he taken by Tamerlano his sonnes fled awaye before the furie of y e victoriouse enemie who had berafte them the whole empire of the lesse Asia and when they came into Gretia they happened into the hands of the Emperour of Constantinople who preserued their liues and helde them vnder good garde and after the death of Tamerâ—ano he licensid the eldest sonne Calapino to passe into Asia wheare when he was ariued he was forthe with gratfullye receued of the people and in short time recoueryd the Empire whiche once was his fathers after that retorned into his state gouernement in Gretia from thence went against y e king of hungari who went then for aide to Charles the vi Kinge of Fraunce who graunted him a greate numbre of men at armies vnder the conducte and guide of Iohn Counte of Niuerse who afterwarde succyded his father in the gouernance and principalitie of the Duchie of Borgonie and of many other Captaines as it is some thing plainely declared alredye by vs in the Frenche Historie and in the life of the afore saide Charles the syxte also that when there were defeycted in hungarye at Mychopollye eyghte hundred Frenche launces the afore sayde Iohn with manye other noble men of Fraunce was taken prysoner for the summe of two hundred thousand ducates were set at lybertye by the afore said Calapino theÌ„ died this same Calapino left Orca his sone but Moises his brother succided him in his Kingdome who berafte Orca not only of his kingdome but also of his life but he long enioyed not that kingdom so wickedly gotten but died in shorte space after lefte his brother Mahometh to succede in his place who afterwarde made warres vpon the people of Valachia a stoute nation dwelling neare the mouth of the ryuer Danubio giuiÌ„g them many ouerthroes and consuming their contrey with continuall courses and spoiles compelled them to search appointment and to giue trybute after all this he emploied his force against certaine noble men of the Turkishe nation which dwelled in Asya and he fell to agrement with some of them and the greatest numbre of them he banished from their contreys and dominions and toke them cleane from them This Mahometh duryng hys raigne handled the christians that were hys subiects very cruelly and dyd plague them with sondrye tyranies wheÌ„ Mahometh died he left his Kingdome to Amorath his sonne who was then in Natolia vpon the fronters with an armye by the commaundement of his father for the garde therof who hearing of the death of hys father came with all spede of Calcedone to passe y e straite and so to entre into his dominions of Gretia but the Emperor of Constantinople dyd prohibite him the passage for a long season with his nauie and set Mustaffa the yongest sonne of Baiazith at libertie and also gaue hym ayde to recouer hys fathers kyngdome but when Mustaffa and Amorath were once ioyned in battayll Mustaffa with his power was sone defeicted Amorath with his armie remained there with the victorie vpon y e place and easyly possessid the dominions and kingdome of his father after that he brought his armie into Gretia and with continuall courses dyd so spoyle and impouerishe those prouinces that yet rested in the handes of the christians and lad his armie to the citie Thesalonica which was then possessyd by the Venetyanes by vertue of a graunt made vnto them by Theodoro son to Emanuell Emperor of Constantinople and toke it by force and sacked it and lefte it in maner deserte and folowing on the race of his victorie entred in to Epirro which of men of this age is called Lartha froÌ„ thence into the contreis of the people called Etolli contreis in ancient time of great power and nobilitie and at thys daye are ioyned to the gouernance of Macedonia wheÌ„ he had thus taken them he annexed them to his crown And shortly after he entred into Illiria whiche at thys daye is called Schiauonia in y e which their is contained Dalmatya Croacya and Istria with the people called Iburni he ouer ran it with exceding great spoile and destruction therof also he toke there certaine townes and caried awaye from thence an inestimable proye of men and catel And bycause among the Turkes it was lawful for one maÌ„ to haue many wiues Amorath although he had alredie a great nuÌ„ber of wiues yet he ioyned him selfe in mariage with a daughter of George Dispotto of Seruia but making smal acompte of y e band of affinitie with in short space after he entred into Seruia as an enemie with his armie but George knowing his force not sufficient to resiste the power and furie of his sonne in lawe furnished with men monition the citie of Sinderonia and left in it one of his sonnes for the defence therof and he with his wife children and familie fled in to Hungarie and caryed wyth hym a greate numbre of prestes Amorath in a shorte time became lord of al Seruia then laste of all with his armie went to Sinderonia and toke it by force and finding in it the sonne of y e dispotto he plucked out both his eies caried him prisoner with him when George had thus loste his contrey he continued in hungarie many yeres in exile tell on a time Iohn the vaiuoda which then gouerned hungarie entred iÌ„to Saruia This vaiuoda was acompted for his great Iudgement in warres one of y e most famouse captaines of Europe and had giuen to diuers of the Turkes Sauigiachi many ouerthroes and recouerid out of the hands of the said Turke a great parte of the contre of the afore named Dispotto but he restored him not to all that which he had recoueryd for some parte of it he gaue to his captaines other he helde to him selfe perswading him selfe that he had great reason so to doe coÌ„sidering that it was he that had recoueryd it and therfore thought it good to holde some part of it for him self and some for his frinds and the rather for that he knew the dispotto not worthye to be trusted for so much as as he put no difference betwene the Christian relygyon and the Mahometan and for that hys contrey laye betwene the hungarianes and y e Turks and wolde nowe enter in league with the one and then with the other and deceaue them both but nowe retorning to speke of Amorath a man truely of great power also of greate vnderstanding in warres who when he had brought vnder fote those noble men of his nation that helde anye parcell of his dominion and had reduced to his obedyence all the lesse Asia with pontho and Capadotia so that all those that dwellid in it were his excepte onely Caromano prince of Cilitia Asmabeco which gouerned in Armenia neare to the floode uphrates and the lord of Scandalaro which far beionde the citie of
w t al kinde of monitiō sufficiently for y e space of xviii monethes then passed on w t his armata to Valona frō thence he passed by lande to Constantinople to y ◠courte whē he had thorowlye discoursed w t his lord Mahometh determined to goe in persō into Natolia to ayde his sōne Batazith against Caromano who had alredi giuē Baiazith a great ouerthrowe destroed the greatest part of his armie his pleasure was that Acomathe shoulde goe w t him y ◠iorney entendinge to make quicke Dispatche of y e same thē to retorne into Gretia to haue good time to goe into Italie against the kinge Ferrante whē Mahometh had passed his armie īto Asia was come nere to Scutaio he fel sike of a feruent feuer w tin fewdais died it was suspected y ◠he was poisōed The thirde boke of Andre CAMBINE FLORENTINE OF THE ORIGInall of the Turckes and Empire of the house of Ottomanno MAHOMETHE DIED THE LVI YERE of his age in the xxvii yere of his raigne he lefte behinde him two sonnes the one named Gemma y e other Baiazithe The Turckishe nation beinge deuided after y e death of Mahomethe the one parte especially the nobilitie fauoring Sultan Gemma and y e Gianizaries the partie of Baiazithe and therfore immediatly vpon the death of Mahomethe the Gianizzaries marched wyth all spede to Constantinople and for somuch as Baiazithe was at that tyme in Natolia they toke a yonge sonne of his named Corcuthe when they had saluted him Emperour they