in derogatyng and takyng away the aucthoritie of Emperours at his pleasure Wherfore they made congregacions also and reiectyng the byshop of Rome excommunicacion excommunicated hym lykewyse Now went the Emperoure into Italy to treate and finish this controuersy In the meane season was Rudolfus duke of Schwaben chosen Emperour of y ◠contrary party in the town Phorcen whych was about the yere of oure lorde M. lxxvii The byshop of Rome sente Rudolfus a crowne wherein was wrytten thys verse Petra dedit Petro Petrus dyadema Rudolfo That is Chryst the Stone gaue the crowne to Peter Peter geueth to Rudolfe both crowne and septer Whereby he wolde sygnyfye that Christe gaue the Empyre to the byshoppe of Rome and that he lykewyse geueth it to princes Therfore came Henry haystely agayn into Germany droue Rudolfus out of Schwaben into Saxonye and foughte some battayls wyth hym by the ryuer Vnstrote in the which were slayne the byshops of Worms and Magdeburg The yeare M. lxxx was foughten the laste felde agaynste Rudolfe by Mersburge and in the same battayll was Rudolphus ryghte hande stryken of Whan euerye man nowe fled into the cytye Marsburge the hande was brought to the new Emperoure lyenge in hys bedde where the byshops stoode aboute The whyche as he sawe he sayde Lomy Lordes ye byshops thys ys the hande wherewyth I haue promysed my lord Henrye sayeth and loyaltye iudge ye your selues now howe godly ye haue counseled me to decyner from him Thys is a very myserable complaynte whyche declareth the troubled mind of the prince to haue iudged it self gilty of vprour Of this wise dyed Rudolfus about the .iiij. year of his election Whome I praye you would it not moue wythout he be of yron this so dredefull example to obey hys magistrate to beware of vproure Yet were not the byshops in the meane tyme in reste and set the sonne also against the father Hiltebrand the byshop boasted to haue sene a vision in his slepe that an vnlawfull Emperoure should dye that same yeare But thys was Caiphas prophecye for the punishment fell not vpon Henry but on the byshop of Romes adherentes After this victory came Henry to Rome and takyng in the citie by force he toke Hiltebrand the byshop and put hym from his office and in his steade was chosen the byshop of Rauenna called Clemēs and of hym was Henry the fourth crowned As for Hiltebrand died not longe after in exile Sigebertus the history writer doth not greatly prayse Hiltebrande and doth reprehende the man◠dedes that he did disquiet the peaceable state of the churche and empyre without greate cause and writeth also that Hiltebrande when he was dyeng should hymselfe haue complayned it and should haue required of Henry by embassage forgeuenesse of hys trespasse Hiltebrande forbade the priestes of Germany to mary and many that were maryed caused he to be diuorced The yeare of Christe M. ciij. when Henry had vāquished the Saxons the erle of Misen Erbert was slayne whome the byshops made to truste to be Emperoure after Rudolfus Besides that when al maters of Germany and Italy were set at a stay was Henry the fyft chosen Emperoure by Henry the fourth hys father Wherefore dyd the byshoppes procure by this Henry that he shoulde ryse against his father and driue hym out of the empyre But this greued the good prince greatly Wherefore Henry the sonne makyng a leage the yeare M C. v. dyd fyrst besyege his father at Mentz but the princes refusyng to assault it Henry the sonne was fayne to departe and leauyng Mentz went with the hoost to Norinberg and gat and spoyled it in the space of two monethes The father persued the sonne and on both sydes were they a while in their campes by Regensburg but they came neuer to playne felde by reason the princes went alwaye betwene But the sonne warned the father to beware of hys owne seruauntes wherefore he fled priuely to Ludich and dyed there that same yeare But when he had lyen vnburied fyue yeares by reason of the excommunicacion or course of the Romyshe byshop he optayned absolucion and was buried at Spire There are yet wrytynges at thys houre that were sent to the kynge of Fraunce by Henry the father treatyng of the iniury of the sonne and their malice which set the sonne against the father Reade more of this tragedy in the life of Hiltebrād prynted seuerally in Englyshe Of the takyng in and possessyng the citie Hierusalem IN the tyme of this Henry the fourth began the settyng forth to warre into Iewry against the Saracens and Turkes The fyrst capitayne was Godfre of Bilion prince of Lothringe or Lorain Hym accompanied the best princes and lordes of Gallia The yere M. xcix Godfre wan the citie Ierusalē and was straight waye made kyng But he refused to be crowned with a golden crowne there where Christes was crowned with a crown brayded of thornes This happened foure hundreth thre score and eight yeres before that Hierusalem was taken out of the Perses power by Heraclius But not muche aboue thirtene yeres after became the Saracens lordes of Hierusalem Many yeares after were the Saracens dryuen out of Hierusalem by the Turkes About this tyme gat the Christiās Ierusalem again and subdued many cities contreis there about They had the realme of Ierusalem lxxxviij yeares vntyll the yere of Christ a thousand one hundreth foure score seuen The Souldane wanne Ierusalem againe in the tyme of Frederick Barbarossa The chaunge of many duchyes in Germany HOw many miseries the inwarde warre of Germany whiche was sturred by the byshop of Rome wylenesse hath brought with it may easely be gathered thereby that when the princes and great men were slayne the lord shyppes and dominions were chaunged Henry the fourth gaue to the Catuly Lordes of Schwaben the lande of Baier After Rudolphus death gaue Henry the fourth the duchy of Schwaben to Frederick of Stauffen hys sonne in lawe that had maried hys daughter The auncetry or kynred of the Frankes dyed in a very shorte space Ecbertus erle of Misnia was slayne Gebhardus the father of that Lotharius whiche became afterward Emperoure was slayne also in a battaill and to conclude the power of Germane is wholy made feble and turned vpsyde downe by this debate of the princes Whan Hiltebrande was deade a byshop called Victor the third of that name was chosen out of the citie of Rome by his companions in spete of Clement But when Victor was deade a litle after by them was Vrbanus the ij chosen byshop of Rome The same returned to Ro. by their ayde that were ▪ now appointed to go to Ierusalem Being restored in the see he droue out Clemens Paschalis the ij succeded Vrbanus the .ij. Thissame was first taken by Henry the fyft Afterward did he constrayne hym to crowne hym Emperoure Henry the fyft the xvij Germane Emperoure THe yeare of Christe M.
