Egypt Albeit there be some which write that Constantine hearing of the deathe and murther of his father Constanoius sayled into Sycilie and caryed the Spoyles from thence with him to Constantinople After this an other populous armie of Saracens entring into Affrica had suche successe that they destroyed and wasted all the Countrey néere the Sea coastes for a great part of the maine land and middle soyle was alreadie in their subiection and haryed away with them into slauerie and thraldome .800000 Prisoners And on an other side Muauias furnished out a huige Host vnder the conduct of Muamades and Caises whiche subdued Lydia and Cilicia two other of the Romane Prouinces And within a while after to thintent he might conquere subiugate Constantinople he sent another armie after the other wherof Saeuus was General which being ioyned to y other marched both directly toward the citie Constātinople girded it about with a terrible stege And for there more strēgth he appointed a nauie to help thē which stopped all the passages and places frō the West promontorie of Hebdomum to Cyglobium With al this force they oftentimes gaue terrible assaultes to the citie but their attempts were all in vaine This siege lasted from the month of Aprill till September fléete left which then vexed Crete vnder the guydaunce and conduct of Fadall and Cadall Through these good fortunes and prosperous successes the Maiestie of the Romane Empire séemed eftsones to flourish and somewhat to reuiue and recouer his pristinate glory But Muauias hauynge thus concluded a peace and league which to the Christians was most pernicious because the Saracens beinge nowe weake and without force mighte haue bene vtterly oppressed and easly vanquished if Caesar had not more delighted in present Idlenesse and quiet reste then studying for the long tranquillytie of his Common wealth which by no meanes is made more longer of continuaunce and safer with barbarous nations then by perfect victory tourned his power made his quarell against the Mardaites and dispossessing them from their high descrying places in the Mountaines which before they enioyed he studyed and bent his mind to appease certayne controuersies and Sectes newly sprong vp about his religion Therfore he called a generall Counsell or Synode of his sect vnto whom by publique proclamation he commaunded all the learned men of his Empire and such as had any wryting or Schedule either of Mahomet or of any his predecessours Bishoppes before hym to come and bring the same writinges with them This Tartarical Synode was holden and celebrated at Damasco where when as nothyng coulde be determyned by reason of the contrarietie of repugnaunt sentences hee commaunded sixe of the wisest in the company by the common consent of them al to be picked out so there were chosen Mulcine Boari Buor Anoeci Atermind Dauid These six being shut vp together into one house with all such writinges as were thither brought hee gaue straight charge that they should lay their heades together out of these writinges gather into one volume such actes sayings of Mahomet as shuld some to haue ani likelihod of truth And whē they had made sixe volumes the residue of the writings be caused to be throwne into a riuer which were so many that 200. Camels were laden with the cariage of them away Then he apoincted by a law a greuous paine punishement to as many as in thought word or déede beléeued otherwise then in those sixe Alcoranes was prescribed Of the which six volumes afterward procéeded and spronge vp soure Sectes of Saracens which are called Melicians Asafians Alambelians Buanifians The Aphrycans were Melicians the Arabians and Damascenes Asafians the Armenians and Persians Alambelians the Alexandrians Assyrians were Buanifians In Cayre the greatest Citie of Egypt all these Sectes no man agaynsaying are vsed and embraced When Muauias had finished taken this order in his matters at Damasco which was the head seat of his Empire he died and was there buried He was the first of the Saracen Capitaines that with Ozmen during Homars raigne entred into the Roman prouinces with an host and was the first that enlarged amplyfied the limites of the Saracenicall Empire as far as Aegipt and Aphrica westward into Mesopotamia Eastward and into Asia northward and was the first that constituted a certen seate royall at Damasco which citie for the fertilitie of the soyle and pleasantnes of the ayre far excelleth any other He vsed firste of his race to haue Slaues and Eunuches after a princely state guise to stand bare headed before hym for he was a man altogether marcial and warlike and in the atchiuing of his deuises prudent and wise His coulour was white his face pleasaunt and graue his eyes of diuers coulours his stature meane his Bearde alwayes blacke for euer as it beganne to waxe graye hee dyed it and conserued it in his former state He lyued lxxvij yeares and raigned twenty and foure His Signet which he caryed about with hym had in it this Posie engrauen O Deus ignosce mihi Of learnyng he was altogether ignoraunt in so muche that he could not write his own name whereas otherwise he had by nature a verie profound witte Wherfore it is reported that Mahomet on a time making his prayers at a banquet in presēce of many as his custome was said these wordes O God teach Muauias to write to number and defend him from all daungers By which words that craftie Pseudoprophete who knewe the nature of Muauias to be fierce and prompt withall shewed and signified two things First that he if he had the ayde of any learning might greatly helpe and furder his Secte For they which can write can also reade and thereby become wyser Then because he saw him to be of suche a fierce courage that he was lyke to aduenture and obiect himself to many perilles and hazardes he desired of God to teach him the Arte of numbring wherby he might skanne and obserue due times and tempestiuities and to haue the skil to take the occasions that shoulde be fittest for the exployting of his affayres when they fell and for the same cause he desired of God to protect deliuer him from all daungers But he being a man craftie ynough of himselfe and naturally geuen to pollicie néeded not these helpes After that Muauias was dead immediately his sonne Iezid was saluted Bishop and King who atchieued no notable acte in his time worthie of remembraunce For he was a man altogether giuen to slouth idlenes and riot and moreouer was sickly and of a body nothing lustie sauing that he put many of the nobilitie of Arabie to death He loued his owne Sister lividinously and was greatly delited in learning and Poetrie and made many verses a most spightfull contemner of Mahomets Law and euerie other Religion During this mans raigne Mutar whom he had made President ouer the Prouince of Persia perceiuing his drowsie sluggishnes and
