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A07363	The generall historie of Spaine containing all the memorable things that haue past in the realmes of Castille, Leon, Nauarre, Arragon, Portugall, Granado, &c. and by what meanes they were vnited, and so continue vnder Philip the third, King of Spaine, now raigning; written in French by Levvis de Mayerne Turquet, vnto the yeare 1583: translated into English, and continued vnto these times by Edvvard Grimeston, Esquire.; Histoire generale d'Espagne. English	Mayerne, Louis Turquet de, d. 1618.; Grimeston, Edward.	1612 (1612)	STC 17747; ESTC S114485	2,414,018	1,530

promising to be there her selfe The Deputies made great complaints that the kings person was detained by the Infant D. Iohn and D. Iohn de Lara They for their part obiected many things against the Queen In the mean time the king being practised by his mother stole from the knights which had debaucht him and followed her holding the way to Burgos but as he was yong and inconstant before they came vnto the city he abandoned her and D. Henry who was newly made great Master and returned with the others by reason whereof there was much dispute The Queene bearing and dissembling all being wise and excusing her sons youth who went to winter at Leon. Whilst these things were in question Moores of Granado Mahumet Myr king of Granado hauing alwaies entertained the friendship of the seditious Prince D. Henry of Castile by rare continuall presents after that he had tryed all meanes to recouer Tariffa in the which D. Henry had alwaies fauored him propounding it in the open Estates and aduising them to yeeld it vnto him but seeing he could not preuaile by these meanes he vsed open force assayling Andalusia which was neere vnto him an laying seege to Alcaudete the which hee tooke thinking to do the like at Baena Alphonso Peres of Saauedra was Captaine of the castell and D. Fernand Alphonso of Cordoua Payo Arias Iohn Martines of Argote and others being in garrison in the towne he was repulst and forced to returne into Granado But soone after hearing that the towne of Iaen was not well manned and that a peece of the wall was fallen he came with greater forces and gaue a furious assault so as many good souldiers dyed in the defence thereof and among them Henry Perez of Arana a Knight of a noble house yet it was preserued from the furie of the Moores and king Mahumet seeing he could not take it went to Quesada the which hee forced This king of the Moores was strictly allyed and a great friend to D. Iames king of Arragon to whome he had promised to ayde Don Alphonso de la Cerde with all his meanes to recouer the Realme of Castile demanding for his part of the conquest of Tariffe Medina Sidonia Alala and Bejar which were wont to belong to the Crowne of Granado the which was granted An. 1302. but he did not see it effected for he dyed in the yeare 1302. the thirtith year of his raigne and of the Arabians 685. In whose place raigned his sonne Mahumet the third called Aben Alhamar or Alamir Aben-Azar About that time dyed Raymond that great Philosopher yet had he no great learning but in opinion he was borne in the Iland of Maiorca and in his younger yeares was a merchant Beeing wearie of the world hee retired into the deserts and there composed that briefe Art or abridgement of diuine and humane sciences whereby they haue beleeued that men in an instant might become very learned the which he sayd he had by reuelation He was religious and thinking to draw the Mahumetists to the knowledge of Iesus Christ he past into Affricke where preaching the faith with an inconsiderate zeale he was stoned by the Moores Notwithstanding his writings being examined and censured some yeares after his death by the Iudgement of Aimeric a Iacobin and other Inquisitours Spaniards they were condemned by Pope Gregory sitting at Auignon as dangerous and full of ill doctrine contrary to our faith The king of Castile Castile beeing as he thought at libertie for that he was from his mother desired to confer with D. Denis king of Portugall his father-in-law the which the Queene D. Maria Enterview of the kings of Castile and Portugall D. Henry and D. Diego Lopes de Haro fought by all meanes to hinder but they could not for these two kings met at Badajos The apparent colour of this interview was that the king D. Fernand had of his father-in-law a present of a million of Marauidis of mony currant in those times but what was treated in secret was suspect to D. Henry to Diego Lopes de Haro and euen to D. Iohn Manuel son to the Infant Manuel with others who fearing lest they should plot something against