bare him aboute thorowe all the citie to shewe him to the people and caused them with loude voice to crie the name of Baiazithe who aboute the middest of Maye when he was retorned to Constantinople caused him selfe to be saluted and confirmed Emperour beinge assured throughe his maniefolde rewardes and liberalitie of the fauour and ayde of y e Bascias and Gianizzaries and being in doubte of his brother Sultan Gemma He began to se his souldiours verie wel furnished and to prouide for his owne securitie Gemma departinge from the confynes of Soria where he was lefte by his father to make warres vpon the Soldane broughte his armie into the lesser Asia when he vnderstode howe y e affaires had passed in Constantinople beinge oute of hope to enioye anye parte of gretia he chaūged his purpose determined to occupie y ◠Empire of the lesse Asia whervpon he conueyd hys armie into Bithinia to the Citie Bursia which when he had fortyfied he determyned to call togyther all the rulers of the people of Asia and when he had consulted w t them to send for y e reste of his bandes that were in Asia and to vnite them with his armie Baiazithe gathered togyther all y e olde bandes of Gretia and assembled hys armie and passed them into Asia and sought his brother Gemma and mette him vpon the plaine not farre from Bursia the armies beinge renged the battaile was presented they ioyned y e fighte contynued for a longe time and after great slaughter on bothe sydes Baiazithe became master of the feelde Gemma beinge broken and abandoned of his people fled with certaine of his trustie fryndes with him to Rhodes and the great maister of y e religion fearing leste by holding of him he mought purchase the innimitie of Baiazith and so prouoke him to warres sent him wel garded with certaine shippes into Fraunce from whence afterward by commaundement of Innocentio the viii Byshoppe of Rome he was sent to Rome and beinge receauid by the Byshoppe had his lodginges appointed in the heighte of the Palace and was there for a longe tyme garded with great diligence the pope agreed with Baiazithe for a yerely pension of thirtie thousand ducates so to kepe hym garded duringe the lyfe naturall of Gemma In this meane tyme the king Ferrante being in Italie receauid Aduertysement of the death of Mahomethe and caused it to be declared to those of Ottranto offeryd them that yf they wolde delyuer into his handes the Citie he wolde sett them al safely into Gretia with all such goodes and treasure as they had there The infideles wolde in no wyse agree to this demaunde forsomuche as they knewe not whether theyr lorde was deade or noe or els for that they staied to se which of the two bretheren sholde be their lord and whether he wolde send them succours or no beinge assured that yf Acomathe were lyuing he wolde not abandone them nor breake promes with them The Duke of Calabria seinge their perseuerance in the promes to Acomathe dyd with his campe approche y e towne more neare then in the tyme of Mahomethe he durste doe he began to entrenche toward the towne and so from trenche to trenche conueyed his people to y e very bancke of the towne dyke and then planted his batteries and batterid it for certaine dayes they determyned to giue an assaulte whervpon he sawe his people furnished w t all kinde of necessaries and then deuided them into battaylones and gaue order for the beginninge and contynance of the assaulte and then commaunded the trompettes drommes and cornetts to sounde to the assaulte and thervpon began to assayle the breaches with great furie and in shorte space became lorde of them and whē they entred the towne they founde in it suche newe fortifycation as they were oute of all hope of wynning of it whervpon they retyred from the assaulte with the losse of manye of their moste valyante men after thys they attempted newe practizes and agreed with them of the towne that they shoulde safely send their messagers into Gretia to vnderstand whether Mahomethe were lyuing or no and howe the affares passed there vpon this there was a trewes taken for a certaine tyme the Captaines of Ottranto dispatched their messangers into Gretia when they came there they vnderstode y e Acomathe was in Asia and had taken parte with Gēma and Baiazithe made redie with greate celeritie to goe against thē in person where vpō they retorned to Ottranto and declared what they vnderstode of the affares of Gretia whervpon the generall with the Captaines consulted and forasmuche as they sawe the state of Turchie so deuided leadinge and mayntaining Ciuile warres among them selues and that Acomathe in whom was al their truste had declared him selfe enemie to Baiazithe and was in Asia and they being oute of hope of al succour entred againe into talke of appointement with y ◠Duke of Calabria and messagers both went and came on both sydes and at the laste with much a doe they agreed that the towne shoulde be delyueryd into the Dukes hands vpon condytion that the kyng shoulde safely set them in Gretia with al the substance and artillerie that they presently possessyd there and in this sorte the peace was made and the performances of the promes confyrmed by othe and when the kinge
of good order â—nd aboue all thinges he fauored religion in suche sort â—hat the was contente to yelde his lyfe for the mainte â—aunce of the Christian faithe when Iohn Vaiuoda was escaped from the defeicte as we haue sayde before â—e came in to Seruia where the dispotto met him reâ—eauing him very honorably and the daye folowing â—e apointed to him garde and in no wise wolde graunt â—im libertie onles he wolde cause to be deliuered vnto â—im all suche townes and castles as the saide Iohn Vainoda and his fryndes then helde of hys the Veneâ—ian Cardynall whyche was lyuetenante of the Nauys â—t the sea was also blamed for thys ouerthroe and charged to be neglygent in the doyng of his duetie and â—yd not that that was to be done in defendynge the â—trayte and forbyddynge the passage of the armye â—ute of Asya in to Europe and also for that that when he knewe them to be passed he dyd not â—duertise the Christians therof to y e ende they mought â—he better haue prouided for them selues as touching â—he number of those that were slayne I can not certenlye saye but y t the slaughter spoyle of the Turkes did farre exceade that of the Christians but coÌ„siderynge y e inequalitie of the armies the losse of the Christians weyng their number did farre excede that of the Turkes When Amorathe had thus obtained the victorie and rested wholly maister of the fielde he had no great desire to folow the chase of his fliyng enemies nor yet did glorie wyth great wordes as the maner of the Turkes is ne yet sought in any kynde of sort to amplifie the victorie nor shewed in his coÌ„ntenaunce anye kinde of ioye and being demaunded by certayne of his familiers the cause that after so great a victorie he shewed him selfe so melancolicke he answered I desyre not often to obtayne victorie in this sorte After this he raysed hys canipe and desolued it and suche souldiours as he had lefte aliue he sent agayne to the places from whenre they came and he in person retourned to Andrinople wher he accomplished sundrie vowes that he had made to God And after thys he called to mynde the great peryl and danger that he had bene in and also the great cares that are incident to gouernement in the whiche he concluded that no man mought call him selfe happy for as much as it hath in it more of the bitter then of the swete and iudging also by examples passed the inconstantie of Fortune who rarely accompanieth anye man fauourablie throughoute to the ende and beyng desirous to prouide for his securitie and quietnes called to hym all hys Bascias and chyefe gouernours and councellours of his Empire and by theyr consent appoynted in his stede Mahometh his eldest sonne to be their prince and lord and to be gouerned vntyll he came to lawfull age to gouerne by Calibasso Bascia who for his power and wisedome was the