receyuing sommonce of any warre But peraduenture you hope to spéede the better and that they will shewe more clemencie to you if you voluntarily yelde your selues and that all your Religion and Lawes shall remayne safe and in suche force as they did before and that your Wyues and Children shall not bée constuprated harmed nor vncurteously handled For wyth suche fayre glosing promyses these cutthroates and villanous Traitours to theyr Countrey vse commonlye to deceyue and enueigle the simple people as thoughe there could bée any faithe in them which haue betrayed their Lordes their Countrey their friendes and kinsfolkes yea God himselfe their Lorde and maker Did not Valentia a most strong maritimall and famous Citie yeâ—elde vnto them vppon this promyse and yet as soone as they were entred and had possession of the same they eyther cast out all the inhabitauntes or kylled them or else by compulsion enforced them vnto their Secte Did not Toledo the verye same and Siuyle and a greate manye of other noble Cities which being deceiued with this hope and bewitched with these flattering charmes yéelded themselues vnto them These domesticall examples are sufficient to teache you that it is a great deale better valiauntly to dye together like men and so much the more for that as yet thinges are not so farre spent but that they maye bée recured and holpen You haue hyghe Craggie Mountaines for refuge and in them some places inaccessible you haue some Townes moste strongly fortefied vppon trust wherof many times a smal number hath discomfited populous armies And you are a sort of tall men whom the nature of the heauen and earth hath made stoute and valiaunt acquainted with labours and hitherto inuincible Also there lyue a great sortevnder the Saracenes whiche I put you out of all doubt will come from all partes and ioyne them selues to you if they once sawe you péepe vp and auaunce your selues in this your so iust quarell Behynde at our backes is Fraunce a Region at this daye most flourishing bothe in Chyualrie and skilfull Capitaynes from whence no doubte wée shall haue ayde and succour For the Frenche will not any longer suffer this cowardly nation whiche hathe alreadie encroched as farre as the Mediterranean Sea beyonde the Pyrenees so saucely and malapertly to plaie these cruell Pageauntes and furious prankes against the borders of their Kingdome in suche sorte as they haue done to others And God hymselfe if we wyll tourne vnto hym with amendement of lyfe wyllayde and strengthen vs who being on our side euerye one of vs néedeth not to feare a hundred thousand of these blasphemous Grynneagods and lewde vyllaynes This oration sank so déepely into their braines that beyng perswaded with the pithy force therof for Pelagius was vehement and verye earneste in his matter and for his wisedome and sanctytie of lyfe highlie estéemed among those people they returned euery man to his home and callyng their neighbours together tolde vnto them the causes of their retourne to wytte how that Pelagius whose vertue and vnspotted lyfe was well knowne vnto them all because as before we haue shewed he dwelled long among them myraculouslye delyuered out of the cruell handes of bloudy tyrants met them as though hee had bene some messanger sent downe from heauen who shewed vnto them what an heynous offence they shoulde commit and what a pernicious acte they had purposed to doe Wherfore not ceassing as well in open Sermons as in priuat talke to perswade the people to constancye and godlynesse he was by common assent of all the people created King of Cantabria and Asturia in the yéere after Christ 717 Which done they all got them to mouâ— Anseua When the fame of this matter was blasetâ—-broad and knowne throughoute Spayne all the Gothes that could any way scape or by any meanes shyft themselues out of the handes of that barbarous nacion conceying great hope of lyberty good luck tooke them to their Weapons and ioyned side with hym and such as coulde not do the same out of hande with all care and dillygence sought oportunitie and occasion how to flée to hym Tarifa sent against hym Abraem Alcamack with a great Army and with him Byshop Opasius Sonne of the king of Egica and Metropolitane of Syuyle who as before hath bene tolde adhered to the faction of Iulian and other traitours of their CouÌ„trey Pelagius hearing what great preparatioÌ„ was made against him séeing himselfe not of equall power to repulse so great a multitude entred with a few of his companie but of the valiauntest among his whole bande into a certain Denne within the Mount Anseua appointing the rest to defend the narow passages and Streight wayes Whither wheÌ„ the Saracens were come Opasius weÌ„t about with many glosing termes to persuade them that kepte the Streictes to yelde them selues vnto the Moores but when he sawe his labour was all in vaine there beganne a cruell and a bloudie bickering The Saracenes shotte so many Arrowes and Dartes into the denne that they séemed to rayne from Heauen as faste as droppes of water in a stormie shower and to light among them as thicke as Hailestones But God myraculously making their dartes to rebutte against the same persons that shotte them there were so many of them either slaine or wounded that they were forced to recule and geue back Then the Christians vndoubtedly knowing the God was with them fought for theÌ„ yéelded most hartie thankes vpoÌ„ their knées vnto his diuine Maiestie that it had pleased him thus to relieue visit his poore afflicted people which done they boldly issued out vtterly repulsed all the residue There were slaine of the Saracens in this coÌ„flict about .xx. M. of the ChristiaÌ„s very few or none at all for writers make no mention thereof Those Saracens which escaped from the battaile fled into the top of the hill which by diuine miracle being shaken with a terrible earthquake and falling downe into the Riuer Iua running by the foote of the same hill they were all cast awaye and perished Opasius and Mugnuza two Archtraitours as they were fléeing for they went not vp with their felowes vnto the hill were taken and Mugnuza in a place called Olaglias was straightwayes by the Asturians put to death and the Citie Gigion vtterly ruynated to the perpetuall ignominie and shamefull reproche of the said Mugnuza Prince therof What was done with Opasius Authors make no mention When Mucas heard hereof suspecting that Iulian others of the same conspiracie were priuie to the counsells of Pelagius he straightwayes commaunded Iulian and Sisibertus and Ebasius the sonnes of king Vitiza to be put to death and thus in the ende they receiued a iust reward of their treason Which example so terrefied many of Iulians retinue and faction that they reuolted from Mucas and went to the Asturians and those whiche liued vnder the tyrannie of the Saracens dayly by stelth and priuily flying to Pelagius his power
