THE HISTORIE OF THE TROVBLES OF HVNGARIE CONTAINING THE PITIFVLL LOSSE AND RVINE OF THAT KINGDOME AND THE WARRES HAPPENED THERE IN THAT TIME betweene the Christians and Turkes By MART. FVMÉE Lord of Genillé Knight of the Kings Order Newly translated out of French into English by R. C. Gentleman Tout pour l' Eglise BY WISDOM PEACE BY PEACE PLENTY LONDON Imprinted by FELIX KYNGSTON 1600. TO THE RIGHT HONORABLE SIR ROBERT CECIL KNIGHT SECRETARIE OF ESTATE TO HER MAIESTIE MASTER OF THE WARDES AND LIVERIES AND ONE OF HER HIGHNES MOST HONORABLE PRIVIE COVNCELL Right Honorable HVNGARIE after many afflictions endured by her sworne enemies the Turkes for her vtter ruine and decay and after as many intreaties requests and earnest petitions made to the Princes of Christendome and to diuers persons of great reputation and authoritie amongst them for the asswaging or rather quite suppressing if possible it could be of these her wofull and intollerable miseries doth now at last wander abroade and is come into our little Iland it being as it were in the vttermost confines of Europe in ragged and mournfull habits as a distressed Pilgrime and with like zeale doth importune your Honour to assist her with your fauour which though her attire be plaine and sad yet such is her magnificent and illustrious minde that vnder these meane and withered weedes she onely in plaine and syncere manner discouereth the condition of her lamentable estate which happely if your Honour will vouchsafe to peruse this her pittefull discourse she maketh no doubt but that according to your accustomed goodnes whereof most doe taste she shall with like fauour be graced as other distressed strangers are If any defects appeare in her presence I humbly beseech you they may be fauorably imputed to the ignorance not wilfulnes of her guyde whose desire was rather safely to conduct her into England then curiously to furnish her had his abilitie been fully aunswerable to his good meaning Yet herein to manifest his willing minde he hath aduentured to present her to your Honour whose fauour and countenance may greatly grace her In doing whereof Hungarie who now waileth for want of reliefe shall thinke her selfe highly comforted and I for her so good successe shall not onely pray for the prosperous continuance of your honorable estate but shall also rest most bound in all humble dutie and seruice at your Honours commaund R. C. to the Reader health FRiendly Reader after J had for my priuate content translated some few notes out of this excellent Historie J was requested by some of my good friends to take further paines in the whole which J was the rather desirous to performe as well to satisfie their friendly requests as also for diuers other respects The first whereof was for that my selfe had been a trauailer in this Countrie of Hungarie and had in regarde my aboade there was not long but superficially noted the manners and disposition of the people there and specially in their martiall affaires wherein during my residence there J spent my time with some obseruation of those parts where then J had been which notwithstanding did now with delight draw me on to begin and proceede in the finishing of this Historie The second reason that induced me hereunto was in regard that it seemed no fiction or fabulous toy but a Historie of grauitie and credence as witnesseth the memorials of Stephen Broderic Chaunceler of Hungarie and of Castalde Lieutenant for Ferdinand who was King of Hungarie in that countrie and diuers others which being so J rested with assurance that it would greatly benefit thee for thy experience in many pollitike affaires And the third reason that perswaded me to vndertake this worke was that J did and also doe still hartely desire that it might be in things appertaining to vs as a president and caueat to these parts of Christendome that now thinke themselues as secure as once the Hungars did and they then as safe from the deluge of Infidels as we doe now But alas such was their pride and dissention vnhappie people that through their owne misgouernment God inflicted this punishment vpon them which now as remedilesse and altogether in dispaire they with wofull laments too late bewaile for though that some neighboring Princes whom the cause doth also neerely concerne may affoorde them their best ayde somewhat to withstand and bridle the Turkes mightie incursions yet surely farre vnlikely and more vnable they are to reconquer that which they haue lost the reason is too apparant for both in regard of multitudes of men and militarie discipline they farre exceede the Christians and it may be that those who may will not and those who would cannot affoorde them that succour which is needfull so that what betweene the one and the other this miserable Hungarie which is one of the fertilest and goodliest Countries in Christendome is more shaken and torne by the Turkes violence and insolencie then is a young Lambe betweene the VVolues iawes Herein I must craue your patience to rest in silent melancholy for mirth it affoords none vntill the end and lend your patient eare vnto detestable complots impieties and seditions vnto ignominious conspiracies immanities and cruelties vnto horrible massacres of men women and children that be Christians vnto pitiful laments and mournings of husbands for losse and forcing away of their wiues and wiues for their husbands vnto violation and rapines of maydes and to be briefe vnto sacriledges burnings and deuastations of all manner of creatures which when all these things shall liuely be discifered vnto you in this Historie then iudge of the state of this poore Countrie into what an abisme of miserie it is fallen J omit to write of many particulars concerning the Turkes politike proceedings for the incroching vpon Christendome touching all which because J would not be tedious I refer you to the Historie it selfe wherein more at large you may discerne their entercourse and temporising with Christians which indeede is nothing else but only for their owne commoditie to make vse of them vntill they finde fit oportunitie to aduance their intended practises against them and then adue league and all societie of friendship onely this J say and humbly desire God of his mercifull goodnes to inspire Christians with that humilitie and faithfull repentance that it may assure our harts of turning this iudgement from vs which our Lord of his mercie graunt for Iesus Christs sake and extirpe these Mahometaines who as our owne eyes may witnes daily with teares and griefe we may speake it infringe the confines of Europe with their heathenish and barbarous proceedings as more at large this Historie will amplifie R. C. The Authors Epistle to the people of France TO you French people and to no other doe I dedicate this Historie and I doe diuulge it to the view of the world vnder the protection of the best aduised to the end that it being by them receiued and defended it may
who were within it for the defence thereof were cruelly put to the sword the Castle being old and decayed was the more ruinated by the force of the Cannon and further that the enemies did aduance themselues by water and land against other neighbour places and were determined amongst others to besiege the Castle of Wylatz The King greatly perplexed at these newes gaue expresse commandement to those who were to goe to the Vayuode that they should poste in the greatest haste they could Letters were also sent to all places Curriers were dispatched towards George Counte of Sepusa who was said not to be farre from Alberegalis with 5000. men Also vnto Francis Bathian Ban of Croatia Vnto Counte Christopher who was thought to be departed from Ferdinand and to bee alreadie in Croatia with his father vnto whom hee was first of all retired with an intent to haue drawne from thence armour horses and souldiours that so he might with better abilitie present himselfe in brauer equipage before the King Ladislas the Macedonian was commanded to go with speed towards the Queene who then was at Buda She was willed to importune her brother Ferdinand and in his absence the gouernours of Austria to the end that it would please him presently to send him aide and especially Artillerie for which hee had been before required and whereof the Hungars stood greatly in neede and the Turkes to the contrarie were plentifully furnished Moreouèr she was intreated to hasten the Bohemians with their troupes for the leauying of whom the Queene had disbursed of her owne charges great summes of money to Mezericie Thomas Nadasdy was written vnto that he should solicite Ferdinand vnto whom he was sent and to declare to him the double linage and affinitie which was betweene them two and the common perill like to happen in consideration whereof he importuned that he would not leaue his master in such and so great necessitie giuing him sufficient notice of the danger of his person of the kingdome and the losse of Varadin Peter In the meane while Paul Tomoree who before the taking of Varadin hauing with him 3000. men left within the Castle of that towne 1000. footmen and certaine horse who were as wee haue said all put to the sword esteeming it now a great rashnes if he should aduenture to oppose and affront himselfe with 2000. horse against so great a multitude he passed to the other side of Danubius and there as much as was possible for him he withstood the enemie both by land and water for he had vpon Danubius certaine numbers of sea souldiours in vessels which are called Nazadies but they were nothing to bee compared to the infinite multitude of the enemies The King after he had vnderstoode of the losse of Varadin Peter marched along Danubius to that place which before we haue named Rakos where he remained two dayes and vpon the transfiguration of our Lord he arriued at Tholne hauing now a little encreased his armie so that then he could make 4000. horse or somewhat more As his Maiestie was neere to Tholne Counte Palatine with those few men which were alreadie come and arriued with the first at that towne went before During the Kings abode there from all the Prouinces which are called Counties in Hungarie as well on this side Danubius as on the other repaired great store of Souldiours to this towne Counte George of Sepusa was also there with 300. horse good and bad and 1200. foote or there abouts Thither also came Hanibal Carthaginois of Cyprus with 1300. Souldiours leauied at the Pope charges besides other companies that were there payed by his Holines They altogether made 4000. men well appointed Of that number there was 1500. Polanders or Pollacques who in all that for which they are helde commendable people surpasse all the rest they were vnder the conduct of Leonard Gnomsky who was sayd to be a man very expert and ingenious to lodge and seate a Campe for which experience he was chosen and allowed At the same instant came to that towne Paul Vardagy Bishop of Agria Francis Peren Bishop of Varadin and many other as well Bishops as Seculars During their abode almost euery day they sate in Councell to whom were assisting the most renowned persons then in the Campe. In this said assemblie the affayres of the Realme were consulted vpon namely of the aduauncing and marching of the Armie of the custodie and defence of the passage of Drauus seeing it was now no question of that of Sauus and also by reason of the losse of Varadin Peter and for that at the same time it was sayd the Turkes marched to Ezek hauing alreadie vnder his gouernment the Fortresse of Wylak and ruinated all the other Castles which were along Danubius The sayd Counte Palatine was then presently dispatched to seize vpon the passage of Drauus before the enemie approaced Many of the principall men were commaunded to follow with their troupes but many notwithstanding repugned the Kings commaunde vnder the colour of their priueledges and custome of the Barons which is not to goe to the warre but vnder the Royall ensigne in regarde whereof this enterprise was omitted although that the Palatine notwithstanding his griefe did endeauour himselfe and gaue sufficient demonstration not to refuse any trauaile or labour He being on his iourney to goe before to Mugach or Mohacz and not being followed by any of those who were commaunded to accompanie him alleadging their priueledges as we haue sayd the King euen in open Councell where the affayres were treated of being moued by their vndutifull allegeance sayd I see quoth he being willing to put his words in writing that euery one would assure his owne head by the danger of mine But as for my part I am marched as you see euen vnto this place and doe willingly thrust my selfe into this danger and to expose my person against all hazards of fortune for the safetie of you and the kingdome For feare then least any should excuse his owne cowardlines vpon the safetie of my life and that nothing should be imputed to my proceedings in time to come I will by Gods grace march to morrow with you in person into that place which you would not goe vnto without me These vehement words being spoken and this suddaine resolution being apprehended by the applauding of many but with the admiration of all those present proclamation was presently made of his departure the next day Certaine of the wiser and grauer heads who were not ignorant of the great inconuenience which might happen of this vnconsiderate voyage importuned to disswade the contrarie but it was in vaine The Armie being then dislodged from Tholne vpon the euen of the assumption of our Ladie they arriued at the towne of Zeckzard and the day following at Batha Vpon this bruite and certaine knowledge which was had of the Turkish Armie which daily approached commaund was giuen to gather the Hungars together who
Whilest these souldiours did thus vaunt themselues all the armie was lodged almost intirely together euery man in his quarter The King did not yet depart from the towne of Ville-neufue of the Macedonians which is betweene Batha and Mohacz hauing with him but a small troupe being there in great danger if the enemie who was not farre of might haue discouered him But fortune reserued the death of the King vntill some other time wherein he should dye more gloriously for the good of his countrie In the meane while in the night whē the King was asleep there arriued at the same time Michael Podnamisky cōming from the Campe and sent on the behalfe of the Commanders who came to giue aduertisement that the Turk had alreadie passed the riuer of Drauus with the greatest part of his armie and that the rest followed with all expedition that the fight could not be deferred that all the Captaines vrgently importuned his Maiestie to come with all diligence to the Campe and aduise with them concerning the battaile The King vnderstanding this newes by Podnamisky called to councell that small companie that was with him acquainting them with this busines demaunding of them what was to be done in so doubtfull and vrgent a matter His Maiestie then did call to minde the counsell and opinion which the Vayuode and Counte Christopher had sent him by those who were dispatched towards them who certaine daies before were returned by which aduertisement from them both they greatly blamed the counsell of those who had brought the King into that place so neere the enemy before it was time and that it had been better for him to remaine at Buda or to encampe himselfe further frō the enemie vntill all the forces of the kingdome were vnited together They had also by the same messengers exhorted the King not to fight with the enemie at least not before their comming The Vayuode particularly sent him word by Iohn Statile that hee would bring with him from Transiluania great troupes of souldiours who for force and number should be so secure that the King vpon their fidelitie and valour might haue a speciall hope of victorie This came into the Kings minde and he well considered of this counsell and of the other part he well weighed that which the Chiefes of the armie did importune him to whom if he condiscended not the enemie being so nigh and his souldiours hauing so great a desire to fight he well saw that the blame and euill of all that might happen would bee imputed to him and that he should bee found culpable in omitting so good an occasion His minde being disturbed with these difficulties he determined before hee resolued of any thing to proue his Leaders and Chieftaines of the armie if they thought it good to attend the Vayuode of Transiluania and Counte Christopher and that if in the meane time the enemie approached neerer or pressed them whither they should remoue the Campe into some other place of better safetie For this cause he sent to the Campe euen at the same instant that Podnamisky was come the Chauncellor who was then with the King to perswade the principall of the armie yea the Commanders themselues namely the Archbishop of Strigonium and Counte Palatine vpon whose opinion all the others depended that they should find out some good meane to retire and deferre the fight He was commaunded further to let them vnderstand all which was reported to the King concerning the Vayuode and Counte Christopher and to explaine vnto them how cleere and apparant the ruine of the kingdome was if the King with so many Princes and the flower of all the Nobilitie of the realme should expose themselues to so eminent a daunger For if it happened which we ought to be mindfull of considering the multitude of souldiours and the great preparation for warre of the enemies in comparison of the small number of his Maiesties forces which he now hath that the King should bee ouercome who should afterwards hold backe or hinder the enemie but that with little difficultie he might enioy all Hungarie He declared vnto them that it was most expedient the Campe should bee remoued into some other place of better securitie or to retire backe a little if the enemie should inforce them thereto vntill the Vayuode with the Transiluanians the Ban with the Slauonians Counte Christopher with the Croatians Bohemians Morauians Slesians and other succours should come that Hungarie should receiue lesse losse though the enemies should ouerharrie from Mohacz vnto Poson putting all whatsoeuer they did incounter to fire and sword then that such an armie should miscarrie and bee ouerthrowne by one battaile in which the King himselfe and so many great Princes and chiefe persons of the realme should be For they being slaine what hope of reenforcing new succours could rest to the kingdome But the King with so many Lords and such braue souldiours remaining safe and preseruing all things in good estate they may finde singular content and securitie vnder the gouernment of such a King who both for his parentage and alliance is respected throughout all Christendome The Chauncellor hauing the same night made this speech first of all to the chiefest visiting and talking with them apart and after in generall to all the Councell his reasons neuerthelesse were of so small efficacie as if he had said nothing to them such was the haughtie courage of euery one being eager to fight vnder a vaine hope of victorie being notwithstanding otherwise by a certaine feare withheld which did hinder them from disswading the fight although the contrarie was so earnestly desired by the souldiours The King then came by breake of day to his Campe and for that the vessels which did bring by water his Maiesties Tents and Pauilions were not yet come from Buda he retired himself for the present into a Bishops house which was adioyning to the towne there to proue that which as yet he vnderstood not by the Chauncellor They commaunded the Councellors of all estates and nations to assemble before the King which failed not presently to visit him with many expert Captaines and hardie souldiours among whom were certaine Bohemians and Morauians who were alreadie arriued there In this assemblie it was propounded to the Councellors and souldiours what was needfull to be done not any being yet come from Transiluania Slauonia Croatia Bohemia nor Germanie whereof the greater part were presently to arriue as was assuredly expected yet notwithstanding the enemie was very nigh being no more then two miles from the Kings Campe who vpon this occasion as it was thought could not nor would not deferre the battaile vntill another time Vpon this their opinion was asked which of these two seemed most expedient either to remoue the Campe elsewhere and for the present to delay the fight attending those which daily were expected or else to make triall of fortune in giuing the enemie battaile At this councell was present Paul Tomoree
who the night before was commaunded to come from the other Campe for the same purpose Hee thought it not amisse to fight The King marueiling vpon what hope he had such courage would willingly haue disswaded him from such a purpose and demanded of him in the presence of all the Councell of what strength his forces were and the strength of the enemie For there was no doubt but that he very well knew it yea better then any other by meanes of his discouerers and spials which alwaies he sent and had in the enemies Campe and by reason also of many enemies which daily resorted to him Tomoree answered touching the first point in his iudgement he thought that there were no more but 20000. fighting men as well in the Kings Campe as in his those two being diuided as wee haue sayd but that for certaine he knew the enemie was 300000. The standers by being greatly astonished to heare their number so small in respect of the great multitude of the enemies Tomoree presently adioyned vnto his former speeches that for al their multitude they were not to feare thē in regard that their great number was for the most part without armour and not any thing acquainted with the warre The King further demaunded how many he thought the enemies were armed and in state to fight Tomoree answered that they were 70000. This number seemed yet to all ouer great in respect of the Kings armie euery one affirming that Tomoree said the Turkes had 300. great Cannons In the meane time whilest that these affaires were considered of as well by the cousell and instigation of the Fryer as by the desire and courage of all the souldiours greatly importuning to fight except such whowere I know not how possest by a foolish feare that durst not proffer themselues nor openly declare their opinions there came at that time certaine messengers from the other Campe who being admitted before the Councell sayd that they were charged to impart some matter in the behalfe of those of the other Campe as well to the King as to the Councell and then being in place apart acquainted the King with the effect of their message and after went in againe with the King to the Councell who in the name of all the rest which had sent them aduertised them not to disswade the King from fight that they were well assured of the enemies force although they were of farre greater number that the victorie was alreadie in their hands so that they would presently ayde them with that good fortune which God did present vnto them Besides they encouraged all the Lords who were of the Councell to march forward with the King and ioyne his Campe to theirs which was neerer the enemie and lodged in a place more commodious to assaile them In the end insteed of gentle perswations they vsed threatning tearmes against those who disswaded the King to the contrarie denouncing to them death and assuring them that if they would not presently ioyne the Kings Campe with theirs they would without delay march against them and force the enemies to acquite themselues from thence Vpon such speeches so vehemently vrged in the Counell the Kings presence and of all the other Lords there being also those among them who were of a founder and deeper iudgement for the good of the common weale and yet being greatly terrified by such vnciuill threatning they concluded to giue them battaile without expecting that the Vayuode Counte Christopher or the Bohemians could in time arriue at the day of battaile Francis Bathian Ban of Croatia who was at that time not farre from the fiue Churches with his troupes of Slauonians gaue some hope to be at the Campe within two daies as it afterward fell out There were some among them after all things being determined and the Councell risen that did greatly blame the resolution which was determined so suddainely to fight Francis Peren Bishop of Varadin was one of them a man young quicke and of a braue spirite who wrote and indited his letters so excellently well that not any Hungar whosoeuer did surpasse him in that art except it were Thomas Zalahazy Bishop of Vesprimia But yet he had been farre more commended if he had as well imployed his wit to vertue as he otherwaies spent his time in slourh and other friuolous matters in the which young men of good parentage doe too often take pleasure in to their owne ruine and ouerthrow of their Countrie He then as it were diuining of that which presently happened said to the King and not without great admiration of all the standers by that that day which was appointed to fight sith their resolution was such should be dedicated vnto 20000. Hungarian Martyrs the number of the Armie being no more slaine for the religion of Iesus Christ vnder the conduct of Paul Tomoree and that they should send the Chauncelor to Rome to haue them canonised as men say if so be he then escaped the battaile for that he was well knowne to the Pope and Cardinals by reason of an ambassage which he had been vsed in to his Holines I would to God that this Bishop had been a false Prophet There may be some that would accuse the Hungarians of ouer much temeritie for that they so feruently desired the Battaile and they say this hardnes ought rather to be named rashnes and foolishnes then by the name of vertue And surely I see not but that they haue reason to maintaine at this present such their sayings But yet they may be ignorant of many things which incited the Hungers thereunto whereby they might easily haue drawne vnto such a resolution yea euen the wisest and greatest Captaines among them and amongst other things this marueilous and incredible ardencie as fatall to all souldiours and the hope of victorie which euery one in his own conceite thought himselfe certaine and sure of Besides it was thought that Tomoree had some secret notice and speciall practises with many of the Turkish armie namely with those who were Christians or with such as were borne of Christian parents and also with those who had the conduct and gouernment of the artillerie part of whom were Almaignes and part Italians It was also further considered that the retraict the enemie being so nigh could not be done without putting themselues in great daunger specially the Turke hauing such nimble and swift horse to charge vpon the backe of those who should be in the rerewarde in which kinde of fight they are more strong and fierce then in an incountering charge The battaile then being thus determined and appointed order was giuen for all things necessarie thereunto First of all Tomoree went to his Campe which as we haue said was not farre from thence and with much a doe perswaded his men to retyre a little backe and that he would ioyne with the armie of the Kings The day following their Campe was ioyned with the bodie of the armie
halfe a mile beneath Mohacz neuerthelesse there was some little space betweene the one and the other At the same instant came from Buda the Vessels fraughted with Cannon powder and other munition for the warre With those also were sent downe nine peeces of Artillerie which came from Vienna A little after came also 200. souldiours of Alexis Turzon with certaine Cannons himselfe with the Bishop of Vesprimia were remayning at Buda with the Queene These two were appoynted for the guarde and securitie of her Maiestie and did serue her at the retraict and flight which afterward she was constrayned to take and continued a long time in her seruice The Ban of Croatia arriued the Sonday before the Battaile with three gallant troupes There was of them 3000. horse and not so many of foote He was accompanied with Iohn Tahy Iohn Banfy and certaine other of the principall Lords of the kingdome of Slauonia The day following there came also in the morning to the Campe the King being there and ranged his men in Battaile for that it was thought the same day the enemie would fight Simon Erdeund Bishop of Zagrabia with his brother Peter Erdeund bringing with them in good order and well armed more then 700. horse At the same time came thither Stephen Azel with 300. horse which Iohn Bornemisse had sent to the ayde of the King with many thousands of crownes which was the last present made by the father to his nursling About the euening of the same day Iohn Zerechen came with 2000. foote which he had gathered along the riuer Drauus aswell in his owne territories as in the Chapter of the Church of the fiue Churches they being reported to be very good archers During these three daies many other came to the Campe especially those who were nigh among whom was Philip More Bishop of the fiue Churches and his brother Vladislas More This Armie being thus assembled together to the number of 24. or 25000. men not counting the companies which were on the water who serued not at the day of Battaile the enemie being with his puissant Armie of 300000. men no further from them then two miles three dayes were expyred before the Battaile was begun during which time daylie skirmishes and fine stratagems interchangeably past betweene them wherein still the Turks receiued more damage then the Hungars In the time of their aboade it was also consulted how and in what place they should fight with the enemie and in what sort they should ordaine and range the Battaile and in what place thereof they should appoint the King to be where and how they should range the Caualarie and Infantrie and where they should plant the artillerie whereof the Hungars had but 24. pieces which were little to be compared to those of the enemies Before they determined and aduised for the safegard of his Maiestie some were of opinion that it was conuenient for him to be a good distance from the Battaile with some thousands of his best troupes but seeing the Armie could not spare them and for that the souldiours would haue him present therein following their auncient custome it was aduised that some one should represent his person in his coate-armour but presently they thought that the same could not be done without being discouered and without great tumult of the Armie the which by this deede would be greatly discouraged But in the ende it was concluded that seeing the fight did seeme doubtfull some purposely appointed should haue the charge to preserue the King if euill did betide and that then they should conduct him out of the throng as soone as they saw the Battalions so broken that there could be noe more hope to reassure and encourage them being so terrified This charge was committed to Iasper Raskay to Valentine Toronke and to Iohn Kalay most excellent men and doubtlesse very faithfull to the King There was also appointed certaine swift and light horses by meanes of which the King might escape if neede required But now to come to the order of the battaile there were many and amongst others Leonard Gnomsky was of opinion that it should be very needfull to inskonse the armie with the wagons whereof the Campe was sufficiently furnished like the fight at Barriers and vpon a Bulwarke alleadging that by that meanes they should frustrate and annoy the enemie from their hemming them in which was the onely and materiall thing they most feared Radich Bosich did well allow of this deuise as also Paul Bacchie who was said to haue been in three seuerall battailes giuen by Soliman against his enemies This counsell then was accepted of and thought good by all the execution whereof was committed to Gnomsky and certaine other but it was effected more slowly then was needfull for it was but thought vpon the night before the battaile and so this policie among many other was quite neglected The 29. of August which is dedicated to the beheadding of S. Iohn being the day of battaile the armie of the Hungars was ranged and lead by those which wee haue spoken of in such sort that they aduanced the front of their armie as farre as was possible to the end they might bee the lesse inclosed by the enemie and after they diuided it into two battalions In the first the Commanders thereof had no certaine place of aboade but thought it more needful to be vigilant ouer those places wherin their presence might strengthen and incourage their souldiours On the right wing of it was the Ban of Croatia with Iohn Tahy and the left wing was gouerned by Peter Peren in the absence of the Vayuode of Transiluania In the first battalion there was many of the principallest of the armie and among them there was Anthony Poloczy Francis Hommonay Gabriel Peren Thomas Zechy Andrew Battor Emeric Cibak and many others The artillerie was planted next after the first rankes The second Battalion which we commonly name the maine battaile and in which was placed the King was more furnished with horsemen then footmen who for the small number they had were placed in the flankes of the horsemen Betweene this Battalion and the other which we will name the Vauntgard there was no more distance then one might throw a stone In the battaile before the rankes wherein the King was there was three other rankes who all of them for the most part were gentlemen of the Kings chamber and many Barons of the countrie who were vnder the charge of Nicholas Tharczay a man of good courage and very faithfull to his Prince There were also the two Controlers of the Kings house Peter Korlatkey and Andrew Trepka Polanders Stephen Slijk a Bohemian was with the Bohemians and Morauians hard by the Kings person and before him After the three rankes followed that of the Kings in the midst of which was his Maiestie Of spirit beautie and vertue all one With that which is celestiall Bearing a minde to his countries boone But Destinies
