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A19712	A notable historie of the Saracens Briefly and faithfully descrybing the originall beginning, continuaunce and successe aswell of the Saracens, as also of Turkes, Souldans, Mamalukes, Assassines, Tartarians and Sophians. With a discourse of their affaires and actes from the byrthe of Mahomet their first péeuish prophet and founder for 700 yéeres space. VVhereunto is annexed a compendious chronycle of all their yeerely exploytes, from the sayde Mahomets time tyll this present yeere of grace. 1575. Drawn out of Augustine Curio and sundry other good authours by Thomas Newton.; Sarracenicae historiae libri tres. English	Curione, Celio Augustino, 1538-1567.; Newton, Thomas, 1542?-1607.	1575 (1575)	STC 6129; ESTC S109154	166,412	282

and South with the Atlantique Ocean on the East with the East red Arabian Sea and is ioyned to Asia by a little narow part of dry land lying betwene the vttermost end of the. Arabiā Gulph our Sea yet Egypt which Prouince extendeth frō the Cataractes and fludgates of the riuer Nilus to the mouth of the same together with Aethiopia which lieth aboue it of many old writers yea of late Authours also is not reckened into Affrica And as the riuer Nilus parteth the East part of this halfe Isle that is to wit Aegypt Aethiopia where the large mightie dominions of Presbiter Iohn lye so the riuer Nigir springing as many write from the same fountain and hauing as the other hath his course from the South into the North so this frō the East into the Weast and falling into the Athlantique Ocean parteth and separateth the most wealthie Kingdomes of the Nigrites from it So that the Lybia which we here meane is contained within the boūdes of Nilus and Nigir the Athlantique Ocean and our Sea. All which as farre as it stretcheth from the Weast into the East the buyge Mount Athlas cutteth and seuereth a sunder béeyng at this daye diuided into three partes Barbaria Numidia and Lybia Lybia which in the Arabian tongue is called Sarra that is to say Desert is bound on the Southe wyth the kingdomes of the Nigrites on the North with the moūt Athlas on the East with the riuer Nilus on the west with the Oceā Numidia called in the Arabiā tongue Biledulgerid which is to say a Countrey wherein groweth great store of dates stretching frō the borders of Aegypt to the Oceā lyeth South frō the moūtain Athlas Barbarie from the East to the West cōtained within the same limittes and borders comprehēdeth all that which lyeth betwene Athlas and our Sea. And this is also diuided into foure Prouinces Mauritania Tingintana which containeth the Kingdomes of Marrocco Feze Caesariensis wherin is the king dome of Telensine the .iii. part both in thold time now is properly called Affrica wherin in aunciēt time the Carthaginians flourished conteining now at this day the Citie Affrica Tunice and Tripolis After this foloweth Cirenes which is cōprehended in the kingdome of Bugia At the first inuasiō and irruptiō made into this Prouince during the raigne of Ozmen the Saracens swarming out of Aegypt wan Cyrenaica Affrica But making peace afterward with the Emperour they were cōmaūded to depart from al the places néere to the Sea coastes and so they remooued further into the Confines of Numidia and Lybia and in the raigne of Muauias they againe entring into the Territories of the Carthaginians subdued the coūtrey of Affrica all about the Sea coastes And nowe auauncing forward their Standards they inuaded both the Mauritaines appointed for the limites of their Empire the Oceā the riuer Nigir Ouer which prouince Vlite thē chief Bishop of the Mahumetane sect made Mucas high deputée appointed vnto him a strōg power But yet the part of Tingintana that lyeth toward the straictes of Marrocke was vnder the rule of Roderike Visigotte king of Spaine For the Gothes expulsing all the Romane garrisons were lordes of the whole countrye of spaine from 300. yéeres almost passed acknowledgyng for their King none but this Rodericke who was not onely King of both the Spaynes the néerer and furthér but also possessed all that laye toward the straict Sea in Mauritania Tingintana The Straictes in Affrica hath thrée Promontories makyng two Bayes or Elbowes into the landwarde and in Spaine as many Promontories with so many bosomes or Elbowes of the Sea. The famous and noble Cities by the Sea in Spayne were Carteia situate by the Promontorie Calpe which afterwarde was called Tarifa in Aphrica Tingis of whom Mauritania Tingintana hath his name standyng by the Promontorie Abyle and Cepta called of Ptolomaeus Essilissa The Romanes deuided all Spayne into two Prouinces and sent into them two Proconsulles or Propretors whereof the one gouerned the néerer and the other the furder But these partes were not alwayes of one greatnesse for when as they had not