to Charles the fift late Emperour In Africa a newe Prophet vaunting himself to be one of the right ligne race of Mahomet whose name was Eâ—mahelis a man both borne brought vp in the Mountains about the yéere of our Lord 1000 brued a new broyle and set abroch certayne quaynte fashions about Religion He expulsed out of their Kingdomes the high Bishop of Cairoan which Citie before we shewed was not farre of from Carthage was the head Citie in the mayne land of Africa l also Abraem the king of Marocco which done he subdued both the Mauritanies all Africa all Numidia and Lybia vnto the borders of the Negroes and Aegypt constituting his royall and Pontificall Seate at Marocco The King of Marocco fléeing from Habdulmumen who pursued after him with part of Elmahelis Army arriued and came to Oranum a Citie situate vpon the midland Sea in Mauritania Caesariensis But the Citizens not receiuing him the poore wretched King being comfortlesse and without all hope of better fortune with hys wife who for want of better store roade behind him both on one horse went vp into the toppe of a very high mountaine lying into the Sea and there dashing the Spurres into the horse sides cast himself his wife and horse down headlong from a Eraggie rocke and so al thrée dyed together at one instant and were found in the Shore all bruised and dismembred And Habdulmumen retourning back to Marocco found Elmahelis dead and was creafed King and Byshop in his place Whose posteritie and Successours that is to wit Iosippus his Sonne Mansor his Nephieu and Machomet Enasir of whom we made mencion before his Nephieus sonne enioyed possessed that Kingdome But when the tenne Sonnes after the death of Mahomet their father coÌ„tended and bickered among themselues for the Garlande the house of the Marines popped into the Kingdome of Fess and the Habduluadean familie inuaded the Kingdome of Telensine and displacing there the Tunetane Magistrate created and made there a king And all the other Kings Princes of Africa renounced their homage and reuolted from the Kings of Maroco wherby the power of the Saracens decreased in Africa aswell as in other places and the name of their Empyre vtterly extinct ¶ The Thirde Booke Wherein is expressed and plainly declared the euersion of the Saracenicall Empire and the originall beginning continuaunce increase of the Turkishe domination till the first yeere of the raigne of Ottomanne from whom louius and diuerse others both Greeke and Latine Turcographers begin their Histories also the first originall of the Tartarians Mamalukes Assassines and Sophians Containing a true and perfect discourse of Turkishe Affaires for three hundreth yeeres space before Ottomanne for pleasure and varietie very delectable BVt now must I procéede in a newe kind of order and discourse vpoÌ„ matters most worthy to be remembred for we haue already so orderly successiuely treated of Saracenicall affayres that now we be come by order of Historie to speake of those times wherin the auncient and true Saracene Empire decaying and as it were the lawfull Stocke and ofspring of Mahomet excluded and dispossessed Bastards and vpstartes of an other ligne stepped in and vsurped the principalitie A people I saye shuffling in for the best game and bearing themselues not as the other vnder a painled shewe and coulorable glose of gaie Religion and holines but planted themselues in a more firme and harde Empyre mainteining and amplifying the same by force of Armes and violence Whose State differeth as much from the former Empire as the hardnesse of Yron from the softnesse of Leade For albeit the huygenes of the Saracenicall dominion were great and mighty insomuch that vnder the patched cloake and preteÌ„ce of false doctrine and diabolicall Religion it ouerflowed and almost drowned the whole world yet the violent rage therof was by the valiaunt encountrie of couragious Souldiours and Martiall knightes from time to time either brydled and repressed or at least brought vnder such awe that many times they were faine to kéepe bill vnder wing and to be pent within narrower roome then they were before Yea many times such flames of ciuil discord among theÌ„selues burst out that the same being dispersed into sundry partes farre disseuered from the fire where it was first forged about Babilon and Arabie waxed in processe of time so keyecold frostbitteÌ„ the they were not able to wagge bestirre themselues as they did before And so béeyng distract and pulled from the whole Masse and consequently made weaker were either cleane vanished and buryed in the pit of Obliuion or else wyth an other Fire in some other place newly kindled were coÌ„sumed and quite burnt euen with their owne flame which thing hapned vnto this aforenamed Forge till such time that new and stronger Smithes tooke that office in hand forged a harder mettall vppon the Anuill to harden and streÌ„gtheÌ„ the softnes of this Leade throughly to beare out the dignitie of the Shop For although as it euideÌ„tly appeareth by the which hath bene alredy declared in the two first Bookes our Auncestors Predecessors haue continually warred with the Saracens welnigh 400 yéeres space with diuers fortune and doubtfull victorye in so much that although their power euen from their firste beginning were very mightie and great and Christendome all that tyme neuer quiet but continually floted in ciuil discorde beside the often incursions of Barbarous Nations the Emperours of Constantinople shewing themselues that while no better then Meycockes effeminate persons yet dyd they oftentymes plague them with manye great ouerthrowes and recouered out of theyr possessions sometyme Syria sometyme Armenia nowe a part of Persia and nowe some other Prouinces but yet alwayes and styll they kept in their possession all Europa sauyng a peece of Spayne onely Asia the lesse Media and the Kingdomes of Parthia Bithynia and Cappadocia with many other Realmes and Kingdomes But the power of the Turkes encroching and wynning vpon vs now almost for the space of .600 yéeres they neuer could represse neyther hinder the course and procéeding of their Empyre neither yet expel and driue them out of such places as they had once gotten Of such force is warlike discipline and so much differeth the fiercenes of the NorthreÌ„ people from the tendernes and effeminacie of the Southren How wherof and by what occasioÌ„ they brake out we shall now declare Basilius Porphyrogenitus being Emperour of Constantinople about the yéere of our Lord 1000. many Tyrannes wrestled for the GarlaÌ„d and diuided among them the Empire of Saracens as before in the last Booke was shewed wherof foure alwayes contending for the Supremacie kéeping deadly warres one with another for the tryal of their titles there began great diuision hartburning betwene Mahomet Prince of Persians Corasmiorians of diuerse other people on the one part and the Caliph of Syria whose royall Seate Metropolitane Sea was at Bagadet In
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