chiefe counseller that the Turke had and when he had disburdened him selfe of gouernement and was become priuate he passed ouer into Asia accompanied w t certen of his familier frendes and there lyued religiouslye geuynge him selfe to solitarine Al hys sonnes Mahometh only excepted were by y e aduyse of the Bascias put to death to auoide all occasions of tumultes sturres and alteracions that mought happen as often times it doth among the Turkishe nation with whom the children of priuate meÌ„ are more happie then they of Emperours the battayle of Varna did so diminishe and consume the force of bothe the Tukes and Hungerianes that withoute any conuenante of peace at all they helde them of bothe sydes with in the frontiers of of their contreis for the space of many yeres after and neyther of them durste to enter the others contrey ne yet to prouoke by anye maner of iniurie the one the other to warres thys quietnes was so much the more perfecte for somuch that neither in Turchia ne yet in Hungaria was there any king of age able to gouerne him selfe but ether of them were gouerned by other men for among the Turkes dyd Callibasso gouerne and among the Hungarianes dyd Iohn Vaiuoda gouerne both men of great reputacyon and credite among their owne people Calibasso had gouerned a long time vnder Amorathe and being a man very graue and modeste hauing also greate experience was Iudged of al men a very wise man Vaiuoda being a maÌ„ of a percinge Iudgement and valiannt in warres was holden in the opinion of all men to be the more skylfull of both it semid to him that he had loste great reputaci on by y e ouerthrow receaued at Varna which dyd much disquiet him wherfore he denised in hym selfe daye and night howe to recouer his loste credite and to be reuenged of the dishonour that he had receaued he iugged the quiet being of the Turcks who are ambitiouse and desire to enlarge their dominions to procede only of want of gouernance and force wherupon he thought to preuent them to assaile them vnloked for and althoughe he knewe well that they were able to leuye a great power yet he perswaded him selfe that they had no gouernor able to commaunde and also he was not ignorante that a great armie inobedient and wanting a discrete leadre was lesse to be feared then a wise and experimented Captaine with oute an armie wherupon he determyned to make warres againe against the Turcks w t all spede and with grea deligence assembled his people of Hungaria and Bohemia he entretained in paie also diuerse regiments of Almaignes and other strangers fote men and so marched on towarde the Turkes with his armie thincking to entre their contre and to take some place of importance with in the contrey and so to passe one with his armie to Andrinople before the enemie sholde vnderstand of his departure out of Hungarie which he was like to haue done had not the fylthie treason of George dispotto ben whoe as sone as he harde y â— Vaiuoda leuied bandes in Hungarye he sent to Calibasso Bascia and to all the Sangiachii of Gretia making the numbre of the Christians far greater then in dede it was reporting the matter to be more perillous then of it selfe it was which wheÌ„ they vnderstode they were so amased that they knewe not whither to torne them for they were oute of al hope that Amorath wolde euer stand them in any stede for so much as he was olde and had giuen ouer all charge and wholly giuen him to religion wherfore he wolde no more deale in warres and for that Mahometh was so yonge they thoughte it not good to commytte so weightie a matter in to hys hands as the leadyg of an armie against so puissant skylfull an enemye as Vaiuoda was and they feared that if Calibasso shoulde leade their armye he shoulde not haue due obedience which is a thinge moste perillous in all armyes Thus when
time defended them selues and the citie from the hands of their most cruel enmies sleiÌ„g a great number of them tyl at the last beinge ouerlayed with the encrease of the number not discoraged but weryed with ouercommyng of others fel downe and gaue vp the ghost among a number of bodies of dead infidelles whiche they had slayne w t their owne handes And Giustiniano beyng gone to Pera and from thence by sea to Scio fell sicke eyther of his hurte or els with thought and in fewe dayes after died not enioying that great honour whiche he had wonne and truely he had bene happye yf he had died vp on the walles of Constantinople In the entre of the Turckes at the aforesayde gate they cut in pieces .viii. or .ix. hundred souldiours Grekes and Italians when the Turckes were once maisters of the towne walles they chased awaye the citezins that were come to the gate to defende the entrie and with theyr arrowes and great stones from aboue they made waye for their companions to enter And when the Turckes were in thys sort entred the gate and become lordes of the citie and had slaine as many as thei found with weapon in theyr handes then they employed themselues to spoyle and sacke the towne the number of the triumphantes was in maner infinite thei had no desyrt but to robbe spoile and to accomplishe and fulfyll theyr beastly and fyltye fleshely desyres beyng much geuen to carnall voluptudusnes they pardoned neyther kinde nor age mixynge murder with theyr adulteries and fornications they made the olde men slaues and other men and women of more lustie yeres and of base condition they chayned together with great derison and scorne and so draue them on lyke flockes of shepe before them if it happened that any faire maiden or faire yonge man came in their waye by and by numbers of them woulde striue who shoulde first laye handes on them and often times woulde grow into question for them and the like wold they do when they happened vpon any bootie of greate value as well sacred as prophane for euery man would â—aye handes on it in so much that often times thei wold â—one cut another in pieces for it And this armie being of diuers nations and countreys and also of sundrie natuâ—es and speches did kepe such a sturre in Constantinople by the space of thre dayes which was theyr time of â—poile that there was nothinge vnlawefull for them to do although it were most detestable and wicked When they had spoyled the temple of S. Sophia which was buylded by Iustinian the Emperour of Constiâ—ople in the which they had a merueylous masse or treaâ—ure both of siluer and golde and precious vessel such like oruamentes they filled it with all kind of fylthyâ—es makynge it an habitation of whores a stable for their horses a place wherein no filthie exercise was left vnexercised to the like vse they conuerted all the rest of the churches and sacred places of the citie oute of the which they toke the bones and reliques of holye men women the which when thei had disgarnished of y â— gold siluer stone y â— was about theÌ„ they threw into y â— strete and canell to be troden on not onely of men but also of dogges swine and other beasts the crosses and Images of saincts were broken wyth greate hammers and such like instrumentes of yron thrownen into the dirt and when they had with sundrie tormentes compelled the seuauntes of the citizens to reueale vnto them the hidden treasure of their maisters it is sayde that they gate hidden vnder the grounde a great summe both of golde and siluer and precious Iewels whiche were by the vnwyse citezins hydden in the begynnynge of the warres the whiche if they coulde haue bene contented to haue employed in the defence of the citie peraduenture they had saued them selues bothe goodes and life and also to their countrey libertie and honour But the olde Prouerbe was veryfyed in them which saieth that couetous men haue no power ouer their golde but are subiect to it when the citie was thus spoyled of al that euer was in it The thirde day they departed out of it brought all their prisoners into their campe And Mahometh accordynge to the custome of the Turkes dyd celebrate to his Bascias and Captaines a very sumptuous feaste and