tethe and yet resembled not the swynes in any other parte But the moost part of them were Lyons The Crosse the Camell and the Lyon whose head the Cocke dyd eate were sene last of all Henrye the eyghte oft hat name kynge of Englande whan he was by the Pope excōmunycated for makyng dyuorse wyth hys wyfe which was hys brothers wyfe before called the nobylytye and beste learned of hys Realme together and consulted wyth them In the whych consultatyon or parlyamente it was concluded that the Pope hadde none authorytye nor power ouer hym nor yet ouer the Churche of hys Realme but that the kynge hym selfe was both kynge of his Royalme and also supre me heade and defender of the same Churche Werefore he dyd vttterlye forsake the Pope and fell from hym He dyd also set furthe a booke of the authority and power of Christen Princes ouer their Churches agaynste the vsurped authorytye of the Pope and hys detestable abhomynatyon and procured afterward to be ioyned in confederatyon wyth the Euangelycall Prynces and townes agaynste the Pope and specyally wyth the towne of Lubeke Whithin a littel whyle after this his deputye in Irelande fell from hym and caused the whole Ilande to rebell agaynst theyr Prince In thesayed yeare the fyue and twentiest daye of September dyed Pope Clement the seuenth of that name beyng old syxe and fyftye yeares and foure monethes After hym was elected and chosen the twelft daye of October Paule the thyrde a verye olde man whyche before was called Alexander Farnesius a Romayne borne and had ben byshop of Ostia What Romysh touches the same hath wrought and vsed shalbe mentioned hereafter in place conuenient Whyle thys was a doynge in the Weste the bloudthurstye Mars was busy in the Easte For the moost myghty Sophy kynge of the Persyans inuaded the Lande of Armenia agaynst the Turke wyth a myghty army Wherefore the Turke sent hys chyefe Capytayne called Imbrai Bassa wyth a stronge hoost to defend Armenia from and agaynst the Persyans But whan they met by the Ryuer of Eufrates Imbrai Bassa wyth the moost parte of his hoost was slayne Then Soliman the Turky she Emperoure intendyng to reuenge the sayde losse receyued at the handes of the Persyans went out of the cytye of Epiphania whyche lyeth in the ende of the lande of Cilicia and abutteth vpon Syria wyth a great nombre of men well appointed and had a prosperons iorney and a lucky paspassage vntill he approched nygh vnto the costes of Armenia But as soone as he hadde attayned vnto it he was vnwarres enuyronned compassed and besyeged rounde aboute of the Persyans in the mountaynes on euerye syde in suche wyfe that thesayd Soliman had muche to do to saue hys lyfe and to escape wyth a fewe of hys men into Syria Whylest Solyman was thus pestered and busyed wyth the Persyans a certayne Pyrate or Sea roauer whome the Lombardes and the people of Mauritania do call Barbarossa rose vp in Grece and gate vnto hym a Turkyshe Armad a well appoynted intendynge to inuade and ouertunne the kyngedome of Tunise lyenge in Affrica where sometyme Carthago was buylded and at hys arryuynge he pilfered and spoyled syrste the Cytye of Ostia lyenge not farre from Roome After that he kept the sea aboute Genua a good whyle and whan they of Affrica suspected least of all they were of hym inuaded In so muche that he subdued vnto hym selfe all the lesser Affrica and expelled kynge Altzachenus from Tunise Thus hath thys Tyraunt ouercome Affrica wherein he reygned and tryumpheth yet at thys daye wyth greate pryde and arrogancy The fyfte daye of Iulye in the sayd yeare of M. CCCCC xxxiiii were burned at Breda in the lande of Brabant nyne hundreth and thre score houses by a sodayne fyre In the begynnyng of the Winter arose manye horryble and tempestuous Westerly and also Southerly wyndes wherby certayne quarters in lowe Duchelande and thinhabitauntes of Sealande dwellynge nygh the sea syde sustayned notable losses and dammages In the lande of Pole were all waters and ryuers so excedingly increassed that they brooke downe at Crakowe and at Casymyre myghtye stonebridges and walles wyth many other strong buyldynges notwythstandynge that in a maner thoroughoute all Europa besydes all waters were verye small and partely dryed vp thorough the greate heate of the same Sommer Thys yeare the Duke of Millan maryed the doughter of Cristerne captyue kyng of Denmarke whych was borne vnto hym of Izabell syster to the Emperour Charles IN the yeare of our Lorde 1535. the Emperoure Charles prepared hym selfe wyth greate power and made out a myghty Armada or nauy furnyshed wyth all maner of necessaries and thoroughlye manned wyth Duche French and Spanyshe warriours wherewyth he sayled fyrste oute of Spayne into the Ile of Sardinia From thence into Sicilia and from thence he sayled into Affrica in the moneth of Iune and recouered the cytye and kyngedome of Thunise agayne whyche Barbarossa had taken before whome the Emperoure expelled agayne from those quarters and restored the olde kynge Altzachenus agayne to hys kingedome on thys condytyon that he shoulde yearelye paye a certayne trybute to the Emperoure But the Castell of Golleta dyd themperoures Mayeste reserue to hys owne vse whyche he furnyshed also wyth men retaynynge the same onelye from the kyngdome of Tunyse All the residue of the sayde kyngdome dyd he delyuerer to the sayde king Thys battayll and affayres beynge ended themperoures Maiestye returned agayne wyth hys Nauy into Sicylya and arryued wyth a prosperous course at Palerrno whyche sometyme was called Panormus Whyle the Emperoure was busy to sett all thynges in ordre in the kyngdome of Tunise Barbarossa inuaded the Ile called Mynorca whyche is the leaste amonge the Iles of balearis destroyenge the same by spoylynge and burning very piteously Also the Affrycanes in the kyngdome of Thunyse dyd not behaue themselues verye faithefullye towardes themperoures Mayesty For when they woulde saue them selues from hys power and some of them wente aboute to make an insurrectyon The Emperoures Maiestye sente hys chiefe Capytayne Andrewe de Aurea vpon the sea towardes Affryca to punyshe and correcte the rebelles for the better establyshemente of all thynges in the kyngdome of Tunyse In the lowest partes of Ducheland dyd the Secte of the Anabaptistes myghtelye increase Wherefore the townes by the sea syde feared a great destruction on there behalfe Among the whych Secte some were so deuelysh and shameles that they dyd not onelye wythoute anye conscyence and shame take manye wyues but also went altogether naked euen as they were borne in thys worlde Suche is the ordre where the Deuell is Capytayne that neyther nurtour honestye nor yet the feare of God is regarded But they that were wythin the Towne of Mynster and had ben nowe more then a yeare therein besyeged were not very well at