made deniall Vpon the right hand of the King was the Archbishop of Strigonium and the Bishop of Zagrabia and the Bishop of Agria was sent from Batha to Buda Next vnto him of Zagrabia were the Bishops of Varadine the fiue Churches and of Sirmia Those of Iauarin and Vacchia were vpon the left hand Behinde the Chauncellor were placed the Bishops of Nitria and Bosnia and the Prouost of Albe after whom were the Secretaries and the Groomes of the chamber On the left side of the King and neere vnto his person there was a place voyde for the Counte Palatine who although he had the gowte and not without great paine could sit vpon his horse yet notwithstanding he did valiantly his dutie sometimes being in the Vauntgard and by and by in the battaile Whilest the Palatine continued not in his place there were certaine Barons kept themselues about the King and those two Bishops which we haue before named behind the King were Czetricz Malliart and Horuuath Master of his horse All these Lords had behind them the best and most resolute men they could chuse for their gard and defence In the midst of this battaile was seene the Ensigne royall which was borne by Iohn Dragfy Marshall of the Kings house which among the Seculars is the third dignitie next to the King This battaile was enuironed with light horse and certaine footmen vpon the flankes Vpon the right wing after the Bishops Secretaries were ranged these three rankes in which as we haue set downe was placed the Kings person The place wherein this armie was thus seated and ranged in battaile was distant from Mohacz one mile and from Danubius halfe a mile hauing neere vnto it a long and large plaine which was not any thing annoyed with wood bushes hils or water but only vpon the left hand towards Danubius there was a muddie marish and ouergrowne with rushes within the which afterward many men lost their liues Before the armie a farre off was a little hill which was of great length and in forme of a Theater behinde the which Soliman was incamped At the foote of this hill there was a little village with a Church it was named Feulduuar and in that village was planted the artillerie of the enemie with many souldiours specially of Ianisaries who on this side the houses of the village tooke vp a large place of ground by reason of their long and thicke troupes among those was Soliman as after was knowne This artillerie being thus planted was as in a valley and for that cause was lesse offensiue to the Hungars then if it had been vpon the plaine in so much that the feare thereof was more offensiue then the hurt The armie being thus ranged in good order in the morning presently after the Sunne was vp the day being cleere and calme Counte Palatine lead the King out of his place and did shew him to all the souldiours riding along the rankes of the armie as he had done the same three daies before to the end to frustrate the distrust which some had that his Maiestie was not present in the battaile openly shewing him to all with his hand and publishing aloude that the King was resolute and readie to endure all extremities and euen death it selfe for his countries weale for the vnspotted religion of Iesus Christ and for their wiues and children declaring to them on his part that they must shew themselues men and bee mindfull that they were Hungars and to be such who oftentimes as hardie and valiant defenders of the Christian publike weale had heretofore brought away so many and so excellent Trophees from such and the like enemies as these were who they saw before their eyes that they should not be astonished at the multitude of their enemies for that the victorie consisted not in the pluralitie but in the dexteritie and courge of the souldiours that God on high would assist them they fighting for his holy religion that the safetie not onely of their owne countrie which the Turks would vsurpe and tyrannize but also of all Christendome was now in their vnconquerable hands After that the King and Counte Palatine had thus reuisited all the rankes of his men of armes and footmen and vsed to all of them the like orations the King retired to his former place A great part of the day was spent in attending the enemie who hauing onely sent a small troupe of his people to skirmish he himselfe kept behinde the hils imagining as it appeared either to draw the Hungars within the straights of these hils or faining to deferre the fight vntill the next day he might in the meane time assaile them and in the night following they being vnprouided to set vpon them in their Campe which he might easily doe as well for the infinit number of his people as also for the great store of Cannon which he had or else that he might rather molest them by a protracting fight They knew not which of these three deuises the enemie would execute but all the day the Hungars were in great doubt of the Turkes resolution vntill towards euening they perceiued the troupes of the enemie to approach by a valley which was on the right hand vnder those hils being onely discouered by the tops of their launces The Frier thinking that they which now came in sight were of the Vauntgard to force and breake his Campe or to enuiron his people commaunded Iasper Raskay with two others who were appointed for the gard of the Kings person as is said before to discouer what the enemie would attempt and force them take some other way Iasper knowing what charge was committed to him to haue a speciall eye and care of the Kings person most honestly refused as much as he could that commission but in the end perceiuing the Frier did greatly presse him thereto and that the King did not contradict his commaund disdaining least the refusing he made vpon so good and iust a cause should be imputed to him as fearfull and cowardly suddenly he set spurres to his horse and with his two companions being followed of all the companies of souldiours which he commaunded aduanced themselues with this hope neuerthelesse wherof they held themselues assured that they should be able to returne in time before the King should haue need of them They being set forward although they were vncertaine whether the enemie would giue battaile that day or no for it was alreadie three houres past noone besides there were certaine of the principall of the armie who being tired with so long an expectation of fight were of opinion to sound a retraict and retire themselues to the Campe. The Frier hearing this sudden motion came with his companion towards the King and did aduise him in any case not to delay the fight alleadging that there was lesse daunger to fight now with part of the enemies armie then to stay vntill the next day at which time
Stephen to whom was gouernour Izabella his mother and one Frier George After Iohns death Ferdinand sent to the Queene for the yeelding vp of the kingdome of Hungarie which now he pretended title vnto but is denied by George who to withstand him demaundeth aide of the Turke Ferdinand sendeth forces into Hungarie besiegeth Buda and is there ouerthrowne by Solymans armie who taketh Pesthe Mustafa warreth in Transiluania against Malliat Ferdinandoes Lieutenant there Malliat is betrayed taken and sent with other prisoners to Constantinople who there dyed and the Transiluanians sweare homage to young Stephen whom Solyman greatly desireth to see who is sent accompanied with many of the Nobilitie and are all detained prisoners but onely Stephen whom he returneth againe to his mother at Buda which treacherously is taken by the Turkes and Queene Izabella dispossessed thereof and sent into Transiluania to gouerne there Ferdinand againe sendeth to Solyman to demaund peace and to be inuested King of Hungarie by him who returneth him a most scornefull answer The Queene being receiued into Transiluania George manageth all things and little esteemeth the Queene AFter that the Hungarians had receiued this cruell ouerthrow at Mohacz wherein were slaine about 30000. men with many of the chiefest Lords and gentlemen of the countrie and after that Lewis their last King was thus stifled in this Quagmire or Marish of the aforesaid place Solyman not fearing any who could oppose themselues against his forces being now with his victorious armie arriued in the towne of Buda which with the Fortresse without any resistance was presently reduced vnder his subiection that he might the better obserue the ancient custome of the Ottomans which is that the Prince ought rather to repose himselfe in his armie then to be inclosed within a wall would not therefore rest himselfe therein one night but presently retired himselfe into his Pauilions in the middest of his Campe which was hard adioyning to the towne whither being come there was presented to him seuen Bishops heads and the heads of other Hungars being of the number of those who were left dead in the field where the Battaile was fought among which was that of Ladislas Salcane Archbishop of Strigonium who for his extreame couetousnes was greatly blamed of Solyman in respect he would neither aide the King nor himselfe with his treasure which was found about him to be very great There was also much fault imputed to George Sepusa brother to Iohn Vayuode of Transiluania for his riches and also to Paul Tomoree Bishop of Colocense for his riches who further was condemned for his imprudencie and rashnes hauing so foolishly and without reason counselled Lewis to fight with so little an armie against one who was eight times as great and mightie But on the other side Peter Peren Bishop of Varadin was greatly commended and esteemed for that contradicting the opinion of Tomoree he aduised in any case not to giue battaile but to temporise and strengthen his holds and to put his people therein for safetie and to fortifie the towne of Buda with a strong and sufficient garrison because in thus doing he might the better resist his enemie And after that Solyman had seene viewed all those had giuen his souldiours leaue to spoyle and massacre who failed not presently to cut mangle and cruelly teare them in peeces they presented vnto him the pictures of Lewis and Marie his wife vpon which casting his eyes and considering their young yeeres he lamented their sinister fortune greatly blaming all their Councellors who rashly aduised them to fall into such extreame miserie affirming with an oth that he was not come to expell him out of his kingdome but onely to reuenge his men of the iniuries which the Hungars had done them greatly complaining for the death of Lewis the which had taken from him all meanes wherby in effect he might shew the truth of his words the which were that he would haue placed him againe in his fathers kingdome vnder certaine good conditions of an honest and reasonable tribute But he now seeing this Realme to bee vnprouided of a King and that there was not any of the blood to whom it ought of right to be giuen it seemed that he was willingly enclined to inuest Iohn the Vayuode therein alwaies prouided that he were found to be of the blood of Lewis or at the least to be dissended of his race by some collaterall line one or other Whilest he retayned his Campe about Buda he sent into diuers quarters the greatest part of his Armie to pill and wast the champian Countrie and neighboring places leading with them an infinit number of prisoners and an inestimable bootie giuing to all the Prouinces thereabouts an incredible amazement there being by so cruell and suddaine a surprise taken and put to death more then 250000. soules After which he minding to retire into Thrace he caused to be taken away from the Castle of Buda those three faire brazen Statues of Apollo Diana and Hercules which with marueilous art and iudgement were made by King Mathias Coruin for an ornament of that place And besides those he caused to be caried away certaine brazen Colombes with some great peeces of Artillerie which in times past were belonging to the King of Bosnia and caused them in token of victorie to be transported to Constantinople and he willed they should be erected in the market place to the ende they should publikely be seene and admired and not long after himselfe arriued in the same Citie in great triumph In this time Iohn Sepusa the Vayuode conducting the Souldiours of Transiluania to the ayde of the King and being arriued too late euen at the time they were defeated and brought into the extremitie of miserie seeing now there was none left of the bloud royall who might succeed in the Kingdome began then in himselfe to aspire to that high degree and this did he so much the rather for that he found himselfe amongst these people in great esteeme and conceiued no small hope of it by reason of the victorie which he a little before had against the Peasants who did rise against the gentlemen in respect whereof the principall of the land bore him some fauour thus taking heart and courage to him vsing notwithstanding wise and prouident counsell he hoped in the ende thereby to obtaine that kingdome and be crowned King further endeauouring himselfe by all meanes to win the good liking of the Nobilitie as he did and to draw them to his intention perswading them they should neuer tollerate that such degree and dignitie which aunciently had been maintayned by the Hungars should now come vnder the gouernment of a stranger and that they should not obey any other commaund then that which should be appointed by their owne proper nation With such good perswasions and friendly admonitions he gayned the hearts almost of all and so aptly did he manage all things that
of Europe and of Asia should resort to Andrionoplis where he would make a generall muster and presently after with great diligence to march to Belgarde which is in Hungarie with all his forces where he so iourned not long but incontinently King Iohn with a great companie of the Hungarian Nobilitie which he brought with him came to kisse his hands and to acknowledge himselfe to him as his subiect and tributarie He found him sitting vnder a Canapie where hee made no great countenance to moue himselfe at the reuerences which he made but showing a great Maiestie he gaue him his right hand in signe of amitie the which he kissed and after some courtesies Solyman said to him that he doubted not but with ease to reconquer all that which vniustly had been taken from him and that by the iustice of his forces which being done he would liberally render it to him againe King Iohn departing from Solyman went to visit Abraham Basha whose friendship he had alreadie obtayned as is sayd before by meanes of Lasky who also was the onely cause to procure him such fauour with Solyman and drew to him Lewis Gritty who was the sonne of Andrew Gritty then Duke of Venice and who easily and friendly ruled Abraham and so familiarly also that it seemed he could not liue without his companie Also Lasky as hauing intelligence of the Bashaes affayres and with the Lords of Solymans Court had specially practised the friendship of the said Gritty for by the industrie of him by meanes of Abraham Basha he obtained of the grand Seigniour that which he desired And King Iohn had in this so good successe that he found in this armie the aforesaid Abraham After that Solyman had reposed himselfe with his armie certaine daies at Belgrade he marched directly to Buda which was forsaken by the citizens as soone as euer they heard of the report of his comming and so it came vnder the gouernment of the enemie without any resistance only the Fortresse was kept by 700. Germanes who very couragiously for a time did their endeuour to defend it The Turkes seeing they could not so soone be masters thereof as they thought began to myne and sap it whereby they might make the defences and wals saultable and hauing throughly performed it the fire and the thicke smoake which darkened the element ascended euen to the noses of the assieged who greatly feared to be destroyed therein and seeing their companions alreadie begin to flye in the ayre caused them maugre Nadasky their Captaine who commaunded that place to sound a parley and treatie of a composition with the Turkes conditionally that in deliuering that hold they might in safetie depart with their baggage and retire themselues into some place of safetie Which being accorded and concluded they rendred vp the Castle and departed In the meane time it being reported to Solyman that this composition was onely made by the souldiours without the agreement of Nadasky their Captaine he presently sent after them in the way towards Poson to which place they would make their retraict his Ianisaries to put them to the sword as vnworthie to liue hauing alreadie suffered them too long to breathe This towne and Fortresse being thus taken the armie marched directly towards Vienna all the Campe resting in the way before Alteburg which was a towne defended by the Bohemians who at the first manfully withstood certaine assaults but seeing that in one of those assaults their Captaine had lost his life they began then to lose their courage and waxe faint and feeling themselues wearie for that they were continually at the fight and finding themselues more straightned then before and assailed with greater furie they forsooke the Rampiers and gaue place to the enemie who with such a furie entred the towne that they put all to the sword This towne being wonne the grand Seigniour was aduertised that he should not now find any hinderance neither in townes nor field whereupon he sent before the Accanges to the quarters of Vienna which are as in former times like the aduenturers of France and not much vnlike our Scottish borderers to fire and spoyle all the countrie These people serue not for wages but in time of warre are leauied among the peasants as the Ayduches in Hungarie are they are not paid any wages neither are they taxed but of the bootie which they get they giue the tenth part thereof to the grand Seigniour as they do of all their goods besides They now following the commaund which was prescribed them executed incredible cruelties bearing away with them all kinde of bootie After that they made towards the fiue Churches where they committed no lesse outrage to the inhabitants of the countrie then they did to the other who fearing such and the like deuastations and enormious cruelties forsooke their houses seeking by diuers meanes to saue themselues In this sort the Accanges continuing their pilling robbing and massacring at last arriued before Vienna by the riuer of Lints where they were no more mercifull then in other places Ferdinand along time foreseeing these euents had put into Vienna all that little ayde which then he had causing new Rampiers and fortifications to be built and fearing worse would afterward ensue he trauailed to al the townes of Germanie not as a King but as a Post or messenger to demaund speedie ayde At the request of whom and vpon the bruite which was dispersed of the taking of Buda all the Germanes with one accord sent the Counte Palatine with 20000. Launsquenets and 2000. horse to the end himselfe with many other Captaines of marke might enter into Vienna to take possession and defend it and hinder the Turkes further proceedings as it was an easie matter for him to doe Among other voluntaries there went William Roccandolph Comptroler of King Ferdinands house Iohn Gazianer a Slauonian Hector Ransach Nicholas Salm who was at the taking of the King of France at Pauia Leonard Velsch and Nicholas Turian and many other renowned through Germanie for their vertue and prowesse they put into the citie 100. peeces of great Artillerie and about 200. lesser all which were in good order planted about the towne In the meane while the enemie not being able to march so fast as was requisite for them in respect of the great store of raine that fell in the moneth of September and especially by reason of the passage of Danubius which was then ouerflowed in the end they arriued before Vienna vpon the 13. day of the same moneth who with al their army enuironed it diuiding their Campe into foure quarters the circuite of which was so great that one could not see nothing but the ground couered with Tents and Pauilions for foure miles compasse Abraham Basha was incamped vnder a hill right ouer against the citie that he might the more commodiously obserue and take view therof himselfe being lodged in a little ruinated Castle which was thereby
reioyced But when newes was brought how the Turkes lead captiue more then 60000. prisoners that all the villages and houses in the champion were burnt and ouerthrowne their ioy was presently turned into sadnes beholding with great compassion all the fields to bee disfurnished of men â—easts trees and houses not any remayning to till the ground which miserable spectacle gaue occasion to euery one to lament and sigh bitterly The great Turke being arriued at Buda and willing to performe his promise which he had made confirmed Iohn King of Hungarie with priuiledges written in letters of gold and inuested him in his kingdome calling him his friend and vassall of his house leauing with him Lewis Gritty to aduise and ayde him in all necessarie things and to be an assistant to him in his kingdome And after proceeding on his way with tedious iourneys by reason of the vehemencie of the winter which with snow and frosts was alreadie at hand at length he arriued at Constantinople where with great reioycings and triumphs he was as well receiued of his subiects as if he had conquered all Austria Now after that Lewis Gritty had soiourned a certaine time with King Iohn in the administration and gouernment of the kingdome of Hungary he was called home by Solyman He attained to this honour by the meanes of Abraham Basha a speciall friend of the Duke his father through whose friendship he was so conuersant with the grand Seigniour that one day he inuited him to a feast at his house vnto whom the said Seigniour vouchsafed him the fauour to go the rather in respect of the haughtie spirit and deepe iudgement in all things which he knew was naturally grafted in him in regard of which he had oftentimes sent him to execute great enterprises as this was one wherein he vsed such marueilous wisedome and great expedition and carried himselfe so indifferent to all that his greatnes was not enuied of any one Now the cause of his calling to Constantinople was only to discourse with him of many matters which were of no small importance which when they had aduised vpon he was presently dispatched againe into Hungarie to his charge with ample commission and great authoritie being among other things commanded to remaine at Buda and with his vttermost abilitie to maintaine in those quarters the glorie and renowne of the Ottoman house charging him to bee continually present at all the Councels which should bee held as well for warre as for peace the grand Seigniour furthermore not minding that they should alter any thing in that kingdome whilest he was absent in making warre against the Persians Moreouer he was commanded to enquire if the report which was bruited were true namely that Iohn at the instance and request of the Hungars would accord with Ferdinand and haue peace with the Germanes and Bohemians who continually made incursions into his countrie vpon these conditions that as long as he liued he should peaceably enioy all Hungarie and that after his death he should leaue the possession and all such right as he could any way pretend therein to the children of Ferdinand as we shall hereafter more at large treate of At the time when Solyman went into Armenia Gritty arriued in Valachia hauing for his conuoy certaine Turkish horsemen and companies of Ianisaries and those of the grand Seigniours guard sufficiently tried with some of his owne familiar acquaintance and other Italian companies who of their owne accord being well armed followed him and he had also with him two famous Hungarian Captaines namely Vrbain Batian and Iohn Doce with their companies they in all making about 7000. men as well horse as foote He was besides in outward shew for warre well furnished with Camels Mules Horses cattell and other munition for the seruice and reliefe of his Campe. And with this traine which rather seemed an armie he caused great suspition as well among his friends as his enemies and before he departed from Valachia he made peace with Peter Vayuode of Moldauia who before was made Solymans friend he hauing sent vnto him many rich presents to request his fauourable assistance for his going into Hungarie and to ayde him with men and victuals and with all other necessaries which he stood in neede of vntill he had accorded the strife of Ferdinand for the loue of whom he vndertooke this voyage This league being confirmed by oth of either side Gritty thinking himselfe to be sufficiently strong in those parts to manage such affayres at his pleasure entered presently into Transiluania causing open proclamation euery where to bee made through all the prouinces of Hungary belonging to the Emperour Solyman that all the townes Comminalties and Lords of that kingdome should haue recourse to him as an Arbitrator and Lieutenant for all the prouinces of Hungarie for the grand Seigniour and as the sole Iudge of all their debates strifes processe and discords But this did not greatly please King Iohn and it was afterward the cause of Grittys fall At this time liued Emeric Cibacchy Bishop of Varadin and Vayuode of Transiluania a man who for his noblenes puissance and vertue was very famous among his people being in regard of his calling the second person next the King Against him Iohn Doce bore speciall hatred and open malice for receiuing a blow of him with his fist vpon the nose about a certaine question and controuersie moued betweene them He vpon the bruite of the comming of Gritty to Bresouia made no such haste it may bee as Gritty expected he should haue done in respect of the honour he looked for but making slow speede it thereby seemed that he little regarded those whom the grand Seigniour had sent which made him odious and displeasing to Gritty who sought nothing more then to increase the authoritie which he had and to make it appeare how greatly aboue others the Transiluanians had honoured and reuerenced him Vpon this a common opinion went that Emeric vsed this manner as beseemed a good Christian being greatly displeased in his heart to see the Turkes in his countrie where they neuer came before and that he should consent to open to them a passage whereby they might haue more ample knowledge of the store of townes boroughs and villages of the infinite number of horses of the fertilenes of the land and the fat pastures which are therein by the which they might bee inticed in time to make themselues masters thereof But all such opinions were in the end found false for that without any suspition he went as a friend to receiue and visite him When Gritty was alreadie arriued at Bresouia and that from thence he meant to goe to Megest where he was by many messengers informed that Emeric would come to see him and that he marched well accompanied being lodged but fiue miles from him with a great companie and furnished with many troupes of Caualarie all the chiefe of the prouince