them made a league with the king of Arragon and D. Alphonso de la Cerde and would haue comprehended the Queene-mother in their league but she refused it and gaue good reasons for her excuse wherefore they receiued the Infant D. Alphonso de la Cerde for king of Castile the which the Queene seeking to hinder she laboured in vaine and retired to Medina del campo the Inhabitants of which towne were faithfull to her sonne Thereupon being in the yeare 1304. Don Henry An. 1304. who was very old dyed whose inconstant and turbulent spirit had troubled both himself and others and so this league vanished he was buried in the church of Saint Francis at Vailledolit This death did much content the king who was then at Cordoua and hauing there setled his affaires with the new king of Granado who made a league with him vpon the same conditions and paying the same tribute which his father had done he departed leauing D. Iohn Nugnes de Lara for Gouernor general of the fronter diuiding all the goods and possessions which D. Henry had held among his Knights whereof a good part fell to D. Iohn Nugnes although the king loued him little but he feared him The Queen-mother was then forced to follow his humors yet she did all things for his profit and good By her meanes D. Diego Lopes de Haro reconciled himselfe vnto him But there fell out another contention betwixt D. Diego and the Infant D. Iohn who notwithstanding any accord that had beene made would haue the Country of Biscay which did belong vnto him in the right of his wife The Queen and the Noblemen of the Councell sought to pacifie them but not able to do it they stayed the decision of this controuersie to end matters more important to the realm with the king of Arragon and the Infant D. Alphonso de la Cerde for the one held in a manner all the Realme of Murcia and the other intitled himselfe still king of Castile for the which Don Iohn of Castile was sent to the king of Arragon to take some good course with him to end their pretensions and quarrels who preuailed so as the king of Arragon put that which concerned himselfe to compromise Compromise betwixt the Christian Princes of Spaine choosing for Abitrators the King of Portugall who had married his sister Donna Izabel the same Don Iohn and the Bishop of Sarragossa The Infant Don Alphonso content in like manner that his right should be friendly decided did choose and elect for Arbitrators the kings of Arragon and Portugall and the same Don. Iohn the which the King Don Fernand did willingly allow of but not the Queene his Mother who did fore-see that the end of this compromise would fall out to

Constantines donation A false donation fathere● v●on Constantine besides that Pope Pius the second doth jeast at it there is no receiuable testimonie there of nor any probable conjecture besides the histories of following emperors do argue the contrarie euen they of the West In the time of this emperor the Northerne nations inuaded Spaine and spoiled that part of the countrey which lies neere the Ocean from Gallicia vnto the strait whither he led a great army chased away the enemies restored the Spaniards which were fled into mountaines vnto their houses and setled an order in the prouince as well for that wich concerned the temporaltie as the churches There was a prouinciall Councell held by his commaundement at Illiberis Illiberis where Callibre was built at the foot of the Pyrenees some call it Eliberis a towne in the marches of Grenado whither came Helena the mother of Constantine with Constantine his eldest sonne to whom he had assigned the Gauls and Spaine for his portion In this Councell Spaine was diuided into fiue prouinces Spaine vnder Constantine diuided into fiue 〈◊〉 that is that of Tarracone Carthagene Betica Lusitania and Gallicia in either of the which there was a Metropolitan appointed at Tarracone new Carthage to whom Toledo hath since succeeded at Seuille at Merida and at Bracara Some hold that this Councell was more antient than that of Nice among which Beuter affirmes That Conscius bishop of Cordoua Osius predecessor was there present others say that it was Osius himselfe Quintian bishop of Ebora Some beleeue that the emperor Constantine was not baptized vntil he drew neer his death being deceiued by the error of some which beleeued that the circumstance of places gaue more authority to baptisme for he had a great desire to be baptized in Iordan Many thought that in the end of his daies he fel into the heresie of the Arrians for that he had banisht Athanasius by the persuasion of the Arrians that his sister Constance liuing with him was an Arrian but it is most certaine that