dominiōs of thesaid Electour which mē did first inuade Voyt land there toke the townes vilages and liberties pertaining tothe Electour piteously spoyling roauingburning destroieng many men young olde And specially therwas an execrable madnes murther cōmitted vpō an honest Curate minister that feared God at Newechurche whom when thesaid husbād mē had mostcruelly martyred murthered and sawe that he was fatte they cut him in peces after the maner of a fatte Swyne casting the peces from one to another and sayeng Lo brother there hast thou a good roastyng pece of an hogge Of whiche innocent bloud are gilty all they that do helpe or consent to the sayde murtheryshe and intestine warres whereof doutles God wyll take vengeaunce in tyme conuenient Nowe when the matter as it was fyrst begonne and purposed against the Electour his dominiōs for Duke Maurice had bene first with the kynge in Bohemy toke effect and apeared euidently as though the kyng woulde ouercome and take in all the Landes and dominions of the Electour Duke Maurice exalted hymselfe with his army and first toke the townes lyeng to warde the mountaynes and then he went with thesayde Bohemians and husband men to besege the towne of Zwickowe But least I be demed to stande to muche in myne owne conceite and to take vpon me to Iudge other wise than it becometh me in this matter I will set hereafter the true Copye of his lettres whereby he required and admonyshed the towne of the Electour to yelde them selues vnto hym by the cōsentes whereof men of honestie and vnderstanding may easely perceyue what good grounde and sure foundacion he pretended in these affaires By the grace of God we Maurice duke of Saxō Land graue of During and Marquis of Myssene aduertyse you our welbeloued and trusty counsayl and commons of Saron c. That forasmuche as the myghty Prince our Cosyn Duke Iohn Frederike the Elder hath ben founde negligent in doing of hys dutie and it is manifest that men are about to bryng you from the house of Saxon into the power of straungers and we beyng a borne prince of Saxon hauing also parte in the lande wyth our for sayd Cosyn and be charged by earnest commaundement of the Emperoures Maiestie our moste gracious lorde for the auoydyng of greuous penalties and corrections and also by the losse of our Regaltie and preeminēce our seiues to take the same land in possession or elles to permitte and suffre other to do the same whereby oure owne Landes and dominions must nedes come in daunger and destruction Wherfore we require you to sutmitte your selues vnto vs as Prince of Saxon and to receyue vs accordingly with due solempuisation And we are prone graciously inclined to desen de you in the Christen religion wherein ye bee and lyke mayer your bodyes goodes and possessions and to leaue you by youre olde liberties and priuiledges And when the matter or controuersy betwene the Emperoures Maiestie the Romyshe kynges Maiestie and our forsayde Cosyn shall come to an agreement we shalbe ready as touchynge the landes whiche we shall haue taken in possession of hys by the knowledge and wyll of their Maiesties and as muche as maye be done without their preiudice thorough our owne dominions to be intreated ordered accordyng to ryght and reason But yf ye should refuse so to do it should apeare vnto vs as though ye would wylfully be put from the house of Saxon whiche may not be suffered of vs. Wherefore we require herein your directe aunswere by the bearer of the letter in hast whyle oure enemy is at hande that we may auoyde the daunger Geuen in our Towne of zwickowe the syxt daye of Nouēber Anno a thousand fyue hundreth fourty and syxe Duke Maurice of Saxon. Manu propria When zwickowe had yelded vnto him the syxt day of Nouember he toke also the townes lyeng there about and consequētly Aldenbourgh Ilenbourgh Grymme Torgawe c. the .xvi. day of Nouember duke Maurice sent a Trompetter with two lettres the one to the Deputie and the other to the Communaltie of Witten bourgh directed betwene thre foure of the clocke at after none before the Elue gate but before the lettres were receyued the suburbes were set on fyre whereby was sygnifyed that they intended to stande to their defence The same daye dyd he also aduertise thinhabitauntes of Torgawe whiche lay in gareson for the defence of Wittenburgh that oneles they woulde come home by the next daye before Sunne set he would sende their wyues and chyldren after them and besydes that depriue them of all their goodes The ende of the Appendix or addition compyled by Maister Iohn Funke Brefe Annotations added vnto the premisses gathered out of dyuers historiographers IN the sayd yere of our lorde MD. xlvi apeace was concluded betwene Englād and Fraunce whiche on Whitsondaye was proclaimed For conclusion whereof the Viscount Lisse high Admiral of England with the Byshop of Duresine and a goodly company of Gentylmen went out of Englande into Fraunce after whose retourne Monsure Denball high Admirall of Fraunce the Byshop of Eureux and two Erles came into Englande with the Sacre of Depe and .xij. galleyes and were honorably receiued The saide yere also in lent before was the Stewes at London put downe and abolysshed by the kynges commaundement the .ix. daye of Iuly was burned at London in smithfielde Anne Askew a gentill woman Iohn lassels of the kynges preuy chambre Iohn Adlam tayler of Suffolke and Nicolas Belenyam priest for opinions consonaunt to the trueth and contrary to the acte of the syx Articles At whiche tyme al so Doctour Nicolas Schaxton somtime Byshop of Salisbury recanted and denied the trueth whiche before he had professed Whiche thing also one Doctour Crome whiche had bene a great and famous preacher had done at Paules Crosse the xxvij daye of Iune before affirming openly that he had bene seduced by noughty bookes c. In England also in Nouember was the duke of Northfolke and his sonne the Erle of Surrey attaincted of treason for the which his sonne was put to execution in Ianuary after and hym selfe cōmitted to the Towre where he doeth yet remayne IN the yere of our lord God MD. xlvij there were in Germany dyuers and wonderfull innouacions of thinges chaūces of warres chaūges of fortune yeldynges of Princes ouerthrowinges and subuersions of townes and castelles fallinges of great men conuocatiōs of Synodes and counsayles which I do here omitte partely to auoyde prolixite and partely for that the certaintie of suche thinges taken by heare say onely is oftentimes deceiuable Trusting to haue occcasion and oportunitie hereafter to declare and set furth the same matter at large The inhabitauntes of the countie of Tiroll and Isebredge were this yere sore plaghed with wonderfull locustes and grashoppers both creping and flyeng whiche were there in suche aboundaunce that the creping sorte couered all
their lande the flyeng sorte couered that lyght of the Sune in so muche that thinhabiters of the lande were cōmaunded to go furth and to take gather thē that crept on the grounde which they did continually during the space of thre wekes gatheringe euery daye about 2400. quarters in a quarter of a myle for in euery quarter of a myle were appointed thre hundreth persons men and womē and euery hundreth persons gathered euery day 800 quarters during the space of 3. wekes And they came into Isebredge ouer the brydge with such a power as though they had ben an hoste of warriours that woulde haue entred into the towne In so much that the Magestrates commanded the inhabitauntes of the same towne to make resistaunce agaynst them before the gate with besomes and bromes and to swype them into the water as they came whiche they ded in suche sorte as they couered all the water with grasherppers that no water coulde be sene Thus did they resiste them kept them also from the brydge by the space of .iii. wekes after this the said locustes or grashoppers turned into the fieldes and there destroyed and wasted the corne and the grasse vndoynge in a maner all the people of the lande so that after thys the peopel resysted them no moore butt onelye trusted to the mercy of god with instaunt feruēt prayer The sayde Locustes or grashoppers were littell at the begynnyng and krepyng but afterwarde they grewe and began to flye doyng great hurte throughout the sayde lande In the meane season the Emperoures maiestie and the kyng of the Romaynes set furth a commaūdement that noman shuld be founde in dronkenes horedome aduoutery vsury and blasphemy but he should be punyshed by death and forfayte all hys goodes In a littell towne called Albers lyeng besydes Lyndawe in the Dukedome of Zweyburgh was this yere founde two clusters of grapes growynge vpon one braunce hauyng a long read bearde whiche was a wonderfull syght The same yere in flaunders and the countrees there about was a great scacitie of corne so that there was a great dearth in the lande And there dwelled besydes Beke aboue Gand a certayne farmer well prouided and stored with corne vnto whome his neyghbours came lamentyng and intreatyng hym to sel them some of his corne who refused so to do neuertheles he sent none away comfortles that had nede for he lent and delyuered vnto euery man accordyng to their necessite on this condicion that they should rendre and repaye hym agayne at the next haruest on this condicion did he lende corne to dyuers nedy persons After whiche tyme it chaunced that his corned fyelde beyng sowed was by Gods grace so multiplied and increassed that on euery stalke grewe an exceding nombre of eares laden with corne so that thorough the blessyng of God he was well rewarded By this may we see that the sayeng of Salomon is an vndoubted verite namely he that taketh pitie on the pore lendeth vnto the Lorde vpon vsury and loke whatsoeuer he layeth out it shalbe payd hym agayne There was also this yere a wonderfull vision sene and heard of many within the towne of Wittenbourgh in the Lande of Saron the .xviii. daye of September early in the mornyng betwene foure fyue of y ◠clocke For there appeareth in the ayre a figure and lykenes of a dead corse or beere couered ouer with blacke cloth and a read ribband auer the same and there went before the coarse six men with trompettes and a greate multitude of people folowed with croked instrumentes and trompettes blowyng whyche made a greate noyse in the ayre insomuche that many in the towne whiche laye yet in their beddes were thereby awaked out of theyr slepe thynkyng that the sayde trimblyng had bene in the towne After this the black cloth vanyshed awaye from the boere whiche then was couered ouer with awhyte cloth then appeared besydes the beare a man armed in harnas shewyng hym selfe very angry and pullyng the whyte clothe from the beere he rent it in twaine wynding the one half about hys arme and so pressyng it harde to hys body Wyth this the coarse vanyshed away The man armed dyd also apeare a lyttell whyle after so in lyke maner banished away After this were althynges quiet as before God graunte euery Christen man to remembre thys wonderfull sygne with feare for it is to be feared that it is a fearefull warnyng sent vs of God In Englande the nyntene day of Ianuary was the Erle of Surrey beheaded as was mencioned the yere before The seuen and twenty daye of the same moneth Henry the eyght kyng of Englande c. ended hys lyfe and was buried at Windsore Edwarde the syxt kyng of Englande c. succeded his father in the gouernaunce of his royalmes and dominions and was crowned the nintene day of February in the nyneth yere of hys age Vnder the sayde kyng in the tyme of his minorite his vncle Edwarde Duke of Somerset was made lorde Protectour of all hys Royaulmes dominions and subiectes and Gouernour of his maiesties persone who with the residue of his maiesties Counsayll gouerned the realme with great mercy and gentilnesse by whome to the surtheraunce of goddes worde and true religion cōmissioners were sent into al partes of the Realme with commaūdement to cause all Images to be taken out of churches for auoydyng of Idolatry and to wyll men women to leaue the vse of beades hauyng with thē also godly and learned preachers assigned whiche do exorted them to geue them self to true and vnfained worshippyng of God in the hart and minde with due obedience to their prince Richard Smith a doctour of diuinite recāted opēly at Paules crosse within y e citie of Lōdon diuers articles cōtained in two bokes which he had made one for the defence of the sacrifice of the Masse an other to proue vnwritten verities to be beleued vnder payne of damnacion This yere also in Enland commaundement was geuen that processions should be no more vsed This yere also in England the duke of Somerset then Lorde Protectour and the Erle of Warwyke went into Scotlande with a strong army requiring the Scottes to fulfyll their promyse made before to kyng Henry concernyng the mariage of their younge Quene with the younge kynge of Englande but the Scottes stubbournely came agaynst them with great puissaunce And not longe after the two armyes encountred in the fieldes of Muscleborough at a place called Pinker slough The Englyshe part not thynkyng as than to haue battayle at whiche tyme because the front of the Scottyshe armie was so terrybly set wyth pykes the Englyshe horsemen which gaue the fyrst onset were fayne to recule backe with losse of certayn gētylmen whiche reculing much abasshed the English footemen but yet by the great wysedome and dilygence of the Lord Protectours grace and the valiaunt hart and courage of the Earle of Warwike they
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
earth In the moneth of Aprill came the Emperoures maiestie to Raynesburgh on Saturday after mydlent Sonday where he founde but fewe princes of the Empyre besydes a small nombre of certaine byshoppes Consequentely after Easter when certayn princes and Ambassadours or Legates of other were come thither the conuocation was begonne and the propositions were of the agreement of the Articles in controuersy in religion of the ordre and establyshment of the chamber court and of the Coyne Item howe the Turke myght be resisted But in the meane season when there was great prouision and preparation made to take vp men warriours in the name of themperours Maiestie thoroughout all Duchelande the Electours princes and estates of the confession of Ausbourgh desyred moste humbly at Whitsontyde to knowe of the Emperours Maiestie against whome suche preparation of warre was intended whereupon they receiued this darke aunswere that the Emperoures Maiestie woulde punishe certayne rebelles of the Empire After this darke aunswere when many thyngs were feared and the sayde warriours were in a redynes the conuocacion toke an ende and another was instituted and appointed against the next yere to begynne the fyrst day of February Forasmuche therfore as Duke Iohn Frederike Electour in Saxon and Lorde Phylyppe Landgraue of Hessen with the other Princes Lordes estates and townes of the confession and confederation of Ausburgh perceiued that the saide great preparacion of warres was enterprised and intended against no man but against them they prepared also an hoste of men for their necessary defence for the mayntenaunce and preseruacion of the pure and sincere doctrine of the Gospell for the defence also of their Landes dominions and subiectes and for the continuacion of the liberties and priuiledges of the Germaine nacion and went furth in the moneth of Iune ouerthrowen and destroyed Fyftely the Postmaysters house where themperour was wont to haue hys posthorses when he had nede of them wyth the stables and the horses in the same at that tyme was quyte stryken awaye by the thonder and burned vp Syxtely Saynt Barnardes place wherin the Abbot of S. Barnarde had hys lodgyng when he came to Meghlyne was vtterly destroyed by the thonder and the cloyster of the Augustyne freers was a great parte ouerthrowen and destroyed Seuently The Voogstrete which was a fayre large strete was also in lyke maner ouerthrowen that there remayned neuer a house standyng nor yet as they sayd block nor stone Eightely The Palace of Hyghstrete whyche was an excedyng fayre and strong buyldynge belongyng to a certayn great lorde was quyte and clene ouerthrowen and destroyed And as the inhabitauntes of the sayd towne of Meghlyne do affyrme yf the sayd Palayce of Hyghstrete wyth other places and greate buyldynges had not bene there standynd The hole towne of Meghlyn must nedes haue ben vtterly ouerthrowen and destroyed so that nether house stycke nor stone shuld haue remayned in the same For the sayd hygh and strong buyldynges were a greate defence to the towne Besydes thys there were also other places and great buyldinges whose names to auoyd prolyxite are not here rehearsed whych were in lyke maner ouerthrowen destroyed of the thonder as the other together with seuen hundred houses Insumme almoost all the houses of the towne were endamaged fewe or none excepte that hadde not some hurte done by the thonder Nyntly the nexte daye after when the sayde piteous calamite was done whiche was the. 8. day of August when they beganne to make rowme there were founde about thre hundred persons men women and children which were slaine by the meanes of the thondre whome they loded in wagens cartes and buryed them in great holes that were digged for the same purpose There were also founde aboue 150. persons sore wounded and harmed And there happened one thing in the sayd toune specyally to be meruayled at which is that certayn gestes sate in theyr hostes hous drynkynge to gether and plaieng at the cardes and while they called for drynke and theyr hostesse went doune into the seller to drawe them a pot of byre in the meane season was the house stryken awaye by the thonder and the players found dead wyth the cardes in theyr handes as though they had ben styll playeng but the hostesse saued her lyfe by the meanes y ◠she was in the seller whan the sayd hurt was done Tenthly There was also a man founde in a corner the thyrd daye after that the sayde hurte was done hauyng no harme whych asked whether the world were yet standyng or not There was also a woman founde dead beynge great wyth chylde whych was afterwarde cut opē and the chylde taken out of her belly was baptised Muche harme was there done besydes not onely within the towne of Meghline but also without the towne as in the townes villages castels and boroughes lyeng there about where thesaide wether hath done much harme and there were many innumerable fearfull and wonderful sygnes and to kens sene so that bothe the Emperoure and the lady Mary had nede to remembre them selues for it is to be feared that God will beginne to reuenge the innocent bloude whiche is very piteously shed in the lower partes of Duchelande for the Gospels sake for it crieth into heauen and so fylleth the boso me of Gods high matestie that he can suffre it no lōger yea he wyll laye on yet greater loades oneles they repente and amende in tyme for he hath suffered them long ynough When this warre betwene themperour the electour of Saxon the Landgraue of Hessen had continued into the first moneth themperour had declared hymself an open enemy both to the forsaid princes onely of his owne mynde without either right reason or warnyng and without the knowledge consent of the estates membres of thempire In the meane seasō did Maurice duke of Sax on with great feruentnes prepare a great nōbre of horsemen pietons wherefore al men stode in great feare not knowing against whom he made the same preparation And forasmuche as the electour of Saxon was out of his lande duke Maurice was next of hys bloude and his nere kisman bothe on the fathers the mothers syde was also by bym brought vp had receiued many benefites at his hand many were of this hope iudgemēt that thesaid preparatiō was made for the defence succour of the landes subiectes of the electour so that fewe or none suspected any gyle in duke Maurice In the meane season did kyng Ferdinando also endenour hymselfe to stirre vp the Lusenitianes Bohemianes against the lande of the Electour of Saxon but with honest vertuous men coulde he litle preuayle notwithstāding by the meanes of his importunate labour and instaunt intreataūce he assembled a sorte of Pietons in Boheme being in nōbre about eyght thousand men in Hungary aboue a thousand husbandmen a wicked rauenish generation to destory waste the landes
