married and had Children The Mother and the sayd Daughters successiuely were interred at Saint Crepasi the Collegiall Church of Agen built and founded by the sayd house of BEAV-VILLE the Mother hauing made her Tombe in the Church vpon a portall betwixt nine others which she had also caused to bee made for her Daughters in memory thereof I haue seene some of them being at Agen in the yeare 1577. in the said Church The others haue beene ruined during the ciuill warres And this was the History The Lady of BEAV-VILLE had a Chamber-maid that was faire and louely with whom her husband seemed to be in loue so as she to be honestly rid of her married her This Maide at her first lying in had three children which made the Gentlewoman suspect that her husband had a share in them imagining it not possible that one woman could conceiue by one man such a number of children The which increased her iealousie and not-with-standing any perswasions shee began to defame and hate this poore Maide more and more It happened a while after that the Gentlewoman was with child so big as she was deliuered of nine daughters The which they did interpret to bee a punishment sent frō GOD that she might be ashamed of her slander seeing they might obiect vnto her a greater fault as if she had beene familiar with many for shee did alwaies obstinately maintayne that a woman could not conceiue aboue two Children by one man Beeing much ashamed fearing to be diffamed and condemned by her owne sentence she was so tempted by the euill spirit as shee resolued to cause eight of her Daughters to bee drowned and to keepe one keeping the matter secreat betwixt the Mid-wife and her Chamber-maide to whome this cursed Commission was giuen But it was GODS will that the husband comming from hunting met with the Chamber-maide descouering the practise preserued his innocent Daughters from death caused them to bee nursed vnknowne to the Mother and at their Christening called them all BORGVE by one name and so hee did the ninth which the Mother had reserued When they were some-what growne he caused them all to be brought into his house appareled in one liuery hauing also attired that with in the house of the same sort Being altogither in one Chamber hee caused his wife to come in accompained with their Parents and familyar friends and bidde her to call BOVRGVE At this call euery one of the nine answered where at the Mother was much amazed and the more for that they were all of the like stature face countenance and voice and in the like apparell which made her heart to giue that they were her nine Daughters and that GOD had preserued the eight which shee had exposed and held to bee dead whereof her husband did satisfie her reproching vnto her her inhumanity before all the companie and shewing her that this might chance to confound her in the bad opinion which she had alwaies held of him concerning her Chamber-maide M. L. IOVBERT lib. 3. Chap. 2. of his popular errors I haue heard that in the house of ESTOVRNEAV in Perigort there chanced the like Accident about 300. years ago The Lady had 9. Sons at on birth and would haue exposed eight of them the which were happely preserued through the grace of GOD by the Fathers meeting them All nine liued and were aduanced to great places foure were of the Church and fiue of the world Of the Clergie men one was Bishoppe of Perigueux and Abbot of Branlaume The second was Bishoppe of Paniez The third Abbot of Grand-Selue and the fourth of the house of GOD. Of the secular men one was the Kings Lieutenant at Reole against the English The second had a gouernment in Bourgongne and the other three were in great credit about the King All this is to bee seene at this daie painted in a great Hall in the Castell of Estourneue as the Seigneour of Estourneau hath tould mee beeing issued from that famous and verie ancient house and nowe Steward of the King of Nauarres house which is now King of France The same Author liber 4. Chapter 2. That of the Pourcelets of Arles in Prouence is almost like vnto this out of the which is issued the Noble house of the Conuertis who were so called for that the Chamber-maide which carried the eight to drowne beeing met by the husband sayd that they were Pigges which shee went to drowne for that the Sowe could not keepe them Some say it came by the curse of a poore woman who begged an almes of the gentlewoman of the house the sayd poore woman hauing many little Children about her The which the gentlewoman reproched vnto her as proceeding of wantonesse and that shee was too much giuen to men The poore woman who was honest did then praie that the gentlewoman might conceiue with as many Children as a Sowe hath Pigges It so fell out by the will of GOD to let the Ladie vnderstand that wee must not impute that to vice which is a great