be put to execution aboue CCC persons the residue he gaue to his Sauldiours The excéeding crueltie that they vsed at the winninge of this Citie towards al sort◠of Men Women Children and their spightfull demeanour towarde Christian religion it would me any mans hart to heare or read of Mahomet besieged Belgrad of some called Alba Greca with a hundred and fiftye thousand men The Christians assembling their powers together at the exhortation of Iohn Capistrane Huniades their chiefe Capitaine and Ringleader slue aboue xl thousande of his Enemies and put to shamfull flight all the reste of them in whiche encountre Mahomet himselfe was wounded with an Arrowe This battaile was fought vpon the 22. day of Iuly This Turke ioyninge battaile with Assimbey kinge of Persia whō they call by the name of Vsuncassane signifiing a worthy drad prince in the first cōflict at Euphrates lost x. M. men but in the second he obtained the victorie Corynth was taken by Mahomet The Turke wan from the Christians the Empyre of Trapezunce beheading Dauid the Emperour therof and beside the sayd Empire and Constantinople also he tooke from the christians xii kingdomes conquered 200. cities The I le of Malta conquered by Turkes The Venetians furnished out a great nauy well apointed into Grecia to recouer Corynth but they retourned without bringing their purpose to passe The same yéere the king of Hungarie recouered Geisa a citie of Bosnia the which the Turk had now the second time besieged and hearing of the approche of the Christians he cast 4. great Gunnes or Cannons into the riuer Drina fled trusting better to his legs then to his hands Mahomet requiringe the Prince of Mysia to come to speake with him vnder coulorable speaches and pretence of peace when he had him within his daunger he fleyed and pulled his skinne ouer his eares and caryed his brother and Sister about with him in triumph The Turke wan a very strong holde in Epyre. George Castriot otherwise surnamed Scanderbeg king of Epyre discomfited put to notable foyles the Turks in sundry skirmishes It is testified of this Scanderbeg the being prouoked he neuer denied to fight and in fighting neuer tourned his back neither yet was he euer wounded but once with an Arrow in the foote neither did he euer set vpon the Turks with moe then 6000 horsmen 3000 footemen He is cōstantly said to haue slayne with his owne handes of Turkes 2000 whome with such violence he strake that many of them he clefte a sunder from the head to the middle Mahomet discomfited the Syrians and Aegyptians tooke the Cities of Narrantana Scandolora and fiered them killing all the Inhabitantes most rufully and throwing downe the Nobles and Gentlemen from the toppes of Turrettes and high places to breake their neckes The same yeere he entred into League with Cisime King of India to whō he gaue in mariage a noble Damsell out of his owne brothelhouse or Nurserie with royal giftes and noble magnificence Mahomet was put to many afterdeales by the power of King Vsuncassane The same yéere Nicolas Canalis Admyrall of the Vetian fléete gaue a mightie ouerthrow to Mahomet on the Sea and slue two thousand Turkes At the same time many Christians were taken and led into captiuitie by the Turkes out of diuerse quarters The Turke sent 400 Sayle and 120000 men into the the I le of Euboea vnder the leading of Omar one of hys Bassaes in which enterprise and inuasion he lost almost 40000 of his men notwithstanding after xxx dayes he tooke it pytching the Italian Souldiours vpon Poales stakes and shewing all kind of horrible crueltie and violent rape vpon the Inhabitauntes The same yéere the Turkes army entred into Hungarie spoyling and robbing as farre as Zagabria and caried away with them 10000. Prisoners In the same yéere also they inuaded Dalmatia Foriulij and Styria and haried great booties of men and Cattell The King of Portugall passing the Gaditane Sea recouered many Cities in the borders of Mauritania from the Turke and laid them to his owne dominions King Vsuncassane hauing the vpperhand of the Turks wonne from them sundry Cities whereby he purchased to himselfe a perpetuall fame ouer all the East Nicholas Throne the same yéere ioyned the Venetian fléete with the Armie of the Kyng of Parthia against the Turke Vsuncassane in a skirmish vanquished and put to flight 3000 of the Turkes Army The same yéere the Turke entring into Hungarie with a maine power spoyled al the Cities néere the water side The Persian kyng and the Turke ioyning battayle néere to the Ryuer Euphrates the Turke had the victorie and tooke of his Enemyes 6800 of whom in his retourne homewarde at euery staying place and Tent pitching he commaunded euery day fiue hundreth to be cut in peeces with a sword and then cast them out like dogs vnburied filling all the Countrey of Armenia with thys loathsome spectacle of dead Carkasses In a part of the Countrey that lyeth by the ryuer Ister called Muldauia and Walachia the Turks had an ouerthrow and were slayne by Stephan the Palatine of Muldauia Foure Turkishe Bassaes were heere taken and xxxvj Ensignes Matthias king of Hungarie at the Ryuer of Saue wan a strong Forte from the Turkes to his high praise and commendation The same yéere Capha a Colonie of the Genowayes in the coast of the Sea Euxine was by treason delyuered vp to the Turke This yeere dyed Kyng Vsuncassane who had vnder his gouernment the Persians Parthians Medians and almost all the East beside After whom succéeded his eldest sonne who puttyng his other brothers to death reigned alone The same yéere the Turkes practyzed much Pyracie in Nicosia to the great blemishing and detriment of that Citie A great multitude of Turks were ouercome in Mysia The Venetians made league with the Turke Chalcis was by force of Armes subdued and Scodra by subtile practyze gotten and persuaded to yeelde They promysed to paye hym yeerely 8000 Crownes condicionally that their Nauigation and traffique ouer Pontus myght bee open for their Marchauntes as before it had bene Mahomet sent a great Nauie into Puell and he himselfe went with an Armye into Hungarie and brought out of both places a great multitude of Christian Prisoners And afterward by force subdued the Iles Leucadia Neritus Cephalenia and Zacynth Mahomet went with an Armie into Aegypt to cōquere Alexandria and at home made preparation for all things néedefull for his expedition to Rhodes which he nowe mindedout of hande to besiege and had framed his plat which way to attempt it This Mahomet by Mesich his Generall a Bassa besieged Rhodes and beate the same with iiij Nauyes most terribly But the same was so manfully defended that hee was fayne to his great reproche and shame to departe and leaue his Siege which he had there continued lxxxix dayes in which while he loste of his men which were slaine out of hande ix thousande beside .xv. thousande whiche were