gaue a newe onset and without any notable fyght discomfited the Scottes and obtayned the victory At this tyme were slayne of the Scottes betwene thirtene and fourtene thousand and not passyng an hundred Englyshemen After Michâ—lmas a Parliament was holden in England wherein chaunteries were geuen into the kynges handes to be altered and disposed at hys pleasure It was also ordeined that the sacrament or communion should be receiued of all men vnder bothe kyndes of breade and wyne This yere also anone after the kynges coronatioÌ„ Maister Hughe Latimer a famous preacher who had bene long detayned in miserable captiuite for y e Gospels sake by the procurement of the Popishe by shoppes was deliuered and set at lybertie In this yere the last day of Marche FrauÌ„cis the Frenche kyng ended his lyfe in the .xxxiii. yeare of his reigne after that he had admonyshed his onely sonne Henry of the thynges pertaining to his kingdome and commended hym to true officers and seruauntes After whome succeded the same Henry being the seconde of that name His body was caried after .x. dayes to the brydge of S. Clodoalde and from thence to the suburbes of Paris into the Churche called the virgine of the fieldes where by the commaundement of the kyng were brough the bodyes of Frauncis the Dolphyne Duke of Britaigne who dyed in the yere of 1536. before in the moneth of August And of Charles his brother Duke of Orleans whiche dyed in the yere of our lorde 15 45. in the moneth of September that they myght accompany the body of their father to his buriall And so were the sayde thre bodyes brought with great pompe and solempnitie into the Churche of the blessed virgin at Parys and from thence to S. Denis where they were buried the body of the father being layde betwene his sonnes This Frauncis the Frenche kyng was hyghly commended for diuers singular giftes bothe of the mynde and of the body wherewith he was endued but chiefly for his humanite and clemencie whiche he vsed towardes all men He was beneficiall to meÌ„ endued with vertue and liberall to men of lernyng For by his benefite were the Latine Greke and He brue tonges restored agayn to their puritie in FrauÌ„ce whereof he entertained norished publike professours ordeining for them most ample stipendes â–ª his other actes are here omitted to auoide prolixâ—â—e In the moneth of December at Paris was S. Michaels bridge broken by the great power violence of the waters so that the East part thereof fel downe quite the houses which were built theron were ouer throwen with a great parte of them that were annexed vnto them IN the yere of our Lorde 1548. in the moneth of Iuly themperour sent an army of Spanyardes priuely to inuade the citie of Conitaunce â–ª while the legates of Constaunce that were sent to August vnto themperour to intreate for peace were not yet retourned homewarde For he intended quite to extinguish the citie because they professed y â— Gospell Wherfore the sixt day of August early in y â— mornyng the said army inuaded y â— citie ouercame the basse towne which ioyneth to y â— great bredge coÌ„monly called Peter housen When this was obtayned and ouercome at their first assaulte some fell to spoiling and rouing some to deflouring of virginâ—s and honest matrones some gat theÌ„ to the bridge and there made a bartaill with the citesens whiche were constrained to reâ—ule back into the citie being ouerpressed with the multitude of their enemies vnto whoÌ„ they barred y â— gates of the bredge The bridge was ful of Spanish warriours against whoÌ„ the citesens could nothing preuayle vntil many peces of artillery whiche kept the bridge being losed by chaunce but yet not without the will of God per sed the gate ouerthrewe the enemies put theÌ„ in such feare y t they fled euerychone setting the bridge on fyre also Peterhousen least the citesens should haue folowed pursued after them So that Constaunce sawe in one daye y â— iuste punishmeÌ„t of pride the singular benefite of God towardes his electe would to God they had not vnthankefully forgotten this great benefite Themperour after that he had in Germany set all thinges in ordre propounded a certain fourme in religion after the prescripte whereof they should liue while a counsaille were decreed hauing committed the Landgraue of Hessen in safe custody re retourned into Flaunders bringing with hym the Duke of Saxon captiue Thither came Leonora Themperours sister late Quene to the Frenche king departed This yere Maximiliane the first sonne of Ferdinandus king of the Romaines toke to wife themperours daughter This yere also y â— king of Spayne leauing his brother Maximiliane as gouernour in his absence departed out of Spayn into Italy went froÌ„ thence to Trident into Germany so at y â— last came into FlauÌ„ders to his father theÌ„perour The same yere towardes the spring time the first begotteÌ„ sonne of y â— Turke which was gone ouer to y â— king of y â— PersiaÌ„s because he thought his brother should be by his father promoted before hym to the Empyre assembled an army of Persianes and made insurrection against his father and inuaded the borders of Turkie nere vnto the lande of Persia and had ouercome many places vntyll his father beyng armed with fyue hundred thousande souldiours came thither and caused the Persianes being striken with feare to recule But they hauyng set on fyre all the townes and villages by the whiche they fled the space of fyue dayes brought their enemy whiche folowed and pursued after them too greate pennury in so muche that an hundred thousande of his men being dead thorough pouertie famine and pestilence he was constrained of necessitie to returne thither agayne from whence he came â–ª A certayne king in Aphrica toke Argieres and the other places there about with certayne castels and strong holdes whiche themperoure vsed for the defence of Spayne and also certaine strong holdes in the coastes of Portingall towardes the sea occeane In Englande at Easter was there a great coniunction of rustikes in Cornuall by pâ—pysh priestes There was also great disputation in the ParliameÌ„t that yere for putting downe of the masse And Images were put downe in al churches thorough out Englande to auoyde Idolatry This yere the last daye of Iuly Stephen Gardiner byshop of Winchester in Englande was committed to the Towre of London for papisme and this sedicious opinion that the kynges maiestie in his minoritie or none age coulde not make or ordeine any lawes in his Realme as did Iosias other godly vertues princes and gouernours in their dominions This yere the mariage of priestes was graunted lawfull in England by the Lawes of God to the vtter abolyshement of all Papisticall sodomitry This yere in august was a great insurrection of rustikes at Norwiche one kite a rustike beyng their
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
his horsse hys â—wearde fell out of hys sheeth and wounded hym so sore in the one syde that he dyed This example sheweth that God suffreth tyrauntes not very longe For he lyued not much more than one yeare after Cyrus nother left he anye heyre after hym and of thys wyse is he cleane deade It is truely a pyteous thynge and greatly to be bewayled that in so lytle a space the kingdome of the Perses is taken from the posteritie of Cyrus The rule of the empyre remayned neuerthelesse wyth Cyrus bloude For Darius had wedded Cyrus doughter the whyche neuerthelesse was also of Cyrus bloud Of the punishment of a wicked iudge NO prince is of so desperate hope which doth not at any tyme some laudable or honest thynge For God doeth garnishe the offyce of a gouernour or high officer and maketh that other whyles notable and necessary thynges are done necessarely for the conseruation of publyke administration Cambyses is alowed in all historyes for thys one â—ede for the which he is worthy to be praysed He had a gouernour in the fore part of Asia called Siâ—amnes he heard saye that this iudge iudged vniuâ—â—ly beynge corrupt wyth gyftes of mony Wherefore he caused him to be slayne and the skynne â—lain oâ— from his body commaunded he to be fastened vpon the iudges seate and ordeined in steade of the deade iudge his soâ—â—e called Otaâ—es and sat hym in the seate â—â—diciall vpon this maner and condition that by the beholdyng of his fathers skynne he shuld beware lest he should be punished lykewyse This example warneth those that are in authorytye to remembre that God will not suffre wyckednesse to be vnreuenged Of Darius Kyng of the Persians WHan Cambyses was gone into Egypte the Magi rebelled agaynst him at Susa and one of the Magies toke the name of a kyng vpon him by gyle Magi are called y â— wyse men priestes of those contryes But whan Cambyses made him now ready to returne into the kyngdome that he might punish worthely those seditious Magies euen in his yourney by a mischaunce as we haue sayd before he dyed Aâ—ter the death of Cambises the Magies beyng slaâ—â—e y â— Peers of the realme toke the kingdome to them selues after that poyntyng a day of assembly they came to treate of restoringe one into the kingedome Persy for a certayn order The peers or Princes were seuen in nomber as in the Germâ—ne empyre are seuen Electors those doutlesse were chosen and poynted by greate wysedome and counsell as the hyghest counsellers of the whâ—le empyre of Persia Whan now these seuen prynces were come together to deuise for the commune health of the realme there rose controuersy in deuisynge and of thre thynges specially One Othanâ—s counselled to chose no more kynges but that the princes bounde by an aliaunce shuld rule a lyke libertye beynge retayned of ethersyde for it were euident ynough before and proued by example that one man lord of so many and great thynges becommeth lyghtely haut and presumpteous and to fall to tyranny as it was euident that Cambyses had done The seconde Megabysus refusynge that counsell sayde that such lybertye shoulde be worsse than tyranny for the princes and cityes yf they want a Lorde can not but misvse that libertye to priuate wylfulnesse But lest anye suche do happen it were good not to choyse one onely kynge but to ordeâ—â—e some princes by whome shoulde alwaye remayne the full power of a kynge The thyrd called Darius refelling the sentence of ether of them counselled one kyng to be chosen for though in thys poynt as in all other thynges of men myght befall great and many inconueniences yet is no royalme or dominion more surer than the Monarchy that is yf one raygne in whose power and handes the chefe poynt of the raygne do consist For though these thre counsels be a lyke honest and verye good yet if they be conferred together it is most euident there can no fayrer or more profytabler thynge be founde thaâ— a Monarchye namelye whych goeth nexte to a godly kingdome Moreouer it can not be that concorde can be kepte longe amonge fre princes or yf some princes be chosen to gouerne some myghtye realme in steade of a kyng and that for the diuersytye of moost weighty causes whych myght some tyme befall in so large a dominion in the whiche the princes coulde not allwaye agree together Besydes thys that there shoulde not want amongest the princes the endeuour of souerayntye and gouernaunce aboue the other ouer the which he shoulde procure to rule as ouer subiectes or inferiors These were the causes which Darius alleged vnto whom agreed the other foure princes and ordeyned to choyse a kyng after the costumâ—ble maner But lest any debate myght aryse amonge the princes of the royalme they determyned to committe the lot of the kynges eleccion to God They agreed that the princes shoulde come together very early on horses into a certayn place and whose horsse shuld neye fyrst the same should be kyng Darius beynge come home shewed thys couâ—sell to the controller of hys court whych sayde he would easely brynge it to passe For before the euenyng of the appointed daye he dyd lead Darius horsse and a mare into the place appoynted and there letteth he go the horsse to the mare â–ª that in the mornynge the horsse comminge to the place myghte neye for the mare beyng absent And as the princes came together in the appointed a place at y â— set houre Darius horsse neyen fyrst lest they might dout whether it were Gods will that Darius should be their kinge sodenly at y â— same very tyme whan the horsse neyed was ther a lightening in an open and cleare ayer with thonderinge Forthwith the other princes lyghtynge from their horses dyd to Darius dew reuerence And by this occasion was Darius set vp in the hygh dignitie of the Persian empyre the which he gouerned after that with great praise He restored with great power the countries that were rebelled whan Cyrus dyed in Scythia to the empyre Babilon the citie also refusynge now the dominion of the Perses he recouered after longesiege and that by this meanes One zopyrus the sonne of Megabysus one of the seuen lordes or princes caused willinglye hys nose eares and lyppes to be cutt of maketh the kinge priuy of his counsell and falleth to the Babilonians as one that were fled he complayneth of the kinges cruelnesse whiche caused him to be of this wyse dismayde and toren because he gaue him counsell to forsake the cytie nother fayned he hymselfe otherwyse than to be the kynges enemy and that he were fled to the Babilonians for cause of counsel taking The Babilonians did frely receaue him and as he was made capitaine of them he slew some of Darius souldiours for so was he agreed with Darius that therby he might at the first augment the confidence of the Babilonians in
administration of the royalme he fyrst broughte the Illyrians agayne vnder the yock after that wente he to Thebe For they of Thebe besyeged the garnyson of men that his father Philippe had set in there castell and also made a league wyth the Perses the whiche inuaded the kyngdome of Macedony In the meane season that Alexander besyeged them of Thebe dyd the Athenians sende ambassadours to hym for to optayne peace Alexander receaued them fauourably They of Thebe in the meane season beyng obstinate nother soughte for grace nor conditions of peace And whan it was proclamed by the coÌ„maundement of Alexander before the assaulte that whoso of them of Thebe that woulde yelde them frely and go oute of the cytye shoulde saue theyr lyues They of Thebe caused to be proclamed contrarye wyse that they that would haue the libertye of the Grekes wyth theirs saued and the kynge of the Perses against the tyraunte Alexander shoulde drawe to them Alexanders myâ—de beynge chafed wyth that reproche the citye was assaulted and wholy spoyled and was neuer restored afterward Thys was the fyrste greate citye that Alexander subdued For we se most communely come to passe that God ordeineth puysâ—aunt monarches for the destruction of great cityes Whan Alexander had now made a peace in Grece he went into Asia with â—n hoost of fourty thousand â—oote men but of horssemen onelye foure thousand The army that was in Asia the whiche his father had sent afore was but lytle With this small hoost falleth he vpon the Perses and maketh very great feldes and taketh many mighty cityes with strong hande amonge the whyche was Sardis Miletus and Tyrus In conquering of the whiche Alexander was in many haâ—ardes Vanquyshyng also in battaill Darius the kynge he put him to flighte and takyng hys mother hys wyfe the quene hys doughters and sonne he entreated them gentely and as it besemed there royall kynred The queâ—e that was aged called he mother he entertayned her sonne none otherwyse than if it had bene hys owne Wounder it is what prayse Alexander deserued for these vertues in all Asia and with Darius himselfe insomuch that frely he offred hymselfe to treate of peace offerynge to be content to delyuer vnto him euen the half of his royalme To this answered Alexander that this worlde can not be ruled wyth two sonnes but yf he were content to yeld frely him selfe and hys royalme he wold gently take him to grace But Darius renewynge an hoost was vanquyshed and was thrust through in the flight by his own seruaunt and guyde Bessus Alexander comming vpon Darius founde him very greueously wounded and nearehand dead and had pitye vpon him promised him that this vnfaythfulnesse of Bessus against his owne lord shuld not be vnpunished Wherfore Bessus beyng taken afterward he caused him to be hanged betwen two trees that were bowed doâ—â—ward the which whan they were suffred to dresse themselues agayne wyth a great swynge they tare hym paynfully Of thys wyse was Alexander become gouernoure of Asia and toke in farther the residue of the contryes and cityes as Babylon Susa c. The beginnynge of thys monarchye of Alexander was after the death of thys last Darius that is in the begynnyng of the seuenth yeare after that Alexander began to raygne Alexander beynge become proude by thys victory began to be dissolut in excesse of dronkennesse He caused some of hys frendes and counsellers to be put to death which was the moost excellent and sage captayne the aged Parmenion Besyde thys in hys wrath he slew hys valiant captayne Clytus in a banket because he preferred Philip his father before Alexander his sonne But whaÌ„ his maners were chaunged fortune chaunged also though the mynde was not peasable Ho warred also vpon the Iudyans and Scythians but he liued not long after that For he dyed the two and thyrtyeth yeare and eleuenth moneth of hys age He raygned after hys father Phylyps departure no lenger than twelue yeare and seuen monethes and wythyn so lytle space had he dispatched so many and great warres so that suche a multytude of men coulde scarce haue yournyed throughe so many contryes and realmes euen whan it had bene peace and tranquyllyte He raygned at Babylon after Daryus only fyue yeare and eleuen monethes Such hystoryes declare that greate kynges and princes are guyded by a certayne heauenly power or will Alexander was endued with many and excellent princely vertues the examples whereof to set forth here by reaâ—on of oure industrye to be short hath no place I will recite only one amonge so many As oft as the playntyfe in iudgement layde ought against any gylty man the same beynge absent he gaue only the one eare to the plaintyfe and was wont to shut y â— otherwyth his hand that he might signifie he would kepe the other for the gylty man and that both partes oughte to be herde alyke the which pertaineth to an office of a good prince and true iudge Alexander gaue here a notable example for greate princes that not onely the one parte should be admitted to speake and laye for him selfe but both partes euen as at Athens they were wont to sweare the iudges that were chosen that they should geue sentence accordinge to the lawe written and that they shoulde heare both partes alyke Of the moderation and godlynesse that Alexander dyd vse agaynst the Iewes WHan Ierusalem was now builded agayne the Iewes lyued in greate peace vnder those Godlye kinges of the Perses But whan Alexander besieged the citye Tyrus he requyred ayde of thâ— Iewes which answered that they coulde do it by no honeste meane because they were subiectes to the kynges of Persia whyche also had receaued many and great benefytes of them Whan Alexander had hearde thys excusation he was wroth and whan he had wonne Tyrus he came wyth hys hoost towarde Ierusalem But Iaddus the hygh prieste puttinge on the prestly apparell and other aged men went oute of the citye to mete Alexander for to aske peace WhaÌ„ he sawe y â— hygh prest in that apparel he lept incontinently from his horsse and fallinge vpon his knees before the preste he promysed hym peace frely All hys princes maruayled that he vsed so greate lowlynesse agaynst a priest of a straung nacion and also that he had swaged the rage of hys mynd in so lytle space Parmenio which was entierly beloued of the kynge by reason of his age and wysedome demaunded of him what reuerence moued hym that he fell so lowly before the prest To the whiche he aunswered that in Macedony he sawe a lykenesse in hys slepe semblable to thys prest that stode before him and admonished hym that he should go into Asia and promysed to ayde him and that he dyd the honour to the verye same God that than had appeared vnto hym At that tyme went Alexander peaceably into the citye hearynge also reuerentlye the prestes reasonynge of the doctryne
to be remembred in choysynge of counsuls for it must be pertayned to him that it shoulde be so broughte to passe For if he had returned to Rome wythout there should be a consull hys enemyes were minded to oppresse him and to brynge to passe that he shoulde be exiled from Rome But Cesar brought to passe wyth the ayde of the Tribunes that the dignity of Consulshyp was promysed him the which was done wyth the consent of Pompeius the consul also But whan the tyme came to appoynte the consuls some haue stered the Senate to set themselues agaynst him nother suffre Cesar to be made consul the same alured Pompeius to be of their syde and droue out the Tribunes whyche fled to Iulius Cesar But whan Iulius perceaued that they woulde oppresse and betraye hym he laye sore vpon the promyse that was made hym and demaunded the consulshyppe besyde thys would he haue the Tribunes restored into theyr place Duryng this controuersye there were diuerse consultations Marcus Cicero brought the moost vehementes reason whiche were to be borne of ether parte For he wylled that Cesar and Pompeius should forsake theyr hoostes and that Pompeius should goo into Spayne as he was also determined and Cesar so sone as he had forsaken the hoost shoulde be consul Iulius Cesar agreed to thys but Pompeius refused it Wherfore dyd Cesar come to Rome wyth an army appoynted Pompeius takyng the flyght doth lykewise appoynt an hoost wyth all hys power But Cesar taketh in Italy Spayne and persued Pompeius vntyll Grece And though Iulius refusyd not hetherto the condicions of an appointment of peace but dyd also offre them frelye yet Pompeius ceased not to make aunswer that he would graunt nor admitte no condicions of peace before he sawe the heade of Iulius cut of and brought to hym But whan Cesar heard that he was greatly moued Though Pompeius had a more righteous cause yet oughte he to haue vsed more gentlenesse agaynste so noble a prince that offred condicions of peace and sought onelye that he might haue ben fre and withoute daunger of feare Therfore whan Cesar sawe that he muste vse counsel by constraynt he inuaded Pompeius and ouercame hym Pompeius fled into Egypte where he was slaine by an entray of the yong king whose father he hym selfe had set into the kyngedome Afterward toke Cesar Asia and Aphrica together insomuche that he alone had in all the empyre of Rome wyth great puyssaunce Thys so great alteration and misery in the commune welth of Rome began of a moste lyghte thynge for this warre was dolefull both to hygh and lowe estates of men For histories report that ther were slayne aboue thre hundreth thousand men in thys ciuill warre ⸪ The fourth and laste Monarchy namely of the Romane empyre Iulius Cesar THre thousand yeares eight hundreth and foure score and seuentene were sence the creation of the worlde Seuen hundreth and syxe yeares sence the buyldyng of Rome Seuen and forty yeares before Christ was borne began fyrst the Romane monarchy whan Iulius was made Consul and the warr agaynst Pompeius whereof we haue euen nowe spoken dyd begynne That the warre lasted fyue yeares For whan Pompeius was deade Iulius had yet much busynesse to do in Egypte Asia and Aphrica where Cato had slayne hym selfe and in Spayne where he had also slayne one of Pompeius sonnes But whan all contryes were sett in peace returned Iulius to Rome and that was in the moneth October and after that in the begynnynge of Marche was he stycked through in the Senate of Cassius and Brutus wyth their companyons Wherfore raigned Iulius in peace nomore but fiue monethes and in that season caused he the yeare to be ordered throughout all the Romane empyre according to the course of the sonne He brought also with him out of Egypt a notable and most conning man in sciences which taught by demonstracyons called a Mathematicus ▪ and was the fyrst autor◠cause that those sciences were taughte in Italy And this ordering of the yeare which is handsome and that we vse yet now at this tyme was begon◠fyrst by Iulius But how dishonestly and very cruelly those that kylled Iulius that is playn ynoug◠by theyr dedes For Cassius Brutus wyth they companions fauoured Pompeius But by the mercyfulnes of Cesar were they take in agayne into the citye and restored into their former dignitye possession of goodes For what shall I be prolixe The worlde had neuer a prince so mighty that euer vsed more gentlynesse towarde hys enemies that frely yelded thēselues He neuer shewed anye notable wrath agaynst anye man wythoute it had ben in a battaill where necessitie to fighte dyd requyre where neuerthelesse before him Marius Sylla neuer ceassed of murtheringe euen in tyme of peace But Iulius did no such thinges ye he frely toke to mercy euen the best of the cōmune welth that were Pompeius adherentes nether toke ought from them He brought agayn also the true maner of gouerning the commune welth whiche was decayed by sedition and restored it wyth no lesse wysedome than he kept it vp with authoritie But how great a thinge this is maye be gathered therby that in ciuill commotions wee se iudgementes lawes and all modestie of maners go to wrack and to nought Iulius truely was one of the most doughtyest princes whiche beynge garnished of God with most greatest vertues aboue other men that haue gouerned very great dominions Besyde this was it not possyble to retayne commune peace long after that Iulius was deade for there was noman after Iulius that had ether such authoritie or power that with very force could enterteyn the quyetnesse of the empyre for to retaine the same in great kingdomes is requisite a greate and syngular puyssaunce Moreouer it is reported that he should haue sayde That he feared not for for his lyfe but that his death should be mischeueous and deadly to the commone welth empyre But all this refrained not them from the cursed enterpryse of whom by a cōiuracion he was slaine The first beginner of this wicked dede was Cassius and that only by enuy because for Cesars sake he could not obtayne those prouinces which he coueted Brutus was a man of great wytt and therfore suffred he him lightely to be made a companyon of this wicked dede cloking it with this colour that it were not honest for the Senate of Rome to suffre a lord greater in the empyre then he Item that Cesar also was a tyraunt and that it was lawfully permitted to slaye tyrauntes With such lyke inconuenient argumentes whiche are oft wont to begyle yong and vnlearned men in lyke cases was Brutus inflamed for without his helpe had Cassius brought nothynge to passe This is the summe of this history But God suffred so great a mischeuousnesse not longe vnpunished For as manye as had conspyred to the death of Iulius were also slayne themselues not
