weakened and tossed wyth troublous commocions howbeit in the meane season be they so kept by Godes prouidence that they do not wholy perysh Lewis the thyrd left no soâ—â— after hym and therefore stroue the Frankes and Sacons together to make Otho duke of Saxony Emperour but the good prince withstode the same not wylling that to the moost noble stocke of Charles shulde happen suche a reproch Therefore counselled he to make Conradus duke of the Frankes Emperoure Of thys wyse succeded Conradus in the empyre but Otho was in more greater authority whyle Conradus lyued he dispatched more busynesses also yet in the meane time shewed he great loyalty and honestye toward Conradus the Emperoure But in the meane tyme vsurped Berengarius duke of Foroiulium the name of the Emperoure in Italy and enticed the Hungarians that they shuld spoyle Germany agayn but Conradus ouer came those by the ayde of Otho But whan Otho was deade Conradus the Emperour fearyng happely lest the son of Otho Henry the Fouler shoulde growe ouermuche in power therefore wythdrue he parte of those thynges whyche before he had graunted hys father Otho And whan Henry toke it greueouslye the Empetoure endeuoured to slaye him by an intrap and to bryng thys to passe was y e byshop of Mentz made out But the intrap was disclosed Than was Henry very greuously moued â–ª went home and toke from the byshop of Mentz all that was hys dominion in the land of Turyngen and Hesse But hereof rose a greate warre betwene the Frankes and Saxons But whan Conradus was a dyenge callyng to him his brother Eberardus he commaunded hym to brynge the Emperyall croune to Henry duke of Saxony for him he iudged best worthy to gouern the Empyre He admonyshed prince Eberarde also with al diligence to make an ende of the warr that he had taken in hande wyth Henry duke of Saxonye lest the Frankes that were yet alyue shuld vtterly he roated out and perysh For he marked wel that God prospered Henryes affayres To thys counsell dyd duke Eberardus agre willyngly and bringyng the crowne to Henry and makyng peace on both sydes he was afterward loyall to Henry And by thys occasyon came it to passe that the empyre was remoued from the successors of Charles the greate to the Saxons The genealogye of Charles the greate Charles the great Emperoure Lewis te Gentle whose sonnes were these thre Lewis the German he had Almany subdued y â— Bohemes his sonnes wer Lewis charles y â— grosse which toke y â— empyre froÌ„ Charles the bald and Carolomanus the sonne of Carolomanê° was Arnolphus who raygned after Charles the Grosse Lotharius y â— Emperoure He had Loraine Italy his sonn was Lewis the seconde the .iiij. Germane Emperoure He droue y â— Saracens out of Italy After him woulde the bishop of Rome transferre the empyre to the Frenchmen vpon Charles y â— balde but the sonnes of Lewis y â— Germane restored the empyre agayn to y e Germanes â–ª Charles the balde kynge of Gallia or Fraunce his sonne was Lewis the stammerer kynge of Fraunce The sonnes of Arnolfus were Lewis the .iij. Emperoure Conradus and hys sonnes were Eberardus whose successors are the princes of y e Frankes Conradus the last emperoure of this linage Not longe after was the kyngdome of Fraunce also translated from the posteritye of Charles the greate So lytle doeth anye thynge remayne euer sted fast in his estate among men so that the generacions of great prynces do now florish in the height now agayne layde in the duste to be weakened and discouraged Anastasius the .iij. the .cxxiiij. byshop of Rome succeded Sergius Lando was made the .xxv. byshop after Anastasius Ioannes the .xi. succeded Lando Henry the .i. surnamed the Fouler the ix Emperoure of Germany THe yeare of Christ .ix. C. xx was Henry the fyrste surnamed the Fouler duke of Saxon made Emperoure he raygned seuenten yeares He was not crouned of the bishop of Rome nether went into Italy though twayne toke vpon them the name of the Emperoure and by vproure raysynge battayll fought now and than a great felde For Henry had busynesse more than ynough in Germany which the good prince apeaced wyth greate diligence accordinge to hys syngular policye and endeuored to make it more excellent Surely the kyngdome of Germany dyd neuer in a maner want vprourish commotions ther was almost neuer an Emperour chosen wythout the sedition of some princes which went aboute to take vpon them the name of the Emperoure Yet was God alway wyth those Emperours that were duâ—lly called detended the authoritye of the lawfull empyre and the sedicious were punished Arnolde duke of Bayerlande set him selfe wyth hurtfull enterpryse agaynst Henry who recountred y e Baiers wyth appointed armyes but behauynge himselfe not as an enemy he requyred to speake wyth duke Arnolde familiarly He reasoned wyth hym earnestly admonyshed hym that the maiesty of the empyre is geuen of God yf it were so that he wer chosen Emperoure by the consente of other prynces than wolde he frely geue place and be ready y â— fyrst that shuld submitte themselues Duke Arnold shewed these thynges to his counsel which answered That it were euident that Salomons sayenge of wysedome were most true which is By me do kynges rule And for asmuch as it appeareth euidently ynough that Henry is endued with wisedome and gentlenesse it is no dout but God doth assiste him he shuld therfore thenceforth leaue of from his enterpryse nether to go about any thing against Henry Wherefore duke Arnolde ceased obeied frely without y e slaughter of any of his men Who I pray you wold not saye y â— these Germane princes were no Barbaryans and that they excelled in pryncely wisedome high gentlenesse This is also wrytteÌ„ that S. Vdalryck had a visty on of the duke of Baierland which he obserued For it was shewed him by God that the duke had a swearde wythout hyltes or handel wherby was signified that the duke shulde not vse the sweard that is that he shuld not retayn the empyre Wherefore he admonyshed the duke to do nothyng vnaduisedly After that dyd Henry take Brandenburge and the Vandales beyng subdued they receaued the Christen fayth vntyl the see He besieged the city Praga and brought the Bohemes to the Empyre After that vanquyshed he fourty thousand Hungaryans by Mersburge whereby he gatte hym a great renowme and drede by the straunge nacions and gat tranquillitye to al Germanye He restored the contry of Lothring or Lorayn to the kingdom of Germany and gatt the speare that Christe was pearsed through of Rudolphe kyng of Burgundy the same was Constantinus wont to haue Henry the Fowler beynge now neare to his death made his sonn Othe succeder in y e empyre after him lest any stryfe shuld happen in the empyre after hys death concernyng the possession of it Leo the .vi. succeded