before his death he commaunded that Athanasius should be called home againe and that he did not beleeue the confession of faith nor the exposition made by Arrius after that he had called him from banishment but sent it to the Councell of Ierusalem there to be examined Of Constantines deeds in Spaine there are many medailles found in that countrey and elsewhere in our time that beare witnesse After him there raigned in the West Constantine and Constans his sonnes the East remaining to Constantius their brother Constantine the yong had Spaine and other prouinces for his portion To Constantine was assigned Spaine Gaule and the islands of Britaine or that which the Romanes held there But Constantine being a proud and turbulent prince he would make warre against his brother Constans and take Italie from him in which enterprise he was slaine neere vnto Aquilea in the 25 yeare of his age wherefore all the prouinces of his portion fell vnto Constans in whose time the Poet Aurelius Prudentius Clement was borne at Sarragossa or rather at Calaorra Pacian bishop of Barcellona flourished in doctrine and good life The repeale of Arrius granted by Constantine the great had caused greater troubles in the Church than before for being returned into Alexandria he had confirmed his doctrine and drawne many bishops vnto him yea the emperour Constantius who held the empire in the East was infected with this errour and did persecute the faithfull beleeuers so as Athanasius being banished againe by him and Paul of Constantinople who retired to Constans his brother they wrought so as by the consent of the two brethren princes a generall Councell was called at Sardica The Councell of Sardica a towne in Illir●a whither came two hundred and fiftie bishops among the which was Osius bishop of Cordoua who was then verie old Annianus of Castulo Costus of Sarragossa Domitian of Augusta that is to say Bracar Florentine of Emerita and Pretextatus bishop of Barcellona There the confession of the faith or Symbole of the Councell of Nice was confirmed But at the same time by reason of the bad agreement which was betwixt the two brethren Constans and Constantius there was another assemblie of the Easterne bishops at Philipopolis in Thracia who agreed not with any that held with Athanasius and Paul Councell of Syrmium And after that there was another held at Syrmium im Hungarie whither Constantius went in person and others elsewhere The Councell of Sardica being ended Constans entreated his brother Constantius to restore Athanasius the which he did partly for loue and partly for feare of warre But Constans being dead Athanasius was forced to saue himselfe by flight being accused to haue persuaded Constans to make warre against his brother for his sake Arrians persecute the faithful and then the Arrian bishops began to persecute them that made profession of Athanasius his doctrine more cruelly than the Dioclesians or Maximians The Councell of Syrmium Anno 360. contrarie to that of Nice was held in the yeare three hundred and threescore or three hundred fiftie and six according vnto some whereas many wicked decrees were made and maintained especially by Photinus bishop of that place who reuiued the blasphemies of Samosatenus denying the two natures in Iesus Christ borne of the virgine Marie This Councell to suppresse all controuersies would disguise the tearmes and manner of speaking receiued in the Church and in stead of saying That Iesus Christ was coessentiall with the Father or of the same essence they propounded the tearme of Like in essence Which two words in the Greeke tongue doe somewhat symbolize 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 and 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 By this disguising vnder which the poyson lay hidden the good old man Osius the Spaniard hauing constantly maintained the truth all his life time The error of Osius suffered himselfe to be deceiued and woon whether that his great age had dulled his vnderstanding or that he did it for feare of the emperour who examined him vpon that point and threatned him in the towne of Rimini where hee had againe assembled many bishops causing him to commit this errour saying That both the one and the other said well But the Orthodoxes did soone after reject that word of 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 as captious and deceitfull Osius as Isidore writes dyed soone after in his impietie strucken with the hand of God in his bishoprick and that being brought to Cordoua Gregorie bishop of Illiberis according to the Edict made by Constantius the emperor against the Christians to force them to the Arrians opinion he refusing to yeeld vnto it The magistrat did not meddle with clergie men before they were degraded Osius prest Clementine Gouernour of the prouince to banish him but he answered That he could not banish a bishop before he was deposed from his bishopricke and judged incapable Whereupon Osius