yet the whole possession of all Spayne the hyther Spaine was contayned within the riuer Iberus and the Pyrenee Mountaynes and all beyond Iberus was of the further Spayne which belonged to the Carthaginians But after that they had driuen out the Punique Garrysons out of euery quarter of the Countraie and had got the possession of all Spayne they called that which on the East and south is enuironed almost Ilandwise without Sea on the West with the Athlantique Ocean on the North with the Sea Cantabricum and the Pyrenee Mountaynes exceptinge Lusitania and Betica by the name of the néerer Spaine and those partes which be deuided by the riuer Anas and compassed about with the Ocean as far as to the Asturians thei called the further Spaine callyng that which marcheth vpon the straicts Betica which now contayneth Vandalusia the Kingdome of Granado the which extendeth from the riuer Anas to the riuer Duria they called Lusitanie and al the hyther part Tarraconensis Which tripartite diuision Geographers in their descriptions haue obserued Ouer these thrée Prouinces and also ouer the Asturians and Cantabrians which be on this side the Pyrenees by the North ocean and also ouer the Prouince called Narbonensis so farre as the Riuer of Rhone which was then called Gallia Gottica this Roderike Visigot was as we haue sayd king gouernour at that time when the Saracenes extended the limits of their Dominyon in Aphrica to the ocean which was in the yéere of our Lorde .712 This Rodericke made Iuliane Earle of Cepta descended of the bloud of Visigottes a man of great power and wealth in Spayne and chief ruler ouer a certayne Ilande now called Viridis lying in the narow Sea and many other places aswell in Spayne as in Tingintana his high Deputie and warden in Betica and all other such places as were vnder his rule in Tingintana Vnto hym hee committed the whole charge to defend Spayne on that side from the inuasions of the Saracenes and to kepe the narow Seas This Iulyan had a Daughter named Caba a beautyfull young Ladye insomuch that for her parsonage she was no lesse pernitious to Spayne then faire Helena was to the Troyanes For Rodericke fallynge in loue with her whether it were by force or by fraud for it is reported both waies made a breach into her virgynitie Which vnprincely trick she as soone as she conueniently could vttered and discouered vnto her Father Who dissimuling as though he had knowne nothyng of this iniurie done to him in his Daughter and kéepyng to hymselfe the desire of iust reuenge till a tyme for his purpose conuenient desired leaue of the Kinge to departe the Courtand to go to Cepta because being there as he said he could much better defeat the Saracens entended enterprises Which request obtayned he

Emperor that he would not infringe the League betwéene them concluded at length bent all his power againste the Greeques which inferred warre vpon hym againste the Lawes both of God and man and ouer his army he appoynted for Generall one Muamates Who findinge the Greeques at Sebastonople hanged the Tables of the League vpon a Speare poynt and caused the same to bee borne before him like an Ensigne And calling vpon God to reuenge the breaking and violation therof which were so solēnelie made and confirmed by taking his holy name ●o witnesse he in good order of battell gave the charge vpon them Albeit first he had corrupted the Sclauoy● with money Of whom assoone as the battell was once begun néerehand xx M. reuolted from the Emperour went to the Saracenes which thinge so appauled the Greeques that they were easely ouercome and put to flight and in the chase were kylled almost euery mothers sonne The Emperour Iustinian for he was present himselfe at this conflict dishonorably and shamfully by flight sauing himselfe with a few others in his company assoone as he came to Leucas caused all the remnaunt of the new band of sclauonoys to be put to death and their dead carkesses to bee cast into the Sea Whervpon the saracenes afterward without any damage not only recouered their owne Territories before lost but also inuaded the residue of the Roman Prouinces Sabatius also a noble Senatour and Pretor of Armenia vnderstanding of the wrecks and ouerthrows of the Romans reuolted to the Saracens and betraied into their hands the whole countrie of Armenia Nether did they yet cease to ouerrun the whole East and to leade away the christians into seruitude for y part also of Persia which yet acknowledged the Roman Empire was subdued by Cagian and Muamates with helpe of those Sclauonoy tourning to his side and entring into the Prouince of Thracia spoyled it with Sweard and fire pitifully the Roman Empire being in the meane season with ciuile discords and intestine hatred so disseuered and torne asunder that no man durst set in foote to withstande this outrage The Lord Leoutius