ease allthough by the reason of theyr foolyshe Phantasyes and hardened hartes they coulde not nor yet woulde not perceyue it vntyll they were vtterlye destroyed For notwythstandyng that the sayed syege pressed them and an horrible and importunate famine as was mencioned before in the last yeare reygned among them Yet were they by the comfortable persuasyons of theyr false Prophetes so hardened that they mynded nothynge lesse then to yelde by the Towne and saue theyr lyues notwythstandynge that thereunto they were often tymes requyred wyth lyberall and gracyous promyses But contrary wyse they defended themselues the longer the fearcer and shot out of the Towne with ordinaunce as though the deuell had bene among them to the great auoyaunce of their aduersaries in so muche that not a fewe valiaunt warriours in the Campe were slayne with their ordinaunce And to declare the madnes of the said Anabaptistes I haue thought it mete not to omitte a folysh acte done by a certayne woman among them Forasmuche therfore as they within the towne had this opinion of the saied towne of Mynster that it was that new Ierusalem mencioned in the Apocalipse thorough the whiche all the heathen should be destroied so that the christians should reigne in peace a thousand yeres whiche sayeng although they must be vnderstande spiritually were they expounded by them carnally the said folysh woman would counterfette the acte of Iudith which slewe holofernes and deliuered her Citie Wherefore she made her boaste that if she myght be costely arayed and decked she woulde go furth if she were permitted into the hooste of her aduersaries and easely ouercome the byshop Whyle nowe the kyng the other in the town were so foolysh and made not only to beleue her but also to further her in the said affayres trustyng that their deliueraunce was at hand she went out and behaued her selfe in all pointes as though she had bene escaped and fled out of the citie But her dissimulacion beyng espied perceyued she was taken and brought before the Byshop and after her confession rewarded wit death accordyng to her deseruyng For asmuche nowe as the saied craft and practise bad no good successe the Anabaptistes within the citie ought to haue consydered that there was no fortune in their doyng seyng they were yet oppressed to the vttermost But they dyd herein resemble the Iewes in their last destructiōat Ierusalem for the more God plaged them with famine and dissention among them selues the more hard harted and stifnecked they were vntill at the last one escaped priuely out of the saied citie and brought in certaine of the byshops souldiours at the gate called the holy crosse gate which souldiours after they had slain the watchemen opened the gate and so made away into the citie for the other Thus was the citie of Mynster taken in again and deliuered from the powere of the Anabaptistes at the feast of S. Iohn the baptiste in the night And the next day folowing whatsoeuer would make any resistaūce being slayn with the sworde the kyng with his chief counsayllours craftyng and knipperdulling were taken prisoners These three were aftewarders for the space of certayne monethes caryed about in the countrey from place to place for a spectacle and example to all men And at the last on S. Vincentes day in the yere of our lorde MDxxxvi they were put to death with fyry tonges and their dead bodies hanged vp in yron baskettes or grates out of the steple of S. Lamberts Churche within the saied citie of Mynster the kyng in the middes somewhat hyer then his said two coūsailers for a perpetual memoriall and warning to all commocioner raysers of tumulte rebelles against y e lauful magistrates ordeined of God Thus toke this kyngdom of the Anaba pristes a shameful ende according to their desertes In Denmarke raged the duke of Oldenborough with the capitaines of Lubeke as he had begonne the yere before but the moste part of the germayne counsayll chose Christiane Duke of Holston to be kyng in Denmarke desyring hym to assiste them against the saied duke of Oldenborough and them of Lubeke While nowe the said request was easy to be graunted and the said duke of Holston had taken Iudland in possession all ready whiche is no small porcion of the kyngdome of Denmarke abutting vpon the lande of Holstone he passed with his army into the Ile of Funa ▪ otherwyse called Fion and ouercame the citie of Asnites But when the duke of Oldēborough with them of Lubeke assaulted him with an hoost of men well appointed both on horsebacke and on foote the said Christian obtayned the victory so that the duke of Oldēborough lost much people where among other was slayne Iohn count of Hoya and an Erle of Teckelburgh in Westphale and euen the same daye whiche was the .xi. daye of Iune they of Holstone toke from them of Lubeke an Armada of shippes and put the men of Lubeke whiche they founde in the same in captiuitie In somuche that the said Christiane had the ouerhande on euery syde whiche was vnto him a witnes from God that he should be kyng in Denmarke In Hungary and Austrich were diuers louedayes kept betwene Ferdinando and Iohn Weyda kinges of Hungary and the Turkes imbassadour to wete if Hūgary might be brought to apeaceable estate neuer theles there was nothing concluded that was notable and profitable Also in this yere 1535. there was a mariage cōcluded betwen y e king of Poles the king of Boheme For Sigismonde kyng of Poles maried Sigismūde his sonne to Elisabeth the daughter of Ferdinando kyng of Bohemy whiche in the yere of oure Lorde MDxliij folowyng was celebrated with great solempnitie as shalbe mentioned hereafter in place conuenient In the moneth of Nouember the second day the duke of Mylan departed out of this world And immediatly after Frauncis the Frenche kyng prepared hym selfe with all his power to recouer the dukedome of Mylan and entred into the land of Sauoy whereof ensued great warres the yere next folowyng in those quarters Frederike Duke of Baier Palatine by the Rene now electour imperiall toke to wyfe the right excellent princesses Dorothee daughter to Christierne late kyng of Denmarke whiche he had begotten of Izabel syster to Charles themperour the solempnitie whereof was kept at Bruxelles in Brabant In England in the moneth of Iune the byshop of Rochester and Sir Thomas More which had bene lorde chauncellour of Englande and in great aucthoritie vnder the kyng was beheaded for denieng the kyng to be supreme heade of the churche of Englande And in this yeare were there thre monkes of the Charter house executed in Englande for the same offence In the partes of Shlesy about and within the the towne of Olse arose the same yeare on Sainct Gyles day an horrible tempest in suche sorte that the bookes whiche were newely prynted were taken out of the Iewes houses