stoode and what he purposed to do willing him spéedily to come with more power to ayde him and be partaker of that glorious noble enterprise The Antiochians knowing their chiefe Tower to be taken ranne couragiouslye to repell and dispossesse the Romanes out of the same Now the Maister of the Tentes had in charge from the Emperour that he should not in ani wise inuade Antioch because the common brute went that the captiuitie of that Citie did portende within awhile after the Emperours confusion whiche bred in him such doubtfull cares that he knew not what to doo in that case nor which way to take Neuerthelesse loath that so manye valiaunt men should through his default perysh thinkyng it no poynt of humanytie to sée them thus fall into the lapse for want of a small ayde marched with all his power and inuaded Antioche at whose comming the Saracenes were so dismayde that their hartes fainted and their stomackes immediatly quayled Burzes his company which before dispayred of any help or remedye looking for nothing but present death tooke new hart agrace and were reuiued and bursting open the Gates with his battayle Axe made frée passage and ingresse for the maâ—ster of the Tentes and his traine to enter Thus was Antioche one of the noblest Cities in the world brought into the power of the Romanes whiche shortly after in the time of the Emperoure Iohn Zimisca the Saracenes with all their ioynt powers and forces both of the Orient and occident attempted to recouer And so vnder the conduct of the Caliph of Cairoan in Affrica because the power of the Caliph of Syria was now sore weakened and brought to a lowe ebbe they planted their Siege about it Whose inuasions and malyce the Citezins and Inhabitauntes manfullye and constantlye withstoode tyll the Emperour might hereof be certyfied Who hauing intelligence of this generall conspiracie of the Gentiles commaunded his Prouost of Mesopotamia to ayde his besieged Fréendes and Subiectes Who according to his charge and coÌ„mission in a pitched battaile wherein the Saracenes were in number farre moe then the Romanes them disparcled chased and discomfited Now because I sée the empire of the Saracens to draw apace towarde an ende and finall ruyne we must before we procéede any further briefelye and compendiouslie wryte of the remnauntes and reliques of them that yet lurked in Africa and Spayne and firste wee wyll speak of Spayne then afterward of Africa In Spayne therefore Ramire Kinge of Lyon in the yéere of our Sauiour Christ 901. making war vpon the Saracenes destroyed a Towne of theirs named Madrite and put them to flight néere vnto Osma and made Benaiam King of Saragoza Tributary vnto hym Whom afterward rebelliouslye ioyninge in league with Abduramen King of Corduba and tourning to his olde vomyt agayne Ramire eftsoones vanquished and tooke Prisoner in battayle néere to a Towne called Synâ—ncas wherein there were slayne of the Saracenes thyrtye thousande and many other annoyances and harmes did hee vnto them Afterwarde lying at the Siege of Talauâ—ra he ouercame the Toletane Saracenes whiche came to reyse the Siege and to rescue the Citie of whom vii M. were taken and xii M. slayne After this Sancius kinge of Lyon beinge depriued and driuen out of his kingdome by his owne people came to Abduramen king of Corduba to be cured of a certayne disease by the help of his Phisicions whom for conning and knowledge he had heard to be the expertest and skilfullest that were then in al the world Whom the king of Corduba did not onely cause to be healed but also with his power and help maugre all his foes restored him to his Roome and dignitie But after that hee was dead the Saracenes wanne Symancas Duengas Sepulueda and Gormas Townes belonginge to the kingdome of Lyon and rased Zamorra And within awhile after destroyed and euerted Portugall the head of all Lusitanie and Compostella After the death of Abduramen Alliagib his Successoure in that kingdome naming him selfe Almansor which is as much to say as the Protectoure of king Mansor his Lorde and maister because bee hoped therby the rather to allure the peoples goodwils and vnder that coloure to insinuate himselfe into their fauoures for at that time Mansor raigned at Marrocco Which Citie as we haue afore shewed was the Seate royall of all the Saracenes Empire Occidentall vnder whose iurisdiction and rule all the inferiour kinges of the Saracenicall nacion in Spayne lyued gathered a mighty power and inuaded the Territories of the Castulonians Lyon and Bâ—â—kaye The Citie of Lyon he almost vtterly defaced the Towers and Bulwarkes thereof which were all of Marble he rased and heat downe to the grownde leauinge onelye one vntouched and vnblemished to the intent that the memorye of the beautye and gorgeousnes of that Citie might appeare and remayne to posterytie He tooke Asturia and Coiaca which is now called Valenâ—ja not that Valentia which standeth vpon the midland Sea but an other in the kingdome of Leon by the Pyrenes and Sansagnium with many other Townes And in the Precinct of the Castulonians he destroyed Osma Alcobetla Berlanga and Atienza and of the Gallycian Townes he tooke S. Iames and commaunded the Belles to bee caryed away thence to Corduba where he vsed them in stéede of Lampes in his prophane Temples in this sorte he continued outraging and kéeping sharpe warres for the space of twelue yeares Tyll at length Bermudes King of Lyon with the powers of the Castulonians the Byskayes and his owne bad vnto hym battayle in a place called Calataicor This battayle was fiercely foughten on both sides for the space of a whole daye where were slayne of the Saracenes many thousandes and in th' end Almansor with all his retinew and Adherents fled and shortly after died for sorow of his ouerthrow The Spaniardes ruffling and spoiling their camp found therin great booties prayes which they at their flight had left behind them Abdimelick greatly mooued with his fathers misfortune and purposing to recouer and haue amendes for the same was also vanquished But afterward in the reigne of Alphonsus the Son of Bermudes the Saracenes agayne inuading the borders frontiers of the Castulonians destroied Auila tooke Ormetum with any other townes And Alphonsus reedifled the citie of Lyon. After al this there sprang vp ciuile warres among the Spanish Saracenicall Kinges and Princes whereby the power of the Christians in that prouince dayly encreased insomuch that Mahomet Enasâ—r Bishop of Marrocco being vanquished in Gottalonia néere to Valentia and ix M. Saracenes slaine with him in the yéere of our redémption 1150. the Christians within xxx yéeres folowing recouered Valentia Deuia Alicante Muria new Carthage Corduba Syuile Iaen and Vbeda and the Saracenes had no more in their possession but onely the Kingdome of Granado from whence at length they were vtterlye expulsed and driuen out by Ferdinando the last king of the Tarracomans or Aragon Grandfather by the Mothers side
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