when they had eaten and dronken more then sufficient he thoughte it good to honour his banket with the sheding of Christian bloude and commaunded to bryng before him all the chiefe and most noble prisoners of the citie that were on lyue and caused them al with vnspeakeable crueltie to be cutte a sunder in the middest in his presence amonge the which there was one that came before him called Rireluca the chiefe gouernour of the citie next to the Emperour whose eldest sonne he caused to be slaine in the presence of hys father and immediatly after hanged the father whose other sonne because he was yonge and fayre he reserued to his noble and vertuous vsage They had also taken diuers marchauntes of Italie Venetians Genoneses and others whome he put also to death excepte they were able presently to raunsome themselues and Isodoro the cardinal Rueteno who was sent thither along time before Legate froÌ„ y â— pope Nicholas disguised himselfe in simple habite and when the Turkes entred the towne for fewe thousandes of Aspres raunsomed himselfe They that dwelled in Pera a garrison towne of the Genoueses hearynge that Constantinople was loste layed downe their weapons and taried not the summonynge but sent to Mahometh and offered hym the towne who receyued them and shortlye after rased the walles thereof and where he had promised them sauegarde of their personnes lyues and goodes with all other their commodities contrary to his promes he toke out of the towne for his owne vertuous and cleanely vsage a number of the women and boyes that there were and also taxed the towne in a great summe of money the which he enforsed them presently to paye notwithstanding the menaging of these weyghtie affaires he kept secret w t in his breast the hatred that he had conceyued against Calibasso Bascia for that he was y e chief occasion that Amorath was called out of Asia to take in and the wars against the Hungarians finally called â—im to him caused to lay hands on him and examined â—im sundrie daies by sundrie cruell torments layinge â—o his charge that he had reueled y e secrets of those wars â—o the emperour of Constantinople and vpon this toke from him all that he had which was treasure in maner â—nfinite caused him most miserablie to be put to death When that the losse of Constantinople the death of y e â—mperour was knoweÌ„ in Morea y e Albaneses that dwelâ—ed in Peloponesso rebelled against Thomas Dimeâ—rio brethren to the late emperour of Constantinople â—hei wer a great number
two one proffited so well in the exercise of armes and also in gouernance that the Turcke had him in great estimation And in Albania the whiche is that part of Macedonia that lieth toward the weste and stretche the oute frō Durazzo to the ancient Citie Appolonia the langage of the Albaneses is propre to them selues and dothe differ from the speche of all those people that dwell aboute them for neither the Greeke ne yet the Schiauonese vnderstandeth it and we are not certaine in what sorte nor by what meanes they fyrste arriued in those partes ne yet of their ancient originall althoghe it be sayde that this nation with diuerse others came oute of Scithia Asiatica from that ancient Citie Albania not farre from Colchide and so went on wandring to seeke newe habitacions and seates and fynally occupied that parte of Macedonia whiche beareth their name aboute the tyme of the losse of Constantinople the prince of their contrey happened to dye whose name was Camusa whoe beinge discended of christian parents became so beastly that of his owne acorde he lefte the christian faythe and embraced the folisheand beastly religion of Mahometh but hauinge smalle affiance in it euen as he had raishely forsaken Christe so vnaduisedly refused he Mahomet he and retorned to the religion of his ancestours willing althoughe he had no great affiance nether in the one nor other rather to dye beringe the name of a Christian then of a Mahometiste vnto whome George Scanderbag succided in gouernaunce as lawfull heire whoe was discended of a noble parentage in his contrey and when he had haunted the warres along time he became an excellent and famous Captaine and spent the reste of his lyfe in the defence of the Christian religion when Mahomethe vnderstode the deathe of Camusa he sent one of his Bascias with an armie to Valona whiche standeth vpon the sea bancke and althoughe it be but a litle Towne it hathe a suer and a goodly hauen from whence in to Italie the passage is but shorte and withoute daunger and manye yeres before that tyme it was possessed and holden by Baiazithe and when he died they threwe from them the Turquishe yoke but Amorathe within shorte space after toke it againe and from thence for the was it contynually holden by the in fydels to the greate reproche and dishonour of the Christian princes and to the greate terrour of all Italie it is possessyd euen at this daye by the infidels when this Bascia had broughte his people to valona he assayled Scanderbeg whoe althoughe he dyd alwaies worthilye defende him selfe and his people and diuers tymes with his power had encountred the Turckes and departed from them alwayes with the victorie yet notwithstandinge he sent for ayde to the kinge Alphonso of Aragone then kinge of Naples and obtained of him dyuers bande of men at armes well furnished in euery respecte whiche passed in to Albania by the waye of Durazzo not farre from the Cytye of Croia and with the helpe of George Scanderbeg they defendyd that contre for alonge tyme from the Tyrannie of the infydels when Calixto the Romishe Byshoppe vnderstode the danger that Scanderbeg was in Scanderbeg was in weinge his power w t the vnspekeable power of his enemye he wolde not se him wāte but supplied him with a great some of money to entertaine his souldiours and with these aydes he de fendyd y ◠contrey of Albania very skylfully and valiantly In this meane time their was a practize discouerid y e whiche a Nephewe of his his brothers sonne whoe hauing intelligence with Mahometh agreed with him vp oncertaine condityones to sleye his vncle by treason or els if he coulde by any meanes bring it to passe to delyuer him on lyue in to Mahomethes handes when this practeze was discouered by one of the menagers of this same he laid handes on him and so caused him to be examined in the which he confessyd the whole wherupon he thought it not conueniēt to shed his owne bloude but banished him sending hym with his processe to the king Alphonso whoe commaunded to put him into the Donge on called Miglio there to continewe during his naturall lyfe And whileste Scanderbeg lyued he defended Albania from the tirany of the infydels fyghting onely for the zeale he bare to the Christian religiō caused his subiectes to perseuere in the faith of christe and his worde notwithstanding the contynuall inuasious and courses that his enemies made vpon his cotre impouerishing his subiectes vtterly spoiling y ◠laborers of the earthe lainge waste a greate pece of his contrey bringing it into vnspekeable miserie and calamitie whē Mahometh vnderstode the death of Scanderbeg he sent forth with his armie in to Albania and toke the citie of Croia with all the reste of the contrey except those places that the venetianes held aboute that tyme after the taking of Constantinople he dyd maruelously vexe the religion of Rhodes both by sea and land but the greate master of the Hospitall of Iherusalm vnto whome the Isle dyd appertaine with his souldiours defended it cōtynnally euen to these our dayes and whan Calixto the gre at Byshope was called vnto for ayde he put his Nauie of Shippes Galleys to y ◠sea sent them to Rhodes vnderthe conducte of y ◠patriarcke of Aquileia who being in those seas had often to doe with the Turckes toke and drowned manye of their Galleys and fustes drowned and slewe their people and departed alwaye from them with the victorie when he had taken from the Turkes y ◠Isle of Salaminā whiche in ancient tyme was called Lēno and also that that