both them selues and the Castell vnto the Prynces Afterward was the Castel and the wholle lande sett in an order and the Gospell whyche before was kepte from it throughe that tyranne the Duke of Brunswycke ordeyned to be preached therinne And when they hadde ordeyned all thynges after the beste facyon and the Duke of Brunswycke appeared no where wyth any sowdyars and the Empyre requyred But the Emperoure coulde smell what the Pope meante Wherefore he vtterlye refused that councell and exhorted hym by wrytyng that he woulde rather see thatt the Frentch kyng kepte peace to thynthent that the Turcke myghte be wythstanded than to call a councel at suche an Vnmeete time which might be an hynderaunce to the other purpoose to make peace Afterwarde the Emperoures Mayestye prepared hymselfe after the beste facyon to wyth stand the Frentche kynge and hys partetakers Aboute thys tyme dyd the a boue mencyoned Prynces Duke Otho Henrycke and Phylyppe hys brother bothe countye palatynes on the rhyne and the cytyes Regensburgh and Swyneforthe receaue the Gospell for whyche thynge they were compelled to take muche harme and specyallye they of Regensburge to whome Duke Wyllyam of Bayer did al the hurte that the could and forbadde all hys subyâ—ctes that none of them shulde carye anye thynge to Regensburge or by or sell wyth them or yf anye man dyd he muste nott come agayne in to hys lande and must leese all hys goodes Thys was a greate hyndraunce to the cytye of Regensburge For it lyeth in the myddes of the lande of Bayer Yeth hath God gracyously preserued it In the begynnynge of the herueste ther came oute of Lyâ—towe thorou the land of pole and through schlesye and vnto the land of myssen great multytudes of Grassehoppers flyinge and layed them downe in the aboue mencyoned landes by greate multytudes an hundreth dutch myle long and aâ—e vppe all that was grene in the felde and lo we medowes They were as greate as a mannes fynger and some of them greater they hadde scales as it hadde bene harnesse vpon them and as it were an hatte vpon theyr heades lyke an olde rowstye year on sallet and were harde lyke an horne so that a man coulde skante treade them in sonder They had four winges as it wer which wereread speckelde some of them were yellowe and gray and of other speckelde coloures And where so euer they layed them downe in the felde there they laye well a foate thycke from the grounde And specyallye in the lande of Pole they saye that they laye an halfe elne thick from the grounde When the sunne beganne to schyne then they flewe vppe by greate heapes in battell order so thycke to gether that they shadowed the sonne lyke a clowde They flewe also as swystlye as other birdes a wholl dutche myl befor they reasted In the lande of myssen they came as farre as to the water Mylda for ther they came nott Euerye man thoughte that then shoulde a greate deathe haue folowed in the same landes where as yet hyther to ther hath none bene hearde of Haplye it was a warnynge as certen learned men wryte that we should take hiede that we myght be able to withstande if the Turck came in wyth suche a multitude of people from whyche thynge God gracyously defende vs. In Italye vpon the .xiii. daye of Iune ther was a fearfull and an horryble Earthquake by Florence whyche threwe downe manye Chymneyes in Florence and almooste a wholle lytell towne lyinge not farre from it called Scharbarya and destroyed many men They wryte also that in Turckye a lytell towne lyinge not farre from Solonychyo from whence the Saffren cometh was destroyed wyth men and women and all that was ther in wyth an Earthquake They saye also that ther stode ouer Constantynople an horryble blasynge sterre .xl. dayes longe and that in the same dayes in Iune and Iulye there was there an horryble weether and an Earthquake They saye also that a Dragon burnt the Turckes Castell and treasure and that ther came a greate multitude of wolues rennynge into the cyty whyche dyd men muche harme And many suche wounders done at that tyme were wrytten oute of Constantynople wherof as me semeth some be but lyes Howe beit I lett euerye man thynck ther in as shal please hym and beleue what he wyll Let thys be ynoughe of thys yeare The Brabanters beyng prouoked of Marten van Rosheyme rusch et in to the lande of Gulyck â–ª and burne certen Castels lytel townes or robbe and make hauocke of them They manne Duren Gulycke â—yttard Sustern and Hynsberg which were yelded vp vnto them On the other syde the Duke of Cleue after he hath gathered an armye round aboute oure all places wythstandeth the power of the Brabanders Whyche after they had made Hensburg stronge entended also to Fence Duren entred into fyght wyth hys Enemyes Wherein when there were many kylled on both partyes the fyght was ended Syttard and Gulyck because the walles were ouerthrowen of the Brabanders the Duke of Cleue causeth to be strongly walled agayne and beseaged Duren and compelleth them to yelde vp the towne in the ende of December Thys yeare Iames the fyft kynge of Scottland beyng .xxxiij. yeare of age dyed in December leauyng but one onely doughter alyue of two yeare of age borne of hys second wyfe ouer whom he ordeyned tutors and gouerners of the Realme the Cardynall of S. Andrewes and the lorde Hamelton IN the yeare of our Lord 1543. euen in the begynnynge of the yeare was a conuocation or Counsell kept at Nuremburgh at the whyche conuocation was present kyng Ferdinandus wyth hys two eldest sonnes and besydes them the moost parte of the Ambassadours and deputies of the other princes of the Empyre And when all theyr actes and doynges were prolonged vntyll after Easter ther was another day appoynted to be kept at Spyer where the Emperours Mayestye shoulde personally appeare hym selfe In the moneth of Ianuary the Emperours maiesty sent out of spain a mighty army bothe on horsback on foot wherof the erle of Aultete was capitaine into y e land of the Mores called Mauritania â—â—enge in the coastes and borders of Afryca ouer agaynste Spayne to inuade the kynge of the cytye of tremetz wherof also the kyngdome hath hys name because that by the helpe of the Moores he hadde proflygated and expelled hys brother vnto whome the gouernaunce of the kingdome by right dyd appertayne whyche soughte redresse and succour at the handes of themperours maiesty This armye arryued the .xxvii. daye of Ianuary at the cytye of Tybyda lyenge by the sea syde where they founde a greate multytude of Mores which soone auoyded and lefte y e cyty vnto the Spanyardes After thys they marched from Tybyda towardes tremetz and endamaged the Mores by the waye whyche were departed from Tybyda vntyll at the laste they tourned them selues again and made a conflycte