the Pauement and Stones whiche done he set his féete vpon his necke and trodde vpon hym Then he caused his Féete and handes to be cutte of and so setting him vpon an Asse cōmaunded him to be caryed about the Campe for euery man to wonder at Whereat the miserable caytife said in howling sort these words Haue mercie compassion vpon me thou that art the true king And when he was about vpon the Emperours interrogatories motions to haue bewraied accused certen of his famyliers as pryuie and of counsel with him in this ruffling rebellion the Emperour being aduised by Exambulius one of his Nobles that no credite ought in such cases to be geuen to a professed enemie accusing the approued fréendes of his Maiestie would not heare him And so geuing order for his execution caused him longe languishing in terrible forments to be put to death They that fled to Byzia folowing the example of the Adrianopolitanes tooke Anastasius and deliuered hym bounde to the Emperour who also was put to execution This end had Thomas whose historie although he were no Saracen we thought good not héere to omit because he chiefely atchieued and perpetrated the same by the aide and power of the Saracens insomuch that he might right well séeme to haue bene the Emperour and Ringleader of the Saracens While these things were in doing in the Orient the Saracens in Spaine most arrogantly by their Ambassadours demaunded of Ramire King of Asturians who succéeded Alphonsus Castus the Tribute which king Mauregat was wont to pay Vnto whom Ramire by the aduise of his priuie Counsell aunswered that he had leifer dye a hundreth deathes then so to doe And forthwith leuying an armie marched against them wasting and destroying their Territories and Countreyes as farre as Nagiera Betwene whom and the Saracens was fought at Aluelda a sore battayle and sorer had bene if the night had not made an ende of the same for that daye wherein forasmuch as the Saracenes were lyker to haue the victorie Ramire by night with his companie retyred vnto a certaine hill néere Clauigium and there greatly fearing the doome of Fortune the next day and what woulde befyde on him and his after so vnluckie a beginning sought his onely refuge at Gods handes bestowing both he and all his retinue the whole night almost in watching and prayer to Almightie God for his assistaunce in that theyr gréeuous extremitie Then and there as some do saye Saint Iames the Apostle séemed personally to appeare vnto him promysing him his helpe and furtheraunce wherevpon Ramire the next day comming into the field in good aray of battaile against his enemies with an assured confidence of Diuine helpe and assistance the sayde holy Apostle Saint Iames was sene in the battayle sitting vpon a white horse and bearing in his hande a redde Crosse and that in the same Battaile were slayne of Saracenes lxx thousand Then were Albaida Clauigium Calagurra and many other townes thereabout regained by the Christians In token and remembrance of which victorie by the Diuine assistance of Celestiall presence atchieued the Noble order of the Knightes of Saincte Iames was by the King instituted The Saracenes inhabyting the West parte of Spayne where Valentia standeth pestred with multitude of people and considering that the Countrey which was vnto thē for their habitation allotted was neither fruitfull nor wealthye desired their highe Prince of Marrocco in Mauritania Tingitania whose name was Amerumen to permit and lycense them to séeke some other place of dwelling where they might more commodiously rouste and whyther they might cary theyr people and famylie and plant themselues more to their cōtentacions Whose requestes their Prince as one desirous of new alterations and chaunges of the world graunted and furnishing them out of hande wyth a Hauie of Brigandines and Gallayes partlye because he woulde staunch their gréedie appetites wyth other mennes goods and partly because he woulde by this meanes trie and séeke out whether there were any fruitefull Soyle and fertile Island whereinto he might conueniently deryue a Colonie of his owne people sent them to the Isles of the Orient They landed first in Corsica but thence they were repulsed and dryuen awaye by Abdemar whom Pipine the Sonne of Charles the Great Kyng of Italie had sent wyth the Genaway fléete agaynst them In which conflicte Abdemar most valiauntly and manfully fighting was slayne From thence saylyng to the Isles of Grecia whych were spoyled and disfurnished of the Hauie appoynted to kéepe them through the meanes of the Garrison that tooke parte with Thomas they sacked and robbed almost euerye one of them vnmercifully Among all the rest lyking Creta best both for fertilitie of the Countrey and holesomenes of Ayre they laded theyr Shippes with pillage and retourned for that yéere home againe and in the Springe folowing with .xl. tall Shippes well manned and appoynted for the Warres they hauyng a prosperous gale of wynde came straight agayne to Creta And setting theyr men on lande at a Promontorie called euer after Carax set theyr Shippes on fire and there pitching their Tentes strongly entrenched them selues callyng the place by the name of Caudax Against whom the Emperour with all expedicion sent a power vnder the conduct of Photinus Liuetenaunt