is called Tasso w t the Isle of Nēbro and certaine other litle Isles nere vn to them he went and spoyled all alonge the sea coastes from helesponto euen to the confynes of Egipte to the great impouerissing of the inhabitants there of holding them in contynuall doute and feare and it semed that if he mought haue contynued he wolde with time haue greatly preuailed but as sone as Calixto was deade he departed from thence with his Nauie in to Italie leauing Rhodes with all others places that y ◠Christianes possessid in those partes in great peryl And in Acarnia which lieth in the myddeste betwene Epiro and Boetia and is called at this daye the Duchie and the Dispotto which then raigned in Acarnama and Epiro whiche at this daye is called Arta which begynning towarde the weste at the permontories of Acrocera doe stretch oute toward the easte to the baie Ambrachio whiche at thys daye is called y ◠golfe of Arta this Dispotto being maruelously vexed with Mahomethes souldiours and being desyrous to purchase some forien amitie by meanes of the king Alphonso he toke to wyfe a daughter of y e lord Iohn Vnitimiglia a Captaine of great fame that came into Italie with the king Alphonso of Aragone to the winning of the
they gaue such some as he demaunded wherupon he toke his iourney and passed throughe y e contrey of Friule in Italie after through the contrey of Hungarie then throughe Polonia from thence throughe Scithia whiche at this daye is called Tartarie and in this sorte conueid him selfe into Caffa while these thinges were doinge Mahomethe had put a great Nauie to the sea to passe into Candie where mē supposed he had alredie framed certaine practizes with the Candiottes that he should be receyued by them whēsoeuer that he came and vnderstandinge the Venetian armata to be alredie ariued there and that the chiefe conspiratours were taken and put to death immediatly he chaunged purpose and directed his Nauie into the greater sea and commaūded a great number of horsemen to passe into Valachia and to spoyle destroye there what they coulde as they were doinge of this he beseged the Citie of Caffa both by sea and lande he planted his batteries and began to tormente them ercidingly with his shotte the Genoueses which there were whoe were many in number possessid great riches bothe of marchandize and treasour whoe being amased by this sodden assaulte and seing them selues oute of al hope of succour after that they had defendyd it nobly by the space of certaine dayes thoughte it not good there to loose bothe lyfe and goodes wherupon they practized an appointement And agreing vpon the same delyuered the towne vpon condition to enioye al their goodes which promis was but euell obserued for somuche as they toke from thence manye of the principall families with that they had and sent them to Constantinople and constrained them there to dwell and made the Citizens of Caffa his tributaries and forbadde them vpon paines of lyfe to departe from thence or to send away from thence any of their substance or riches And in this sorte the Citie of Caffa standing vpō the sea called Eusino which had ben of a longe tyme possessyd by the Genoueses became subiecte to the tiranouse gouernance of the Turckes when Mahomethe acordinge to his determination had clearely banished y e Christians oute of Gretia he leuied an armie of a hundred thousand men and sent them into Albania to beseege the towne of Scutarie which standeth neare the riuer called Buiana not farre from the ancient Citie Appollonia which then was possessyd by the Venetianes and furnished with dyuers Constables and bandes of Italianes bothe fotemen and horsemen when the infydels were comne before Scutarie they enuironned the towne with their campe and planted their batteries contynewing them daye and night with oute cease with maruelouse furie and they of the towne dyd w t no lesse corage defend them selues And throughe the noble myndes and discipline of the Christian Captaines all the Turckes preparationes and attemptes were renderid vaine and of none effecte they were enforced to consume all that sommer in vaine before that towne and when the Autoume drewe on the Turckes throughe the sharpnes of the aire and y e pestilent winds which bette vpō them contynually throughe the mouth of the ryuer fell into diseases in such sorte as they were enforced to abandone the seege and to with drawe themselues into those mountaines of Macedonia that were nearest to Scutarie in intention to retorne thyther againe as sone as the infection of the aire shoulde cease and whileste they wintred there the lieutenante of the armie toke with him certaine of his chosen bandes and made warres vpon Iohn Gernoi whiche possessyd dyuerse townes in the mountaines of Albania he toke frō him the towne of Sabiaco and when he had by force taken the Citie of Diuastro and Lisso he put to death all the men that were within them with sondrie torments and tiranouse deathes he made the wemen and chyldren slaues which he there founde and went in y e spring folowing againe to the sege of Scutarie althoughe he were oute of hope to take it by force yet he thoughte in time throughe famine to possesse it whervpon he cnnironned the towne with his campe in such sorte y e they coulde nether send forth to their fryndes anye aduertise ment nor receaue from them anye in telligence or relife on the other side the Venetianes coulde neuer perswade the pope to abstaine from the warres which he had begone in Tuscane againste the Florentynes to vnite hys force with them and so to enuade the infidels for so muche as they alone withoute the ayde of any other had borne the whole charge of the warres in Gretia by the space of 25. yeres being w t the intollerable charges therof weried for that they were enforced to holde contynually a greate Nauie vpon the Coaste of Gretia for the defence of suche fortes and townes as they possessed there and beside that they dyd contribute very largely to y e pope for y ◠manitenance of his warres in Tuscane against the Florentines whervpon lyke wise men they Iudges that yf the Florentine shoulde happen to be subdued the enemie moughte also easyly take frō them all suche places as they possessyd in the maine lande of Italie wherfore they thought it good to disbordē them selues of so greate a charge and by meanes of certaine Greekes practized an appointemente with Mahometh and concluded a peace with him for manye yeres vpon conditione that for his honours sake they shoulde be contented to delyuer into his hands the towne of Scutarie and besydes that that they shoulde paie vnto him in consideration of the charges that he had ben at acording to the entreatie had bytwene his and their commissioners two hundred thousand ducates within the space of two yeres then nexte ensuing and in consideration of this he gaue vnto them she libertie to haue in Constantino ple a Bailo to determine the differences that shoulde happen betwene y ◠Venetianes there when Mahometh had in this sorte concluded peace with the Venetianes he deuided his armie sending the one parte therof into Hungarie which made a great course there and the other whiche was his Nauie he sent to lande in Pulia where they raised a great proie both of men and catell after that he made warres againste them of the Isle of Rhodes sent thyther one of his Basrias with a great power and when he had landed his people which was y e xxi of Maie in the yere of our helthe M. CCCC.lxxiiii he proied and spoyled all the circuite of the Isle whiche is a hundred and twentie myles and when he had thus done he presented his campe to the Citie of Rhodes assayled it bothe by sea and lande planted his batteries and ceased them nether daye ne nighte the great master of y e order wyth his kinghtes and souldiours and other Christianes that there were defended the towne so nobly repaired it with such industrie as it was a maruel they salied forth daiely and scaramoshed with them the enemies vsed all