the goodnes of God slew of their Enemies with the sworde 7000 and 5000 drowned so that the victorye fell to the Christians In Syria the Christians discomfited the Saracens in two notable ouerthrowes in the first conflict 2500 of them were slaine In the other although both Armies were afflicted yet the Christians obteined the victory The king of Ascalon was by Baldwine repressed and the king of Damascus in thrée battailes ouercome After the death of Baldwine the third king of Hierusalem Fulco was made the fourth king The Erle of Tripolis by treason was slaine king Fulco was put to flight by his Enemies and condiscended to very hard conditions to be clearely deliuered from siege The Christians coaped in fight with the Egyptians and were superiours Ascalon was recouered by the Christians Fulco the fourth king of Hierusalē in hunting the Hare and ryding fast after the game through a fall from hys horse dyed after whom succéeded his Sonne Baldwine who was the fift king The Citie Edessa and almost all Mesopotamia was wonne by the Saracens Alaph Captaine of the Turks which now were of great name and power in the East where they kylled without all mercy a wonderfull number of Christiās rauishing mens wiues in the Church of Saint Iohn Baptiste in despight of Christianitie euen vpon the Alter Baldwine the thirde of that name and the fifte king of Hierusalem conquered Gaza and Ascalon and cast out al the Saracens And at Hierico he ouercame and put to flight Norandine Maister of the Chiualry of Damascus and slue 5000. of his enemyes Manuel Emperour of Constantinople with muche ouersight and negligence led through daungerous wayes and desert places his Christian Hostes against the Saracens insomuch that for scarcitie of vittayles and other necessaries they could atchiue no notable enterprise against the myscreaunt people Roger King of Sicilie and Normannes made the Africane Saracens tributarie to him for .xxx. yéeres and tooke their king Prisoner This yéere Conrade the second Emperour leuyed a great power against the Saracens against whom he had in battaile but ill successe Lewys King of Fraunce assembled a mightie Armie to go against the Infideles Out of England Flaunders and Loraine were furnished out 200 saile against the Saracens This yéere Conrade the Emperour passing ouer Bosphorus without anye resistaunce came néere to his enemies but for want of victuals and as some say his corne being corrupted and mingled with lyme and plaister he was glad to stay himselfe and go no further and to bring backe his Armye The Saracens vnderstanding hereof set vpon them behind and slue of them certain thousands The same yéere the French king came to the Emperour to aide him but by reason that his Army was greatly distressed and pynched with famine he could bring no notable atchieuaunce to passe The same time the Venetians with a well furnished Nauie went into Asia to aide the Emperour against the Saracens The Spanyardes expulsing the Saracens recouered Almaria and Tortosa two goodly embattailed Cities The same yeere Damascus was besieged by the Syrians Frenchmen and Hierosolymitanes and the Vamures thereof defaced And when they were euen at the poynt to haue wonne the Citie and subdued the Saracenes the chiefe Princes and Capitaines disagreyng and fallyng out amonge themselues called theyr owne Souldiours euery man together and departed thence leauing the siege Raymund King of Antioch with hys whole Hoast was discomfyted by the Saracens who spoyled all hys Countrey Antioch it selfe by the Kinge of Hierusalem was hardly rescued and saued Baldwine King of Hierusalem discomfited the Aegiptians and Babilonians The Saracenes draue the Spanyardes by force of Armes out of Almaria Baldwine set at libertie and restored many Cities expulsing thence the Saracens Baldwine dyed and in his stéede reigned hys brother Almericke the fixt king of Hierusalem Almericke in Aegypt obteined a noble victorie The same king befieged Damiata but in th' ende he agreed to a peace vppon conditions neither honorable nor profitable The Saracenes of Africa made manye Roades into Spaine Almericke King of Hierusalem dyed of an Ague And his sonne Baldwine was annoynted the seuenth king Baldwine in two battailes vanquished Saladine Kyng of Aegypt and brought much treasure into Hierusalem The Daughter of the king of Saracens being maryed to Prince Pagane was taken prisoner on the Sea by the King of Sicilie in hir voyage and iourney homewarde to hir husband Thys yeere the Christians in Hierusalem were ouercome Mausamunth king of the Saracens with great costes and charges repayred Carthage Baldwine the .vij. king of Hierusalem beyng infected with Leprosie dyed His Nephew Baldwine his Sisters sonne was elected king after him but by frouning destenies he was kepte backe from his dignitie After whom succéeded the .viij. king Guye of Lesingham Betweene this Guye kyng of Hierusalem and Raymund Earle of Tripolis there arose dissension and hartburning whiche was the cause that the Christians were brought into extreme daunger The Christians ioyning battayle with the Armye of Saladine had a lamentable ouerthrow In this battayle were slaine 20500. Christians King Guye was taken Prisoner and the Erle of Tripolis dyed sodainly Hierusalem hauing now bene enioyed and possessed by the Christians lxxxbiij was this yéere by surrendrie deliuered vp to the king of Saracens and the Christians there expelled the second day of October This yéere all Iurie was wonne from the Christians by the Saracens the Cities of Tyre Tripolis and Antioche being with much a doe and hardly kept Fridericke Emperour of Romans with his sonne Fridericke Philip king of Fraunce Richarde king of England with manye other Princes and Nobles assembling their Parliamentes decreed throughly determyned to ayde the Christians in Iurie Great preparation was made for this voyage Fridericke leadyng hys Armie into Syria and wynning the lesse Armenia went in the hoate time of Sommer into the Riuer Selephus to bathe washe himselfe where by misfortune he was drowned Lewes Kinge of Fraunce went with an Armye toward the holy Land with entent to supplant the Saracenes and relieue the Christians The sayd King Lewes ioyning battayle with the Saracenes brought vnder his subiection Damiata a populous citie and curiouslye embatteyled The same King Lewes in a terible conflict at Faramia was taken prisoner by the Saracens with his two brethren Charles and Alphonse Wherevpon Damiata was redeliuered into the hands of the Saracens whereby he saued his owne lyfe and his fréendes and was delyuered out of Prison This kinge was taken the fifte day of Aprill The Saracens lost the I le called Baleares which the Duke of Aragon subdued The kinges of Spaine fallynge at variaunce and discord the one brother fled into Fraunce to craue ayde the other into Africa to desire assistaunce of the Saracens against his owne brother whereby they wrought much scath both to themselues and to their countrey Deadly hatred and grudge fell betwéene the Venetians and the Genoways whereby the Christians inhabyting Ptolomais and Tyre were gréeuously