of the Orient and one Damianus who in a certaine skirmish against them was slaine whose death so much astonned and discouraged the residue that they trusted to then legges and ranne awaye Then there came vnto them a certaine Monke out of the mountaines of that Island who tolde them that the place which they had chosen to builde a Citie vpon was nothing fit for such a purpose and withall shewed vnto them a place named Candaces in all poinctes farre more commodious Where they builded a Citie which should be as the Castle and fortresse of the whole Isle and called it Candie Out of which they made Roades and inuasions into the whole Isle insomuch that within a shorte space they brought the same wholly into theyr subiection dispossessing the inhabitauntes and carying the Citizens away into Captiuitie At which time Cyrillus Bishop of Gortyne suffred Martirdome for the profession and testimony of Iesus Christ our only Sauiour An other nauie of thē about the same time attempted once againe the winning of Sardinia Corsica the which was encoūtred and vanquished about Sardinia by the power of Charles the brother of Pipine being vnder the conduct of the Countie Bucharede v. M. of the saracens slaine all the rest of them afterward by him cleane driuen out of Corsica Pipine hauing warres with the Venetians the Saracens in Spaine taking occasiō by the discorde and dissensions of the Christians to bring their own matters to desired effect sodainly inuaded Sardinia from whence not long afore they had bene repulsed with a notable slaughter losse of their people But staying not lōg there they sodainely departed thence cutting their course directly to Corsica And sacking the Citie Aleria beside
meane stature bigge headded somwhat broune complexioned chéerefully countenaunced and liuely coloured a long bearde and yet not hoare because alwayes as it beganne to waxe graye with oyntmentes he altered it his visage and looke was graue and portly pretending a kynde of Maiestie ioyned wyth gentlenesse and curtesie hys legges very well proportioned his bodie in goyng or mouyng pleasaunt and gentle and lyke as they terme it to the course of a styll runnyng Ryuer in talke verie curteous in mynde and body both stoute stronge and venturous quicke and prompte of witte but the same as Salust writeth of Catiline wicked and disposed to all mischiefe bolde hardie and suche a one that cared for no perilles 〈◊〉 Whereof hée gaue once a manyfest example for beyng mounted vppon a marueilous fierce and vntamed Horse in the presence and sight of sundrie his friendes he so spourred and galloped him that all the beholders seeyng him in suche great perill earnestly desyred him to alyght Vnto whom wyth very amiable countenance and pleasaunt language he aunswered that the Horse was lyke vnto the Sea dooyng them thereby to vnderstande that he tooke no lesse pleasure and delectation in that prauncing then if hée were in a Shippe vppon the Sea. Also hée was fickle mynded and double in all hys doynges as the infinite rable of Lawes one cleane contrarying an other by him made doe manyfestly witnesse whiche thyng caused great varietie and diuerse sortes of sectes in hys Religion hée was also a déepe counterfeytor and dissembler in euerye matter but by nature verie eloquent withall Hys ambicious and haultie mynde gaped wythout measure after promocion and authoritie In so muche that consydering in hys mynde this great varietie of Sectes hée was merueilously enflamed with a desyre to establishe and make one manner of religion and to take vnto him as well the Soueraigntie of Empyre as also of diuine honour Whereof he was put in greate hope by reason of the great sedicion and discorde of the Christians the corruption of manners and the want of warlicke discipline Moreouer hée was grealy anymated by the peruerse and Deuilyshe Counsell of one Sergius a Monke who béeyng exiled and expulsed oute of Constantinople for mayntainyng the Heresie of the Arrians fled into Arabie and vsed oftentimes to come to the house of Abdimoneples Mahomets maister and entirely loued Mahomet for the singular dexteritie that he conceyued to bée in his wit and towardnes Therefore assoone as his maister Abdimoneples was dead leauing behind him no Children his wife Hadigia beyng then wedow a woman of fyftie yéeres of age and lefte sole heyre of all her husbandes Landes Goods and Cattells tooke her seruaunt Mahomet to husband Now beyng in possession of the wedow and all her substance by meanes therof growen to great wealth he often fell grouelong on the ground foming and froathing at the mouth for he had the fallyng sicknes and laye in a horrible extasie or distraction of minde which his wife tooke very heauily and cursed her fortune in that shée had so lothsomely matched her selfe Hée therfore to appease her griefe and to make her from great agonie to leape to sodaine ioye tolde her that the same happened vnto him by the operation of the Spirite of God himselfe who appeared vnto him and reuealed certaine things which he should pronounce and shewe to the people touching the law of Moses and of Christ For quod he our mortall bodyes beyng subiect to corruption are not hable to sustaine and abyde the glorious and glittering sight of God whereby his bodie was in a manner at such times bereft and seperated from his mind Which wordes the olde trotte beléeuing as she that tenderly loued him for his lustie corage and beautifull age begann◠now not to loue him as a husband but to worship and reuerence him as a holy man and a diuine Prophete highly in Gods fauour and to blaze his holines abroad among her Companions and Gossippes In so much that when she dyed she not onely left him wealthie in goods and possessions for she made him heyre of all but also in great veneration and credite among the common people for an opinion of sanctitie which was thought to be in him For which cause Buback the chiefest and in greatest authoritie among all of that parte of Arabie and of the same Tribe that Mahomet was gaue his daughter Aissa to him in mariage when he was but yet