thousand more to be payd at certaine dayes Genes recouered for the charges of this expedition and to build a Ciâ—tadell And in token of absolute authoritie he commanded that the money of Genes should from that time be coyned with the stampe of France and then he ended all this tragedie with the death of Demetrius Iustinian one of the chieâ—e Tribunes Execution done at Genes who by his examination laied open all the practises and hopes the Pope had giuen them and soone after by the death of Paul de Noue the new Duke of Genes with three score others which he put into the hands of the Magistrate In the meane time the Pope who found himselfe farre ingaged in the rebellion of Genes seemed discontent hee accuseth the King that he had perswaded Bentiuole 1507. anewe to surprise Bologne meaning to declare himselfe afterwards an enemy to the Church and by violence to instal the Cardinall of Amboise in Saint Peters chaire pressing the Emperour and the Venetians to make warre ioyntly against the King The Pope seemes diâ—contentâ—d with the King Maximilian had in a Diet held at Constance got the consent of the Princes of the Empire therevnto and the King to preuent this storme which thretned him from Germany and to free both the Pope and the Venetians from iealousie soone after the taking of Genes he dismissed his army and himselfe had presently returned if the desire of a parle with the King of Arragon his Nephewe had not stayed him Sauone was appointed to that end An enterveiw of the Kings of France and Arragon where hauing promised respectiuely a mutuall preseruation of loue and good intelligence they treat of the reformation of the Church by meanes of a holy and free Counsell and to reconcile our Lewis with Maximilian and they two assaile the Venetians with their common forces Moreouer the Pope had sent the Cardinall of Saint Croix for Legat to Maximilian and the Venetians Florentins whome the King would not receiue into his protection against the passage of Maximilian but with this clause excepting the right of the Empire and all others that depended of themselues except the Marquis of Mantoua had sent their Agents to this Imperiall diet of Constance some for desire of innouation some for hope others for feare Which things troubled the Kings minde especially the Ambassage of the Cardinall of Saint Croix whome he knewe to bee alwaies desirous of Maximilians prosperity In the ende the conclusion of this diet the which the Pope attended waueâ—ing betwixt hope and feare sometimes desyring Maximilians comming into Italy and sometimes apprehending the memory of ancient quarrelles betwixt the Emperours and Popes was That they should giue vnto Maximilian to follow him into Italy eight thousand horse and two and twenty thousand foote entertayned for six monethes and that the companies should be in field neere vnto Constance by the midst of October Vpon this conclusion Maximilian demands passage of the Venetians through those countries which they held in Italy They graunt it so as hee come without an army else not But they excuse themselues vpon the necessity of the league they haue with the King and vpon the conditions of the present time yet notwithstanding except that which they should be forced vnto by vertue of the said alliance for the defence of the stâ—te of Milan in fauour of the King they would not oppose themselues to any of his aduancement And in truth being loath to offend Maximilian or to giue the King occasion to presume too much they did not seeke vnto him for any new alliance hopiâ—g it may bee that Maximilian leauing their frontiers in peace would turne his forces eyther against Bourgongne or against the Duchies of Milan and Genes Tâ— preuent all inconueniences The King seekes to hinder the Emperours passage the King had sent great numbers of horse and foote towaâ—ds Milan and did leuie with the permission of the Catholike King his Nephew two thousand fiue hundred Spaniards fiue hundred Lances in Bourgongne vnder Tremouilles command foure hundred French Lances and foure thousand foote ioyntly witâ— the Venetians to preuent any alteration that might happen towards Trente and to distract the Emperours forces into diuers parts he fauored the Duke of Gueldres who molested the Country of Charles grand-childe to Maximilian And to begin his voiage Maximilian beeing come to Trente caused a proclamation to be publikely made the third of February That he was resolued to passe in hostile manner into Italy And froÌ„ that time leauing the name of King of the Romans The vaine attempts of Maximilian tooke vpon him that of chosen Emperour But this was to brag of mountaines and to bring forth mol-hilles He goes from Trent with fifteene hundred horse and foure thousand foote not of that number â—hich had beene promised him at Constance but of the ordinary traine of his Court leuâ—ed in his owne territories and the Marquis of Brandebourg with fiue hundred horse and tâ—o thousand foote But there was no reason the seruant should be more happy then the master The Marquis returnes hauing only presented himselfe before Rouere and demanded in vaine to be lodged within the â—owne 1508. And Maximilian hindred by many trenches which the Mountainers of Siague had made retired back fouâ—e dayes after his departure If he had gone back to take a greater leape as the Prouerbe saith it had beene a good signe but to turne his back it was a disgrace Open warre Behold an open warre and the Venetians are netled with these weake beginnings But conquests of Villages are like bonefires of Strawe Maximilian taking the way of Friul for the coÌ„modity of the passage the country being more open with six thousand men leuied in those marches did runne aboue fortie miles into the Venetian territories hauing taken certaine villages of small moment performing the office of a simple Captaine rather then of an Emperour he returned towards Iuspruch to engage some Iewels and to make prouision of money by some other meanes which faâ—ling 8000 Suisses foâ—sake the Emperour had caused eight thousand Suisses to leaue his pay whereof fiue thousand went to the King and three thousand to the Venetians And to increase the mischiefe Maximilian had left nine thousand foote and horse at Trente Bartlemew of Aluiane sent by the Venetians to succour Friul seized vpon the passages of the Valley of Cadâ—re by the which the Germains might saue themselues he charged them slew aboue a thousand Maximilians â—orces defeated and tooke all the rest in a manner prisoners So the carefull valour of Aâ—uiâ—ne made vaine the former exploits of Maximilian It is all one to be well or ill beaten The Venetians put in practise this common saying not without some offence to the King who did not willingly behold the proâ—perous couâ—se of their victories in regard of his owne desseins They were forced to take armes and before they lay
the authority her sonne had left her and the free accesse she had vnto his person made a way to the execution of her desseine for hauing corrupted such as had the chiefe forces at their command and wonne them with her sonnes treasure shee seized on him puts out his eyes sends him into Exile where soone after hee died for greefe and tooke possession of the Empire These vnnaturall and tragicke furies were practised in the East The tragicall death of Constantin whilest that Charlemagne by his great valour built an Empire in the West Irene in her sonnes life would haue married him with the eldest daughter of Charlemagne but this accident crossed that desseine After the death of Constantin she sent to Charlemagne to excuse herselfe of the murther disauowing it and laying the blame vpon such as had done it without her command And to winne the good liking of Charles shee caused him to be dealt withall touching marriage for at that time Festrude was dead with promise to consent that he should bee declared Emperour of the West and to resigne vnto him the power of the East But Charlemagne would not accept thereof the Nobility and people of the Greeke Empire did so hate her as hauing suffred her the space of three yeares in the end they resolued to dispossesse her In this publicke detestation of this woman the murtheresse of her owne Childe Nicephorus a great Nobleman of Grece assisted by the greatest in Court and with the consent of the people seizeth on the Empire in taking of Irene Irene banished diuision of the Empire whome he onely banished to giue her means to liue better then she had done He afterwards treates and compounds with Charlemagne that the Empire of the East