afflicted The Saracens draue the christians cleane out of Siria Antioch was sacked by Bodegar the Sultane Yet againe Lewes the french kinge with his thrée Sonnes sayled into Africa against the Saracens with a great power Where by his knightly prowesse he had the victorie of them and besieged Carthage but by reason of the vnholsome countrey and chaunge of ayre the pestilēce infected his Hoast wherof the king himself dyed and his sonne Iohn also and then brake vp the siege The Armenians and Scythians at Gamala a citie of Iurie were destroyed by the Saracens with the citie also The citie Tripolis was taken fiered by the Sultan of Aegipt and the Christians in most cruell wyse slayne or els caryed away captiue The cities of Tyre Sydon Tripolis and Bericus by the same Sultan were fiered rased euen with the ground Ptolomais also being afore a place of refuge for the dispearsed christians was taken without any resistance and destroyed and the very foundations digged vp The christians which fled away and for sooke the citie in their way toward Crete perished by shipwrack and were drowned And thus were the Christians vtterly chased out of syria 190 yéeres after they wan it vnder Godfrey of Bolleine The kingdome of Turkes OThoman a man of obscure byrth very ambicious growing in great wealth riches by spoyle and robberie was the first that tooke vpon him the name of Kinge of Turks He within x. yéeres space subdued to his seigniorye a great part of Bythinia other countreis about the Euxine Sea whose generation since hath wrought much mischiefe to Christendome The I le of Rhodes was won frō the Sar. by the hospitelers Alphonse King of Castile in a notable conflict ouercame the Saracens and tooke two mighty cities Othoman king of Turks dyed and after him succéeded Orchanes his Sonne the second king of that Nacion While Cantacuzen Paleologus contended for the Empire of Constantinople Orchanes by force wan the most noble citie of Prusia Orchanes in a battayle against the Tartarians for so ar the Scythians called lost the féeld and was with many of his army slaine After him succéeded Amurathes the third kinge of Turkes Amurathes through the couetousnes and treason of the Genowais lending their ships vnto him passed the streicts of Hellespont to Abydus where he conquered the cities of Philippople and Hadrianople vnto his subiection This Ammurathes inuaded Seruia and Bulgaria conquered them from the Christians and at the same tyme tooke and slue Lazarus King of Seruia Ammurathes inuading the higher Mysia was thrust into the flanke with a Dagger by one that was a faithful seruaunt to the aboue named King Lazarus whose pretence was to reuenge his maisters death of the whiche wound he dyed After Ammurathes thus slaine Baiazeth his sonne obteyned the kingdome was the fourth king of Turkes and slue his owne brother Marke Cratenique king of Bulgaria with all the nobilitie of his realme was vanquished in battayle by Baiazeth He spoyled Bosna Croacia Illyria Albania and VValachia kyllyng many thousandes of Christians being partly slaine and partly caryed into captiuitie Constantinople was afflicted and besieged fully .viij. yéeres by this vnmercifull Tyraunt the Turkish king The Lordes of England and Fraunce at the instance of the Genowayes ioyning with them made a voyage into Africa against the Saracenes and compelled them to restore and set at liberty the Christian Prisoners liuing among them and to pay 10000 Crownes The Walachians craued ayde of the Turkes against the Hungarians whom notwithstanding the Hungarians vanquished and put to flight The Christians and the Turks mette and ioyned battayle at Nicopolis vpon the. 28 day of September But the victorie fell to Baiazeth who had there 300000. stoute fighting men well appoynted wherof 60000 were horsemen The Army of the Christiās being French Hungarians was not aboue lxxx thousande among whom there were about .xx. M. Horsemen The French Capitaines were in a maner all taken Prisoners Sigismund the king of Hungarie himselfe escaped hardly by flight In this battaile were slaine of Christians 20000. and of Turkes 60000. This lamentable ouerthrowe happened throughe the discorde of the Christian Host among themselues by reason that one whyle the Frenche and another while the Hungarians claimed the first onset and the leading of the Vauntgard After this battaile the Turke retyred backe to the siege of Constantinople Tamburlane Kyng of Scythia a man of obscure byrthe and Pedagrew grew to such power that he maynteined in his Court daily attending on him a thousand and CC Horsemen This Prince inuadyng the Turkes dominions in Asia with an innumerable multitude of armed Souldiours in the confynes of Gallitia and Bithynia néere to Mount Stella gaue to the Turke a sore battaile in the which he slew of them two hundreth thousand He tooke Baiazeth the Great Turke Prisoner and kepte hym in a Cage tyed and bounde wyth golden Chaynes When so euer hee tooke Horse he caused the sayde Baiazeth to be brought out of hys Cage vsed his necke as a Styrrope and in this sorte caryed hym throughout all Asia in mockage and derysion He vanquished the Persians ouercame the Medians subdued the Armenians and spoiled all Aegypt He built a Citie and called it Marchantum wherein he kept all his Prisoners and enriched the same with the spoyles of all such Cities as he conquered It is reported in Histories that in his hoast he had an incredible nūber of thousands he vsed cōmōly to haue xij hundreth thousand vnder him in Campe. When he cam in sight of his enemies his custome was to set vp thrée sortes of Pauylions or Tentes the first was white signifying therby to his Enemyes that if at that shew they would yelde there was hope of grace and mercye at hys handes the next was redde whereby he signified bloude and flame lastly blacke which betokened vtter subuersion mercilesse hauocke of all things for their contempt The same yéere Walachia Transyluania Moldauia and all the Region beyonde the ryuer of Danowe by procurement of Stephan Vaiuoda their Captaine sediciously mutyned and stirred vprores against Sigismund Whereby all men might perceiue and vnderstande that the same Vaiuoda was the very Authour of the late discomfiture in procuring the Turkes to come thither Cyriscelebes whom some do call Calepine after that the Great Turke his father was takē prisoner and his Host vanquished by Tamburlane the Scythian King saued himself by flight tooke vpon him to be king of Turkes being the fyst from Othoman The Turkes after their king was thus taken their power daunted atchieued nothing worthy of any remēbraunce vnder this Cyriscelebes Cyriscelebes the kinge this yéere dyed leauing behind him two Sonnes Orcannes and Mahomet Orcannes throughe the great fauour of the Nobles of Thracia was appointed Successour to the Crowne béeing yet a very young man but in a conflict at Gazar not farre from the ryuer Hebrus he was slaine chiefly by the villanie of his