thirtie yéeres of age Puffed vp with pryde because of this new affinitie and for the great abundance of wealth left vnto him by his other wife he openly professed himselfe to be the messanger of God and a Prophete and to teach the people a new kind of religion patched and gathered together out of the erronious Schismes and hereticall dreames of all Sectes For he taught and commaunded Circumcision Baptisme and abstinence from Swines fleshe wyne He instituted a generall fast to bée kept one whole month in the yéere and that no meate for that space shoulde bée eaten in the day tyme but onely in the night He affirmed that there were but thrée Prophetes that is to wit himself Moses and Christ and that Christ was not God with an innumerable rable of most blasphemous opinions contained in his filthie Alcorane Which assertions and opinions were of many at the first deryded flouted at in so much that they accoūpted him no better thē lunatique and distraught of his right wittes But when that he had persuaded and allured all his Allyantes and the familie of Buback which bore great sway and authoritie yea and many of the common people also to credite and leane to his Secte the Magistrates of Mecca perceiuing that this new dotage and commotion would bréede a scab in the common wealth if the inconuenience like to ensue therby were not spéedily preuented and the impudencie of the man by rigour repressed for he slaunderously would inueigh and openly raile vpon Princes determined with them selues to lay handes vpon him and to put him to death Mahomet hauing vnderstanding of their intentes and mindes fled out of Mecca whom many of his Kinsfolkes Alies Friends and Clientes who were throughly persuaded that he was such a one in déede as he had professed and woulde séeme to bée folowed And from this yéere which was after the Natiuitie of our Lorde and Sauiour Christ 593. yéeres the Arabians do recken their yéeres calling this the yéere of Legira which is to say the yéere of flight or transmigration Mahomet therefore seeyng such a great multitude to fauour and sticke to him putting more trust in his power then he did before made vnto them an Oration in effect as foloweth How earnest I haue béene and what desire I haue alwayes had to proclaime aduance and publishe that law which hath béen vnto me reuealed by the Archangell and Messanger of Almightie God Gabriel with commaundement to teach the same to all mortall wyghtes both God himselfe knoweth and you
animated with so many victories gloriously and happely atchieued they were not afrayde to offer battayle vnto Maruane who had in his army iij. hundreth thousand fighting Souldiours ready appointed in the fielde néere to the Ryuer Zaban whom also with all his army they discomfited Maruane with foure thousand only of his company fled into Aegypt cutting downe the bridge where he passed ouer that his enemies should not pursue and chase after him But Saline the Sonne of Asmuline persecuted and folowed after him at his héeles and in Aegypt in a blouddy battaile ouercame him and thus was all the Maraunian Lynage and Pedagrew expulsed The remnauntes of whose lyne and Progenie which had flourished and reigned so many yéeres were dispersed and scattered abroade some fledde into Mauritania where being wearied they planted themselues and some went into Spaine From this Asmuline afterward that house and family which now at this day raigneth in Persia called Sophi is lineally descended After the death of Asmuline and Cataban one Abubalan surnamed Muamat was Prince of Syria and Persia and Saline of Aegypt and héere began the first Empyre of the Sultanes or Souldanes of Aegypt which haue their imperiall Seate at Cayre For by that name the Aegiptian Caliphes would be called which name Sultan by interpretatioÌ„ signifieth the highest Soueraigne Prince and King of Kings About the same time dyed Pipine King of Fraunce and Charles his sonne beganne his raigne in his fathers steede And among the Asturians Alphonsus the sonne in Law of Pelagius and surnamed Catholicus succéeded Fafila This King recouered from the Saracenes in Gallicia Lucus Tui and Asturica in the Countrey called Campi all that lyeth within the Ryuers Stola Carrion Pisquerra and Duerro in Castulonia Simancas Duengas Amaia Caniciares Alesanium Transinera Supuerta and Carracia in Lusitanie Bracha Viseum and Portum of whom Gallicians compounded together whiche are a people of the same Prouince all Lusitanie is at this day called Portugall Hée fortefied many places as Alaba Ordugina in Cantabria whych Countrey is nowe called Biskaie in Nauarra Rueonia Sarracecasium and diuerse other places as farre as the Pyrence Mountaines And when he had raigned eyghtéene â—eeres he dyed after whom his Sonne Froila was saluted and crowned king This man gaue an ouerthrow to the Saracens which had inuaded Gallicia wherein he slew their Captaine Omar with fiftie thousand others of his company and compelled Ioseph king of Corduba to flée and brought al the region of Gallicia into his owne rule and iurisdiction He beyng afterward by his owne Subiectes murthered Aurelius his brothers sonne obtained the kingdome of whom we reade no notable exploite done against the Saracens and he also dying within short space after his Coronation his brother Silo was made king Against him the Gallicians rebelled wherfore because he might the better subdue and bring theÌ„ to reasonable conformitie he concluded a peace with the Saracens He raigned eight yéeres and theÌ„ dyed After whoÌ„ succéeded Alphonsus the second sonne of Froila surnamed Castus which was in the yéere of our Lord God .780 Against him by the counsaile and persuasioÌ„ of his vncle Mauregate the Saracens made warre Thys Mauregate had promised vnto them that if he myght by their meanes and helpe obtayne the Kingdome of Lyon which hys Predecessours and Auncestours before hym had enioyed he would paye vnto them yeerely in the name of a tribute fyftie persons of noble race and as many Virgins of baser birthe with many other execrable and impious things Wherevpon by the