Christ suffred and rose agayne from death also how the Gospell is spred abroade in the worlde and by what meanes also the holy Gospell began in the worlde vnyuersall we shall intreate afterwarde Of the Germanes IN the tyme of Augustus were the Germanes first attempted of the Romanes Tiberius and hys brother Drusius were wyth an hoost in high germany and inuaded those coastes that are ioyninge to Rhetia and Vindelicia But they dyd not wholy subdue those contryes vnder theyr empyre The Rheti are those that dwell in the valley of the floude Enus or Ihn they of Tyrol vntyll Bregetium or Rab Kempte and dounwarde vntyll Nordlingen where yet remayneth the name Ryes They of Vindelicia are Augspurg and vpper Beyerlande Drusus went doune vntyll Mentz and there gettynge a disease he lost hys lyfe Aboute that tyme made the garnyson of the Romanes that was appoynted at Colen an assaulte vpon Westphalen and Saxony But one called Hermannus was captayne of Saxony whō the historyeus do call Arminius lord of Cherusia As for the Cherusci are euen the Saxons Thurynges dwellynge by the wood called Schwartzwalde of that syde that stretched beneth by the floude Wesurgus vntyll the citye Breme And by my iudgement is that called Cherusci whych now is communely called Hertzishe This Arminius oppressed the Romanes vnwarres and slew about one and twenty thousand of them Besydes also a great army of the ayders and confederates of the Romanes whych warred wyth them as Frenchmen do wyth the Scottes Quintilius Varus the captayne of the Romane hoost slew him self wyth hys swearde Tacitus the historyographes sheweth at larg of the battayl that was had namelye betwene the floudes Lyppia and Amisia that is beneth the toune Cassel not farre from the toune Padeborne in Westphalen For thus sayeth Tacitus They ployled so much as lyeth betwene the floudes Amisia Lyppya not farre from the woode of Teutoburgum where the residue of Varus hooste and legions is sayde to lye vnburyed As for this slaughter made the Romanes no lesse afrayde that in tymes paste whan the Cimbriwaysted Italy For the Romanes were afrayde lest Arminius wyth force of armes had inuaded the Romane empyre and come vntyll Rome Augustus was in suche distresse by reason of the feare of the greate daunger that he caused euery man to be euery where in armes It is also sayed that he sayed of wepyng with great crye Quintily restore the legions But when the Romanes were dryuen out of Saxony they brought to passe that Arminius was inuaded with war of his neighbors there was at that tyme the Swedes and Belhems dwelling by the ryuer Albis but Arminius ouercame them also and takyng in their contreis he had Westphalen Shwartwald Saxony Marck Misen and Bohemy He reigned about twelue yeare and finally was he slayne by the oppression of his But this is ynough sayed of Augustus tyme. Tiberius the third Emperoure The yeare of the worlde iii M. ix C. lx The yeare of Rome .vii. C. lxix The yeare of Christe .xvi. THough many excellent Emperours haue bensence the time of Augustus for when God kepeth the common welthes he geueth also suche men that are mete to do great thynges yet haue the in the meane seasō now and than princes dissolute and wicked so that a mery conceated man semeth to haue sayed very true that the ymages of al good princes may be grauē in one rynge It is very profitable to beholde in histories the thynges that are declared and the examples of wycked princes that we may drede y ◠wrath of God by the feare of the punishment wherewith they are punyshed Tiberius was not the sonne of Augustus but for somuche as the true heyres of Augustus were deade he toke in steade and chose for heyre Tiberius the sonne of Liuia whiche was already maried to Augustus and because Tiberius was a valiaunt man of armes Augustus vsed hym alway for a captain This Tiberius was the first Emperour to whome the senate of Rome did yelde it selfe He reigned thre and twenty yeares The fyuetenth yeare of Tiberius was Christe our Lorde thirty yeare olde and that yeare was he baptised of Ihon Baptiste and beganne the preachyng of hys Gospell of penaunce of remission of synnes and lyfe euerlasting This was sence the creation of the worlde the .iiii. M. ix C. and lxxv yeares But after the beginning of Alexanders Monarchie the CCC and .xl. yeare Adde an hundreth and fyue and fourty yeares vntyll the second yeare of Longimanus Thus haue ye the foure hundreth and foure score and fyue yeares and these are the thre score and nyne wekes of the whiche is spoken by Daniel whiche thynge we haue treated at length before In the eyghtenth yeare of Tiberius was Christ oure Sauioure crucified dyed and rose agayn the thyrde daye But after his resurrection he commaunded his disciples that they should preache the Gospell thorowe all the worlde the whiche they began strayght way when they had receaued the holy ghost from heauen vpon Wytsonday and after the visible ascension of Christ into heauen Therfore is now the worde of God and spiritual kyngdom and also the churche or congregacion of the faithful or christen people not only in the Iewish kyngdom but in the whole worlde where the Gospell is preached by the Apostles and where theyr writinges are brought For God promised to worke by preaching of his worde Moreouer where Gods worde is taught ther is it necessary to be some that pertaine to Gods kingdom where Christ is ruling and workyng accordynge to that sayenge I shalbe with you vntyll the worldes ende To this oure Lorde Christ our sauiour and true God be prayse glory and thankesgeuyng for euer Amen But now it remayneth that we do shew further how greate and heuy assaultes the churche of christenmen hath suffered both by outwarde persecutions of enemies and also chefely by heretikes whiche haue nowe and than toren wretchedly the vnitie of the churche with wicked doctrines which thynge hath brought a farre more dammage and despysynge to the Churche or congregacion than any outwarde persecutions The nyntenth yeare of Tiberius after Christes resurrection was Steuen the fyrst martyr stoned and the same yeare was Paule conuerted to the fayth And this befell The yeare of the worlde .iii. M. ix C. lxxviij The yeare of Rome .vii. C. xcii The yeare of Christe xxcix CAius Caligula the fourth Emperoure reigned thre yeare and ten monethes he was of a veri dissolute and vmbrideled lyfe he defyled all his systers with an vnnamed or an vnnaturall medling Fynally was he slayn by the chefe of hys hoost through a preuy conspiracy This Caligula caused his ymage to be set in the temple at Ierusalem to be worshipped whiche thyng was also prophecied by Daniel namely When Israell shall se an Idoll set in the temple then shal the ende be at hād This happened The yeare of the worlde
or mitigated which thynge of mercy happened to the Niniuites The yeare of the worlde iiii M. xxv The yeare of Rome viij C. xxxii The yeare of Christe lxxxi TItus the eyght Emperoure reigned two yeare He was the sonne of Vespasianus endued wyth all kynde of princely vertues wherefore he was praysed of euery man and called The loue and delite of man kynde But when he perceaued that some went about to optayne the Emperyall dignitie agaynst hym he commaunded to admonyshe them frendly to abstayne from suche enterpryses For all theyr labour was inuayne in suche thinges and that the gouernaunce is a gyft of God whiche befalleth to hym whome it pleaseth hym to geue He dyd nothynge more rygorously to them Titus as some suppose dyed of poyson After that Linus was deade was Anacletus made the third byshop of Rome The yeare of the worlde .iiij. M. xxvij The yeare of Rome viii C. xxxvj The yeare of Christe .lxxxiij. DOmitianus the nynth Emperoure the brother of Titus reigned fyftene yeares He had warres in Germany and ceâ—sely agaynst the Catti that now a daies are called the Hesses He vsed incredible intemperancy and great tyranny at Rome wherfore he was fynally slayne He droue out of Rome the Mathematicos that is teachers by demonstracion and Philosophers He persecuted the Christen and put them to death lyke as Nero dyd Whan Anacletus was deade Clemens the fyrst of that name was made Byshop of Rome The yeare of the worlde .iiij. M. xliij The yeare of Rome .viij. C. lij The yeare of Christe .xcix. NErua the tenth Emperoure reigned one yeare and foure monethes He adopted and made heyre apparant Traianus who was as then capitaine in Germany about Collen Nerua dyed being olde .lxviij. yeare The yeare of the worlde .iiij. M. xliiij The yeare of Rome .viij. C. liij The yeare of Christe C. TRaianus the Emperoure reigned nynetene yeares and syxe monethes This same was the fyrste of the straunge Emperours For he was no Italian but a Spanyarde by kynred He was of suche notable honestie that euer afterward as oft as an Emperoure was electe he dyd wyshe with open requeste that he might be lyke to Traianus in honestie Augustus in happenesse When he had made the principall officers of his court he gaue hym a sworde in hys hande sayeng these wordes Vse this sworde agaynst myne enemies in iuste causes If I do not iustly then drawe it vpon myselfe The Romane empyre was neuer so large as in the tyme of Traianus and aboue the examples of other Emperours possessed he the realmes of the East most largely He had very great warres in Hungary and Germany Ihon the euangelist that was driuen out by Domitian returned agayne to Ephesus out of the yle Pathmos If ye wyll reken the noÌ„bre of the yeres it shalbe founde that Sainct Ihon hath preached aboue thre score yeares Good Lorde howe many myseries hath Sainct Ihon sene in so longe space among the whiche was euen the greatest the destruction of Hierusalem hys countrey I wyll passe ouer how greueously hee hath stryuen wyth many and euen peruerset heretikes For we reade that vpon a tyme Sainct Ihon came into a bath and founde Cherinthus the Heretike sittyng with hys company and disputynge earnestly amonge them and the vnshamefast blasphemer denyed Christe to be man But Sainct Ihon rysynge bad hys frendes that were set wyth hym to departe with hym from thence For God woulde not suffre any lenger so vnshamefast blasphemies But strayghtwaye as he was gone out the house fallyng downe slewe Cherinthus wyth hys company It is a dredefull example of Gods wrath agaynst them whiche blaspheme the name of GOD wyth open and manifest vngodlynesse howe litle he wyl suffre them to be vnpunished at length Euaristus the fift B. of Rome succeded ClemeÌ„s After Euaristus death succeded the .vi. B. of Rome Alexander the first of that name Vnder Traianus were many Christen men tormented But afterwarde was a sentence ordeined that they shoulde not be brought into iudgement without they were fyrst openly accused and then shuld they be punyshed and this was gotten by the benefite of Plinius Traianus died of a flyxe in the belly The yeare of the worlde .iiij. M. lxiiij The yeare of Rome .viii. C. lxxiij The yeare of Christe C. xx ADrianus the .xii. Emperoure reigned twenty yeares He was adopted of Traianus He was a prince of greate wysdome he was not geuen too warre after the example of Traianus but was geuen to common peace by al maner of meanes and of this wise restored he the Empyre in moste best fashion wherfore he also deserued moste hygh prayse with euery man Ther was neuer a more profytable Emperour to the Romysh kyngdome sence Augustus then this Adrianus He was excellently learned in astronomy and composed euery yeare a pronostication for hymself Vnlearned readers of sciences put he out of wages howbeit he prouided of hys own coste for theÌ„ that they had no nede in the meane season and set other learned and profitable meÌ„ to teache in their steade He furnished also excellent libraries for he was reakened to be very well learned in Greke and Latin In the tyme of Adrianus began the Iewes to restore their kyngdom fyndyng also out one Messias among theÌ„ But Adrianus ouercame them though it was not without great busynesse Afterwarde commaunded he to repayre Ierusalem and called her Elia after his name Elius At the fyrst was he sore against the Christians and commaunded to torment them but afterward when some learned Christen men wrote bokes to the Emperoure the whiche are yet now adayes a brode he chaunged his mynde and commaunded that from thence foreward no man should be attached for his religion Xystus the fyrst of that name and seuenth B. of Rome succeded Alexander After Xystus succeded Thelesphorus the eyght B. of Rome He is reported to haue ben the instituter of Lent The yeare of Christe .i. C. xl ANtonius the Godly the .xiii. Emperour was adopted by Adrianus He reigned xxiij yeres that with so great modesty and endeuoure of peace that he shoulde oft haue sayed that it were more honest to saue one citesyn by an Emperoure than to slaye a thousand enemies Hyginius the nyneth B. of Rome succeded Thelesphorus Pius the .x. succeded Hyginius Anicetus the xi B. of Rome succeded Pius The yeare of Christe .c. lxiij MArâ—â—s Anthonius the philosopher the xilij Emperoure reigned .xix. yeares The same gouerned the Empyre by good ryght with hys brother Lucius Verus and these two were the first that ruled the Empyre together But Verus liued not loÌ„g in the gouernauÌ„ce Marcus was lyke excellent both in vertue and learnynge He had also warre in Germany agaynste them that dwelt in Morauia and Slesia and also against the Vandali He wrote many excellent lawes the whiche are yet to be red in
writeth Procopius the historyographer When euery where was peace made Iustinianus caused also the auncient lawes of the Romans to be gathered in bookes called Digesta that is bokes appoynted in order but the same bookes were darkened not long after Iustinianus through lawes of the Lombardes and Frankes neuerthelesse after a good season were they brought too lyght agayne by Lotharius a Saxon Emperour of whoÌ„ we shall speake hereafter Howbeit it were to long to reherse here how greatly this wysdome is to bee praysed in the Emperoure who wylled that iustice and these lawes to be commonly executed as by the iudgement of all sage and good men can nothynge be more honest holy and more profitable Of Bellisarius I can not worthely ouerpasse that of Belilsarius which he hath handled most faithfully in all thynges he was a peace and concorde maker in all the worlde He dyd wholy restore the empire of Rome that was nearehand decaied and altogether weakened to be short he shewed hys lorde and all the worlde suche pleasure that none coulde be greater nor more prayse worthy and if they were estymed aryght they are hygh and incredible gyftes of God But what thaÌ„kes the worlde geueth agayn for so great vertues and suche gâ—stes of God that doth the example of Bellisarius declare sufficiently whom Iustinianus of a very lyght suspicion without cause caused to put out his eyeâ—â— and droue him away that he shuld be fayne to seke his meate with beggyng at the last dyed he lyke a moste wretched begger Of this wyse doth the deuel at the last set hym against the greatest men whiche vndoubtedly hateth all Gods workes and moste hygh vertues in men Besyde thys dyd Narses also fall in the Emperours indignacion but he woulde not returne to Constantinople For that he myght be more safe for daungers he remayned all hys lyfe longe at Naples in Italy Simplicius the .l. bysh of Ro. succeded Hilarius Felix the secoÌ„d of that name succeded Simplicius After Felix was Gelasius the .lij. bysh of Rome Anastasius the seconde of that name was after Gelasius After Anastasius was Symmachus the .liiij. byshop of Rome In hys tyme was the fyrst trouble raysed for the chosyng of the byshop of Rome For some woulde haue had one Laurentuâ—s agaynst Symmachus â–ª and thys stryfe was the cause of a greate slaughter at Rome At the last did Dietrichus of Bernaswag this vproure After Symmachus succeded Hormisda y e lv bysh Ioannes the first succeded Hormisda Felix the thyrd the .lvii. bysh was after Ioannes Bonifacius the secoÌ„d the .lviii. bysh succeded Felix Ioannes the second succeded Bonifacius Agapetus the. lâ— byshop succeded Ioannes This same optained of the Emperoure Iustinianus that heretikes shuld not be brought to Constantinople Syluerius the .lxi. bysh succeded Agapetus Vigilius was bysh after Syluerius Thissame was taken of Iustinianus and vncourteously entreated because he would not consent to the restitucion of the bannyshed heretikes Pelagius the first succeded after Vigelius in the tyme of Totilas IoaÌ„nes the third was y e .lxiiij. bysh after Pelagiê° In these tymes were sene very dredeful woÌ„ders in the skye by the Italians There were sene burnyng battayls Cometes Besyde this also was Rome nearehand drowned wyth the surroundyng of the Tyber These tokens signified the decay of the Romane empyre and the Churche the whiche ensued afterward For not long after rose the Mahometicall pestilence The yeare of Christ CCCCC lxvi IUstinus the second of that name the .liij. Emperoure reygned ten yeares He was Iustinianus systers sonne In his tyme toke in the LoÌ„bardes parte of Italy to dwell in whyche was the yeare of Christe CCCCC lxxij The yeare of Christe CCCCC lxxvi TIberius the second of this name the .liiij. Emperoure reigned seuen yeares He was Iustinus marshall and was taken of hym for hys sonne and heyre of the empyre He vanquyshed the Perses but had no good fortune in Italy agaynst the Lombardes Benedictus the .lxv. bysh of Ro. succeded Pelagiê° Pelagius the second was bysh after Benedictus Of Mahomet and of the kyngdome of the Sarracens The yeare of Christe vi C. xxx The yeare of Heraclius xv The yeare of the worlde iiij M. v. C. lxxiiii The yeare of Rome M. iii. C. lxxxii MAhomet auaunted hymselfe a prophet also a king in Arabia by the Agarenies and Saraceus that by this occasion The Agareny dwellinge in the entryng of Arabia were alwaye geuen to robbery and exercyse of warre Whan they were now enticed with the Persian warres they receyued wages vnder Heraclius And whan it was shewed them by y e Emperoures captaynes they lokynge for no more wages raysed an vproure agaynst the Romane captayns By reason of thys commune vproure beganne Mahomets power to encrease For seynge the commune people coulde want no captayne they dyd lyghtely stycke to Mahomett who passed all other for his greate ryches and other syngular vertues But that he myghte the more easely bryng the peoples maners into some certayne order he purposed to make lawes not only in ciuill matters but also to bind the mindes of the coÌ„mune people to a certaine and new forme of religion that he might the better kepe them all in their duety nother might ryse any occasion of disscucion For he sawe that euery wher were sondry disagreing mindes of the doctryn of religion For y e concord of the Churches was spoyled by sundery heresyes and chefely wyth the wicked learning of Arrius But whan the consciences are tangled wyth errour and the myndes wauer than do they lightely suspect the doctrine of Christ and be in shorte space dryuen hether and thether Wherfore as mens myndes were thus relyng and vncertayn Mahomet hauyng gotten oportunitie prescribed suche a forme of religion wherein those heade chapters of the fayeth that spake of Christe were past ouer and that therefore lest the doctrine of the fayth should more be broughte into doutfull disputatyons but restynge only in the vnderstandyng or capacyte of reason myghte commaunde of courtesye of maners and maner to lyue honestlye Thys truely is acceptable to mens nature Therfore embraced thys doctryne the Gentyls Iewes Arrians and such as were deciuered from the Christen religion For thys fayth semed to be alowable to euery man Wherfore men of vnlyke kynred vnlyke language â–ª the one liuynge otherwyse than the other it is vnpossyble to saye how easely they grew and increased in myght to resyst the Romanes valiauntly For first began they to subdue Arabia and part of Syria For Damascus was Mahomets courte Afterwarde became they myghty in Egipt also Let thys suffyse brefely spoken of the begynnyng of y e dredefull kyngdome of Mahomet wherin raygned fyrst the Arabians Egypcians which called them Sultan or Souldan that is prince afterward was the empyre brought to y e Turkes As for y e kingdome is y e greatest part of Antichrist in the Prophetes are y e
worthynesse yt is my mynde to praise some princes aboue the other For I iudge it to be pertaynynge to the duety of euery history wryter that he do nowe and than turne asyde into the rehearsall of the most best vertues and shewe them to the reader for a shewe as an example to folow Now in mens assaires can nothinge â—e more honeste nor more pleasaunt than the consyderacion and knowledge of princely vertues in great men Wherfore I woulde oure Germane Emperours were so set before the eyes of our Germanes that they myght know theyr vertues and wonder at them wonder it is how greatly the same wolde helpe and further to the amendement and also rayse a flame in the hartes of good men to folowe In my iudgement are these princes doutelesse suche whyche be worthy farre to be preferred before the auncient Romanes whether ye wyll regarde wysedome or strength or finally the endeuour of honesty and modestye The rehearsall of the Germane Emperours Carolus magnus Ludouicus pius the sonne of Carolus magnus â–ª After the syxe Saxons Henricus the fyrste Otho the greate Otho the second Otho the thyrd Henricus y â— .ij. which is buried at Bamberch Lotharius the Saxon. Item these Frankes Cunradus Henricus the sonne of Cunradus Item these Schwaben Fridericus Barbarossa Fridericus the second Afterward Rodolphus Sigismundus Maximilianus Of Germany and occasyon of the kyngdome of the Frankes ALl Germany was not subiecte to the empyre but had onely those contryes that are betwene the Rene and the Danow And much worke had the Emperoures before oure nacion could be subdued and kept For in the tyme of Augustus had Drusus warres and Germanicus afterwarde Caius and after him Vitellius Domitianus Traianus had subdued the lower Germany vntyll Moganus Maximinus was come vntyll Schwartzwald Valerianus was wyth an hoost in hygh Germany After hym vnder Galienus the Frankes beynge sett in a commotion began to ryse but by the Emperoures folowynge were theyr violences sometyme assuaged For Aurelianus vanquyshed them by Mayntz Probus had many and noble victoryes in lowe Germany Constantinus buylded the citye Spyre Iulianus Valentinianus and Theodosius dyd lykewyse subdue the Alemans Frankes and the contries that lye by the Rhene and toke in Schwaben land also But after that the power of the Frankes and Alemans begonne to encrease the Emperours returned not into Germany Some fable diuersly of the fyrst begynnynge of the Frankes but it is certayne that they were hyghe Germanes in Augustus tyme. For we haue no certaynty of the Germanes estate out of histories before Augustus But that the Frankes were in suche estimacion by the hygh Germanes that it can easely be proued out of Strabo who wrote an history in the tyme of Auguste and warrefared wyth the Romanes As for Strabo sayeth that the Frankes were ioynyng to the Vindelici that is Bayerlanders vpon the which they border partly at thys tyme also The commotion of the Frankes beganne by thys occasyon In the tyme of Galianus the Emperoure was Posthumus captayne in Germany the same was made Emperoure by the people for hys syngular honestye and vertues in gouernynge the empyre Galienus in the meane season lyued in ydelnesse and pleasure at Rome But whan Galienus hearde that Posthumus was made Emperoure he sent against hym an apointed army Posthumus likewyse commaunded his men to be in a readinesse among the whiche were euen the Frankes the principall And though Posthumus was afterwarde slayne priuely by an intrap yet the Frankes once prouoked to weapons remayned alway in the settyng forth to warre and came downe from Moganus to the Rene and ouer the Rene toke they first the citie Trier from the Romanes and afterwards went into fraunce But after that they had foughteÌ„ against Attila with the Romanes they were alway in great fauour wyth the Emperours in so muche â–ª that Iustinianus the Emperoure through a conuenaunt made with the Frankes suffred them to haue and inhabite that parte of Gallia whiche at this tyme is yet called Francia or Fraunce Wherefore the Frankes toke in both the contreis of the Ryne and parte of Fraunce and both the contreis were maynteined by one common kyngly gouernaunce The histories make euery where mencion of great prayses of the Frankes partely for their goodly polycy and prosperitie in gouernyng their kyngdome but specially because they embraced the Christen religioÌ„ in the begynnyg of the kyngdome and wylled it to be publyshed and spred abrode In the meane tyme dyd the Alemans decyuer from the Romyshe empyre also The Alemans were the hygh Germanes whiche now are called Schwaben Schweitzer Baier Therefore when the Romane Monarchy was sundered then was Germany first deuyded in Alemanes and Frankes But in the time of Pipine father to Charles the greate became the Frankes lordes of the Almaines and therfore as the empyre was thus deuided they called hygh Germany the Easte kyngdome and lowe Germany wyth Fraunce the West kyngdome And by thys partynge of the kyngdomes remayne the names yett in Germany The elders of Charles the greate were princes of Germany and Lordes of the courte and that more is the chefe gouernours by the kynges of the Frankes and by the commission of their office were called Grande maysters It is also sayed that thesame was theyr duchy dominion by enheritaunce where now is the countyshyp of Palatine about the Rene syde For certayne it is that the fyrst sprynge of the stocke of the Palatine commeth of Charles the greates yssue But at the last when the kyngly progeny decreassed and fayled by processe of tyme more and more and that these princes became more myghtyer it came topasse by the consent of the byshop of Rome that the gouernaunce of the kyngdome was brought ouer to the princes and Pipinus beyng made kyng of thys wyse gouerned both Germany and Fraunce When Pipinus was deade Charles surnamed the greate was kynge of the Frankes two and thyrty yeares before he was Emperoure and after that he was made Emperoure he reygned fourtene yeares Of this wyse reygned he both in the kingdome and empyre together .xlvi. yeares when they be counted together He was boren in Ingelheim in the county of Palatine not farre from the cytie Mentz In the begynnynge of his reigne warred he agaynst the Saracens in Gascon afterward warred he about thirty yeares with the Saxons the whiche he subdued at the last and made them to obeye the empyre embrace the ChristeÌ„ faith besyde other many and great battails whiche he had in the meane season also Desiderius kyng of the Lombardes coueted the dominion of whole Italy goyng to Rome caused some of the chefe cytesens to be put to death Wherfore Adrianus the byshop of Rome sendyng ambassadours to Charles desyred he woulde come and rydde Italy and Rome out of daunger For Pipinus the father of Charles had also before delyuered Rome from the tyranny