contynuing vnder his command that of the West should remaine to Charlemagne By this transaction of Nicephorus and the consent of the Greekes the possession of the Empire was ratified and confirmed to Charlemagne and then beganne the diuision of the two Empires East and West That of the West beganne with Charlemagne and continued in his race whilest his vertues did protect it afterwards it was transported to the Princes of Germanie 8â—6 who likewise acknowledged the Germaine stemme of Charlemagne borne at Wormes crowned at Spire and interred at Aix all Citties of Germanie and the truth sheweth that as the Originall so the first commaund of the French was wholie in Germanie Hetherto we haue represented breefly as wee could considering the greatnes and richnes of the matter what Charles did whilest he was King of France onely now wee must relate with the like stile what hath hapened worthie of memorie vnder his Empire His deeds while he was Emperour CHARLES liued fifteene yeares after hee had vnited the Romaine Empiâ—e to the French Monarchy Grimoald Duke of Beneuent sought to disturbe Italie for the Lombard Warre in Italie but Charles preuented it in time by the meanes of Pepin his sonne a worthie and valiant Prince Grimoald was thus vanquished yet intreated with all mildnes so as being restored to his Estate he became afterwards an affectionate and obedâ—ent seruant to Charlemagne who was a wise Conqueror both in his happie valour and the wise vsing of his victorie About the same time the warre in Saxonie was renued In Saxony being alwaies prone to rebellion with the warre against the Huns Bohemians Sclauoniens and the second against the Sarrazins The which I haue breefly reported in their proper places here I note them onely to shew the course of things according to the order of times the goodly light of truth At Veniâ—e 〈…〉 the repuâ—â—e He had likewise a great and dangerous warre against the Venetians wherein he imployed his sonne Pepin Obeliers and Becur great personages were the cheefe Commaunders for the Venetians The Emperour and his Frenchmen receiued a great check by the Venetians who had this onely fruite of their victorie that among all the people of Italie subdued by Charlemagne they alone were not vanquished but had happily made head against great Charlemagne They did greatly increase their name and reputation but nothing inlarged their territories by this conquest glad to haue defenâ—ed themselues against so noble and valiant an enemie By reason of this Venetian war Charles stayed some time in Italie to assure his estate He would haue the Countrie conquered from the Lombards to be called Lombardie with a new name to moderate their seruile condition by the continuance of their name in the ruine of their Estate Seing himselfe old and broken his children great wise and obedient he resolued to giue them portions 〈…〉 to his childâ—â—n and to assigne to euery one his Estate To Pepin he gaue Italy to Charles Germanie and the neighbour Countries keping Lewis his eldest sonne neere about him whom he appointed for the Empire and Realme of France Hee sought to reduce all his Estates vnder one Law An order for 〈…〉 making choise of the Romaine both for the dignitie of the Empire and being more ciuill but the French loth to alter anything of their customarie lawes hee suffred them as they desired and those which had longer serued the Romaines and loued best the Romaine Lawes he gaue them libertie So as Gaule Narbonnoise which comprehends Daulphiné Languedoc Prouence do vse the written Law as the ancient Prouince of the Romaines and the rest of France obserue their customary Lawes Denmarke a dependance of the realme of Germanie and part of Charles his portion The Daâ—eâ—â—â—uolt as we haue said was reuolted from the obedience of the French Charles by his fathers commaund prepares to subdue them but God had otherwise decreed for herevpon he dies to the great greefe of his father and all the French who loued the louely qualities of this Prince the true heire of his fathers name and vertues Charlemagne mourned for his yongest sonne Câ—â—â—les looseâ—h twâ— oâ— his 〈…〉 when as sodainly newes came of the vntimely death of 〈◊〉 his second sonne King of Italie a Prince of admirable hope a true patterne of hâ—s â—athers greatnesse Thus man purposeth and God disposeth thus the sonnes die before the father thus the greatest cannot free themselues from the common calamity of mankinde Thus great Kings and great Kingdomes haue their periods 809. Charlemagne lost his children and the realme her best support for these two Princes carried with them the fathers valour leauing Lewis their brother with large territories and few vertues to gouerne so great an estate After the death of theâ—e two great Princes many enemies did rise against Charles seeming as it were depriued of his two armes the Sarazins in Spaine the Selauons and the Normans in the Northerne regions Rebellion against Chaâ—les but he vanquâ—shed them all and brought them to obedience old and broken as hee was Wee haue shewed how that Nâ—cephorus had beene made Emperour by the death of Irene It chanced that as hee fought against the Bulgartens
her peeces other estates might be built Not long after the death of Charlemagne it began to decline The foolish lenity of Lewis his sonne was the beginning the which was continued by the disordred confusions of his successors who in spight one of an other hastened the ruine of their house making the way by their vices and misfortunes This is the substance of all the Kings remaining in this second race the which wee cannot represent but in noting faithfully the order of those confused times during the which this barke hath beene in a manner guided without a Pilot and without helme by the wisdome of God who hath miraculously preserued it amidest so many tempests And therefore without any tedious discourse being intricate enough of it selfe I will labour to shew as in a table both the continuance of this race and the diuers motiues of eâ—â—nts to bring Hugh Capet vpon the stage and carefully to shew the estate of his posâ—â—rity as the chiefe end of my desseigne Lewis was surnamed the meeke or gentle as well for his deuotion wherevnto he was more giuen then to gouerne his estate as also for his great facilitie which was the cause of many miseries both to himselfe and his subâ—ects He began to raigne the yeare 815. and ruled 26. yeares Emperour of the West and King of France His father had not greatly imployed him in affaires obseruing his disposition and had marryed him with Irmengrade the daughter of Ingram Duke of Anger 's an officer of the Crowne of France hauing giuen him the Dâ—chie of Guienne for his maintenance By this wife Lewis had three sonnes Lothaire Pepin and Lewis who acted strange tragedies against their father To his second wife hee married Iudâ—th the daughter of Guelphe Duke of Sueâ—e by whom he had Charles surnamed the Bald who succeeded him in the Crowne of France Bernard the sonne of Pepin was King of Italy as Charlemagne had decreed Lewis more fitte to be a Monke then a King was so giuen to deuotion and of so soft a spirit as he made his authority contemptible both within and without the realme This disposition vnfit for a great command made the nations subiect to the Crowne to fall from their obedience Base facility the Saxons Normans Danes and Brittons And although Lewis did his best to preuent it yet could hee not preuaile but made himselfe wholy contemptible in attempting that which he could not effect and after his vaine striuing compounding of great controuersies with vnreasonable conditions Bernard a young man and ambitious was perswaded by the Bishops of Orleans and Milan to attempt against his Vncle Lewis and to seize vpon the realme of France which belonged not vnto him So his ambition cost him deere and that sodenly for being in field to go into France against his Vncle with an imaginarie fauour of the French to be proclaimed King it fell out contrary for both he and all his Councellors were taken by Lewis his subiects Lewis wonderfully moued with the presumption of this springall as we often see milde natures fall into extremities of choller when they are moued hauing both his Nephew and Councellors in his power A furious 〈◊〉 he despoiles him of his realme of Italy declares him and his vnworthy confines him to perpetuall prison and puts out his eyes the like he doth to all the Bishops and Noblemen he could get and after some fewe dayes patience he chops off their heads This act was held very