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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