doubt in the mindes of the barbarous Turkes she would not faile but send him offering to accompanie him himselfe and to bring him backe againe safe and sound By such speeches the Queene was somewhat appeased and caused her sonne to be richly apparelled as beseemed the maiestie of a King and sent him in a faire Coach richly gilt hauing with him his Nurse and certaine Ladies and in this equipage she sent him accompanied with all those who had receiued presents from the Turke He approaching nigh the Turkes Campe certaine troupes of horse in excellent good order and followed of many bands of Ianifaries were sent before to meete him and doe him all honour and he was placed in the middest of them and conducted with this pompe to Solyman who with all lenitie and curtesie friendly receiued him as a Vassall of his house and sonne of a King which had been his great friend being also willing that his children Selim and Baiazet borne of Rosa his wife should doe him the like honour These two children onely were in the Campe with their father Mustafa his eldest sonne and borne of Cercassa his first wife was then sent into Amasia vpon the frontiers of Persia by the subtiltie of the said Rosa who aspired to exalt her owne children and debase and suppresse the other Solyman hauing curteously entertained this childe and making shew to him of all possible good will commaunded the Bashaes to inuite all the Hungarish Lords to dine with them and that they should prepare a bountiful banquet furnished with all sorts of daintie cates Afterward he commaunded certaine Captaines that during this feast they should faine themselues to goe and see the towne of Buda and also finde the meanes to seize thereon without any bruite or tumult making shew that as some entered others should come forth to the end that the Budians might not distrust this matter which was wisely performed For many entered by troupes by the Port of Sabatia with semblance onely as though they had been strangers desirous to be hold nouelties and the singularitie of a towne but few came forth and many of them remained within in so much that for one of them that came out there entered seuen And by this policie when they thought themselues of sufficient number they suddenly forced the guard of that Port who nothing distrusting such a treacherie were content to yeeld and these being seized thereof they gaue thereby enterance to a good troupe of souldiours who were not farre from thence ambushed attending the issue thereof They being now masters of the towne they presently passed to the place and Palace of the King and the Captaine of the Ianifaries made proclamation through the towne that none should come out of his house but that euery one should peaceably stay therein and that if the citizens would liue in quiet they should render vp their armes into his custodie which was presently done and in token of their fidelitie euery citizen tooke a Turke into his house to lodge and they all carried themselues so mildly that it seemed there was neuer enemie entered into the towne nor any Turke whosoeuer durst giue his host a foule word Solyman vnderstanding that Buda was taken and all things quiet therein although it was almost night sent the Queene her sonne againe retaining with him all those Princes and Lords who accompanied the King namely Frier George Bishop of Varadin Peter Vicchy neere kinsman to King Iohn and one whom the Queene greatly respected Batian Vrbain Gouernour of Buda Stephen Verbetz great Chauncellor of Hungarie and Valentine Turky Lieutenant generall of the Kings armie with many other The Queene seeing by this craft and deceit her towne taken and those great personages who accompanied her sonne to bee detained prisoners by those of whom she thought to finde ayde and comfort knew not for the present what to do being as much as was possible surprised with a feare of the worst with a certaine griefe which happened by such an vnexpected aduersitie she duly considering of these premises fearing least the rest should also be taken away frō her writ very humble and submissiue letters to Solyman instantly requesting him not to violate or offer iniurie to the fidelitie which she had reposed in him which he confirmed vnto her by many his Letters patents and that in like sort he would be mindful of his accustomed clemencie and magnanimitie on the behalfe of his childe who of his owne accord made himselfe the friend and Vassall of his house and that it would please him to release those Lords which he detained as prisoners who had so well serued and defended her during the passed warres considering that vpon his faith and royall promise she had sent them with her sonne This letter being sent was sufficient to mollifie the outragious furie of the Turke who vpon the receipt thereof held a Councell to consult thereupon And opinions were different and did not agree together Mahomet Gouernour of Belgrade with many other would that all those Lords that were prisoners should be beheaded and that they should send the Queene and her sonne to Constantinople that hee should place a Basha in Buda with a good and strong garrison to gouerne and defend it against the assaults of the Christians On the other side Rostan Basha vnto whom the Queene had sent rich presents refuted the opinion of Mahomet and of his adherents saying that if Solyman followed their aduice he would greatly blemish the reputation of his renowne and that his faith and promise would not bee any whit at all esteemed among other nations when they should so apparantly see that it was not obserued especially to those vnto whom at their owne requests and intreaties he had giuen it for ayde and succour and that the example of Buda considered neuer any would afterwards call him to succour them fearing that the like surpise would happen to them and therefore he thought it better to suffer the Queene to enioy her state in peace with some augmentation of tribute and by that meanes he should auoyde the infamie of infidelity whereinto euery one of them should fall with euerlasting ignomie By meanes of such diuersitie of opinions the Bashaes could not agree Solyman not determined of any resolution dissolued the Councel seeing the time was come wherein according to his law he should offer sacrifice to God which was the 30. of August and to that end he sent into Buda his Priests to consecrate for him the great Church according to the Mahometaine manner And they ouerthrew all the Aulters and pulled downe all the Images clensing and hallowing the Church after their custome That being done Solyman with his Sacrificers entered into the towne taking therevpon occasion to dismisse the Councell and would not execute any thing concerning that which his Bashes had counselled him vnto But taking a more milde and pleasing course hee gaue notice to the Queene that
she and her sonne should presently depart the Castle and that she should retyre to Lippa which is beyond Tibiscus to gouerne the kingdome of Transiluania where she might liue in better securitie and content then at Buda and where she should be a neighbour to the kingdome of Sigismond King of Polonia her father and there they should remaine vntill her sonne should come to age and be able to gouerne and rule that kingdome of which he offered himselfe to bee an ouerseer and protector promising to make restitution thereof vnto him at that time alleadging for his excuse that it imported her sonne no lesse to haue sufficient and carefull ouerseers to gouerne Hungarie then of other persons able to defend and preserue it for him Whereupon he nominated Peter Vicchy to be Gouernour of the County of Themesuar of the neighbour countries bordering thereon and willed that Stephen Verbetz a man in yeeres wise and prouident should remaine at Buda to execute Iustice and to haue respect to the Hungars And to encourage her the more to depart and beginne her iourney with best conuenience hee offered her waggons and horse as many as should bee sufficient to carrie her baggage and other moueables and besides he appointed her a sufficient conuoy of Caualarie and Ianisaries to accompanie her vnto Tibiscus he hauing notwithstanding those his fained promises another secret intention in himselfe that within a while he would make himselfe absolute Lord not only of Transiluania but also of all Hungarie which was on the other side of Danubius towards Vienna not being able at that time to prosecute so difficult a matter in respect of many occasions impediments which did then greatly hinder him from it Afterwards he named King Stephen his Vayuode and confirmed the Queene to bee his gouernesse raigning in Transiluania and made Frier George her coadiutor Treasurer following therein the last will of King Iohn bequeathed to him by his Testament of which he said he was and would be an executor The Queene hauing vnderstood this cruell and vnlooked for commaund and bathing her face with teares did extreamely blame and grieuously crie out against the naturall impietie of so damnable and faithles a Lord who against his vowed faith depriued her both of her kingdome and of all that which she held most deere but seeing no remedie she patiently yeelded to fortune her enemie and left the Fortresse out of the which the Turkes would not suffer her to take any Artillerie nor munition but onely her moueables and tooke her iourney out of the towne of Buda with such prouision of waggons and horse as Solyman would appoint her Vpon her departure the Turke presently set at libertie all those Lords which he kept prisoners except Valantine Turky who as hath been said was sent prisoner with Maillat to Constantinople where within a while after they both dyed The other although they were greatly offended to see themselues so fraudulently depriued of their lands and goods yet were they exceeding ioyous seeing themselues free and secure of their liues whereof they stood in great dread They being thus at libertie they presently went to the Queene who together with them and the Frier and certaine other of her household tooke their way towards Transiluania being often constrained for want of horses to draw her Coach with oxen which she notwithstanding endured with an inuincible and noble courage alreadie very well perceiuing that her affayres were in a manner declining and besides seeing her selfe according to womans nature to bee a weake and tender woman not able to resist so sad and heauie blowes which fortune began alreadie to torment her with But being now fully resolued to make small account of al misfortunes that might betide her took notwithstanding alwaies good heede during these aduersities to preserue her authoritie and royall gouernment in such decent and discreete manner that during her life she was greatly honoured therefore as her dignitie well merited In the meane time while the Queene with these complaintes and griefes drew neere Transiluania Ferdinand hauing receiued vnder the conduct of Roccandolph this bloudie ouerthrow and wonderfull losse of people Artillerie Munition and speciall townes of importance distrusting the Turk would amasse together all his Armie before Vienna presently dispatched Leonard Velsh to the I le of Comar after the death of Roccandolph to reallie the remnant of his Armie and with all speed to conduct them to Vienna and to fortifie the said I le with the best defence he could And seeing on the other side his brother the Emperour Charles so busied in the affaires of Germanie that he could not then send him any succours did deliberate with himselfe by Ambassages to require peace and to proue how Solyman was affected towards him To this end he sent an Ambassage by Nicholas Salm and Sigismond Litestan with rich and excellent presents to him among which was a cup of golde beautified and enriched with pretious stones of great valew furnished with a couer vpon the which was a diall that did not onely containe in it the course of the howers Moone and Sunne but also of all the other Starres and Planets It was a worke made with such excellent and marueilous art that it seemed a miracle of nature to them who could seriously contemplate of the rarenes thereof and it came by succession from the Emperour Maximilian These Ambassadours arriuing at the Turkes Campe first presented themselues to Rostan Basha and afterward to Basha Casson who lodged them in honorable tents and the day following they dined with the Bashaes at their owne table The feast being ended they tooke from them their weapons and also their kniues according to their custome and were by the Bashaes euery one of them betweene two Bashaes that lead them arme in arme presented before Solyman whose hand they kissed and after offered him their presents which greatly pleased him and especially the vessell of golde that bore this admirable dial which he so curiously beheld that he could not therewith sufficiently satisfie his greedie sight so often did he view reuiew it both within and without by meanes of him who vsually kept it who purposely came with the Ambassadours curiously demonstrating vnto Solyman the exquisitnes thereof and caused him to see the excellent workemanship that was with in it and how wonderfull the worke was Solyman after hee had sufficiently perused this rare iewell gaue audience to Nicholas and Sigismond They demaunded that he would giue to Ferdinand together with Buda the kingdome of Hungarie with the same charges and conditions vpon which before he had agreed with Iohn promising that the Emperour his brother for his greater suretie should send Ambassadours to be comprised in the same peace and that he would yeeld to the conditions that should be mentioned therein whereby he might more liberally and without suspition by force of armes enlarge the limits
in the greatest haste he could passing a little arme of Marosse he retired and iournied as farre in one day as he marched before in sixe and went againe to Buda not without the losse of 300. horse who were defeated by Turchy Iohn the which before his Vauntgard dislodged he had sent into the countrie of Deue to range as well for victuals as also to discouer if there were no ambushments to hinder or annoy his retraict This Turchy was sent by the Frier to preuent him of the passage and to annoy him in his rereward but the quicknes of the Basha caused that hee arriued too late and tooke away from him all occasion of being able to ioyne with Varcocce much lesse to endamage his rereward which might easily haue been broken and defeated if these two had been vnited The Frier being now assured by these two that the Basha was retired in the greatest expedition he could turned his Campe against the Moldauian who as we haue said spoyled and burned the countrie and townes of the Sicilians and went forward with a vehement resolution cruelly to bee reuenged of the iniurie which he esteemed more intolerable then any that euer he receiued But the Moldauian hauing notice of the Friers intent and knowing besides what had happened to the Transalpinian found it good by the aduice of his Councell not to attend his comming whereupon after great spoyle made in the countrie he speedily retired himselfe with his people as well horse as foote who were about 30000. leading with them a great bootie of moueables and beasts with more then a thousand prisoners who were taken by a Chiauss of the Turkes that in respect of the loue and kindnes he bore to him came thither with certaine troupes of Turkish Caualarie After that Frier George had thus chased all the enemies out of Transiluania he retired towards the Queene where with consent of all in respect of his valour and prowesse which vndoubtedly was very great the peace was againe confirmed betweene them two with such conditions which should like them both among which he importuned that the Queene would write to the Turke and acquite and cleere him of all such matters whereof before he had been accused Which request though it was contrarie to her disposition for women like not to countermaund their owne proceedings yet notwithstanding she presently did it But the Turke being well informed of the veritie of the cause and of all that which passed and withall seeing how mightie and puissant the Frier was and that the greatest part of the kingdome was fauourably addicted to his part he smoothly dissembling the matter reserued the chasticement thereof vntill better oportunitie and made shew to the Frier as though he held himselfe satisfied with his fidelitie and that he very well knew he of his part was not faultie in any of the late broyles Whereupon hee sent another Chiauss with Letters Patents directed to all the kingdome by which he commaunded that euery one should obey and reuerence him as being againe confirmed in all his former honours and degrees But yet the peace lasted not long for the Queene in the end seeing the Frier respected not any thing which he had promised by the last agreement omitted no time but by the occasion of his absence being then in his Bishopricke of Varadine to recreate and solace himselfe she began priuately and vnder hand to raise and incense the greatest Lords of the kindome with intent to assist her to chase the Frier out of that prouince and especially those whom she reputed most faithfull and affectionate to her and most opposite against the Friers proceedings manifesting to them how his naturall disposition was inconstant and cruell and how he vsed her badly not willing to keepe nor obserue any lawes couenants promises nor faith but aspiring to the vniuersall tyrannie of that countrie he did thus wickedly demeane and behaue himselfe towards her with this intent to chase both her and her sonne out of the kingdome and to remaine sole and absolute Lord himselfe assuring her selfe that for the loue and fidelitie which they in former time vsed to King Iohn her husband and alwaies maintained the same notwithstanding all sinister fortune in the behalfe of Stephen her sonne and her selfe in regard whereof they would neuer endure this iniurie nor tolerate such a crueltie farre surmounting all other practised against her person in falling from so high and eminent dignitie of a Queene to become an ordinarie and poore Ladie and their King of Transiluania to become a seruant esteeming it of greater moment that they should rather desire to haue the sonne of him and their naturall Prince for their Lord and Patrone then a Frier voyde of all faith and honestie and onely gorged with ambition By such like demonstrations she so awakened the spirits of euery one that all in generall not willing to submit themselues to any other Lord then to King Stephen and her selfe concluded to take armes against the Frier with intent to expell him the kingdome George hauing notice of this and of all their other proceedings which was practised against him and seeing himselfe weakened of men and depriued of such forces which were necessarie to resist the scourges and assaults of such vnlooked for fortune after he hauing long pondered vpon these affayres determined vpon this resolution to accorde and linke himselfe with Ferdinand and to conclude with him the practises which oftentimes without effecting he before had acquainted him with he being induced and in a manner constrained thereunto by his extreame ambition and troublesome minde the enemie of quiet repose it being tolde him that if by that meanes he could expell the Queene he might easily compasse his intention which was to see himselfe absolute Lord of Transiluania which he so much esteemed that he would often say he cared neither to be Pope nor Emperour and that he would neuer goe out of it By these deuises one might manifestly discerne the insatiable desire of his ambitious nature which tended to no other end then to the sole gouernment of this kingdome Now Counte Salm being dead with whom hee had alreadie begun to treate of this affayre and knowing not how to effect his determination finding himself now neerely driuen resolued to negotiate this busines by Ambassadours sending secretly to Ferdinand one of his gentlemen by whom he gaue him to vnderstand that he greatly desired that either one way or other they would put in practise that which he before time had giuen him notice of by Counte Salm instantly praying him againe that he would not faile to send speedie succours and that it would please him to commit this charge to such a one that was sufficient and able to withstand the Queene who had againe begun to bandie against him And further he shewed him that if he did not allow ratifie of his former motions he should in short time see all
Transiluania vnder the Turks gouernment also willing him that in the meane while he would send such a man as might bee capable and haue authoritie to manage such affayres because it might so fall out that that which he had often desired might be effected to wit that Queene Izabella should wholly and intirely yeeld to him the possession of that kingdome but with this condition to obserue such couenants as he had before offered and concluded with King Iohn which if he did execute and performe then he did not onely promise but also liberally offer giuing him quiet possession of all the places and Fortresses which were in his gouernment to vse such meanes that he should be thereof absolute Lord and King and swearing not to faile him in this he greatly importuned him that he should quickly resolue Now Ferdinand although he knew well the mutabilitie of the Friers disposition and that he might not repose any great credence in his words well remembring how many times before he had cunningly deceiued him and that he apparantly saw that he was not moued to doe him so good a deede for that purpose which he propounded vnto him but only for his owne priuate interest and commoditie and that hee might mount to the top of that which he alreadie had imprinted in his circumuenting braine and execute his deseignes neuerthelesse seeing on the other side if he did not take hold and credit his words hee should let him slide out of his hands in respect whereof he would by no meanes contradict him especially holding it alwaies for a thing commendable in himselfe not to bee reproached nor blamed of any for not doing his vttermost abilitie which belonged to a true and Christian King to hinder and withstand that the kingdome should not come vnder the Turks gouernment and that they should not report of him that by his fault or negligence he should leaue the ports open to Infidels and bring into seruitude not only Austria and the rest of Hungarie but also ruinate and burne Germanie with other Prouinces Thus vpon these considerations he tooke vpon him the charge of this honourable and godly enterprise and respecting not the inconstancie of Frier George but the trauaile and perill which might circumuent him if he deferred time presently sent to the Frier 1000. Hungarish horse payed for foure moneths and certaine peeces of Artillerie to maintaine and defend himself vntill he might send him such a man with a puissant armie as he demanded assuring him that there should bee no fault nor want of any thing which before he had promised and offered willing him to perseuer in his good opinion which he had manifested to the world Behold now the state wherein this poore and miserable Transiluania was which as a man may plainly perceiue from the death of King Lewis vntill now was tormented with so many discords ciuill warres and assaults that it was ruthfull for any Christian to behold seeing of the one side the Turke and on the other side Ferdinand and the Lords themselues of the countrie bandying themselues with one and then against the other continually practised al manner of crueltie in it vsing against it such rigour and violence that oftentimes one would iudge it to be almost lost and quite ouerthrowne by her owne euill misfortune not counting the great losses and damages which she receiued in euery vaine and corner as well in the fauour and behalfe of Iohn as in that of Ferdinand as it oftentimes happeneth in such broyles where surely the fauour that men beare to the victorious is no lesse hurtfull and offensiue to either part then the disgrace into which he vanquished falleth because that neither the one nor the other receiueth any thing but with the losse and damage of the very inhabitants and naturals of the countrie Ferdinand with a resolute determination willing to prepare a remedie for so many mischiefes and to vnfold and vntagle himselfe from those who had been the cause thereof and not to omit the occasion which fortune so fauourably presented vnto him for the conquest of that kingdome which iustly by succession by election and by an agreement appertained to him determined to vndertake this enterprise and therein to employ his vttermost endeuour with all his skill and force And for that this expedition required a man that should bee very wise and circumspect and one who had good experience in martiall affayres and who should be vigilant and warie in resisting and apposing himselfe against the Turkish ambushments and be able to auoyde and preuent them as occasion should require and such an one also as should be able to behaue himselfe with that circumspect modestie in this busines with the Frier that he should giue him no occasion of any new inuention to practise his inconstant wickednes And besides seeing that at that time he had none such with him as the Frier demaunded he determined to write to his brother the Emperour Charles the fift that it would please him to assist and not to faile him in this so important busines and withall to send him so sufficient a man who could with good discretion conduct this warre to a glorious and happie end as he desired well knowing he had many a famous and renowned Captaine with him He hauing resolued vpon this conclusion dispatched one of his gentlemen with letters and besides commaunded his Ambassadour who was at Auspurg at the Emperours Court that he should throughly acquaint him with the discourse of this warre and whatsoeuer else should be giuen him in charge The Ambassadour as soone as the genleman was arriued diligently performed his Masters commaund The Emperour vnderstanding at large this enterprise and considering of what importance this warre was of and regarding the distrust which he had of Frederick Duke of Saxon and of Philip Lantgraue of Hesse whom as yet he held prisoners he could not of a sudden so well determine what to doe not willing to forsake those Commaunders whom he knew in all stirrings and tumults to be necessarie for him and further vnderstanding of certaine motions of warre that Henry King of France intended against him and besides the dislike of Duke Maurice whom he had in great ielousie for that he would not deliuer his father in law obseruing the promise which he had made to him before which was a thing that within short time after as in place conuenient wee shall at large more speake of procured him such hate and toyle as neuer in all his life time he endured the like Hauing well considered and weighed all these things and willing to helpe his brother in his necessitie specially against the Infidels determined in the end to send to him Iohn Baptiste Castalde Counte of Piadene whom he a little before created Marquesse of Cassan and who at that time was Master of his Campe and of the Councell for warre a man sufficiently experienced in all the former warres vnder the old Marquesse of
highly commended their ordinance The armie being certaine daies refreshed in this towne they all together continued on their iourney vntill they came to Zalnoch which is a Castle enuironed with water where for the guard and safetie thereof before he departed he left 50. Spaniards During the march of this armie and that they hasted to arriue at the place where Frier George was the Queene had published a Diet to bee held at Egneth which is one of the greatest townes of Transiluania there to deliberate and aduise what meanes was best to chase and expell the Frier out of that Prouince He at that time as wee haue said was at his Bishopricke of Varadine and vnderstanding the drift of the Queene and to what purpose she laboured omitting all things which then he was greatly busied about called for his Coach and in the greatest haste he could tooke the way that lead towards Cheresuania Vpon the way passing a little brooke which runneth by a valley it happened that his Coach ouerturned in such dangerous manner that if hee had not instantly been helped by his men he had there been drowned Certaine gentlemen of his traine ill interpreting this accident aduised him to returne from thence but hee smiling made them this answer That such diuinations as were grounded vpon Chariots were exceeding miserable knowing that they had in heauen another Chariot which by his influence would warrant him minding by his pleasant countenance to inferre that the Chariot of Erictonius placed in heauen should among other signes stand him in stead of a guide and so with expedition continuing on his iourney within short time he approached neere to Torde from whence hee wrote to all the Lords who were with the Queene and specially to his friends that if they would see the safegard and defence of their countrie and that the whole kingdome should not bee ouerthrowne and lost and fall into the puissant commaund of the Infidels they would not faile but presently come to the place where hee was and where hee daily expected them that they might speedily prouide for the common good of all Within a while after there came to him certaine bands of souldiours and companies of horse which hee caused to come from Varadine which being come together made a good number of men with whom he determined to goe to this Diet shadowing his intent that they came with him for no other cause but onely to bee a guard for his person Thus against the opinion and liking of all he came from thence to Egneth where being arriued he so throughly dissolued and brake off the Diet that not any so great and mightie was hee durst stay there any longer least the Frier should stomacke and malice them and by this meanes he ouerthrew all the Queenes deseignes which vanished into smoke She vnderstanding the arriuall of the Frier and seeing she could come to no better end of that which to her great charges and trauaile she had alreadie begun suddenly dislodged from that towne with her sonne and retired her selfe to Albe-iula with such force as she had of which Peter Vicchy was Captaine generall who caused the towne to be well fortified But after fearing to be besieged therein by the Frier leauing there as many men as was thought necessary for the defence therof she thought it better to make her retraict to Sassebesse a place for the situation farre stronger then Albe-iula where she determined to stay and expect what would be the issue of her fortune The Frier being aduertised of all this and also vnderstanding certaine newes that the forces which Ferdinand had sent were alreadie on their way and that Castalde came with no small ayde presently determined vpon this occasion to besiege Albe-iula thinking that if he were able to be master thereof he had effected the greatest part of his desires Being there arriued with this resolution he very straightly besieged and battered it in many places with great store of Cannon But those within being nothing possest with feare valiantly defended themselues and more couragiously then the Frier expected He now seeing the constancie and resolution of the besieged to bee such and that Castalde made but slow speede although euery day by letters and Posts vpon Posts he willed him to hasten on his iourney and so much the rather because he besieged this towne which defended it selfe so gallantly that it was greatly needfull for him to haue the helpe of his forces hee againe thought it sitting to seek out meanes once more to accord with the Queene Whilest these matters were treated of Castalde arriued at the confines of Transiluania But since it now very fitly falleth out I will for a while leaue the continuation of this historie and will largely describe the situation the inhabitants the strength the qualitie and fertilitie of that countrie Transiluania is a Prouince of the kingdome of Hungarie making a part thereof enuironed on all sides with high mountaines resembling a well walled towne hauing all his entries and passages very difficill and narrow which maketh me thinke that it tooke his name thereof being anciently named Dacia of King Docus who was Lord and King thereof Towards the North it boundeth vpon Polonia and of one part of Moldauia hauing in the midst the hils Carpates Towards the West it doth confine vpon Hungarie and towards the East it stretcheth it selfe to the shores of Danubius and taketh his ending against Walachia the inhabitants whereof are called Walachians anciently dissended of some Romane Colonie sprung from the familie of the Flacchians who were sent to subdue that countrie of whom that Prouince afterward tooke the name of Flaccia which at this present is corrupted into the name of Walachia which also containeth in it Moldauia being two seuerall Prouinces which now are separated comprised in time past vnder the name of Flacchia Towards the South it neighboureth vpon the Transalpinians and Seruians named Slauons and the Rascians vulgarly called Rhatians who in a manner are as naturall Walachians for that they all liue vnder one law and custome they are Christians and obserue the decrees and ceremonies of the Greeke Church they obey the Patriarke of Constantinople they vse the Italian language but so corrupted that it is hardly vnderstood to be the same they vse armes like to those of the Turks they haue been and are yet a warlike nation cruell and endureth trauaile and wearines of warre more then any other people for that they are naturally very strong Within Transiluania there is a Prouince in a manner linked to a mountaine which separateth it from Moldauia which is named Ceculia and the inhabitants thereof are called Ceculians and at this day they are called Sicilians who are of the Hungarian nation and of the same qualitie and disposition liuing according to the lawes and customes of Hungarie The other part of the kingdome which is the greatest is inhabited