strange proceeding from Lewis and committed against such persons it began to breed a generall diâ—ike the which was aggrauated by a domesticall dissention all which together caused a horrible Tragedie Lewis had indiscreetly giuen portions to his children making them companions of his regall authority After the decease of Bernard hee gaue Italy to Lothaire and did associate him in the Empire Lewis his indiscâ—etion to Pepin hee gaue Aquitaine to Lewis Bauaria and would haue them all beare the name of Kings Lewis good to all was too good to his second wife Iudith an ambitious woman who hauing one sonne by him called Charles had no other care but to make this sonne great to the preiudice of the rest not foreseeing that they were of power and could not patiently endure the iealousies of a mother in lawe nor the words of an old man being too much affected to the one of his children against the rest at the suggestion of a Mother in lawe an ordinary leuaine of bitter dissention in families of the second bedde Moreouer this imperious Germaine abusing the facilitie of her good husband played the Empresse and Queene ouer all to the discontent of the greatest who had no fauour with Lewis but by the fauour of his wife they did hate and contemne him as beeing vnworthy to raigne suffering himselfe so slauishly to be gouerned by a woman This was the generall motiue of their discontent but there were many other particularities which grewe dayly vpon diuers and sundrie occasions The Bishops were most of all incensed against Lewis by reason of the death of those men of the Church whome hee had so cruelly caused to be slaine with Bernard So Lothaire Tragicall rebellion of childâ—â—n Pepin and Lewis by the aduise of these malecontents resolue to seize â—â—on their Father Mother and young Brother to dispossesse them of all authority and â—â—en to gouerne the State after their owne appetities wherein they must vse force and a publicke consent Lothaire as ring-leader of this desseigne leuies a great army and calls a Nationall Councell of the French Church at Lions 829. supposing sooner to suppresse Lewis by this meanes then by a Parliament Lewis appeerâ— he receiues all complaints against himselfe and yeelds to the Censure of the Prelate which was to retire himselfe into a Monastery there to attend his deuotion and to resigne the Empire and the realme to his Children This was put in execution Abâ—se in the Clergy Lewis was conueied to Soissons to the monastery of Saint Medard his wife and sonne were confined to other places and the whole gouernment committed to Lothaire and his brethren â—hus Lewis so much addicted to Church-men as he purchased the name of deuout was ill intreated by them receiued a poore recompence for his so humble submission The name of a Councell venerable of it selfe did at the first retayne men supposing that this ecclesiasticall Iurisdiction did not extend but to admonition but seeing this tragicall attempt of the Children against the father there was no good man but stoode amazed at this presumption and pittied their poore King beeing brought to such calamity But all power remayned in the hands of the rebellious Children and the greatest of the Church were guilty of this outrage secking to maintaine their decree Lewis impâ—iâ—â—ed by his Children Thus this poore Prince to the generall greefe of his subiects continued in prison fiue yeares for he entred in the yeare 829. and came
this yeare he shall shewe a strange alteration of humor to the great amazement of all the world for being in his Castell of Thonnon a Towne seated vpon the Lake Leman he retiers with a small traine to Ripaille where he had an Abbaie of Monkes of Saint Maurice and hauing imparted his desseine but to two of his most confident seruants hauing bound them to keepe him faithful company he takes vpon him the habit of these monkes that is A graye frocke a longe cloake a gray hood a short cornet and a red bonet vnder his hoode but vpon his gray frocke he ware a great girdle of gold vpon his cloake a crosse of gold Hauing thus changed his habit his meaning was not to change his degree nor to leaue the world but vnder the colour of this habit his intent was to aspire higher as the course of his life will shew Being now retired to Ripaille His â—â—ssimulation he calles a parliament and shewes them his intention in this newe manner of life That being weary of the world where there was nothing but toyle and trouble hee would sequester himselfe to dedicate his life wholy to the seruice of God But to the end he might prouide for the gouernment of his estate he declares his eldest sonne Prince of Piedmont and Claude his yongest Earle of Geneue and he himselfe remaynes Duke of Sauoie although he had vowed himselfe to the order of Saint Maurice and without altering of any thing he reserues to himselfe the sole and soueraigne authority of al his estats Hauing thus published his intent he retires with his monks to Ripaille into one quarter of the lodging the which he had built apart accompanied with twenty of his fauorits in Monks attire but not liuing like vnto that profession for leauing them their water rootes Death of great Princes he qualified this sollitarie life with the best cheere he could get from Chamberie or Turin This yeare is likewise memorable by the death of three great Princesses of Catherine Queene of England sister to Charles the 7. the mournfull leuanie of our long miseries of the old Queene daughter to the King of Nauarre Mother to the Princes of Brittaine the Duke Constable and of the old Countesse of Armaignac daughter to the Duke of Berry and Mother to the Duke of Sauoie the Earle of Armaignac and the Earle of March All died almost in one day hauing seene the strange tragedies of France acted during their liues and vpon their children and in their ends seeing no end of our miseries As the furie of fighting grew colde so the war was turned into trafficke There was no Towne but the gouernor kept it for him that would giue most Sale of places an vnworthy traffick and Charles held it more expedient to haue a Towne or place for money then to beseege it with great charge to the oppression of his subiects and with a doubtfull euent Montargis had cost eyther partie much money to take it and to recouer it againe Charles buies it of Francis of Surienne an Arragonois vnder the English pay for ten thousand Crownes He bought Dreux the which he could neuer yet obtayne for eighteene thousand Crownes of William Brouillart of Beause a filthy trafficke worthy of that confused time but vnworthy of all good order and all royall authority The which being layed open vnto Charles he resolues to vse an honorable force to spend more money to get more honor So he beseegeth Meaux and takes it victoriously these were the first fruits of this newe yeare In the moneth of May Charles the only son of Philip Duke of Bourgongne comes to Tours where King Charles was resident and takes Catherine of France his daughter to wife according to the treatie of Arras Charles son to Philip of Bourgongne marries Katherin of France Hauing conducted her through his fathers Countries to Saint Orem where the duke attended him hee solemnized the marriage with exceeding great pompe the which did nothing increase the loue of these Princes allied nor the happynesse of the marriage the which was of small continuance and lesse loue betwixt the parties as the course of the historie will shew In the meane time the Bourguignon hath still two strings to his bowe Although he had renounced the alliance of England yet had he not left all his intelligences the necessity of their neighbour-hood giuing them still occasions to confer togither And as he was alwayes watchefull of his profit so had he a good gage in England to settle his affaires inretyring Lewis Duke of Orleans out of prison being taken at the battaile of Azincourt He caused Charles to entertaine a treatie for a truce with the English the first grounds were layed by the Duchesse his wife a cunning Princesse and careful of her husbands good The Cardinall of Wincestre comes to Grauelin to that effect yet this was but to lay the first foundation of the worke which shal be finished in due season We haue made mention of Iohn of Luxembourg who would not bee comprehended in the treaty of Arras Philip made great shewe to be displeased with him and Luxembourg likeâ—wise to be his enemie causing his men to be slaine in great disorder Philip treats with him vpon complaint of them that were wronged and all is pacified The cleere sighted did