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

¶ A Dolorous discourse of a most terrible and bloudy Battel fought in Barbarie the fowrth day of August last past 1578. VVherein were slaine two Kings but as most then say three besyde many 〈◊〉 … mous personages with 〈…〉 ●umber of Captains and 〈◊〉 Souldiers that were ●●●ine on both sides Whereunto is also annexed a note of the names of diuerse that were taken prisoners at the same time POST TENEBRAS LVX 〈…〉 abonde ❧ To the Reader IT was not without great reason gentle Reader that the auncient Poets in old time fained Phaeton to fal from heauen and to be drowned in the deapth of the Sea because not contented with his calling he woulde of a prowde ambicious minde presume to take vppon him the gouernement of his Father Phaebus Chariot being a thing farre beyond his skil to compas For surely there is not in the whole world a more pestilent euil or a thing that breedeth so much mischife as doth the cankred and most accursed vice of ambition which not onely worketh the ruine of the partye therewith poscessed but often times causeth the confusion of many mighty Monark● and ●●e vtter ouerthrovv of whole Countreyes and common weales Wherewith the words of Cornelius … rus do verry aptly agree who saith that after the desier of principallytie had longe continued in the mindes of men vndiscouered when Princes be●an to enlarge their Limittes and to make their dominions greater when they began to conquer kingdomes and enuying the felicitie of common weales desired the confusion and vtter ouerthrowe one of another Then began this ambition first of all to breake out which as Saint Barnard saieth pleaseth and delighteth euery man and yet is there nothinge that doth more cruelly crucifie or breede more vnquietnes then it doth For from whence springeth bloody warres so much as from this roote of Ambition What causeth so manye to endure the extremitie of the coulde Winter nightes by lying abroade in the open Feeldes without any harbour and to abide the heate of the whot Sommer season being clogged with the carryage of their vnweldye armoure but onelye ambicion Is it ought els but this greedy ambition that maketh men to trauell so many intemperate countryes and desperately to runne into so many doubtfull daingers as they do In conclusion there is nothing that more breaketh the bandes of beneuolence abateth the obedience of childrē towardes their Parentes the loue of Parentes towardes their Children the dutye of subiectes towardes their Princes and the care of Countryes commoditye from al men as doth this abominable vice of ambicion Whereof dyuers historyes aswell of auncient time as examples daylye shewed amongst vs is a most perfect testimony By the greedye ambition of Scilla Marius Carbo Cinna Pompeius and Caesar there were more slaine amongst the Romaines then in conquering to them the kingdome of the whole world Silla condempned caused to be executed 80000. Romaines besydes many ●ore that were slaine in the ciuil wars betweene him and both the Marius Also Pompeius and Iulius Caesar the one suffring no peere the other no superiour by their insasiable ambition caused innumerable people to be slaine betweene them and subuerted the best and most renowmed publique weale in the whole world and finally enioying little time to reioyce them in theyr vnlawfull desires Pompeius shamefullye flyinge had his head stroken off by the commaundement of Ptolome Kinge of Egipt vnto whom as to his frende he fled for succour and Caesar that was the vanquisher was shortlye after cruellye murdred in the Senate with daggers by them whom he best trusted and most specially fauowred It would require much time and a verye large volume to make mencion of all those that heretofore by coueting to encrease their credit and estimation in the worlde and to aduaunce themselues to high dignities haue brought both themselues and their countryes to extreame daunger But I will leaue heere to rehearse any more of such antiquitye and shew a more liuely lamentable example of three renowmed Princes who not longe since by their ambicious desires did not onely procure their owne vntimely death but also the destruction of many thousandes of their people in the maintenaunce of their vniust quarrels as by that which followeth shall more manifestly appeare But before I proceede to the matter I haue here thought good for the readers better instruction breflye to discribe the country of Barbary and the customes thereof ⸪ ❧ A discription of the orders and customes of Barbary BArbary is a country scituate in Affrica inhabited with a barbarous people obseruinge