appurtenaunces belongyng to the Landgraue whiche also kylled certain husbandmen at the takyng of them But the Landgraue and his men were quiete and peaceable vntyll the tewesday the .xx. daye of October within night And then about midnight the watche worde was geuen that euery man shoulde be ready with his weapon and so the hole hoste which after the common sayeng of warriours contained an huÌ„dreth thousand men a great noÌ„bre to be assembled within the space of one moneth marched ouer a certain water called the Rume which the Landgraue had caused to be furnished ouer with brydges accordingly For what Henry of Brunswike had caused to be concluded and determined in the meane season was refused for diuers good causes and early in the mornyng they came to an hill not farre from the Brunswykers Campe by a landmarke whiche the Landgraue caused hastely to be dygged vp and cast downe in many places that he myght brynge thorough his armye without stoppe or let For the Brunswykers intended there to stoppe theÌ„ of their passage whome the Landgraue at the last was fayne to beate away with his ordinaunce Nowe wheÌ„ the armis of y e Landgraue of the other were both brought through y e LaÌ„dmarkes vpoÌ„ the plaine of y e hil ther were also brought through into y e felde thre great slynges certain Canons whiche as sone as the enemies were espied were discharged shot among the thickest of them But as soone as the Brunswykers sawe this they dyd furthe withseke meanes to flee and turned theÌ„ selues towardes an hyll lyeng by a wood whome the horsemen folowed without delay When duke Henry sawe thys that there was suche shuting towardes his hooste and that they were put to flyght â–ª all his bolde courage was done and his proude harte fainted wherfore he sent incontinently to Duke Maurice desyryng to impetrate some grace fauour for hym at y e handes of the Landgraue And although the LaÌ„d graue shewed hymselfe gentyll ready yet would he not trust hym for he suspected y â— Duke Henry hys Sonne sought wayes to escape but marched strayghtwayes wyth his hooste and artyllery towardes hys enemies and shot among them fearcely vntyl suche tyme as Duke Henry and his sunne Charles victor thorough the Counsayll of Duke Maurice yelded and submitted them selues into the handes of the Landgraue At whiche tyme the Landgraue made vnto Duke Henry this sharpe oration Yf thou myghtest haue somuche power ouer me as I haue nowe ouer the surely thou wouldest not saue my lyfe But I wyll vse my selfe better towardes the then thou hast deserued at my hande Why hast thou presumed to disobeythe Emperoures maiestie and to refuse sequesâ—racion For if thou haddest obeyed thou shouldest not haue brought thy selfe into thys trouble neyther should so many poore men haue bene endamaged vndone and destroyed And furth with he committed hym and hys Sonne to the kepynge of certayne of hys chyef geÌ„tylmen which toke them both into their custody Whyle these thynges were a doyng betwene these two prynces the Landgraues company both on horseback and on fote pressed in among the company of Duke Henry in suche sort that but fewe of them should haue bene left on lyue yf Duke Maurice had not the sooner aduertysed the Landgraue thereof who as then rode hastely among them and with much a do stylled and pacifyed hys men and turned them backe from fyghtyng and shutyng Nowe when the people was qualifyed and pacified the Landgraue called Duke Henryes company before hym and required theÌ„ to sweare that within the space of thre moneths next ensuing they should worke nor pretende nothyng agaynst the Euangelicall confederation Whiche some of them promysed without delay but the horsemen departed by heapes with opeÌ„ banners without any othe or promyse made whom the Landgraue pursued in haste and ouertoke the next day wherefore they attempted to make resistaunce but when they sawe that they were ouermached they layed downe their banners and made an othe not to enterpryse ought agaynst the sayde confederacion within the space of syxe monethes When this was done both the father and the sonne of Brunswyke was with a strong garde caried to Cassell and the father from thence into the Castell of Zigenheim After thys dyd the Landgraue take in agayne the lande of the sayde Duke Henry and caused thinhabitauntes of the same to sweare agayne of newe to the confederation of the Gospell and consequeÌ„tly turned hym selfe agaynst the Erles Ihon of Shauenburgh Otto of Rithbergh whiche are both lonemen to the Landgraue and yet had succoured them of Brunswyke with men artillery and other necessaryes insomuche that Iohn Erle of Shauenburgh was deposed from his stronghold BuckeÌ„bourgh which was geuen to his brother and other of the stocke to enioye on this conditioÌ„ that they should not suffre hym to come in agayne oneles he were before sufficiently agreed with the sayde confederation for all hys offences committed against them But Ritbergh was geuen vp to the Landgraue by the possessours thereof When all this was done and by Goddes grace finysshed without greate bloudshedyng the warriours being honestly contented and payde were licensed to departe euery man home to his owne All these actes haue I drawen and extracted out of the Copie of the Land graue therfore described them so muche the more at large while suche writynges whiche are called newes are coÌ„monly soone dilated Neuertheles consideryng that thereby the common sorte of people and our posteritie may haue a shorte and sure information and declaration of these marciall affayres I truste that no wyse man will mislyke this my labour and diligence About Mighâ—lmas dyed Albert Archebyshop of Mentz whiche was Marquis of the Marke brother to the olde Marquis Ioachim In whose rowme was elected by the chapiter sir Sebastiane of Housenstone a Doctor of a notable stock whose dwelling and mansion was betwene Aschaburgh and Franckeforde Also not long after this Albert the sonne of Casimire lorde Marquis of Brandenburgh assaulted Onoldesback which is coÌ„monly called Onesback w t 600. horses in the name of one of knobelsthorp who was the chefe amoÌ„g the rulers of the land which y e lord Marquis George deaceassed a littell before had left to his young sonne whome he had by the daughter of Duke Henry sister to Duke Maurice of Saron and requyred the same to be deliuered vnto hym But the Ruler of Knobelsthorpe beyng warned of thys gate hym out of the way So that thesayd Lord Marquis was fayne to departe not hauing his purpose In Hungary raged the Turke with roauyng spoylyng of the pore subiectes of Ferdinando whoÌ„ he put to muche losse and hynderaunce This yere also dyed the younge Duke of Orleans the Frenche kynges Sonne Of wondres and sygnes happened this yere one in especial to be noted is come to my knowledge whiche chaunced in the lande of Poles and myght be sene of