blessing They report as much of the Noble famelie of Scroua at Padoua which carries a Sowe in their Armes in Italien called SCROFA and in corrupt Langage Scroua which is the surname of that famelie In the Annales of Lombardie it is written that in the time of ALGIMONT the first King of the Lombards there was a strumpet brought in bedde of seauen Sonnes and that the one of them succeeded the sayd ALGIMONT IOHN PICVS Prince of Mirandola writes in his Commentaries vpon the second Psalme that in Italie a Germaine woman was brought in bedde at twise of twentie Children at the first birth shee had twelue and that the burthen was so heauie as shee was faine to keepe it vp with a towell ALBVCACIS a great Physition and an Arrabian Surgion is a witnesse of a woman that had seauen Children and of an other that miscarried of fiueteene well proportioned PLINIE makes mention of one that miscarried of twelue MARTIN CROMER in his Historie of Poland writes that the wife of the Earle VIRBOSLAS in Cracouia was deliuered of sixe and thirtie Children aliue in the yeare 1269. But that which exceedes all other examples and which is extraordynarie supernaturall and miraculous is that which is written of a Countesse of Holland the which LEVVIS GVICHARDIN doth set downe in his description of the Lowe Countries as it is testified in an Abbey neere to the Hage MARGVERITE Daughter to the Noble Lord Plorent Earle of Holland and of Mathilde Daughter to HENRY Duke of Brabant Sister to WILLIAM King of Germany being about two and fortie yeares old was brought in bed on friday before Easter in the yeare 1313. as Histories do write of 365. Children males and females the which in the presence of many Noblemen and Gentlemen beeing layed orderly in a great basin were Baptized by a Bishoppe the males were all called by one name IOHN the females ELIZABETH All died soone after and
the same incounter a Prouencall Souldier was shott into the arme with a Musket the which brake the bones and did so teare all the rest as the Arme did not hold by the thicknesse of ones finger from falling All the Surgions were of opinion to cutt it off except one called Maister DIDIER TESTE a man very expert in his Arte who in one moneth cured this Souldier who had in a manner all the motions of this Arme thus tattered whole and sound An other Souldiar stroken with an Harguebuse shotte in the face the Bullet entring at the mouth and comming forth at the left side towards the left Temple hauing broken the vpper Iawe-bone yet he was well cured A certaine Porter in the Towne of Arles falling to be a Souldiar in an incounter he receiued a thrust three fingers vnder the Nauell on the left side giuen with such force as it pierced vnto the backe betwixt the third and forth ribbe neere vnto the bone yet hee was cured by the aboue named Surgion Wee haue saith VALLERIOLA held these aboue-named cures worthy the report that none should despaire of difficult things nor be too confident of those which seeme light For that sometimes wee see him dye whome the Physitions assured to see soone recouered and him to escape of whome they had lost all hope And that both Physitions and all others that shall read these Accidents may remember that wonders do fall out in such wounds and cures as in other workes of Nature to the praise of Almighty GOD. In the warre of Sauoy 1589. and following a young Souldier had a Harguebuse shotte in the fore-head and the Bullet remained in his head Hee was had in cure by an expert Surgion so as within few moneths hee returded againe to Armes And in a certaine Scallado being falne from a high wall into a ditch hee did so bruze his head as hee dyed The Bullet which remained of the precedent wound was found in the hinder part of his head without hurting of any part about it Memories of our time An other in the same warre hauing a Bullet passing betwixt the great gutte the bladder and the stones was not hurt in any part of them but after hee had beene carefully drest and lookt vnto hee was euer after well and so continues at this daye In the same Author I haue drest many which haue beene thrust through the bodies with Rapiers and shott through with Pistols and haue beene cured For example I had the Clarke of the Kitchin to the Ambassador of Portugall in cure at Melun who had beene thrust through the body whereby the bowels were so hurt as in dressing him there came out at his wound a great quantitie of filthy matter and yet he was cured I was an other time called by a Gentleman of Paris whose name was GILES le MAISTRE Seigneur of Belle Iambe remaining in the streete of Saint Andrew des Ars in the presence of Mounsier BOTAL ordinary Phisition to the King and Queene and RICHARD HVBERT his ordinary Surgion and IAMES GVILLEMEAV the Kings sworne Surgion at Paris men well practised in Surgery who