worthynesse yt is my mynde to praise some princes aboue the other For I iudge it to be pertaynynge to the duety of euery history wryter that he do nowe and than turne asyde into the rehearsall of the most best vertues and shewe them to the reader for a shewe as an example to folow Now in mens assaires can nothinge â—e more honeste nor more pleasaunt than the consyderacion and knowledge of princely vertues in great men Wherfore I woulde oure Germane Emperours were so set before the eyes of our Germanes that they myght know theyr vertues and wonder at them wonder it is how greatly the same wolde helpe and further to the amendement and also rayse a flame in the hartes of good men to folowe In my iudgement are these princes doutelesse suche whyche be worthy farre to be preferred before the auncient Romanes whether ye wyll regarde wysedome or strength or finally the endeuour of honesty and modestye The rehearsall of the Germane Emperours Carolus magnus Ludouicus pius the sonne of Carolus magnus â–ª After the syxe Saxons Henricus the fyrste Otho the greate Otho the second Otho the thyrd Henricus y â— .ij. which is buried at Bamberch Lotharius the Saxon. Item these Frankes Cunradus Henricus the sonne of Cunradus Item these Schwaben Fridericus Barbarossa Fridericus the second Afterward Rodolphus Sigismundus Maximilianus Of Germany and occasyon of the kyngdome of the Frankes ALl Germany was not subiecte to the empyre but had onely those contryes that are betwene the Rene and the Danow And much worke had the Emperoures before oure nacion could be subdued and kept For in the tyme of Augustus had Drusus warres and Germanicus afterwarde Caius and after him Vitellius Domitianus Traianus had subdued the lower Germany vntyll Moganus Maximinus was come vntyll Schwartzwald Valerianus was wyth an hoost in hygh Germany After hym vnder Galienus the Frankes beynge sett in a commotion began to ryse but by the Emperoures folowynge were theyr violences sometyme assuaged For Aurelianus vanquyshed them by Mayntz Probus had many and noble victoryes in lowe Germany Constantinus buylded the citye Spyre Iulianus Valentinianus and Theodosius dyd lykewyse subdue the Alemans Frankes and the contries that lye by the Rhene and toke in Schwaben land also But after that the power of the Frankes and Alemans begonne to encrease the Emperours returned not into Germany Some fable diuersly of the fyrst begynnynge of the Frankes but it is certayne that they were hyghe Germanes in Augustus tyme. For we haue no certaynty of the Germanes estate out of histories before Augustus But that the Frankes were in suche estimacion by the hygh Germanes that it can easely be proued out of Strabo who wrote an history in the tyme of Auguste and warrefared wyth the Romanes As for Strabo sayeth that the Frankes were ioynyng to the Vindelici that is Bayerlanders vpon the which they border partly at thys tyme also The commotion of the Frankes beganne by thys occasyon In the tyme of Galianus the Emperoure was Posthumus captayne in Germany the same was made Emperoure by the people for hys syngular honestye and vertues in gouernynge the empyre Galienus in the meane season lyued in ydelnesse and pleasure at Rome But whan Galienus hearde that Posthumus was made Emperoure he sent against hym an apointed army Posthumus likewyse commaunded his men to be in a readinesse among the whiche were euen the Frankes the principall And though Posthumus was afterwarde slayne priuely by an intrap yet the Frankes once prouoked to weapons remayned alway in the settyng forth to warre and came downe from Moganus to the Rene and ouer the Rene toke they first the citie Trier from the Romanes and afterwards went into fraunce But after that they had foughteÌ„ against Attila with the Romanes they were alway in great fauour wyth the Emperours in so muche â–ª that Iustinianus the Emperoure through a conuenaunt made with the Frankes suffred them to haue and inhabite that parte of Gallia whiche at this tyme is yet called Francia or Fraunce Wherefore the Frankes toke in both the contreis of the Ryne and parte of Fraunce and both the contreis were maynteined by one common kyngly gouernaunce The histories make euery where mencion of great prayses of the Frankes partely for their goodly polycy and prosperitie in gouernyng their kyngdome but specially because they embraced the Christen religioÌ„ in the begynnyg of the kyngdome and wylled it to be publyshed and spred abrode In the meane tyme dyd the Alemans decyuer from the Romyshe empyre also The Alemans were the hygh Germanes whiche now are called Schwaben Schweitzer Baier Therefore when the Romane Monarchy was sundered then was Germany first deuyded in Alemanes and Frankes But in the time of Pipine father to Charles the greate became the Frankes lordes of the Almaines and therfore as the empyre was thus deuided they called hygh Germany the Easte kyngdome and lowe Germany wyth Fraunce the West kyngdome And by thys partynge of the kyngdomes remayne the names yett in Germany The elders of Charles the greate were princes of Germany and Lordes of the courte and that more is the chefe gouernours by the kynges of the Frankes and by the commission of their office were called Grande maysters It is also sayed that thesame was theyr duchy dominion by enheritaunce where now is the countyshyp of Palatine about the Rene syde For certayne it is that the fyrst sprynge of the stocke of the Palatine commeth of Charles the greates yssue But at the last when the kyngly progeny decreassed and fayled by processe of tyme more and more and that these princes became more myghtyer it came topasse by the consent of the byshop of Rome that the gouernaunce of the kyngdome was brought ouer to the princes and Pipinus beyng made kyng of thys wyse gouerned both Germany and Fraunce When Pipinus was deade Charles surnamed the greate was kynge of the Frankes two and thyrty yeares before he was Emperoure and after that he was made Emperoure he reygned fourtene yeares Of this wyse reygned he both in the kingdome and empyre together .xlvi. yeares when they be counted together He was boren in Ingelheim in the county of Palatine not farre from the cytie Mentz In the begynnynge of his reigne warred he agaynst the Saracens in Gascon afterward warred he about thirty yeares with the Saxons the whiche he subdued at the last and made them to obeye the empyre embrace the ChristeÌ„ faith besyde other many and great battails whiche he had in the meane season also Desiderius kyng of the Lombardes coueted the dominion of whole Italy goyng to Rome caused some of the chefe cytesens to be put to death Wherfore Adrianus the byshop of Rome sendyng ambassadours to Charles desyred he woulde come and rydde Italy and Rome out of daunger For Pipinus the father of Charles had also before delyuered Rome from the tyranny