ayde of the Saracenes whiche furthered his pretence and quarell with all their myght and power he forciblie got Lyon with the whole Kingdome thereof and it intrusiuely vsurped by the space of fyue yéeres After whose deathe Vermudeces Sonne to hys brother Vimaran succéeded who after two yéeres voluntarily and of his owne fréewyll restored the Kingdome to Alphonsus Whych when the Saracenes vnderstoode they sent a great armye agaynst hym vnder the leadyng of Mucas betwéene whom néere to a Towne named Lutum or Ledum was fought a terrible and sharpe battayle but in the ende the Saracenes were ouercome and of them were slaine .lxx. thousande beside a great number which were taken Prisoners While these garboyles were in doyng in Spaine the Saracenes in the Orient were deuided among themselues by intestine sedicion and ciuill tumulte For Abubalan ruling in Syria many commotions and vprores were reysed against hym in Arabia by the faction of deade Maruane affirmyng and proclayming abroade that Maruane was not yet deade and that therefore they put on Armour to restore him againe into hys rightfull estate and regall dignitie By reason of which rebellious stirre many were slayne on both sydes and great depopulation committed After the deathe of Abubalan his brother Abedela succéeded who was traiterously and insidiouslye murthered by an other Abedela which aspyred to the Byshopprike hopyng to enioye it after hys decease as hee dyd in déede During whose Raigne and Empyre the Turkishe broode and Nation breaking cat of the Streictes of Caucasus about the yéere of oure Lorde .800 made roades and incursions into Armenia and when they had piteously spoyled and sacked it they retourned into their owne Countrey And the yeere folowing they yssued oute in great Plumpes and fought with the Saracenes so long till manie béeing slaine on bothe parties the nyght made them to surceasse and make an ende of their battaile Abedela the seconde of that name in the eightenth yéere of his raygne dyed in whose place succéeded hys Sonne Madi Who without any notable thing in al his tyme atchiued dyed when he had raigned ix yéeres leauyng behind him for his Heyre and successour his sonne Moyses Who in the second yéere of his raigne dyed and in his roome was created Caliph one Aaron But now to retourne to the affaires of the Occident Ibnabala King of Saragoza being expulsed and dryuen out of his Countrey by the other Princes of the Saracenes in Spayne came into Fraunce to King Charles to implore and desire ayd of hym to reuenge the iniurie vnto hym done and at the same time also Ambassadors came to the same Charles from Alphonsus surnamed Castus King of Asturians to incense and mooue hym to warre vpon the Saracenes in Spaine and to set the Country in good order and by his prowesse to deliuer it out of the clutches of Tyrannicall vsurpers Charles therefore gathering together not only the power of his owne kingdome but also hauinge a supplye of forraine aide among whome were certaine younge Gentlemen of the Danes which profered their seruice to accompaignie him partlie for a desire that they had to bellicall affaires and partlie to shewe their prowesse and couragious stomackes with an Host not very huyge and populous in number but yet competent inough and such as were skilful Souldiours and expert Capitaines passed ouer the Pyrenees by Ronceuall without resistaunce or stoppe of any man And entring within the frontiers and borders of
into a gréeuous sicknesse and maladie insomuch that he saw himselfe not like any longer to liue and fearing least his Sonne Caceme beinge a younge man woulde after the death of him deliuer these young Orphans and fatherlesse Children to Rocene which raigned after his Father Iacob furnished them with money Horse and Guides néedfull for their iourney and sent them home againe to their Mother and Kinsfolkes These Orphans being enformed of their state and noble byrth and by what meanes they had béene preserued which thing before that present thei knew nothinge of their Kinsmen Adherents and fauorers for their fathers sake flocking in from euery part vnto them Ismael the elder of the twaine whose wit was both more pregnant and déeper then his Brothers drawne therto by destiny naturall zeale openlie before his fréends protested that he would neuer rest till he had reuenged the murder and death of his father and after he had made certaine roades into the Marches and Precinctes of the Georgians his power also daylie encreasing he named himselfe Protectoure of Ali his doctrine and defendour of all his authorities and therwithall denounced open Warre vpon Rocene King of Persia and all his pertakers And because he had xij Brothers which contended with him for the succession of the Crowne he flew him and al the rest sauing only Marabeck This Marabeck fledde to Solyman Prince of Turks and requested his ayde wherupon ensued much trouble and great Warres betwéene the Othomannians and Sophians But before he had obtained any ayde of the Turkes to succour him Ismael had wonne not onely al Persia but also atchieued and won many notable victories of the Tartarians And thus the Saracenes expulsing the Turks began agayne to raigne in Persia in the yéere after the natiuitie of our Sauiour Christe 1500. and there do raigne tyll this day And the Turkes with all their powers together hauing conquered all the Romane Prouinces in Asia as farre as the Sea distributed and cast lottes for the same among themselues in which distribution and Lotterie the maigne countrey of Phrygia as far as Philadelphia and néere to Antioch situate vpon the riuer Meander fell vnto Carman Alisure whereof the Countrie was afterwarde named Caramania All from thence to Smyrna and the inner Coast of Ionia happened vnto one Sarcane Magnesia Priene and Ephesus were allotted vnto Sasan From Lydya and Aetolia to Mysia situate by Hellespont Calames and his Sonne Cerasus enioyed From the riuer Sangar to Paphlagonia the Sonnes of Armurius parted among them All within Olympus and the whole Countrey of Bythinia fell vnto Atman otherwise