had bin thrust through the body with a Rapier so as for many dayes he voided bloud by the mouth and by the siege in great aboundance which shewed that his bowels and inward parts were perished yet in fifteene or twentie dayes hee was cured Maister AMBROSE PARE lib. 10. chap. 4. A Shoomaker of Auignon hauing beene sore wounded in the night vpon the head with a sword which had cutte him euen to the first Membrana or Filme there followed many fearefull accidents so as after his first dressing and letting bloud hee fell into a sounding or swonding and was seuen dayes without speaking yet in the end hee was cured The same Author in the 9. obseruation of his 5. Booke ANTHONIE my fathers seruant a Fleming by nation being ouer-laden with Wine at Shrouetide and being mounted vp into one of the highest chambers of the house he leaned at a window that was open when being opprest with the fume of Wine his head carried away his body so as hee fell vpon the stones in the streete whereas his head was in a manner all beaten to peeces and he held for dead for he moued no member had no feeling nor speech but like a stock and as it were giuing vp the ghost hee continued seuen dayes together in his bed in that estate notwithstanding three of the Phisitians at that time in Montpellier that is GRIFON the elder TRAMPLET and FAVCON accompanied by PETER ALZINE ANTONIE BARELIER and NICHOLAS le BLOIS Surgions did warrant his life with the helpe of GOD. True it is that he continued almost blinde and quite deafe of this fall all the rest of his life The same in the 4. obseruation of the 6. Booke Of Theeues and Murtherers A Learned Diuine of our time reports a Historie almost like to that of IBICVS for he saith that a Germaine being in a voyage fell into the hands of certaine theeues who being ready to cutte his throate the poore man discouering a a flight of Crowes sayd O Crowes I call you to witnesses and reuengers of my death Hee was presently murthered by these theeues who three dayes after being drinking in an Inne behold a flight of Crowes come and fall vpon the top of the house Then the theeues began to laugh and to say one vnto another Hoe behold those which will bee reuenged for his death whome wee dispatcht the other day The seruant vnderstanding this speech discouers it vnto his Maister who makes report vnto the Magistrate and hee apprehends the theeues vpon their varications and diuerse answers hee doth so presse them as they confesse the trueth for the which they were executed In the collection of Memorable speeches made by this Diuine CONRAD de la ROSE Secretarie to MAXIMILIAN the first Emperour of that name a valiant and wise Gentleman hauing crost through a long Forrest and forced by reason of the approching night to lodge as hee could hee entred into an Inne where as the hoste was a Theefe Being in his Chamber and reasonably well entertained hee perceiued the seruant to weepe and did secretly vnderstand from her in what danger hee was She told him among other things that the Hoasts custome was to ring a little Bell at which sound many theeues entred into the lodging and presentlie one among them entred into the Chamber whereas the passengers were lodged who making a shew to snuffe the Candle should put it out then the theeues entred and falling vpon the passengers slew them CONRAD bethinking himselfe caused a Lanthorne to bee brought him by the seruant and a Candle light in it the which he hid vnder a bench held his wepons ready and attended his enemies He was scarse set at the Table but a peasant enters who counterfetting the varlet puts out the Candle But CONRAD causing the Lantherne with the light to bee presently drawne forth and
deceiued where-vpon comming to himselfe he made a light breakfast and going to the Councell Chamber sate downe in his accustomed place When it came to him to deliuer his opinion hauing declared that by the Lawes the Murtherer vpon whom they sat was to loose his head he stood vp and sayd that hee had also deserued the like punishment Where vpon hee declared in order the circumstances of the murther by him perpetrated in his late Maisters house and all that had insued thereof earnestly desiring them that hee might bee beheaded Some thinking that some melancholy humour made him talke so counselled him to go home and get Physitions about him Where-vnto he answered saying I knowe you haue a good opinion of mee and indeede I am not culpable of any Cryme punishable by mans Lawe but this same Notwithstanding I instantly beseech you to take my head from my shoulders and so deliuer mee from the horrible torment I haue indured that iustly euer since the time of my offence Therwith the Iudges caused the place to be digged which he had told of where the bones of the murtherd Merchāt according to his saying were found wherevpon he