the lawes of Mahomet geuen for the most part to idlenes sundry supersticions In this Countrye are manie Iewes enhabiting in whose handes consisteth the most parte of the trafique of the Country being the onelye Marchantes of Sugers Mallasses and other ritche marchandize which the same yeldeth for the which they paye great sums of money to the king And now to the matter ¶ A Dolorous discourse of a most terrible blouddy Battell fought in Barbarie the. 4. of August 1578. VNderstande that not long synce there raygned ouer the countrey of Barbary a King named Mully Hamet Shek ▪ who had diuers Sons by sundry his Wiues and Concubines for there they maye haue as manye wiues as they wyll The King passing on a tyme from Moroccus the chiefe City of his coūtrey towards another Countrey of his called Sus was in the mydway at a place called Bibon murdred by his owne men After him raigned one of his Sons called Mulla Abdula by whose meanes a Noble man of that countrey called Alcatho Alley caused the throtes of eleuen of the Kinges Brethren to be cutte in one morning Two other of his brethren fled for feare into Turky and were there brought vp in the Turks warres One other of his Brethren named Mulla Hamet remayned styll in Barbary without any violence offered vnto him and was well beloued of his wicked brother so that he grew verye rytch and was in great estimation throughout the whole countrey And as cruel murder can neuer lōg rest vnrewarded This Alkatho Alley the onely minister of the Kinges mischieuous deuise was in the ende measured with such a lyke measure as he had before meat to the Kings brethren Now the cruel king Mulla Abdula amongst manye other taking to his wife a bond woman that was a Blacke Negro had by her a sonne called Mulla Sheriffa who for that he was of his Mothers complection ●as cōmonly called the Black King to whome Mulla Abdula his Father commytted the kingdome after his death as to his onely heyre Mulla Hamet after the death of his brother Abdula fearing the tyranny of his Blacke Neuew that succeded him fled incontinently with all his substaunce and treasure to Argere a Towne belonging to y Turke wher he remayned in good safetie Mulla Sheriffa hauing for a whyle peaceably possessed the Crowne became in the ende so cruel a tyrant as his people therfore hating him

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

of August 1578. the King of Portingale deuided his battel into fowre squ●drons whereof he appoynted to Don Duer … e Mennesses Generall of the Army the leading of the Vautg●rde The second Squadron the king Portingale himself tooke charge off Vpon the right hande was the Blacke king Sheriffa with his Horsemen And vpon the left hande the Duke Dauerro the eldest sonne of the Duke of Bargansy with the. 4. Squa●●on King Maluca dyd also vse the lyke other in the deuision of his Army All thinges being thus prepared on both sydes the two Kinges purposyng to put themselues to the hazarde of that ●hich shoulde happen adressed themselues to fight King Maluca fyrst gaue the Onfette vpon the Horsemen of the Portingales Armye but they vallyauntly defended them selues and in the ende forced Ma●●●a and his Mores to retyre with the loise of many of them But Maluca herewith nothing dyscouraged bringing his men agayne in good order of Battell gaue such a fresh charge vppon the Kyng of Portingales Horsemen as he constrained them to retyre vnto the mayne battell But the Portingales Horsemen being ●ncontinently gathered againe together ●n good order they gaue the Mores such ● sharpe charge that they flewe a great number of them The Mores agayne returned freshly vppon the forces of the Portingale horsemen forcing them to ioygne with theyr footemen Which done the sayde Portyngales gaue a newe chardge vpon the Mores But theyr best Souldiors beyng slayne before and hauing no newe succourers to supplye theyr wantes for that they were farre from theyr friendes and in a forrayne countrey amongst theyr mortall enemyes whose power greatlye surpassed theyrs they were not able to doe any good at all But the Mores styll remayning verye stronge with the force of their Horsemen shotte and footemen Gunners so brake the arrayes of the Portingale Horsemen as they ouerthrewe kylled and tooke Captyue the whole Armye excepte 80. or 100. personnes at the most that saued them selues by flight In this conflicte were slaine 3000. Almaines 700. Italians and. 2000. Spa●●●rds whereof Don Allonso Dageler ●night of Cordua was one In this last battel it is supposed that 〈◊〉 the three Kinges were slaine ●he names of the Portingale Nobility that were slaine Don Sabastian