him For being by his naturall disposition of a proud and haughtie spirit and puffed vp with honour and renowne would by no meanes endure that any should bee his superiour And considering the great authoritie and commaund that Castalde as Lieutenant generall for the King of Bohemia had and the reuerence honor and submission which neuerthelesse he made shew to vse towards him hee esteemed it a good beginning to continue his pride and greatnes and that in all the affayres of the kingdome he might commaund and dispose thereof according at his owne pleasure Desirous then to enioy according to his accustomed manner such preheminence and authoritie and to shew the commaund and greatnes which he had through all Transiluania two daies after that he was departed from Castalde he presently seized vpon Albe-iula for himselfe to lodge and remaine in not acquainting Castalde therewith saying that that place was the most commodiest and fittest to finde him when neede should require and the necessariest to treate of all businesses that might fall out That being done he posted to the Queene to Sassebesse to informe her of all which had passed betweene him and Castalde During the time the Frier was on his way the Queene who nothing was idle nor slept had by one of her Lords who was a Polonian a man of good esteeme in his countrie sent another way to visit and salute Castalde By him and by the offers which she made to him Castalde did prognosticate what the issue and euent of all the affayres of that countrie would sort vnto and principally of those which concerned the Queene he wel knew they would succeede to his desire and haue such ending that Ferdinand should thinke himselfe well apayd therewithall Certaine daies being passed before any newes was heard of the Frier in the ende there arriued a messenger from him who gaue notice to Castalde that hee should not faile the 6. of Iuly to finde him at Albe-iula to conferre together vpon their affayres The time being come Castalde without any guard onely accompanied with certaine of his owne household went to the place appointed The manner of this departure was against the counsell of Andrew Battor and Thomas Nadasdy and many other who thought it not conuenient so slightly to repose himselfe in this man who because they knew him to be so mutable in his opinions and so variable in his doings might bee able within a short time after vnder the colour of any occasion whatsoeuer to inuent and stirre vp some new matter and be more hardie and bold to execute the same seeing Castalde alone then otherwise he would be if his forces were with him and for that cause they perswaded him that he would not depart but with a good troupe But Castalde considering that although he should haue all his people to guard him yet was it little and to small purpose to resist the Frier in case he would vse any treason against him wherefore hee iudged it much better to goe so priuately whereby he should outwardly manifest the great and speciall trust he reposed in him rather then by a strong guard to giue him suspition and occasion to stand vpon tearmes an act which in no sort he found to bee conuenient for the beginning of such affayres and specially seeing hee had to negotiate with a man so giddie brained who was almost of a childs condition that for the least toy whatsoeuer would bee offended and alter his opinion resoluing that if he did otherwise he would easily escape his hands and all his purposes should be ouerthrowne But proceeding on his determinate iourney in the end he arriued at Albe-iula where according to the foresaid aduertisement hee found not the Frier for that he was yet at Sassebesse with the Queene vnto whom he was gone without giuing him any notice thereof Whereupon those of his companie thought it not amisse since the Frier and the Queene were yet together that he should goe thither to them where he might more commodiously and with quicker dispatch establish many important matters and such which had neede of present and sudden resolution wherefore they counselled him to goe to Sassebesse where hee arriued about the third houre of the night finding the Queene accompanied onely with those of her Court for that a day before Peter Vicchy seeing he could not conclude any league with the Frier retired himselfe to his commaund of Lippa and Themesuar with all the men of warre leauing thus the Queene alone at Sassebesse in which place two daies after Castalde sate in councell with Frier George and many other great Lords of Transiluania where he declared the occasion of his comming which was tending to this end that the Queene should restore that Prouince to Ferdinand according to the articles concluded with King Iohn her husband he himselfe being readie to accomplish all which his Maiestie had promised declaring that vpon the accomplishing of these couenants it could not happen but besides the generall contentment that euery one should receiue thereby all things would succeed better and more expedient and specially to her selfe profitable and commodious then to any other if she would duly consider with what trauaile and sorrow she possessed those countries and with what suspition and doubt she was maintained amongst them onely depending but vpon the Turkes good liking who when he thought good might disposse her and so in fine to bee alwaies in danger to lose both the one and other And that therefore knowing Transiluania to be the key and bulwarke of all Christendome as by apparant effect was to be seene which if it were lost not only the vtter ruine of the rest of Hungarie and Austria would follow but also of Germanie and of all other Christian countries Wherefore for these respects she ought to desire that this Prouince should fall into the gouernment and rule of a Christian Prince great and puissant as Ferdinand was who might at all times be a curb against the force and violence of the Turke and might hinder him from further proceedings and the rather that she ought to haue such a desire for so much as she saw her selfe though a Queene yet of no force nor commaund for such an enterprise neither was she able to promise her selfe any defence to maintaine that kingdome without she craued ayde of others Therefore all these things duly considered it were much better for her to accept of Ferdinands offer as the most sure and peaceable for her although it were lesse then remaine in continuall danger and trauaile and to raigne in a kingdome which was not in her power to preserue nor keepe Besides these foresaid agreements Castalde for the more assurance and confirmation of both parties offered the Queene in the name of his Maiestie the Infanta Ioane his youngest daughter with 100000. Crownes for a dowrie and to giue her in mariage to her sonne Iohn and to enter into bonds to satisfie her in euery thing which
the Emperour that he was a Spie for the Turke In the meane time while they expected newes of him hee saued himselfe at Lippa with Peter Vicchy to whom he was sent Vicchy vnderstanding the decree and the proclamation that was made against him and how they sought him in euery place gaue aduertisement to Castalde that he was arriued at Lippa and that if hee so pleased hee would send him to him but during this message he caused him safely to be conducted with a good guard to Belgrade from whence he tooke the way directly to Constantinople to aduertise the Turke of all which was done in that countrie At the same time the day came that was appointed for the Diet to be held at Colosuar where should haue been all the principall of the kingdome and where as it was determined the Queene should renounce and resigne to Ferdinand the kingdome and acknowledge and approue himselfe King thereof After all the Deputies of those Prouinces and townes were arriued the Queene the 28. of August departed from Sassebesse accompanied with all the Knights and Gentlemen of the countrie and also with Frier George and Castalde the one riding on the right hand the other on the left Two daies after they were departed they arriued at an Abbey distant from Colosuar eight miles where they lodged and there it was concluded betweene them to execute all that which before had been a greed vpon And the beginning of this solemne resignation was by the royall ornaments which were a Crowne made of plates of gold mounting on high in forme of a high crowned hat inriched with stones and pearles and hauing a little crosse of gold on the top The next was a Scepter of Iuorie garnished with gold and a Mantle of cloath of gold after the ancient habite in manner of a Vestment beset with many stones but of small value A gowne and a payre of shooes of gold which in respect of the worke were like to those made for the Apostolike Sea Among all those Iewels the Frier demanded of the Queene that she would commit the Crowne into his custodie and keeping Which request she absolutely denyed him saying that she would neuer giue her consent that a Frier should bee King of that kingdome whereof she dispossessed her sonne but she would that they should bee conueied to him to whom in right that Prouince belonged And causing them to bee brought before them all she tooke the Crowne in her hand in the presence of the Frier and many great personages and after great effusion of teares from her owne eyes and from her yong sonne who was present at the whole action turning her selfe towards Castalde sayd in Italian such or the like speeches Although inconstant Fortune following her cruell alterations cutting off and confounding at her pleasure the affayres of this world hath in such sort subuerted mine that now both my sonne and my selfe are forced to forsake this kingdome this Crowne and all these other royall ornaments which in times past were belonging to my deare Lord and spouse King Iohn of most happie memorie but now vnhappie that wee bee and to resigne into the hands and protection of others yet notwithstanding she shall not for all this hinder me but that at the least in my troubles and anguishes I may take this onely contentment seeing them to fall into the hands of a Prince who is not only a Christian but also so puissant and benigne as is the King of the Romanes whom I repute for my Lord and father who also shal know with what zeale and affection they are giuen him and whom by our good liking we reestablish in this State praying God that he may enioy it with greater tranquilitie and longer time then we haue done And thus Seigneur Iohn Baptista Castalde I present them into your hands with intent of my part they may bee sent to his Maiestie giuing him to vnderstand that wee yeeld him not this kingdome and Crowne vnder the bond of any condition or couenant whatsoeuer but freely And we my selfe and my sonne cast our selues into his mercifull armes with all our fortune beseeching him he would haue regard of our miserable destinie which besides that wee are Christians hath caused vs to spring of royall and princely blood And that it would please him following his accustomed bountie which maketh him beloued of all the world to receiue and account of vs for his children and not denie vs the reliefe fauour and protection which wee hope and expect from him and which you your selfe many times in his name haue promised vs. After these speeches of the Queene her sonne being yet but young and knowing notwithstanding how greatly it imported him to see himselfe depriued of his estate and of that wherwith his father sometimes was crowned making some resistance he shewed to the Queene his mother the little contentment which he conceiued of this surrender and appartly manifested that he would not consent thereto But the Queene turning her selfe towards him sayd Since O Iohn my deare and tender sonne that I know thy fortune and mine is not sufficient and able to defend this kingdome without the ayde and helpe of others by occasion of the great number of those who either by enuie or of some certaine malice or by some wicked disposition make themselues masters of others continually searching with the losse of the same our ruine and destruction Thou oughtest not to conceiue ill thereof if hauing a care rather to publike good then to our particular profit which wee cannot maintaine against the Turkes power who by the daily prouocation of our enemies doth molest vs and in a manner depriue vs of all Therefore in the middest of so many assaults of miserie which fortune hath bequeathed vs I haue chosen this to be the best meanes to giue and resigne this kingdome to the King of the Romanes who will defend and deliuer it from the Turkes violent attempts and who in recompence will assigne thee such estates as he hath promised me for the renouncing which I haue made to him to the end that thou maist at the least yet liue as a great Prince if thou canst not liue like a King and I haue the rather yeelded to this as not minding with common losse to bee obstinate in warre and to leaue and omit the certaine for the incertaintie in the disposition of Fortune considering also the inconstancie and mutabilitie of her tickle gouernment which is accustomed rashly to rule and gouerne Kings houses which are fallen in disgrace and contempt with the world who oftentimes imprudently and without thinking thereon suddenly doth depriue them of their kingdomes and sendeth them into perpetuall exile Therefore that on my part I may not behold such infelicitie and not to fall into such an indignitie and miserie being forsaken of all ayde and helpe with the losse of the kingdome I am easily perswaded with a comfortable hope to reserue thee
to a perpetuall and quiet repose with a lesse estate and condition and to take thee out from so many troubles amongst the which I doe not yet despayre that for a kingdome which thou doest now leaue it may bee in his power that taketh it from thee to giue thee another and happely of greater commaund Let it not seeme strange to thee to leaue this kingdome wherein thou wert borne and nourished being a thing which happeneth to many but bee assured that by the fauour and dignitie of vertue a noble courage shall neuer be so much reiected of fortune that he shall want any States or kingdoms Therefore for the deliuerie of the poore people which are afflicted and destroyed by our warres for common repose and for the preseruation of our faith thou oughtest not to withstand or gainsay it but confirming all that which for thy good I haue yeelded vnto consent that these princely ornaments bee sent to his Maiestie And although I haue good cause to mourne in giuing ouer this Mantle this Scepter and chiefly this royall Crowne which not long since adorned thy fathers head and which also should haue been set vpon thine yet shall I not for all that faile but greatly comfort my selfe since they fall into the puissantnes of a King who will embrace thee as his owne person and maintaine thee against those enemies who secretly in respect of the alienation of thy estate will now rest satisfied and who it may bee in time to come would notwithstanding thinke themselues but little eased thereby receiuing at the least from God in another world besides iust punishment that chastisement which they receiued not here euen as notwithstanding they had well deserued by their iniquities and wicked trecheries Therefore whilest we are floting in the middest of this turbulent sea it is requisite we saile with aduised patience as fortune will appoint the winde and conforme our selues to Gods omnipotent pleasure since that there is no felicitie durable to mortall men nor any kingdome nor principalitie permanent Hauing ended these penitrating speeches which were of that efficacie to haue mollified a stonie heart and could not be spoken without being interrupted with many deepe and lamentable sighs great comisseration and teares of those who were present and especially of Frier George she gaue the Crowne and the other ornaments to Castalde who kindly and with good words gaue her infinite thankes as well for the good will he perceiued in her as also for the magnanimitie which she had declared and for the bountifull liberalitie by which she did giue vnto Ferdinand this Crowne and the absolute entering into this kingdome And applying comforts to her aduersities he perswaded her not to attribute the renounciation of this kingdome to her misfortune since she could by no meanes properly say that she lost it leauing it to Ferdinand whom she drew and bound to be a continuall friend and father vnto her who would neuer forsake nor leaue her in all her needfull affayres and incouraging her the more hee assured her that he would intirely and religiously keepe it for him and that he would performe to the vttermost all whatsoeuer he had promised her And with this doubtfull hope the poore afflicted Queene departed to goe towards Colosuar Castalde hauing in this manner receiued the Crowne caused it to be carefully kept being aboue all things by the Kings of Hungarie highly esteemed in respect of the vulgar opinion which is held thereof in that countrie the report being that an Angell brought it from heauen to S. Ladislas King of Hungarie and that the King which doth not possesse it cannot bee the true nor lawfull King nor iuridially gouerne the people nor execute iustice to them Men doe yet say further that if by chance this Crowne should by some casualtie be lost and found by any whosoeuer although hee were the poorest in the world presently without any other triall he should be created King and they should sweare fealtie and homage to him as to their lawfull and vndoubted King But whether this be true or no I know not yet vpon this opinion the Turkes haue a speciall desire to get it within the compasse of their custodie as also Frier George had All the Gentlemen and Lords who were present at the deliuerie of this Crowne iudged that which the Queene had done was of no small importance esteeming the validitie of the Crown to be of equall price with the kingdome it selfe For this respect Castalde caused it continually to bee kept in his chamber with great vigilancie vntill with a good conuoy he sent it to Ferdinand by the Lord Iohn Alpohnse Castalde Pescaire his nephew The Queene being arriued at Colosuar Castalde also arriued there within a while after where he remained certaine daies attending those who should be there and that were called to the Diet to know what their affection was to the King of the Romanes and to confirme them in their good deuotion and to satisfie the Queene of that which was promised her to appease all the tumults which was amongst them and to incite them to take armes against the Turke and chase them from those parts vnderstanding they would once againe attempt to enter thereinto And after they were all arriued and assembled together Castalde acquainted them with all the passed proceedings whereof euery one was well contented And if peraduenture there were some yea and of the chiefest to whom it seemed not good what the Queene had done yet durst they not make shew to the contrarie for that Ferdinands part was then the strongest And thus they all with one accord did sweare fealtie to his Maiestie manifesting great ioy to see themselues returned vnder the gouernment of their natural Lord and King to whom of right that kingdome belonged And although Castalde discouered the affections of many who rather inclined to the amitie and league of the Turke then to that of the King yet faining notwithstanding to reduce and bring all to his deuotion and to shew them the inconuenience of the amitie and friendship of the Turke and how hurtfull and preiudiciall it would bee to them with a speech as eloquent as his countenance and cariage was graue hee vsed to them this oration I haue alwaies esteemed it Lords and chiefe Commanders of this kingdome to be a thing very conuenient and necessary not to speake at any time for any grace or friendship which we haue purchased from other men nor for the fauour which wee haue or hope to receiue from them nor for any instinct which we haue towards any but only sincerely to explaine and declare what we take to bee good and praise worthie as well for the particular as publike benefit and not at any time to perswade any thing which is not both reasonable iust and holy as well before God as men which I for mine owne part haue practised as much as hath bin possible for me and by Gods assistance
firmly impresse it what these calamities are and how horrible and grieuous the effects be Awake awake therefore I say your drowsie spirits and waite not vpon a vaine desire vpon a swelled pride so willingly to yeeld your selues vnder so miserable a seruitude yea much worse then death it selfe but valiantly oppose your vttermost abilities against such enterprises and giue not occasion to others to call you tyrants for surely not onely he is a Tyrant who is the cause of another mans seruitude but also he who is able to oppose himselfe against the violence of another and yet maketh no resistance Call together with you all the Sicilians and Transalpinians making a league with your neighbours and with those of whom in time you may hope for succour and ayde and in defending your selues offend the enemie this being no dishonest thing nor worthie of blame for defence of your selues to enter into league with any straunge nation whatsoeuer And resolue and vnite your selues quickly in one considering that in the occurrances and aduentures of warre too long remissenes increaseth more detriment then profit And by such a sudden determination doing that which in reason and courage ought to be done you shall manifest to your King a quicknes of spirit and declare how much your hearts are cleere and cleane as well in prosperitie as in aduersitic those onely meriting to bee reputed truly couragious and of a firme resolution who perfectly discerning troublesome things and things that are pleasant one of them from another not doubting at any hand any perill nor withdrawing themselues from the seruice of their Lord as I assure my selfe you will not doe making full account of this that hauing before your eyes the pregnant experience of euils passed and deeply thinking on the present labours you will rather make choise to lose your liues by a iust and honourable warre then liue with a vile peace and an infamous quiet These speeches animated Frier George with all the rest and chiefest of Transiluania presently to yeeld themselues knowing the veritie of the cause to the Kings seruice and he offered himselfe with them altogether to his deuotion acknowledging him for their true Lord and King The first who did sweare fealtie were the Saxons and Sicilians neuerthelesse with this condition that he would confirme and obserue their priuiledges Their chiefe Commaunder among them named Ladislas Endef was then greatly recommended because hee had induced them to such their acknowledgement And they deliberating together vpon the warre that they meant to take against the Turke who as it was said would come and assaile them it was concluded that they should send as they had alreadie done through all the Prouinces and publish that euery man should be in a readines vpon the first sommons that should be giuen them to march against the common enemie During this time and whilest these things were discoursed of Ferdinands packet of letters arriued by which hee confirmed and ratified all that which Castalde had promised and agreed vpon with the Queene and Frier George And besides gaue thereby further authoritie to Castalde that if possible it could be done by a Proctor or Deputie to celebrate the espousals betweene the Infanta Ioane his daughter and Iohn the Queenes sonne which within a short time euen in the very same place was after performed with great ioy and contentment of all the kingdome being the generall opinion that this new aliance and agreement made betweene these Kings would bring forth among them a perpetuall quiet These affayres being thus decreed and concluded the day following which was the 9. of September the Queene departed from Colosuar with a conuoy of 400. Hungarian horse which Castalde sent with her accompanying her himselfe from that place two miles which maketh foure French The Queene being thus accompanied and in a Coach with her sonne who was very sicke and trauailing on her iourney she that day plainly manifested the great sorrow and extreame discontent which she felt to see herselfe depriued of her kingdome and by agreement to leaue her owne and to search after another mans which was very apparant to euery one by the mournfull plaints and deepe sighs which she powred out together with abundance of teares falling from her eyes true witnesses of her sorrow and distresse They being all come to a way which led on two hands the Queene and her sonne tooke leaue of Castalde not without great redoubling of sorrow and teares the one returning towards Colosuar the other proceeding on their iourney towards Cassouia Scarse was the Queene departed but newes was brought her that Peter Vicchy had agreed with Andrew Battor into whose custodie he had alreadie yeelded Lippa and Themesuar with Becch Becherech and Chinad and all the other Castles which were vnder his gouernment not being willing before to come to this agreement vntill hee was acertained by the Queenes letters of all which had passed vntill then And after he had thus yeelded his whole commaund hee set forward on the way towards the Queene to accompanie her to Cassouia Whilest he was proceeding on his iourney Battor entered into the said townes and taking ample and sure possession of them furnished thē with a garrison of such souldiours as he had drawne out of certain Fortresses and who for that purpose he had brought with him being 800. Aiduchs who are footmen bearing Halberts Curasses Bowes Arrowes Crosbowes and Sables and 300. horse With this warlike companie he greatly assured the countrie specially because the Caransebansses the Lugasiens and the Rathians people very puissant were reduced vnder the obedience of Ferdinand and had declared that they were content to liue vnder his Maiesties deuotion and to serue him in all occasions of warre which should be offered The affayres of Lippa and Themesuar being thus with diligence dispatched Castalde thought then he had fully effected his most important busines because that whilest these two Fortresses were not yet vnder the gouernment of Ferdinand men thought that that which he had negotiated before was to little or no purpose for that those two places were of great importance and specially Lippa which was esteemed and reputed the key and port of all Transiluania The same besides it was of great importance was exceeding profitable and commodious and therefore necessarie to be more carefully maintained and kept in respect of the great reuenewes which come from thence because it is the Port where al the vessels of salt are laden which is transported by the riuer Marosse through all Hungarie and is a marchandise of the best and greatest trafficke dispersed into all those countries Frier George demanded this toll of the King importuning that his Maiestie would giue it him but afterward the King vnderstanding it was yeerely worth 300000. Florins hee would not intirely giue it him but yet hee had it at a reasonable rate although the other would not so accept thereof and because he was not