and afterwarde coueted the gouernaunce of whole Italy And though other prynces dyd also stryue for the souerayntye of Italye yet dyd Berengaryus excellynge in power kepe Italye tyll the thyrde heyre The same toke vpon hym the tytle of Emperoure and vsed greate crueltye in Italye The Italyans requyred ayde and succoure of Otho agaynste hys tyrannye Wherefore Otho goynge into Italye he inuaded Lombardye and gat it Berengarius wyth yeldynge himselfe frely optained of Otho that grace that he shuld not wholy be dryuen out of Italy but should retayne a duchy to possesse After twelue yeares was Otho called into Italy agayne to defende or clayme the Italians wyth the clergye and byshop of Rome from the tyranny of Berengarius which thynge he also dyd valyauntly For whan he came agayne into Italy he toke Berengarius and hys sonne Alberte and bannished them for theyr disloyaltye the father wyth hys wyfe to Bamberge in Germany wher they spent theyr liues also as outlawes but the sonne sent he to Constantinople Otho entrynge into Rome in thys settynge forth was crowâ—ed of Ioannes the .xii. This Otho was the fyrste Emperour that made an othe to y e bishop of Rome wherof the maner and tenor is in y e canon lawes begynnynge Tibidomino Ioanni .iii. ce After that is Otho come the second tyme to Rome to rebuke Ioannes bish of Rome because he was accused of many fautes Wherfore the bishop knowynge himselfe gyltye fled for feare of Otho And therfore was Leo the .viij. made bishop in his stead But before that Otho went from Rome Ioannes commynge to Rome thrust Leo out agayne Leo fled to the Emperoure But the moost wyse Emperoure vsed greate policy lest he shoulde geue an occasion of debate He suffred Ioannes to vse the bishopryck so longe as he lyued But so sone as he was deade to take Leo as lawfully chosen bishop but the Romanes wolde not alowe it whych refusyage Leo chose another called Benedictus in spete of the Emperoure Otho than returnynge inuaded the possessyons of the Romyshe byshops and dyd much hurte He besyeged also the citye of Rome vntyl the cithesins constrayned by famine necessity opened the gates frely to Otho He than puttynge to death manye Romanes and banny shinge the Consuls restored Leo whan he had apeased al thynges returned into Germany leadynge wyth hym Benedictus who was kept at Hamborowe Otho goynge the thyrde tyme to Rome droue the Saracens and Grekes out of the farther coastes of Italy Than chosynge Otho hys sonne to be partener in the Empyre bringyng hym wyth hym commaunded to crowne hym and caused the Emperour of Constantinoples doughter to be geuen hym in mariage By all these thynges maye it easely be gathered that this Otho was one also of these princes which God hath now and than geuen to repayre the decayed state of the worlde For he set vp agayne the decayed empyre of Rome and set all Europa in quiet by hys succour hath he defended whole Italy and Germany He subdued the Hungarians and Frenchmen To be shorte he hath restored the maiestye of the empyre to hys former bryghtnesse and set it in order afterward dyed he at Quedelnburg in great quyetnesse It is written also that he found fyrst the syluer mines in Misen He gaue also muche good to the churche to maynteine religion and to promote the doctryne of godlynesse to which intent he made also not a fewe byshops as at Magdeburg Misen Brandenburg Mersburg and Ceitz Martinus the .iij. was the .cxxxij. byshop after Stephanus Agapetus the .ii. succeded Martinus Ioannes the .xiii. the C. xxxiiij bishopp was after Agapetus The same crowned Otho the fyrst afterwarde fled he from Rome fearynge leste for hys vnclennesse of lyfe he shulde be caste from the offyce by Otho Leo the .viii. was chosen in Ioannes steade But whan Ioannes was returned to Rome Leo fled to the Emperour but whan IoaÌ„nes was deade was Leo restored agayne Ioannes the .xiiii. and C. xxxvi bishop succeded Leo. Of hym was Otho the seconde crowned Otho the seconde the .xi. Germane Emperoure THe yeare of Christ .ix. C. lxxiiii raygned Otho y â— .ii. after hys fathers deceasse ten yeares against him was an vprour raysed also For Henry duke of Baier hys cosyn coueted y e empyre This Henry is not the brother of Otho the firste of whome is spoken before which conspiringe rose agaynst his brother Otho and afterward reconciled again to his brother gat the duchy of Baier Thys fyrst duke of Baier that was of the Saxons bloude dyed .xv. yeare before Otho But thys fyrste Henryes sonne is the same whyche set hymselfe agaynste Otho the seconde but Otho had soone tamed this newe enterpryser Afterwarde dyd the Frenchemen fall sodenlye vpon the Emperoure at Aken and he dyd searcely escape theyr intrap But Otho repayring an army went into Fraunce and spoyled euery where vntyl Paris constrained the Frenchmen to demaunde peace whyche dyd than bynd them wyth an othe that they wold neuer claime Lorain any more Whan he had set Germany at quyet he went into Italy There did he fight wyth the Grekes and Saracens in Apulia but hys hoost beyng vanquyshed he was taken by mariners as he fled But because he was vnknowen to the mariners by reason he could the greke language nether was he taken for a Germane prince he redemed himselfe with an easy price and comming to Rome he gouerned the empyre as he dyd before It is sayd that the Italians poisonned hym for his rigoure that he vsed in the gouernaunce Benedictus the .v. the C. xxxvii bysh of Rome was after Ioannes the .xiiii. Donus the .ii. succeded after Benedictus Bonifacius the .vii. the C. xxxix bysh succeded Donus Benedictus the vi succeded Bonifacius In his tyme became Otho the thyrde Emperour Otho the .iii. the .xii. Germane Emperoure THe yeare of Christ .ix. C. lxxxiiij raygned Otho the thyrd after hys fathers deceasse .xix. yeares He was yonge scarcely passed xii yeres whan hys father dyed wherefore Henry duke of Bayer cosyn to thys Otho caused him to be kept at Rome and beganne agayne to vsurpe the Empyre Some Italians counseled to make Crescentyus Emperoure that the emperyall maiestye myghte be broughte agayne to the Italyans But the Germane princes beynge loyall to theyr lorde called the yonge Otho agayne from Henry and made hym Emperoure wyth commune assent whereto Benedictus the byshop of Rome gaue his consent also The fyrste warre that he hadde was wyth the Frenchmen whyche forgettynge theyr othe that they had made inuaded Lorayne agayn takynge in many cityes but Otho dryuyng out the French men kept Lotharyng or Lorayn In the meane tyme a Romane prince called Crescentius takyng vpon hym the name of an Emperoure vsed great crueltye in Italy Wherefore Otho commynge to Rome enuyrouned wyth a greate army and takyng Crescentius cutt of hys nose and eares set hym arswarde vpon an asse caused
the very route out of the which emperoures must euermore growe Moreouer also can no hygher dignitie happen them in this lyfe then that worthynesse is geuen them lawfully whiche passeth farre the hyghnesse of kynges and princes Then must this ordinaunce be estemed a hygh gyft and an ordinaunce of God Wherefore also it must greatly be made of and kept without blemysh least any occasion bee geuen to dissolue so Godly and wholsome yee and moste fayre harmony in this lyfe For by them standeth the summe of the Romane Empyre And therfore whan the Electours are seuered it is necessary that the kyngdome or empyre fayle and that the last iudgement is at hande For the worlde shall ende vnder thys empyre It is written that the institucion of the Electours was The yeare of Christe M. ij The yeare of the worlde .iiij. M. ix C. xlvi The yeare of Rome M. vii C. lij The yeare after Charles the greate his coronacion .ij. C. i. When this ordinaunce was made the Italians made diuers vproures against Otho the .iij. insomuche that he could not be safe at Rome and when he went towarde Germany Crescentius wyfe sending hym poyson by an intrap was kylled the thirtyeth yeare of his age Iohannes the .xv. the cxli. byshop of Rome succeded Bonifacius the .vi. He was taken by Bonifaciê° father because he wold not consent to Bonifacius election Iohannes the .xvi. succeded Iohannes the .xv. Iohannes the .xvii. succeded Iohannes .xvi. Beynge taken and dryuen out by Crescentius he â—ought ayde of Otho After Iohannes the .xvii. was Gregorius the fyft made the C. xliiij byshop of Rome a prince of the Saxons bloude and that for the same cause as we haue declared a lytle before For the Italians deuised now and then newe thynges agaynste the Emperours nether dyd they euer want matters of vproures Therefore semed it a necessary thyng to maynteyne common quietnesse that a Germane shoulde be made byshop of Rome But yet in the meane season was Gregorius driuen out by the Italians ordeinyng in hys steade one Iohannes but Otho returning to Rome with a great power restored Gregorius kynsman againe Siluester the .ij. succeded Gregorius the .v. It is sayde he was an Inchaunter After this sorcerer was Iohannes the .xviii. made the C. xlvi byshop of Rome In hys tyme appeared towarde the South a comete of a dredefull syght the whiche folowed no lesse hunger then pestilence Hrnry the .ij. surnamed the Haultynge the. â—iij Germane Emperoure THe yeare of Christ M. iij. was Henry the secoÌ„d of that name duke of Bayer chosen Emperoure We haue sayd before that Otho the fyrst gaue his brother Henry the duchy of Baier But I reken this Emperoure Henry was the brothers sonne of that Henry For HeÌ„ry Otho the first brother died .xv. yeares before Otho deceased The Germane history writers were so negligent that out of their writynges I can not saye for a certayne whether he were that Henries sonne or his brothers sonne Truely that is wonder that the chanons of Bamberg knewe not certaynly the genealogy of their founder This Henry was the first that was chosen Emperoure by the Electors and raygned .xxii. yeres He was famous by wysdome and noble victories he made many and greate warres with maruaylous luckinesse Fyrst making werry y â— Bohemes Vandalies wyth warre he subdued and made theÌ„ tributaries to hym He besyeged Metz and Gaunt he wanne also Lorain and Flaunders He â—ought in Italy agaynst the Saracens and droue them out of Italy Then was he crouned victoriously at Rome by Benedictus the seueÌ„th He brought the Hungaryans to the Christen fayth and gaue to Steuen the Hungarian kyng his syster in mariage Before his death optayned he of the Electors lawfully that Cunradus the .ij. of that name a Franke should succede hym in the empyre He fouÌ„ded the byshopryck of Bamberge and is buryed there Iohannes the .xix. the C.xlvii byshop succeded Iohannes the .xviii. Sergius the C.xlviii bish of Ro. succeded Ioh. Benedictus the .vii. folowed Sergius Of hym was Henry the Emperoure crowned Iohannes the .xx. the .cl. byshop of Rome succeded Bedictus Of hym was Cunradus crowned â–ª Cunradus the .ij. the .xiiij. Germane Emperoure THe yere of Christe M. xxv was Cunradus a Franck chosen Emperoure who dwelt in the Limburg castell by the citie Spire and gouerned the empyre fyftene yeares But in the begynnyng of hys reigne when he perceaued all thynges in a rumour euery where he brought to passe that hys sonne should be chosen a party ruler with hym lest when he were gone in to Italy the subiectes in Germany shoulde make a rumour without a certayn heade Ernestus duke of Schwaben and the Catuli for the Catuly were also lordes in Schwaben These I saye were rebelles to the Emperoure but he dyd so assuage them that they dyd strayghtwaye obeye frely From thence went he into Hungary and redressed that also He toke Bourgundy and Liege or Ludich he toke the realme of Orleaunce agayne and gouerned it vnder his dominion Afterwarde going into Italy he besieged Milan and commyng to Rome he was crowned of Iohannes the .xx. The Romanes about that tyme rysynge agaynst Cunradus were fearcely slayen of the Emperours men But the Romane affaires were apeaced In the meane tyme whyles this was done in Italy Ernestus duke of Schwaben raysed a newe commotion wherfore Cunradus in hys returne droue hym awaye and pearsed hym through Cunradus gaue the duchy to Herman hys brother This Cunradus made many lawes which are yet now a daies Vnder this Emperoure was a couusaill kept at Tribur by Mentâ— He builded wyth great costes the Churche of Spire wherein he is buried with his quene Gisela Greate prayses are of this Gisela She was a quene of Bourgundy of Charles the greates poste ritie Her first husbande was Ernestus duke of Schwaben of whom she had two chyldren Ernestus that was driuen out and Herman afterward was she wedded to Cunradus the Emperoure Here do the writers make the first mencioÌ„ of the marqueshyp in Eastenriche whiche at that tyme possessed Albert duke of Schwaben brother to Ernestus the elder Nether was Eastenryche yet at that time a duchy but the Schwaben kept it which had taken it from the Hungarians by strong hand The Erldome also of Thuryngen beganne in the tyme of thys Cunradus For Lewis the Bearded of the lynage of Charles the greate was cosin to Gisela The same because he had longe bene conuersaunt in the courte of the Emperoure and had bene diligent in many thynges was made Earle of Thuringen And by this meanes haue the Lordes of Thuringen their ofsprynge of Charles the greates bloude Benedictus the .vij. was made the C.li. byshop of Rome after Iohannes the .xx. who beynge driuen out one Syluester bought the byshoprycke with money Therefore Benedictus beyng returned to the intent he myght rayse factions or commocions agaynst Syluester he solde hys ryght of the
byshoprycke to one that was the thirde called Gregorius the .vi. And so did Benedictus geue place to hym but Syluester woulde contrarywyse defende hys ryght against Gregorius This controuersye dyd compell the Emperoure Henry the black to come to Rome who dyd worthely depose those thre monsters from the byshoprycke and ordeined in steade of them one Syndeger byshop of Bamberg who was called Clemens the .ii. the .clii byshop of whom Henry the blacke was crowned About this time began the name of Cardinals to be vsed whereby it may be supposed that this same dignitie in the church was not elder But for somuche as oftymes happened moste heuy contencions and stryfes of the diuersitie of wylles in makynge of the byshop of Rome Henry the Blacke made an ordinaunce that thenceforth no byshop of Rome should be chosen without the consent of the Emperour also his confirmacion This ordinaunce was afterwarde sore foughten against of the byshops of Rome insomuche also that most haynous warres are rysen thereof in the tymes of Hēry the fourth and fyfth Emperours Henry the thyrd surnamed the Black the .xv. Germane Emperoure THe yeare of Christe M.xl. beganne to raygne Henry the third called the Black and raygned seuentene yeres Fyrst inuaded he the Bohemes with warr but they beyng ayded of the Hungarians ouercame hym The yere after were the Bohemes so weried with warres of Henry that their prince constrayned by necessitie came to Regenspurg and made hymselfe tributary frely to the Emperour After that going into Hungaty warred thre yeares and takynge in certayne cities he compelled the Hungarians to demaunde peace He subdued also the duke of Lorain that he obeied the empire At Rome put he down thre byshops at once striuing for the see and made a Germane byshop to be byshop there whō they called Clement the .ii. Thēceforth ouercame he the Saracēs by Capua Afterward came he again into Germany kept a cōgregatiō at Mentz wherein was Leo the bysh of Ro. Cuno duke of Bayer whiche was after S. Hēry trustyng to the ayde and conspiracion of the Hūgarians set hym agaist the Emperoure for by that meanes entended he to drawe the possession of the kyngdome to hym But the Hungarians were ouercome the duke Cuno was driuen out and liued all his lyfe a bannyshed man in Hungary The land of Bayer was in the meane tyme wythout a duke and gouernoure Before Henry the Black dyed he caused hys sonne Henry fyue yeare of age to be chosen Emperour and was crowned at Aken to the intēt there shoulde be a certayne heade of the empyre nether should any rumour be for the election Wherefore the sonne raygned a certayn space vnder the mothers protection The mother of Honry the .iiij. was called Agnes borne in the county of Pisto in Fraunce After Clemens was Damasus the .ij. made the cliij byshop of Rome whiche optayned the byshopricke by force Leo the .ix. succeded Damasus The same was in the counsaill kept at Mentz and was conuersaunt wyth Henry the black a whyle afterwarde In his tyme Berengarius a deacon of Angewe in Fraunce taught that the true body and bloud of Christ were not in the breade and wyne according to Christes institucion Leo the byshop of Rome condempned this in the counsaill of Vercelli but the sedes of this doctrine that were left hath caused great persecucion to them that came after Victor the .ij. the .clv. byshop of Rome succeded Leo. The same was before byshop of Eichstet Stephanus the .ix. succeded Victor Benedictus the .ix. the .clvij. byshop of Rome succeded Stephanus Nicolaus the .ij. folowed after Benedictus The same deposed Benedictus and is sayde to haue ordeined fyrst that Cardinals shall haue aucthoritie to chose the byshop of Rome Berengarius was also condempned againe by hym and was compelled to reuoke that he had taught of the sacrament Alexander the .ij. the .clix. byshop of Rome succeded Nicolaus then also was greate strife for the delection Gregorius the .vij. before called Hiltebrande was the .clx. byshop of Rome after Alexander The same dyd excommunicate and persued Henry the iiij raisyng also fearce warres that he myght get obteyne that a byshop of Rome myght be chosen and confirmed wythout the Emperoures consent and confirmacion lest the Emperours shoulde clame any aucthoritie vpon the byshops of Rome to rule them whereof we shall speake more in Henry the fourth Henry the .iiij. the .xvi. Germane Emperour THe yeare of Christ M. lvij began Henry the .iiij. to reigne after that his father was deade beynge yet a chylde and raygned fyfty yeares In this man dyd not onely the vertue of suche kynde of Emperours fayle but the empyre of whole Germany began so to decaye that afterwarde it neuer coulde nether be brought to his olde state nor recouer his former strength Hiltebrand byshop of Rome was causer of this lamentable game who turned neare hād al Germany vp down with warres among the princes therof In Henry the Emperours chyldhode dyd Agnes his mother gouerne the empyre not without prayse she set Germany and Italy at peace and trāquilitie But the byshop of Colen dyd priuely leade away the chylde beyng now twelue yeares of age and ready to be gyn to beare rule and in the meane season he hymselfe ruled afterwarde the empyre It is saide also that he caused the Imperiall childe to be brought vp vnsemely It were longe to reherse here all the causes and circumstaunces I wyll onely reherse here brefely the most worthy of remēbraunce Henry the Black father to this Henry had made a constitucion of making a byshop of Rome by a most wyse aduise that y ◠same should not be done without the knowledge and consent of the Emperoure But now that Hiltebrand was come into the see he made a decre cōtrary wyse that the confirmacion of a byshop shoulde not be demaunded of the Emperoure But the Emperoure woulde that this his fathers constitucion should beare effect Besydes that also had the Emperoure aucthoritie to geue the byshoprycks of the empyre but Hiltebrand would not suffre that also For it happened oft that when one byshop was dead another was made in his stead of the Emperoure and agayne another of the byshop of Rome whiche dyd then excommunicate the other Finally came the game to this ende that the Emperoure was not onely excommunicated but it was also cōmaunded that other greate Lordes of Germany should make another Emperoure And the maister of this game was the byshop of Halberstat in Saxony to do the byshop of Rome a pleasure Wherfore fell from the Emperoure Henry the fourth Otho duke of Saxony Rudolfus duke of Schwaben to whom was maried the Emperoures syster germane and certayne byshops specially Saxons On the Emperours syde were the Bohemies and the lordes Catuly whom the Emperoure gaue Baierlande driuyng out Otho the duke of Saxony and some byshops also whiche disalowed the byshop of Romes tyranny
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.