byshop not longe after Philippe sonne to Barbarossa the .xxii. Germane Emperour THe yeare of Christ M.C.xcviii was chosen Emperour Philippe the sonne of Barbarossa duke of Schwaben and gouernour of Italy on y ◠Emperours behalfe he raygned ten yeares In hys tyme rose greate vproures in Germanye For whan Henrye was deade haystynge out of Italy Philippe dyd admonysh the princes electors of the election had of hys yonge cosyn made Emperoure And that the empyre shulde haue no alteracyon ether they shulde cōmitte to hym the admynistracyon or make hym Emperoure and none other prince But whan Innocentius the Bysh of Rome smelled that he dyd earnestly procure by the princes electors that another Emperour shulde be chosen shewyng openly he coulde not brouke Philippe for he was displeased wyth hym because that whan he was gouernoure in Italye he had done I wote not what agaynst the Byshop of Rome wherefore also he was excommunicated of Innocentius But nowe had alegat absolued Philippe of the excommunication wo also was punyshed therefore of the Byshopp of Rome But what nede many wordes The byshop of Ro. hated all Fredericks kinred intended ▪ to rout it out Wherefore was chosen by the electors Emperour Bertholdus duke of zaryngē who besyde y t he was riche was worthy noprayse in a maner Philipp was in the toune Mulhausen where were come also many princes as of Bohemy Saxony Baier Schwaben of whome he was made Emperour But whan the duke of zeryngē knewe that he was weaker than Phlippe of pussaunce and power he came frely to him and yelded himselfe as to his lyege lord refusing to take vpon him the naming of the Emperiall maiesty But the byshopp of Ro. ceassed nothyng the more of his forepryse but broughte to passe that the prince of Brunswich Otho the fourth of that name sonne to Henrye that fled was made Emperoure of the bysh of Colen and county af Palatine The same dyd Innocentius confirme and crowne cursynge and excommunicating Philippe Wherefore went from hym to Otho not a fewe princes the prince of Bohemye the erle of Thuringen Herman and the byshop of Argentine or Strasburg But yet dyd God in the meane season prosper Philips affaires insomuche that he gouerned the empyre all the tyme of hys lyfe Fyrst goynge in Alsace he toke in Strasburg and compelled the byshop of Strasburge to yelde hymselfe In the meane tyme was Otho come tyll Spyre but he also was dryuen backe by Philippe into Saxony and as Philippe folowed now vpon hym into Thuryngen thether came the kynge of Bohemy and y e erle of Thuryngen But they refusyng to geue battayl yelded thēselues to Philppe Afterwarde besyegynge the citye Colen also he compelled the bysh to yelde himselfe who though he had crowned Otho before yet crowned he Philyppe also at Achen wyth the Emperyall crowne Not longe after Otho strengthened wyth the succourse of some byshops he forsoke the byshoppe of Colen because he was fallen to Philippe but than returned Philippe to Colen and fought some feldes wyth Otho and gat the victory but Otho fled into Englande At the laste whan the princes sawe that Othoes parte was weakened and that Phylippe kept the empyre who also made hym selfe familiar with the princes He had to wyfe Irene doughter to the Emperour of Constantinople of the which he had foure doughters whereof he maryed the one to the kynge of Bohemes sonne another gaue he to the prince of Brabant Than I saye whan the princes sawe all these thinges they deuised to make an accorde To the bishop of Rome wer Legates sent to make an atonement betwene him and Philippe and also that Otho shuld be taken in fauoure Wherefore the Bysh of Rome sendyng embassiadours into Germany Phylippe the Emperoure was absolued of the excommunicatyon The agrement was made also that Otho shulde marye one of the dougdters to the intent the bande of the concorde and familiaritye made myght the better be kepte betwene both partees All thys was done But whan this agrement and leage was made Philip dwelt afterward at Bamberg And vpon a day whan he was lettē bloud and the good prince suspected now no harme and had in hys chamber no more wyth hym than the Chaunceler and hys karuer of Walpurch ther came in to him Otho of Witelspache whose kynred Friderick the first had made honorable famous by geuynge him the duchy of Baier The same whan he sawe that the Emperour was alone without any company or ayde he fell sodenly vpon hym not thinkyng any thing and stroke a greate wounde in the Emperoures necke The Karuer came runnynge to helpe hys prince but the murtherer by reason of hys swyftnesse escaped Thys woūd was deadly to Philipp and as he was deade he was buryed at Bamberg But afterwarde was the bodye dygged vppe and brought to Spyre by Fridericke the .ii. Vpon the stone that lyeth on the graue is written Philipp of Bamberg Nether wanted Otho of Wytelspache the murtherer finally his worthy punyshment for he hym selfe was slayne also not longe after Of the institution of the freres beggynge ordres IN the tyme of Philippe founded Dominicus and Franciscus the Orders of beggynge Freres For the monkes or chanons that were ryche the same beynge now become mighty lordes despising the seruice of teachynge in the Churche or congregacyon went to warre wyth y e Emperoures and princes Therfore beganne these two men than to preache and toke to their companions sobre and peaceable men as men geuen to learnynge and thus beganne that thinge After that began more orders after the example of these as it commeth moost communely to passe as oft as new thynges begynne to be wondered at But as nothyng remayneth stedfast alway and durable in his degre in mens affayres euen so do we se the orders of Freres and monkes to lose theyr state and doctrines Otho the fourth the .xxiii. Germane Emperoure THE yeare of Christ M.CC.ix. after that Philippe was deade fell the maiestye of the empyre to Otho prince of Brunswich who was chosen Emperoure afore also agaynste Philipp He raygned after Philips decease foure yeares But wythin these foure yeares went he fyrst to Rome and receaued the Imperiall crowne of Innocentius In Italy vsed he a very kynglye and mooste costly apparelynge and shewed a notable grauitye toward all princes and cityes insomuch that they all dyd humbly worshyp hym After hys coronacion toke he some imperyall cityes whyche the Romysh bysh dyd possede but thys was an occasyon of the breche of frendeshyp with the bysh of Rome Wherefore Innocentius dyd accurse Otho euen whan he was yet present in Italy and before Otho came agayne into Germany he sent ambassadours to the princes that they should choyse another Emperoure namely Frederick the seconde sonne to Henry the vi It was very proudly and cruellye done of the Bysh of Rome so to excommunicate and accurse the Emperoures nether