nuncios tam ad excelsam Portam nostram quà m ad eum decernatis Quod si mandato nostro huic in obedientes cum inimicis nostris concordes eritis crudelitatem stragem quam Transiluaniae regnum videbit ex demeritis vestris processisse credatis Nam gratia Creatoris omnipotentis Dei speramus Christianis regno Transiluaniae iram potentiam nostram ostendere Etsi ipsi Transiluani ad pristinam obedientiam fidelitatem nobis adiuuantibus reuerti recusabunt nusquam tuti erunt per totum mundum debitas luent poenas Iurauimus enim Omnipotenti Deo quod in Transiluania lapis super lapidem non relinquetur homines omnes in ore gladij dari pueros faeminas in captiuitatem omniaque loca solo aequari faciemus Propter quod vti inuictissimum potentissimum Imperatorem decet ne tantarum animarum exitum super nostram animam fiat vos omnes prius monendos esse sensuimus Iam multoties vobis mandata talia misimus quae neglexistis sed si mandato huic vltimo obedientes non eritis acerbitatem ruinam quam videbitis non nobis sed vobis ipsis attribuite Omnia igitur cum tempore bene consulite nam caetera prudentiae vestrae examinanda relinquimus Datum Constantinopoli septima Lunae Octobris The english of which is this that followeth THE MANDATE OF THE INVINCIBLE EMPErour of the Turks to Lord Andrew Battor Captaine in Transiluania and to all the other Lords and Peeres of that countrie BY the authoritie and expresse commaund of our greatnes and highnes you shall vnderstand you faithfull in the faith of Christ Andrew Battor wise and knightly Lord amongst all the Christians inhabiting in Transiluania and all you the residue of our louing Lords how that many times wee haue made knowne to you since that Frier George our Treasurer was cruelly and by treason murdered before he could chase out the Germanes which you by your dissentions vntimely haue brought into the kingdome that you your selues and all the rest of the Lords of Transiluania should by common consent and mutuall ayd expulse the said Germanes out of your countrie according to the fidelitie which you owe to our Port and statelines Which not being as yet performed by you wee were very carefull now to incite you to doe it pardoning you of all the former offences and faults which vntill now you haue committed against vs and promising to giue it you againe and to preserue all the libertie which heretofore you haue had in that kingdome of Transiluania and you our Lords and subiects shall alwaies be vnder our protection and safegard and we will hold you in such regard as shall be fitting for you And concerning the kingdome of Transiluania as vnder the gouernment of King Iohn and of his sonne our faithfull subiects it was in peace and freedome euen so wee will ordaine that at this present it shall so continue and we assuredly promise you that the said sonne of King Iohn shall raigne and gouerne amongst you For so long as King Iohn our Vassall and subiect serued vs faithfully and sincerely we neuer suffered that any should molest or trouble you but further after his death wee of our singular grace and clemencie gaue to his sonne being yet in minoritie his fathers countrie and that kingdome and then Transiluania was alwaies quiet But after that you had called in the Germanes amongst you great dissentions were stirred vp betweene you in respect whereof and to reestablish King Iohns sonne and his mother and to deliuer Transiluania from her naturall enemies we by the grace of God haue commaunded to leauie a very great and puissant armie It behoueth you therefore in consideration of your loyaltie that your care and diligence bee with force of armes to expulse out of your kingdome the Germanes and whilest that King Iohns sonne bee reestablished in his place and dignitie that you elect a generall Captaine in that kingdome to whom you may all obey and not suffer any longer your naturall enemies to bee amongst you but by a common consent to banish from thence those who are the cause of so many garboyles amongst you and that euery one of you endeuour himselfe according to his abilitie well and diligently to gouerne the kingdome of King Iohns sonne your Lord. And if we receiue from you this marke and token of fidelitie and obedience you shall not onely obtaine of vs your ancient libertie in this your kingdome of Transiluania but also receiue further from our imperiall Maiestie speciall honour and fauour In the meane time wee will entertaine our mightie armie for the affayres of that kingdome and for the ayde and assistance of King Iohns sonne and we haue alreadie commanded that it should presently march for the deliuerie thereof from out of his enemies hands For wee will by no meanes tolerate that his enemies shall raigne and gouerne in this Prouince And being sufficiently ascertained how much King Iohn our Vassall hath been to vs a faithfull seruant and also his sonne wee haue determined to reinstall him into his kingdome and to cause him to raigne in it by our meanes and afford him such ayde that by Gods permission he shall bee able to ouercome and surmount his enemie To this intent by Gods assistance wee haue caused to march the magnificall and puissant our obedient subiect and faithfull seruant to our Highnes the most illustrious Achmeth Basha second Councellor to our excellent Maiestie and many other our subiects and Courtiers with a great number of Ianisaries of the most mightie and inuincible Port of our greatnes and highnes hauing also commaunded all our generall Captaines and Sangiachs to cause to come from Greece and Buda a great armie insomuch that with our said Councellor we shall haue an armie of 200000. men well appointed before wee march in person against our enemie And further wee haue commaunded the most excellent Prince of Tartaria the Vayuodes of Vallachia and Moldauia with all the Sangiachs which are in those countries on this side and beyond Danubius that with all their Infantrie and Caualarie they shall ioyne with our said Vizir And it is also necessarie that you obey according to your fidelitie the said Basha and that you send your Ambassadours as well towards our royall Port as also to him But if you perseuer disobedient to our mandate and that you accord and adherre to our enemies then assuredly thinke that the ruine losse and crueltie which the kingdome of Transiluania shall endure shall not ensue but by your demerits For by the grace of God the almightie Creator wee hope to giue sufficient testimonie to Christians and to the kingdome of Transiluania what our indignation and puissance is And if the Transiluanians we affoording them our ayde will not returne to their ancient obedience and loyaltie they shall neuer be on any side sure or safe but shall endure through the world the iust
to take his life from him and he on the other side assaied to defend himselfe the most cruel and abominable father who was on the one side of the Pauilion very attentiue to see the end of so horrible and inhumane a tragedie putting forth his head spake with choler to these executioners Haue you not yet taken away the life from this Traytor who for certaine yeeres together hath not suffered me to sleepe in quiet At these words the Muets and Eunuches taking courage threw him on the ground and by force drawed and stretched the corde which strangled him there dying in this manner the most liberall and magnificent Lord that euer was of the Ottoman house a man truly both of minde and bodie very noble and who by his vertuous qualities merited not to haue giuen to others so horrible a spectacle of himselfe as hee gaue by the deceit and treacherie of his enemies This cruell act being thus committed the Turke caused presently to bee taken the Basha of Amasia and a Venetian of the house of Michely who was taken a child in the iourney of Preuesa and who then with great credit bore the Colonels Ensigne and presently caused their heads to be publikely cut off calling afterward to him Zeangir the crookbacke who yet knew nothing of this enormious crueltie to whom he commanded to goe see his brother who was in the Pauilion and who was but lately arriued He hauing vnderstood of his brothers arriuall ranne with a pleasant countenance to goe and imbrace him and entering where the poore vnfortunate Mustapha lay thus euilly intreated strangled on the ground beholding him with great teares Solyman sent presently to him that he should take the Treasures Tents and Pauilions and the Prouince of Mustapha bestowing them on him for a gift But in stead of thanking those which brought him this message he spake vnto them these words O cursed treacherous dogge not a father but a most cruell Tyger enioy thou rather the Treasures Moueables Pauilions and the Prouince of Mustapha seeing this is fallen into thy inraged heart to put to death so vertuous a sonne and of so great hope and such a one as there was neuer his like neither yet shall be in the Ottoman house I pray God that I poore crookbacke liue not that thou maist doe the like to me Whereupon drawing a little poynard which he had by his side he thrust it into his owne breast so presently he died The King vnderstanding of this vnexpected newes fell into extreame sadnes And this was the trueth of the crookbacks deed although the world might not be filled with so vile an act and for the reuerence of the Ottoman house the Turkes say that he thus suddenly died of a Squinancie The Grand Seigniour hauing afterward commaunded that the Pauilions and moueables of Mustapha should bee carried with his while they whom he had commaunded to doe it went about to execute it many were moued and opposed themselues against it thinking that they meant to sacke them these valiant souldiours not yet knowing what was happened to their Lord and seeing a great number of men to come towards them fearing some sudden insolencie put themselues in armes repulsing those backe who were the formost not without great slaughter Those of the Kings Campe perceiuing the rumour which hourely increased running to succour their fellowes and the other part doing also the like both Camps reenforcing themselues with a terrible bruite they put themselues in armes and gaue a great assault where remained slaine vpon the place more then 2000. men and this skirmish had not thus ended if Achmeth Basha a graue man and of great authoritie for his renowned vertue generally knowne and greatly esteemed among the souldiours had not caused the Ianisaries to retire and if turning himselfe towards the souldiours of Mustapha he had not vsed to them such like gentle speeches What my brethren and children will you be of so bad a disposition and so bold to resist the commaund of the Grand Seigniour whose pleasure is that his sonnes treasure should be taken out of his Pauilions and carried to his I cannot beleeue that you who so long haue knowne your selues to be the most valiant and good Musulmans as truly you are would now shew your selues so insolent and perfidious to our common Lord hauing so long a time with such fidelitie warred amongst the Ottoman armies without being stained or defiled of any infamie for his preseruation as by your vertuous actions for his seruice you haue declared through all the world he being your Lord and mine Therefore now lay downe your weapons which are but too much sharpened for so vile an occasion These speeches of this couragious Basha had such force ouer them that they were appeased and as very obedient they suffered to bee carried to the Turkes Tent all whatsoeuer was in Mustaphaes But his death being within a little while after knowne amongst the Ianisaries and bruited through the Campe the occasion thereof and the distrust of him and because it was imposed vpon him they all tooke armes againe and making a great tumult mingled with infinit teares and weepings they approached very nigh to the Grand Seigniours Pauilion This second commotion put him into such a maze that losing his senses he would gladly haue fled but being stayed by his people not without great daunger to bee massacred in this furie he resolued constrained by necessitie to doe that which in an assured place hee would not haue done and standing at the entrance of his Pauilion although he was greatly pale yet he boldly spake to them Tell me quoth he what tumults are these here What commotion is this What insolencies do you thus inconsideratiuely offer to me Doe you not peraduenture know me Am I not your Lord and he that ought to rule and gouerne you Certaine of them answered him that they well knew him to be such a Lord who had a long time been chosen by them whom they had reuerenced and whose Empire they had by their vertue so greatly inlarged to this end notwithstanding that he should rule ouer them with iustice and not without occasion so inconsideratiuely and cruelly shed the blood of the good and cause the innocent to bee slaine and that these armes were iustly by them taken sharply to reuenge the death of Mustapha and to purge themselues from that treason which was imputed vpon them and that they would neuer lay them downe vntill the accusers should bee brought to iudgement and he conuicted them to be culpable and that then with all humilitie if it so fell out they promised as worthie of seuere chastisement to submit their liues to the most cruell and shamefullest death that could bee found and that for a finall resolution they meant that that should bee auerred in the same field These speaking so stoutly by reason of the griefe which they felt left not for all that to bathe their cheekes with
thereof and chased from thence Ferdinands people there increasing at the same time so horrible a plague in this Prouince that it continued vntill the yeere 1555. whereof died so many men horses and other beasts that it was an incredible thing Vpon the occasion of this losse the Turks being incouraged tooke armes against Ferdinand and entring into that countrie besieged Albe-iula against which they built a Fort and the assieged being at the end of their victuals were constrained to yeeld to the Queene who in sauing them she was by that meanes made Ladie of that towne and within a while after in her sons name of all the rest of Transiluania and there rested no more for her to conquer but certaine Castles situated in the confines of the Bishopricke of Varadin and that of Tocchay which is very strong And expecting a commodious time to goe and besiege them she did no other thing in the meane while but assure the minds of the principals of the kingdome in the deuotion of her selfe and her sonne causing for this purpose to be published a generall Diet at Sibinio for all the nations of the countrie wherein she shewed the wrong which she had receiued by the officers of the Emperour because they had not kept with her the conditions and capitulations accorded betweene them and the losse and ruine which had happened vnto them because they would take part with him and on the contrarie the good and profit which they should receiue in being retired to her she assured in such sort her forces in this Prouince that all wholly refusing the amitie of Ferdinand and imbracing that of Iohns as of their naturall Lord all neuer ceased vntill they had cleansed Transiluania of the remainders of the Emperials the Queene being for this purpose fauoured of the King of Polonia and of the Queene Bonna her mother who secretly besides the Turke who feared that Ferdinand should set footing in this countrie and that in time he might greatly annoy him in that quarter would not faile to assist her with all counsels and succours which they should thinke necessarie and profitable for her according to the condition of the time She recompenced those who had not abandoned her part and as a sage and prudent woman she reserued to another time the commoditie to reuenge her selfe of the iniuries which she had receiued of those who so many times rebelled against her and had been the occasion of all these inconueniences And being confederate with the Vayuodes of Moldauia and Valachia and by the expresse commaund of the Turke hauing made a perfect alliance and friendship with the Basha of Buda the Sangiach of Bossina and Belgrade she began to giue order to the affayres of the kingdome and to receiue the accounts of the reuenew thereof to acquit her selfe and pay those who had assisted her to enter thereinto and also to giue presents to those who for diuers causes did merit recompence making her selfe by this meanes delightfull to euery one About this time her brother Sigismond King of Polonia hauing refused for wife one of the daughters of the King of the Romanes being inamoured of a gentlewoman his subiect who was yong and indowed with singular beautie he tooke her to wife and spouse and married her against the will of the Queene his mother and of all the principals of his kingdome for which occasion it happened that the mother was long time incensed against him vntill the death of this new Queene who suddenly died not without suspition of being poysoned and by her death all the dissentions of the kingdome were appeased and the King was reconciled to Queene Bonna his mother who hauing before greatly laboured to haue leaue to retire out of Polonia and goe and repose her selfe in Italie and to finish the remainder of her daies in her Dutchie of Barry situated in the kingdome of Naples she was in the end by meanes of the Emperour Charles and of Ferdinand King of the Romanes licensed by her sonne and in iourneying into Italie she passed by Venice where by this Common-weale she was receiued within the Bucentaure with great pompe and honoured by all the gentlewomen of the towne who gorgiously attired and dressed with stones and Iewels presented themselues to her and conducted her to the Palace of the Duke of Ferrara vsing to her the greatest curtesies which could be imagined she being further continually visited by euery one And after being accompanied with certaine armed Gallies which were giuen to her by the State of Venice to conduct her in suretie for feare of Saala Rays the Pyrat who then skoured those seas and with a good winde she arriued at the Port of Barry where she liued not long not being held in any good reputation nor gaining a good name by reason of one Pappacoda to whom forgetting her sonne and daughter so great is the fleshly desire of this world she left all the good things that she had remaining infinitly blamed for this act and little commended among the liuing This happened then when betweene the Emperour Charles and Henry King of France there was accorded after many disputes and controuersies betweene the Commissioners a truce for fiue yeeres which was published in France in Italie and Flanders And that they might the better reioyce and congratulate vpon the occasion thereof with these two great Princes the Pope sent to the one of them for Legate the Cardinall Mottola and to the other the Cardinall Caraffa The Emperour laying aside armes by occasion of this truce with hope that it in the end would ingender a good peace was resolued wholly to renounce all the affayres and pompes of this world insomuch that according to this resolution whilest he was at Gaunt he dispatched certaine Lords to the Electors of the Empire and to Ferdinand his brother by whom he declared to them his determination sending by them to Ferdinand the Crowne Scepter and the other Emperiall ornaments By these he writ to the Cardinall of Mentz an Elector the letter which followeth My Lord Cardinall seeing it hath pleased God to shew me so much grace at the end of my daies as to graunt me rest by the truce which I haue made with the King of France the fruite whereof I hope for a good peace betweene the subiects both of the one part and other I am resolute to end the remainder of my yeeres with a life more sweete and fuller of tranquilitie by meane of which I may applie my self to the contemplation of diuine things from which to my great sorrow I haue been more distracted then I would haue bin by the affayres which I haue had vpon me euen from my youth in so great abundance that if diuine clemencie had not assisted and comforted me I know it had been impossible for me to vnfold my selfe therefrom The acknowledgement which I haue thereof besides other benefits receiued frōaboue hath more excited me to
tables shewing his victories there was vpon the right side writtten these words Africke ruinated Gelders taken the sea cleered Tremisan reestablished Solyman chased Vpon the left side were read these words The new world discouered Millan recouered Germanie and Bohemia appeased Moron and Coron forced Tunise taken and restored and the captiues brought backe againe the Christian Faith planted in India After this great Vessell followed two Collomes placed vpon two Rockes being crowned and drawne by Tritons In one of them was written these verses Take thou well for thy deuise The Herculian pillar of large size And in the other were those which here follow Taming the monster in this season of thine As Hercules did in his time And after were carried all the Ensignes of his kingdomes and seiguiories which were followed by the gentlemen of his house in good order of which I will make no large discourse to auoide the tediousnes which the reader may take in reading againe a thing which others by speciall writing haue alreadie heretofore exposed to the eyes of euery one Onely I will say that in this ceremonie marched King Philip the Duke of Sauoy and all the other Knights of the Golden Fleece with the Ambassadours of all the Potentates of Europe In the said Church was seene both of one side and other that which followeth written in faire and great letters To the Emperour Caes Charles the 5. Religious Happie Aug. of the Gaules great Lord of the Indies of Tunise of Africke of Saxonie mightie victorious and triumphant ouer many nations Although that the things by him done by sea and land his singular humanitie his incomparable wisedome his most feruent zeale are sufficiently knowne to the world neuerthelesse the Christian Common-weale for the memorie of his iustice pietie and vertue hath dedicated this Ship vnto him Because he discouered to our world a new world and added to the name of Christ many strange nations and inlarged the Empire of Spaine with many kingdomes and Prouinces For that he preserued Germanie against 30000. horse and 100000. footmen with which Solyman the Turkish Emperour meant to haue inuaded this Region Because he entered with a strong Nauie into Morea and tooke Patras and Coron Turkish townes For that he ouercame the Tyrant Barbarossa in battaile by Carthage who was accompanied with 200000. footmen and 60000. horse Because he put to flight 200. Gallies and many other vessels of Pirates and tooke the Fort of Goleta with Tunise and Hippo the new and Hippo the royall For that he tooke the kingdome of Tunise and by it spoyled the Empire of Libia and restored it to the lawfull King and caused him to pay tribute to the Crowne of Spaine Because he brought from thence free into their countrie 20000. captiues For that he yeelded the kingdom of Tremisan to the right King after he had tamed the Mauritanians Because with a strong Nauie he won Africk the most renowned port towne of Barbaria with the townes of Susa Monastaire Clupea with other sea-townes and caused the Lords of them to pay tribute For that he ouerthrew neere to Mauritania and by the I le of Sicilia twice two Turkish Fleetes scouring our seas For that he made the sea peaceable against the continuall courses of Pirates Because he reduced the Common-wealth of Genes to her ancient libertie Because after he had sixe times chased the enemies fleetes and thrice in battaile defeated the enemies twice reunited the Dutchie of Millan to the Empire and once restored it to the D. Because with incredible celeritie he forced the towne of Dura and ruduced vnder his puissance the Dutchie of Guelders For that he suppressed many Princes of Germanie and Prouinces which stirred the countrie to tumult and sedition forcing their townes and Castles and for that after he had taken the heads of their armies he pacified Germanie For that he being Emperour passed the riuer of Albis and after he had ouercome in battaile his enemies and reduced their townes vnder his puissance and tooke their Commanders captiues from thence he returned victorious Because that of his owne good will he tooke armes against the enemies of Christendome and neuer against the Christians but by constraint and to warrant himselfe from their outrages To the most puissant Catholike and excellent Prince this Christian Common-weale most affectionate to his Maiestie hath erected these Titles and Trophees adding to his Tombe the marks and Ensignes of his kingdomes and the Tables of conquered nations and to our Lord Emperour Caes Charles the religious happie Aug. King of many kingdomes triumphant ouer many nations victorious ouer the Indies Libia Maur. Turkie Deliuerer of Germanie of Italie of the Sea of captiues Pacifier of Germanie Italie Spaine and of the Sea Reestablisher of many Princes Arbitrer of many Princes and to the most glorious Prince of Catholikes the Christian Common-weale hath dedicated this for the example of Iustice of Clemencie and Valour to his most religious sonne Most gratious God and most mightie one and alone in Trinitie the Christian people doe consecrate vnto thee these Titles and Trophees for the memorie of the acts of Charles Caes Aug. whom thou madest Emperor of the Romanes and King of many kingdomes whose Pietie Iustice Clemencie Prudencie Magnanimitie and Valour is admired throughout the world he by thy conduct hath augmented this Empire and his kingdomes leauing the one to his brother and the other to his sonne with an example of his vertues which he dying surrendereth to thee againe This great Emperour did well deserue that such and so great honours should bee done him there not being any since Charlemaine who in force puissance and happines surpassed him Within a while after died his sister Mary who was married to Lewis King of Hungarie slaine in the battaile of Mohaze The end of the seuenth Booke THE EIGHT BOOKE OF THE HISTORIE OF HVNGARIE THE ARGVMENT OF THE EIGHT BOOKE A Diet held at Ausbourg by the Emperour Ferdinand wherein was graunted to him succours for the defence of Hungarie against the Turke Tocehay taken by King Iohn betweene whom and Ferdinand there are motions of peace but they come to nothing Maximilian the sonne of Ferdinand is chosen King of the Romanes Solyman seeketh peace of Ferdinand in regard of the distrust he had of the Gouernour of Egypt Maximilian created King of Hungarie the death of his father Ferdinand after which Maximilian is elected Emperour who made warre vpon King Iohn and many places of strength are by these two taken from each other Debatement of peace beeweene Maximilian Solyman Iohn and Sigismond King of Polonia at Vienna Erdeu besieged by the Turkes and relieued by the Christians but in the end is yeelded vpon composition Many hostilities passe betweene Maximilian and Solyman and continuation of peace betweene them Counte Salm attempteth to surprise Alberegalis The State of Germanie touching the Diets there held and of the arriuall there of Princes Electors and others The place and
office of the Electors in publike assemblies The Pope and Princes of the Empire send to the ayde of the Emperour Maximilian The manner and forme of the Spanish Inquisition THe Emperour Ferdinand brother to the deceased Emperour about the very time the death of his brother had aduertisement that the Basha of Buda and the Moldauian beyond all expectation would come into the field whilest his Maiestie held the Diet in the towne of Ausbourg in which were present all the Electors and almost all the Princes of the Empire as well for his own affayres as to giue audience to an Ambassage sent from the King of France of which were chiefe the Bishop of Vienna named Marrillac and the Lord of Bourdillon which was vpon the 28. of March the Emperour being in the great hall of Ausbourg in his Emperiall throne vnder the cloth of Estate hauing on his right hand the Bishop of Mentz the Ambassadour of the Bishop of Coullin the Archduke Charles the Bishop of Saltzbourg the Grand Master of Prussia with many other great Lords Vpon his left hand was the Bishop of Treuers the Duke of Saxonies Ambassadour the Ambassadour of the Counte Palatin of Rhein the Marquesse of Brandebourg the Duke of Bauier the Counte Palatin not the Elector the Duke of Michelbourg the Duke of Wirtemberg and the three Marquesses of Baden with other Lords Before this great and renowned companie were honourably placed the Ambassadours of France They offered in the name of their King all his abilitie and friendship for the seruie of the Empire and they sought a perpetuall confederacie with him and the Electors Answer was made them that when they saw effects correspondent to his words by restitution of the towne of Mets they would then assuredly thinke that their Master would bee their friend and also that then they would be all readie to confirme good amitie him This Diet ended the Emperour for feare of the daunger which might happen in his kingdome of Hungarie vpon the said aduertisement had present recourse to the ayde of his estates and of the Empire Bohemia Morauia Stiria and Carinthia offered vpon euery thousand crownes of value twelue crownes to succour his Maiestie And the Empire offered him men horses and money if in case the warre should further proceede and in the meane time while they could see what way these rumours would take they yeelded to his Maiestie 600000. Dollors for three moneths to be employed where his Maiestie thought good These rumours were not in vaine For the warre betweene Ferdinand and King Iohn otherwise called Stephen was greatly inflamed King Iohn hauing alreadie taken from the Emperour the strong Castle of Tocchay and many other minding continually to assay the recouerie of the surplusage of his kingdome and to reuenge himselfe of the wrong which he thought he had receiued in this that the Emperour held not promise with him touching the Infanta Ioane whom he had promised vnto for spouse with a dowrie conuenient to her greatnes and with such reasons being fauoured of the Hungars who complained themselues to bee sorely oppressed by the Emperour and hauing by the ayde of the Turke amassed a great armie he possessed a large countrie and had become master of all Hungarie if the Emperour had not before sent a sufficient Campe to resist and hinder them from further proceeding notwithstanding the forces of the Basha of Buda who was come into the field on his behalfe But at the instance of the King of Polonia other Princes who offered themselues to be mediatours of some good accord for the desire which they had to quēch that fire for feare that the Turke vnder this occasion should not fasten himselfe further in this quarter hee caused his armie to retire as also King Iohn did who by the aduice perswasion of the said mediatours was reduced to this point that he would send Ambassadours to the Emperiall Maiestie to effect their accord and to demaund one of his daughters in mariage which he did and his Ambassadours being arriued at Vienna and audience being graunted them being about to say that Iohn King of Hungarie and Transiluania had sent them vnto him the Emperour would heare them no further saying that his Vayuode ought not to call himselfe King of Hungarie that kingdome being his inheritance not vsurped as it had been by the father of him who sent them and that if they would haue audience they should no more call Iohn King of Hungarie nor Transiluania but onely Vayuode of that Prouince The Ambassadours not minding to accept of these conditions presently dispatched Couriers into Poland and into Transiluania to giue the King notice of all this Vpon this difficultie the K. of Poland was of opinion that the King of Transiluania his nephew shuld not for that time name himselfe K. of Hungarie but only of that which he possessed seeing it was not likely that he could iustly denie him the title of K. of Transiluania he being thereunto called by the consent of all the people and reinstalled by force of his armes after that he had not kept nor obserued the couenants and promises made as on his behalfe betweene the Queene his mother and the Emperour in the time that Castalde was there The Ambassadours following this aduice alleadging the reasons of the King of Poland and speaking of Castalde they complained greatly of him saying that the Queene had been more deceiued by his perswasions and vaine speeches then had been the dead King her husband by those who had crowned him K. of Hungarie and those who were reuolted against him The Emperour not minding to agree to this title of K. of Transiluania but only of Vayuod receiued notwithstanding those Ambassadours who treating of their charge were not much content They demaunded that the Emperour should relinquish all that which he pretended in Transiluania and that he should make peace with their King in giuing him his daughter in marriage with 100000. crownes and vpon this condition that all that which is situated beyond Tibiscus should bee his and that which was on this side should remaine to his Maiestie and that in the warres which might be betweene him and the Turke he should be reputed neuter not willing in this case to forsake the amitie of the Grand Seigniour not to faile in the fidelitie and homage which he had done vnto him neither was he willing to be bound to ioyne with his Maiestie whensoeuer the Turke would make warre in Hungarie They also further demaunded that concerning that which the Emperour possessed of the rest of Hungarie he should satisfie the dowrie and debts of Queene Izabella which she pretended from the time of the death of King Iohn her husband To these demaunds the Emperour consented in part and in part also meant not to consent to those which most imported him and specially concerning the alliance that he might not seeme thereby willing to yeeld vp his pretended