could finde no better nor more expedient meanes then to bring in new fects and to make some change in religion knowing that nothing doth more alter and transport the hearts of men then perswasion of religion wherefore he imployed his knowledge and eloquence to interpret Mahumets Alcaron A new ●●ct among the Arabians of Af●rike after a stranger maner and neuer heard of among the Arabians not any other nations were his sactaries fitting it so well to the humors and dispositions of the people as in a short time hee was followed by the greatest part of the Affrican Moores a nation easily misled with superstition so as if before they tooke Almohadi for a holy man now they held him for a Prophet sent vndoubtedly from God Hee seeing this businesse succeed so well as hee was wellcome throughout all Affrike and admired of all men hee beganne to put forth this youngman Abdelmon giuing the people to vnderstand that he was of the true and lawfull royall race of their great Prophet Mahumet and that hee was a man sent of God endowed with such vertue as hee should subiect all the world to the Law of Mahumet that those great matters had beene diuinely fore-told him and signifyed by the starres and heauenly motions so as by his perswasions his fictions were receiued and beleeued of all men And proceeding father he presumed to speake something against King Alboals and the present Estate and Gouernment of the Almorauides and so by little and little to taxe him openly declaring with great assurance that Alboali was a tyrant whose race had by force and violence expelled out of the royal throne of the Arabians in Affrike the lawfull Princes descended from Aben-Alabecy and that the will of God reuealed and knowne vnto him by many signes from heauen was that Abdelmon should be aduanced and chosen for King hee who was sent of God and descended from the royall bloud of their great Prophet Mahumet This Impostor did so preach vnto them concurrning with the diuell to bewitch these credulous men giuen to the damnable art of dyuining as many Noblemen and Knights with an infynit number of the Affrican people desirous of Innouations according to the mutinous nature of that nation tooke armes against King Alboali beeing accompanied assisted and councelled by Abdelmon Aben-Thumert and Almohadi Whereof the King aduertised meaning to suppresse these great alterations hee raysed his forces and had diuers incounters against this new fect which carried the name of Almohades by reason of their Preacher Almohadi Wee haue sayd that some were of opinion Auicenna and other learned Arabians that the King Albo-Ali Aben Tefin was hee whom we call Auicenna or Auicenni saying that the goodly workes which are amongst vs at this daie were compiled and written by his commandement by the foure and twenty great Philosophers and published vnder the name of Auicenna For my part I rather beleeue them which haue written that Auicenne or Auicenna called also Albo Hali was an excellent man learned in Philosophy and Physicke as his rare workes written in the Arabicke tongue doe witnesse beeing translated since into Latin who liued in those daies at Cordoua in Spaine where it seemes the Moores had alwaies entertained an vniuersity of all sorts of sciences with a great concourse of learned men of their nation the which had beene alwaies well furnished the Affricans beeing people giuen to contemplation and of a subtill spirit wherefore they haue made Astrology famous and aduanced a fect of Physicke diuerse from that of the Grecians giuen wonderfully to diuination and coniuring very superstitious in matters of religion and reasonably eloquent either in verse or prose Aben Rois whom wee call Auerrois liued and frequented with him a great Commentator of Aristotle who through enuy poysoned Auicenna who finding it before it had wrought his full effect caused the poysoner to be slain as Mesua and Zoar report for hee was a man of great authority and of a Princes house Then also liued Aben-Zoar and other great and learned Arabians which haue written many goodly workes in their owne language in naturall Phylosophy Metaphisicke Physicke and Astrologie whereof part haue beene preserued and kept vnto our daies and some lost If these were Moores borne in Spaine it redoundes to the honour of the countrie but it is doubtfull whether