easily finde that this was the Bourguignons policie who seemed to bee in choller against him to gratifie Charles being much displeased with Luxembourg who played the pettie King with his maister but he shall not carrie it long for he died soone after the Bourguignon lost the whip he held ready for al euents 1439. and the children of Luxembourg stood in need of the Kings fauour But nowe the Bourguignon flies to an other practise He desired infinitly to be maister of Calais A ridiculous practise to take Calais and seeing that force could not preuaile he meanes to trie policy Some of his subiects perswaded him that in breaking of a dike they should let in the sea and so drowne the Towne Countrie about whereby they should force them to obedience He beleeues this imagination and imployes much paine and cost to effect it But this fancie of a floud vanished away like vnto the flemish army at the first seege whereof we haue seene the fruitlesse issue So this fantasticall floud proued ridiculous But the Duke to shew that he had done something caused the bridge of Milay to be beaten downe and some small dikes which onely watered the Countrie The beginning of this yeare layed the foundation of great matters for the restoring of our estate the which doth drawe on daiely by meanes not foreseene and without the wisdome or care of Charles who was chiefely interessed After the reduction of Paris all the Townes in generall were resolued to free themselues by force if the King had beene so affected but finding his minde inclyning rather to peace they beseech
not to deale at all in the warres which Lewis pretended against them A foule and dishonest trafficke made to the preiudice of so great personages The Duke signes and sweares this fraudulent and counterfeit peace A blowe able to amaze the Dukes of Guienne and Brittaine at the first hearing to see themselues thus abandoned of their chiefe support But he repayres it with an after blow by letters of credit writteÌ„ with his own hand giues theÌ„ aduice to continue their course that his intent was only to recouer his townes vpoÌ„ Somme Notable deâ—â—â— and 〈◊〉 which done he will beseech the King by especiall Ambassadors to desist froÌ„ making war against theÌ„ vpon his refusal he will succour theÌ„ with body goods that as the King at his pleasure had brokeÌ„ the treaties of CoÌ„â—tans Peronne so might he infringe his promise oath As for the Earles of Neuers and S. Paul Constable although he had a iust occasion to hate them 1472. yet would he remit their iniuries and suffer them to inioy their owne and beseech the King to doe the like by the Dukes of Guienne and Brittanie suffering euery one to liue in peace and safetie vnder the Articles respectiuely accorded if not he would succour his allies Craon and Oriole had likewise sworne for the King leading Simon of Quinchi a gentleman bred vp in the Dukes house to receiue the othe of his Maiestie But from a new subiect springs a new proiect Behold newes are brought that the Duke of Guienne is sick and without hope of recouerie Vpon this aduice the King delaies the oath findes â—uasions attending the course of his disease and in the meane time doth speedily seize vpon many places of Xaintonge he doth presse Rochell the which vpon these accidents of reconciliation and sicknesse inclines to a composition he withdrawes many of his brothers chiefe seruants and resolues to signe this peace as the sundrie euents of his affaires should lead him and in the meane space he protracts time with the Bourguignon during the which Charles Duke of Guienne dyes at Bourdeaux the 12. of May The Duke of Guienne dyes by the which Lewis recouers the Duchie without blowes and moreouer retaines Amiens and Saint Quintins O subtill wits both deceiuers but not of like industrie so our Lewis shall more easilie auoide the snare But oh death in generall which by the dissolution of the body and soule doest dissolue great desseings The Brittons were ready to enter building vpon great intelligences and practises within the Realme the which without doubt had much troubled the State But oh vnseasonable death in particular how fitly shalt thou serue to shadow the filthy and hatefull yet well coloured reproches of enemies and the murmurings of the most respectiue A death too much neglected but by some affectionate seruants to the deceased Duke who discouer that Iourdain Faure borne 〈…〉 Daulphiné great Almoner to the Duke and Abbot of S. Iohn d' Angely By poison assisted 〈◊〉 Henry de la Roche one of the said Dukes Kitchin had hastened his death by so violâ—nt a â—â—â—son that with a strange and lamentable contraction of his sinews his hayre 〈◊〉 and teeth fell out before his death The Lord of Lescut retired himselfe into Brittanie leading prisoners with him these cursed murtherers Note the murtherers of Princes where the Abbot was found one morning starke dead in his Chamber with a Thunder-clap Hauing his face swollen his body and visage black as a coale and his tongue hanging halfe a foote out of his mouth God doing that iustice in the twinckling of an eye which men delayed Let vs confesse the trueth and without passion the veritie of the Historie doth presse vs vnto it that Charles had beene an ill brother and ought more honour and obedience to him to whom that great Author of Nature had giuen the right of eldership aboue him yet should he haue beene regarded as a sonne of France Note and from his infancie receiue a portion fit for the entertainment of his estate and house Kings haue alwaies power to comptroule the insolencies of their neerest allied when they forget their duties But howsoeuer let vs obserue the order of diuine iustice who easily raiseth vp home-bred scourges but in the end he doth cast the rod into the fire Lewis must be measured with the same proportion he had measured his father and Charles must suffer for the rashnesse of his rebellions This death being little lamented makes such to speake as had but too diligently obserued Lewis his speech hearing one day of the death of the King of Castils brother He is but too happy saith he to haue lost his brother but hatred and ill will grounds their passions euen vpon a Needles point At the same instant Nicholas Marquis of Pont heire of the house of Aniou one of the aboue named riualles made sure to Anne the eldest daughter of Lewis abused with the great yet vaine promises of the Duke of Bourgongne renounced this so worthy an alliance of hâ—s Soueraigne Lord for a frustratorie hope which the vassalle gaue him to marry his daughter but he was ignorant that death the yeare following would punish this rashnesse and preuent him from the inioying either of Anne or Marie The Marquis of Pont dyes and the Earle of Eu. A season likewise famous by the death of Charles Earle of Eu a wise and vertuous Prince whose faithfull seruice to France deserues this testimonie that being sonne to Philip of Bourgongne Earle of Neuers and Rethel and grand-child to Philip the hardie a sonne of France and Duke of Burgongne and by consequence neere kinsman to Charles yet in all these combustions he had faithfully serued the King and preferred the Flower-de-Luce before the Red Crosse. Let vs likewise obserue the death of William Chartier Bishop of Paris The Bishop of Paris dyes who after his conference with the League before Paris in the Kings absence was alwaies in such disgrace with him as after his death Lewis caused his Epitaph to be changed making mention of the bad seruices he had done him during the warre of the common-weale suborning the inhabitants in fauour of the Burguignon The death of the Duke of Guienne had wonderfully afflicted Charles of Bourgongne to increase it he had intelligence that the Brittons would not arme considering that he was dead for whom they should rise In the meane time the chance was cast he had beene at great charge The Bourguignons practises against Lewis and to turne head without restitution were a shame but that which made him mad Amiens and S. Quentin were lost he must hazard all And first he writes to many townes he chargeth the King to haue consented to his brothers death and labours to draw them into armes declaring himselfe their protector but no man stirres so the small effect of his letters sets him on fire and in this choller he marcheth to Neâ—le