named Othoman of whose race the Emperours of Turkes which euer since and now at this day raigne in Turkye and lineally descended in the yéere of our saluation 1300. Albert the firste of that name descended of the house of Austrich being then Caesar and Emperour of Germanie And from this Othoman Laonicus Chalcondyla an Athenian Paulus Iouius and other both Gréeke and Latine Turcographers doo beginne their Histories wherfore to auoyd tediousnes least after Homere wee shoulde seeme to write an other Ilias héere we make an ende FINIS ¶ A Summarie or breefe Chronicle of Saracens and Turkes continued from the birthe of Mahomet their first péeuish Prophet and Founder till this present yeere 1575 MAhomet the Sonne of Abedela and Emma of the ligne of Ismael was borne at Itraripe in Arabia in the time that Maurice was Emperoure and Gregory the first Pope of Rome Mahomet patched together his Alcorane a Booke containing his pestilēt doctrine grosse opinions through the instinction and procurement of two hereticall Monkes Iohn of Antioch and Sergius of Italy And therewith seducing the light brayned Arabians and other fickle minded people of Asia called them Saracens At the age of xl yéeres he dyed and was burried in Mecha a Citie of Persia Hierusalem after it had bene besteged by the Saracens the full space of two yéeres was taken and spoyled All Syria ouerrunne and wasted by the Saracenes The Saracenes reuolted from the Emperoure of Romanes Antioch destroyed by Saracenes Damascus taken Phaenicia inuaded and Egipt subdued The Saracenes wanne the greatest part of Africa and layed it to their Empyre The moste Noble I le of Rhodes inuaded by the Saracenes and taken out of whiche they caryed awaye with them great abundaunce of Golde and a Noble Image of the Sunne called a Colosse whiche was in height 110. foote The Brasse therof being solde to the Iewes was as much as 900 Camelles coulde carye away They practyzed outragious Pyracie on the Aegean Sea and did much harme to the Isles called Cyclades The Saracens discomfited Olympius the Exarch of Italy with all his Hoast in Sicilie Constantine the fourth entred into league with Muchamed King of Saracens vpon condition that the Saracens shuld pay a great Summe of Gold to the Romanes with a goodly Horse and a Childe of noble byrth The Saracens rushed into Sicilie and after they had taken Syracuse and wasted the whole Countrey they returned backe to Alexandria Constantinople was besieged by the Saracens vnto which they gaue sundry assaultes but al in vaine wherefore they shipped themselues entending to haue returned home but the greater part of them through Shipwracke perished by the way The Romanes ouercame the Saracens and slewe of them 30000. Peace the second time was made betwene the Romanes and the Saracens for xxx yéeres vpon condition that the Saracens should pay yéerely to the Romanes 3000. li. of Gold 50. noble Prisoners and as many Horses The Saracens in the reigne of their King Ammirath inuaded Africa and Lybia caryed away many spoiles After the death of Constantine the Emperour Iustinian entred into league with the Saracens vpon these conditions that they shoulde restore vnto the Empyre Africa and Lybia and pay euery day for the space of ten yéeres a thousande Crownes a Horse and a Childe of noble byrthe in the name of a Tribute Iustinian breaking this League and ioyning battayle with the Saracens receyued at theyr handes much harme and great ouerthrowes The Saracens putting the Romanes to flight greatly enhaunced their name and authoritie contrariwise the dignitie of the Romanes therby greatly decayed Abimelech King of Saracens inuading Africa enioyed not his victory there long The Romans spoyling Syria discomfited 200000. Saracenes While Iustinian and Leontius were striuing for the Empire the Saracens againe inuader 〈◊〉 The Saracens sayling out of Lybia thus yéere set first foote into Spaine wasting Aragon Betica and Lusitanie The Saracens of Asia landed at Constantinople with 300. Saile and fiercely besieged the same both by Sea and lande The same yéere in Bulgaria there were slaine 22000. Saracens Zulcemō King of Saracens dyed in his Camp before Constantinople in whose place succéeded Amirath During this Siege of Constantinople many of the Saracens dyed of famyne plague and colde They that remained alyue meaning to retourne home by tempest on the Sea and Lightening perished being
to an other of his sonnes named Gianger the Treasure horse Armur Ornament and Prouince of his slayne Brother but Gianger for very sorrowe of his Brothers death raging against his Father callyng hym wycked dog traytoure and murtherer and bidding pby vpon him refused his offers and drawinge out his owne Dagger presently thrust himselfe through the body and dyed The Turkes Army came into Styria and wanne the townes of Coppa Capenisuar and Baboza And atempting to winne Sigetum they could not with all their power bring it to passe Wherevpon they departed homewarde but first they fyered Baboza Sanmartine Gerosgall Selia San Laurence and Caliange Philip Kinge of Spaigne furnished out an Nauye to conquere Tripolis or the I le Gerbe which Fléete aryuing in Gerbe and ioyninge battaile with the Turkes was put to a shrewde afterdeale ouerthrow For there were slaine of them out of hande to the number of xviii thousande persons The Turkes in this conflicte tooke xxvii Galleyes one Foyst of force and fouretene great Hulkes In the beginning of the same yéere the Turkes wanne a strong Holde in Hungary named Filech and afterwarde a Truce was taken betwene the Emperour Ferdinando and Solyman the great Turke so long as Ferdinando lyued The great Turke sent his Ambassadour to Ferdinando who from the great Turke his Maister presented vnto the said Emperour a goodly Ienet richlye trapped and 4. Camelles with sundrye Christian Prisoners Maximilyan now Emperoure by the Lorde Lazarus Swendy his Generall conquered beat downe a strong holde Fort called Tochay belonging to Iohn Vaiuoda which was eigerly defended by the Turkes King Philip sent Garzias Captaine of his Gallyes