hauing exiled Iustinian into the Ile Cherson vsurped the empire and straitwaies sent a Lord of his countrie named Iohn with a nauie to inhibite and stop the violent irruption of the Aphricane saracenes which not content with the midle lande that was graunted vnto them by league for their habitation inuaded a fresh the Countrie néere about the Sea Coastes This man vanquishing the Saracenes in battaile draue them out of the Romane Territories But for as muche as their power and wealth was dreadfull and terrible in Syria and all the East and newes brought by sundry rumours that there was more ayde comming from Abdimelik to the ayde of these Saracens in Affrica Iohn thinking his power vnable to defend and kéepe the possession of the prouince went to Constantinople to fetch more ayde from Leontius leauing his hoast behind him in Affrica But while these things were to slowly purueighed and prepared by Leontius Abdimelik vnderstanding the state of his subiectes in Affrica and sore mooued wyth the late losse by them there sustained furnished out a great Nauie to recouer the Prouince againe With whō the Romane fléete thinking themselues not hable to make their part good departed thence into Crete Where the Chieuetaines and Princes consulting together thought it much soūded to their shame dishonour to returne home hauing thus lost Affrica and left the same open to their enemies and partly moved with displeasure towarde the Emperour which did so dreamingly prouide for the furniture supply of warlicke affaires egged the Mariners to reuolte and to salute Absimar Emperour whom they also called Tybarius He in all hast speeding himself toward Constātinople with an armie and finding Leontius vnprouided without any stop wanne the Citie and taking Leontius cut of his nose and cast him into prison The Saracens forciblie enioyed all Affrica and draue out all the Romane garrisons The most part of them that then inhabited the places of Affrica néere the Sea were of the Gothes lyne This Tyberius immediatly after he was enthronyzed and made Emperour sent his brother Heraclius with a huige armie into Asia against the Saracenes Who inuading Syria pearced into the countrey as farre as Samosata and wasting al the places néere therabout slue néerehand of them two hundreth thousande and taking there many prisoners and great booties brought all the Countrey in great feare of him And at the same time the Princes of Armenia in a sedition killed all the Saracenes which were in Armenia and sending Ambassadours to Absimar receiued the Romanes againe into their Prouince Muamates netteled with these dealinges with a great power set vpon them brought them againe vnder the Saracenicall obeysaunce and burned the chi●fe Princes and leaders of the people alyue Then he also inuaded Cilicia spoyling and ruynating it euerie where piteouslie but he escaped not himselfe scotfree For Heraclius encountring with him discomfited a great part of his hoast and tooke the rest prisoners whom he sent bound to Constantinople to the Emperour At which time Abdimelik dyed in the .xxi. yéere of his raigne We shewed before that one Abedramon descended of the Mauronion stock conueyed himselfe into Mauritania in the beginning of Abdimelik his Pontificate and was there in suche estimacion among his people and Sectaries that all the Saracens dwelling in that Prouince reuerenced him as an other Caliph or rather as one greater then a Caliph but for as muche as he entermedled not with any bellicall insurrections and also was farre of Abdimelik did not persecute him so as he did others But yet notwithstanding his name was great in Arabia He dying left a sonne behind him named Vlite who succéeded Abdimelik in the Pontificate was called the Muralmumine in the yéere after the incarnatiō of Christ .708 During whose raigne Armenia was once againe brought vnder the Romane subiectiō and the Saracens thēce expulsed The Arabians making an irruption into the Romane Prouinces tooke by force the citie Mista with many Castles fortified townes and with great booties and prayes returned home Then againe vnder the conduct of Abatius they inuaded Galatia and sacked it miserably and the Emperour Iustinian being againe restored to the Empyre by Trebellius king of Bulgaria the Saracens taking occasion by reason of these new tumultes commotions issued out of Aegipt with a greater preparatiō power thē they did before and debellad all Lybia to the Ocean Sea. I call it now Lybia because I haue alreadie shewed that Affrica was before by thē takē which is a part of Lybia to th ende you may vnderstand that I do not speake of a part only which was already conquered but of the whole region For wheras Lybia or the whole coūtrey of Affrica being almost on euery side compassed about with water like an Island is on the North enuironed with our Sea on the West