was lead of his owne accord to the place of execution and beheaded with the other murtherer IOHN IAMES GRYNEVS a learned diuine in his Commentary on the Proghet IONAS Chap. 1. pag. 123. c. I haue heard that not many yeares since a certaine man in the towne of Lipsic went of his owne accord to the Iudge of the place vnto whome he voluntarily confessed that hee was one of them which had robbed the Electors waggons of Saxony adding that he had rather die then endure the torment of his conscience any longer The same Author Some forty sixe yeares agoe or thereabout two brothers dwelling at Lausanna and hewing wood in the mount Iura the younger fell out vpon some slight occasion with the elder and gaue him such a blowe with his axe on the head that hee ouerthewe him to the ground where he made an end of him and then buried him Returning home hee told their Mother that his sayd Brother had willed him to excuse him vnto her and was gon into Germanie for to see the Country hoping to bee at home againe by such a time Their Mother being therewith satisfied the murtherer went vp euery day to the mountaine and kneeling downe on his brothers graue wept very bitterly and asked GOD forgiuenesse Hauing continued thus certaine monethes and neuer suspected of any such matter comming one day from the mountaine as hee was almost at home hee looked behinde him and spied the Burgomaister which is the chiefest magistrate of that place vnder the protection of the Canton of Berne followed by an Officer in his liuery he ranne away as fast as he could to the other end of the towne The Burgomaister meruayling at it commanded his officer to runne after him The Officer followed him and cryed stoppe him stoppe him Wherevpon diuers came running into the streete and staied him The Burgomaister a wise man committed him to prison where hauing examined him hee confessed the whole matter vnto him and was executed as he deserued going to his death with such constancie and penitent sorrowe for his offence that all that beheld him melted into teares I receiued this discourse from an excellent personage that was present at his arraignement and sawe his end One called N. LAINE borne at Tholouse hauing attempted his Fathers death escaped away and got to Geneua where hee continued a certaine time vnknowne Vpon a day walking along by the Towne ditch and espying some of the Magistrates with their Officers afarre off hee ranne as fast hee could towards the bridge of Arua which was hard by for to saue himselfe in another Seignorie The Officers ranne after him and with the aide of those that met him on the way apprehended him who presently in his owne talke bewrayed himselfe Beeing caryed to pryson and kept verie close at last hee confessed his detestable attempt The Magistrates of Geneua sent an Herauld to Tholouse and by a Coppy of his indictment which was sent them vnderstood the truth of LAINES confessions who was executed and euen to the very last gaspe shewed a liuely and notable repentance of his faults Memorialls of the Historie of Geneua Eceeding strange Crueltie punnished THe yeare 1514. happened the horrible sedition butchery of the Croysadoes in Hungary There was a generall discōtent amongst the people against the King and the chiefest of the realme because they went not about to conquer those places againe from the Turke then very much entangled elswhere which hee held in Hungary But King LADISLAVS louing his ease little regarded it and his Nobles ruled him in such sort that he commanded them in nothing Therevpon the Popes Legat publyshed pardons for all those that would Crosse themselues to go warre against the Turke Suddainely there gathered togither a wonderfull Company of theeues and robbers from euerie corner of Hungarie And therewith all great multitudes of the Commons not able any longer to beare the insolencies of the Nobility much lesse of the Bishops flocked from all partes to the Campe. The Kings negligence had giuen liberty to the intollerable dissolutnes and Cruel◅ie of the Lords ouer their subiects This army of Commons hauing created them a generall in an instant dispersed themselues cōmitted a most horrible spoile almost all ouer Hungarie murthering al the Gentlemen and Bishops they could meete with all The richest those that were noblyest descended were empaled aliue This cruell rage contynuing the King began to stir by his cōmand certaine townes ioyning their forces to a number of the Nobilitie vnder the conduct of a Lord named BORNEMISSE had some Conficts with those Croysadoes wherein a great sort of them were slaine many taken which were executed in the Capitall Citty of the Realme Finally IOHN the Sonne of VAIVODE STEVEN that afterwards possessed himselfe of the kingdome defeated them in a set Battaile and hauing cut the most part of them in peeces