Charles the balde in to Italy where the two cosins the sonnes of Lewis folowed hym As he herde this he was taken with a disease of a soden feare and died Yet in the meane season persysted byshop Iohannes in transferryng of the empyre and willed the sonne of Charles the balde to succede in his fathers place Wherfore he was taken at Rome of the Germane legates and such as were of their partes but escapyng their handes he fled to the Frenche kyng where he made Lewis the stammerer the sonne of Charles the balde Emperoure This Lewis lyued nomore but twoo yeares after hys fathers deceasse And of this wyse was this earnest couetyng come to an euell ende at the last for the Frenchemen and also was the byshop frustrate of his false engines Charles the grosse the fyft Germane Emperoure THe yeare of Christe .viij. C. lxxxi came the empyre agayne to the Germanes For the Saracens commyng agayne into Italy and spoylyng all thynges dyd the Romanes call their byshop agayne out of Fraunce for the Italians had nede of succourse agaynste the Saracens And when the kyng of Fraunce was deade seyng the kynges heyre was not yet of ful age there were raysed euery where great dissencions and debates in Fraunce for the gouernaunce of the realme vntyll the kynges sonne were come to age Wherefore the byshop of Rome constrayned by this necessitie required ayde of the Germanes to rescue Italy out the brunt of daungers Then came Charles the grosse sonne to Lewis the Germane into Italy driuing out the Saracens toke the emperial crown the yeare of Christe .viii. C. lxxxij Charles reigned after that he was crowned ix yeares About this tyme the Normandes fallyng into Fraunce dyd so much harme euery where that the Frenchmen wer compelled to require ayde of the Germanes and by consent of euery man was Charles made kyng of Fraunce and by thys occasion gott Charles the Grosse the realme both of Germany and Gallia or Fraunce agayne But these kyngdomes were separated againe not long after Charles beynge wery of the warre in Morauia or Meerhen by reason of the greate combraunce and trauail forsakyng the empire he made Arnolfus his brothers sonne Emperour who pointed Charles out of the empire so muche reuenues so long as he lyued as was sufficient for a kynges state Arnolfus the .vi. Germane Emperoure ARnolfus the sonne of Carolomanus duke of Baierlande Schwaben and of the FraÌ„kes y â— cosin of Charles the third was substitute by hym in the empyre the yearâ— of Christe .viij. C. xci he reigned .xij. yeares Fyrst ouercame he the Morauians or Meerhlanders after that the Normandes whiche beyng now returned out of Fraunce came vntyll the Rene and commyng to Worms put the byshop of Mentz to execution As the Normandes were vanquyshed by the Emperours at the last became they Christen Afterwarde when Vâ—ido duke of Spoleta by a rumor was made Emperoure Arnolfus goyng into Italy toke in Rome by greate force and was crowned of Formosus the byshop of Rome Wherfore wheÌ„ he had taken in Italy agayne Vâ—ido was bannyshed He restored againe also the duchy of Bourgondie to the Germane dominion Marinus the C. xi bysh of Ro. succeded IoaÌ„nes Adrianus the .iij. was byshop after Marinus Stephanus the fift C. xiij bysh succeded Adrianê° Formosus succeded Stephanus At that tyme was again a great debate at Rome for the election For Sergius was also created byshop but the fauoures of Formosus driuynge out Sergius Formosus sent for the Emperoure into Italy that he myght kepe styll the byshopryke by that meanes For Sergius was fled into Fraunce and went about to obteine the byshopryke by the aide of Frenchemen Howbeit after certaine yeares when Formosus was deade he was made byshop vsed more tyranny and presumpcion then he ought to haue done accordyng to byshoply mekenesse He caused to digge vp the deade carcas of Formosus to degrate it and beheadyng it cast it into the floude Tyber with moste shame It is written that this Sergius was very vnlearned vnmanered which thinge his cruell dedes declare plaine ynough Bonifacius the .vi. the C. xv byshop succeded Formosus Stephanê° the .vi. folowed Bonifacius Thissame disanulled condempned al Formosus ordinauÌ„ces Romanus the C. xvi byshop of Rome succeded Stephanus Theodorus the .ij. succeded Romanus IoaÌ„nes y â— .x. the C.xix bysh of Ro. succeded Theâ— dorus thissame alowed agayne the ordinaunces of Formosus whiche Stephanus the syxte had disanulled Benedictus the .iiij. was the C. xx byshop after Iohannes Leo the .v. was after Benedictus the C. xxi byshop of Rome The same was taken prysoner by Christophorus Christophorus was byshop after Leo. Thissame was taken by Sergius After Christophorus was Sergius the .iij. made the C. xxiij byshop of Rome The same caused the deade coarse of Formosus be dygged vp agayne and beheaded It is a thynge full of drede ether to reade or to reherse byshops of Rome to haue vsed so great tyranny among themselues And it could not be that any regarde could be had of Christen godlynesse let no man then marueill in the meane season yf any abuses and wycked opinions be broken into the churche in the meane whyle Lewis the .iii. the .vii. Germane Emperoure THe yeare of Christe .ix. C. iij. Lewis the sonne of Arnolphus being substitute in the empyre of hys father reygned ten yeares It is no where redde that he was crowned For when Arnolphus was deade the Hungarians inuaded Germany wyth greate violence Agaynst them dyd the good prince Lewis the Emperoure set hymselfe and dyd greuously disconfite them by the ryuer Lyeus but he was afterwarde ouercome of them lykewyse Then the Hungarians beynge vanquishers dyd euery where muche myschefe and harme to the Schwoben Frankes Baierlanders and them of Ostenryche Slayeng euery one wythoute regarde or mercy burnynge temples cityes tounes villages yee euery thynge Afterwarde entrynge into Italy vsed lyke crueltye At that tyme was Berengarius prince of Foroiulium which gatherynge a great army aganyst the Hungaryans although somtyme he fought vn luckelye yet gat he hym such a good name by thys settynge forth that afterwarde he wylled to be called Emperoure Cunradus the .i. the viij Germane Emperoure THe yeare of Christ .ix. C. xii was Conradus made Emperoure he raigned seuen yeares But he was not crowned of the Romysh byshop He was Lewis the .iii. brothers sonne he was duke of the Frankes and the laste of the mooste noble posteritye of Charles the great whiche ye maye gesse by the order of the genealogye wrytten hereafter the whych I haue added therfore y t it maye be knowen to how great chaunces and how many alteracions the kingdom of the Germanes hath ben putt the which thynge can not be red wythoute greate wonderynge at For that maye be sene euerye where that greate kyngdomes floryshe a certayne space in the world but at the laste they be