C. vii beganne Henry the fyft to reigne after his fathers decesse and reigned .xx. yeres Verely he was well rewarded of the byshops that folowyng their counsails he warred vpon his father the good Emperoure Comminge to Rome he coulde not obtayne the crowne of the byshop of Rome without he dyd fyrst ordeyne that thenceforth it shoulde be alowed that both the byshop of Rome and other byshops should be made without the Emperours approbating and consent Besides that also was at that tyme so great an vproure made in the citie of Rome by the byshop of it that except the Emperoure had defended his lyfe with his owne hande he had bene lost When the Emperour had the ouerhande many Romanes were put to death and taken prysoners The byshop was taken also and led out of the citie And when communication was had wyth hym of the coronation right of makyng the byshop of Rome and other byshops Paschalis dyd frely graunt that Emperours shuld take to them that prerogatiue that no byshop of Rome nor other should be chosen without their grauÌ„t From thence are they returned to Rome and Henry was crowned Emperoure of Paschalis But after that the Emperoure was departed out of Italy the byshop turned hys mynde and makyng an assemble or counsayll dyd not onely reuoke the graunted priuilege but dyd also excoÌ„municate and accurse the Emperoure Whiche thyng when it was shewed Henry the fyfte retourning straight waye to Rome with a greate power he droue out the byshop and ordemed another in his place In the meane season dyd not the byshops of Germany syt styll whiche dyd againe set the Saxons against the Emperoure so â—ore also that Germany beynge eftsones styrred with mutuall debates dyd mete eche other with displayde banners and in the yere M. C. xv the .xi. daye of February was the battail by MaÌ„sfelde neare by the wood Catulaâ—ia wherin was slayne Hoterus Erle of Mansfelde Wherfore the Emperoure pâ—rceauynge that this playe coulde not be assuaged without coÌ„tinuall battail nether would the Romish byshops leaue of tyll they had oppressed hym as they had done hys father before the good prince had aduice to the common peace of the empyre and renounced frely the right of his priuilege Therfore as the peace was made betwene the byshop of Rome and Emperour by this occasion and also betwene the other lordes and was proclaymed not farre from Wormes by the Rhene where greate armies were together on both parties greate ioye was made in all Germany for this accorde of common peace This Henry warred also in Hollande and Lorayne As for Lotharius duke of Saxony who was made Emperour after Henry came to Mentz in along and vile garment humbly requyryng pardon of the Emperoure The same dyd Henry grauÌ„t hym frely of hys syngular mercy This Henry had no manchylde and therefore came the duchy of the Frankes to Conrade sonne to Frederick of Stauffen and Henries the fyftes syster Gelasius the .ij. succeded Paschalis the .ij. Thissame was dryuen out of Rome by Henry the fyft and in hys steade was Gregorius made byshop Gelasius died in Fraunce in exile When Gelasius the .ij. was deade was chosen in Fraunce byshop of Rome Calistus the .ij. who commyng to Rome fought some battayls wyth Gregorius the false byshop whome Henry the fyft had made At the last was Gregorius taken and set arswarde vpon an asse was caried about the citie Vnder Calistus was the peace made with the Emperoure Henry the fyft Honorius the .ij. succeded Calistê° the bysh of Ro. Innocentius the .ij. was made byshop after Honorius In spite of this man was Petrus Leonis chosen who called himself Anacletus Of hym was Innocentius driuen out with force Lotharius asswaged this rumour who was crowned Emperoure of Innocentius Lotharius the Saxon the xviij Germane Emperoure THe yeare of Christe M. cxxvii was Lotharius duke of Saxony chosen Emperoure by the Electors whose father Gebhardus was slayne by Henry the fourth Lotharius reigned thyrtene yeares This Germane empire hath oft ben shaken with moste heuy assaultes For now agayne is raysed a great and durable vproure against Lotharius also For the Schwaben and Frankes which had loÌ„g warred with the Saxons toke in euell worth that the highnesse of the empire came to the Saxons Besydes that also were the sonnes of the dukes of Schwaben borne of Henry the fyftes syster therfore did they pretend that the empire of right shuld be belongyng to them Henry the .v. as is sayd before gaue to Conradus of Schwaben his systers husbande the duchy of Franken Godfry counte of Palatine was with him who chofe Conradus Emperoure to him did leane the cities of the Schwaben and Franckes But Catulus Henry duke of Baierland toke Lotharius parte for he was Lotharius daughters husband wherby also the possessioÌ„ of Saxony came to the Baiers by succession hereditare And those also that now a daies are called princes of Brunswig are of the Baiers bloud of Catulus Henry duke of Baier That Conradus might prenent Lotharius he went into Italy and toke in Lombardy where he was also crowned with an yron crown In the meane tyme besyeged wan Lotharius the cities Sprre Vlme and Nurenberg and after that persued he Conradus into Italy For the Saxon Lotharius beyng more sage and wyly thought well that without Germany were well assured Conradus coulde not kepe Italy Wherfore when Conradus knew that both the cities of Germany were lost and that no hope of succoure was to be loked for out of Germany to retayne Italy leauyng Italy he dyd make a conuencion of peace with Lotharius through the entreatement of sainct Bernarde and left the empyre that he had taken vpon hym Lotharius went twyse into Italy First to assuage the commotions that were raysed at Rome against Innocentius the byshop for choisyng another byshop After that against Roger which had inuaded Campania and Apulia He droue hym out of Italy but when Lotharius was deade Roger returned Of the Roman lawes repared and restored LOtharius is not onely praysed for his notable valiauÌ„tnesse in warres where with he hath set both Germany and Italy at a staye rest but also for his endeuoure in y e religion and good lawes In his tyme was in Italy by the quene Mectildis a man of great learnyng called Wernherus whome Accursius the lawer calleth oft Irnemerius The same founde the bokes of the Romane lawes in the liberaries dusted vnregarded and brought them to lyght agayne Lotharius commaunded to vse them openly in scoles and to geue sentence agayne after them in iudgemeÌ„tes of the empyre And so by this meanes was that treasure brought to lyght agayn whiche none can be more profitable nor more costly namely whereof innumerable profites are flowen For first it is a certaine lawe and conformable to mans reason restored to whole Europa by reason all nacions and all other lawes vse this Romane lawe in searchynge
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
to excommunicate them only but also to put them from the empyre so that one can thynke no honestye in these dedes of the Romysh byshoppes specially yf ye ponder and way all the causes and reasons All these were excommunicated in a rowe and yet were they myghtye and wyse Emperoures that haue brought to passe great and notable thinges Henry the fourth a Franke. Henry the fyfth a Franke. Friderick the fyrst a Schwabe Philippe sonne to Frederick the fyrste Otho the iiii duke of Brunswig Friderick the .ii. Henry the .vi. sonne Conradus Fridericks sonne The yeare of Christe M.CC.xii. Otho beyng come agayne into Germany though he knew that the princes myndes were set agaynst him yet poynted he a day of parlament at Norinberg and admonyshed the princes that they shulde not graunt the bishops of Ro. that authoritye that they shulde put downe Emperoures at theyr pleasure for the empyre pertayneth not to Romysh byshops but to the Germane princes He brought some princes to his mynd with this admonition and fell vpon Herman erle of Thuryngen the father of erle Lewys to whome S. Elysabeth was spoused For erle Herman to do the Byshoppe of Rome pleasure set hymselfe agaynst the Emperour as a man condemned wyth byshoppe of Romes excommunicatyons and curses But afterwarde was Otho forsaken of all the princes except one erle of March in Misen For Fryderycke the yonger enemy to Otho was alreadye come into Germany besyde that by the byshoppe of Romes procurynge was the Frenche kynge in armes agaynste Otho But whan tydynges came to Otho of Frideryckes commyng he prepared hym to go agaynste hym into Alsasse and was wyth hys hooste at Brysacke howe beyte beynge destytute of all the ayde of hys he was constrayned to flye into Saxony But than repayring an hooste and beyng holpen of the kynge of Englande he went into low Germany agaynst the Frenche kynge of whome he was ouercome and dyed afterwarde the yeare M. CC. xviij He lyued wythout the tytles of thempyre .v. yeares Friderick the .ij. the .xxiiij. Germane Emperoure THe yeare of Christ M. CC. xiij was chosen Emperoure Friderick the .ii. of that name the sonne of Barbarossa kinge of Naples and Cicily and duke of Schwaben whan Otho was put downe and was crowned Emperoure at Achen He raygned seuen and twenty yeares Yet before he dyed was he depryued fyue yeares of the Empire by Innocentius the Bysh of Rome Noman can pitye ynough the case of thys laudable Emperoure that he was endued wyth many and noble vertues and yet in the mean season suffred he moost extreme and heuy persuinges of Romane byshops He was verye well learned in many languages For he knew perfectly the Latine Greke Germane and Saracens languages Besydes thys set he forth also the disciplines of good sciences He brought to passe that the boke of Ptolome called Almagestū was translated out of the Saracens language into Latyn and by that meanes the doctryne of Astronomye whyche noman had taughte many yeares before in Europa was brought to lighte Hys fyrste warre had he in Germanye agaynste Otho the .iiii. by the bishop of Romes counsel but he had the same rewarde for it that other Emperours afore him haue had The seconde warre had he in Brabant agaynste the duke of Brabant and Othoes adherentes and restored Lorain againe to the Germane empyre The yeare of oure lorde M. CC. xx was Fridericke crowned of Honorius the .iii. Emperoure Two erles in Tuscia had taken in some cityes that belonged to the empire the which whan Friderick had taken agayne the erles that were driuen out fled to Honorius bysh of Ro. who toke them in hys defence and commaunded Friderick to restore thē into the possession of the cityes that he had taken from them But whan Friderick refused that Honorius excommunicated hym settyng asyde all the former loue The yeare M. CC. xxii came Friderick again into Germany and holding a parlamēt at Wyrtzpurg he made Henry his yonger son felowgouernoure of the empyre and was crowned at Achen But afterwarde was the same Henry taken by his father because he had made a leage with certayn cityes of Lombardy agaynst the father while the father liued yet died he of y e filthinesse of the prison Though the city Hierusalem was now loste yet possessed the Christians other great and mighty cytyes in Siria But whan the power of the Turkes grewe dayly more more and the fortune of y e Christiās went back Ioannes came to Rome who had yet the title of y e king of Hierusalē and desyred ayde of Honorius the byshop of Rome and optayned by Honorius that Friderick who was accursed was absolued Wherefore Fridericke and the Germane princes consented frelye to make an armye for the delyueraunce of the cytye Hierusalem and the kyng of Hierusalem gaue Iole hys doughter in maryage to Friderick the Emperoure Whereby it commeth that yet at this houre the kynges of Sicily ascrybe to them the title of the realme of Hierusalem Fridericke the Emperour than went wyth a great army well furnyshed to Hierusalem and wyth hym many princes of Germany among the which was also Lewis y ◠landtgraue to whom S. Elisabeth was maried the same dyed in that settynge forth at Brundusium The yeare M. CC. xxviij went Fridericke to Hierusalem and dyd hys busynesse so that the Souldane gaue hym frely agayne not only Hierusalem but many other cytyes there about Friderick was crowned at Hierusalem the yeare M. C C. xxix He caused the citye Hierusalem to be made sure agaynste the power of the enemyes He made treuce with the Souldane for ten yeres All thys shewed he by a letter to the byshop of Ro. and requyred absolucion of the curse for by thys Gregorye was he accursed also I wote not for what title in the kingdome of Sicily But it was a small matter for the byshop of Rome to deny to the Emperoure the absolution for this gyle also or rather iniury had he done to Frederick being absent For he set y ◠Italian cities against him toke in by force some cityes in his patrimonial realme Naples By thys constraynt was Friderick driuē to come back agayn into Sicilye and to rescue his realme come by inheritaunce from feare of daunger Although the bysh of Ro. had ben sore dissoial against the Emperour in his absence yet required he absolution so lowly that he promysed he wolde holde the kyng dome of Sicily of him by fealtye Besydes this also caused he the princes of Germanye to come into Italy that at the least by them myght the debate betwen hym and the Emperour be alayed Therfore dyd Gregorius absolue the Emperour agayne the yeare of Christe M. CC. xxx After y c came the Emperour Friderick the thyrd time into Italy and warred in Eastenrich agaynst the Hungarians toke the eyty Vienne the which that she shuld be remain an emperial city he wold haue
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
perpetrated and wrought against hym namely howe that alwayes when the Emperours maiestie was about to mete and resiste the infideles the sayd Frenche kyng had stirred vp one mischiefe or other whereby hys godly enterprises and purposes were either letted and hyndered altogether or els begonne with smal profite and ended or brought to passe to small effecte Itē howe that he had made cōfederatiō now with the turke and then with Barbarossa and had also hym selfe stirred vp all the vngracious warres which had so many yeres continued in the borders of his maiesties dominions In consideracion wher of themperours maiestie besought the Popes holynes that he would take his parte and helpe hym to resyst the vngodly enterpryse of the Frenche kyng that a generall peace myght be establyshed whereby the Turke myght be repelled and ouercome When the Popes holynes had hearde the Eemperours oration accordyng to his kynde which they haue alwayes vsed sence the tyme of Adriane the thirde towardes themperour he made aunswere openly to themperours request that he would neyther take parte with themperours nor yet with them of Fraunce but that he woulde sytte styll as neuther and se to whome fortune would leane most and hym that should ouercome his aduersary and get the ouerhande woulde he mete with all his power and succour hym that shoulde haue the worst Here myght Emperours learne what goodnes is to be loked for at the handes of suche beastes if they were not altogether blynde Vpon this aunswer of the Pope themperour toke his iourney the .xviij. day of Aprill for Easter daye was the .xvi. daye of Aprill from Rome towardes Mylan In the meane season did the Emperours Capitaines assemble a great multitude of warriours both on horsebacke and on foote of the Germayne Welche and Spanysh nations whome they brought with great feare thorough Piemont and many small battayles whiche consumed no small nomber of men before Marsilia whiche is an olde citie lyeng in Fraunce by the sea syde and is enuironned with the sea in thre partes or endes whiche Citie themperoures company besyeged with al their power both by water and by lande but there happened suche a contagious disease and mortallitie in the Emperoures hoost that within fewe dayes there dyed aboue twelue thousande persones So that the Emperoure by the meanes of this necessite was constrained to dysperse hys armye But the Frenche kyng was at that season mightyer a great deall bothe of Money and of People and laye with a greate power of hys owne men with a great company of Swytzers and with syxe thousande duche launceknyghtes whose Capitain was William Counte of Furstenborough besydes auinion about a fyftene duche myles from Marsilia from thence to occurre and mete themperoure and to rescue Marsilia if the Emperoure had not bene caused to retire by the meanes of the sayde greate death and mortalitie Neither remayned he in this case harmeles for there dyed in hys hoost aboue two thousande Swytzers And hys eldest Sonne Fraunces the Dolphyne was poysoned whiche thynge also shoulde haue lyghted vpon the king himself if god had not specially preserued him The traytour whiche was an Erle of Montecuculo as Anselmus Rid doth call hym was at Lions by the kynges commaundement miserably put to death being drawen and plucked in sunder with foure horses tyed seuerally to his handes and legges His head was set vpon the Brydge whiche goeth ouer the water of Rodani and hys foure quarters were hanged before the foure principall gathes of the Cictie Whyle these thynges were in doing The Counte of Nassowe marched through Pycardy into Fraunce and toke certayne small townes lyeng on this syde and also on the farther syde of the water of Some by force of armes And besieged the citie of Perone whiche he pressed very sore by spoilyng and burnyng rounde about it by the meanes whereof he made many poore folkes in that countrey neuertheles he coulde not wynne the citie but was fayne to leaue it as he founde it so retyred from thence the .xi. daye of September after that he had besyeged it by the space of a moneth Thus muche of themperour and the Frenche kyng concernyng their actes and the thynges done betwene them for this present yere In Germany assembled the princes and nobles of the Empyre whiche as then had receyued the Gospell at Smalkalde whiche lyeth besydes the woode of Duringe and thither came also thambassadours of the kynges of Denmarke Fraunche and Englande Where the nobles and princes of the Gospell made a bonde and confederacion together wherein also Christiane kynge of Denmarke was bounde that they shoulde truely and faythfully holde together and take one an others part yf they should at any time be assaulted by an enemy of Goddes worde And thys bonde or confederation is called the bonde of Smalkalde whiche yerely increaseth more and more And many Potentates are dayly added to the congregacion of Christe in so muche that greate Monarchies may stande in awe of them and feare them And yf they do truely cleaue to Goddes worde and be thankefull vnto hym that gaue them that greate benefyte no doubte there shalbe no power so myghty that shalbe able to preuayle agaynste thys bonde and to suppresse it For yf GOD be on theyr syde and they put theyr truste and confidence in hym vnfaynedly they shalbe stronger and myghtyer then all worldely power whyche they haue nowe in a maner throughout all Germany God graunt them to consydre it and to be thankeful vnto God for it and for all other benefites which they haue receaued at his hande hitherto There was also a Synode and cōuocation kept at Wittenbourgh in Germanye in the moneth of May betwene them that cleaued vnto the doctrine of Huldrike zwynglius concernyng the Sacrament of Christes body and bloud on the one partie and them that folowed the mynde of Martine Luter on the other partie where after long disputacion had betwene thesayed parties there was a certeyne determinacion and agrement taken betwene them as touchyng the controuersy of the Sacrament albeit that the moste parte of the Preachers on zwinglius syde would not consent thereunto But what controuersy there was betwene the said parties as touchyng the Sacrament may be gathered ease out of the bokes of both parties for the rehearsall thereof here in order would be to long Betwene the sea Townes Homborough Lubeke Suno and Christiane chosen kyng of Denmarke was this yere a newe peace cōcluded whervnto they of Rostocke and of Wismare woulde not agree For their Duke Albert of Mekelborough at Coppenhaghe whiche is the chief citie of al Denmarke and of the Iland called Seeland Then the townes whiche were accorded and agreed vpō the sayed peace sent their imbassadours to Coppenhaghe aduertysyng the sayd Duke Albert and count Christopher of their agreement requiring them to yelde vp the cytye to the chosen kyng Christiane But when the said two lordes and