thousand Ducats to enter Bourgongne at the same instant with three thousand horse and eight thousand and foote Germaines and Suissâ—s promising the Suisses a certaine summe of money to ioyne their forces with Maximilian being content they should reteâ—ne a part of Bourgongne vntill they were fully satisfied According to this agreement the English enters the marches of Picardie camps before Therouenne with fiue thousand horse of combate and aboue fortie thousand foote But the English forces did not molest France at land only the Admirall of England ran along the coasts of Normandie and Brittanie And the King to resist their incursions caused foure Gallies to passe the straight of Gibralâ—ar vnder the charge of Captaine Pregent At the first incounter the Admirall chased Pregent into Brest Here Pregent turnes his force fights with the Admirall and hurts him whereof he died within few daies after After that foure score English ships and twenty Normands and Brittons ships fought with equall forces ours hauing the winde But in the end Primauguet a Britton Captaine of the Nunne which Queene Anne had caused to be built beset by ten or twelue English ships and resolute to sell his death dearly grapled with the Regent the chiefe ship of the enemies fleete and fiering it burnt both the one and the other with all that was in them Therouenne was defâ—nded by two hundred and fiftie Lances and two thousand foot whilest the King prepared two thousand fiue hundred Launces ten thousand Lansquenets led by the Duke of Gueldres sixe thousand others Thâ—rouâ—â—â—e beâ—eeged which the Duke of Norfolke brought being fled long before out of England and tenne thousand French to succour the beseeged who in the meane time molested the enemie day and night with their artillerie with the which the great Chamberlaine of England was slaine and Talbot Captaine of Calis lost a legge The troupes assembled the King sent them to Aire vnder the comand of Lewis of Longueuille Marquis of Rotelin Captaine of the hundred gentlemen of his houshold Victuals grew scant in Therouenne when as the Lord of Pieâ—es gouernour of Picardie and the French Captaines chose out the most resolute of all their troupes and gaue them charge to carrie victuals to the Towne And for that their enterprise had happily succeeded retyring too confidently and reproching the enemie of couardise hauing no intelligence of their intent the English hauing sent their horse and fifteâ—ne thousand foote to cut off our mens passage who did ride on their nagges disarmed they charge them vnawares being readie to wade through a riuer that passeth at Huchin they kill about three hundred and take many prisoners amongst others the Marquis of Rotelin Bayard la Payete Clermont of Aniou and Bussy of Amboise all the rest casting away their Launces and trusting to their heeles and horses saued themselues by flight And therfore they call it the battaile of spurres which caused the yeelding of Therouenne the which was dismantled The incounâ—â— of 〈◊〉 to take away all cause of discord betwixt the Archduke Charles who by ancient right pretended it and the English who challenged it as conquered from the enemie by the sword From Therouenne Henry went to campe before Tournay following in this resolution not so much the actions of a good Commander in the warre seeing the taking of this place lying within the low Countries brought him small profit as the perswasions of Maximilian hoping that this Towne pulled from the French might in time returne to the obedience of his grandchild Charles to whome they pretended it appertained Tournay taken Tournay vnfurnished of men of warre and dispayring of succours for that the King not being maister of the field nor of sufficient force to incounter the English could not succour it saued her selfe from spoyle paying a hundred thousand Crownes To crosse the English at home The Scots defeated the King had stirred vp Iames King of Scotland an ancient allie to this Crowne but the chaunce of armes was nothing fortunate for him neither at land nor at sea for ioyning with the English armie where Queene Catherine was present he was vanquished vpon Til and slaine with aboue twelue thousand Scots After these victories the end of October approching Henry left a great garrison in Tournai The English retire dismissed his strangers and toke his way towards England carrying no other recompence for so great and sumptuous a preparation for warre but the Cittie of Tournay But some desseins vpon Scotland fallen into a pupils hands hastned him home An other storme threatned France The Suisses armed according to the former conuentions the King sends Tremouille vnto them to disperse them vnder whome many of the Colonels had receiued the Kings pay But neither by presents not promises preuailed he any thing onely he had a secret intelligence giuen him from some Captains to prouide for the defence of his gouernment of Bourgongne whether the Pope the Emperour Sforee did thrust them And behold foureteene or fifteene thousand Suisses with the troupes of the French Countie a thousand horse The 〈◊〉 enter into Boâ—â—goâ—ne and the artillerie which the Emperour gaue them vnder the conduct of Vlric Duke of Wirtemberg camped before Dijon Tremouille was returned with a thousand Launces and six thousand foot who by his practises had greatly altered the Colonels when as the multitude doubting the faith of their Captaines takes the artillerie and batters the wall Tremouille not able to resist the force of this nation which increased daily flies to the last remedy and without expecting any authoritie from his Maiestie agrees with them That the King should renounce the rights he had to the Duchy of Milan should pay them 400000 crownes within a time prefixt which they preteÌ„ded was due for their seruices in the former wars and for assurance therof he gaue for hostages his nephew of Mezieres Bailife of Dijon and foure bourgesses of the said towne who sauing themselues awhile after in Germanie escaped the threats of this people to cut off their heads if the King did not ratifie it Doubtlesse these were wise men to saue their heads from the Suisses choler A very preiudiciall accord for the King if he had beene constrayned to ratifie it But was it not better to lull the Suisses asleepe then to loose Dijon Our Lewis is now freed off two incombrances the English and the Suisses But the exemption of present dangers freed him not from a relaps for the English departing threatned to returne in the spring and prepared alreadie being loth to stay any more so long at the warre The Emperour had the like intent to annoy him The Catholike King deuised as was discouered by a letter written to his Ambassadour resident with Maximilian the meanes to draw this Duchie of Milan to Ferdinand their comon granchild yonger brother to Charles the Archduke shewing that by that meanes all the other estates of Italie should bee forced to take their law
transported with ioy as he falls into a quotidian with a Catarre amidst all his iollitie the which carried him within three dayes after to the graue being the first of December This death did greatly impaire the Emperours affaires in Italy and bred new gouernments new Councels and a new estate of affaires in the Duchie of Milan The Cardinals of Medicis and Sion Alterations after this death went to assist at the election of a new Pope The imperialls reteined fifteene hundred Suisses and dismissed the rest The Lansequenets likewise departed The Florentine companies returned into Tuscanie Guy of Rangon lead part of those of the Church to Modena the other remained with the Marquis of Mantoua in the Duchie of Milan And the Duke of Ferrara making his profit of this occasion recouered with the liking of the inhabitants Bondene Final the mountaine of Modene and Garfagnane he tooke Lugo Bagnacaual and other Townes of Romagnia Likewise Francis Maria being expelled his Duchie of Vrbin by Leo 1522. and called home by the people recouered it in few dayes Our Commanders slept not but the chance was turned The Admirall of Bonnaue with three hundred Launces Frederic of â—ossoâ—e and Marc Anthonie Colonnet leading fiue thousand French and Italians Paâ—ma beseeged in vaine went to beseege Parma the which after many distresses incident to the Townes beseeged was pâ—eserued by the wise resolution and singular direction of Francis Guiciardin gouernour thereof In the meane time the Cardinalls at Rome did striue for Saint Peters chaire The Cardinall of Medicis for the reputation of his greatnesse for his reuenues and glory gotten in the Conquest of Milan had alreadie gotten the voices of fiâ—teene Cardinals But the rest could not endure two Popes togither of one familie which might haue beene a President to vsurpe a right of succession in the Popedome The