came messagers oute of al the cities and townes of the prouince and he sate in the myddest of the market place with dyuerse graue and discrete councellours aboute him whiche he vsed alwaye when he gaue audience openly and there he herds and determyned many controuersies and when he had appointed gouernours and officers to euery towne and citie and had abolished dyuerse of the custumes of the ancient Soldanes as vniuste and intollerable to the people he dyd moderate them with newe lawes and when he had contynued in Damasco a longe tyme aboute the reforming of the countre and had well reposed his armye he then determyned in him selfe to make warres a gainst Egipte for so muche as he vnderstode that al the Mamalukes that were dispersed abrode into al the coūtres were comme to Cairo to create a newe Soldane beinge once togyther they chose Tomombeio the great Diadaro a man of great reputation and credite and of great experience and excellent in the discipline of the warres Selim being vpon the pointe of his departure sent before him to make suer the waye Sinan Bassa gaue him in commissyon to passe on to the Citie Gaza and there to tarie hym and he in person departed from Damasco with the reste of his armie and folowed and beinge desyrous to visyte that most famous temple of Ike rusalem toke with him his garde of Gianizzaries and a certaine number of his horsemen and entred into Iudea and passed on to Iherusalem and when he had visyted y e temple and other holly places of the Citie he retorned agayne to his armye the nexte waye And Sinan Bassa with his companie which was .xv. thousand horsemen hauinge ouerthrowen the Arabianes and repulsed their inuasyones whiche often tymes they had attempted against him and had made the passage free with much a doe and was comme on to Gaza which stode neare vnto the sea vpō the confynes of Egipte in y e place where men enter into the sandie deserte passinge from Iudea to Eairo and when he came before the Citie with his armye they of the Citie willinge to auoide the sacke spoyle therof gaue place to tyme and yelded y e Citie vnto him where he contynued and taried for commissyon from his lorde to directe him in those affaires As sone as Tomombeio had receaued the gouernement he determyned forth with to supplie the bandes of Mamalukes which were maruelously spoyled and consumed wherfore he caused to enrolie all their slaues y e were of lawful yeres and apte to vse armes he prouided armour and weapō for them and also horses also he had entertained in his paie a great number of Arabianes and loste no tyme but contynually prouided artillerie and Monition with all other necessaries and beinge aduertized by those of Gaza whiche dyd very well affecte the Mamalukes of the comminge of Sinan Bassa and in what sorte he lodged there The Soldane at their request de termyned to send a power to encountre him hauinge great hope in the good wyll of the Citizens whervpon he dispatched Gazele and sent him with syre thousande horses and a greate number of Arabianes and as sone as Sinan Bassa was aduertized of his comming by his bandes that he had alwaie vpon the feelde not trusting them of the Citie he determyned to goe against hym to encountre him and when he had rydden xv myles he staied at a village where he mought well lodge for that that in the vilage their was a fountaine very plen tuouse of pure watter whervpō he commaūded to lodge there and began to appointe the quartiers and before that they had done the alarme was gyuen and he was aduertized by the scoultes of his vantgarde y ◠they sawe afarre of a great duste wherfore they Iudged the enemy to be there cōming toward them Sinan Bassa had scarcely tyme to put his people in order before that Gazele was cōme with his began to assayle his vantgard and after that they had foughte a certaine space Gazele seinge his peopble ouerlaide with uumber and a rtillerie and that they began to recule and seing y ◠they of Gaza apeared not in his fauour in hope of whose ayde he had taken in hand the battayle with his sworde in his hand dyd make his waye thorowe his enemyes so retorned to Cairo with the losse of his cariage and a great number of his souldiours and when Selim was departed from Iherusalem he came to his armye and broughte them to Gaza where he founde Sinan Bassa retorned with great victorie and had put to deathe many of y e Citizens which had procured y e Soldane to send his people thyther when Selim had reposed his souldiours for a tyme in Gaza he determyned to marche on towarde Cairo and wolde not gyue the newe Soldane time to furnishe him selfe of newe bands and to put him selfe in good order wherfore he made great prouision of hogges hedes to carie watter with him and sent Sinan Bassa before him with his bandes of Europe and he folowed him alway within one dayes iorney w t his whole armye aud in this sorte passed on throughe the deserte and came neare to Cairo within fewe myles a lytle frō a villadge named Macharea where the Soldane had a garden where that most precious licour called Balsme dyd growe which is a certaine goome that distillethe throughe certaine clestes made in the barcke of y e trees in the tyme of the gathering therof by the gardeners which cut them with exceding fyne knynes made of yuorie Tommobeio determyned to tarie the enemye in y ◠village whervpon he entrenched it very stongly wyth great rampares and depe Dykes and had bent al his artillerie vpon the waye where the Turcks shoulde cōme and as sone as he herde of the comminge of the Turckishe armye he departed from Cairo with twelue thou sand Mamalukes and a great number of Arrabianes other souldiours on horsebacke and on fote and came lodged in his lodginge that was fortified for him of purpose where whē he had put his people in order he taried the comming of the enemye and as sone as Selim vnderstode of the Soldanes order he refused the waye that the Soldane had bent all his artillerie vpon and wolde not assayle hys enemye vpon the frounte of his battaile but determyned to assayle him on the flancke where he was not so well prouided whervpō he disvanded agreat nūber of shotte sent them to assayle the trenches of y ◠Soldane immediatly the Soldane marched forthe w t his people in order and there began betwene them a notable fyghte and a furious and hauing fought from the fourthe houre of the daye to the sunne goinge downe in very doubtfull sorte euen to the darcke nighte Tommabeio caused to sounde the retreicte and lefte the village and marched to Cairo and the Turckes as victoriouse entred into the Soldanes lodginges and their lodged that nighte
ducates and yf thou shouldest nowe dye not gyue order in that behalfe they shoulde be conueyd and stollen awaye were it not better that thou shoulde bestowe them vpon soÌ„me hospitale whervnto Selim answered woldest thou that I shoulde honor my selfe with the goodes of other men to bestowe them in vertuose worckes in the remembrance and commendation of me I wyl neuer doe it whervpon Perino replied sayinge what woldest thou then that there shoulde be done with them He answered that they be delyuered to them froÌ„ whom they were taken and also he called to his remembrance y â— there were thre thousaÌ„d ducates of a Florentyne sonne to one Thomaso de Aiolfo he commaunded also that they shoulde be delyuered vnto him Whervpon after that the money marchandize and sylkes that were arrested in Bursta were delyuered to the owners and he that reported this was one of them and had receaued a great quantitie againe and had brought of the same salkes to Florence two fardells this is spoken to confounde manye of our Christian princes amonge whom in the lyke case it is a very harde matter to fynde one that shal haue such remorse of conscience but nowe to our historie when Selim was in this sorte consumed with his disease in the ende of the monethe of Septem her the vere of the Christian helthe 1520. hauinge in righte yeres which was the time of his raigne brought to passe so manye maruelouse enterprises he ended his lyfe