season Mary quene of Hungary syster vnto the Emperours maiestie and lady RegeÌ„t of the lower partes of his dominioÌ„s prepared her selfe and wheÌ„ she had assembled a mighty company of pietons or footemen as well of the partes of hygh Germany as of the lower partes of Duchelande with an army of horsemen well appointed she marched with power into Picardy and hauyng destroyed that whiche was left in the lande she went and beseged the towne called S. Paule whiche lyeth in the borders and was also furnyshed by the kyng at his departyng from thence with foure thousand souldiours and certayne hundredes of horsemen And when they that were within y e towne made resistauÌ„ce against her she ouercame it with a strong assault and caused to be destroied whatsoeuer was a lyue within the towne except two of the chefe Capitaines which were caried away captiues But as touchyng the towne after it was spoyled by the souldiours it was set on fyre and burned downe to the grounde The seuen and twenty daye of Iune they went to the citie of Turwyne beseged the same But when the Frenche men dyd pryuely brynge into the Towne certayne Souldiours for the sanegarde of the same Towne and the Capitayne of the same retourned agayn by lyke to fetche more helpe they were takeÌ„ by y â— lady Maries warrious Anone violently destroyenge all that made resistaunce againste them murtheryng the men and viciatyng the women and the virgines whom also they caried away captiues with them After that they came also to the Ilande called Naxus wherein dwelled a Prince called Iohn Crispus who also wrote the sayde affaires to oure Potentates in Europa wyth a certayne exhortacion and warning there unto annexed whenche I also haue taken thys story But when the Turke offered peace vnto the sayde Prince promisyng not to hurte nor trouble hys subiectes in case he woulde gentely and wyllyngly yelde hym selfe vnder the obedience of the Turke the sayde Prince consideryng that he was to weake and notable to resyste suche great power not knowyng any helpe or assistaunce to bee loked for yelded hymselfe and hys subiectes to the Turke the eleuenth daye of Nouember on thys condition that he shoulde yearely paye vnto the Turke a tribute of fyue thousand guldens of gold When this was done the Turkyshe Armada retourned homewarde with a greate spoyle and abreption of Golde Syluer and many poore imprysoned Christians There was also the sayde yere of our lord God a thousand fyue hundreth thyrty and seuen an horrible and fearefull tempest at Heydelbery on the Necker lyeng in the Lower partes of the Palatines iurisdiction where the Electour by the Rhene kept his Courte For on Sainct Markes daye when euensonge was done rose a sodayne darkenyng of cloudes with an horrible noyse of wynde and immediately folowed a wether of Thonder and Lyghtenyng whiche lyghted within a Tower lyeng by the olde Castell of Heydelbergh wherein was muche gon poulder kept insomuche that the sayde poulder beyng set on fyre by the power of the sayde Thonder and Lyghtening the sayd Tower and Castell brast in sunder in y e twinkling of an eye and made suche an earthquake that within the Towne the dores and wyndowes were moued and flewe from the hinges so that the people thought none other but that the daye of dome had bene come And the stones of the walles were throwen here and there in the Towne by the reason whereof dyuerse persones runnynge out into the stretes and forsakynge theyr houses for feare least they shoulde fall downe on theyr heades were sore hurte and harmed There dwelled also in the olde Castell a couple of folkes wyth seven chyldren whereof fyue were hurte and two slayne out of hande And not farre from the newe Castell came a stone of the wall flyeng and slewe a man and cut awaye a foote of another man that was by hym In Englande was thys yeare begonne a collection for the poore and a greate nombre cured of many greuous diseases thorough the charitie thereof There was also in Englande a certayne frere called frere forest hanged and burned for treason and heresy IN the yeare of ourelorde MDxxxviij The eight day of February assembled at Rome Pope Paule with certayne Cardinalles Syr Iohn Mantry Marquys of Angilaria Oratour of themperous maiestie and atturnay for the same the kynges maiestie of the Romaines Syr Markes Anthomus Contarenus knight the imbassadours and attournays of the Duke and rulers of Venice in the name and power of their superiours whiche there coÌ„sulted together howe and by what meanes the Turke who did mightely enlarge hys empyre by his power myght be resisted Whereit was agreed and concluded that they would altogether prepare a great power both by lande and by water out of Italy whereof the Pope should main tayne and laye the syxt part the Emperours maiestie the ene half the Venetians the other third part and that there should by water be armed foure hundreth shyppes and gallees And to thintent that the Turke myght be so muche the easier ouercome kyng Ferdinando should with a strong army inuade hym in Hungary Besydes this should the Pope moue and exhorte Sigismonde kyng of the Poles to do his parte likewyse But as thesayde contracte and agreement was made with great preteÌ„ce â—o proceded it to small effect for it went forwarde very slenderly slowely as ye shall heare herafter The same yere when the Counsails betwene the Emperours maiestie the French kyng departed and could not agree of any durable stedfast peace the Pope himself toke y e matter in hand apointed both parties to mete in y e coastes of Italy orloÌ„bardy at the Citie of Nice Into the which themperours maiestie made his entraunce with great triumphe the .xv. day oâ— May. The next day entred the Pope into the saied citie also whose entraunce I do here gladly descrybe that al men may see and knowe howe that holy father folowed the steppes of hys predecessour Peter and of his maister Christ Fyrst there rode before hym two hundred men vpon the goodliest mules that migt be founde very gorgiously apparelled Then folowed .lx. Trompetters in yackettes of veluette costly sylkes and scarlette After them folowed hys garde and footemen with pertisanes apparailled in yelowe hauyng on their heades black veluer cappes with goodly Eastryche fethers After this folowed the Lorde great Maister of the Popes moste holy housholde very costely apparelled Then came the ryght swarme and rable in a long procession that is to say a great nombre of Monkes Freres and priestes with many relyques of dead sainctes And the last of them bare a lx burnyng candels of white waxe to lyghte before the blynde Idoll of Rome the Pope whiche was borne of many men in a Chayre garnyshed with fine golde and the Sacrament as they cal it in their abuse was borne before hym On both sydes of the borne Pope were
xlv nexte folowynge When George Marquys of Brandenburghe perceyned theyr sayde enterpryse and intent he thought that they dyd hym great iniury for he asscribed vnto hymselfe certayne ground â–ª and laude wythout the towne of Nurremborough which is neuer theles pertayning to the Empyre and claymed it as hys owne heritage wherfore he marched somtime by â–ª day as farre as the Landmark and by night vnto the towne euen hard by the forsayd buylding But when they of the towne feared some great malice and mischief they fenced theyr building with much ordenaunce and artillery kept great watch vpon the walles and in theyr turrettes When thys hyndered the people of the Marquys of theyr purpose some of them went toke certayne inhabytauntes of Nurremborough as they went a fowlynge or byrdyng in the woode and stopped certayne of theyr wagens or cartes commyng from Lipswyke and other places laden with goodes and marchaundyses and broughte them to the Castell of Bayerthorp Wherfore they of Nurremburgh being occasyoned and moued to displeasure â–ª and indignatyon by the reason of the sayde cruelues assembled a certaine nombre of â—oul dyours and layde them in the countree rounde about the town and furnished the smal townes and vyllages about them after the best mauer purposyng in case the sayd Marquys or hys men would persiste in theyrfrowardenes as they had begon to be in a readynes to defend themselues from such iniuris But yet thorough intreataunce of certaine Potentates and Princes of the Empyre the matter was qualified put in arbitrement so y e in conclusion the sayde Marquys suffered them of Nurrenburgh wythout contradiction and molestation accordynge to the tenoureof theyr lybertyes and priuyledges to buylde on the grounde of the Empyree This yeare dyed Charles Duke of Geldres in his place succeded William Duke of Cleue although he did not long enioye it as shalbe declared in place conuenient Thys yeare dyd Godde so punyshe the auaryce of marchauntes whyche occupye by the scasyede whyle they do so enhaunce the goode creatures of God in pryces that the poore are not able to bye them that thoroughe oute all the coastes of Denmarcke in harueste whyche is the best time of the yeare no hering could be taken In the kingdom of Naples y e .xxviii. day of Septemb. The Sea decreassed and fell away about the space of eight Italyan myles so that al the grounde was drye which afterwarde dyd cast certayn holes out of the which for the space of many dayes continually ascended fyre wyth ashes which dyd great hurt in many places there about at the falling do wne therof For the sayde ashes fell downe lyke snowe rounde about Naples for the space of thenne Itali an myles vntyll they lay on the grounde the thickenes of thre fingers Which is a fearful argument of Goddes wrath towardes vs wherby we ought al to be warned and specyally Italy to forsake our sinfull liuynge yf any warning would helpe But it is not regarded vntill Gods wrath lighteth vpon vs by heapes and then men would fayne repente but it is to late Wherfore let vs repente in time and lyue according to our professyon In Inglande thys yeare in December was the Lorde Marques of exceter the Lorde Montacute and Syr Edwarde Neuell beheaded for high treason duely proued IN y e yeare of our lord 1539. ThecoÌ„fede rat of y e Romane league prepared theÌ„sel ues wyth all theyr power to warre agaynst the Turcke by water but they profyted not muche For ther was greate lacke of vyctual a great dearth in Italy and at Venice â–ª For Barbarossa came wyth a great army and robbed vpon the sca and toke all that he might laye hand on so that ther myght no coarne be shypped vnto Venyce nether out of Cypers nor out of Can dye And there was also nomore prouisyon in Italy That done he shipped with a great power vnto the strong newe Castell which oure Christen men had wonne in the yeare before fortified it after the best facyon there vnto he layed seage in thre places and shot daye and night ther at wythoute ceassynge and yet wanne nothyng tyl certen of the dal macyans fell to fliyng awaye and ranne oute vnto the Turkes and tolde them where they myghte best and â—onest hurt our Christen men Then the enemye dyd accordyng to theyr councell and shotte both for tresses and walles doune so that the could assaulte them on euen grounde And although the spanyardes and the Italyans that were in the Castell defended themselues manfullye and couragy ously and slewe at the least syxtene thousand of the enemyes yet at the last because they werewery the enemyes gat euer fresch men they forsoke the Castell and loste bothe the Castell and the assault and althoughe they were ouer manned yet they fought and defended them selues so longe tyll they were all mooste all slayene Thys was done in August In the meane whyle Isabel the Emperoures Mayestyes wyfe the kynge of Portugalles doughter dyed of chylde the fyrste daye of maye the chylde was a sonne whyche lyued not longe She leaft behynde her lyuynge a sonne called Philyppe and two doughters whyche she hadde by the Emperour A none after ther was an insurreccyon ray sed at Gent amonge the commens of the Cytye so that it apeared that the cytye shulde haue bene destroyed By occasion wherof the Emperoures Mayestye was compelled to come oute of Spayn into Flaunders to appease that dissencion And as he was mynded to take his iorney toward Italy the Frenche kyng Fraunches sent an embassage to hym desyrynge hym amyably to come thoroughe Fraunce promysing that all that was in his kyngdome shulde be at his pleasure But the cause was for that they had concluded a peace to gethers as is aboue remembred the one shulde haue suspected the other if they hadde not kept frendshippe to gether And for as moche as the Frenche kyng had often broken the leaghe hys myssedoyng myghte thesoner be for gotten if the Emperoures mayesty woulde seke frendshyp at hys hande Thys thinge could by nomeanes be better or easelier done than that his maiesty for this once shuld iorney through hys lande By thys mocyon was the Emperours maiestye wyllyng to iorney thoroue Fraunce and sent hys chefe Counseller Granduel in Nouembre oute of Spayne into Fraunce to signyfye hys commyng and folowed shortlye after And when he came to S. Sebastians ther the Duke of Orliens the kynges youngest Sonne reaceaued hym And not farre from the city of S. Iohn was also the dolphyn wyth the chefe of y â— nobles of Fraunce whyche receaued the Emperoures maiesty wyth al due reuerence and dyd leadde him thorowe the lande till he came to Lochias the tenneth day of December There was the kynge in hys awne personne and Helenour hys wyfe tarynge for the Emperoure and receaued hym as it appeared for it was not all golde that
glyttered cleare as here after wyll appeare wyth all ioye and reuerence and were to gether tyll the ende of the xxxix yeare The inhabytoures of the nether parte of Austeryche of the erldome of Goertz hadde sente forth theyr ambassadours the laste daye of December from Vyenne wyth a pityfull and humble requeste and petycyon to the states and degrees of the kingdome of Behame which were at that time assembled at Preslowe that they woulde vouchesafe to helpe them agaynste the turcke whych had two yere before taken in the marqueship of Woendon and that present yeare manned it and caried from thence foureskore thousande chrysten men in to his lande and laie at that tyme hard vpon their neckes the chefe ambassadours of thys ambassage were M. Vlryche of boskawyts and. M Tscher nafor whyche were of the kynge of the Romaynes councell But what they obtayned wyth theyr peticion I can not tell at thys tyme but I suppose that they obtayned an honeste promesse and helpe For so pytyfullye as they made theyr petycyon it woulde haue made a stonye herte to meltte specially if men consider that yf they be suffred to be destroyed wythoute helpe that then theyr aduersity will be at the next time our awne In the somer in Iuly ther was a blasing ster in the eauening in y ◠Northwest in the signe of the virgin It was elles a metely good yere as touching wether other thinges y ◠happened therin but in the winter euery full mone ther was muche raine speciallye about the elue and other waters that ronne therinto Here I must sett to new tidynges that are counted true of many whych I take to be a speeyall myracle if it be so It is sayde and it is openly putt oute in prynte That the Emperour of Turckye in Iune caused all hys chefe and best learned priestes to come before hym and commaunded them vpon a great payne to tell hym whyche is the ryght true and best belefe vpon earth And when they had for feare excused themselues they had a tyme appoynted to remembre them and after were called before hymagayne Now when they were agayne monished to saye the trueth of theyr conscyence and heard the commaundement of the Tyrant they answered one after another wyth one assent that the Christen beliefe is the best and that it is a ryght and a true belefe albeit it is very much misused of the Christen For it teacheth the beste poyntes that can be as to wytte loue toward God and man whych is not so well taught in any other belefe And forther that they haue wytnesse in their lawe and alkorane that Mahomet must go to Christ for grace c. And that Christe is therefore better than Mahomet Whē they now had thus answered wythout feare the Tyrant waxed angrye and caused them all which were aboue fyfiye to beheaded And in the same place was there a syght sene as though all the headed priestes had bene together and lighted clearer than manye candellyghtes in the nyght through which miracle manye of the other priestes of Mahomet folowed theyr confessyon belefe also many of y ◠Lay people which acknowledged openly and wythout feare that those priestes were vniustly kylled for the truethes sake All thynges are possible to God so that it may well be For God cā raise vp a Daniel or an Ezechiel amōg the Babilonians Howbeit no man shall be compelled to beleue this but at his pleasure IN the yeare of our lord M. D. XL. in the beginning of the yeare dyd the Emperoures Maiestye ryde to Paris and as he rode in was excedyng royally conducted and receaued and afterwarde great and pryncely Banckettes made wyth great momeryes and daunces And the second daye after there were great Iustynges and fyghtynges made `to do hym pleasure and honour wyth all There his Maiesty abode tyll the second day after the twelueth daye Then he departeth into Flaunders wyth al his company and was conducted vnto Camerick of bothe the kynges sonnes and there with great royalty receaued of the Bishop of Camerick From thens they iorneyed to Valencyne there taryed the ladye Marye Quene of hungarye for them There also toke the kynges sonnes theyr leaue of the Emperoures mayestye and tourned home agayn But as the Emperoures Mayestye was in all places royallye receaued so was ther wayte layde falslye pryuelye and craftelye to kyll hym For as the Emperoure shulde sayell from corbe to Paryse and hadde wyth hym a Cardynall the Duke of Albuge and the kynges Marschalle to beare hym companye the water men rowed the shyppe vpon a pyele so that the shyp turned round aboute and he that hylde the rother fell oute of the boot what that meant it is easy to gesse wherof the Emperour complayneth in a letter written to Paule the thyrde byshoppe of Rome whereyn he sheweth the cause why he could not come to the councell appointed to be holden at Trente that he had perfect knowledge that the kynge of Fraunce was mynded at that tyme to take hym presoner and kepe hym in holde as it also afterwarde sufficyently appeared by the affaires of the sayde king But after the Emperours mayestye was comen in to hys awne lande he wente streyghtwayes vnto Gent and after he was suffred to come in to the cytye he fyrste earnestlye punyshed the insurrecty on raysers and caused a great parte of the citye to be broken downe and a stronge Castell to be buylded in the same place A none after cam Ferdinādus in to Flaūders to y ◠Emperours maiesty to consult with him after whatt maner they myghte wythstande the turcke and howe hys greate tyrannye agaynste vs poor Chrystyans myghte be resysted and auoyded Euen whyle these thynges were done in Flaunders ther was a communycacyon holden at Wormes at the Emperours commaundement concernynge Relygyon and the speakers of both sydes were master Philip Melanthon myne enterelye beloued master of the Gospellers syde and Doctor Iohn Ecke of Ingolstadt whyche wolde haue defended the Byshoppe of Romes parte Thys communycacion beganne the fourtenne day of Ianuarye there the Artycle of orygynall synne was specyallye intreated of whether the same syn abyde and remayne in Chrysten and holy men after baptyme And was concluded that ther yet abyede remnauntes of synne in the saynctes althoughe they raygne nott or haue the ouerhande As. S. Paule sayth let not synne raygne in your mortall bodyes But suche synnes are not imputed to the saynctes for Christes merytes sake as the Apostle forther saythe ther is nowe no condemnacyon to them that are in Chryste Iesu c. After thys treatye was that communycacyon so ended and dyffered tyl the Emperoures and the kynges mayestyes of the Romaynes were personallye presente But what sutteltye and craft Eccyus vsed in dysputacyon to adourne and garnysh hys cause maye euerye wyttye manse by the treaty it selfe whych is
Gate of triumphe sett full of goodly sayenges and Latyne verses made for the Emperoures pleasure and to his honoure And aboue vppon the toppe of the Gatether was asplayed Eegell made whiche a man gouerned and when the Emperoures maiestie came to the Gate the Egell plucked in his Whynges and bowed hymselfe to the Emperoure reuerently with his body And dyd lykewise on the other syde when the Emperoure was ridden through the Gate The day folowyng did the Emperour ride to the counsail house There was a royal seate cloth of estate set vp in the streate ouer against the shewing place whereuÌ„to the Emperour was leadde by certen of the Aldermen Thether came the comens of the citie before the councell house whiche after the priueledges liberties of the citie were coÌ„firmed made better did there sweare vnto y e Emperour After that y â— Emperours maiestie toke his iourney to Regensburg where the parliament was appointed Thither came many dukes lordes both spirituall temporall the kyng Ferdinandus And when the most part was come together the Emperours maiestie deliuered vnto the states degrees of thempire a boke wherein y e articles of our christen beleue were contained willing theÌ„ to shewe it to their learned meÌ„ that they might agree in all these Articles but with this condicion that all that was said done on both sydes should againe be deliuered vnto the Emperour in writing And after the states degrees of the Empire had willingli agreed thereuÌ„to werther learned meÌ„ chosen to coÌ„men together to agree therein On oure syde were chosen Phillipe Melanthon Marten Bucer Iohan Baker superintendent of Nidda And on the other syde Doctor Eckius Doctor Iulius pâ—â—ng and Iohan Groepper These after muche and long disputacion agreed concernyng the most part and chefe of the Articles of the Boke as of these folowing The first of the power of the fre wil of man both before and after the regeneration newe birth The second of the byrth synne or Original sinne The thrid of Iustificacion and righteous making before God which is the summe and the chefe and principall pointe The fourth of the new birth and of the working of the holy ghost in them that be newe borne The fyfth of belefe of the grace of God and of the merytes of Christ The syxth of good woorkes and their merites The seuenth of the churche of Christ and of the tookens thereof and also of the falsse membres of the churche The eigth of the Cannonical scripture and their aucthoritie The nyneth of the aucthoritie of the churche and of the counsayls that is to saye that they must alwayes agree with the holy scripture The tenth of the power and vse of the Sacramentes The leuenth of Repentaunce The twelueth of the ministers of the churche their aucthoritie The thirteÌ„neth of the Ceremonies of y â— church The fourtenneth of the commemoracioÌ„ and remembraunce of the Sainctes The fyftenneth of Images The syxtenneth of the Masse The seueÌ„tenneth that the SacrameÌ„t of the supper ought to be deliuered vnder both the kindes to the laye people The eighteÌ„neth of the discipline and Nourtour of the churche both of the spirituail and temporall the .xix. Of the visitacion of the Christen The tweÌ„tyeth that euery nacion should holde a counsayll among them selues euery yeare to the coÌ„seruacton of relligion and condempnacion of Errowers Of all these Articles they agreed on both parties as appeareth by the â—reatie thereof whiche is put out in prynte And when the treatie and consul tacion of both partes was desiuered to the Empetours maiestie he she wed it to Gaspar Contarenus Cardinall S. Apolinaris the byshop of Romes Ambassadour and desyred hym to coÌ„sent therunto But forasmuche as it is not the byshop of Romes incanyng to haue any agrement made accordyng to the scripture the Cardinal wold no nother wyse consent â–ª but so that the Articles should be sent vnto the Byshop of Rome that he myght conclude therein what should please him at the next general Counsaill that should be holden And in as muche as many of the States and de grees of the Empyre were discontent there wyth for they knewe that the Pope woulde neuer be contented wyth that Agreement seyng it woulde do no small barme and dammage too hys kyngdome they desyred the Emperoures Maiestie to geue them leaue that they myght haue those Articles that were agreed of to bee openly taught in their Churches whiche thynge also was graciously graunted them to do as the dissolycyon of thesame Parliament declared Whereupon also the Princes hereafter named caused the sayd Articles to be preached in their landes and dominions Fyrst Duke Otho Henrick of Bayer Countie Palatine on the Rene. Phillip his brother The Citie of Regensburg The Citie of Swyneforth Whom the Cytie of Rottenburg on the Tawber folowed in the yeare of oure lorde a thousande fyue hundreth fourty and foure And there woulde vndoubtedly moa haue folowed if the deuell had not hyndered them thorou hys membre Doctour Eckius For he after he had all the whyle the disputacion lasted done all hys diligence to disanulle the whole booke that the Emperoure gaue theim to agree of as Erroneouse but coulde not brynge his purpose aboute and yet muste bee affraied of the Emperoures Maiestie whiche had caused the Booke to be diligently wrytten thorowe the counsall of hys learned men or muste elles hane bene proued a lyer wyth the playne truthe thoroughe the wytnesse of the disputers of oure syde and of his awne felowes wrote vnto those states and degrees that leyned to the Byshoppe of Rome after this soarte That vnmeete Booke neuer lyked me ner yet dothe nor euer shall wherein I haue founde so many errours and fawtes Wherefore I wyll geue this sentence that it shall not bee receaued of the Catholikes as whiche dispyseth the veyne of the old fathers and smelleth vtterly of Melancthon And I Eccius haue not agreed thereunto nor haue also seene the Booke that was delyuered to the Emperours maiestie but that certer of the Lutherians Articles were read vnto me much lesse haue I agreed vnto the wrytyng that was as I heare saye delyuered to the Emperoures Maiestie with the Booke whiche I neuer sawe This wrote Eccius as is mencioned but howe vntruely his awne companions in a supplication wrytten vnto the Vmpeeres and presidentes of the disputacion wyt nesse wherein they complayne of Eccius and of hy sfalsheede excusyng them selues besydes that the presydentes also as the Lorde Frederick Countie Palatyne Electour on the Rhene and the Lord Granuell one of the Emperoures Maiesties counsayll and the Emperoures Maiestie hym selfe excused Eccius companyons and praysed them that they had done truely and honestly and confessed that Eccius had agreed and consented to that that they dyd as then all these thynges maye suffyciently be sene in the treatye it selfe Nowe the whyle the matter stoode thus as touchyng Rellygion