most ancient Cardinals opposed themselues against his nomination euery man pretending that dignitie for himselfe which an other sought so greedily During their controuersies Cardinall Adrian Bishop of Derthuse borne at Trect and somet me scholemaster to the Emperour Charles was put in the election not with any intent to install him in the place of the deceassed but onely to spend that morning and by delayes coole the heat of the most violent sutors But the Cardinall of Saint Sixte hauing by a long 〈◊〉 amplified his vertues and knowledge some yeelded vnto him it may bee the Eâ—perour would haue beene displeased if they had reiected his election others followed them so as all the Cardinals agreeing A new Pope called Adrian the sixth by a common consent hee was created Pope when as he least dreamed of it being absent a stranger vnknowne hauing neuer seene Italie and without thought or hope euer to see it Being loth to change his name he was called Adrian the sixth But what shall this poore Fleming get to runne so far to sit in a chaire so much enuied He came from Spaine where the Emperour had made him gouernour in his absence to seeke his death at Rome He shall bee little esteemed during his Popedome and they will bee glad to send him speedily after his Predecessor The winter passed and our souldiars scattered their harnesse to arme againe The warre â—â—uiued the one sort to preserue their Conquests and the other to recouer their losses To this end the King sent Renè bastard of Sauoie Earle of Villars Lord Steward of France the Maâ—shall of Saint Chabannes Galeas of Saint Seuerin maister of his horse and the Lord of Montmorency newly created Marshall of France to make a leuie of sixteene thousand Suisses for to succour Lautrec And to crosse him the Emperour by meanes of the King of Englands money estranged from the loue of France sent Ierâ—sme Adorne to make a leuie of sixe thousand Lansquenets to put into Milan with Francâ—s Sforce Adorne coming to Trent vnderstood that the Milanois had alreadie entertained foure thousand foote with the which hee retired to Milan whilest the other sixe thousand did arme In the meane time there wanted no practises at Milan by Ierosme Moron and his partisans to kindle the peoples hatred against the French It is not alone in our late troubles that wee haue tried with what efficacie seditious sermons touch the peoples hearts Andrew Barbato an Augustine by profession preaching with a great concurse of people did wonderfully incourage them to defend their religion goods families liues and Countrie A vehement Preacher and gratious to the people leads them as hee pleaseth and it is the ordinarie mask of the wise men of this world to settle their affaires It is no lesse honour to preserue then to get Tenne thousand Suisses were alreadie come and Prosper Colonne to keepe the French from entring into Milan by the Castle and to furnish it with victuall and munition hee caused to bee made after the manner of the ancient Romaines without the sayd Castle betwixt the gates that go to Verceil and Come two trenches distant twentie paces one from another about a mile long and at the end of either of the sayd trenches a Caualier or Mount verie high and well furnished to indammage the ennemie with Cannon if hee approched on that side so as the succours could not enter nor the beseeged go forth Lautrec hauing by chance surprised and defeated the troupe of Lewis of Conzague repayred his Companies and the Venetians assembled theirs about Cremona who being ioyned with the Suisses passed the riuer of Adde the fiâ—st of March and Iohn de Medicis with them who perswaded by the Kings great and certaine entertainment was newly drawen to his seruice They march like men resolued to assaâ—â—e the rampaâ— but the trenches stay them the third day Marc Anthony Colonne and Camille bastard sonne to Iohn Iaques of Triuulce Milan beseeged walking togither in a house and deuising to make a mount to shoot from with their artillerie betwixt the enemies two trenches a voâ—ce of Cannon shot from the Towne did beate downe the sayd house and buried them in the ruines thereof Thus Lautrec despayring to take Milan by assault conuertâ—th all his thoughts to vanquish it in time by famine he wasts the Countrie stops the victual breaks the miâ—s and cuts off theiâ— water But not to fall into their hands whome they feare they dread not death The peoples hatred against the French and the desire of their new Duke whome they expected makes them to endure all distresses patiently Francis Sforce comes to Trent with six thousand Lansquenets who by the taking of the Castle of Croare hauing opened the passage of Po arriued without any let at Pauia The way was dâ—fficult from Pauia to Milan for at the first brute of their approch Lautrec went to lodge at Cassin and the Venetians at Binasque vpon the way to Pauia There fâ—ll out an accident which helpt Sforce The Marshall of Foix came out of France with money and some troupes of footmen Lautrec sent
company of Italians who were come to charge him behind in his retreat The tower of Moric Castle of la Graue Talmonde and the Castle of Chise beeing taken againe by Puigaillard recompenced the losse of Luson and the conquests of Puigaillard were at the same time crost by Puuiault Gouernour of Marans by the death of Captaine Dante who scoured all Poictou by the route of theiâ— companie and wounding in a manner of all the members thereof and by the ouerthrow of Chaumont and Goulenes issued out off Angoulesme with two Cornets of horse by the death also of Guitiniere Gouernour of Saint lean d'Angely the ouerthrowe of young Riuiere Puâ—taillé the route of his men and the losse of two Enseignes But the death of Captaine Herbelete commanding a company of French and two of Italians and the defeate of his troupes by Coignees issued out of Angoulsâ—â—e 〈…〉 held for the Princes made the mid-may famous a season when as the second 〈…〉 peace was reuiued Time brings many changes nowe it fauours the Protestants reuiues 〈…〉 The Protestants fortified fortifies their hopes and the Catholikes are newe â—o beginne the King 〈…〉 with this variable continuance of warre it drewe his subiects from his 〈◊〉 ruined his Prouinces wasted his treasure and consumed his forces The Queene Mother sence the battell of Meaux did still nourish in her brest a fire of reuenge Sâ—e was wonderfully discontented that the Protestants in the beginning of the first 〈…〉 had so violently opposed against her desire to rule by the mutuall ruine 〈…〉 and the other But there was paine and perill to suppresse the heads of the 〈◊〉 many murtherers and many poisoners offred themselues but the 〈…〉 drewe backe when it came to the effect Moreouer the Princes grewe in age and iudgement they framed themselues to affaires they began to knowe the friendâ— and enemies of the Common-weale And on the other side many Noblemen of eyther parrie labored to temper the humors both of such as were best affected to the publike quiet and of those 〈…〉 these inciuill confusions made a way for their ambitious deâ—â—emes 〈…〉 â—iron and Teligny chiefe deputies the one for the King the other for the Princes â—â—bour about a peace Let vs see what course the Princes tooke sence the 〈◊〉 â—f Montcontour vntiâ—l the peace A small ball of snowe rowled from a high 〈◊〉 growes great in a shoâ—t time and becomes able to endure a great force 〈…〉 Councell whereby the Princes resolued to retire farre from the Conquerâ—â—rs army did much auayle them for they assured their men fortified themselues 〈…〉 troupes and consumed their enemies in the taking and retaking of places which they had possessed The Princes voâ—â—ge aâ—ter the battaile But still the poore people suffer for great mens follyes Agenois and Querâ—y serues nowe as a good retreat for the Protestants They find there a faâ— a fruitfull Country where by the spoile of the contrarie party they refresh their persons and make a newe bodie There is nothing but inroads spoiles and robbings of the enemie but there was violent warre about Tholouse and horrible fires in their houses which belonged to the Court of Parliament They haue beene saied the Protestants verie violent to burne them of our religion beheaded Captaine Rapin who carrieâ— tâ—â—m the Edict of peace from the King and to commit many other insolencies whereof opportunitie nowe cryes for vengeance Doubtlesse the iustice of God doth 〈◊〉 send a wâ—shed encounter to bee reuenged of an indignitie receiued The Marsâ—aâ—l of Danuille la Valette and some other Commanders of qualitie