The same admonyshed the Electors in the begynnynge of hys byshopryck to choyse agayne an Emperoure wyth egall consent leste the state of the empyre dyd wholy decaye Rudolfe the .xxvij. Germane Emperoure THe yere of Christ M. CC. lxxiij was Rudolfe chosen Emperour the erle of Habisburge and counte prouincial of Alsace He raygned .xix. yeares He was confirmed of the Byshopp of Ro. For the Emperoure and byshop of Rome came together at Lausana euen accordyng to the saieng of these two verses of auncient men Twelue hundreth thre score and thertene yere dyd stande Lausana tyll the pope and the kyng came thether into that lande Howbeit Rudolfe went not into Italy nether receaued he the Imperiall crowne He was wont to reherse Esops fable of the Foxe which said to the Lion sicke in his denne she were afrayd to come in therefore because she sawe the footsteppes of beastes that were gone in but not of beastes that were come out That lykewyse he dyd consyder how his aunceters went oft into Italy with greate hoostes but mooste commonly returned home euell intreated Yet in the meane season sent he a Lieutenaunt into Italy who was receiued of the bestpart of the Italian cities The Bohemies and Baier withstode Rudolfe at the fyrst but he subdued Baierlande forth with Othacarus kyng of the Bohemies wold not obey and besydes that helde Eastenriche that was now without heire belongyng to the empyre against ryght and reason Wherfore Rudolphe sent the Burggraue of Norenberg into Bohemy to shewe the kyng on the Emperours behalfe to obeye and to voyde out of Eastenryche but Othacarus refused both Wherfore after muche reasonynge vpon the matter brought Rudolphe armed hostes into Eastenryche and toke it in He besieged the citie Vienne fought a great battaill by Nidersbrug â–ª in the yeare M. cclxxviij In that battayll was Othacarus slayne Of this wyse was Eastenriche at the last brought vnder Rudolphes dominion and after that made he Albert his sonne duke there so that henceforth Eastenriche by this meanes is holden of the empyre by fealtie or benefite Moreouer the princes of Eastenriche haue their offpringe of this Alberte vntyll the moste prayse worthy Charles the Emperoure that now is his brother kyng Ferdinande Rudolphe the Emperoure shewed high fauour and gentlenesse towarde Wenceslaus Othacarus sonne for he left hym the kyngdome of Bohemy and gaue hym his daughter in mariage This Wenceslaus is canonisated for a saynt and is worshypped Rudolphe subdued the Bourgundians also In Alsace dyd he take by violence those cities that rebelled and conspyred agaynst hym and punyshed them worthely amonge those were Hagenoâ— Colmar Tzurig and Berne The yeare M. cclxxxvi dyd he inuade the Erle of Wirtenberg and besyeged the citie Studtgard at the laste was an accorde made by the byshop of Mentz The yeare M. ccxc had Rudolphe a great parliament at Erfurde â–ª and by the aide of the citie Erfurde did he spoyle cast downe about .iij. score holdes in Thuringe Oâ— this wyse fynally dyd Rudolfe bryng the troubled full of sedicion estate of Germany whyle it had no certayn Emperours to a peaceablenesse and dyd in a maner set vp the decayed empyre He dyed the yere of Christ M. ccxcii Innocencius the .v. succeded Gregorius the .x. Adrianus the .v. succeded Innocencius Iohannes the .xxi. a phisicion succeded Adrianê° When Iohannes was deade Nicolaus the .iij. was made byshop of Rome He went about to geue his two cosins the two kyngdomes of Italy that the one should be kyng of Hetruria the other kyng of Lombardy For the Romysh byshop sawe that Rudolphe had more then ynough to do in Germany and thought he coulde not therefore come into Italy But the imperiall cities wythstode the byshop of Romes enterpryses that they could not prosper and Rudolphe sent a Lieutenaunt into Italy also Honorius the .iiij. was byshop after Nicolaus Nicolaus the .iiij. was byshop after Honorius Adolfe the .xxviii. Germane Emperoure THe yeare of Christ M. ccxcij was Adolfe counte of Nassau chosen Emperour The same was before in greate estimacion by Rudolphe Besydes that was his brother byshop of Mentz and by his voyce in the election was he holpen to be made Emperoure He raygned syxe yeares and was deposed from the empyre by the Electours For hys substaunce was not sufficient to sustayne the costes of the Emperyall hyghnesse Besydes that was he very in fortunable in dispatchynge greate thynges The warre worthy of remembraunce that he hath had was that he brought an army into Thuryngen For Albert Landtgraue of Thuringen had a stryfe wyth his sonne Dieterus and Frederick surnamed Gnawed cheke And the same solde to Adolfe the Emperoure the prouinciall Erldome of Thuringen He also endeuoured to make his kynreds nobilitie more renowmed and went into Thurinvan and dyd much harme to it He besyeged Crutzberg Frankenstein and Friburg But Frederick droue him back agayn Howbeit to apeace sundry many perturbacions that were at that tyme in the empyre it was requisite to haue a more puyssaunter heade in Germane And therefore the princes Electors makyng an assembly at Mentz they chose Albert duke of Eastenrich sonne to the Emperour Rudolphe But for asmuche as Adolfe would kepe the empyre by force duke Albert went against hym with an army and they fought fearcely together by Worms In that battayll was Adolfe slayne the yeare M. ccxcviij as these verses folowynge do witnesse The yeare thousand thre hundreth two lesse Was through the swearde kynge Adolfes deceasse After Nicolans the .iiij. was Celestinus the .v. made byshop of Rome The same leauynge the byshoprycke became an heremite After Celestinus became Bonifacius the .viij. Byshop of Rome It is sayde that Celestinus was begyled by thys man with a voyce spoken to hym through a rede or pype as though it wer come out of heauen that he should forsake the byshopricke ordeyne Bonifacius He raysed greate warres in Italy He dyd excommunicate the Frenche kyng and gaue the tytle of the Frenche kyngdome to Alberte the Emperoure that by this meanes at the last the Garmanes and frenchemen might come to strokes At the last was Bonifacius taken and dyed in the pryson And hereby commeth that it is sayde of hym He entred as a Foxe he reygned as a Wolfe or Lion he died as a Dogge Albert the .i. xxix Germane Emperoure _the M .cc. xcviij yere of Christ began Alberte duke of Eastenriche sonne to Rudolphe the Emperoure to raygne He ruled the empire ten yeres he ouercame in battaill Adolfe the Emperoure At the first would not bonifacius confirme Albertus empyre afterwarde did he frely coÌ„firme it to do the Frenche kyng a spite and geuyng Albert the title of the kyngdome of Fraunce he set hym agaynst the Frenche kynge But the kyng of Fraunce geuyng hys daughter to Alberts sonne he appeased hym that he should enterpryse no enimitie agaynst hym He made a settynge forth agaynst