whiche was no small grefe to the kyng her father But of what death she dyed I could neuer heare no certayntie as yet only this is manifest that she was not very well entertayned of the kyng her husbande although it was a synguler grefe to the olde kyng his father When the Emperour the conuocation at Wormes beyng expired came downe into the lower partes of Duchlande he proued the good byshop of Collyn diuers maner of wayes yf he myght by any meanes haue caused hym to forsake and renouÌ„ce the Gospell and haue brought hym agayn to the obedience of the Pope But the good christeÌ„ father remained vnmouable hitherto as a rock surely couched vpon Christ the true fundacion God preserue hym to the ende vouch saue also to illuminate the Emperours maiestie that he may knowe the truth and be deliuered from the snares of Antichrist After this themperour toke in hand to make peace betwene the kyng of Englande and the Frenche kyng For the king of Englande lay yet strongly in campe against the Frenche kyng but to what effect the said matter was brought shall appeare in tyme conuenient In the meane season Henry of Brunswike which before thre yeres had bene expelled out of the land gathered an hoste of men as preuely as he coulde And when he had assembled a competent nombre of men in the bishopriche of Werden he marched with xv C. horses or more and .viij. M. LauÌ„ceknightes towardes Rottenburgh into the byshoprike of Breme trustyng there to obtaine the byshoppes greate ordinaunce But when they of the citie of Breme had knowledge of his coÌ„ming they sent a certayne noÌ„bre of souldiours for the defence of RotteÌ„burgh which hindred the duke of bruÌ„swike of his purpose When he perceiued that his enterprise toke no better successe he went with all his power into the laÌ„d of LuneÌ„bourgh where he dyd sore endamage the poore people and so proceded to recouer his lande from whence he was expelled First he recouered Stonebridge which yelded vnto him without any great nede From thence he toke his way towards Woluesbutell in his going he wrought much wo to the citie of Brunswike roauing and burnyng in her suburbes villages land markes inrisdictions wherupon he wrote to diuers townes to make an agrement with him he did also require money of one of Electours of certain byshops attempting partely as it were by threatenings minaces to coÌ„pell theÌ„ to do hym this pleasure And while the duke raged thus about BruÌ„swike his ministers Otho counte of Rithberg Alhard of Hoord with other brought at their Lordes commaundemeÌ„t into the Countie of Deckelenburg about .viij. C. some saye M. horses about .iii. M. launceknightes which inuaded the said counte in his dominions because he fauoured the Gospel troublyng and spoylyng the poore people with burnyng and raunsaking to piteously After this the sayd hoste marched towardes the water called the Weser where they endamaged certayne gentelmeÌ„ and fermers of the LaÌ„dgraue And after that they had constrained a certayne officer belonging to the Byshop of Minster and of Minden whiche dwelled in the place vpon the hyll to disburse vnto them a certayn summe of money they departed from theÌ„ce to Duke Henry before Woluesbutell In the meane season had the said Duke Henry caused the countrey to receiue hym agayne as their Lorde with due solempnities according to the custome and maner in that behalfe done accordingly the towne of Shennigen whiche was garnysshed wyth souldiours by the confederates of Smalcalde onely except After this he beseged the towne of Woluesbutell with both the sayde armyes and caused the water to be conuayed out of the diche that compasseth the Castell whiche lytell preuayled hym For they that kept the Castell defended them selues manfully and with skyrmysshing and shutyng they vexed and harmed their enemies very sore stoppyng also and fyllyng the diches and sluses whiche their aduersary had digged to let out the water Besydes this God sent a rayne whereby their for saide dyche was soone fylled with water againe Whyle nowe Duke Henry was troubled in his affaires Philip LaÌ„dgraue of Hessen as a Capitain of the Euangelicall confederacion establyshed at Smalcalde prepared hymselfe hauyng also men sent hym from the Electour of SaxoÌ„ whose Capitayne was Duke Ernest of Brunswike Duke Philippes Sonne and also from all the Estates of the sayde confederacion To hym came also duke Maurice of Saxon with a 1000 horses 4000. 500. lauÌ„ceknightes a competent tyre of ordinauÌ„ce at hys owne charges to helpe the sayde Electour and the Landgraue When the sayde Landgraue therfore had a competent nombre of warriours in a readynes he went furth and pytched hys Campe by the towne of Northeim where bothe the aboue named princes came vnto hym But when the sayde Duke of Brunswyke had knowledge of thys commyng of the Landgraue he lefte Woluesbutell and went to mete the Landgraue pitching hys Campe besydes Bierbergh in a vyllage called Calfelde a good duche myle from the Landgraues Campe. And on Saturdaye the .xvij. daye of October certayne horsemen wyth certayne launceknyghtes of the Brunswykers shewed them selues vpon the hil of Northeim and schirmysshed with the Landgraues men whiche were soone repelled with the smal ordinaunce and turned backe agayne to their Campe In the meane season Duke Maurice at the request of Marquis Iohn who had a daughter of Brunswyke to wyfe and of certayne other Princecely persons sought meanes to make a peace and agreemeÌ„t betwene the Duke of Brunswyke and the Landgraue But whyle the Landgraue durst conclude nothyng wythout the counsayll and consent of the other confederates the matter was delayed vpon this the sonday next folowyng whyche was the .xviij. daye of October Duke Henry brake vp with his army to take and recouer a certayne hyll and a Cloyster from whence he myght haue done notable hurt to the Landgraue with his ordinaunce But when the Landgraue perceyued this he caused that hole to be stopped For the thre princes with all their power except a small quantitie of horsemen and a certaine nombre of launce knyghtes whiche were left in the Campe to kepe the ordinauÌ„ce toke in the sayde hyll before hym In so muche that there was muche shutyng on both parties in whiche conflycte many good men and horses were endamaged and hurted on both sydes And whyle this skyrmyshing and shutyng endured duke Maurice proceded to auoyde muche sheding of bloude if it were possible to set a stay in the matter by the whiche his earnest labour he brought to passe that a truce was taken froÌ„ that hoâ—re vntyl the monday at nyght In the meane whyle dyd Maurice coÌ„men w t the duke of Brunswike howbeit there coulde no certainte be gotteÌ„ at his hand but he went without any respect of the said truce caused his horsmen to spoyle and take xâ—iij wagens sent for prouandâ—r with horses and all their
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
all thinhabitauntes of the same on sonday the .xxix. day of Marche which was on Palmesonday about .viii. of the clocke in the mornyng At what tyme there was heard suche a fearefull thonderclappe that the hole lande trembled After that there apeared in the east thre red crosses twoo of them aboue and the third vnder them both In the middes whereof apeared a man armed with a fyry sworde agaynst whom came a great multitude of warriours on horseback and on fote which fought with hym vntyll one of the clocke at after none and were in fine ouercome of hym that they al peryshed and vanyshed awaye he remaynynge alone in the fielde betwene the crosses Immediately after this came a terrible Dragon behynde the man and deuoured hymwith the sworde When this visiōwas past the skye waxed all red and of a fyry coloure whiche lasted about an houre euen vntyll twoo of the clocke or there about then arose there suche blacke cloudes vnder the skye that it was as darke as though it had bene nyght whiche continued so vntyll the next daye the thyrty daye of Marche in the mornyng about .ix. of the clocke And then the skye wyth the day appeare dagayne There appeared also thre goodly well fauoured Raynebowes one aboue another whereon sate an holy Aungell whiche appeared by the space of an houre and a half And after this it was fayre wether for the space of certayne dayes These thyngs were written out of the Lande of Pooles and afterward set furth in printe openly but the interpretacion thereof wyll I committe to the iudgement of other The rest of the Sommer of this yere was very propice and warme the frutes of the earthe were competent and the wynes had good successe and chaunced very good so that they caused muche dissentiō and debate and also manslaughter betwene suche as abused them This yere in the lande of Bullenois there camped in Iannuary on the West syde of Bullyn beyōd the hauen an army of Frenchemen to the nombre of 18000. lay there the space of .x. dayes the .vi. day of Febru they were all put to flight by the erle of Harforde the lorde Admirall with a small company of men and without any bloudshedyng on the Englyshe syde but diuers of the other were slayne they left al their ordinaunce with bagge and baggage behynde them This yere about the .xx. day of Iuly the Frenchmē with a greate nauy of shyppes muaded the Ile of wight in England where as they were driuen back and a great nomber slayne In the yere of our Lorde 1546. euen in the beginning of the yere was a conuocation of the Euangelicall confederation kept at Francke sorde on the mayne the disputacion to be kept at Raynsburgh was also begonne c. This yere was doctor Martyn Luter and doctor Iustus Ionas called too Isleven of the Erle of Mansfelde to caste of and accorde certayne debates and dissentions that were happened betwene them Where doctor Martyn Luter was ouercome with the olde impedimentes and diseases of his body whiche renewed vpon hym whereby he felt and perceiued his ende to be at hande Wherfore he called hartely vpon the name of our Lorde Iesus Christe and with open confession commended his soule into the handes of God oure heauenly father In so muche that the eighten daye of February he departed out of this miserable worlde into the handes of God with Christ whome he had boldely confessed before the worlde all moste thyrty yeares aswell by his paynfull preachyng and teachyng as by continuall wrytyng Hys body was at the commaundement of the Princely Electour caried from Isleven by the Erle of Mansfelde accompanied with fyfty horses to Wittenburgh and of all estates of the Princely Electours Court bothe of high and lowe degrees of the vniuersitie of the citie he was sorowfully but yet honorably brought into the Castell and reuerently buried besydes the burials of the Electours of Saxon the .xxii. day of February the .lxij. yere of his age This man so highly endued with knowledge from God was apointed and ordeined of our heauenly father to be a minister and teacher of his churche and a preacher of his Gospell euen as in al ages he hath raised and ordeined some to be Prophetes some to be Apostles and some to be teachers of hys congregacion For he opened and declared vnto the worlde by Gods grace the necessary and holsome doctrine of the Gospell and taught the true repentaunce and comfort of the harte whiche is feared with the knowledge of Goddes wrath He hath godly set furth the doctrine of Paule whiche saith That a man is iustified and made ryghteous by the faith in Christe He hath also declared the difference betwene the Lawe and the Gospel betwene the rightousnes of y ◠spirite of the outward workes He brought to light agayne the true worshypping of God whiche had bene vnknowen to the moost parte of the worlde by the space of a thousand yeres And brought the vniuersall Church from that fonde opinion whiche imagineth that God is worshypped although y ◠minde of man being suppressed with perpetual doubting abhorreth to come to god He taught also howe we ought to pray in faith with a good concience and ledevs to the only mediatour Christ the sonne of God ▪ whiche sytteth at the right hand of the father euerlastyng and maketh intercession for vs And not to the soules of dead men as the vngodly Papistes haue taught with fyre and fagot He declared also what good workes were acceptable to God He hath so garnisshed and establyshed the temporal lawes and gouernaūce that sence the Apostles tyme it was neuer so confirmed by Scriptures He dyd also abolysh the chyldysh custome and ceremonies of mans tradicion whiche hyndered true prayer and seperated them from the necessary workes To thyntent also that the heauenly doctrine should extende to hys posteritie and that the people whiche shall come after myght haue knowledge he translated the Propheticall and Apostolicall Scriptures into Dutch with suche lyght and clarite that the reder maye haue more knowledge thereby then by some mens expositions He made also many expositions whiche do farre excell many other as Erasmus of Roterdame witnesseth in his writynges And as it is writen of them whiche repayred Ierusalem that they buylded wyth one hande and helde the swoorde in the other Euen so warred Doctor Martine Luter with the enemies of the true doctrine and buylded neuertheles the heauenly doctrine Besydes thys he dyd helpe many mens conciences with good coūsayll And whylest a greate parte of his doctrine is aboue mans reason as the doctrine of remission of synnes and of faith it must nedes be graunted that he was taught of God In prayer for the vniuersall Churche of Christe was he very earnest and dilygent He dyd also eueryday chose a certaine houre to recite certayne Psalmes wherin also he mixed his prayer with great deuotion
Capitayne â–ª and the .xxvij. daye of August it was ended foure thousand beyng slayne the victory geuen through goddes grace by the handes of Iohn the noble Erle of Warwyke At the same tyme the Cornysh and Deuonshyre men were ouercome and very many of them slayn besydes many of their gentilmen taken This yere also Bonner byshop of London was put from his byshoprike for his stubborne Popyshnes the first day of October and for certainte obstinate articles coÌ„mitted to the Marshalsee the people muche reioysyng at it In this moneth the Duke of Somerset was coÌ„mitted to the toure to the great lamentacion of very many In this moneth also died the Pope of Rome called Paule the thyrde This yere the weke before Whitsontide thre honest marchauntes and a younge lad beinge honest mens sonnes of Brunswyke yourneyed from Andwarpe to Brunswyke there to heare at that feast goddes word preached And as they rode on Whitson euen after midnight halfway betwene Celle Brunswyke on a heath ouer gainst a certayn farme they nor yet Christ hymselfe dyd knowe namely howe a man can serue twoo maisters at ones God and the wicked worlde Item howe we can be good Christianes yet knowledge not Christ nor helpe hym to beare his crosse yea rather persecute hys poore membres God geue vs grace to knowledge his son ne a ryght suffre paciently all miuries and endure to the ende that he may also at the great and fearefull day of the lorde knowledge vs before hys heauenly father and hys vniuersal churche and before all hys aungels Amen IN the yere of oure Lorde 1550. the xix daye of Ianuary Capitayne Gambolde who was Capitayne of the Spanyardes that serued the kyng of Englande in his warres and an other Capitaine was slayne without Newe gate in an euenyng by a Spanyarde whiche was taken and hanged the. xxiiiâ— daye of Ianuary and thre more with hym the .xxviij. day of the same moneth was Humfrey arundell and Bury with two other mo drawne hanged and quartered for because they were the these capitaynes and mayntayners of the rebellion among the Cornyshe and Deuonshyre men The sixt day of February came the Duke of Somerset out of the Tower with greate reioyiyng of muche people In the same moneth went out of Englande certayne lordes of the counsaill to Buileine where certayne of the Frenche counsayll met with them and after long consultacion had and dyuers metynges betwene them there was a generall peace conciuded whiche peace was proclaimed the .xxix. daye of Marche folowyng Also about the .xxv. day of Apryll folowyng the towne of Bullayne with the fortresses thereto belongyng was delyuered by the Englyshemen into the Frenchemens handes The second daye of May was brent at London in smythfielde a certayne woman called Ione Boocher otherwyse called Ione of Barkyng for the horrible heresy of the Apellites Cerdonians proclianites Valentinians Manichees Timotheans Apolinarianes Nestorianes sedicious Anabaptistes of our tyme whiche she helth commen with all them of a set wilfulnesse for all those hereticall patriarkes was she sure to haue as maisters and doctours of her pernicious errour that Christ toke no fleshe of the virgine as largely apeareth in the cronicles About this tyme there were certayne lyght persones pretendyng a newe commotion in Kent but they were appreheÌ„ded and dyuers of them for that trespas hanged It is sayde that this yere the .xxi. daye of Marche in the countie of Carinte besydes the Lande of Bauariam Austryche by and aboute a lyttel towne called Claghenforth it rayned corne out of the element by the space of two houres which rayne stretched in lenght .vi. Germayn myles and in breedth halfe a Germayne myle in some places so that the sayd corne beyng some white and some browne lay in some places the thickenes of an hand broade vpoÌ„ the grouÌ„de WhereupoÌ„ the people of the lande came and gathered of the sayde corne and brought it to the mylles and baked thereof good sauery bread the significacion of whiche mistery is reserued to God alone to whome be honoure glory and prayse in all thynges for euer and euer Amen This yere the kyng of Spayne went home agayne out of Flaunders This yere also there was a cruel proclamatioÌ„ set furth by the vniuersitie of Louayne in the name of the Emperoures Maiestie for the persecution of the faithfull Christianes condempning al maner of scripture bookes as well Bibles as other in what tonge so euer they were written or translated that had bene printed within the space of .xxx. yeres before with moste extreme death prosecutinge all the fauourours of the doctrine set furth by Martine Luther Iohn Ecolampadius Hulderike zwinglius Iohn Caluine or their ad herentes and condempning them for heretikes and their doctrine for moste pernicious and pestilent heresy without any probable argumentes or good reasons After this themperoure went vp agayne into Germany The ende of this cronicle The conclusion THus haue I Christen reader brefeâ—â— comprehended the principall Storie â— whiche I haue founde and thought necessary as they haue bene done here there thoroughout Christendom these xviij yeres last past Howe be it if ought seme to be omitted and left out whiche is a thyng that may lyghtely chaunce to any man I beseche you that it be not interpretated in the worst parte coÌ„sideryng that I haue done my diligence to set furth y â— truthe Wherfore yf I haue bene truely infourmed it is wel Also if it fortuned y â— in the sayd Story were made meÌ„cion of any man vnto whoÌ„ it might apeare that iniury were done vnto hym in that he is not so muche coÌ„mended as some other woulde therefore be angry let hym remembre iâ— at the faulte is not in me but in hymselfe For it becometh an historiographer or Story writer to declare the truthe in all thynges Wherfore if men vse honestie their prayse shalbe the more but if they walke inordinately they deserue no prayse at all For the actes and histories that are written ought to edifye and profyte them that come after that they maye thereby learne what ought to bee eschued and what to be folowed whiche thynge without sure and certayne declaracion of the truth can not be done Therefore let suche men be angry wyth them selues yf they bee greued at the matter consideryng that they haue done nothyng and â—thy of commendacion And let them from henthe â—rth endeuoure them selues by honest conuersathe siâ— and Christen behaueour to couer their shame Godâ— then shall all thynges be counted vnto them coÌ„uâ—â—endable for somuche as euery thynge that is past is rather imputed to the tyme and to fortune then to the will of the person when the same is perceiued and knowen to haue forsaken the euyll whiche he vsed in tymes past and to folowe honestie and goodnes And although I haue abstayned from all that myght be tedious and bitter as muche as the truth myght suffre