in whose place succeded Solimanno his onely soÌ„ne a yonge man of great worthines in whome their was great hope for the great modestie that was in him he was of the age of xxviii yeres and beinge in Natolia y â— newes were brought him fleing of the deathe of his father wherfore in the begynninge he was in doubte of them fearing leste it had ben fayned by the commaundement of his father wherfore he wolde not sturre at all oute of Natolia tyll suche tyme as Perino Bassa came into Natolia to him who dyd not onely assertaine him of it but also constreyned him to passe ouer into Gretia to Constantinople where as sone as he was arryued he was receaued and coronned withoute any coÌ„tradicti on at all and accepted Emperour with the vntuersall ioye and contentacion of his subiectes and in this sorte he accepted the gouernement vsing in all his determynations y â— councell of Perino Bassa whom he honored as thoughe he had ben his natural father in this meane tyme wheÌ„ the death of Selim was published in Egipte and Soria it dyd greatly moue the people of those countres and Gazelle beinge pricked with ambition perswaded him selfe that he moughte recouer both Egipte and Sorta and erecte againe y â— of state the Mamalukes acording to y â— ancient order therof vnder the Soldanes whervppon he caused the Citie of Damasco firste to rebelle and possessyd it callinge him selfe openly lord ther of and vtterly caste from him all obedience towardes y e house of Ottomanno which brute when it was sprede abrode throwe the prouince caused all the Mamalukes that were lefte which were hidden in Asia and Affrica to comme vnto him and then according to their anient custume they created him Soldane who made all preparation possyble to defende his state and gathered togyther a great number of Arrabians and of the counâ—res neare aboute him and sent his ambassadours to Cairo to desyre Carerbeio to ioyne with him to helpe to restore the Mamalukes state to his ancient libertie offering him to gyue him what parte of the domynion y â— he wolde yea to resigne vnto him his place and to make him Soldane when Carerbeio had gyuen publique audience to his ambassadours vnderstode their demauÌ„de withoute gyuing them anye answer caused his Ministers to cut them in peces hauing also proued Aleppo and dyuerse other Cities of Soria he founde none that wolde ioyne with him in this enterprise whervpon he determyned to defend him selfe as well as be moughte and leuied in all countreys suche bandes as he coulde get to serue him when the newes of the rebellion of Da masco was comme into Gretia Solimanno commaunded forthwith the Bellagarbei of Cillicia which was appointed for the garde of the lesser Asia with .xl. M. horsemen to goe thyther who entred into Soria acompained with the lieutenantes of Aleppo and of the rest of the cities of that prouince and came before Damasco with his armie in battayle he was not so sone comme before the Citie but Gazzelle hauing determyned for onely remedie to hazarde the battayle and wolde rather dye honorable w t his sworde in his hande then to be delyuered by some practize lyuinge into his enemyes hands whervpon he marched forthe of the Citie with his armie and put his people in battayle and then marched on with a noble mynde to encountre his enemye who marched also towarde him and withoute delaie ioyned in battaile and foughte for a longe tyme with greate assurance on bothe partes the vertue and discipliue of Gazzelle and of those fewe Mamalukes that were with him was such that notwithstanding they were excedingly ouerlaid w t nuÌ„ber yet for y â— space of certaine houres they so endured the force of their enemyes that they were nothing at al disordered nor gaue to their enemyes one fote of place in the end hauinge slayne a great number of their enemyes and manie of them beinge flayne also and the rest in maner all hurte beinge ouercomme with very wery nes and not able to vse their weapones Gazzelle fyndynge hym selfe enuironed by the Turckes foughte valiantly against them tyll at the laste he fell downe deade from his horse amonge them the Mamalukes beinge in the ende disordered and seynge no way by flighte howe to saue them selues determyned to dye lyke worthy men with their weapones in their hande and so foughte to y â— vttermoste in suche sorte that very fewe were taken lyuing by the enemyes As sone as Mustaffa Bassa had obtained this victorie he came forthwith w t his armie be fore the Citie the Citizens made no resystance but openned the gates and receaued the Bassa with such people as he wolde with him into the towne who entred acompanied with fewe for that he wolde not haue the Citie spoyled nor y e marchantes which were there oute of all partes of the worlde to exersyse their traffique he pardoned the Citizens and confirmed their liberties and freedomes which Selim had giuen vnto them he lodged his armye withoute the Citie and in this sorte dispatched the rest of the Mamalukes And established Soria and all y e prouinces of Egipte in perfecte peace which were wont to obey vnto Selim leuinge them vnder y e reule of Solimanno Ottomanno their lorde FINIS A COMMENTARIE OF THE WARRES OF THE TVRCKES MADE against George Scanderbeg prince of Epirro and of the victories obtained by the sayde George as well against the Emperoures
he wolde not suffer y â— anye other shoulde sley them but drewe his sworde and with one onely blowe he cut them both in peces in such sorte that they fell downe ded to the earthe not withoute maruell trembling of all those y â— behelde it The Turcke on a time vnderstanding by reporte that ScaÌ„derbeg had a sworde wherewith he wolde stryke of some tyme a mannes arme beinge well armed and wolde cut in peces a helmette or anye other kynde of armour made of yron sent vnto him desyring him to gyue him y â— sworde Scanderbeg had moe then thre of that temper and goodnes sent the Turcke franckly one of them the Turcke was very glade of suche a present and caused the sworde to be proued by certaine of his most valiante men to se yf that they coulde cut yron w t it but they dyd not much hurte the yron with it no more dyd their strokes the sworde Then the Turcke sent to Scanderbeg that his sworde was no suche sworde as it was named to be but Scanderbeg aunswered that the sworde was sufficiently good to doe more then had ben reported of him so that it were gouerned by his arme whiche he kepte to hys owne vse And for testimonie of his force I thincke it not inconuenient to recite certayne strokes that he gaue for pleasure to the ende that suche as be of Iudgment may thincke what he moughte doe beinge well armed and kyndled against his enemye Scanderbeg hath ben seen to chase the Beare the wylde Goate the Wolfe the Harte the Bore and suche lyke beastes of great spede ouer the playnes on horsebacke and with one onelye blowe to haue stryken anye of the afore named beastes ridinge to the grounde ded And on a tyme it happened the kynge Ferrante to hunte in Apuglia beinge acompained with manye noble men acording to the vse of that countre and when anye beaste came forthe of the woodes to the playne the kinge vsed to apointe some noble man to sley it with his sharpe Gianetton and it happened that a greate Bore came forthe to the playne the kinge smyling sayed that that chase belonged to his deare father ScaÌ„derbeg who then withoute saying anye more or taking anye Gianeton with him which is a weapon appointed for that purpose put spurres to his horse and galloped after y â— boare in the syghte of them all hauinge no armour vpon him and ouergate the boare drewe his sworde and running with one stroke cut him a sonder in the myddest put vp his sworde and retorned agayne to his companye where at the kinge and Quene with all the nobylitye maruelied muche to see a man of a goodly stature vpon an highe Courser runing to doe suche a myracle An other tyme in a woode of the ladie Mamizza his syster in albania their was a wylde Bufallo a bull very great of bodye and he was