Maximilian d 〈…〉 th Maximilian warreth against the Venecians Lewis kyng of Fraunce Iulius the by shop of Rom. was discomfited in a battaill by the citie Rauennas vpon Easter daye What Electors chose Charles that now is Emperoure Martine Luther â–ª Charles y â— Frances the French king taken The commotion of vplanâ—yâ—h mâ—n Schapler Twelue articles of the sedicious rustikes Thomas Mynter Iohn Ocalâ—padius Huldrich Zwinglius renew the doctrine of Berengarius â—ndreas â—arolestadius Rome taken by Burbon With what an â—â—ost Sol 〈…〉 yd be 〈…〉 ge â—ieÌ„nâ— Charles is crowned Emperour at Bonony by the bysh of Ro. The parliament of â—usborow An ouerflowyng at Ro. Clemens the vij is taken Ferdinande kyng of Hungary A Comete sene The Switzer warre within themselues The parliament holden at RegeÌ„spurg Prophecies of recouering Constantinople and of roting the Turkes out of Europa Laurentius Miniatensis an Astronomer A Comete sene Writers of Histories Cronicles What the mutacions of kyngdomes de signifye Agathias Ctesias The conuocation or counsaill holden at Ramsburgh The duke of Saxon agreeth not to the election of y e kyng of the Romaines The seconde breakyng in of Soliman into Germany Guns assaulted of the Turke by the space of .xij. daies The wall of 〈◊〉 falleth 〈…〉 e by it â—elfe Anthony de Leua Andrewe de Aurea The citie of Corona takeÌ„ The Emperourre turned into Italy to the Pope The Pope meteth themperour at Bononia Battell moued in England against the Scottes The death of Iohn duke of Saxon. Iohn Frederick duke of Saxon. A Comete or blasing starre â—â—â—â— A great inâ—â—â—cion of watâ—â— in HollaÌ„d Seeland c. Christerne kâ—nâ— of Dâ—◠〈…〉 ke after hâ—â— returâ—â—ta 〈…〉 oure 〈…〉 e 〈…〉 l. A moÌ„struous Calfe borne by y e sea coste aboute Lindowe The Emperour Charles retourneth from Genua into Spaine Newe Indes or Ilandes plentyfull of golde and siluer founde out by the SpaÌ„yardes A soleÌ„pne coÌ„munycacyon holdeÌ„ at Massilia betwene y e Pope the French kinge The duke of Orleans marieth the Popes cosyn The Euangelycal boÌ„d is opened by y e french kyng Another Comete or blasing starre apeared Shiltagh burned downe to y e ground A great Pestilence in Germany A great earthquake tempest of wind Kynge henry the .viii was dâ—uorsed froÌ„ hys fyrste wyfe maried to an other 1534. The Anabaptystes tâ—ke the Cytye of Mynster in Westphale The Anabaptystes make them a kyng Knypperdullynge c. kregh tynge Philip Landgraue of Hessen The Citie of Minster besieged by y â— biâ—hop Scarcitye of victualles in Mynster The Anabaptistes eate lether couerynges of bookes Philip landgraue of Hessen goeth about to set his vncle into his owne land agayn Philip y â— palatine put to flyght and wounded Hulderike duke of wiâ—teÌ„berg restored to his oâ—â—â— d 〈…〉 oÌ„ A peace grauÌ„ted vnto y â— â—anâ—gâ—a â—e on them perours behalf The laÌ„dgraue retourneth into his owne lande A coÌ„meÌ„datioÌ„ of liberalyty boldenes in y e landgraue a coÌ„meÌ„datioÌ„ of pacience mekenes in theÌ„perour y e kyng of Hungary The death of Frederike kyng of DeÌ„marke A straunge thing or tokeÌ„ happened about y â— dead corps of the kynge The erle of OldeÌ„boroughe â— y â— Lubekes inuade y â— dukedom of hâ—lsaâ—es The death of George weuer markes mayer A peace concluded betwene the towne of Lubeke and the dukedom of ho sure The captaynes of Lubeke desyrous to inuade deÌ„marcke A newe war â—â— A woÌ„derfull apparitioÌ„ in DeÌ„marke Henry king of Ingland excoÌ„municated by the pope The Pope hath â—â— authority ouer Ingland king HeÌ„nry forsaketh y t Pope A bokt sett furth vp kinge henry againste the primacpe of y e Pope King Henry ioined in coÌ„federatinÌ„ with y t Princes mayntainers of â— gospel Ireland rebeâ—â—eth against their prince Pope Clement dyeth Paule y â— â–ª iii. chosen to be Pope Sophi pâ—inâ—â— of y â— Persians â—â—â—â—â—beth y â— Turk Imbrai bassa Imbray bassa with hys host slayne The Turke cometh againste y â— sayde Sophy The turke coÌ„passed aboute of the Periyans The Turke escapeth â—a roâ—eâ—â— with a lewe Barbarossa inuabeth the kyngdome of Tunyse Barbarossa suodueth Affryca the lesse Kynge Altzachenus expelled from Tunyse The 〈◊〉 of Breda burned Great tempestes of wind Waters ryuers excedingly increassed â—â— y â— â—ande of Pole The duke of MillaÌ„ marieth y â— doughâ—â—r 〈…〉 y â— kyng Denmarke Themperour prepareth an armada towardes Affrica The kingdoÌ„ of Tunise recâ—â—â—red bâ— the peâ—our Barbarossa exâ—â—lled froÌ„ Tunise Kyng Altzachenus restored to hys kyngdome of Tunise The castell of Golleta reserued for themperour Themperour returneth froÌ„ Affrica Barbarossa inuadeth the Ile of Minorca The Affricanes attempte rebellion Andrewe â—e Aurea apointed to kepe y e Affricanes in awe The sect of the Anabaptistes in creasâ—eth The Anabaptistes â—â—kemâ—â—â—w 〈…〉 â— go naked The Anabaptistes within 〈…〉 e â—ppâ—â—lled The madnes of the Anabaptistes The Anabaptistes beleued that Minster was new Ierusalem A woman would conterfet Iudith The kynge 〈…〉 ing and knipperdulling taken The kyng of the â—â—baptistes with his coÌ„sellers put to death Christian duke of Holston chosen to be kyng in Denmarke The count of Hoya and the Erle of Teckelborough slayne Louedayes kept in Hungary The kyng of Poles maried the daughter of â—erdâ—â—anto kyng of Bohemy The death of the Duke of Mylan The duke of â—aâ—er marieth the daughter of Denmarke â—ir Thomas more Chauncelour of England and y â— byshop of Rochester beheaded The monkes of the charter house A wonderful tempest Neuer suche a teÌ„pest sene Quene Katherine dowâ—ger dieth Quene Anne Bullyn be headed Que. Iane Semour maried to the kyng of Enland The citie of Geneue besieged Preachers of the Gospel ordeyned â—â— Saâ—â—â— Iulius Lesar builded Clausa Rodani The French kyng claymeth the succession of Milaâ—e It is the condicion of an apâ— to countrâ—faite all y â— is done in his â—â—ght Apraiâ—â— of the author The Emporoures complaynt to the Pope agaiÌ„st the Frenche kyng The Empeperoures request The Popes aunswere The Emperoures retourne from Rome A trapâ—one put to death at â—poâ—s The Count of Nassowe Perone besyeged The Euangelical bond The Synode or conuocatioÌ„ of Wittenborough Swinglius coÌ„senteth not with Luter in the opinion of the SacrameÌ„t A new peace concluded betwene the sea townes of Eastlande Denmarke The citie of Copenhage beseged by y â— kyng Dâ—gâ—es and 〈…〉 Coppenhagh yelded vp toâ— kyng Warborough taken Markes mayer taken and quartered Agâ—â—ly eâ—â—ple for all kynges and conquerours The practise of papistes All the byshoys of DeÌ„marck deposed Iohn Bugen hagh Thepreachig of the gospell instituted in Denmarke xxiiij thousaÌ„d parishes in Denmarch Norway furnyshed with preachers The coronation of Lhristiane siyng of Denmarck The vntuersitie of Luppenhaghe furnyshed with meÌ„learned in y â— scripturs Liuinges appointed for preachers â—â—dâ—â—s in DeÌ„ 〈…〉 Thimbassadours of England at Wittenbourgh Doctour â—â—nâ—â— An olde prophecy of Enland The Lorde Darcy with other Edwarde the syâ—t borne The death