they came out of Affrike The Moores Estate beeing thus troubled in Affrike Castile it mooued the Christian Princes to make some gallant attempt vpon them of Spaine wherefore the Emperour Alphonso beganne in the yeere of our Lord 1146. to raise a great army of his subiects of Castille Toledo Leon and other countries and to make the Christians armes of greater force hee laboured to make a peace betwixt the King of Nauarre and D. Raymond Prince of Arragon for the effecting wherof hee called them to Saint Stephano de Gormas whither beeing come hee could not obtaine any thing of them but a truce for some few daies ● There notwithstanding they treated of the warre against the Moores in the which these two Princes ayded the Emperour the King of Nauarre by land and the Earle of Barcelone by sea who hauing armed some ships and giuen the charge thereof to D. Galceran great Admiral of Cattelogne and to the Earle of Vrgel hee caused them to ioyne with the Geneuois who either for pay or voluntarily in hope of some gaine came to this warre and there did great seruice The land army was great and well furnished with good and valiant Knights the Emperour D. Alphonso and the King D. Garcia Ramires beeing there in person their entrie into Andalusia was so fearefull as approching and comming neere vnto Cordoua with a shew to besiege it that great and well peopled cittie Cordoua yeelded to the King of Castile which had beene the Queene of Spaine for so many yeares was yeelded vnto him by the Gouernour Aben Gami who presented him the keyes with great humilitie not attending either assault or batterie into the which the Christian Princes entred in armes but very peaceably in the yeare 1147. Yet the Spaniards write that for that the towne was of too great a guard and wonderfully peopled it was left in see to Aben-Gami himselfe who did homage to the King of Castile the which is very doubtfull considering the importance of the place and the consequence thereof We may beleeue that the Emperour assured himselfe after another manner and with better caution then the faith of this Mooore who they say sware vpon their Alchoran to bee his faithfull vassall from thence the armie marched towards Baeça the which beeing inuested Baesa taken from the Moores they had newes that the Moores came to succour it wherefore the Emperor going to meet them he fought with them and had the victorie and afterwards tooke the towne by composition where leauing a sufficient garrison to assure the countrey behind his armie he marched on to Almerie a towne vpon the

King who in matters of weight could very well dissemble and was continually at Court accompanying and seruing the King and Queene vntill vppon a time the Court beeing at Almerin where the Queene was brought a bed before her time and in great danger of her life the Duke of Bragança came to visit her with Don Dominicke Duke of Viseo one of his complices who was brother to the Queene the King entertained them with a pleasant countenance and vppon a certaine day hee tooke the Duke of Bragança aside into his chappell within the with-drawing Curtaines and did brotherly admonish him of his fault in these tearmes Cousin A gentle àdmonishment made by King Iohn to the Duke of Braganza I haue vnderstood a matter which I must acquaint you with in this holy place where I stand in the presence of God before whom I will not dissemble therefore beleeue it I speake nothing but truth I heare that you haue secret intelligence and practise with the Kings of Castile against my State and seruice greatly forgetting therein the honour faith and loyaltie which you owe vnto mee in regard whereof considering the reasons on both our sides I for my part hauing giuen none occasion to your selfe or any other and seeing no cause why you should hope for more honour and fauour of any other Prince then of me I can not but be very much troubled and I know not whether I may firmely beleeue it or no yet notwithstanding howsoeuer it is I thought good to admonish you that if vpon any false surmise you haue entred into this vnreasonable imagination to giue it ouer protesting to you that I meane to forget and graciously to pardon your offences requesting you seeing it hath pleased God to make me heire to his crowne to stand stedfastly to me and to acknowledge this fauors towards you and the place and rancke which you hold in this Kingdome wherein by your owne deserts and those of your ancestors you are the chiefe person next vnto my selfe the which should stirre you vp to maintaine and procure the safety and greatnesse thereof espetially considering that God hath as it were parted the faculties and