and Admyrall of those Seas with a goodly Nauie to wynne a stronge Castle belonging to the Turkes called Del Peuol di Velez standing vpon the coast of Africa from whence Turkish Pyrates were often wont to infest the Spanishe Seas and take suche as traueiled that waye Which in .vj. â—ayes they tooke for that the Turkes defending it in the still time of the night fled away Solyman besieged the I le of Malta wonne the Castle of S. Helme but not able to winne the rest he left all and departed with great losse of his men Solyman with a huige power entred into Hungarie and besieged Sigeth and Iula And there dyed the iiij of September leauing behinde him for Heyre to all his dominions and Kingdomes his sonne Selyme now Emperour of Turkes Whose tyrannie and rage God for his mercyes sake inhibite and qualefie that he vse not his power to the destruction and ouerthrowe of Christendome which with ciuile discord within it selfe is at this present piteously rent asunder and most daungerously dismembred In this Siege the rather to allure his Souldiours to valiaunt enterprises he made Proclamation that whosoeuer brought to him or to his Sonne in law Mechmet Bassa the head of a Sygethian Souldiour should haue in reward .x. Duckattes and after that rate accordingly for so many heades as they brought Beside diuerse other causes the vehemently mooued him to conquere this strong Piece this was one none of the leaste for one of the Turkes Captaines named Begen comming out of Turkie toward Fynfenkyrken or Quinquecclesiae into Hungarie with .1000 freshe Horsemen was encountred by the Erle Seryne Captaine of Sygeth in the night who tooke from him 8 Camels 50 Moyles 60 Horses and fire Wagons laden with Treasure and also gotte ij redde Guydons with a whole piece of riche clothe of Golde and a goodly Iewell This Captaines Horse was betrapped most richly The Pomell of the Sadle backe part was couered ouer with plate of fyne Arabicke work and the rest of the sadle beside the sitting place was plated with Siluer and gylt The Seate of the Sadle was couered with purple Veluet the Trappers and brydle beset with small Turkeys and Rubyes Which horse and furniture was sent by Earle Seryne to the Emperour to Vienna The Captaine Begen although the Erle Serine would faine haue saued him and taken him aliue yet because the Ianitzaries fought so eigerly to deliuer him he was forced to kill both him and them From this Begen the Erle got .xv. thousand Turkishe Hungarish Duckates which should haue payd the Turkishe Souldiours in Fynfenkyrken This valiaunt Gentleman at the Siege of this Fortresse was slaine whose death greatly discoraged all hys company The Turke himselfe althoughe he dyed in the Campe at this Siege certaine dayes before the fortresse were taken yet by the subtyle pollicie and wonderfull silence of Mechmet Bassa his Sonne in lawe his death was kept secrete and vnknowen till the Hold was taken for discoraging his Souldiours Insomuch that the sayde Mechmet Bassa priuely caused Solymans Doctor of Phisicke to be executed and put to death least he shoulde haue blabbed out his death At this Siege were slaine thrée or foure Bassaes 18000. Turkes The Arabians and certeyne other Countreyes began in the beginning of the raigne of this Selyme to rebell against him whom he quickely appeased brought vnder obedience And made a league wyth the King of Persia After this althoughe the Turke had entred in league with the Venetians yet now laying title chalenge to the I le of Cypres he sent his Ambassadour to Venice stately and malapertly to demauÌ„d surrendry of the same vnto him Which saucy request being not graunted he coÌ„trary to league othe promyse first sent out Hali Bassa with 80 Gallyes thither to transport Souldiours Munition freshe victuall other necessaryes Then were appointed as chiefe Generalles two Lordes of his Priuie Councell Mustapha Bassa and Piali Bassa whiche with their mayne power landing in Cypres first wonne the Citie Nicosia but not without greate slaughter and effusion of bloude on both partes The Citie Famagosta was most terrible besieged and sixe times cruelly assaulted and righte valiauntly by the Christians defended so long as their power victuall pouder and Shot remayned But the want of these thinges the state of their Vaymures being by Canon shot beaten downe perished caused the right valiaunt honorable Sig. Bragadino Lord Gouernor of the Citie others of the Venetian Nobilitie there to yeld vp theÌ„selues and the Citie vpon some honorable condicions That is to wit that they might depart with their lyues Armour goods fiue pieces of Ordinaunce thrée of their best Horses and safe passage from thence to Candye with theyr own Gallyes and last of all that the Grecians inhabiting in that Island might dwell there quietly and enioy their goods and possessions peaceably and still reteyne their Christian Religion without either burt or contradiction Al these requests and Articles Mustapha the Turkish Generall graunted and subscribed vnto with his own hand but the cursed Caytif spake one thing with mouth thought an other in heart for the 15 of August the said Sig. Bragadino vpon trust of this Bassa his promise accompanyed with sundry other Lordes Gentlemen and Souldiours came foorth of their Holde and