of the Lombardes Charles goyng into Italy besyeged Desiderius at Pauye and constrayned hym to yelde hymselfe But when Charles perceaued in dede that the vprouryshnacion of the Lombardes coulde not rest for he had assayed the matter with them afore also that they beyng content with their borders shoulde remayne within their owne realme and that there myght be a sure peace thoroweout Italy Charles toke in whole Lombardy and in the same as in hys owne kyngdome set he gouernoures and capitaynes As for Desidexius with his wyfe the quene chyldren led he with hym prysoners and commaunded them to be kept at Ludick or Liege Thys was the end of the kyngdome of the Lombardes in Italy whiche had lasted two hundreth and thre yeres from the yere of Christ CCCCC lxxij when Iastinus reigned vntyll the yeare of Christ .vij. C. lxxv thys was the syxte yeare before Charles opteined the empyre For though Charles was gone to Rome in this settynge forth and had set at quiet not onely Lombardy but also that parte of Italy that is beiond Rome yet would he not vsurpe for hym the title of Imperiall maiestie lest he should robbe the Grekes of their honoure and this dignitie He graunteth the Emperours cities in Italy to enioye their former lybertie wythout any hynderaunce but he kept the kyngdome of the Lombardes as his owne for long ago was it not subiect to the Emperours Tassilo duke of Baierland raysed warre against Charles but he was ouercome of Charles the tweÌ„tieth yeare of his reigne and takyng in the duchy Tassilo wyth his sonne was put into a monastery Nether did Charles vse so great rigour against his cosyn rashly for Tassilo raysyng an vprour against hym afore and taken to mercy kept no promyse Charles goyng to Rome the two and thirtieth yeare of his reigne restored Leo the byshop of Rome against whome the Romanes had raysed vpâ—ours insomuche that the byshop was compelled to flye But when now Charles â—erceyued certeynly that no peace could be satteled in Italy vntyll suche cyties in Italy as had fraunchyses graunted them dyd ceasse to do all thynges accordyng to their appetite he was constrayned by necessitie to take to him the dominion of whole Italy But he betoke to the byshop of Rome some cities and contreis for the mayntenaunce of ministers in the churche In the Christmasse nyght cryed the byshop of Rome Charles to be Emperoure of Romanes and alwaye full of maiestie And it is sayde that Charles shuld haue aunswered to this yf I had knowen that any suche thyng should haue happened to me I would not haue entered into the temple Nether would he accept the title of Emperoure wythout the consent and alowaunce of them of Constantinople Wherefore IreÌ„ne the mother of Constantinus and Nicephorus consented that Charles should be Emperoure in the West to that dyd they consent frely for these countreis dyd not obey to the Emperours of Constantinople any more But as sone as Charles was made Emperoure and that the state of Italy was nowe satled with great trauaile he determined to warre vpon the Hungarians And this warre lasted eight yeares wherein the Hungarians were in a maner rooted out He set also garnysons of Germanes in Hungary to kepe the realme by the whiche occasion do vntyll this tyme Germanes dwel in the coastes of HuÌ„gary whiche is called Seuenburge It is mencioned in histories that Charles brought great ryches out of Hungary and that is lyke ynough for the HuÌ„garians had bene occupied in warrefarre and robbery aboue two hundreth yeares they ledde prayes of al nacions nerehande in the meane season was their realme inuaded of no foren nacioÌ„s wherby no doubt were great and precious treasures founde by them In the meane tyme dyd Charles the sonne of Charles the great subdue Bohemy vanquyshyng Lecho their kyng and thus was charles at the last a moost myghty prince of all Italy Fraunce Germany Bohemy and Hungary and brought the whole West empyre in a quiet estate kept it in the same Wherfore for these vertues and thys strength of courage whiche he vsed in all his enterpryses is Charles worthy to be counted amonge these princes which God hath now and than geuen to the worlde to repayre common welthes iustice equitie shamefastnesse â—â—ally to restore amonge men the bandes of modestie and common peace as were in tymes past Dauid Hercules Cyrus Alexander Iulius Augustus Constantinus The odosiâ—s In Charles affaires is chefely worthy to be noted how kynges and great men make â—umors among them For God sendeth sometyme the chefe monarches to represse them Euen as in oure tyme Charles the fyfte hath brydeled the excesse and want oâ—nesse of the Romanes and the Venetian power But it is expedient for moste hygh princes to be excellent not onely in feates of warre and handlyng of weapon but also to enforme common welthes with honest lawes and dectrine of religion And this was Charles chefe care He caused some counsails to be kept at Rome and Franckforde and some tyme in Fraunce He founded also thre vniuersities to spreade abrode and maintayne the doctrine of Christenreligion namely at Bonony in Italy Paris in Fraunce and at Paduam Italy In Germany dyd he lyke wyse founde many monasteries for to teache youth in steade of scoles Besyde thys dyd he set the lawe of the Frankes morder and caused the bokes of the lawe to be written For that olde lawe of the Romans was long before put out of â—re throug the Lombardes and Frankes He caused also to gather together the olde histories of the Germanes and songes wherein it is said he had suche pleasure that he learned them by rote He was excellently well sene in the Germane toungue and Latine he coulde also speake Greke for he herde the Greke messangers and aunswered them in Greke but in along and durable relacioÌ„ did he speake Latine There are yet verses that be not greatly vnsemely whiche is sayde he dyd make at the death of his cousin Roulande In his olde age he gaue hymselfe to Astronomy At diner and supper at home delyted he in hearyng reade the bokes of saincte Augustine In the temple dyd he syng the canonicall houres and also lessons with the pristes and he woulde other princes to do likewyse after his example whoÌ„ he prescribed lessons which semeth to pertain to his and their amendemeÌ„t For he was an exciding louer of christen doctrine In all maners of liuyng dyd be haue hym so as nomaÌ„ might passe him in godlinesse Beside this sent he succours of mony to the christiaÌ„s in straunge contreis and obteined by the Saracen kynges that the christians should be more easely entreated He gaue the wyndes and monethes those names whiche remayne yet now a dayes so that by these thynges may easely be gathered that thys prince was garnyshed of God with greate vertues and hygh happenesse by hys studyes so that he may worthely be surnamed