according to their degrees and qualities Seeing this falleth out so fitly to our purpose it shall not bee a strange but rather a pleasant thing for the beautifying of the historie if I write the manner of the placing of these Electors at such feasts and especially in those which are solemne and doe depend of great Emperial ceremonies in which the Emperour or the King of the Romanes solemnely holding their Court the Princes Electors are to execute their offices and charges In this case the order is thus The Emperour or King of the Romanes sitting in his Emperiall throne the Duke of Saxonie beginneth first to execute his office in this sort Before the erection of the Emperiall seate is laid a great heape of oates of such heigth that it may touch the breast of the horse vpon which the Duke shall be mounted he holding in his hand a siluer staffe and also a measure of siluer they both weighing 12. markes and vpon his horse there is set taken from this heape a measure of oates and is giuen to the chiefe groome of the stable who must bee present and that being done and he fixing his staffe within the heape his Vicemarshall of Papenhein or some other executing this charge in his absence being Marshall of the Court distributeth the rest of the oates The Emperour or the King being entered into his hall and there set at the table the Ecclesiasticall Electors being somewhat below and standing before it with the other Prelates must according to their accustomed manner say grace euery one according to his place to wit euery one according to the antiquitie of his consecration in the Archiepiscopall dignitie One alone neuerthelesse saieth grace for that day the day following if the ceremonie continueth the second that is consecrated to that honour doth it and on the third day the third blesseth the table Grace being ended these three Archbishop Electors take the Emperiall seales from the hand of the Chancellors of the Court and he in the Archchancellorship of whom this ceremonie and solemnitie is vsed going in the middest and the two other being of each hand they all three raise with their hands a staffe at which are hanging the Seales and in this sort they reuerently carrie it before the Emperour laying them vpon the table The Emperour or the King doe presently redeliuer them to them againe and he who then is in his Archchancellorie taketh the greatest of these Seales and keepeth it till dinner be done hanging it about his neck vntill he returneth to his owne lodging The staffe with which they carrie these Seales is of siluer and weigheth twelue markes The price thereof as well for the substance as for the fashion of it is at the charges of the three Archbishops and is giuen within a while after by them with the Seales to the Chancellors of the Court to doe therewith what they please He of those three that shall carrie to his lodging the great Seale hanging about his necke shall presently send it backe by one of his seruants to the Chancellor of the Court on horseback which horse shall remaine to the said Chancellor for a gift After that the Marquesse of Brandebourg great Chamberlaine commeth riding carrying in his hand siluer basons weighing twelue markes and water with a fayre towell and afterwards lighting from his horse he offereth the Emperour or the King to wash Count Palatin of Rhein doth in like sort enter on horsebacke holding in his hand foure siluer dishes euery one weighing three marks wherein there is meate who being dismounted he setteth it vpon the table before the Emperour Afterwards also commeth on horsebacke the King of Bohemia the chiefe Taster carrying in his hand a napkin and a siluer cup couered weighing twelue markes full of wine mixed with water and after being descended from his horse he presenteth it to the Emperour to drinke Now concerning all these siluer vessels the office being ended by these Secular Lords the Vicechamberlaine of Falkenstein hath the Marquesses horse and basons which he presents the master of the kitchin of Noremberg hath the horse and the dishes of the Count the Vicetaster of Lymbourg hath to his vse the horse and the cup of the King of Bohemia the Vicemarshall of Papenhein hath the horse staffe and the measure of the Duke The Emperiall table is raised higher by sixe foote then the other and thereat during such solemne daies no man doth sit but the Emperour Neere his is that of the Empresse lower then the Emperours by three foote and three foote higher then those of the Electors for which there is 7. cubbords to wit three on the right hand of the Emperours table and three on the left hand and the last is right against the Emperour At those also doe not any sit but the Princes Electors and euery one of those stand before his owne table vntill all haue accomplished that which they ought to doe by their office as we haue set downe and then afterwards euery one sitteth downe at his owne table The Archbishop of Treuers hath for his table that which is before the Emperour The first table on the right side is for one of the two other Archbishops in whose Archchancellorie this solemnitie is performed The second of the same side is for the King of Bohemia and the third is for the Count Palatin The first of the other ranke which is on the left hand is for the other Archbishop the second is for the Duke of Saxonie and the third and last belongeth to the Marquesse of Brandebourg And although it bee lawfull for one of the Electors that is kept backe by sicknes or some other lawfull inconuenience to send an Ambassadour with full commission in such solemnities and assemblies neuerthelesse he who is sent doth not sit in the seate nor in the place of his Master These solemnities ended the Master of the Court hath for his part all the building and preparations of wood which hath been erected for the Emperiall seate Dinner being ended and graces said by him who blessed the table and all these Princes rising vp to conduct the Emperiall Maiestie the Archbishop of Treuers goeth alone before the Emperour and between him and the Emperour the Duke of Saxonie holdeth his place On the right hand of the Duke is Count Palatin and on the left is the Marquesse of Brandebourg Of the two other Archbishops he which is in his Archchancellorie is placed on the rightside of the Emperour and the other is placed on the left and behind the Emperour immediatly goeth the King of Bohemia This manner of going amongst the Electors is onely when in such solemnities the Secular carrie the markes and Emperiall Ensignes to wit the Duke of Saxonie the Emperiall or royall Sword Count Palatin the Globe and the Marquesse of Brandebourg the Scepter But when these Emperiall Ensignes are not borne the Duke of Saxonie goeth not betweene the Emperour and the Archbishop of Treuers
THE HISTORIE OF HVNGARIE THE ARGVMENT OF THE NINTH BOOKE KIng Iohn endeuoreth to stir vp the Hungars against Maximilian Solyman marcheth into Hungarie with a great armie Pallota well defended by Tury against the Turkes Succours come to the Emperour from forraine Princes Solyman arriueth in Hungarie and besiegeth Sighet before which he dyeth whose death was concealed vntill Selim Solymans eldest sonne was chosen Emperour The last assault giuen to Sighet where Countie Serin gouernour of the towne in sallying forth brauely endeth his happie dayes and then Sighet is taken A Diet in Austria in which was graunted succours to Maximilian for the war of Hungarie Peace betweene Selim and Maximilian who after the death of Iohn King of Transiluania pretendeth title to that kingdome but Stephen Battor by the Turkes fauour is chosen King thereof The manner and coronation of a King of Hungarie and namely of Rodulph sonne to Maximilian Truce expyred betweene Maximilian and Selim and the death of him Amurath his sonne succeedeth Betweene whom and Rodulph who after the death of his Father Maximilian is chosen Emperour a truce is concluded WHilest the Emperour Maximilian prepared to defend himselfe against the iniuries of which he was threatned by the Turke King Iohn also carefully fortefying himselfe daylie encreased his armie aswell by new leauies of souldiours as with many Hungarian Lords and Transiluanians who came and voluntarely offered themselues to serue him in this war with good strength Iohn had thus gayned many of them by particular letters sent to euery one and to draw them the more to him he caused letters to be published in the name of the King of Hungarie directed to all the Nobilitie and people of the countrie by which he endeauored himselfe to proue that his cause was iust and exhorted them to follow his part adding that which here followeth The most puissant Emperour of the Turkes our most mercifull benifactour hath commaunded vs by his letters and by Zeusic his Ambassadour that we should exhort al the estates of our Realmes and countrie to be faithfull vnto vs and yeelde vs that obedience which they owe vs he hauing certified vs that that would be to him verie pleasant and agreeable when he should know the Hungars to imbrace one another with a sincere affection and to be desierous amongst them strictly to preserue it Therefore if you feare to displease him who with infinit puissance is able to chastice them who prouoke him and if you haue in any regarde the fidelitie which you owe to vs we would councell you all to acknowledge vs for your King and Lord. In doing this it will be a meanes to preserue and maintaine this kingdome so much afflicted to restore vnto peace all the States thereof and to giue particularly to euery one an assured aboade in his owne house all of vs cutting off the occasion which so often moueth Solymon to bring an armie into the fielde to ruinate them and to come himselfe in person to make this waste with infinit cost without respecting paynefull long and tedious iourneyes which it behoueth him to doe For this cause you ought all to take good heede to your selues whilest the time and season is yet fit before you haue vpon your shoulders this his great armie which alreadie is departed from Constantinople For when you shall see your fieldes harried your houses burnt your children captiues and you seperated by violence from your wiues you may then in vaine desire peace To auoyde this miserable ruine we haue been very willing to cause you expresly to vnderstand the will of the Grand Seigniour and thereupon to shew in generall to all what is the present estate of publike matters and to desire you in consideration thereof to haue regarde to the peace and repose of euery one and by that meanes to deliuer your selues from the perill of war and of the daunger present and to come which hangeth ouer the heads of euery one By these and many other reasons Iohn endeauored to stir vp the Hungars to follow his part and to be himselfe at the Diet which he had appoynted in the towne of Torde in the moneth of March in which place should assemble all the states of his kingdome to aduise together of that which was necessarie for the preseruation of it These letters being bruited abroade and the knowledge thereof being come to Schuendy who then was at Vnghar with his armie He presently fearing that these letters would alter the affection of some and that the menaces of the Turkes greatnes comprised in them should not possesse others with feare caused these heere in his name to be published the fourth of March directing them to the Barons and Lords of Hungarie My Lords there is sent me from diuers parts the coppie of a letter diuulged vnder the name of Iohn Vayuod of Transiluania full of apparant cullers and of notorious and euident deceites with which hee endeauoreth to astonish the Emperours subiects as if Solyman were very curious of the good and preseruation of the Hungars whom these 100. yeares together he and his predicessors haue labored with all their power wholly to ruinate aswell by their forces and armes as by their deuisions and ciuill warres which he entertaineth amongst you And although I make not any doubt but that by your fidelitie wisedome and for the greatnes of the neere and imminent daunger you cannot but consider whereto tendeth such subtilties and deceites Neuerthelesse to lighten you the more therein I could not but aduertise you that the Emperour with all diligence and industrie hath sought nothing more then peace with the Turkes and Prince of Transiluania of which he hoped for a good end to the content of you all if the negotiation thereof had not been hindred by the false reports and continuall hatred of the Vayuod And to make proofe thereof vnto you it behoueth you to remember that this last winter his Maiestie commaunded that the truce should be so exactly kept that for to take away all breach thereof he caused to rayse the siege from before certaine Castles and Fortresses which by our people were alreadie neerely driuen and meant not that Transiluania should be forced by our armes all this he did for the repose and good of this kingdome Now though the peace which was yet treated of with the Turkes could not be effected you ought not for that inconuenience to doubt that the Emperour will not vndertake your defence considering that the forces of the Empire and of many other christian Princes zealous of your good will not fayle him no more then I beleeue you would fayle to the obseruance of that which dependeth on your fidelitie towards his Maiestie in whose name you doing that which belongeth vnto you I can assure you of a peace and future repose desiring and exhorting you rather to pursue that which is equall then suffering your selues to follow as little children doe deceitfull amazements you should imbrace that which
for the onely affection to doe him seruice were come to seeke so farre countries without any respect had to the charge and trauaile Many Princes and Common-wealths of Italie sent him succours The Duke of Mantua Gennes and Luca assisted him with money The Duke of Florence sent him 3000. footmen payd The Duke of Ferrara besides that he left vnto him the dowrie and mariage of his wife the Dutchesse his Maiesties sister which was 150000. Florins went himselfe to serue him with a choise companie of 400. Gentlemen 300. Harquebuziers on horsebacke 100. Murrions and 100. armed men and there was not any one of these Gentlemen who brought not with him three or foure good souldiours Alexander Bailon with foure Captaines came to his Maiestie After him arriued Iohn Alphonse Castalde with his troupes A little before also were presented to his Maiestie to doe him seruice and to winne renowne amongst so many nations certaine Lords and English Gentlemen amongst whom was Master Smith Richard Greinuile Henry Champernon Philip Budshall Thomas Cotton and William George a Captaine of singular prowesse From all parts men might see this armie to bee increased by the arriuall of so many Lords and Gentlemen Albert Lasky a Polonian by reason of many Castles which he possessed in Hungarie meant not to be wanting to so fit an occasion He brought with him twelue Coaches and 3000. Pollacques all apparelled a la Hungresque that he might not thereby preiudice the King of Poland who was in league with the Turk if they were knowne in the habit of their owne countrie The Duke of Wolfang Palatin of Nuberg and Richard his kinsman came thither with 600. horse The second sonne of the Duke of Bauier brought thither with him 400. Prosper Colonne Ange Caesis and certaine other Lords of Italie incontinently followed those who were come thither on the behalfe of the Duke of sauoy conducted by the Duke of Camerin as also did Count Nicholas Gambara hauing in his traine twelue Gentlemen On the behalfe of the kingdome of France was Henry of Loraine Duke of Guize Count de Brissac the Lord of Lansac the Lord Strozzy and many other French gentlemen all well armed who were departed from France and were come to Malta in fauour of the Religion for that from many places it was assured that the Turkish armie would returne thither But these bruites being found false these Lords after they had seene Italie tooke their way towards Hungarie that they might bee in this warre and salute his Maiestie who made them great demonstration of the pleasure which he receiued by their comming Maximilian had prepared a nauall armie vpon Danubius of 12. Gallies and 30. Nazadies with other great boates so well accommodated that the souldiours who were within might well warrant themselues from their enemies arrowes In these vessels there was many peeces of great Artillerie with necessarie powder and bullets and 3000. men the most part Italians Blach Allemand a Kight of Malta a valiant man and greatly experienced in sea affayres commaunded this armie The land armie marched along Danubius towards Iauerin in which place the bodie of the whole armie should stay to diuert the Turke from Transiluania and to put him in doubt to lose Strigonium and Buda The Emperour at the same time commaunded all the Nobilitie of Austria to mount on horsebacke and to march to the warre at their owne expences preparing himselfe in the meane time to be in person in his Campe since that Solyman although he was old was in his As this great concourse of men and of all munitions made the Turkes who were in the field towards Alberegalis and Sighet where they expected the Beglerbey of Armenia who should come to besiege this place as afterwards he did ouerran all the countrie Against these went forth Count Salm who commaunded Iauerin and with as many men as he was able to bring into the field he went directly to Pallota and hauing put thereinto victuals and refreshed the garrison he marched with a good troupe of Caualarie towards Vesprimia which is a great towne and not very strong two miles from Pallota making great spoyle all about not staying any whit at all vpon any bootie vntill his Infantrie approached The Turkes who were within minding to prepare and defend themselues and for this effect readily giuing order to many things as they displaced two Cannons to place them elsewhere in a more commodious place a pane of the wall fell to the ground The Count being aduertised thereof taking this for some good signe and as if God should open the passage to him diligently prepared his people These arriued about night and the batterie was deferred vntill the day following In the meane time the Turkes laboured to repayre the happened ruine and presently when day light appeared the Count hotly assailed the towne on all parts putting fire to the ports and ladders against the walls by meanes whereof in repulsing the enemie they threw fire vpon the couerings of houses which for the most part are but of wood according to the common manner of the countrie and some entring by the breach and others boldly leaping from off the ladders forced the enemies and they cut the greatest part of them in peeces the principall amongst them retiring into the Castle but for all that they were no more warranted then the others were For minding to parley they were suddenly forced and slaine At this surprise was taken aliue the Gouernour of Alberegalis who was sent to the Castle of Poson There was also taken about this towne fiue Turkish Spies This being done the Count knowing that within Pallota were entered for the garrison thereof certaine Germane companies left in this to command therein George Tury who had so well defended the other giuing him a sufficient companie of men to keep it and afterwards he retired to Iauerin while the Basha of Buda departed from Alberegalis and retired himselfe to Buda to aduise of his affayres On the other side the souldiours who were in garrison within Leuante situated at the foote of the mountaines going into the field to assaile the Turks were by them badly entreated and there were many amongst them who remained prisoners there and amongst others was Bartholmew Horuatte a man of great valour Fiue miles from Iauerin and two from Comar is the Fortresse of Tata From thence the Emperiall souldiours which were in the neighbouring places daily receiued great losses this place being wel munitioned and kept Count Salm desiring to rase this Fort departed with his people from Iauerin early in the morning the 21. of Iuly and arriued about euening before Tata with a resolution not to depart from this enterprise without conquest thereof Being there arriued he sent for to come before him after faith pledged a Turke whom he knew He by the permission of his Captaine came to him and the Count desirous to perswade him that all
Maiestie hauing vnderstood that Selim had sent an armie towards Muscouia by Podolia and Kiania Prouinces of the kingdome of Polonia against the Duke of Muscouia who hindered the cutting which the Turke would haue made in the riuer of Volga fearing that vnder false intelligence it might turne against himselfe sent an Ambassadour of his to Constantinople by him to giue Selim to vnderstand how the Transiluanian against the articles of truce was in armes and caused it to be bruited abroad that he would assayle Hungarie and vpon this he desired his greatnes not to censure hardly of him if he defended himselfe assuring him that though he had not giuen any consentment to such new enterprises yet he had giuen sufficient order and as much as was needfull for opposing himselfe against Iohn but if this enterprise was done with his consent he not knowing of his part any occasion thereof he desired him that he would at one word tel him to the end he might iustifie his cause or else freely to accept of warre Selim answered him that he had neither aduised nor consented thereto neither for the one nor other and promised him if the Transiluanian or Moldauian were in armes to offend or disturbe him that both the one and other should be by him punished The Emperour satisfied by this answere afterwards laboured to doe so much to effect this that certaine of the principall of the Hungars who were discontent with him for that they were not in such esteeme with his Maiestie as they thought they had well deserued should not proceede any further in rebellion which alreadie began to be on foote towards Cassouia and Tocchay these Lords being prouoked thereto by the Transiluanian as afterward was knowne who did solicite them with fayre promises making on his part great preparations the better to seaze himselfe of certaine other important places But the Turke writ to him that he should desist and threatned to depriue him of his estate if in that time he enterprised any thing against the Emperour The Hungars being thus remoderated and pacified with their King gaue order to repayre their Fortresses In this time the Emperour would neuer condiscend to the perswasions of the Venecians or Pope to make warre vpon the Turke saying he well knew that in time matters would bee pacified and he alone should remaine charged with the burthen of the warre The cause which moued the Venecians to stirre vp as well the Emperour as other Christian Monarches was that they might preuaile against the Turke who had sent to them a Chiauss to demaund the kingdome of Cypresse as depending on the East Empire and well knowing that they had not forces sufficient to withstand so great a Lord they did solicite the Pope that he would giue them ayde and in like sort to employ his Holines to all the Princes for the same effect for which they had dispatched to his Emperiall Maiestie Iacques Soranze a Venecian a man greatly esteemed with charge to goe further to the King of Polonia But the goodly and apparant reasons of this man could effect nothing with Maximilian for the onely consideration which we haue said and faining himselfe ill at ease dismissed Soranze breaking all hope to ioyne Germanie in this league Selim on the other part hauing some doubt that the Transiluanian would accord with the Emperour although he was well assured of Maximilian by reason of the truce and many other businesses dispatched together caused the towne of Buda to bee fortified and other his places of Hungarie The Pope not minding to be directed with the first word by the declarations that Maximilian had made to the discourses and perswasions which his Nonce had vsed to his Maiestie the Emperour to please his Holines caused a Diet to be called at Spire where hauing caused very largely to bee layd out the demaunds of the Pope and Venecians with many offers made to his Maiestie by the Leaguers after many aduices it was resolued that they would doe no other thing therein although they had certaine knowledge of more then one person that there were there many of the principals of the assembled who freely and liberally would accord to the Popes demaunds they being aduised that it was an excellent occasion to preserue Christendome and specially Germanie and Hungarie from so many imminent perils as enuironed them With this resolution the Diet was dissolued in which no other thing was done but the voluntarie yeelding that the Emperour made to his sonne Rodolph of the kingdomes of Hungarie and Bohemia with the consent of the Lords of both the kingdomes in regard of which they made at Vienna and Ispurch great feasts and triumphs Within a while after Sigismond King of Polonia sent his Ambassadours to the said Rodolph to congratulate with him for the honours which he had receiued of his father and within a very little while after this King who was of the ancient house of Iagellons departed this world This man was the sonne of Sigismond the first of that name and of Bonna the daughter of the Duke of Millan and had no other brothers but onely foure sisters He maried one of the daughters of the Emperour Ferdinand who being dead he maried for his second wife one of his subiects a gentlewoman endued with exquisit beautie and incomparable grace by whom he had not any children He caused not his warlike deedes so to appeare against the Turkes Muscouits and Tartars as his father did but neuerthelesse he knew well to maintaine his kingdome in peace For default of issue begotten by him the Princes and Lords of the kingdome who haue authoritie for the election of a new King assembled themselues to chuse another there being remaining of the Iagellons but one sister of the last deceased not yet maried The succession of this kingdome doth not ordinarily fall to the kindred of the dead but commeth sometimes by election for which is made a great assemblie tearmed amongst them and the Germanes a Diet. In this there are present fifteene Prelates of the kingdome to wit the Archbishop of Gnesna chiefe of all and Legat natus for the Pope in Poland the Archbishop of Leopolde the Bishop of Carcouia he of Vratislauia the Bishops of Chelmen Polocen Varnia Clunem Presmilia and of Cameneren which ten Bishops are of the kingdome There are foure other of Lituania who also haue their voyce at such Diets to wit the Bishop of Samogithie of Vilne of Chronien and of Lutturiensa After these Prelates there are present the gouernours of Castles amongst which the most noted is he of Cracouia who is the most fauoured of the King for that he hath in his custodie the life of his Maiestie This man goeth before the Palatins of Poland which are those of Cracouia Posnania Colosense Siradiense Bresten Lanticiense Russia Innonbleuia Iublinense Belcense Plocen Rauense and he of Massouia With these came the seuen Palatins of Lituania to wit