departed homeward to his owne syr Ierome Bomegardener a learned maÌ„ y â— feared god being sent to the said couÌ„sail froÌ„ the towne of NurreÌ„ myght haue ouercome subdued all Fraunce with out any notable losse of his men For the warriours of the Frenche kyng were become so faintharted y t they durst in no place resist their enemies To the which act themperour might haue ben greatly aduaunced by the meanes that the kyng of Englande saye also in Fraunce with a great power Howbeit through great intreataunce mediation of y e chiefe lordes of the parliamen at Paris the duke of Orleans the kinges sonne who did specially fauoure y e Emperour the matter was brought to a staye but on what coÌ„dicion I haue no certaintie of knowledge as yet for somuch as some say one thing some another Wherfore I wil rather write nothing theÌ„ I shuld therof affirme any thing vncertaine In this yere chaunced foure horrible Eclpses or darkenings The first of the Moone the .x. daye of Ianuary about .vi. of the clock in y e morning which lasted .iii. houres .xxviii. minutes the Moone was hidden .xii. pointes .xlvi. minutes The second of the SuÌ„ne the .xxiiii. day of Ianuary about ix of the clock before noone lasting .ii. houres .vi. minutes â–ª the SuÌ„ne was darkened about .xi. pointes .xvii. minutes when this darkenes was at the hiest it was so darke euerywhere as it is coÌ„monly at night wheÌ„ the Sunne is newely set insomuch that all fowles cattaile whiche were mery before became still sad as though they had mourned had compassion with the Sunne being darkened The third Eclipse was of the Moone the .xiiii. day of Iuly about half an houre after eight whiche lasted .iii. houres .xlii. minutes the Moone was darkened â–ª xvii â–ª pointes and .xxv. minutes The fourth was of the Moone the .xxix. day of december in the morning about half an houre befor seuen lasted .iii. houres .xxxvi. minutes the mone being depriued of her light by the shadowe of y e earth about .xiiii. pointes and .xviii. minutes But what effecte and operation the sayde Eclipses and darkenynges brought with them maye euery wyse man partely perceyue by the contentes of the Story of the yere next folowyng and partely by the dayly discourse and exercyse bothe of magistrates and of subiectes For without special alteration of earthely creatures suche constellacions are not wont to passe as experience doth sufficiently teache and declare This yere henry the eight king of England sent an armye into Scotlande in the moneth of May whiche landed at Lyth in Scotlande and so went burnyng and destroyeng the countrey about sparyng nether castel towne pyle nor vyllage vntyll they had ouerthrowen and destroyed many of theÌ„ as the borough and towne of Edenborough with the Abbey called Holy Rodehouse and the kynges Palice adioyned to the same The towne of Lyth also with the hauen and peyre The castell and vyllage of Cragmyller the Abbay of Newbottell and parte of Muskelborowe towne the Chappel of our lady of Lawret. Preston towne and the castell Harintowne wyth the Freres and Nunery and castell of Oliuer Sancklers the towne of Dunbar Laurestone wyth the Graunge with many other townes castels vyllages and pyles Also this yere thesayd kynges maiestie prepared an army into Fraunce thither he went his owne person beseged the stroÌ„g towne of Bullen in Fraunce and there wanne the watch toure otherwyse called the olde man the .xxviij. day of Iuly And the .xxix. day of the same moneth Basse Bullyn was wonne the .xiij. day of September the towne of hygh Bullyn was victoriously coÌ„quered by the said kyng of England whiche after the entreaty humble peticion made of the French men gaue them licence to take bag bagage with them so departe the .xiiij. day of SepteÌ„ber at .iii. of the clocke at after none y e towne gate was opened the people began to come out they helde on vntill .vij. of the clocke at night And there were in nombre of men women children iiiâ— M. of them .xv. C. able meÌ„ of warre they had with them as muche as they could cary both men women children that was able to beare any thing and their horses kine were loded with as much stuffe as they could beare away And they had .lxxv. wagens laden with them IN the yere of our lord 1545. was another couÌ„cell kept at Wormes where many thinges were discussed entreated as the breakyng vp of the same publyshed maketh mencion There was also coÌ„cluded as touching matters of religion that a coÌ„munication disputacion shuld be kept at Rainsburgh the next yere whereunto y e estates of the Gospel or Euangelical princes shoulde appointe viiâ— learned men on their partie and likewise the Papistes eyght men on theyr syde whose mutuall agreementes and conclusyons shoulde bee propounded and declared vnto the Emperoure That afterwarde he might coÌ„sulte vpon suche thinges as shuld seme to make for an vnitie concorde Whyle these and suche other matters were debated and determined at Wormes in the presence of the Emperoure and the kyng of the Romaines the ryght high and myghty Prince and lorde Frederike Palatine and Electour Imperiall by the Rene coÌ„sideryng pondring the necessitie of his princely graces poore subiectes wherein they lay miserably captiuated and clogged vnder the yoke of that wicked and detestable Papacy and how many soules might be lost and brought to dampnacion or euer such vnitie as should be made at Raynsburgh could be brought to passe And also howe many consultacions and disputacions had bene kept before this tyme wherein alwaies the papisticall secte had bene conuinced and ouercome â–ª and yet neuertheles had alwayes persisted in their Idolatry and defended it the longer the more violently whereby it myght be easely perceiued and concluded what hope of amendement or agreement there was to be loked for He determined and coÌ„cluded with hymselfe furth with to forsake all popysh abhomination and not to tarye the yssue or ende of the sayde conuocacion and disputacion but in asmuche as thorough the grace and mercy of God he had obtained knowledge of the truthe and lyght of the Gospell to canse the same without delay to be ministred and declared to his poore subiectes Wherefore he ordeyned and constituted in all his iurisdictions that the Popish abhominacion should be put downe and that in stede of the same the Gospell of Christ should be frely preached that his pore coÌ„mons might be taught and brought into the right and true way of saluacion Our Lorde and sauiour Iesus Christe preserâ—e hym and all the fauourers of his worde to procede and go forwarde in the settyng furth of hys wyll to the glory of his blessed name Amen This yere also died the doughter of kyng Ferdinando whiche was maried to Sigismunde the younge king of Pooles