was gently receaued of the cities At Ro. the senate all the best metyng Charles did receaue hym with all reuerence He likewyse to declare to the Romanes his gentlenesse lyghted from his horse receaued on fote the yelding of the citie Afterward was he crowned of the cardinal of Hostia The cities of the bysh of Rome in Italy that were rebels subdued he to do the Romysh byshop a pleasure so that they repyned nomore I fynde none other thynges that he dyd in this iourney They yeare M. ccclx. he ouercame and spâ—yled Ebrardus erle of Wirtenberg with a great army But at the last was the debate layde downe by the byshop of Ausburg Strasburg and Spire The yeare M. ccclxvi went Charles agayne in to Italy in the whiche iourney he assuaged and subdued some cities desyrous of vproure Charles besyeged also y â— citie Vlme but I reade no where for what cause For oure Germanes not knowyng the propertie of histories haue not taken hede to the circumstaunces and causes of thynges Charles hath deserued greate thankes for the golden bulle that he made wherein he hath handsomly comprised many thynges that make to entertayne common peace He did chefely endeuoure procure the affayres of Bohemy He ordeined the vniuersitie of Praga Some there are that disalowe that he gaue the French kyng ryghtes in the kyngdome of Orleaunce The yeare M. ccclxx caused Charles his sonne Wenceslaus to be made Emperoure To his other sonne Sigismundus gaue he the Erldome of the marques of BraÌ„denburg the which he had bought of Lewis the Romane The yere M. ccclxxvii fought Vdalricus Erle of Wirtenberg mishappely before the citie Rutlingen In that battaill dyed many and noble men Switzer league ABout this tyme began the Switzer league and first the citie Lucerna then Berna at the last Tzurich dyd ioyne themselues to the Switzers and the noble prince Lupoldus duke of Eastenriche was ouercome and slayne by the Switzers the yere M. ccclxxxv But for as muche as there are in mans handes euery where histories of the Switzers dedes I reken it neoelesse to make longe rehersall of their actes in this lytle boke Vrbanus the v. succeded Innocentius the vâ— Gregorius the xâ— was byshop of Rome after Vrbanus The same remoued y â— see out of Fraunce to Rome agayne the yeare MCCCLXXVI A diuision AFter Gregorius the xi rose a greate diuisioÌ„ in the spiritualtye The Italians made an Italian Byshoyp of Rome called Vrbanus the vi and the same remayned at Rome The Frenchmen also chose a Byshop of Rom. in Italy whome they called Clemens the vii The same gat hym to Auinion Thus was Rome diuided and ther were two byshoppes of Rome the one dyd accurse the other Truely Italy Germany and Hungary dyd hange to Vrbanus the byshops of the Romanes Thys diuision lasted vntyll the councel of Constance .xxxix. yeares Wenceslaus the .xxxiii. Germane Emperoure THe yeare of Christe M. ccc lxxviij after Charles deceasse began Wenceslaus his sonne to raygne and raygned after hys fathers death .xxii. yeares At thys tyme began Ihon Husse opeÌ„ly to teache at Praga agaynst the byshop of Romes pardones and by thys occasion rose hurteful insurrections in Bohemy agaynst prestes and religious men Wenceslaus was at the laste taken by hys brother Sigismundus and kept at Vienne in preson Other thinges do I not fynde of this Wenceslaus that I iudge worthy to be put in writynges Rupertus the xxxiiij Germane Emperoure THe yeare of Christ M. CCCC was Rupertus the counte Palatine made Emperour He raigned tenne yeares But seynge the Emperours had now ben long from Italy the power of the kynred of Galeacyus was waxen greate at Milan and the Florentins were become ryche also and warred agaynst them of Milane The Florentins asked ayde of Rupertus the Emperoure to represse the power of the Galacians Wherefore Rupertus went vppe into Italy to helpe the Florentius and toke Galeacins Howbeit Rupertus beyng destitute of the assistaunce of the duke of Eastenriche and bishop of Colen was to weake than that he coulde haue brought so greate thynges to passe and though he had assayed many thinges yet was he constrayned to returne agayne into Germanye hys bussinesse beyng not disâ—pâ—rched Bonifacius the .ix. was made bishop at Rome after Vrbanus And against him was made bish after Clemens y e .vii. Petrus de Luna called Benedictus the .xii. After Bonifacius was Innocentius y â— vii made byshop at Rome After InnoceÌ„tius was Gregorius the xii made byshop at Rome The same promysed y â— he woulde renounce the byshoprycke yf Benedictus lykewise dyd not refuse to renounce also But whaÌ„ Benedictus fled into Spayne leauyng Auinion Gregorius reuoked hys promise concernyng to resigne the byshoprycke Wherefore was a councell gathered at Pysis whereyn bothe Gregorius and Benedictus were deposed of the byshoprycke and in theyr steade was the thyrde Romysh byshop chosen Alexander the .v. Gregorius fled to Ariminum where he remayned vntill the counsel of Constance was Alexander the .v. dwelt at Bonony for the Hungarians hauing than taken in Rome vsed incredible tiraÌ„ny warred with the Frenchmen for Naples After Alexander the .v. was Ioannes the .xxiii. made byshop of Rome at Bonony And of this wise were a lyue vntil the general councel of Constance thys Ioannes the .xxiii. at Bonony Gregorius at Ariminum and Benedictus in Spayne But they were all thre set besyde y â— Romyshe byshopryck in that councel Of Tamerlanes the tyraunt of Tartaria IN the time of Rupertus the Emperour lyued the passynge cruell tyraunte Tamerlanes the Tartarian who by greate spoylynge wente aboute nearehande al y â— East and Asia with an armye of tenne hundreth thousande men He spoyled the Perseans Armenians and Syrians He inuaded also the lesse Asia and toke Paiasetus the Turkysh Emperoure and caryed hym in a cage as a byrde aboute wyth hym for a wonder and mockage Sigismundus the .xxxv. Germane Emperoure THe yeare of Christe M. CCCC after Rupertus the Emperours deceasse was Sigysmundus made Emperoure He was the sonne of Charles the fourthe marques of Brandenburg kynge of Hungary and Bohemye He was Emperour seuen and twentye yeares He was a moost famous prince in wisedome learnyng and honestye suche one of stature as was semynge a lyke prince His countrefaytoure very connyngly made is to be sene yet this daye by the erle Hoier of Mansfelde He had greate warres in Hungary agaynst the Hungaryans of the whyche he was taken He fought oft agaynst the Turkes But whan he was made Emperoure he made a greate settyng forth agaynst the Turkes with the ayde of all nacions whereof we shall speake hereafter Of the councell of Constance IN the beginnynge of Sigismundus raygne he went vp into Italye and toke counsell with Ioannes the bysh of Ro. of callinge a generall councel for to auoyde the diuision He went also to the Frenche kynge and compelled hym to agre to