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
went vnto the Pauilion of Mustapha with the keyes of the Citie of whom at the first they were curteously enterteyned and caused to sit downe by him discoursing with them of sundrye matters and drawing them froÌ„ one tale to another till at leÌ„gth picking a surmysed quarel and specially to Sig. Bragadino sodainly commaunded them all to be pynyoned and to be layde bounde one by one in the market place and in hys presence there to be hewen in péeces As for Sig. Bragadino he first commaunded his eares to be cut of and most vilely to be stretched a long vpon the grounde while Mustapha talked and blasphemously demaunded of him where his Christ was that he helped him no better Then he led him to all the breaches of the Citie making him to carie at once two baskettes of rubbish and earth th' one on hys backe and th' other in his hand slauelyke to euery sundry battry being enforced also and commaunded to kysse the grounde as often as he passed by him After this he was ledde to the Sea side where being set in a Chayre he was wynched vp and fastened to the maineyard of a Galley and hoysed vp with a Crane so high that al the Christian Souldiours and Slaues in the Hauen alreadye shipped might behold and was afterward let downe againe and vpon the Pyllorie in the market place most cruelly fleyed quicke After which most sauage tyraÌ„nie his skinne was stuffed with Straw and hanged vpon the Bowsprit of a foyst to be caryed along the coastes of Syria that al the Port townes might behold and vnderstand who he was The Turkish Army at this Siege of all sortes were in number 200 thousande persons In 79 dayes all which time the Battry still continued 140 thousande yron pellettes were shot into the Citie numbred and séene The Christian Nauy being in number 207 Gallyes 6. Galeazes beside a great nuÌ„ber of Pynnesses and other Shippes and 20. thousande â—all Souldiours of Spayne Italy and Germanie beside the Labourers and Rowers wherof was chiefe General Don Iohn de Austria tooke the Sea at Messana from thence sayling to Coreyra so to Cephalenia séeking the Turkes where being out of Candy enformed of the miserable taking and cruell dealyng at Famagosta were further geuen to vnderstande that the Turks lay at Anker in the Gulph of VelapanÌ„t Spéeding themselues thytherward the Turkes were in a ioly ruffe marueilyng that the Christians curste so fondly hazard themselues vnto certayne death and makyng full reckenyng so to afflict and crush the Christian power at that time that they should neuer be able afterwarde to withstand theÌ„ more But they reckened before their Host and God gaue the victorie For there were taken burnt and sunk of the Turkish Gallyes Galiots and Brygandines 230. There were slayne of the Turkes 30. thousand beside a great number taken prisoners and about xiiii thousand Christians that had bene kept in lothsome captyuitie were set at libertie breaking their chaynes to be reuenged of their extréeme slauerie to helpe the Christians when the Turkishe side began to goe to wreck The chiefe brunt of this conflict was vpon the 6. day of October and lasted foure houres but the slaughter and chase continued all day from morning tyll night insomuch that the Sea séemed redd with bloud for none escaped thence aliue sauing 40. Gallyes which fled at the first beginning The Christians lost seauen Gallyes and were slayne betwéene the number of vi or vii thousande The wind and Sunne was on the backs of the Christians and full in the faces of the Turkes whiche greatlye helped them at this pinch and furthermore the Stemmes of the Turks Gallies were so high that they ouershotte our men which made them to vasten to grappling there beside a great sort of Ianyzaries and commoÌ„ Turkes their Bassa was slaine This yéere the seauenth of October the noble and valyaunt Prince Don Iohn De Austria with 105 Gallyes and 40. great Shippes was sent by Phylip King of Spayne to take and set order in the kingdome of Tunice where was great ruffling and hurly burly for the State. He therfore takyng Ship at Iauagnana had the wynd so fauorable that by noone the next day he arryued at Goletta Afterward there folowed and came to him Marcellus Auria with 29. well trimmed Foysts and the Duke of Sessia with 14. of the Popes gallyes The Turkes in Tunice for dread of his puissaunce whom to their cost not long before they had tryed fled out of Tunice some to Carauana and 400. of them to Bisana sometime called Vtica whom the Bisanes would not receiue nor succour whervpon after many hoat wordes on either party they fell together by the eares among themselues The Bisanes to be the stronger in that byckeringe vnclogged and vnchayned 150. Christian Prisoners whom the Turkes had vsed for Gallye Slaues and them furnished with Weapon and armure By whose help and meane specially the Bisanes got the vpperhande and slue many of the Turkes Which done Don Iohn hauing the goodwyl of the Townesmen sent thither Sig. Salazara the Spaniarde to take possession of the Towne and to sweare the Aâ—â—habitauntes to be true obedient Subiectes to Kinge Philip. Then landing his Army within foure miles of Tunice he sent 2500. Footemen to the citie where they found no body to resist them but onely 200 Moores in the Castle who sayde that they kept the same to the vse of Amidas their Kinge Whom Don Iohn sent Prisoner with his Wife and Children into Sicile because he had bene cause of great discorde and faction in that Countrie and dispossessing the lawfull heyres thereof had violentlye vsurped the same and procured the Turkes to come thither In whose roome be appoynted young Muleasses who sware to be true Vassall vnto Kinge Phylip and to holde his Crowne of hym by Homage whom the Citezins with a goodly peale of Ordinaunce receiued gladlye séemed to admit for their Souereigne Ouer the Castle or chiefe Fort of the Citie he appoynted Sig. Serbellane Captaine The iiij of February 200 footemen and 150 Horsemen of the Garrison of the sayd Sig. Serbellan ioyning also vnto theÌ„ for helpe 4000 Moores yssued out of their Fort and encountred with 1500 Turkes and 3000 Arabians which robbed and spoyled the goods of the Tunicians and gréeuously molested them In which conflict the false harted Moores reuolting and refusing to fight there was taken 150 Christians and two Gunnes Still the Turkes stamping and staring for rage to see the Spanyardes beare rule and authoritie in those quarters priuely in the night the 21 of Februarie surpryzed Canisum killing therein and slaying aboue a thousande persons and after they had vtterly burnt the towne euen to the Castle gate they retyred backe whence they came The Garrison in the Castle to their great griefe all thys while beholding this outragious dealing durst not once aduenture to coape with them for frare of loosing all because they were in number farre fewer their they
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.