fo lvij So dome is become a marysh x. Thrâ—e sâ—â—ns seen together xâ—â— Solon the graâ—e and wryghte seâ—â—â—nce of hym to Cresus â—o xxxiiâ— the author and begyâ—â—ar of common lawes fo xxxvij Solituan wyth hys great hoste be seged Uirâ—â—a clxxxviij the â—econd breakyng of hym into Germany fo cxâ—vi Sophi prince of the Perspaâ—â—s â—â—adeth the Turke ccv Soraâ—â—s wrote the lyfe of Hypocrates fo ivij Soter fo lxvi Sparta and Athens two â—yes of Grece iv Spaâ—yards found new Iâ—des plâ—â—tyâ—ull of gold and syluer CC. When Spayn and part of Gallia was traâ—slated â—roÌ„ the empyre cxv the â—ynges of Spayn â—o come of the Gothes fo cxi Spâ—ches fo iiij Spyre fo ccxxxv ccl Stephen Gardener byshop of Winchester cclxxviij Stewes put donne at London fo lxx Stephan was confirmed of Lewes fo câ—â—xiij Sâ—â—phan was stoned xc kynge of the Hungaayans cxlviij Stillâ—â—o fo cviij cx Straw haâ—s cxlij Sultan or Soldan cxxij Swedeners rebell agaynst ther kyng câ—xlix Swines moâ—th was the fyrste â—yshop of Rome that chaunged hys â—â—me cxxxiiij The Swytzers and there league clxxv the power of them agayâ—â—t the Dolphin clxxxij the warre agaynst there neyghbours them of Eastenriche clxxxvi the warre within themselues clxxxix Sibilla is not the proper name of a woman xxiiij they were worshyppars of Idols ibid. Silla lxxxi he feareth the inconstancye of fortuâ—e lxxxij he was more cruell than nede reâ—uyred ibidem Spluester Byshop of Rome a worker wyth euyll spirites fo cxlix T Twelf tables of the law lix a table of the worlds end cxciiij Tacitus fo x Tamerlanes a tyraunt of Tartary fo clxxvij Tarquinius Priscus xxvij Superbus ibid. Tassilo duke of Bayerlande was ouercome of Charles fo cxxx Teia the last kynge of the Gothes fo xv Thelesporus xcv An example of temperance xl An horrible tempest CCxx Thales a begynner of philosophi in Grece xxxvij he and Solon were both at one tyme xxxvij Thare fo ix Thebes the occasion of the battayll xxi the Thebanes destroye the Phocyans lvij the The warre ouercome spoyled nether were restored agayâ— fo l vij Thefe taken ccxxxi Themisâ—ocles a defendor of the liberte of the country â–ª xlv his subtyl denyce xlvi he flieth tâ— Artaxerxes xlvij he is euyll rewarded xlvij Theodotius ouercometh the Gothyans cviij cx cxxv hys godlynes toward the church cix the yonger cxv Theodatus fo cxij Theramenes is putt to death fo lvi Theos fo lxvi Thomas Aqiunas clxviij Miâ—ter ci clxxxviij moor ccix author of Anabaptistes clxxxviij Thomas duke of Norfolk committed to the Tower cclxx Thrasibulus and hys prayre fo lvi Thuryngen the begynnynge of the Erldome aâ—d whence the lords therof fo cxlix Thâ—â—ydydes xxix hys sage â—ayenges conâ—ernyng hystoryes * iiij Tyberius Arimarus lxxxviij lxxxix cxx cxxv Tigranes is slayn by Pompeius fo lxx Titus sonne to Vespasian befeged Hierusalem xcij. tenne hundreth thousande persones were in the cytie when Ierusalem was besyeged xcij. hys gentelnes fo xciij Tyraunts are to be marked * vi Thyrty ty rannts were ordeyned at Aâ—hâ—us lv Totilas cxi he was taught by Beâ—et called the Sayâ—t cxiiij he fyghteth â—â—ckely cxiij Traianus was of greate honesty xciij hys sage sayng wheÌ„ he gaue hys head offycer tâ—e power of the sworde xciiij Persequâ—tion of Christen men vnderneth hym xciiij hys age xciiij Transiluania called Seuenburgh fo Cxxxi Tremâ—tes fo CCxlvi Tribunes were deposed by Sylla lxxxij they are restored agayne by Pompeius lxxxij Truce taken CCxcvi Tullus Hostilius fo xxvi Thâ—â—esse CCvi CCvij Turck what it sygnyfyed cxxiij the Turkes were Cartarians Cxxiij when they beganne to haue dominion ibid. he prepareth an arâ—â—ye to inâ—ade the the Christians CCxix they are beastes and not tyrauntes Clxxxiij Turke carâ—eth away eight thousand Christians in to Turky CCxxvij Turkes pastâ—â—â—e wyth Christians ccxxxvij they in Turkey acknowledge our Christian religion to be the beste CCxxvij CCxxxv CCxl CCxlviij CClix the Turks eldâ—st sonne maketh insurrection agaynst hys father CClxxiiij Trust is not to be put in the hâ—lp of man fo lxxij Tyriâ—thâ—s xxi Twelue artycles of sedicions râ—stickes Clxxxviij V Valens an Arrâ—an Cviij Valâ—otinianâ—s Cvij Cxvi Valâ—râ—aâ—â—s xcix Vandallâ—s came into Affrica Cxv thâ—re faythâ—ulluâ—s Cxvi whâ— they came â—yrst into Germany fo Cxvi Varius Hehiogabalus xcvij. Vardam battel Clxxxi Vision of S. Vdalryke Cxxxix Venece buylded fo Cxvij Vengeaunce how it is forbydden fo Cvij Vertue of noble Dames in the cytie of Wenisburg clviij Vespasianus fo xci Vibius Gallus Cxcix Victoria a cyte Clxvi Vindelicia fo lxxxviij Vitellius fo xcvi Vngodlynesse xxiij how much an vngodly doth differ from a Christian ibid. Vnkyndnesse toward God and doughty persons Clxxvij Vladislaus kyâ—g of Poole xcvij. Vlpianus ibidem Vâ—lâ—siaâ—â—s fo xâ—â—x Vrof the Caldeis fo ix Vrbinas sayeng Clxxxiiij W Wanderers in Germany and Gallia scourgyng themselues fo clxxiiij Waalles of wood answere xlv Warre of the Peloponneses lij the occasion of it was lyghte and how long it lasted â—â—â— of Cyrâ—s agayâ—st hys grandsather xxxâ—â— of the â—yâ—pes Clxxxij of lyght matters liij the occasion of cyuyl warrâ—s lxxxij WillyaÌ„ of Rogendorp ccxxxvi William duke of Bayre ccxliij Wencelaus kyng of Bohemies made a sainct Clxix Emperoure Clxxvi Weâ—uherus a restorer of the lawes fo Clvi Wertenberge Duchy when it beganne Clxxxv Willyam of Sicilie Clviij Emperour fo Clxviij Wittichus fo Cxiij Wonders sene in the tyme of y e Germaines warre liiij Wolfenbâ—tel CCxli CClv Wonderfull vicious CCl. CClxxi CClxxv Wormes CClxxiij Wryters of Histories and Cronicles cxcij Seke peace and ensue it Psál xxxiij i. Pet. iij. WL The feare of the lord is the beginnyng of Wysedome Psalm cxi b. Prou. ix b. Iob. xxviij c Eccle. i. c Imprynted at London for Gwalter Lynne dwellynge on Somers Keye by Byllinges gate In the yeare of our Lord M. D. L. ¶ And they are to be solde in Paules church yarde nexte the great Schole at the sygne of the sprede Egle. Cum Priuilegio ad imprimendum solum Histories are bokes of kynges and prynces Historyes of holy scrypture Historyes of the Heythen What muste be marked in the exaÌ„mples of princes What is to marked in y e examples of tirauntes The say sayeng of Then cidides coÌ„cerning histories How hystoryes do profyâ—e prynate 〈…〉 A Christenman muste searche the commaundementes of sayth and feare out of hystoryes The distreÌ„ce of holy and prophâ—â—â— histories What holy histories do teache Ely hath dyuyded the woâ—lde into 〈…〉 ages The fyrst age The second age What Monarchyes â—â—â— and of 〈…〉 hat pups 〈…〉 There â—e only â—oure Monarchyes The honor of the Emâ—â—re remay 〈…〉 h by the 〈…〉 s. The empyre must be saued and kept by all meanes The thyrd age The kyngdome of the worlde and Christes Kyngdome â–ª Adam and Heua The institution of ciuill power and of all lawes The beginninge of the churche The fyrste preaching of the Gospell The begynnyng of temporall afflicâ—ions Persecution for the true gods seruice The cytye Enoch Adam and Seth finders of