hee tooke their Leaders whome hee put to death with such strange torments as I haue horror to remember it for he caused the Generall of these Peasants called GEORGE to be stript naked vpon whose head the executioner set a Crowne of hot burning iron then he opened some of his veines and made LVCATIVS his Brother drinke the bloud which issued from them After that the cheefest of the Peasants who had beene kept three dayes without meate were brought forth and forced to fall vpon the bodie of GEORGE yet breathing with their teeth and euery one to teare away and eate a peece of it In the midest of these horrible torments GEORGE neuer cryed but onelie bee-sought them to take pittie of his Brother LVCATIVS whome hee had forciblie drawne into that warre GEORGE beeing torne in peeces his bowells were pulled out and cut into morcells and some beeing boyled and the rest roasted the
in Daulphine He desiring to do some seruice to the King of Nauarre as also to auoide the charge that ALLARD and his put him to aduertised the King that beside the quality of Embassador ALLARD maintayned he had assured meanes to come by fiue millions of gold and vpward ALLARD beeing come beefore the King of Nauarre and hauing presented him with letters from the Lord of Dediguieres and confirmed the contents therof by word of mouth he was reasonable wel accouÌ„ted of for a time In the meane whyle the King of Nauarre going to Rochell and ALLARD in his trayne certaine shippes of Sweath land chanced to arriue in the Hauen at Rochell The Capitaines merchants and Maisters whereof hearing of ALLARD with whom they had spoken told some of their acquaintance that ALLARD was a CoÌ„nicatching knaue which had seduced the king of Sweath-laÌ„d with a companion of his a Gascoigne borne was cause of the deuision that happened betweene the King of Sweathland his brother which had set al the realme on an vproare The impostor perceiuing hee was discouered got him presently away with his followers to the late King HENRY the 3 to the Queene mother vnto whom he declared at large what meanes hee had to serue them by putting them in possession of those fiue millions of gold before mentioned and a farre greater summe As also how hauing beene very much vrged by the King of Nauarre to shewe him the place where such great treasures lay and the meanes to come by them because hee would not be constrained so to do he had retired him-selfe as it were euen out of the closet of the Court and seruice of the sayd King of Nauarre The King and his Mother glad of such newes gaue good entertainmeÌ„t to ALLARD whose comming being published in the Court amongest many others he insinuated himselfe into the company of Monsieur de CLERVAN gaue him to vnderstaÌ„d that he had papers of great importance at Rome which hee could not well come by but by meanes of the Suissers who if they would but write vnto the Pope about them he should be sure to haue them restored againe for their sakes Wherfore he promised if they wold procure him those papers to giue theÌ„ 60000. Dollers which the towne of Nuremberg ought him with the interest of it for twelues yeares after 5. in the hundreth by the yeare so that in all it amouÌ„ted to the sum of 96. thousand Dollars CLERVAN thervpon went to his Baronny of Coppet where hauing taken order for certaine priuate affaires of his owne he rode to Berne some two daies iourney and an halfe from thence there he acquainted diuers Lords of that Canton with the whole matter desiring theÌ„ that they would take vpoÌ„ them to write vnto the Pope for to haue those papers againe and draw that profit into their Cofers They answered it was to be feared least ALLARD were some Cunnicatcher and that hauing accesse vnto the Queene Mother who was greatly fauoured of the Pope that loued not them he needed not to employ any other but her in the matter Or if ALLARD desired any other course that he should repaire to the fiue small Cantons their allyes Here-with CLERVAN returned to Coppet which was fast by Geneua where hee talked with a great Merchant called IOHN TERNAVLT about the matter requested him to communicate it to Coronell PSIFFER of Lucerne AMMAN LVCY of Vnderwald and other Lords of the 5 Cantons being at that instant in those quarters which was executed they harkned vnto it reseruing the conclusion vntill such time as they bad conferred in person with ALLARD and CLERVAN who being aduertised that these Switzer Lords were come into France which was about Nouember and December 1582. they went vnto them to Paris where hauing made some entry into the matter it was resolued they should meet at St. Iames his Hospitall to conclude this affaire All was agreed on condition that ALLARD should forth-with assigne ouer the lords of Nurembergs specialties touching thâ—… principall interest aâ—…ore said amouÌ„ting