After the death of Iohn Vaiuoda who committed the ouersight and tutorship of his young Sonne to his Cosen Georgius Monachus it chaunced the Ferdinando leuied an Army to recouer his Landes right in Hungarie WhoÌ„ Monachus in the behalfe of the Infant resisted At length the matter betwéene them beyng brought to a Parle and conuention for the quieting of all stryfe it happened among Ferdinando his men sodainely a Dagge to be hard goe of which by the heaâ—e of the daie as it is thoughte discharged of it owne accorde But Monachus iudging that it was shotte at him charged Ferdinando with great iniurie saying that from that time he woulde neuer beléeue the promyses of Christians And vppon thys rashe suspicion sent to the Turke desiring hym to come into Hungarie with hys power to ayde him who glad to haue this occasion came spéedely with a great Army and discharging the Hoaste of Ferdinando from the Siege of Buda seyzed the Cytie into hys owne handes and to hys owne vse commaundyng the young Infant and his mother to folowe after his Campe. Then entred he himselfe and tooke possession of the Castle and wanne also Pestum a Citye ryght ouer agaynst Buda well stored wyth Ordinaunce and Munition At the same time he also won Stridon and the Towne called Quinquecclesiae or Fynffenkyrken he rased and made lâ—auell with the grounde At the wynnynge of Buda two Ensignes yéeldinge themselues to the Turke vppon promyse of lyfe and limme were first by him coÌ„maunded to put of their Armor theÌ„ to put it on again to ranke theÌ„selues in battaile aray after the Christian fashion which they readily accoÌ„plishing according to his coÌ„mauÌ„dment he riding about the bankes to view and behold them at length hadd them put of their Armure againe whiche done certaine of the tallest and strongest he picked out the residue he coÌ„maunded his Souldiours comminge behinde to hew in péeces with their Swordes Of the other which he had chosen out some he set for Marks or Buttes to be shott at and some he appointed to his two Sonnes to slashe with their Falchions and to trye their strength whether of them coulde geue the déeper wounde or as they tearmed it strike the fayrer blowe that most bloud might flow and gush out of their bodies Ioachim Marques of Brandeburge Prince Electour was appoynted with a great power to goe into Hungarie to recouer Buda and other péeces from the Turke At the first he séemed so forward and couragious as though he woulde haue conquered the whole World. But his great heate in shorte space so slaked that he was full glad to be discharged of his office againe before any wronge were offered him and with shame ynough retourned home agayne Whose cowardise the Turkes perceiuing thought to shew hym some cast of their office before hys departure and set vpon the right Winge of his Armye and thence tooke 500. Duchmen prisoners Whom in derision they horriblye mangled and disfigured and so sent them through Grecia to bee witnesses of their victorie The kinde of their punishment was this first they thrust them cleane through the right Arme with an yron redde hoat to make them euer after vnhable to laboure and warfare secondly their heades were shauen to the verye Sculles lyke Monkes or Friers and thirdlye their pryuye members were cut of to make them vnfrutefull for propagacion of Children Notwithstandinge Maurice Duke of Saxonie in his expedition shewed himselfe a gentleman of haultye courage and was lyke to haue bene taken prisoner This yéere the Emperoure Charles spéeding hymselfe somwhat late in the yéere with a goodly Nauy into Mauritania Caesariensis against Barbarossa to recouer Argiers staying as some say somwhat long at Luke to coÌ„ferre with the Pope by force of tempest contrary Windes suffred a lamentable Shipwrack and loste a great number of his goodly Shippes with the Ordinaunce and Habyliments of Warre that were within them The Emperoure himselfe by force of weather was cast vpon the Baleare Islands In this expedition the Germaines valyantly quitte themselues in skirmysh against the Barbarians in the Emperours behalfe but the Italyans recuyled and fled back Truce was for a certeyne time taken with the Turke which to both parties with longe warres wearied was welcome and very acceptable Sigismund King of Poleland by Breuitz one of his Capitaynes conquered and rased a stronge Fortresse which the Turke had buylt néere to the Marches of his Realme and Kingdome Mustapha the Turkes eldest Sonne thought he taryed too longe if he shoulde be kept from the Crowne tyll his father were dead wherefore he incensed the Egiptians to take part with him and stirred vp the Persians to make sharpe Warre vpon Solyman his father Solyman the Turke with a huge army marched against Tolcha â–ª King of Persia where the Turke in battayle had a great ouerthrow and lost many of his men in Persia The Tartarians which were comminge to ioyne their powers with him for his defence were slayne and spoyled in the lesse Armenia The same yéere one Curculey a Turkishe Pyrate with twenty Galleyes and Foystes contrarye to the League and truce practized muche Pyracie and rouerye about the Coastes of Sicilie and Campania sodaynlye surprisinge the Inhabytantes and thence caryed away incredible spoyle The same yéere the Saracenes in Barbaria bruynge newe sedicious vprores were by the valyauntnesse of Sestian and Albane two of the Emperours Capitaines repressed who also delyuered Portugall and Spaine from their malicious inuasion The Turke intending to make amendes for the late ignomynie and foyle that he had receiued leuyed a newe Armye againste the Persians and firste he inuyted hys Souldiours by augmenting their wages and afterward by his Ambassadours insinuated himselfe to all his confederates and confirmed such Leagues as were betwéene them But he lost of this is very well appoynted Armye in this iourney by famine and plague a great multytude The plague also beinge very hoate and raiginge in Constantinople which Citie in his absence he had strengthned with a Garrison of a hundreth Galleyes consumed well néere lxx thousand persons In the beginning of this yéere whiche was a yéere of Iubylie Solyman was reported but vntruelye to bee dead which mercilesse Tyraunt sore afflicted the people of God the space of xxx yéeres The same yéere the Emperoure Charles the fifte by the Viceroy of Sicile conquered and wan the Citie Affrica from whence he brought 8000 prisoners and draue out the Archpyrate Dragute King therof who fled to the Turke The Turkes after they had in vaine for a time besieged the Casâ—le of Malta tooke the Citie of Tripolis a Porte of Barbarie Solyman at this time caused his eldest Sonne Mustapha to be strangled with a Bowstringe by his dumbe men ministers of Murther a vizured he himself being present and looking on for suspition of treason layd to his charge And there was a truce taken betwéene hym and Ferdinando king of Romanes After which act committed he woulde haue geuen