much feared he had done much hurte to dyuerse valiant men hunters and others that passed that waye and chiefely to suche as dyd were redde garmentes Scanderbeg dyd alwaye vse to were on his hed a scarlatte cappe after the maner of Carmannola and on a tyme beinge in this woode at the chase and seynge this Bufallo comminge oute of the woode all they that were wyth hym began to flee where at he smyled and thruste his horse towarde the Bufallo and dealte with him with such agilitie that at one stroke he smote of hys hed wherat all men maruelled and especially his valiante Captaines which before fledde from the beaste but in the ende they dyd greately reioyse at that straunge blowe the sworde that Scanderbeg strake the beste with was a Scimitar bending lyke vnto a falchion he was a righte damaskyne he vsed sometyme to weare two in one scaberde and sometyme to breake them both in one battayle or els so to spoyle them y â— he mought no more with his honor were thâ—m At the laste there came an excellent Maister oute of Italie who made him thre Scimitaries not onely good but excellent wher of he gaue one to the Turcke they wolde cut all kynde of yron and neuer hurte the edges of them Scanderbeg dyd w t these swordes great actes against y â— enemies of the catholique faythe in the honor and seruice of the almightie God it was neuer seen that Scanderbeg fled from any man on les it were once from a souldiour of his owne on whom he had compassyon This souldiour on a tyme as Scanderbeg was debating with his Captaines of certaine seruices of importance aunswered so vnaduisedly with suche insolencie that he moued him in such sorte that he laide hand on his swerde and ran at him but the souldiour torned his horse redyly and fled ScaÌ„derbeg folowed him vntyl that he came to a ryuer then the souldiour torned him and drewe his sworde and spake vnto him very aduysedly saying that he coulde flee no further for the ryuer wherfore he was enforced to defend his lyfe wheÌ„ Scanderbeg vnderstode this who wolde not haue loste such a man for his weighte of syluer he considered both howe reuerently and manfully he behaued him selfe towarde him he was moued with compassyon and sayde vnto him be of good corage doubte not comme on with me I wyll not hurte the and in this sorte repressed his furie and retorned to the companie gyuing greate commendations to this worthye man and plased hym in the number of those that he most fauored When the Turcke vnderstode the newes of y e death of Scanderbeg he wolde in no wyse belyue it but sayde to his visiri and chiefe Captaynes that it was a fynesse of his enemie to fayne him to be ded meaning therby to doe some straunge facte wherfore he was in great feare and stode more vpon hys garde then before and wolde not attempte any thinge at all against Scanderbeg nor against any other neighbour of his vntil one whole yere was paste but as sone as that most cruell enemie of the Christianes was assured of the deathe of Scanderbeg he was more glad then euer he was before at anye tyme immediatly assembled his armie and sent them not onely into the countre of Scanderbegs and of the Venetianes but also into the countres of all y â— reste of y â— princes of Albania not once but often tymes as to the siege of Croia Scutari Driuasto and sondry other places making warres vpon them for the space of .xi. yeres withoute cease notwithstanding throughe the helpe of God that countre dyd alwaye defend it selfe not w toute great spoyle and slaughter of the Turckes aforesayde In the ende this mightye Tyran came into Albania in person with all his power and all the princes therof that fled not were other slayne or lad awaye in miserable captiuitie he toke in maner the whole countre of Albania in a very shorte tyme but the victorius Citie of Scutari not fearing his longe seege dyd alwaye defend it selfe not w
as dettes and suche like monei matters Subtilitie of Selim Symplicitie of Corcuthe The death of Corcuthe Barbarque crueltie Selim practisethe to betraye his brother Acomathe Battayle betwene Selim Acomathe Preparation of Selem Note here the great Iugement of Selim. The battayle betwene the Sophie Selim. Selim of great iudgment Tauris yelded to Selim. Great ertremitie Nota. Battayle betwene the prince of Adula Synan Bassa Muting of the Gianizzaries greate fore syghte of the Soldane Rype iudgment of Selim. The battayle betwene Selim the Soldane The death of Campsone Cairo Soldane of Babilone Selim an excelent Captaine Tomombeio elected Soldane Sinan Bassa a discrecie worthye Captaine souldiour lyke aduertizement macharea a place where the precious balâ—e dothe growe The battayle betwene Selim the Soldane Two worthye captaines slayne ProuideÌ„ce of Selim. Gazzele rendered him to Selim the bridge assayled IudgemeÌ„t of Selim. Constanci of TomoÌ„beio A lamentable ende of the valiante and noble Tomombeio Fareglion the chiefe forte in AlexaÌ„dria Cairo with al the prouinces therevnto belonging possessed by Selim DigressyoÌ„ The paie of the souldiours 〈◊〉 Note this great voyage to leade an armye so farre by lande A notable answere of Selin beinge a hetheÌ„ prince the raigne of Selim the deathe of Selim â–ª Gazele reuolte he The battayle betwene the Belagarbei of Cilicia and Gazzelle Gazzelle diethe honorablie The noble ende of the Mamalukes A Tartare chalengethe The father of Scanderbeg deceassed Thre of the bretheren of ScaÌ„derbeg poysoned A policie of ScaÌ„ The secretarie of the turcke slayne The entre of Scanderbeg into Croia Note his age The oration of Scan. The originall of the Albaneses A perfecte Captaine must be able wel to speake his mynde 22. thousaÌ„d Turckes slayne Science of Iohn Vaiuoda of Transyluania The battayle betwene Laodislao and Amorathe Ambition of rayshe yonge meÌ„ distroiethe all Amorathe writethe to Scan. An aunswere to the turcks letter Note here thinges of great importance Scan speaketh to his souldiours The order which Scanderbeg giueth to his souldiours The discription of Scan. Battayle betwene Ferisbeg and ScaÌ„ A custume of a good Captaine Good foresyghte of ScaÌ„ Mustaffa deâ—eâ—cted Scan. to his souldiours The bettayle betwene Scan the Venetianes IudgemeÌ„t of Scanderbeg Mustaffa defeicted Note A Strategeme Good prouidence of Scan. Sfetigard beseged by Amorathe Cysteren a place wher in is receaued the rayne water the death of Amorathe The battayle betwene ScaÌ„ and Amesabeg Debreambeg slayne Sebalia defeicted Moyses reuoltethe Moyses defeicted Amesabeg Mesithbeg taken Isaacke Bassa put to flighte The king of Bossina put to deathe in miserable sorte Faro the straite at Misena betwene Scicill the maine land of Italie Scan. to his souldours Great blasphemy IudgemeÌ„t of ScaÌ„ The order of Scan. Squadre of totemeÌ„ 20. of men at armes 25. The batbetwene the Duke Iohn and Scan. The othe of kinge Ferrante Morea taken by the Turcke Synan Bassa sent agaiÌ„st Scan. and defiected Note what exercise doth Assambeg defeicted Iussubeg defeicted Carazabeg experimented in warres Celeritie doth much preuayle in warres A letter froÌ„ the Turke to Scan. Aunswere to the Turckes letter An other letter to Scan. from the Turcke Scan. taketh an exceding great proie oute of the Turckes domynions A letter from the Turcke to ScaÌ„ The estimation of an othe with the Turcke Aunswere to the Turckes letter Note this â—cte great iudâ—ment of Mahoâ—â—the The pope poisoned A prayer made by Scan. Great blindnes Great iudgment of Scan. The defeicte before Aâ—laia Scan. to his souldiours Note the IudgmeÌ„t of Scan. Balaban defeicted the fyrst tyme. Nota. Barbarique crueltie Balaban defeicted the secoâ—tyme Balaban defeicted the thirde tyme Great absurditie Note this order Balaban defeicted the fourth tyme. Nota. Iaguppe slayne his armie defeicted Vaiuoda lyeu enant to a prince in felde or towne Balaban slaine before Croia with the shote of a Harquebuze Ripe iudgment Mahomethe agayne in Albania The death of the Christian prince Scan. Vsage of Scan. Great magnanimitie of Scan.