to the sum of 96000. Dollors whereof the Lords of the fiue Cantons should haue three fift parts amounting to 57600. And CLERVAN TERNAVLT the rest equally deuided betwixt theÌ„ which was 19200. Dollars to each of them Besides ALLARD was to furnish 6500. Crownes in ready money for the voyage to Rome wherin TERNAVLT was to be emploied In these agreements PSIFFER a man of â—…ound iudgement stood stiffe in his first opinion that ALLARD was a notorious Impostor Neuertheles he so oiled his toÌ„gue hauing the French Dutch and Italian naturally that in a new assembly with these Lords he declared vnto theÌ„ after a demure and graue manner as his custome was that he was about to contract with the King vnto whom hee was to lend 2. millions of gold 15. daies after the agreement made that is to say 160000. crownes in ready money and 400000 crownes to be raised on the late Lord Constables goods whose Bill he said he had had promised to deliuer it vnto the King who was there withall well pleased as ALLARD affirmed Only he had stood vpon securitie for so notable a summe of money that therefore the Councel promised to assure him the Salt pits of Brouage and the reuene wâ—…thereof where with ALLARD said he was contented onely he feared lest such assurance would be reuoked Wherfore he intreated the Embassadors of the Canton of Lucern that they would deale in such sort with their Lords that he might be receiued into the nuÌ„ber of their Burgesses offering in 〈◊〉 compence of such fauour the summe of 20000. crownes to the Seignorie of Lucern to each of those Embassadors 2500. crowns a piece Therupon he posted to Lucerne tooke his oath returned into France with 12. Switzers for his guard neuer furnishing a penny all this while but lâ—…lling the world asleep with his golden promises and plucking round sums of money both from great small in euery place wherby he maintained himself in his practises All of theÌ„ were cousened by him except the Caronel Psâ—…ffer who beeing rich regarded no promises laughed at their credulity As affaires past in this manner my Lady had intelligence of the speech ALLARD had vsed touching the late L. Constables Bill whereupon shee wrote that they should take heede of this pratler affirming her Lord was not so bad an husband as to be indebted in such a summe to a stranger who at length would proue to be a Cunny-catching kâ—…aue There came a Rocheller also that warned diuers to beware of ALLARD which moued TARNAVLT to write by a trusty messenger to Monsieur GARGOVILAR the Mayor of Rochell who returned answer that ALLARD was a notable deceiuer The Suizter Embassadors hauing sworne the league with the King left TERNAVLT in the Court for the expedition of certaine affaires they had there going to take horse ALLARD accompanied with honourable personages participants in the businesse promised
for a long time hee had supprest the euill spirit the which did mooue the Greekes to ruine the Persian Monarchie IOACHIM CVâ—…ABVS a learned Phylosopher and Physition of our time in his Annales of Silesia Some yeares before the Emperor MAXIMILIAN the first had made Warre against the Suisses and hauing beene defeated in diuers Incounters certaine Astrologiens and Dâ—…uines aduised him to assayle that nation by some other waie and with newe troupes alleadging that a certaine starre which fauored the Suisses was nowe set and that other starres fauorable to Princes and Monarkes did appeere It succeeded ill with him for that hee beleeued these Diuiners for at the verie first Incounter not farre from Basil the Suisses were victors and wonne all his baggage H. MVTIVS Booke 30. of his Chronicle of Germanie In the following Bookes wee will propounde manie other Histories of Predictions A Prisoner freede A Gentleman of Lombardie named Pâ—…CCHIO valiant and wise but full of the gout beeing in disgrace with a great Noble-man going one daie vnaduisedly vpon his moyle some fewe Leagues from his house hee was pursued and set vpon by this Noble-man who was followed by some Soldiars and then carried prisoner to a stronge Castell out of the waie and shut vp in an heigh Tower and committed to one of his confident seruantes to keepe Hee was fed with bread and water like a crimynall person condemned to perpetuall prison and no man knewe who hee was In the meane time they sought vp and downe for PECCHIO but hearing no newes of him the Iustice of that place where he dwelt thought that hee had beene slayne for they had found his moile and some droppes of bloud vpon him They make dilligent information and two men are charged with whome in times past hee had had a quarrell vppon this presumption they are miserablie imprisoned and greeuiously tortured in such sort as they were forst to confesse that they had slaine PECCHIO so as the one was hanged and the other beheaded But