the meale that he truely wold be a frende to the Venecians continually but they shulde haue muche trouble and dāmage of hys successours Of Constantinople Wonne by the Turkes THe yeare of Christe M. CCCC liiii y e xxix daye of Maye after longe syeggat Mahometes the Turkysh Emperoure the citye Constātinople at y e laste with a very strong assaulte and vsed thereyn so muche cruelnesse that it can not be expressed wyth no wordes Constantinus the Emperoure was slayne by the gate of the cytye in the flyghte whose heade caused the Turke to be smytten of stycked vpon a pole to be caryed thorow out the citye He commaunded also to set vp an image of the crucyfyed Christe in the citye and towrytte vpon it The same is the God of the Christians But he commaunded to moke it and caste fylthe vpon it and all to defyle it The Emperours wyfe and doughters wyth other honest matrones were drawen to a banket and there were they fyrst misused after that hewed to peces These examples and other mooste cruel dedes of y e Turkes ought duely to rayse and styrre our mindes that we shulde earnestly fight agaynst those enemyes whyche one nede not to call tyrauntes but rather cruel beastes The yeare M. CCCC lxi dyd the bysh of Ro. depose Dietericke of Isenburge from hys byshoprycke and in hys steade was made Adolphe of Nassau This chaunce gaue an occasion of greate warres in the Empyre Friderick the counte Palatyne toke vpon hym to defende retayn byshop Dieterych Agaynste the same dyd the Emperour sturre the erles of Wyrtenberg and Baden and the bysh of Mentz Whan these spoyled y e contry of y e count Palatine they were taken by Frideryck count Palatine about the yeare M. CCCC lxii The same yeare dyd contrarye wyse Adolfe the byshop take in the citye Mentz The yeare M. CCCC lxiij was Friderick the Emperoure strongly besieged in the castel at Vienna by hys cityesins and the doer of thys was Albert the Emperours brother but George kyng of the Bohemes delyuered the Emperoure driuing awaye the cityesins The yere M. CCCC lxxiiii dyd Charles prince of the Burgundyons besyege the towne Nuce a whole yeare and that because the chapiter chanōs of Colen had dryeuen out Rupert byshoppe of Colen whome Charles wold haue restored agayne But whan he went about to turne the byshopryck of Colen from the empyre haue gotten it to him the Emperour appoynteth an army agaynst hym The captayne of the hoost was Albert marques of Brandenburg and the empyres standardebearer Albert duke of Saxony At the last whan diuersly was treated of alayenge the debate Charles gaue place and it is sayde that at y ◠tyme was fyrst treated of geuyng Maximilian the doughter of Charles of Burgundy The yeare M. CCCC lxxvii was the duke of Burgundy vanquished by Nansen by them of Lotayn and the Switzers and slayne For Charles had taken from them of Lorain Nansen in Switzerland had he taken in Gransen and other small townes besides that also caused he in the towne of Gransen to be hanged .v. C. and .xii. Germanes Whan Charles was deade the Frenchemen enterprised to ioyne Flaunders and Brabant to theyr kingdom this desyre of the Frenchmen brought the cause of great warres But whan the Burgundions wold not that theyr duchies shuld be straunged or alienated from Charles doughter they delivered to wedde Charles doughter to Maximilian son to Friderick the Emperour Wherfore Maximiliane went wel appointed into Brabāt the yeare M. cccc lxxvii and wedded Mary Charles doughter whereby it came to passe that he augmēted not a litle the glory of the Eastenrychs name and that Maximiliā did many renowmed prowesses to defende those countryes agaynste the assaulte of the Frenchemen The yeare M. cccclxxxvi was Maximilian made Emperoure at Aken he was crowned the tenth daie of Apryll When he was chosen Emperoure at Franckforde Albert marques of Brandenburg dyed there whome the Italian history writers also do geue the prayse of a sage and wyse prince and also a doughty man of armes The yeare M. cccclxxxvii was Maximiliane taken of his subiectes at Brudgis in Flaūders by a preuy trayne of the Frenchemen But when Frede rick came downe into lowe Germany furnyshed wyth the ayde of the whole empyre Maximilian was letten fre of them of Brudgis The yeare M. ccccxc he asked agayne and toke possession of his hereditary landes of the duchy of Eastenriche the whiche Mathy kyng of Hungary had taken in The yere M. ccccxciii dyed Frederick the third Emperonre in the towne Lyntz and was buried at Vienne The same yeare dyd the Turkes fall in to Croacia but they were dryuen backe agayne by Maximiliane that then was in Eastenriche surnyshed wyth an army of fyftenth ou saude men When Eugenius the .iiij. was deade Nicolaus the .v. was made by shop of Rome Friderick the Emperoure was crowned of hym and he entertayned with moste hygh liberalitie not onely learned men of Italy but also suche as were fled from Con stantinople to Rome namely Gaza Trapezontius Argyropylos by whose procurement al good sciences are renewed and amended Calistus the .iij. was bysh of Ro. after Nicolaus Pius the .ij. before called Eneas Syluius succeded Calistus He was Frederick the Emperoures Chaunceller He had gathered a greate army of all nacions against the Turkes but while the army is demissed without doynge any thyng Paulus the .ij. was after Pius Xystus the .iiii. was by shop of Rome after Paulus In his tyme the yeare M. cccclxxx dyd Mahometes the Turkysh Emperour besyege Hydruntum in Italy and wanne it vsyng therein incredible tyranny Italy was so asrayed that Xystus the Romysh byshop made hrm reade to flye into Fraunce But Mahometes died the same time when Hydruntum was a takynge and that by some destiny lest he should straie farther into Italy Moreouer whyle this was dayng Alfonsus kyng of Naples warred with them of Sena but when he harde the tydyngs of Hydruntum he haisted to returne into his kyngdome and getteth the besyeged citye Hydruntū out of the Turkes handes For whyle Mahometes was deade and that the Turkes haysted now to returne home lest any variaunce myght ryse in their kyngdome Alfonsus obteined the citie easely driuyng the Turkes out of Italy After Xystus was Innocētius the .viii. by of Ro. Alexander the the .vi. was made byshop of Ro. after Innocentius The same had a sonne duke of Valencia whom he made prince of Vrbinas Hys sayeng it was O Cesar o nullo that is Ether Emperoure or nothyng At the last was he nothyng For he was slayne for his sundry craftes that were mengled with gite and deceate The beginning of the science of printyng is sayd to haue bene vnder Frederick the thyrd and thys science of boke printing they saye to haue ben found fyrst at Mentz the yeare M. cccc xl The craft of the gonnes