all that anye man had séene in our dayes Francis passed the Alpes and encamped betwene the town of Marignano and the citie of Milan both aswell to interclude the armies of the Pope and the king of Spaine from the Switzers who were come to Milan to defende the Duke and to make Liuiano the Generall of the Venetians his confederate more strong by the propinquitie and nearenesse of his Campe as also to defende hym from the Spaniardes that were very neare him But whilest the king was encamped at Marignano Maximilian the Duke of Milan and Mathew the Cardinall of Sion the bringer of the Switzers into Italy called the Captaines and Lieftenauntes into the Castell to sitte in counsell howe these perillous warres should be administred There manye were of the opinion that the waye to obtayne the victorye was in no wise to ioyne in battell with the Frenchmen before they hadde vnited theyr power wyth the Popes and Spanishe armyes the one whereof consisted of fourtéene bandes of Italian footemen and thrée thousande horsemen the other of eight hundreth men of armes and a thousande light horsemen besides a regiment of olde Spanishe footemen whereof euery souldiour beyng as famous for hys valiaunt actes as riche by reason of greate spoiles didde matche bothe petye Capitaines yea and Capitaines in chiefe not onely in approued stoutenesse but also in brauery of armoure or at the leaste before they had brought the Frenche Kyng who trusted muche in hys munitions thoroughe some necessitye into a more indifferent place And it was apparant that the Switzers shold easly obtaine either the one or the other if they woulde marche vnto a place called Binasco standing in the way vnto Pauia for if the Frenche Kyng woulde for all this iourney of the Switzers persiste still in hys sure defenced lodging that then they might easely go from Binasco by the towne of Sanangelo and through a country abounding in all kinde of victuals vnto the riuer of Po wherby the bridges which were ready built the armies of the confederats might ioyne with them but if the Frenche King fearing least he shoulde bée stopped both from the Citie of Paura and also from the stone bridge ouer the riuer of Tesino where hée had lefte a small garrison wold march vnto Pauia that then eyther they myght fight wyth hym wyth more equall condition or else incontinently tourne on the lefte hande vnto Lody and there sending for and receyuing into theyr Campe the powers of the Spanishe King and the Pope they shold straight way tourne Liuiano from his purposed forney and dashe the passyng greate hope of victory that the Frenchemen had conceyued by their former fortunate successes But whē these things were declared and also plotfes and chartes were shewed wherin were described the wayes and site of the regions that the rude witted men might more certainly vnderstande and knowe those things which were counselled then diuers Captaines who induced eyther by their olde iudgement or else by French golde lately giuen by Francis had accepted conditions of peace wyth hym at a village called Galarato by their dissentyng enterlasing of vaine difficulties and affyrming that those things were to be surueyed wyth great consideration and maturity cleane ouerturned al this meane and way of wholsome and good counsell Wherefore leaste the harts of those that were faithfull might languish by tariance and the good willes of the vncertayne multitude be tourned into perfidiousnesse the Cardinall thought it beste to bring them by all sleightes to fight with the Frenchmen out of hande thinking thereby eyther to winne a notable victory or if the Switzers receyued the ouerthrowe by vnfortunate fight to some vnappesible enimitie and