riches of this royall patrimony betwixt vs two and that of two sisters borne of the noble race of the Infants Don Fernand and Don Beatrice Dukes of Viseo I haue married the one and you the other It may be that I am taxed with some fault common to Kings newly come to their crownes as to proceed ouer rigorously against some persons and to shew small liberality and meekenesse in certaine matters which could not be otherwise managed but if it were so that some bee offended with my new gouernment you before all men ought to tollerate it and to be a singular president of loyaltie and obedience vnto others If my Iudges and Commissioners sent into your iurisdiction haue exceeded the bounds of modesty in their charge you know very well that they haue had great cause so to doe and that they haue many reasons on their sides to iustifie their proceedings in respect of the present state but if they were in fault should not you greatly binde me vnto you for bearing with those things and for your owne part you may be assured that in regard of your place wisedome and deserts I can not refuse you any thing that you should craue of mee Now you are bound in regarde I am planted in the royall seate of Portugall to aide mee both with counsell and armes if need were and whensoeuer I shall craue it therefore I intreate and commaund you both in heart and will to dispose your selfe therevnto euer hereafter When the Duke heard these words he would haue excused himselfe and entreated the King not to beleeue those reports which he said were contrary to his meaning and that whilest hee had a heart a hand and meanes they should all bee imployed in his seruice And so the King left of hoping that the Duke would amend and that he should no more neede to speake vnto him concerning it But the Court being not longe after remooued from Almerin to Saint Iren Iasper and Peter de Iubartes brethren and seruants to the Duke of Bragança came to the King and certified him that the Duke their Maister did continue his practizes with Castile and that Iasper had beene twice sent as messenger to the Kings of Castile and that the Marquis of Montemajor and the Earle of Faro the Dukes bretheren were consenting to those practizes The King did largely recompence these two bretheren for their aduertisement and did resolue to punish the Duke of Bragançaes treachery and hauing a fit occasion by his comming to the court which lay then at Ebora whether hee accompanied the Prince Don Alphonso hee caused him to bee arrested of high treason and to bee committed to prison in May the yeere 1483. The Kings Aturney General pleaded against him he was found guilty of treason and was iudged and condemned by the Lords The Duke of Bragansa beheaded a● Ebora to haue his head cut off and al his goods to be confiscate to the crowne the which sentence was executed and Fernand Duke of Bragança was brought to the publike place of execution in the city of Ebora where he was beheaded and made a pittifull spectacle to all men Six other gentlemen were likewise beheaded with him and diuers banished in which number was the Constable of Portugall The Dutchesse Isabella the Queenes sister as soone as she heard of her husbands imprisonment sent her three children Don Philip Don Iames and Don Denis into Castile who were kindely receiued and welcomed by Queene Isabella their Aunt the poore Lady their mother hauing no other comfort in her widdow-hood but a little daughter called Marguerite whose company she enioyed not long for within a while after she died D. Philip her eldest sonne died in Castile the second Don Iames returned into Portugall and Don Denis this third sonne did marry the Countesse of Lemos in Castile The Marquis of Montemajor and the Earle of Faro the Dukes brethren did likewise flie into Castile where they spent the remainder of their daies beeing honoured and maintained by King Fernand and Queene Isabella Now Don Dominico the Queenes brother was one of the conspiracy as hath beene already said and the King the next day after the Duke of Bragança his execution called him into his presence and knowing him to be young both in yeeres and discretion he did admonish him as a father to behaue himselfe discreetly The Kings fatherly adueruerticement to D. Dominico Duke of Viseo and told him diuers things which concerned his honour and wel-fare and did freely pardon him all offences past to which speech of the Kings Don Dominico could not answere one word but onely kissed the Kings hand in signe of thankes This young Prince had aspired to reigne and being young and inconsiderate he did oftentimes permit his hand to bee kissed and would receiue