This yéere the Venetians entred into league with Selyme the Great Turke for confirmation whereof they sent Sig. Francesco Barbero to Constantinople the conditions wherof were that eyther partie should stil kéepe enioy so much as they had alredy in their seueral possessioÌ„s sauing that the Venetians promised the deliuery of Sapotum and resignation of all their tytle in the Forte of xemenicum into the Turkes handes and againe the Turke resigned and graunted vnto them two miles euery way about the Territory of Zara and other their Iurisdictions therabout and that the Venetians for Dalmatia and certeyne other péeces about Zara should yéerely answer on certaine tribute to the said Turke In March this yéere the Moores whom Don Iohn de Austria permitted vpon their humble sute still to inhabite in Tunyce by the egging and procurement of Radamane Viceroy of Algiera entred into conspyracie and deuise how to surprise and winne the new Fort that the Spaniardes had there lately made against whom Salazara was commaunded by Sig. Serbellane to go with a thousand footemen which put the Moorish Drudges to flight and slue of them 1200. Thrée Shippes were sent to Charles the ix Kinge of Fraunce laden with great Horses Lyons Lyberds and other Presentes Whiche colourable curtesie vnder the cloake of glosing flatterie it is thought the Turke vsed the rather to obteyne the Kinges goodwyll and consent that he might winter his Gallyes in the Port Tolonensis But hearing that the King was departed this lyfe before their comming one of them retourned to Constantinople with spéede to intimate to the Turke their Maister the French Kinges death and further to know his pleasure what they should doe In Iune the Emperour and the Turke concluded a peace for fiue yéeres to come In Iulâ—e 300 Turkes landing in Calabria to fetche fresh water and filch some other booties were snatched vp euery one and either slaine or taken Vppon the Seas about Tunyce were seene 350 Saile of the Turkes whose intent and meaning was as very shortly after they brought it to passe to recouer and wynne the new Fort which Sarraglion builded together with Goletta and other Péeces there With whom also a mighty rablement of traiterous Moores about Algiera Tripolis Zerbite ioyned side which dispossessed thence the Spanish garrisons to the great furtherance of their deuelish purposes aâ—d to the lamentable griefe of all Christendome considering what a small way they haue from thence into Spaine so into the rest of other Christian Realmes vnlesse the good and gracious prouidence of our God qualesâ—e and as with a Snaffle reine this raging Beaste and bloudy Tyraunt the common robber of all the world from further inuasion which he graciously graunt for his mercye sake through the mediation of his Sonne Christ our Lord and onely Sauiour Amen FINIS Arabie Arabians are the ofspring of Ismael Affrica Esau inhabited part of Arabie Mahomet Alcorane is a Booke conteyning Mahomettes Law. Oration of Mahomet Horrible and vnnaturable murther First cause of grudge between the Christians and Saracens Mahomet beginneth to ruffle Damasens wonne by Saracenes A valaunt enterprise A lamentable slaughter Of our english money that Sum a mounteth to 40000 li. Peace dearly bought Lustie allowaÌ„ce only to allure men to his Sect. Ambitious Traytor He that hath most money shall haue most friendshippe Rome spoiled Emperour murthered Constantinople besseged seuen yeeres By whome Alcoran was clouted together Doting beliefe of Persians Marocco builded Tribute of Saracenes Christians instly plaged The Emperoure shamefully abused by his owne subiectes Slaughter of Saracens Beautye of a Woman causeth much mischief A most blodie battaile continuing a whole weeke How kings in those daies came into the field with what apparell for what cause All Spayne conquered by Saracenes The great daungers and aduentures of Pelagius His pithye Oration to his Countreymen A miracle of God in deliuering that Christians Traitours caÌ„not prosper long Constantinople again beseiged Constantinople is in compasse xiii miles Burning Glasses Lothsome famyne amonge Saracenes Great plague in Constantinople Shipwreck The Armes of the kingdome of Lyon. How FrauÌ„ce was first named Fraunce inuaded by Saracens Burdeaux taken and diuers other Cities and Townes Great slaughter Two balyaunt sailfull Capytaynes compared together Atine the saracen and Martellus the French. A pleasante and comfortable Oration of Martellus to his Souldiors Charles Charles the Great Kinge Charles cooled the saracens courage xii Peeres of Fraunce Thomas a ranke sedicious traitor and filthy villain Ende of Traytours By whom whervpon the Knightes of the order of S. Iames were first instituted Dronkenes the cause of a generall mishap and slaughter Inferiours take example of their Superiors A Churche buylt with the money the a Saracen payde for his raunsome Rome spoyled by the Saracens A pitifull state A Saracen Prince and all his host slayne An example of great loue and liberalitie toward learninge in a saracene Victory of saracens ouer the Greekes and Venetians Oration of Pope Leo the fourthe to encorage his Romans against the saracens A prayer A reuilinge Blasphemer Italians discomfired the Saracenes Geane takeâ— Antioche taken Granado wonne from the Saracenes Infideles by King Ferdinando Granfather to Charles the fift Anno D. 1492. A miserable king deposed froÌ„ his kingdome by desperation brake his owne necke and his wyues Saracenes were as the right childreÌ„ of Mahomet and Turkes in comparison but Bastardes Antioche taken TyraÌ„nye of Muchumet toward his owne men What a Souldane signifieth Emperoure in great danger A pollicie of the Saracens to haue taken the citie Edessa â–ª A Begger saued the Citie Turkes goe to wrake Emperour taken Prisoner Great curâ—esse of the Sultane An other voyage to Ierusalem Polycie The firste beginninge of the Assassines A thirde voyage toward the holy land One that toke vpon him to flie in the aire What trust is in the promise of a Turke A good Childe A lamentable slaughter of Christians by negligence Valiauntnes of the Emperour A freend at neede Friderick drowned Emperonte deposed by his Sonne in law Cambalu a noble citie of India Peace bringeth plentie The good example of the Prince doth muche good in a Realme A blessed plentie of al things caused through peace and good gouerment I Crowne Imperiall for the Empresse boght with the money that was had of the Turks for Egges in the time of dearth Pollice in Princes Mamalukea Egipt when it first came into the possession of the Turkes These people were after called Mamalukes Beg in the Turkishe language signifieth a Lorde An example of pitie toward them that were fatherlesse The kinges of Persia be right saracenes ⧠IMPRINTED AT London by William How for Abraham Veale dwelling in Paules Churchyard at the signe of the Lambe 1575.