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A23334	A ioyfull new tidynges of the goodly victory that was sent to the emperour, from the noble Capitayne Marcquis Delgasto shewing how and in what maner all the Fre[n]chme[n] that were in Italy with all theyr captaynes be ouercome and destroyed of the valea[n]t Prince of Salerne : yet another new tidinges, shewyng howe that Barbarossa the great Turkes leuetenat and admiral of the see, is gone out of Fraunce wyth a great army, takyng many noble lordes & galleyes, as ye shall heare hereafter.	Vasto, Alfonso Avalos, Marqués del, d. 1546.; Mayler, John, fl. 1539-1545.	1543 (1543)	STC 977.5; ESTC S1517	11,549	50

that he coulde not in so short tyme delyuer such a great Armye The thyrd tyme yet ones agayne when I shoulde tourney to Tunis I prayed hi to lēd me some of his shyps he made aunswere the he mighte not do so because he was at peace vnyed with Barbarossa become together frēdes And aboue this I gat certeyne letters the was taken which came frō Barbarossa to the Frēche king the which I haue yet in store And all thys hathe he done because he woulde haue Myllaene Yet neuer thelesse I deliuered his Chyldren that were pledges for hym francke and free because he shulde neuer desyre agayne anye tytyll to Myllane but be contented that I myght quyetly kepe it wyth Italy and Florence And because nomā shuld thinke that I haue consentedde to do this out of any feare he knoweth how that I sent moore than L. thousande men of warre befoore Tunis for to helpe a king to hys kyngdōe againe which was dryuen perforse the route shuld not I haue bene able to haue brought forth twyse so manye men of Armes to defende my selfe wythe all thoro we goddes helpe And farther I saye If it be so that the frenche Kynge wyl poynt to make Campe agaynste Campe wepened or vnwepened by lande or by see that we may try it together I am and shal be alwayes troye to performe it because that for hys vnryghteousenes sake no moore symple innocente Christē blood shuld be spylte And because he shulde take heare in good counsaile make his aunswere discretely therfore I gyue hym .xx. dayes truse And withe thys I make an ende sayeng ones twyse thryse peace peace peace I desyre From that tyme forth the frenche kyng began agayne to burne robbe destroye the Emperoures land pryncipally the Dukedome of Sauoye so sone as the Emperoure harde that he sente hys warryers forth withal agayne into hys lāde hath almoost marred and destroyed al Pykardye and toke wonne Guisen and He sdyne and lykewyse burnte the Cowne of sint Poule and murtheredde all that was therin And lykewyse got the Emreroure Monstrust burnt all the Towne and wende from those to Terwin to gyue assaute therto but when the french kynge perceyued that his lande wente thus to wracke was destroyed knowynge that the Empetoure was a gentyl prynce and easy to entreate desyred of hym truse because the warre shulde sease incontinent the whyche be obtayned for the Souldyars were sent home incontynent and truse proclamedde thorowe the whych many noble men desyrynge and prayenge that ther myghte a peace be made whyche was concluded at Genua so strong that men thought it would neuer haue bene broken but a contynued for euer wher vppon the Emperoure made and prepared al thinges redye to set a freshe vpon the Turke both by water and by lande thyn kyng now that he had surely peace for euer wyth the frenchkyng But the wynd turnedde yet a geane contrarye for the frenchekynge sought with great dylygēce to begyn a newe warre agayne and secreetly concluded wyth dyuers prynces and specially with the Duke of Cleaue agaynst the Emperour whō he had brought therto with his flatterye fayre promyses and made hym to brynge in suddenlye hys warryars into Braband which dyd there much harme thorowe a Captayne that they had named Martyne of Rossen whyche thoughte to destroye muche of the Emperours lande But God whych defēdeth alwayes the ryghteous hath broken al the aliances that was made and conspyred against the Emperour so that nowe they that were the frenchekynges frendes haue lytil poure to helpe hym and somme be become hys enemyes Of the which nōber the great Turke was one with whome he had made the moost wycked vngodlyest cōsedaraciō the euer was hard beyng betwene an Heathen Tyraunt one the hath takē vpō him to be the moste Christen Kynge Therfore I feare the the curse of God hange the ouer hym and hys realme which is spokē by the prophet sayeng Wo be vnto them that go downe into Egypte seakynge for helpe of the Heathen trust in horses and confort them selues in Charettes because they be many and in horsemē because they be lusty stronge But they regard not the holy one of Israel nother do they seake helpe comfort of hyme the is the almyghty god Therfore set vs al that wyl be Christen people pray together to our Lord God the he wyll preserue the noble Emperour our moost victorius Kyng with all ther noble Captaynes and Soldiars with all other theyr subiectes that it wyl please that lyuynge God to gyue thē●●ctory ouer ther enemyes the we may haue a spedy ende of the warre and the we maye lyue in peace rest al the dayes of our lyfe after and also al Christendome the whyche graunt to vs the Father Sonne and holy Ghost So be it ¶ Imprinted at London in Botulphe lane translated out of Doutche into Englyshe or Thou Mayler