Kinge of Portingale Don Lewis de Cordua ●on Diego de Mennesses ●eorge de Silua Gouernoure and Iustice of Portingale Don Francisco de Portingale Don Francisco sonne to the Countye of Sortelha Don Constantino Don Ferdinando de Silua Don Allonso de Almado Don Christopher and Don Auero Peeres of Trauora Don Aluaro de Silua More Sheriffa the black Kinge ¶ The names of such as were taken and are knowen to re●aine 〈◊〉 in Barbary THe Duke of Bargansas Sonne Don Duart de Mennesses great … ster of the Campe and Generall of the Tangere Don Farnando de Castra ▪ Controwler of the Fenances Don Diego de Silua Don Piedro de Menness●s ¶ Diuerse other Lordes and noble men there are missing but whether they be slaine or taken Captiues it is not yet certainelye knowen The dead body of the Kinge of Portingale is reported to rem●●n in Alc●●●●r Kiber for the delyuery wherof the Mo●es require in raunsome the townes 〈◊〉 F●ues and Arsylla with the Munition therein There is offered for the raunsome of the Duke of Bargansa his sonne 10000. Duccats but it is refused The King of Portingale lost by this Battell 22. peeces of Ordinaunce 700. Chariottes with Mules and Oxen besydes many other thinges of very great vallue There were slayne of the Barbarians about the number of 40. or 50. thousand one with another whereof the King is supposed to be one The Portingales haue chosen for their King a Cardinall that was great Uncle to their late King desceased FINIS The Conclusion BEholde here gentle Read●● 〈…〉 ende that greedy ambicion 〈◊〉 breedeth so many bloudy broyl●● 〈…〉 bringeth them vnto that imbrace 〈…〉 Let the pittyfull spectacle here 〈◊〉 downe to thy view of the woful ad●●●ture that happened to the Princes ●●fore spoken off by the confusion of t … people and losse of theyr owne ly … serue thee as an exāple of what de … so euer thou bee when thou feelest ●●●selfe prycked forward to the lyke en●● prise by reason to remoue frō thee 〈◊〉 deuyllish desyre which so greatly b … deth the vnderstanding of many re●●●nable creatures alluring them thro●●● a conceyued hope of that which can n … be compassed to cōmyt things contr●●● to all order honesty not regarding 〈◊〉 rewarde that ryghtfully belongeth to 〈◊〉 aspyring mindes nor the m●serabl● 〈◊〉 of them that are so ambi●●●usly 〈◊〉 If Mulla Sheryffa the 〈…〉 Kynge here spoken off 〈…〉 was in quiet possession of his kingdom coulde haue gouerned his people with … ety had not of a prowde ambicio●● mind to make his power appeare th● greater So greuously oppressed thē 〈◊〉 tyrany as he did theyr loue towards him would haue ben such as his vncles ●●●●r shoulde neuer haue so preuayled ●●●●nst him as it dyd 〈◊〉 the sayde Maluca coulde haue conte●●●● him with the good estate he was 〈◊〉 and had not lefte the seruice of the 〈◊〉 where he lyued peaceably in ●●eat honour and estimation to make himselfe king of Barbary by dispossessing his Nephew of his ryghtfull enherytance the king of Portingale would neuer ha●e bene prouoked to make warres upon him and to worke his confusion as he dyd Finally if the king of Portingale had not of an ambicious minde bene moued to enlarge his Dominions with anothers losse and to encrease his Fame by his rashnes in waging warres with th● sayde king Maluca he shoulde not haue brought himselfe so many 〈◊〉 Gentlemen to that myserable ende that he dyd in a barborous countrey amongst a sort of brutishe Infydelles but might haue lyued in peace and great prosperitie in his owne countrey and haue styll continued that commendatiō which by his vertues and vallure he had woon well deserued whose lyke for wisdome courage and good qualities in such young yeares Portingale was neuer possessed withall before And therefore all Chrinstendome but especially the poore widdowes and fatherles chyldren in Portingale maye well with most pittifull complayntes lamentable cryes accompanied with floods of teares be wayle though all to late the vnlucky lot of that vnfortunate Prince and the dolefull daye wherin vnaduisedly he fyrst began this his vnhappy enterprise O myserable man borne to woe and callamitie was it not sufficient that a thousande thousande mischiefes whervnto thou wast borne shoulde fall vpon thee and ouerwhelme thee in this vale of mysery but that thou must by thyne owne vnkindly inclination adde therevnto murder discorde and deuision betwene countrey countrey so carelesly as thou dost contrary to the custome of ●ll other earthly creatures of Gods creating What pleasure hast thou in the spoyle of thy people O thou prowd and ambicions Prince that to purchase to thy self such things as thou must leaue behynde thee when God calleth