PECCHIO was in prison where hee continued nyneteene whole yeares neuer changing nor putting of the clothes hee had When they tooke him yet full of hope that GOD would one day deliuer him His Sonnes according to the custome made his funerall and the deuided his goods Hee was taken in the yeare 1540. and was deliuered in the yeare 1559. in this manner The Lord who vsed him in that sort beeing dead they intreated PECCHIO after his accustomed manner neither did anie one euer see him or speake to him in all this time It chanced that this Lords heire had an humor to builde neere vnto this Tower and as they pulled downe the Walles which did compasse in PECCHIO who had no light but by a narrowe clifte by the which hee receiued his meate and drinke they spied this man with his clothes tottered his beard long to his knees and his haire hanging vpon his shoulders Euery man runnes to this newe sight Some persons well aduised did wish that hee should not bee brought too sodenly into the light least it should dazell him and that to much aire should make him fainte By little and little hee recouered his sight and strength Then hee lettes them vnderstand what hee was and of all his aduenture in the end hee was knowne reenters into his goods that were sold by his Sonnes and beeing cleerely cured of his gout hee liued the remainder of his daies helthfully The which I haue heard from his owne mouth in Milan where I intreated him to set mee downe this discours the which hee did at large in the yeare 1566. SYMON MAYOL an Italian Bishoppe in his Canicular daies Disc. 4. A Processe ended by an extraordinary meanes DVring the time that GREGORIE the 13. was Pope there was a quarrell and sute for matter of religion against IHON CASIER great Maister of Malta The Iudges appointed the Registers Proctors and witnesses had done all at Malta that might concerne this fact ROMEGAS a Knight of Malta was his principall accuser and as it were a partie All were adiorned to appeare before Pope GREGORIE at Rome in the yeare 1591. where I was and did see ROMEGAS and the great Maister arriue in Nouember In December following ROMEGAS died and presently after the great Maister and they were both interred in the Trinitie Church As for the Iudges Registers Proctors and witnesses being all imbarked in one ship with the Informations and proceedings of the Processe they perished all vpon the Sea in the same moneth and there remained not any leafe of the whole proceeding whereby they might ground any sentence SIMON MAYOL an Italian Bishop in his Canicular dayes Colloq 4. Dangerous Prognostications FRANCIS Marquis of Salusses Lieutenant to King FRANCIS in his armie beyond the Alpes wonderfully fauoured in our Court and bound to the King euen for his Marquisate which had beene forfeited by his Brother hauing no occasion offered him and his affection contradicting it suffred himselfe to be so surprized with feare as it hath beene iustified by the goodly Prognostications which were then spred abroad to the benefit of the Emperor CHARLES the 5. and to our disaduantage euen in Italie whereas these foolish predictions had so great credit as at Rome great summes of money were deliuered out by exchange vpon our ruine that after he had often lamented with his priuate friends the miseries which hee did see ineuitably prepared for the Crowne of France and for his priuate friends he reuolted and changed his partie to his great preiudice not-with-standing all predictions But he carryed himselfe like a man encountred with diuers passions for hauing both Townes and forces in his power the enemies Armie vnder ANTHONIE de LEVA hard by him and wee without any iealousie of him it was in him to haue done worse then hee did for by his treason we lost neyther man nor Towne but onely Fossan and that after it had held out long MONTAIGNE lib. 1. of his Essaies Cha. 11. A wonderfull Ransom THE Spanish Histories write at large of the ransome which ATABALIPA King of Peru payed to bee deliuered out of the bands of PIZARRE valued at manie Millions of golde yet not-with-standing the Spaniards put him to death and spoiled infinite treasures part where of was brought into Europe where it was wretchedly wasted part with those robbers and their ships was lost in the botom of the Sea But in the warre made in our time by the Vaiuod of Valachia against the Turkes in the yeare 1574. certaine Polonian Horsemen hauing defeated a great supply and taken their Commander prisoner who was a man of a tall and goodly stature and so riche as he offered almost an incredible ransom although many did affirme that he had meanes to giue more He offered vnto the Polonians if they would saue his life and not carry him vnto the Vaiuod to pay them twise as much gold thrise as much siluer and once as much in Pearle as he should way This sum