he of Vilne Kioky Samogithia Trocense Vitiliense Polocense and he of Nouograde The Palatins haue many Prouinces vnder them and euery Prouince sendeth thither two messengers The Chauncellor Vicechauncellor Treasurer of the kingdome and he of the Court haue in this assemblie places in the first rank All that which is resolued vpon in this Diet by the greatest part of those that are there is held firme and stable And if therein be treated any matter which belongeth not to the election of a new King it may be resolued in this assemblie although it bee against the Kings will And from thence it commeth that the Kings are lesse warlike in action then in courage because that they cannot vndertake any warre if it bee not graunted to them by such assemblies This Diet whereof we now write for the election of a new King was appointed at Varsouia To it were come many Ambassadours from the greatest Princes of Europe some requesting and suing for their Masters and others soliciting in the behalfe of those whom they would recommend From Charles the King of France there was first come thither the Lord of Lansac well vnderstanding the Slauonian tongue and greatly experienced in these Northerly countries and after there came thither the Bishop of Valence of the house of Monluc a good Oratour as also the Lord of Rambouillet These men by reason of their goodly speech and fayre promises setting out also the great reputation that the Duke of Aniou brother to Charles had alreadie gotten through all the world by the great armies which alreadie he had conducted in those yong yeeres wherein he was did so well that he for whom they spake was chosen King of Poland and the election published presently there was dispatched a Lord of Poland to the said Duke of Aniou who then as Lieutenant generall for King Charles held the towne of Rochell besieged This Prince hauing receiued this gracious newes which tended nothing else but to the encrease of his glorie because he saw that it was extended to the vttermost parts of the world as well by the proper nature thereof which is to flie with renowne from one Region to another by passing the seas as also by reason of so many Northerly Princes against whom contrarie to all mens opinions he carried away the credit and honor to be reputed the most valiant and warlike Prince of all considering that this siege by reason of the strength of the towne and valiantnes of the souldiours who were within was to continue so long a time that it might bring some preiudice to his new estate and also being pricked forward by this Polish Lord who was come to him who had been thereto solicited by them that fauoured the assieged his Highnes praied the King his brother that he would giue him leaue and dismisse his armie after he had made some accord with the Rochellers to the end to aduise vpon his particular affayres and to hasten his voyage into Poland He being come to Paris and by the perswasion of the King hauing accepted this election and sworne betweene the hands of the Ambassadours who were alreadie arriued in this towne appointed by the generall assemblie of the kingdome of Poland to keepe and obserue the conditions with which he had been chosen and the lawes of the kingdome without preiudicing neuerthelesse his successiue right to the Crowne of France if it should so fall out after he had amassed great store of money to the summe of two millions as well to content those who had chosen him as to make his voyage he departed from the Court accompanied with the Queene his mother and with many other Princes and Lords of France whereof some and the greatest part accompanied him vnto Polonia Passing through the countrie of the Count Palatin he there receiued some discourtesie by this Lord in shewing him the picture of the deceased Admirall of France called Coligny otherwise Chastillon slaine with many other Lords of the pretended reformed religion in the towne of Paris the 24. of August the last precedent yeere the which Admirall was alwaies assisted by men of warre and counsell sent by the said Lord to the warres which for the space of tenne or twelue yeeres were maintained in France for Religion As this man thought to braue this Prince on the other side the Duke of Saxonie was astonished at the comming of this new King passing through his countrie seeing neere him the Polonians in armes In the end Henry at the beginning of the yeere entered into his kingdome he being receiued thereinto with great applause and after hauing againe sworne the obseruance of the countrie lawes he receiued the tokens and royall Ensignes according to the ancient custome Almost about the same time yet a little before Stephen otherwise called Iohn sonne of Iohn the Vayuode and King of Transiluania departed this world without any lawfull issue By reason of this decease there began to breake forth new troubles in Transiluania because that the Turke procured that this Prouince which was commodious to him for the passage into Hungarie should maintaine it selfe in league with him and vnder the same confederacie which was betweene him and Iohn On the other side Maximilian aspired to this kingdome as well by the right and inheritance of his deceased mother who had succeeded King Lewis her brother as also by reason of Stephens will and testament who at his death had named him his heire and ordained that this kingdome should bee yeelded to him pricked thereto perhaps by remorse of conscience or else fearing that it should fall into the Turkes hands who made to him great suite therefore which could not happen but to the great damage of all Christendome But the Barons of the countrie did not so presently resolue vpon that which they should haue done because that on the one side they seared the Turkes forces who would not faile to endamage them if they should giue themselues to the Emperour On the other side they feared worse if they should elect a King at his deuotion Vpon such feares many moneths passed without any resolution Certaine men of note fearing the iust anger of the Emperour against them because during the life of King Iohn they banded against his Emperiall Maiestie in manner of hostilitie firmely resisted those who fauoured Maximilians part and who demaunded that the testament of the dead should bee put in execution These feares engendred amongst them great diuersitie which was an occasion long to delay their last resolution But within a few moneths after it was finally concluded amongst them that they should particularly chuse a King of their nation minding thereby to preserue their kingdome and that they might remaine in peace with the Turke they would pay him the accustomed tribute and that he who should be chosen King should maintaine himselfe in peace with the Emperour they all iudging thereby that the Turke would haue occasion to content
part of them are possessed at this day by the Turke These are they Hungarie Dalmatia Croatia Sclauonia Seruia Galisia Rascia Bulgaria Bosnia and Lodomiria After these tenne followed fiue other Barons the one of which carried a Relique in token of peace set in a round forme of gold The second carried a Sword vndrawne in a crimosin veluet scabbard trimmed with siluer The third had the Scepter in his hand The fourth held a little Globe of gold And the last carried the Crowne All these Iewels as it is said belonged to the said S. Stephen and are among the Hungars held in such regard that they esteeme him not for lawfull King who enioyeth them not These fiue Barons were followed by the new King who had vpon his right hand the Marshall of the kingdome who held in his hand the naked Sword With this traine and companie the King comming to the quire two Bishops came before him into the middest of the Church to wit he of Agria and Zagrabia who after a few words conducted him being in the middest of these two before the Archbishop who was solemnely apparelled At the feete of him Rodolph kneeling the Archbishop gaue him his blessing and annoynted him with the accustomed ceremonies There the Epistle being ended the Archbishop girded his Sword about him causing him to draw it out of the scabbard and to lift it vp on high three times demonstrating thereby that he should be bound by armes to defend the faith of Iesus Christ against Infidels and Heretikes Then the Archbishop demaunded with a lowd voyce of the people who are present at the ceremonies if they would accept this Prince for their King Then euery one with infinit acclamations cried that they desired and would haue him for their King Vpon this the Archbishop taketh his oth and putteth the Crowne vpon his head and the Scepter in his hand The King raising himselfe they take the Sword from his side which they giue to the Marshall of the kingdome to carrie it alwaies before his Maiestie Then the Archbishop leadeth the King wearing his Crowne on his head and holding the Scepter in his hand into his Throne At all these ceremonies the Archbishop vseth certaine prayers and admonitions appointed for that purpose After that the Archbishop sitteth downe by the King while they sing Te Deum which ended the Archbishop returneth to the Aulter to end the Masse That done the King in the same habit goeth out of the Church causing peeces of gold and siluer to be throwne to the people and newly coyned vnder his name and from this Church with the same companie he went to the Cordiliers in which he made many Knights as well Hungars as strangers and from thence he went mounted on horsebacke richly decked although he did earnestly lament two miles from the towne to accomplish certain ceremonies depending vpon the oth which the Kings ought to make in such sacred things In the meane time the Emperour after he had most affectionatly thanked the Ambassadours for their assistance and had permitted them to depart he was brought backe to the Castle The Saterday following they made many feasts and vpon the Sunday 100. braue gentlemen performed an excellent Tourney Amongst these according to the iudgement of the assistance the two princes Maximilian and Mathias behaued themselues valiantly the one of them fought against a Spaniard the sonne of the Spanish Ambassadour and the other against a Duke of Poland At night the Emperour made a most rich and sumptuous supper for all the Princes who all for reuerence of the Emperour were bare headed except the King and Archduke Charles who went before the King being placed by the Emperesse Two dayes after they presented an assault giuen against a towne made of wood for defence of which were certaine Knights greatly esteemed This same yeare ended the truce betweene Selim and Maximilian The Emperour perceiuing no more strength to bee in him such as before it was and knowing his small forces or else for some other consideration Selim sought to obtayne of him a prolonging of the truce But Selim not so readily condiscending as Maximilian desired the truce in that time expired and presently the Turkes of the next garrisons fayled not to put themselues into the field and to harrie and assaile the frontiers carying away with them great store of bootie Rodolph with Maximilian his Father determined to erect a Fort betweene Poson and Alberegalis to restraine such incursions The Turkes well foreseeing that which might happen by such a building resolued not to suffer to bee finished before their eyes a place which should be to them of too great importance and by the same meanes to hinder the deseignes of Rodolph For this end hauing amassed together their forces which might amount vnto 20000. men they suddenly assayled this Fort in a maner finished entering in by force they killed the garrison and all the labourers who worked there and after they had reuersed all that edifice they lead with them from thence store of artillerie and other munition of warre Rodolph sent to Constantinople to complaine to Selim for such an enterprise made by his people daring the time of the treaty of peace and without there being of either partie any other former declaration of warre redemaunding that which was taken from him at this Fort. But the aunswere was a deniall of all that which his Maiestie demaunded and to which they added threats if he persisted in such demaunds The Emperour notwithstanding his voluntarie yeelding which he had made to his sonne Rodolph of the Crowne of Hungarie hauing no lesse care of this kingdome then he had before considering how greatly the losses which the people receiued by these incursions were damageable and that by this occasion necessitie constrayned him to take armes to defend it from the violence of his enemies and to recouer that which they tooke from him caused to be published a Diet at Ispurch calling thither all the Princes of Germanie and there proposing to them the perill imminent to all their nation and how little they ought to trust the promises of Infidels exhorted them to take armes with him for the defence of the whole nation The Princes moued by his perswasions concluded to vndertake this warre with him they all iudging that it was more expedient to make open warre then to remaine alwaies in suspence and doubt And vpon this conclusion they gaue order for necessaries thereto In the meane time Charles King of France a long time vexed with such continuall troubles in his kingdome or else because he had vsed too much excesse in his ordinarie exercises in which too violently he passed the time or else by reason of some poyson as some said dyed within a few daies euen then when his life was most necesarie for France not leauing after him but one legitimate daughter of him and his wife named Elizabeth daughter of the Emperour Maximilian Henry his
brother King of Polonia being aduertised of his death made present instance to the Lords of Poland to permit him to goe into France to take possession of so great a kingdome and to set things in order there promising them to returne againe within few moneths The Pollacques would not willingly graunt to him that which he demaunded neuerthelesse they aunswered him that they would consent thereunto if so be that for that effect a Diet should be assembled without which they could graunt him nothing In the meane time his Maiestie gaue order to locke vp his best implements and Iewels and to depart secretly with all speed and after he had sent away before the Ambassadour of France vnder coulour that his authoritie was expired by the decease of his Master and seeing that to attend any longer the resolution of this Diet which the Pollacques delayed from day to day of purpose to detaine him and being resolued to depart he caused to be written in his name by the Lord of Pibrac a letter in Latin to the Senat of Poland by which his Maiestie aduertised them that the occasion more then apparant and the neede of France forced him to depart from their kingdome sooner then hee thought for without further expecting the issue of the Diet he being solicited by messengers vpon messengers to doe it by the Princes and Lords of France and especially by the Queene his Mother without further expecting the issue of the Diet. Hauing left these letters vpon his table and as the said Lord of Pibrac had ended them his Maiestie departed in the night from Cracouia out at a secret posterne of which he vsually had the keyes to goe on hunting and being mounted on horsebacke he made so good speed that within a short time he was out of the limits of the kingdome of Poland and being come to the confines of the Emperours territories he was receiued by his Emperiall Maiestie and by his children with all demonstration of great amitie and by them conducted to Vienna where he was honored and vsed with all manner of honorable respects From thence hee went to Venice where the Seigniorie prouided for him a magnificent enterie After that he passed by Ferrara Mantua and Turin being greatly entertayned by the Princes of Italie An Ambassadour of Poland met him at Ferrara who greatly complayned himselfe of his Maiestie and protested that if hee returned not within a short time the Polonians were resolued to make choise of a new King for that this kingdome could not remaine without the presence of a King His Maiestie desired him to stay this resolution promising him to returne within a short time From Turin within few daies he arriued in France at the same time that the Hungars giuing order to their affayres and fortifying their frontier places against the Turkes prepared for the warre and this they did so much the more willingly for that they already saw amongst them many disorders and that in Transiluania there was declared King by the commaund of the Turke Stephen Battor a man of great experience of whom they had some feare and not without cause Vpon such distrusts and with such preparations they began both of the one part other greatly to be indamaged But during such feares as the Hungars had by reason of the Turke he alreadie preparing to destroy all Christians and feeling himselfe marueilously puffed vp with glorie by reason of the happie successes which betided him in Africa and thinking to take away from the Venecians the I le of Candie as he had done that of Cypresse he dyed within few daies after He was a Prince aboue all other of his time greatly periurious barbarous and wholly fraughted with treacherie he being not come to this Empire but by deceits and falsehoods hauing induced his father to cause all his brethren to be massacred as it was afterwards auerred and hauing thus filled his house with homicides and murthers he obserued not any law or religion but was drowned in all filthie and vilanous vices whatsoeuer This death happened then when the Polonians seeing that their King Henry was peaceably possessed of the Crowne of France and that the time by him prefixed was expired many moneths alreadie past began to treate of the election of another King Henry being aduertised of their intention desired the Electors and Barons of the kingdome that they would attend vntill a certaine time in which space he promised to returne to them or else that hee would send them full commission to chuse another such as they would think to be more commodious for them To this request being ioyned the threats of Amurath the Turke the Polonians contented themselues to stay vntill the prefixed time This passed and at the last expired the Diet was appointed at Cracouia The Emperour Maximilian after that he was aduertised that the intention of the Polonians was not to remaine without the presence of a King began to negotiate with them to cause himselfe to bee chosen King amongst them On the other side Amurath who succeeded Selim hauing vnderstood the suites which the Emperour made sent to the Pollacques and aduised them to doe nothing in that affayre which was disliking to him and that he would they should chuse for their King one amongst them or else Stephen Battor King of Transiluania And the more to astonish this negotiation of Maximilian he writ vnto him by a Chiauss that he and his brothers the Archdukes should pay him tribute of all whatsoeuer they possessed otherwise that he would march into Hungarie and Austria with a puissant armie to put all to fire sword threatning him in the end that if for him or any of his he shuld practise the getting of the kingdom of Polonia he would make him repent it Notwithstanding these threats the Emperour by meanes of those who were of his partie was chosen K. of Poland against the King of Transiluania and Duke of Muscouia which two perceiuing themselues greatly disdained determined to endamage with all their forces that kingdome Maximilian being aduertised thereof and foreseeing that he should draw vpon himselfe so many and so puissant enemies and considering that he had not sufficient forces to oppose himselfe against them and especially against the Turk who prepared to thrust himselfe into Poland being offended with this that the Polonians had so slightly regarded his aduertisements and messengers fearing to trouble himselfe in a warre too daungerous for him and his from whence very hardly he could vntangle himselfe made no great shew of reioycing at this election but laying aside the care which he ought to haue had of it fained as though he knew nothing thereof prolonging by that meanes the taking possession of that kingdom vnder a hope that after the first assaults of these Princes there would not thereby happen to him in the end any other thing Neuerthelesse the Polonians fearing the puissance of the Turke who prepared himselfe to armes
would not persist in this election vsing for their excuse the long delay which Maximilian made Thus the Bishop of Cracouia many Polish and Lituanian Lords fearing the Turke and other Princes their neighbours made choise of Stephen Battor for their King hoping by this election to appease the Turke the Muscouite and other Princes who hated the greatnes of the Austrian house and on the other side this Battor was a Prince of great valour To this new election Albert Lasky Palatin would neuer consent nor performe the homage which he ought to this new King and chusing rather to abandon his countrie and goods he retired out of the kingdome with all those who fauoured the Emperiall partie Now Battor knowing that he was chosen went from thence presently into to Polonia and after he was crowned he sent into diuers Prouinces to notifie his election and namely to the Emperour Maximilian sending him word that if in former time he had been to him a friend and fauoured his actions that for the time to come he would yet honour him more and that he would respect him both as a friend and Emperour and that he should not take displeasure that this Crowne was fallen into his hands who had beene alwaies fauourable vnto him desiring that since through the dissentions of the Barons and Electors of Poland and by some wicked solicitations of some Princes who enuied the greatnes of the house of Austria and who by diuers meanes had hindered his election he would bee contented that this kingdome was come to such a person as reuerenced his Maiestie and greatly loued him and specially considering that this last election would bee the cause to quench many troubles which might be an occasion to ouerthrow the Estate of that kingdome Maximilian for all these goodly reasons and kinde offers would not be appeased but entering into choller made sufficient apparance that this election greatly displeased him adding that he would make the Polonians repent it Vpon this displeasure the Muscouit and Denmarke being ioyned together with certaine of the Emperours forces greatly endamaged by sea the riuers of Liuonia and hauing set foote on land at Plescouia ranne very farre into the countrie Battor notwithstanding being receiued and crowned King of Poland caused to be published a Decree by which he permitted all those who were retired forth of the kingdome for fauouring the Emperours part to returne home to the same Estates dignities and prerogatiues which before they had and if in case they would not returne and sweare such oth of fealtie to him as they ought they should be proclaimed rebels to his Maiestie and enemies to the Crowne In this time of the election of Battor the Emperour appointed a Diet at Ratisbone to aduise of meanes by which they might hinder that his people should not be thus daily exposed to the mercie of the common enemie who continually molested Hungarie Afterwards his Maiestie demonstrated to the Princes who were present therein and to the Ambassadours of them who were absent that he was chosen King of Polonia and that by that meanes Liuonia and Russia were fallen vnder the Empire and that the Polonians for feare of the Turke had varied in their election and afterwards chosen another whereof he was exceeding heauie further declaring to them that his intention was not to bee silent therein and for this cause desired them to assist him to the end that by meanes thereof he might preserue these two great countries to the Empire And that he might the better obtaine their forces he exhorted them all to maintaine themselues in peace one with another commaunding them that for the time to come they should not any more suffer their subiects to goe and serue straungers in their wars This Diet was transferred to Ausbourg in which he did so much that the ordinarie succours for warre was continued to him The Bohemians offered him besides the ordinarie 1500. horse and the Hungars 300. Pistoliers and 400. Harquebuziers on horsebacke and the Slesians 600. horse 100. Pistoliers and 800. Harquebuziers on horsebacke To these succours offered themselues the King of Denmarke the Duke of Saxonie Pomerania and of Brandeburg And in the end there was concluded a league betweene the Emperour the Kings of Denmarke and Swethland the Duke of Saxonie the Duke of Muscouia and the Dukes of Brandebourg and Pomerania for defence of the Empire and inuading of Polonia all these complaining for the election of Battor who that he might aspire to the Crowne of Poland against them all had presumed so much vnder the protection of the Turke Besides they feared that he in regarde of the bond which he had to Amurath would take armes against the Emperour who not content with this league sent as well in his name as in the name of the King of Spaine his Ambassadours into Persia to excite the Sophy King of Persia to make war vpon the Turke This word King is called in the Persian language Scach and the Turkes surname it Sophy which we commonly thinke to proceede of this Greeke word Sophia which signifieth wisdome which in the Turkish language signifieth wooll And the Turkes vsed this scoffe against Ismael heretofore King of Persia for that he following his opinion or heresie would teach that he must couer his head with wooll because it was more vile and base then linnen whereof the Turkes make their Turbans Battor hauing discouered the voyage of these Ambassadours caused them to be surprised in their iourney and to be massacred and sent to Amurath their letters of credence and instructions by which there were discouered vnto him the diseignes of his enemies which being reported to the Emperour he was greatly displeased thereat and caused the Ambassadours of Battor to be arested and many other Pollacques who then were in Germanie and at Vienna and sent to all the christian Princes to require ayde of them seeing the Protestants of Germanie denied him such ayde as the imminent perill required for that his Maiestie would not condiscend to the demaunds which they made to him for the affayres of Religion In this Diet notwithstanding the reclamation and hinderance of some Electors of the Empire his Maiestie caused to be declared his sonne Rodolph Emperour after him and caused to be imposed vpon him the title of King of the Romans This was then when the Muscouite Ambassadours arriued at the Court to confirme the league made with his Emperiall Maiestie their master being greatly incensed against the Polonians for that he was by them thus disdained These hauing presented to the Emperour many goodly presents offered in their masters name to his Maiestie all his abilitie to subdue Polonia Maximilian accepting these offers thanked the Ambassadours for the good affection of their Prince reseruing power to vse his ayde vntill time should require it Whilest he was in prouiding for all that which concerned the estate of the next warre his Maiestie
truce concluded betweene them two Amurath seeing himselfe to be greatly combered with the Persian accorded with Rodolph that of the one and other partie should be deputed sundrie persons to take counsell how they might pacifie those differences which might arise betweene them vpon their frontiers touching the extention of their bounds FINIS A TABLE OF THE NOTABLEST THINGS AND MATTERS CONTAINED IN THIS PRESENT HISTORIE OF HVNGARIE A ABraham Basha and his deseignes 56. strangled 57 Absolution of the Pope for Ferdinand and the murtherers of George 240 Accanges aduenturers 45 Accord betweene the Emperour Charles and Duke Mauris of Saxonie 192 Accord betweene Ferdinand and Iohn King of Hungarie 57 Accord betweene Izabella and Ferdidinand 109. 112 Achmeth Basha sent 3000. horse from Buda to take Queene Izabella 122. succoureth Drigall besieged by the Palauicin 218. ioyneth with Mahomet 220. flyeth before Duke Mauris 233. aduertiseth Mustapha of the treason which was prepared against him 266. appeaseth the Turks mutinie for the death of Mustapha 269. confederate with Izabella 273 A valerous act of George Tury 330 memorable acts of the women of Agria during their siege 234. 235. siege of Agria raised 236 Aduice of Leonard Gnomsky for ordering of the battaile 26 Aduice of Radich Bosich for the ordering of the battaile 27 diuerse Aduices for the preseruation of the King in the battaile 26 Aga Captaines of Ianisaries taken by Dersfy 296 Agria fortified by Castalde 96. assieged by Mahomet 225. 232 Agrians resolued to sustaine the siege 233. 235 Aiduchs Hungarian foote 96. 120 Aiduchs defeated by the Turk 183. 199 Aiduchs being druken assaile Lippa and there they are slaine in great number 143 Ainachschen taken by the Turkes 318 An Abbot prognosticating the death of George 168 Albe-grecque a Fortresse anciently called Taurinum 14 Albe-iula a capitall towne of Ortel 13 Albe-iula the seate of Queene Izabella inuested by Frier George 83 Albe-iula fortified by Izabella 99. assieged by George 100. rendered to him 103 Albe-iula yeelded to Izabella 272 Alberegalis the place of Coronation and buriall of the Kings of Hungarie 12 fortie Burgesses of Albe-regalis spitted by the Turks 296 Albert Lasky wherefore he fled out of Polonia 284. and also chased by Ferdinand ibid. Albert Lasky Palatin chose rather to abandon his countrie then to consent to the election of Battor King of Polonia 352 Albert Rosemberg a seditious man 305 Aldene master of the Campe succoureth Ottomiall at Zegedin 179. is therfore reproued by Castalde 180. saueth himselfe by great flight 184. not carefull and of great cowardlines 195. 196. he determineth to forsake Lippa and to burne it with the Castle 208 could not be diuerted from his enterprise by any perswasion 209. 210. 211. forsaketh Lippa and burneth it with the Castle and munition 212. flying into Transiluania the most part of his people are defeated by the peasants 212 his processe made against him 232. 252. lead to Vienna 259. condemned to death and after by fauour saued 260 Alexis Thurzon Treasurer 9 A marueilous act of Alphonse Perez 206 Alteburg taken by the Turks 45 Aly Chiauss sent by Solyman to pacifie the Transalpinians 237. he trauaileth the peace of the Hung. with the Turk 245 Ambassadours of France continuing in Polonia the election of Henry Duke of Aniou 344 Ambassadour of Maximilian wherefore he was staied at Constantinople 355 Ambassadour of Polonia to Henry the 3. returning into France 350 Ambassadours of Maximilian to Selim 339 Ambassadours of Maximilian to the Sophy massacred by Battor 353 Ambassadours of Ferdinand to Solyman for peace 72. excluded from their demaund 73 Ambassadours of France at the Diet at Ausbourg 281 Ambassadours of Lewis to Christian Princes 10 Ambassadour of Maximilian to the Turke 296 Ambassadour of the Turkes kept secretly at Wyuar by George taken by Castalde 170 Ambassadours of Sigismond to Maximilian and Iohn 287 Ambassadour of Solyman sent to the Diet at Franckfort 294 Ambassadours ought not to be detained in place of prisoners taken in war 295 Ambassadours to Maximilian in fauour of Iohn 287 Ambust Otting a Colonell slaine at the assault of Vienna 49 Amitie containeth in it all vertues 6 Amurath sonne and successor of Selim. 351. soliciteth the Polonians to choose Stephen Battor for their King 351. caused to bee staied at Constantinople Maximilians Ambassadour and wherefore 255. confirmeth the truce with Rodolph 356 Andrew Battor leadeth forces to Lewis 16. ioyneth with Castalde against Izabella 98 Andrew Battor and Peter Vichy parley together 112 Andrew Battor entereth into possession of the low countries of Transiluania for Ferdinand 120. forsaketh Lippa in great confusion 130. is created Vayuode of Transiluania 187. demaundeth to be discharged of the estate of Vayuodship 252. is defeated by the Turke 257 Andrew Branday sent by Ferdinand to Castalde with succours 128 Andrew Orbancz Captaine of the Castle of Strigonium and his cowardlines 32 Andrionopolis the Rende-vous of the Turkish armie going into Hungarie 44 Anthonie Baron of Bourg Nuncio from the Pope to Lewis 11 Armie of Ferdinands in Hungarie 62. defeated by Solyman 59 Armie of Mahomet Basha in Hungarie 196 Armie of Mustapha in Transiluania 65 Armie of Pollacques for Izabella 258 Armie of Hungars ranged in battaile 26 Armie of the Turkes in Hungarie for the succour of Q. Izabella 44. 62. 125. Armie of King Iohn defeated 42 An Nauall armie of the Turkes defeated vpon Danubius 47 An Nauall armie vpon Danubius for the Emperour 321 Armies of Lewis and Solyman 26 Artillerie arriued at thè Hungarian Campe. 25 Artillerie of Roccandolph lost 65 Artillerie of the Turkes choked by the Agrians 235 Artillerie of the Turkes sunke in Danubius 47 Artillerie of the Hungars taken by the Turks 33 Artillerie carried from Buda to Constantinople 38 Artillerie of the armie and the carriage thereof 92 Artillerie lost at Sighet in number 100. peeces 329 Asapes Turkish archers 46 A generall assault giuen to Vienna 49 Assaults of the Germanes at Buda valiantly withstood 60 Assaults giuen to Vienna by the Turk 48 Assiria chaunged the Estate by the great Coniunction of the starres 4 Atauiar taken by Iohn 286 Ausbourg a rich towne 369 Austrians demaunded the exercise of the Confession of Ausbourg 336. which is denied them ibid. B BAchie the Metropolitane towne of Hungarie 14 Baiazet sonne of Solyman and Rossa 262 Baiazet suspected of Solyman his father 284 Balator a Lake 12 Bullets anointed with fat cause death 293 Balthasar Taish a Germane Lord put in chaines with other slaues by the Turk 74 Ban what dignitie it is in Hungarie 8 Ban of Croatia brought succours to King Lewis 25 Banmonostia the Episcopall seate of Sirmia 14 Barons of Hungarie and their priuiledge 18 Barons dead in the battaile against the Turke 33 Bartholmew Coruatte dismissed by Castalde from his gouernment 253 Basha of Buda in succour of Izabella 83. retireth from George 86. he succoureth Zegedin 181. 182 Bashaes practised by Lasky in fauour of King Iohn 43 Battaile resolued and