made some 〈◊〉 with diuers variable euents but not strrying farre from their walles for feare of surprise Carmain Oriaâ— la Faye Lesbos Montestruc and generally all they beseege except Saint Felix from whence the Gasâ—ons were repulsed in the assault with the losse of fiâ—â—ie men and the Vicount of Montclar hurt whereof he died at Chastres is forced and the garrisons cut in peeces During the armies aboade in Albigeois the Prince notwithstand the crosses of Escars Pompadour la Vauguion and others commanding three thousand men being fortified with fiue or six hundred horse brought from Rochelâ—e by Beaudiné and Renty send Piles into the Countie of Roussillon where he did spoile and greatly anoy the Spaniard whilest the Kings deputies conferred nere vnto Carcassonne with Teligny Beauuais and la Chassetiere who going afterwards to his maiestie concluded what we shall see in briefe Languâ—doe Viuarez and Daulphiné hauing fortified the army with about three thousand harguebuzies most of them mounted at the Countrie mens charge in steede of those which Moubrun had through fauour of the fort which hee built vpon Rosne right against Pusin led away to refresh themselues in their Countrie hauiâ—g surmounted the difficulties of the mountaines and the Admirall being freed fâ—om a grieuous sicknes which had brought him to deaths dore at S. Estienne in Forest the army comes into Bourgongne where being fortified with fifteene hundred light horse come from la Charité and the neighbour garrisons vnder the command of Briquemault they incounter a good occasion to aduance the peace It seemed to the Protestants a matter of some difficulty to obtaine a peace vnlesse they approched neere vnto Paris and to that ende the Admirall had suffered almost all his footemen to furnish themselues with horses and aduanced by great iourneys into the heart of France whilest his troupes were fresh and lusty and free from diseases But he had before him the Marshall of Cosse the Kings Lieutenant in the absence of the Duke of Aniou who to hinder the Pâ—inces approch to Paris seekes meanes to fight with them They incamped at Renéle Duke a place not very strong of situation from whence they thought to dislodge them with their Canon whereof the Princes were vnfurnished and by diuers vollâ—es of shot to make them leaue certaine passages which they held The Marshall la Valette Strossy and la Chastre come with al speede charge and recharge them and at the first they force them from a passage Incouâ—ter at Renelâ— Dâ—â— Briquemault Marshall of the Campe Montgomery and Ienlis endure the shocke they kill hurt take many and by this firme resolution make it knowne that their lodgings are not to be forced So the Marshall sounds a retreat and the Princes to whom all stay was preiudicial being strengthned with newe companies drawne out off Sancerre la Charité Antrain Vezelai and other places of their partie and furnished with some artillery they turned head towards Paris But a truce of ten dayes stayed all exploits of war betwixt them Truce in the armies and the Marshall While the Barron of la Garde Puigaillard Reniere Puitaille chiefe enemies to the Protestants laboured to become Masters in Guyenne the neighbour country To that ende after they had ouercome the troupes of horse and foote led by la Noue Soubize and Puuiault and by a shamefull chafe shut their companies
enterpriâ—e they thinke it verie necessary that none should aide the Spaniards nor their Adherents with Munition Marchandise or Money they do strictly forbidde any of their Cittizens to carry any kinde of Marchandise whatsoeuer into any of the Prouinces which obeye the Spaniards or their complices Also they forbidde all Fishermen and others that exercise all kinde of Marchandise by Sea to take any pâ—sport or safeconduct from the Spaniards wherewith they haue beene often heeretofore intangled and receiued losses Also they abandon to the spoile all men the goods meanes of aâ—l such as liue vnder the rule and gouernment of the Spaniards wheresoeuer they shal be found and they commande that not only all the Marchandise Ships Wagons and Horses of all such as shâ—l bâ—ing any thing out of the Spaniards Countries or shall carry vnto them shal be confiscate But also they will thâ—t al Owners Mâ—sters of Ships Wagoners shal be punished by fine and if after a yeare they bee taken in any such offence then to be corporally punished But to the ende the nauigation may be assured for the Hollanders and especially that they may be freed from excessiue ransomes which the enemy doth vâ—uaâ—â—y exact they decree that the Masters of Shippes and Marriners that shal be taken by the enemies and ransomed by them whatsoeuer they haue beene taxed by them they shal be remboursed and satisfied out of the goods of them of Brabant Flanders and others that liue vnder the gouernment of Spaine besides the ordinarie tributes and contributions which the saied Brabanders and Flemings are accustomed to pay vnto them Whilest these Proclamations are published in the Lowe Countries the which shall bring nothing but a reuiuing of most cruell Warres betwixt the Flemings and the Hollanders Albert the Arch-duke and the Queene of Spaine part from Milan the 5. of February The Archduke comes to Geâ—oa with the Queene of Spaine to go to Genoa where they imbarked the 18. of the sayd moneth They passed by Sauona and Nice and anchored at Marselles where as they were royally entertayned by the Duke of Guise the Kings Lieutenant in Prouence and by his commaundements Yet the Queene went not into the Citty From thence they parted the 22. of February and sayling along the coast of Spaine in the end they came to the Pott of Biraros in the Kiâ—gdome of Valentia wheâ—eas the Queene went to Land From thence the Sonne of the Prince of Orange was sent to the Catholike King to giue him intelligence of the Qâ—eenes happy voiage She aâ—riues at 〈◊〉 and of her arriuall The last of March they came to Saint Mathiew whereas the Marquis of Denia came in the Kings name to salute the Queene to acquaint her with his Maiestâ—es priuate intentions From thence they went and stâ—ied at Moluiedro a village of the remainder of Sagonte an ancient Towne of the Romains Allyance Here Albert the Arch-duke tooke post to go kisse the Kings hands and of the Infanta his spouse From thence he went to Madril to see the Empresse his Mother where he continued foure daies and so returned to Valentia The King in the meane time inflamed with an amorous desire to see his newe Spouse disguised himselfe and tooke vpon him the habit of a Nobleman fayning to be sent from the King to kisse the Queenes hands But hee was knowne by the Princesses and Ladies that were then in the Qâ—eenes company where he was receiued with incredible ioye and content of all men The magnificence at Valentia at the King oâ— Spâ—iâ—â—â— marriage In the meane tâ—me there were exceeding great preparations made in Valentia for the celebration of the marriage The which beeing finished the 17. of Apriâ—l the Qâ—eene made her royall entry with so great and goodly an Assembly of Princes and Noblemen that were come from all parts and so gallantly followed as it seemed an Armie by the brauery of so Royall a traine There were fiue companies of men at armes marched before the troupe then followed 30. Atabales or Drummes on Horse-backe with Trompetts Clairons and Hauboies which filled the aire with their sound Then came the Coutiers without any prerogatiue of order or ranke But especially there were 400. young NoblemeÌ„ like vnto Pages of honor Royally attired euery one followed with his Pages and footemen some sixe some eight others ten some 20.24.26 and more verie richly appareled in lyueries of all colours There were moreouer 700. Knights of honour in the Queenes Liuery white and redde the ground satin After them came foure Knights carrying the Royall Maces then the Stwards of the Queenes house and sixteene of the Graâ—des of Spaine Then came the Heralds in their coates of armes After them marched the great Maiordomo or Lord Steward and the Maister of the Horse After all followed the Qâ—eene on Horse-backe vnder a Canopie of Cloth of Gold carried by 20. of the châ—efe Noblemen of Valentia the reines of her Bridle beeing of Siluer and Gold were held on either side by Noblemen of the Kingdome of Valentia The Queenes Gowne was of Cloth of Gold the grownd Siluer most richly imbrodered with Pearle and other precious stoanes The Queenes Mother and the Arch-duke Albert followed with the Queenes Cabinet with a great number of Princes and