dyd his best to wythstand hym to preserue his poure subiectes and because he wold stoppe hys tyrany that the Christen bloud shuld not be shedde he sente to the Frenche Kyng to haue peace and truse saieng he had spilt the christens bloud long I noughe wherfore he prayed him of truse which the Frenche kynge graunted at the laste and so the truse was proclamed the fyrst daye of Iuly Anno. Dn̄i M.D.xxvij for .viij. yeres Not longe after thys the French Kynge made alyaunce withe the Veneciās to the entēt they shuld also be hurtefull and noysome to the Emperour had consented agreed together to be seage Naples whiche was in the yeare of our Lorde a M.D.xxix. because they wolde dryue the they wolde dryue the Emperour Emperour oute of Italye But God dyd ordeyne it other wyse for theyr hole Armye was destroyed some thorowe Pestilence dyed another part were stayne among whyche was the Lorde Lotrechte theyr Chiefest Captayne and Lorde of the hoale Armye wythe many other gētyl mē so that very few escaped ageine in to Frasice Thus was the frenchemen with al them that toke tyer partes moost shamefullye destroyedde where by menne maye well marke it was no nother but the verye plage of God for theyr wycked Imaginacions When the Frenchekynge sawe thys he held hym more styller thē to foore and consentedde to haue peace and quietnes wher vpon the frenchekynges Mother came to Camerike An. Dn̄i M.D.xxix. Whos 's name was Ludouica and met ther wythe the Emperoures Aunte Lady Margrit and ther was moued on both sydes manye wayte and difficultye matters so at the last the cōcluded on both sydes to haue peace whyche was proclamed in Camerycke the .v. daye of August a M.D.xxix. Now men hoped that this peace shuld continew and not be broken for as moche as the Frenche Kynges Mother had consented therto and was partly cause therof But with in shorte space therafter that is to saye in Anno. M.D.xxxv When the Emperoure was purposed to go warre vpon the Turke he thinkyng that the peace shuld neuer be broken agayne betwene the frenche Kynge and hym and also preparyng all thynges for his Iourney the therward to syght agaynste the Turke the vtter enemye of al Chrinstendōe and to delyuer the Christen Prysoners whych were in his handes moost cruelly handeled wher vpō the Emperour takynge his Iourney from Spayne towardes Afryka for to putte the Turke to flyght and so he dyd and wan the hoole Kyngedome of Tunis and put Barbarossa to flyght the which is the moost Tyraunte that euer was to the Christen people The frenchekynge markynge that the Emperour was farre of out of hys lande hys falshed and disceyte to declare that laye hyd within him raysed a great Army and toke his iourneye towardes Italy and toke the towne Genua with much land and many other townes he destroyed with the coūtreyes rounde aboute them and burnte Sauoye The Emperour hearyng thys is incontynente with all spede come backe into Italy draue the kynge out wyth all his Armey And he made all his wippes in a redynes with all other ordinaunce redy agaynste the next Sommer to set ageane vpon the Turke the which the frenchkyng had letted many tymes to sore for the Emperoure knew well that there was a great leage betwen the frēch-Kynge and the Turke agaynste hym and all Christendome What shuld a man saye to this wycked Kynge whome the Bysshop of Rome callethe the mooste Christen Kynge but hys deades declare hym to be the mooste vn-Christen Kynge lyke as the Bysshoppe of Romes worckes declare hym to be very Antechriste For these two that is to say the frēch-Kynge and the Bysshop of Rome hath taken vpō them the name of Christen Rulers but yet ther be nomen moore agaynste Christes doctrine and his flocke then these men are But the booke of wysdō say the. Eccle .xlj. The chyldren of the vngodlye are abhomynable chyldren and so are they that kepe company with the vngodlye Thus the french-kinge hath done wyckedly to forsake his God and hath vaynely Imagyned to trust vnto the Turke for helpe ayde and hath not rather turned hym from hys wycked wayes and deades vnto the almyghty God for the man is blessedde in deade that hathe his hope and trust onely in God the Lorde of all Lordes and kynge of all kynges for a kyng is not helped onely by his great power a strong man is not delyue red by hys strēgthe For it is god that geueth the victory Therfore cursed in any mā or ī any creature But blessed happy is the mā whose helpe is the God of Iacob and whose hope stādeth vpō the Lord his god Nowe to proceade forthe The Emperour wtin shorte spare after in the yeare a M.D.xxvi came to Rome in Lent where he receaued the holy Sacramente wasshed the feate of .xii. poure men a also gaue them foode and rytche gyftes both golde a syluer wherat his enemyes marueled to le the goodnes of the Emperoure And the morow after the Emperoure came before the Frenche Embassadoure and Legat and hath spokē these wordes followynge openly that all men myght heare them I beleue and know of a 〈◊〉 that it is not knowen howe that I haue alwayes is spoken and labored for peace and quietnes that we shuld be of one mynde al Christendome together and that ther soulde be no warre amonge the Christen but that we shulde al together warre vpō the Turke the enemy of our Lorde Iesu Christ And it is also well knowen howe that this Fraunces the Frenche king hath bene alwaies froward and ouertwart vsynge allwayes no nother against me nor against my forefathers but craft and dissimulaciō as agaynst Marimiliā lykewyse Fardināders to whom he neuer kept any promes that he made to thē For Marimilianus last wordes were these when that he made peace the last tyme wyth the frenchekynge Behold sayth he this is now the leauenth tyme that I haue made peace wyth him the whyche neuer kepte anye of hys promyses Also it is wel knowē how that he dyd breake his promes at Naples and at Nauerne contrarye to hys oothe and couenauntes and what confederacion and alyaunce that he hath made wyth the Turke and howe he ayded hym when we were withe oure greate Army in Hungry where as God byd gyue vs great vyctory forwe put to flyght an excedyng greate nomber of Turkes and also flew manye of them And so I desyred thre tymes of hym prayenge him earnestly that he wold helpe and ayde me as all Christen Princes dutie is To dryue the Turke out of Christendome and help and defende the poore Christen from his cruel tyranny And so he made me an aunswere that it was not possyble for hym to helpe or ayde me any thynge because of his greate mysfortune that he hath had The second tyme I haue desyred him of his ayde and helpe against the Turke to the whiche he made aunswere agayne