between him and Izabella and constraineth her to write to Solyman in his fauour 87. is by Solymā dissembling the iniuries offered to Izabella by him confirmed in his estates 87. nothing regardeth the aforesaid agreement but accordeth with Ferdinand against Izabella 88. was almost drowned 99. breaketh the Diet at Egneth held by the Q. ibid. besiegeth Albe-iula and would the third time make an agreement with Izabella 100. accordeth againe with Izabella 103. taketh Albe-iula by composition ibid. went to confer with Castalde Ferdinands Lieutenant against Izabella 104. his had disposition 105. went to seeke the Q. ibid. sent to Castalde that he should come to him at Albe-iula to conferre together ibid. made shew that he thought the offers of Ferdinand to Izabella to bee good 107. his meanes to breake the agreements of the Queene and Castalde 109. he causeth to be giuen to him the estate of Vayuode of Transiluania and Treasurership and other excessiue demaunds 109. 110. would be Cardinall ibid. is made Archbishop of Strigonium after disswadeth the Queene from the accords made with Castalde 111. they agree againe and sealeth 112 shamefully demandeth of the Queene that shee would commit the royall Crowne into his gouernment 113. acknowledgeth Ferd. for true Lord. 119 obtaineth the third part of the toll of salt 121. seeketh againe the fauour of the Turke 122. negotiateth with the Bashaes 125. amasseth an armie against the Turke 127. is suspected by Castalde and againe consirmed in his estates ibid. went to the Diet of Sibinio and shewed his inconstancie 128. receiueth a promise from the Pope that he should be made Cardinall ibid. ioyned his armie with that of Castaldes 134. would leade the Vauntgard thereof 135. shewed the instabilitie of his minde 136. his subteltie ibid. resolued to besiege Lippa held by the Turk and is made Cardinall 137. by his ambition and other vices he became odious to Castalde 138. counselleth Castalde to make truce with the Turke 141. went through great importunitie vnto Lippa ibid. shewed himselfe at the assault a braue and valiant Captaine 151. endeuoureth to saue Olyman besieged in the Castle 154. 155. practiseth with the Burgomasters of the townes of Hungarie to breake the deseignes of Castalde 154. discouereth his wicked meaning 156. assembled the principall Lords and Captaines of the armie and speaketh to them tending to saue Olyman 156. 157. 160. gaue him meanes to saue himselfe and speaketh secretly in the night to him ibid. practiseth wickednes against Castalde 161. gaue to his people the goods of those of Lippa who were found at the defence of it 162. commeth in a Coach with Castalde and arriued at Binse 163. would goe and holde a Diet at Wasrael to chase out Castalde and his armie 164. his death practised by Castalde 165. is slaine and by what manner 168. his death reuenged vpon the executioners thereof ibid. his buriall 169 his moueables spoyled by his murtherers after restored and committed to the custodie of Ferdinands Treasurers 174. all his treasures are committed to the hands of Comissaries sent by Ferdinand 175. the newes of his death is carried to Rome 185. the authors of his death excommunicated by the Pope 186. who made information of his death 231 George Basi sent to Lewis by the Vayuode to vnderstand his pleasure 16 George of Paline Bishop of Bosnia sent to Paul Tomoree 29. died in battaile 33 George of Scepusa Colleague of Paul Tomoree in the armie 19. died in battaile 33 George of Scepusa blamed by Solyman 37 George Hossute Ambassadour for Maximilian to the Turke 296 George Hossute Ambassadour for the Emperour to Selim. 337 George Pogghy-bragghy caused Ladislas to be poysoned 39 George Tury valiantly defended Pallota against the Turke 319 a valerous act of George Tury 330. for which he is made Knight by the Emperour ibid. Ghestez taken by Count Salm vpon the Turks 323 Gottart and Maillat Commanders of the armie against Gritty 54 Gran a Castle where was rifled and stayed the moueables of Queene Mary 32. forsaken by the Captaine ibid. Griech-suueisneburg a Fortresse 14 Germanes defeated before Drigall 219 Germanes in garrison in the Citadell of Buda capitulate with the Turke 45. are cut in peeces ibid. Germanes mutinie would seaze vpon Castalde 196. are appeased and 50. of them ouerthrowne 197. they mutinie againe 230. 237 Germanes cowardly souldiours 222. defeated 224 God doth chasten those whom hee loueth 3 H HAdao taken by Iohn 286 Haly Chiauss interposeth himselfe touching the peace betweene Ferdinand and the Turke 258 Haniball Cyprian onely left of the Captaines of foote in the battaile against the Turke 33 Hedin taken by Charles the 5. from the Frenchmen 261 Henry the 2. ioyneth with the Protestants 190. retireth himselfe 191 Henry D. of Aniou chosen King of Poland goeth thither 344. is receiued King 345. stealeth away and returneth into France 350. promiseth the Polonians to returne 351 Henry Stampir Colonell sent to Schuendy by the Emperour 334 Hermenstat a principall towne of Transiluania 102 Hierome Lasky receiueth King Iohn flying 42. goeth to Constantinople in an ambassage for him 43. aspireth vnto Transiluania 53 the Historie of the death of Mustapha the eldest sonne of Solyman 261 a memorable Historie of an apparition that appeared in the Castle of King Lewis 32 a Historie serueth for learning 7 Hungars defeated by the Turks 355 Hungars sweare fealty to Ferdinand 116 Hungars to the number of 200000. lost aswell in the battaile as afterwards 33 Hungars seeke peace with the Turks 237 Hungars endeuour to inuest Iohn and Izabella in the kingdome 225 a generall discription and diuision of Hungarie 11 a particular discription of Hungarie 13 Hungarie and France compared for their miseries 4 Hungarie filled with vices before the warres happened therein 3 an Hospital in an armie vnder the charge of Priests 94 Hune a riuer 12 Hust taken by Schuendy yeelded to Iohn 341 the Heauen proportioned of a Sphericall forme 1 the Heauen gouerneth the world 2 couragious Horses of Transiluania 13 Horses appointed to saue the King in case of necessitie 26 Heads of Bishops dead in battaile presented to Solyman 37 I IAnisaries obedient at the signes of their Commaunders 267 Iauarin a towne 12 Iauarin burned by chance 333. repayred by Count Salm. 334 Iaycza a capitall towne in Bosnia 12 Iohn K. of Hungarie Iohn King of Hungarie distributeth the honours and estates of the kingdome 38. forsaketh Buda and retireth into Transiluania 39. flyeth into Polonia 42. is receiued of Hierome Lasky ibid. offereth tribute and homage to Solyman 43. sent Lasky a Polonian Lord to Solyman for succours ibid. kisseth Solymans hands 44. confirmed King of Hungarie by Solyman 51. entereth into suspition against Lewis Gritty 52 Iohn and Ferdinand accord together 57 the death of K. Iohn of Hungarie ibid. Iohn sonne of the said Iohn Iohn sorroweth seeing his mother to giue the Crowne to Castalde 113. manifesteth not to consent to the Queene his mother 114. betrothed to the Infanta Ioane
the daughter of Ferdinand 120. restored into his kingdome 273. warreth vpon Ferdinand 282. sent Ambassadours to Ferdinand to accord their differences and to demand the Insanta Ioane ibid. would not forsake the friendship of the Turke 283. taketh many places from Ferdinand by the Turkes aide 284. 286. taketh others 288. is hindered in his deseignes by a great inundation 289. sent Ambassadours with the Turk to Maximilian to treate of a peace ibid. he was in danger to be stroken with an Artillerie bullet 203. he caused many to be taken who fauoured Maximilian 295. drew to him to the Hungars 326. publisheth a Diet at Tord 317. went before Solyman with rich presents 319. besiegeth Tocchay taken by Schuendy after that raiseth the siege by reason that the Tartars mutined 334. ouer throweth them after it is besieged by them together with the Turkes 335. his death 357 Iohn Baptiste Castalde Iohn Baptiste Castalde is chosen by Char. the 5. to goe into Hungarie with Frier George against Izabella 90. is instructed by Ferdinand how he should carrie himselfe to the said Frier 91. gaue instruction for the conduct of an armie ibid. marcheth into Hungary 95. causeth Agria to be fortified 96. entereth into Transiluania 98. 102. industriously deceiueth the Marquesse of Balasse ibid. besiegeth by his Lieutenants Dalmas a Castle of the Queenes ibid. taketh Dalmas by surrender 104 conferreth with George ibid. went to seeke him at Albe-iula meanly accompanied 105. from thence went to seeke the Queene and declared to her his charge 106. speaketh to her without Georges priuitie 107. writ to Ferdinand to make George a Cardinall 110 receiueth of Izabella the Crowne and other royall ornaments in Ferdinands name 115. sent them to Ferdinand 116. receiueth oth of the Hungars fidelitie 116. 117. causeth places to be fortified 121. and to pay the tribute due to the Turke 122. leauieth souldiours to oppose himselfe against the Turk 125. his diligence and suspition towards George 127. holdeth a Diet at Sibinio 128. suppresseth and punisheth the tumult happened at Brassouia 133 he speaketh vnto the Lords and Captains of his army 134. sheweth himselfe wise and patient in the behalfe of George 136. conceiueth a mortall hate against him 138. receiueth aduertisement frō Ferdinand to put him to death 139. went in the night to seeke George in his tent 140. besiegeth Lippa 141. maketh a breach 145. gaue an assault 147 is repulsed with great losse 148. redoubleth the assault 150. carrieth the towne 152. besiegeth the Castle 153. he was obstinate at this siege against the liking of George 154. would not receiue Olyman but to his discretion 155 contradicted and opposeth himselfe against George minding to saue Olyman ibid. determineth to put Frier George to death 159. vseth courtesie and liberalitie to an honest woman spoyled by George 162. arriued at Binse 163. sent with all speede Sforce Palauicin and other Spanish Captaines 164. communicateth to him his enterprise touching the death of George 165. causeth him to be slaine 167. after buried 169. caused the moueables of George which were taken away by his murtherers to bee restored ibid. caused the Turkes Ambassadour to bee taken who was kept secretly by George at Wyuar 170. went to Seghesuar to sound the liking of the Sicilians for the death of George 171. receiueth of them the oth of fidelitie ibid. receiueth into the obedience of Ferdinand all the places which held for George 170. soliciteth Ferdinand to haue succours against the Turke who prepared himselfe ibid. caused to fortifie his places 175. committeth the treasures of George into the hands of Comissaries 175. is very well recompenced for the murther of George 176. furnisheth Lipps and Themesuar of new garrisons 181. sent Count Iohn Baptiste of Archo to command at Brassouia to defendit 189. soliciteth Ferd. to haue succours against the Turke 193. maketh preparations to resist him 196. retireth from Colosuar to Torde to auoyde the furie of the mutinous Germanes 197. sent succours to Themesuar which was besieged and marcheth against the Moldauian 197. causeth him to retire in disorder 198. sent new succours to Themesuar the first being defeated 199. incourageth the Hungars amazed for the losse of Themesuar 208. is aduertised of Lippa burned and forsaken by Aldene which he gaue Ferdinand notice of 213. retired himselfe to Sassebesse and fortifieth it 214. ransometh the Palauicin for 15000. Duckets 220. receiueth great displeasure for the losse of Zaluoch 225. foreseeth a reuolt of the Hungars and Transiluanians ibid. for which he prouideth remedie 228. consenteth to the death of the Moldauian ibid. discouereth a conspiracie against himselfe 230. his counsell not being beleeued he loseth a braue occasion to defeate the Turke 236. consenteth to the peace with the Turke 237. minding to oppose himselfe against the deseignes of Cassombassa the Germanes mutinie against him ibid. is forsaken by the Colonell of the men of warre of the countrie 238. giueth meanes and succours to Mirce of Transalpinia to recouer his kingdome 241. arriueth at the Diet of Wasrael confirmeth them against the Turk 251. followeth the pursuite of Aldene 252. dismisseth Duke Mauris 254. aduertiseth Ferdinand of the diligence of the Transiluanians to cause Izabella to returne againe 256. held a Diet at Colosuar 257. recouereth out of the Turks hands Battors people ibid. returneth towards Ferdinand 259. is calumniated after recompenced for his seruices by Ferdinand 260. is recalled into Flanders by Charles the 5. and went thither to him 269 Iohn Alphonse Pescaire caried the Crown of Hungarie to Ferdinand 116 Iohn Ardech sallied forth of Vienna to skirmish lost his Cornet 47 Count Iohn Baptiste of Archo commaundeth in Brassouia 189. stayeth the Moldauian by skirmishes 197. ouerthroweth troupes of Moldauians and Turks 198 Iohn Bornemisse gouernour of K. Lewis 9 Iohn Chendy Lieutenant of George defeateth the Transalpinian 85 Iohn Doce enemie of the Vayuod of Transiluania and the reason 52. prouoketh Gritty against Emerick 53. wickedly killeth the Vayuode of Transiluania 54. is torne in peeces 56 Iohn Dragfy Preuost of the Kings house bore the Ensigne royall 28. dyed in battaile 33 Iohn Hedek Comissarie of the Artillerie ibid. Iohn Kalay one of those to whom the King was committed vnto to preserue him in battaile 26 Iohn Oberdansch Ambassadour for Ferdinand to Solyman 44 Iohn Salanze Izabellaes Ambassadour to Solyman against the practises of George 79 Iohn Statile sent to the Vayuode with George Basi 17 Iohn Tahy and Iohn Banfy principall Lords of Slauonia in succour of Lewis 25 Iohn Zapoly Count of Scepusa and after King of Hungarie 7. aspireth to the Crowne 38. chosen King ibid. Iohn Zerechen in succour of Lewis 26 Indignities of Turkes towards Christian Prouinces which he subdueth 119 Information vpon the death of Frier George 231 Inquisition of Spaine by whom inuented and the manner thereof 310 Instruction of a Turkish Emperours son 265 Instruction for the conduct of an armie and entertainment of it 91 Inuestitures of Fees giuen
by the Emperour to the Princes of Germanie and touching that which is due therefore 307 Izabella Izabella daughter of Sigismond King of Polonia mother of Stephen Tutresse and Gouernesse of Hungarie after the death of King Iohn her husband 58 is put in minde by Ferdinand of the accords passed betweene him and the deceased King Iohn 59. which she refusing is besieged by the said Ferdinand within Buda ibid. she determineth to yeeld Buda 61. is succoured ibid. receiueth and offereth presents to the Turke 62. sent to him her sonne Stephen 69. writ to him in fauour of the Hungarish Lords which he held prisoners 70. is sent by Solyman into Transiluania and forced to forsake Hungarie 71. her constancie ibid. is with much adoe receiued into Transiluania 74. after long patience she complaineth of George to Solyman 76. being aduertised of the conference of George with Nicholas Salm she sent backe to Solyman against their practises 79. gathereth forces against George 80. is forsaken of the Transiluanians and for what 83. accordeth with George 84. confirmeth him and against her liking writ to Solyman in fauour of George 87. prouoketh the Transiluanians against George ibid. causeth a Diet to bee held at Egneth 99. it being broken by George she retireth with her sonne to Albe-iula after that to Sassebesse 99. sent the Marquesse of Balasse to hinder the passage of Castaldes comming to ioyne with George 102. she accordeth againe with George 103. sent to visit Castalde 105 spake secretly to him and complaineth of George 107. submitteth her selfe to Ferdinand 108. accordeth with him 109 speaketh againe to Castalde and accuseth George to him 111. dismisseth her selfe from the kingdome and royall ornaments and committeth them into the hands of Castalde 113. departeth the kingdome 120. her miserie 122. arriueth at Cassouia 123. after the death of George requireth of Ferdinand the moueables of George which he had taken from King Iohn her husband and demanded the accomplishment of that whic he had promised her 176. she complaineth of Ferdinand to the King and Queene of Polonia 192. 226. accepteth the offer of the Vayuode of Transalpinia and seeketh againe the Turke 227. is succoured by him and the principall of the countrie ibid. practiseth her returne into Transiluania 252. is solicited by the Transiluanians to returne 256. causeth certaine places to be surprised 260. she reestablisheth her selfe in her kingdom and chaseth out Ferdinands people 272. recompenceth those who had not forsaken her part 273. banisheth by the commandement of the Turk the new sects 278 Iula besieged by Solyman 325. taken 330 Iulius the 3. excommunicateth the murtherers of George 186 Iule Salazar sent by Ferdinand to Castalde to cause George to be killed 139 Iulian de Carleual planted himselfe the first at the assault of Lippa and caried away the guerdon by Castalde 148 Iustice saleable in Hungarie 3 K KEretsken excuseth himselfe by writing for the yeelding of Iula 337. is cruelly put to death by those whom he had badly vsed 338 Koteze wherefore so called 9 Krasso a poole or marrish 20 L LAdislas Cheretsken yeeldeth Albe-iula by composition to the Turk 329 Ladislas Endef induceth the Saxons and Sicilians to acknowledge Ferd. 119 Ladislas a Macedonian Bishop of the fiue Churches 11 Ladislas Salcane Archbishop of Strigogonium Primate of Hungarie and great Chancellor yeeldeth vp the royall Seale 9. died in battaile 33. blamed by Solyman for his couetousnes 37 Ladislas poysoned the day of his mariage 39 Largesse due to the Ianisaries by the new Emperour 332 Largesse done at the consecration of Rodolph K. of Hungarie 348 Lazare Schuendy Lazare Schuendy Lieutenant generall in Hungarie for Maximilian 287. put his armie in the field ibid. besiegeth and taketh Tocchay and other places 288. 334. receiueth new succours from the Emperour 291. burneth Debrezen for deliuering victuals to the Turke 292. defeateth the garrison of Moncat ibid. is taken with an agew ibid. killeth 4000. Turks 293. writ to the Lords of Hungarie against the letters of King Iohn 317. assiegeth and taketh Zathnar 338. after that Mourach and besiegeth Hurst 339 Legates from the Pope to Charles the 5. and the King of France 274 Leonard Gnomsky a Polonian Marshall of the Campe. 18 Leonard Gnomsky deliuereth his minde touching the ordering of the battaile 26 Letters of Solyman to Andrew Battor 254. 255 Letters of Charles the Emperour to the Cardinall of Mentz 274 Letters of Solyman to George the Frier vpon the complaints of Izabella 77 Letters from King Iohn to the Hungarish and Transiluanian Lords 317 Letters of Schendy to the contrarie effect ibid. a League against the Polonians 353 Lippa and Themesuar townes of importance 121 Lippa yeelded to the Turke 131 Lippa and his situation 141. besieged by Castalde 142. brauely maintained the assault 147. 148. taken by assault of Castalde 152. committed to Aldenes custodie 163. cowardly forsaken and burned by Aldene 212. taken againe by the Turk 215 Lords dead in the field in battaile against the Turk 33 Lewis the 2. Lewis the 2. King of Hungarie and Bohemia and his birth 7. the qualities of Lewis ibid. Lewis assembleth the Estates to aduise for the defence of the kingdome against the Turke 10. demaundeth ayde of Christian Princes ibid. goeth into the field 15. sent backe George Basi to the Vayuode after instructions 17. sent letters and posts into diuers places to hasten the succours ibid. arriueth at Tholne 18. Lewis in choller amongst his Councell and his braue resolution 19. distressed touching the resolution of the battaile 21. commandeth all the Councellors to resolue vpon battaile or else to discampe 23. his forces against Solyman 26. he was committed to three notable men during the battaile ibid. the losse of him 30. he was found dead 31. he was borne without skinne 32. buried 38 Lewis Gritty Duke of Venice with Solyman aydeth King Iohn with his fauour 45. remaineth at Buda with K. Iohn 51. is recalled by Solyman to Constantinople after sent backe into Hungarie ibid. maketh friendship with the Vayuode of Moldauia 52. enterpriseth vpon Transiluania ibid. laugheth beholding the head of Emeric 54. his conscience reprouing him he confesseth the innocent death of Emeric ibid. retireth himselfe to Megest ibid. is besieged by the Transiluanians 55. forsaken of his friends thinking to saue himselfe is taken and committed to Francis Chendy to cause him to bee put to death 56. his children beheaded ibid. Lubec a rich towne 299 monie of Lysimachus found by peasants 214 the Loue of our countrie is of great efficacie 235 germane Lords enter into Vienna to defend it 46 hungarish Lords conducting Stephen to Solyman are retained by him 70. set at libertie 72 hungarish Lords stirre vp Ferdinand to make warre against King Iohn 39 M MAgdebourg a puissant towne 298 Mahomet Basha sent to the succours of Queene Izabella against Ferdinand 61. incampeth by Roccandolph 62. taketh the I le of Chep 63 Mahomet Basha Lieutenant generall for Solyman against Transiluania 187 arriueth
hands of Solyman Lewis Gritty a Venetian with the fauour of Solyman ayded Iohn Buda taken by the Turks Alteburg taken by the Turks Accanges Counte Palatine of Rhene entereth into Vienna The Turke before Vienna 1 2 3 4 5 Wolfang Oder defeated the Turkish vessels vpon Danubius The constancie of the citizens of Vienna The meanes to discouer a myne The generall and last assault giuen to Vienna Anno 1529. Solyman departeth from Vienna Iohn confirmed King of Hungarie by Solymon Gritty remaineth with Iohn The sauour of Solyman to Gritty Gritty called to Constantinople and after sent into Hungarie againe Peter Vayuode of Moldauia friend to Solyman and Gritty Gritty entereth into Transiluania Emeric Vayuoyde of Transiluania and Gritty were enemies Iohn Doce incensed Gritty against Emeric Lasky aspyred to be Vayuode of Transiluania Emeric Vayuode of Transiluania slaine by Doce Lasky moued at the death of Emeric The Transiluanians in armes for the death of Emeric Gottart Stephen Maillat Gritty retired himselfe to Megest Gritty taken by the Transiluanians and afterwards executed The custome of the Transiluanians Iohn Doce torne in peeces The children of Gritty beheadded The deseignes of Abraham Basha Sentence Abraham Basha strangled The agreement betweene Ferdinand and Iohn The death of Iohn King of Hungarie Stephen the sonne of Iohn also called Iohn Izabella daughter of the King of Polonia and mother of Stephen George the Frier tutor of Stephen surnamed Iohn A discourse of the life of George George hindereth the performance of the agreement which was betweene Ferdinand and Iohn George demaundeth aide of the Turke against Ferdinand William Roccandolph Lieutenant for Ferdinand in Hungarie Buda besieged by Roccandolph Frier George a diligent Captaine Bornemisse a traytor to the Budians was executed Mahomet Basha came to succour Queene Izabella Mustafa Basha sent into Trāsiluania Forces of Mahomet Peter Vayuode of Moldauia Oliman a Persian Roccandolph remoueth his Campe. Mahomet incamped by Roccandolph Presents sent to Queene Izabella by Mahomet The I le of Chep taken by the Turks Solyman entereth into Hungarie Roccandolph raiseth his Campe. The ouerthrow of Roccandolphs armie Pesthe taken by the Turkes The death of Roccandolph Mustafa warreth in Transiluania Maillat Lieutenant for Ferdinand in Transiluania Fogar besieged by Mustafa Maillat arested prisoner among the Turkes by treason Fogar taken The Transiluanias sweare fidelitie to Stephen Solyman arriued neere vnto Buda Anno 1531. Maillat sent to Constantinople The massacre of prisoners executed by the Turkes Presents of Soliman to Stephen and to the Hungarish Lords Soliman requested that Stephen might be sent him Stephen by the perswasiō of George is sent to Solyman Buda taken by the Turkes with deceit The marueilous obedience of the Turkes Stephen sent back to Buda and the Hungarish Lords were stayed A Councell held vpon the deliuerie of the prisoners Sacrifice made by Solyman in the great Church of Buda Solyman sent Queene Izabella and her sonne Stephen to gouerne in Transiluania Peter Vicchy Gouernour of Transiluania George with the Queene ouerseer of Stephen The Queene departeth from Buda The Hungarish Lords set at libertie The death of Maillat The constancie of the Queene Ferdinand sent to Solyman to demaund peace Rich presents sent to Solyman by Ferdinand The manner to present an Ambassadour before the Turke Ferdinand demandeth to be inuested King of Hungarie by Solyman Solyman returneth to Constantinople The Queene was receiued into Transiluania by the fauour of George George vseth the treasure of the kingdome and beginneth to gouerne and little respecteth the Queene The Queene complaineth of George to Solyman George seeketh againe the fauour of Ferdinand Nicholas Salm Lieutenant generall for Ferdinand in Hungarie Tocchay The conference between George and Counte Salm. The Queene sent to Solyman aduertising him of the Friers practises George retireth and fortifieth himselfe with Sassebesse The Queene gathereth forces against George Peter Vicchy besiegeth Senath Thomas Varcocce defeated the armie of Vicchy The marueilous courage of a Ratian wife The Chiauss of Solyman in fauour of the Queene threatneth the Transiluanians The Transiluanians forsake the Queene George incamped before Albeiula The agreement between the Queene and George The arrogan cie of the Frier George taketh armes against the Turkes Deua Chendy Lieutenant of George defeareth the Transalpinians The Sicilians and Saxons naturall enemies The retraict of the Basha of Buda Turchy Iohn The retraict of the Moldauian The peace confirmed betweene the Queene and George Solyman sendeth to the Transiluanians that they should obey George The Queene incenseth the Transiluanians against George George agreeth and vnited himselfe with Ferdinand Ferdinand sendeth ayde to George Iohn Baptiste Castalde chosen to goe Lieutenant into Hungarie for Ferdinand Lieutenant generall of a Campe. A generall Comissarie of victuals A generall Treasurer A secretarie A Comissarie A Generall of the Artillerie The conduct or guard of Artillerie Canoniers Ingins to mount and dismount Artillerie Waggons and carts A Comissarie ouer the munition Pioners Captaine of the Spies Officers to clense the Campe. Waggons or carts to carrie victuals Carts to carry implements and tooles Mils and Ouens Boates and bridges Pikes Launces Caliuers c. Phisitions Surgions Barbers c. A Master of the Post Priests That the Priests haue charge of the poore and sick louldiours Commaunds that none disbandeth themselues A Captaine of the baggage Castalde goeth into Hungary An. 1551. Castalde caused Agria to be fortified Aiduchs Vsarons The armie of Castalde The riuer Tibiscus or Tisse The hill Carpatus The oratiō of Castalde to his souldiours Castalde entereth into Transiluania Debrezen Andrew Battor Thomas Nadasdy Zalnoch The Queene caused a Diet to be held at Egneth George dissolueth the Diet at Egneth George besiegeth Albeiula The description of Transiluania Walachia Moldauia Transalpiniās Rhatians Ceculians Sicilians Saxons The riuer of Marosse The riuer of Cheres Rhatians Sibinium called Hermenstat Pressouia called Cronenstat Corone Torde Cassouia Albe-iula Stephen King of Transiluania called Iohn The Marquesse of Balasse Dalmas besieged by the people of Ferdinand The Queene accordeth with George Albe-iula yeelded to George Castalde at Egneth Dalmas yeelded to Castalde The meeting of George and Castalde The subtilties betweene Castalde and George George went to the Queen Castalde went to seek George Castalde went to seeke the Queene and to declare his charge Offers made to the Queen by Castalde in the name of Ferdinand The Queene conferreth with Castalde and complaineth of George The Queene yeeldeth her selfe to Ferdinand The deuises of George to dissolue the agreements of the Queen and Castalde The second agreement betweene Ferdinand and Queene Izabella George Vayuode of Transiluania 1500. horse for the guard of George The custome and maner of Princes Ferdinand intreateth the Pope to make George a Cardinall George made Archbishop of Strigonium George disswadeth the Queene from the agreements made with Castalde The Queene accuseth George to Castalde The agreements decreed Vicchy reposeth no trust in George Battor and