Noblemen and last of all came the Princesses and Ladies in Carosâ—es and Coaches It is thought that at this nuptiall pompe there was spent three Millions of Gold The Queene hauing past the port which was beautified with a triumphant Arch she was led vnto the Church which al did glister being hanged with cloth of Siluer The great Alter was Royally furnished before the which was an Oratory couered with Cloth of Gold which might hold three persons and an other by it foâ— fiâ—e The Queene went thether after shee had kist the Crosse which was presented vnto her by the Patriarke Arch-bishop of Valentia The Catholike King being come downe with the Infanta his Sister by a priuie way made of purpose the Popes Nunciâ— after the sollemne Ceremonies were ended did first aske the King and then the Arch-duke if they did ratifie the marriages formerly contracted by their Ambassadors and celebrated by the Holy father When as eyther of them had declared that they ratified it then altogither approched to the Altar and vpon their knees assisted at the last blessing of their marriage From thence they went to the Pallace whereas the nuptiall feast was kept with the greatest state that might be Two daies after the King made three Knigâ—ts of the GoldeÌ„ fleece Albert the Arch-duke the Admirall of Castille and the Prince Doria Knights of the Golden Flâ—ece There were all kinds of sights and sports for the space of eight daies in a Theater that was built of purpose able to conteine threscore thousand persons This yeare Death strooke a great stroake among men and women who shewed their generous resolutions against the feare and terrors thereof Peter de Pinac the last
of the Gantois fed by Lewis his policie fol. 274.275 The Gantois ouerthrowne and Adolfe Duke of Guelders slaine fol. 276 Maximillian and Marie maried fol. 277 The politique liberalitie of Lewis fol. 278 The disposition of Edward King of England fol. 279. Is fed by Lewis his dilatorie hopes ibid. He neglects Marie of Burgogne ibid. Affects greatly the alliance with France ibid. A trecherous attempt at Florence against the house of Medicis fol. 280 The mutinie appeased and the murtherer hanged ibid. The battell of Guingaste where many were slain and the French left the field fol. 281 Lâ—wis seeking to reforme his Realme is hindered by infirmities yet is iealous of his authority eueÌ„ in sicknesse ibid. The death of Mary of Burgogne pleasing to Lewis fol. 282. Edward the fourth King of England dies fol. 283 Râ—â—hard murthers his two nephewes vsurpes the Crowne ibid. Lewis his disposition in his declining age fol. 284 His inuentions to make beleeue he liued still fol. 285. His death and disposition â—â—l 286 The Estate of the Church vnder Lewis â—â—l 286.287 The Estate of the Empire fol. 288.289 The Turkes ouerthrowne twice in Asia winne the third battell fol. 290 Scanderbeg his death and vertues ibid. Charles the 8. the 56. King of France A Breefe rehersall of his raigne fol. 291 His disposition and education fol. 292 Contention betweene the Duke of Orleans and the Earle of Beau-ieu for the Regency ibid. Landais gouerns the Duke of Brittaine insolentlie ibid. King Charles his coronation fol. 293 The Duke of Orleans being put from the RegeÌ„cy discontented leaues the Court. fo â—94 The Duke of Brittaine being troubled is forced to deliuer Landais who is hanged fo 295 Charles seekes to diuide the Brittons from their Duke and makes a secret treaty with the Nobility fol. 296 The Brittons reconciled to their Duke and Rieux reuoults from the French fol. 298 Ancenis Casteaubriant Vennes taken for the Brittons fol. 299 Diuision in the Brittish Army fol. 300 The Battle of St. Albin where the Duke of Orleans and the Earle of Dunois are takeÌ„ prisoners fol. 301 Diuers Townes in Brittany yeelded to the FreÌ„ch fol. 302 The Duke of Brittane after a peace made with the King dyes fol. 303 The pittifull estate of Brittaine fol 304 Anne of Brittaine succored by the English and Spanish foo 305 The Marshall of Riux and the English beseedge Brest and Conquett fol. 306 Maximillian made Arbitrator betweene king Charles and Anne of Brittaine fol. 307 Nantes and Guingam taken by the French fol. 308 A finall peace in Brittaine by Charles his mariage with Anne fol. 309 The practises of the English vpon Brittaine ibid. Arras betrayed to Maximillian fol. 310 Motiues for the voyage of Naples with the waÌ„ts for the voyage â—oâ— 31â— Lodowick Sâ—orza vsurps Milan and surpriseth the Castle fol. 312 The estate of Italy in 1490. fol. 31â— The peace of Italy ruined by Peter of Medicis â—ol 314 A league betweene the Pope the Venetians and the Duke of Milan fâ—l 3â—5 Charles his right to Naples and Scicilia ibid. He could not be diswaded by his counsell from the enterprise of Italy fol. 316 His voyage to Naples vndertaken without money fol. 31â— Lodowicks perswations to Charles with the death of Iohn Galeat Duke of Milan fâ—l 318 The â—lorentines and Peter de Medicis offer king Charles their citty withall other his demaunds â—ol 319 Peter de Medicis and his bretheren expelled â—lâ—rence fol. 32â— King Charles enters Florence ibid. The Pope perplexed hauing many enimies sends to the King fol. â—â—â— The walles of Rome and of the Castle St. Angelo fall alone at the kings entrance â—ol 322 Alphonso frighted with horrible visions for his cruelties crownes his Sonne and â—lyes fol. 323 Vpon the first entry of the French into the kingdome of Naples Capna Auerse Nola Naples yeelds fol. 324 Zemin being thrice ouerthrowne by Baiaâ—et â—lyes and is poysoned by Pope Alexander fol. 326 The Venetians discouer to the Turke an enterprise vpon Scrutaâ—y fol. 327 A league concluded against the French fol. 328 King Charles takes order for Naples and goes towards Rome and the Pope â—lyeâ— fol. 3â—9 Sauanoccllas predictions fol. 330 Milan and the whole Dutchy ready to reuolt against Lodowickâ— fol. 331 A foule reuenge by the Suisses repaired by a notable peece of seruice fol. 332 The Battle of Fornone where the King is in great danger fol. 3â—3 The Army of the league ouerthrowne fol. 334 Ferdinand defeated by Aubigny enters Naples and the most part of the kingdome reuolts from the French fol. 336 Caiette sackt by the French ibid. The Marquesse of Pescara slayne fol. â—37 The newe Castle at Naples compounds with Ferdinand ibid. Twentie thousand Suisses at Verceil for the king fol. 339 The Suisses practise to seize vpon the King ibid. The Venetians propositions to the King fol. 340 The beginning of the Poxe ibid. The treachery and couetousnesse of Entraques fol. 341 A newe French fleete in the kingdome of Naples fol. 343 Ferdinands lansquenets defeated by the French fol. 343 A truce betwixt the kings of France and Castile ibid. Charles greatly affects the enterprise of Italie but is disswaded by the Cardinall of S. Malo fol. 344 The last act of this tragedy and the French defeated fol. 345 A dishonorable coÌ„position made by the French fol. 346 The Earle of Mountpensier dies with most of his troupes ibid. King Ferdinand dies fol. 347 The Duke of Orleans refuseth to make warre against the Duke of Millan in his owne name ibid. The Duke of Millan perplexed is succoured by the Venetians fol. 348 Reasons to draw the King into Italie fol. 349 The castle of Amboyse built by Charles ibid. His death and disposition fol. 350 Lewis the 12 the 57. king of France THe happines of his raigne fol. 351 The genealogie of Lewis the 12. fol. 352 Lewis his title to the Dutchie of Millan ibid. The Pope capitulates with the King fol. 354 The Venetians and Florentines congratulate his comming to the crowne ibid. Borgia comes to court and commits a treacherous murther ibid. King Lewis associats with the Venetians fol. 355 Millan mutines against Lodowicke and hee flies shamefully fol. 356 Millan beeing yielded Lewis makes his entrie fol. 357 Vitelli besiegeth Pisa is taken and beheaded at Florence ibid. Our Ladies Bridge at Paris falls fol. 358 The estate of the East ibid. Millan and the Suisses reuolt and Sforza recouers it againe fol. 359 Lâ—dowicke Sâ—orza taken fol. 360 Millan pardoned by the King fol. 361 The potentates of Italy reconciled to the King fol. 362 The exploits of Câ—sar Borgia fol. 363 The pittifull death of the Lord of Faenza murthered by Borgia fol. 364 The warres of Naples reuiued fol. 365 The realme of Naples diuided betwixt the Kings of France and Arragon ibid. Fredericke king of Naples simplicitie fol. 366 The lamentable taking of Capua with the souldiers insolencies fol. 367 The capitulation of Fredericke who of king of Naples is