of Frankes Câ—l the seconde vproure was wyth hys brother ibidem the thyrde was hys owne sonne ibidem the second cxlviij a Swabeâ— clâ—ij he went to Ierusalem against the Saraceâ—s ibidem The fourth fo Clxvij Copâ—nhagen besyeged by the kyng ccxiiij the vniuersyte furnyshed fo ccxiij Corona taken Cxcix Cosdroa kyng of the Persyans fo Cxxi Crescentiâ—s a Romayne punyshed for couetyng the empyre fo Cxliiij Cresus kyng of Asia xxxiij his sayeng ibidem a â—ery sayeng fo xxxâ—iij Cruelltye xxxij xxxiij xxxvi Câ—â—o duke of Bayre fo Cl Cyprianus the marter xcix Cyrillus made answere to Iuliaâ—us Apostata cvij Cyrus xxxi lij hys kinred extinguished liij hys father xxxi what is to be consydered in hym xxxiiij howe he gatt Babylon ibidem he was taught of Daâ—iell xxxv hys sayeng ibid. the battel of the Sâ—â—thiaâ—s agaynst him xxxvi Cyrsylus â–ª xlv he and hys â—yfe are stoned fo xlv D Dalmacyans flye to the Turkes CCxxvi Damasâ—us the kyngdome of Mahomet fo Cxxij Danyell a youngman xviij xc a councelar of kynge Cyrus xxxvi of y â— Peâ—seis xxxvi his place of the vij weekes xliâ— a place of Mahomet is expounded fo cxiij Darius raygneth wyth Cyrus xxx how great a settyng forth he made into Grece xliiâ— the last liiâ— is ouercome of Alexander lxij is made kynge of Persia xli hys graue sayenge fo xlij Dauid fo xiiij Decius Cesar fo xcviij Deâ—etrius kyng of Macedonia lxv lxvi lxx Desiderius kyng of â—ombardy Cxxx. Diethricus of Berâ—a some call him Theodorus cxiij Cxiij Didius Iulius fo xcvi Digestes fo cxix Diocletianus fo Cij Diuision after Gregorius the eleuenth fo clxxvi Doctrine before the worldes â—â—de fo xvij Dogges cattes eaten ccxiiij Dogges beyng fâ—â—thfull xxxix Dolphyn and Armeniackes go into Germany fo clxxxij Domitiâ—n fo xciij Dominick and Francis clxiij â—â—â—colâ—â— the walâ—che clxxx he gaue Dladistaus an horsse ibidem Dronkennes â—ringeth in most wyâ—ked maâ—ers fo xxxix Drâ—sâ—â—s fo lxxxviij E Earthquake fo ccxliiij Ebrâ—rous duke cxxxviij the Palatâ—â—e fo cxl Eâ—kiâ—s ccxxxiiij hys death fo ccxlix Eclips of the soâ—â—e xcviij Eclips fo cclij Edoâ— fo cxxiij Edoâ—â—tes fo x Edward duâ—e of Someâ—sâ—t and lorde protector committâ—d to the Tower cclâ—xv delyuered out agayne cclxâ—vi Edward the thyrd kyng of England and Frederyke eaâ—le of Misâ—n refuseth the dignitye Emperiall fo clxxiiij Egypte was garnyshed wyth Mathematycall scyences xâ—v from whence they come and there kyngdome viij Egusa the battel there lxxvij Elyas was in the myddell part of the world fo xv Elye hath diuided the world iâ— thre ages * xij he was taken vp in to heauen in the myddel age of the worlde fo xv Elizens ibidem S. Elizabeth fo clxiiij Emanuel Emperoure of Constantynople fo clvij Emperoure he muste be saued kept by al meanes * xv Emperoure haue there boundes xâ—ij the empyre is translated to the Saxons cxxxviij the endeuour and faythfulnes in kepynge of the empyre cxliiij a rehearsall of the Emperoures oâ— Rome that was excommunicated clxiiij the Emperoure turneth into Italy cxcix cc. ccxâ— ccxxij by what occasion the Allâ—ainâ—s deceyuer from the empyre cxxiâ— he commeth into Flaunders thorough Fraunce ccxxvi to Paris ccxxviij â–ª he forbyddeth good bokes to be redde ccxxx ccxxxij ccxxxviij ccxlviij ccxlv ccl ccliij cclxiiij cclxxiiij Eâ—â—as xxi Silâ—â—â—s clxxviij Enoch is an example of euerlastyng lyfe ij hys cyte ij Eloes fo v. Erasmus death fo ccxvi Erforde fo clxiâ— Ernestus duke of Swaben fo cxlviij Esay xvi hys death xvij Esau â— wherfore he was called Edome fo x Esdras was learned in the parsian toung xxiâ— he gathered together the bokes of the byble fo lâ—j Esseis fo lxxiiij Easten ryche the fyrste mencion cxlix when there dukedome began fo clix Eâ—ilâ—erodach fo xix Euphrates xxxiiij Euangelycall bound is opened by the French kynge fo cc ccxiij Example for all kynges ccxiiij Examples of â—engeauÌ„ce iij. xi xv xxvi xxvij lix lxv lxvij lxxvi xcvij. xcix cvi cviij cxiij cxxi cxxiiij cxl cliiij clxx Example of grace and goodâ—esse fo x. clxiij Example of the feare of God fo xvi lxvi Example of pytie xxxiij Example of greate crueltye fo xxxvi Example of notable intemperaunce fo xl Example of vnkyndnes liij Example â—o maynteyne vnitye fo â—vi Example of mans wysedome fo lxix Example of the vehemeÌ„t wrath of god fo lxxxi xcij ExaÌ„ple of disloyaltye cxij. cxvi Example of maintenance of vertue fo xcvij. Example of great presumption fo xcix Example that noman can hurte hym whome God wylleth good fo cxlv Ezechias xvi a godly king iâ—i F Fabian and Cyprian martyres fo xcix xcviij Felix byshop of Rome a dissembler fo cvi Ferdynand kyng of Hungary fo clcxxix ccxxxij Figures of crosses sene vpon garmentes fo clxxxvi Flauius Claudius fo c Fleshe eaten and fyrst permitted fo iij Focas dyd graunte the fyrste prymacy to the byshop of Ro. fo cxxi Forgettfulnes of iniuâ—yes is ordeyned fo lvi Frankes are ouercome in battayll c. they sett them selues agaynst the Romaines ibid. there of sprynge cxxviij there deedes and by what occasion they deceyuered from the empyre ibidem the dukes of Frankes come of â—ewes the gentell cxxxiij the occasion of battel betwene the Frankes and Saxons fo â—xxâ—â—ij Francia or Fraunce is part of Gallia cxxix by what occasion Gallia or Fraunce was dyuyded from Germanye cxxxiij French threatenynges fo cxxxiiij Fraunces the french kynge taken â–ª fo clxxxvij holy and prophane * x What they doo teache* x. the Germaines hystorye wryters wer vnlearned cxlv the histories of the Iewes are elder then the Greekes fo xx the historyes of the grekes begyune at the Persians fo xxviij Himelsuita fo cxij. Hipocrates fo lvij Histius subteltye in makyng an vproure fo xliij Hollande and Sealande there was a greate inundatyon of water cxcix Homerus when he lyued xxiiij his bokes are a mirror xxv Honorius fo cix Hungaryans are called cxvi they are assalted wyth warre by Charles the greate cxxxi they spoyle Germany and Italy cxxxvi they be vanquished cxli. they becoome contrybutaryes to the Turke CCxxxi CCxxxij Hungarye a greate example xviij Hugo prynce of Frauce cxlij Hulderych Zuinglius â–ª fo Clxxxviij CCxiiij Huldryke duke of Wyrtenberg restored to hys dâ—myâ—yon ccij Hunyades hurteth the Turkes greueously clxxxi Husse in Bohem ryseth agaynst the pope Clxxvi Clxxviij I Iacob x. he was called Israel x Iaddus the hyghe prieste â–ª lxiij Wherfore Ianus hath two visages fo iiij Ianna the secoÌ„d Hyrcanus lxxij Iames the moor lxxvi Iames the kyng of Scottes ma ryeth the Freinch kynges daughter ccxvi Iaphet iiij Iason monynge Antiochus to take Hierusalem lxviij Idolatry the fyrst occasyon ix the hedde thereof .xxiij. the kyndes of it by the Grekes xxiij the punishment of idolaters xvi howe muche it differeth from Christianyte xxiij and Idoll in the temple of God fo lxix xc Ieconias hauynge a truste to gods promyses is kept xviij The Iewes are eldar xv the
to the bishop of Rome The â—â—â—â—es of the 〈…〉 ppes of 〈…〉 Quedelnburg Who fande fyrst the syluer Mines in Misen Otho the 〈…〉 â–ª Henry duâ—e of 〈…〉 The French men are subdued of Otho the secoÌ„d Otho the second was taken by mariners The endeuoure and faythfulnesse in keyyng the empyre â–ª The punishment of Crescentius a Romanâ— Prynce for â—â—â—â—â—yng y â— Empâ—â—â— Otho the iij. called the Worldes wonders â–ª Bruno a Saxon was made bysh of Ro. To what prâ—ces the election is committed Ihon Stabius an astronomer The Germane history wryters vnlearned Why Bohemy hath the authorytye of eleccion Saxony Brandenburg The countyshyp of Palatyne What profite is by the princes Electors Otho the. iâ— â–ª was poysosoned Syluester byshop of Ro a wâ—other with â—â—â—ll spectes Henry the .ij. The dedes of Henry the .ij. Steuen kyng of the Hungarians Cunradus y â— second Ernestus duke of Schwaben Gisela a quene of Bourgundy The first meÌ„cion of y â— marqueshyp in Easteuriche The begynnyng of the erldome of Thuryngen and whence y â— lordes therof be Lewis the Bearded Thre bishops of Rome stronyng for the 〈…〉 deposed When â— Cardinals began 〈◊〉 Henry the .iij Luno duke of Baier An euel counsayll c. Berengarius 〈…〉 of 〈…〉 trewe 〈…〉 ar â—i the 〈…〉 of Christes body and bloud Henry y â— .iiij. Of how great euell Hiltebrand was occasion The constitution of Henry the blacke of choysynge the byshop of Rome The tyranny of HiltebraÌ„d in derogatiâ—â— the authâ—ritie of Emperoure â—haâ— theâ— were that tell 〈…〉 Henry the â—ourth 〈…〉 〈…〉 â—ishops pleasure Rudolfus is made Emperoure of the bishops at Phorcen The complaint of Rudolfus the Emperoure vpon the bishops Hiltebrande the byshop of Rome was another Cayphas Sigebertus â—â— history wryter Hiltebrande did first forbyd the Germane priestes to mary Henry the .v. set to worke by y e byshops besyeged hys father Norinbergh is taken by Henry the v. Godfre of Bilion The 〈…〉 raysed in Germany â—â— the bishop â— Rome Henry the. ◠〈…〉 mple 〈…〉 grauÌ„ce The ba 〈…〉 â—â— Mansfeld Henry the .v. renouÌ„ced hys ryght of the choysynge of byshops 〈…〉 s â— Saxon. The princes of brunsâ—ig came of the Caâ—â—â— S. Bernarde made the peace betwene y â— Emperours Conradus Lotharius Wernherus â—restorer of y â— lawes The pâ—â—yse â— profitableâ—â—s of the Rom. lawes Azo Accursius Bartholus Gracianus By what occasion the moÌ„kes are brought to wryte Conradus a Schwabe Conradus went to Ierusalem against the Saracens Emanuel Emperour of CoÌ„stantinopleâ—s disloyaltie The vertue of noble dames in the citie Weinsburg William of Sicily An example of the Romish bysh â–ª disloyaltie tyranny The coÌ„plaint of Adrian byshop of Rom. wheÌ„ he shuld dye Frederick y â— fyrst When the duchy of Easten riche began Who are the dukes of Baier and counties of Palatine Lubeck Milanâ— Frederick was excommunicate by the byshop of Rome The humilite or lowlynesse of Frederick The extreme tyranny of Alexander the thyrde bysh of Ro. against y â— Emperour Frederick Frederick the fyrst goynge into Asia what warres he had Frederick went oft into waters The prince of Bohemâ— is made a kyng Henrye the syxte Frederick the seconde The Romish byshops crake Philippe Emperour Bertholdus duke of Zeâ—ingen Otho the fourth God prospered the businesses of theÌ„ that are lawfully called Irene doughter to the Emperour of CoÌ„stantinople Philippe the Emperoure was slayne of Otho of Witelspach An example of vengeaunce Dominicus Franciscus Otho the fourth The pryde and cruellye of the byshoppes of Rome The Emperours that were excommunicated by the byshops of Rome Herman county of Thuringen S. Elizabeth Friderick the second The science of Astronomye was brought to lyght agayn by Friderik the .ij. Henry the sonne was taken by Frideryke hys father Ioannes kyng of Hie-rusalem Why the kynges of Sicyly clayme the â—â—tle of Hierusalem Lewis the Landtgraue Friderick y â— ij is excom-municated y â— thyrd time Guelphi Guelphi Frideryk y â— Emperoure â—â— deposed of y â— empyre by the byth of 〈…〉 Victoria â—â—ytyâ— Fridericke coynet â—ether in tyme of nede Câ—nradus the fourth The notable cruelty of Clemens bishop of Ro. agaynst CuÌ„radinus William Emperoure Alfonsus kynge of Spayne and astronomiaÌ„ Rudolf erle â—â— Habysburge Othacarus hyâ—g of the Bohemes Albert duke â—â— EasteÌ„rich Wenâ—â—slaus 〈…〉 g of Bo 〈…〉 ma 〈…〉 Erfurde Adolfe couÌ„te of Nassau Emperoure 〈…〉 duâ—e â—f â—â—steâ—rich A feate saieng by Bonifaciâ— the .viij. Albert Emperoure duke of Estenriche â—n example of vengeauÌ„ce 〈…〉 ricelli OthomaÌ„nus Henry the viâ— Henry the vij was poisoned of a black frier in the Sacrament Lewiâ— the Baâ—er Frederick duke of Eastenâ—â—che â–ª Lupoldus Friderick duke of Eastenriche was taken by a Ebrarde Mosbach Lewis is excoÌ„municated A diuision in Germany The boastiÌ„g of Iohannes â—he .xxij. bysh Ocam a reâ—ouer of the â—omâ—â—h bish Galeacius of Milan Lewis the Romane Nicolas the noble or ful of maiestie an example of notable folye Edward the iij. kynge of Englande Fredrick erle of Misen refuse the dignitie Emperialâ— Benedictus the. â—i Auenion a citie pâ—pall The â—â—â—deâ—â—râ— in â—â—â—many FrauÌ„ce 〈…〉 g themselâ—â—s Charles y â— iiij Charles the â—â— maker of y e goldâ— buile The viuersitie of Praga in Bohempe The battayll by RutlingeÌ„ The Switzers league Lupoldus duke of Eastenriche was slam by the Switzers A diuisioÌ„ after Gregory us the .xi. WeÌ„ceslaus Emperour Ihon Husse teacheth opeÌ„lye agaynst pardons Rupertus Emperoure The diuision of thre Rom. vysh Tamerlanes a tyraunt Sigismundus Emperoure He that wyll knowe the whole history of Ihon Husse HieroÌ„ of Pragga y t were burnt in y e councel at CoÌ„staÌ„ce let him read Eneas siluius iÌ„ his boke of y E beginning dedes of y e Bohemies y e .xxxv. xxxv chapy Zischa captayn of the Hussites sect The settyn â— forth of Sygismundus agaynste thâ— Turkes The history of SigisinuÌ„dus with his seruauÌ„t The prosperity coÌ„meth of God Albert duke of EasteÌ„rich The cosicel Basil Albert the .ii. Frederick y â— third Ioannes Huniades Vladislaus Iulianus the Cardinal Dracoles y â— Wlache Dracoles gaue Vladislaus a horse The battayl by Wardam Amurates be â—â—me â— moÌ„ke 〈…〉 rp man Huniades hurteth the Turkes greueously The Dolphin and Armeniakes go into Germany The power of the Switzers agaynste the Dolphin Warre of y e cityes ConstaÌ„tinus Emperoure of Constantinople 〈…〉 table 〈…〉 of y e 〈…〉 whaÌ„ 〈…〉 nn 〈…〉 ino plâ— The Turkes are beastes not tirauntes Nansen â–ª Gransen Maximiliane Maximilian istakeÌ„ at Brudgis Frederick dyeth Nicolaus the v. a fauourer of learnedineÌ„ Eneas Siluius Mahometes besyeged Hydruntum Alfonsâ— kyng of Naples The prince of â—rbinas sayenge The science oâ— printyng The craft of gonnes Maximilianus the Emperoure Charles with the bunched back the FreÌ„che kyng Pyrcamer When the duchy of WirteÌ„berg began The switzers warre against their neighbours them of Eastenriche Figures of a crosse sene vpon garmeÌ„ts The warre of Baier Philip sonne to
of Quene Iane The kyng of Scottes marieth the daughter of Fraunce The coÌ„quest of the kyng of Portingals Indes The ChristeÌ„ faith planted in the kyngdome of CaÌ„baia The heath of Erasmus A preuy conspiracy in Germany against the Gospell Henry the younger duke of Brunswyke The death of George duke of Saxon Popâ—râ— abolyssed in the â—â—nde of 〈◊〉 The â—â—oole 〈…〉 gh restâ—â—â—d Heding beseged taken The lady regeÌ„t inuadeth Picardy S. Paule beseged and destroyed Turwyne beseged 〈…〉 Iohn Crisp◠〈…〉 Aâ— hoâ—â—â—ble 〈…〉 Misfortunes happened harmes done by the meanes of the teÌ„pest A collection for the pore Frere Forest A cousiâ—ltaâ—â—on holden at Rome against the Turke The Emperours â—â—â—raunâ—â—â—â—to â—icâ— The entraunce of the Pope into Nice described the religious rablâ— The Emperoure kisseth the Popes 〈…〉 e. A peace concluded betwene the Emperour FrauÌ„ce â–ª Leonora 〈…〉 N◠〈…〉 ded Barbarossa Bisana taâ—en The shipwrach of Barbarossa The Castell N 〈…〉 urg â—â—ylord Thâ— Marquea of BraÌ„denburg The death of y e duke of Gelders Auarice punyshed The lorde marquish of exâ—ter â— the â—â—rd moÌ„tacute beheaded Barbarossa robbeth y e â—e â—eâ—â—aÌ„s Italians goodes vpoÌ„ y e see Barbarossa b 〈…〉 th Câ— â–ª stelâ—ouâ— The dalmacians flye to y e Turckes betrai their felowe soudiars y e Castel Barbarossa wynneth Castel nouo The spaniat des Italyans feight maÌ„fully TheeÌ„peroures wiâ—dieth An insurreccioÌ„at Gent â–ª Embassadoures out of Fraunce into Spayne The â—perour coÌ„meth into FlauÌ„derstho â—ou Fraunce An aÌ„bassage out of osteÌ„ricke into beam Latine Wrâ—tislauya The Turcke carieth away lxxx thousaÌ„d christeÌ„ meÌ„ into turckye A blasynge sterre The laerned in Turcky acknowledg our Christen relligioÌ„ to be y â— best The â—urch headeth â–ª priestes A miracle The Emperour at paris The freÌ„ch kyng craftily seketh y e eâ—perour dâ—â—t * or be rowed * or boote * stpâ—â—an * or shippe The â—p râ—rs coÌ„plaint to y â— â—iâ—h of Ro. The Emperoure coÌ„meth to Gent. â— castel builded in Gent. FerdinaÌ„dus cometh to y â— Emperoure in to flauÌ„ders 〈…〉 A coÌ„municacion at Wor Phil. MelaÌ„ Ioh. Ecke Wheter ther remain sines in y t saintes ChristiaÌ„s after baptisme Rom. viii A day at haganouwe The Emperour◠〈…〉 ly forbedeth good bokes to be readde But what is woÌ„ne â—â— persecutyon The marque s 〈…〉 â—â—aÌ„daÌ„ 〈…〉 recea 〈…〉 y â— word â—â— God God befenheth his flock The 〈…〉 of y â— burning mortherers 〈…〉 clipse 〈…〉 Wyne both 〈…〉 good cheape Vnderstand The true king of Hungary kynge Iohn The kyng of Hungary dyed * Latine Bâ—da Ferdinandê° would take in the kyngdome of HuÌ„gary The Emperour comith to Norenberg The parliament holden at Regensburg 〈…〉 Dâ—â—â—s iâ—â—ter 〈…〉 The Pope 〈…〉 hall One of his croked piâ—pes hyndereth all that thegodly had goâ—e about â— greate while before and those meâ— of greate nobilitie besydes the excelent learned The princeâ— that receaue the worde of God after y e parliament holden at Regensburg Doctor Eckius vse â–ª hâ—he â—cuel his masters conning that is lying â–ª The beuâ—ls 〈…〉 â—â—â—al 〈…〉 â—owes 〈…〉 es 〈…〉 â—â—â—â—â— is proâ—â—dâ—â—â—r â–ª Money is geuen to seÌ„d an armye against the Turke Iohn Weyda kynge of Hungary dyâ—â—â— The Turkeâ— Bassa â—esegeth Pest * â—â—â— Albâ— â–ª greca â–ª A notable 〈…〉 ordi 〈…〉 lost 〈…〉 Hungary Willyam of Rogendorpe 〈…〉 â–ª The Turke â–ª â—eweth lxxx Christians in peeces for a pastyme The Turke breaketh hys promesse and excercyseth tyranny 〈…〉 an 〈…〉 l yeare The turcke â—â—â—eth â–ª â—xx thousand meÌ„ 〈…〉 The Turke geueth â—aleÌ„ tyne Teâ—eck his reward The Turke taketh certayn Castels in â–ª The Turke assaulteth the citie of fyuechurches The Turck hathaâ—armâ— in Pelopoâ—e so The Emperour and the Pope to gether at Luke The Emperoures passage to Algier Duke Henry of Saxon dieth 〈…〉 s 〈…〉 r 〈…〉 〈◊〉 in Histrâ—â— is taken in An armye against the Turck Pest is beseaged of our men Duke Maurice in Ieoperdy of takynge â—â—e of Duke Maurice Ie 〈…〉 en 〈…〉 eth maÌ„fully to delyuer his master A sicknesse in the Camp The grenousâ—ieâ— of y e sicknes in Duga â—â— Warre betwene y e Duke of Saxon Brunswick The duke of Brunswyke flyeth Woluenbutel is beseged Woluenbutel is vntapled for .iii. peares The mening was y â— they shuld at the length repeÌ„t them of their ioznep and go hom and winue no thing They fly out of the Castel ouer the walles ditches The Gospel is preached in the land of Brunswick 〈…〉 prâ—nces and 〈…〉 〈…〉 the Gospell Duke William â—â— Baier 〈…〉 th to v 〈…〉 Grassehoppers A earthâ—â—aâ—e in 〈◊〉 An earthquaâ—e in 〈…〉 ye â—◠〈◊〉 〈◊〉 â—◠〈◊〉 〈…〉 ple The Bra 〈…〉 〈…〉 ll â—â—to the land of Gulick The kyng of Scotland dyeth A Councell kept at Nureâ—burg Another counsel appoynted at Spyer An army sent by them p 〈…〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 land 〈◊〉 〈…〉 of 〈…〉 The city of Tremetz taken The French king and the Duke of 〈…〉 leâ—e pro 〈…〉 their marshial affaires The Ladye Mary sendeth an army againste the Duke of Cleue The Cleueuers approche towardes â–ª the Brabanders 〈…〉 nflict 〈…〉 e the Câ—eueâ—ers 〈…〉 ders The victory of the Cleueners The slepe of themperour The s 〈…〉 〈…〉 f the 〈…〉 e 〈…〉 he 〈…〉 e 〈…〉 nd 〈…〉 th 〈…〉 〈…〉 d◠〈…〉 de Hungary inuaded by the Turke The death of doctor 〈…〉 A woÌ„derfull birth besides Basell â–ª Wonderfull visions senâ— The interpretacion oâ— the vision The councel of â—pâ—re 〈…〉 〈…〉 With their ordinaunce The kyndnes of Switchers A counseâ—lour oâ— Nurrenburgh taken 〈…〉 Scotland â—â—uaded by â—â—gâ—â—thmen Bullyn beseged 〈…〉 〈…〉 〈…〉 The Palatine a fauorer of Goddes worde Popery paâ—â— downe the Gospel preached in the palatines iurisdiction 〈…〉 g 〈…〉 Poles 〈◊〉 〈…〉 p 〈…〉 o 〈◊〉 〈…〉 pro 〈…〉 〈…〉 d and 〈…〉 e. Henry duke of Brunswike goeth about to recouer his land The â—ountâ— of Deckelenbourgh inuâ—ded for the Golpell 〈◊〉 â—â—ll beseged Philip Landgraue of Hessen Capitaine of the Euangelicall confederation Duke Maurice of SaxoÌ„ Duke Maurice seketh â— â–ª meanes to make a peace 〈…〉 〈…〉 〈…〉 by 〈…〉 i 〈◊〉 〈…〉 〈…〉 The Landgraue 〈…〉 quiâ—eth an othe of duke Hen 〈…〉 coÌ„pany The lande of Brunswike taken in againe and sworne of newe to y e confederatioÌ„ The Erle of ShaueÌ„burgh deposed Rithbergh geuen vp 〈…〉 th of 〈…〉 che 〈…〉 of 〈◊〉 The Ruler of 〈…〉 har◠〈…〉 ed by y e Marquis of Brandenburgh The fury o the Turke The death of the Duke of Orleans Wonderfull apparitions and visions A conuocatioÌ„ at Franke forth The death of Maâ—ten Luter The buriall of doctor Martine Luter Alphonse dia si a trayterousmurther The good doctor Iohn Diasy murthered The Emp 〈…〉 com 〈…〉 Rai 〈…〉 sburgh The 〈…〉 ion beg 〈…〉 at Rainsburgh The begynnyng of the emperours warres agaynst the Germanes Duke Maurice prepareth 〈…〉 to 〈…〉 A cruel murther Duke Maurice â—â—gmâ—â—â—â— to 〈…〉 〈…〉 of 〈…〉 A peace betwene Englande and Fraunce The stewes put downe in London ☠☠Anne Askewe Iohn Lassels burned Shaxton recanted Thomas duke of Northfolke Henry his sodne attainted A plague of locustes and grashoppers A godly commaundement A prodigious grape A wonderful miracle A wonderful â—ision The Erle of Surrey beheaded The death of kyng Henry the eight of England â–ª c. Edward the syxt byng of England Images and beades put downe abolysshed in England A recantacioÌ„ of Doctor Smith Processions lâ—â—t in Englande An hoost of men sent out of Englande into ScotlaÌ„d Chaunteries geuen to the â—â—ng of England The CoÌ„mumoÌ„ ordeined to be receiued in both kindes Latimer set at libertie The death of the â—renche King 〈…〉 â–ª The Emperour retourneth out of Germany into FlauÌ„ders The Duke of Saxon captiue Leonora retourned to themperoure The sonne of Ferdinando marieth them perours daughter The eldest sonne of the Turke 〈…〉 keth insurrâ—â—tion agâ—ynst his father Argiers takeÌ„ 〈…〉 A â—â—mâ—â—ocioÌ„â—â— corâ—â—â—all The masse Images put downe in Englande The byshop of Winchester committed to thei our of â—o 〈…〉 The mariage of priestes graunted lawfull An insurrection at Norwiche The rebelles in Cornwal 〈◊〉 Deuonshere subdued The byshop of London deposed and coÌ„mitted to prison The duke of Somerset coÌ„mitted to the tour of LoÌ„doÌ„ The death of the Pope A wonderful vision sene besydes Brunswyke Capitayne Gambold slayne 〈…〉 in 〈…〉 The duke of Somerset delyuered out of 〈…〉 A generall p 〈…〉 â—etmene Englande â— Frannce Bullayne delyuered 30 one Boocher A wonderful miracle oftor ue fallyng downe from the element A moste â—â—â—nnicall persecution A moste Tâ—annicall persecution
seuen Cardinalles with .xlij. Prelates Then folowed an hundred valiaunt launceknyghtes for his defence With this army entred the shepehearde of Christes shepe if I do hym no wrong at that tyme into Nice after thexample of Christe on Palmesondaye and according to hys coÌ„maundement in the twenty Chapiter of Mathew After this â—ode the Pope in the same ordre to the chiefe Minister of the citie to make his prayer whiche beyng ended he caused hymselfe to be borne in to his Palice where themperoures maiestie came vnto hym and kissed hys fete whome the Pope lifted vp embraced hym and kyssyng hym on the toppe of his heade by lyke for a witnes that he is lorde ouer the Emperours head And after they had ben a good whyle together themperoure retourned agayne to his lodgyng Not long after this arryued the Frenche kyng at Villa Noua whiche is a place of his owne dominion lyeng not farre from Nice and shortely after repayred towarde the Pope where in fine a sted fast peace was concluded betwene both the parties that is to saye betwene themperours maiestie and the Frenche kyng to continue for the space of tenne yeres accordyng to the promyse made betwene them although it lasted scant two yeres as shalbe sayde hereafter whiche peace was restored the .xviij. day of the moneth of Iune and afterwarde at the commaundement of bothe thesaide heades all the pointes and articles of the same were described and published as yet apeareth by the copies thereof remainyng in printe In the meane season Leonora the Frenche quene â–ª Syster to themperours maiestie prepared her selfe very sumpteously to come towardes Nice â–ª where she commoned many wordes with her brother themperours maiestie abidyng there certayne dayes But when the peace was made and concluded she came the ther agayn and was receyued bery honourable of the Emperours maiestie And afterwarde on Corpus Christ day she retourned agayne with great solace The same daye at nyght the Pope and the Emperoures maiestie toke shippynge towardes Genua Where the Emperoures Counsayls remained with the kynge and the kynges with the Emperour intreating of matters concernyng the sayde peace But when the Emperoure coulde not tary long in Italy by the meanes of his haâ—t whiche he made to retourne into Spayne it came to passe that both the high Potentates the Emperoure and the Frenche kyng dyd lonyngly agree and come together For when the Emperoure arryued at the Porte and Citie called the dead waters lyeng not farre from Marsilia which was the fourtenne daye of Iuly the Frenche kyng came thyther also with hys wyfe and with his sonnes And when the Emperonr abode in his Gallee the king went vnto him in his owne person after they had embraced and kissed eche other according to the maner and custome of noble men they talked louyngly together The next daye folowynge the Emperoure went a lande and rode into the sayde Citie where he was receyued of the kyng the Quene and the kyngs Sonnes very ioyfully And wheÌ„ muche honoure and greate triumphe was declared and shewed towardes hym he abode there vntyll the tewesdaye at nyght and then takynghys leaue of the kynge and his affinitie he commended them to God and returned to hys shyppe wherewith he sayled luckely towarde Spayne trusting assuredly that thesaied peace should be firme and stable and also durable to the profite and furtheraunce of the Christen common welth After this also the lady Mary regent of the lower partes of themperoures maiesties dominions accompanied with the kynge came into Camerike the viij day of October And the next day folowing they went to the Citie of S. Quintine where the sayed Quene Mary was receiued with great pompe and intreated very honorably But when she had remayned there .vi. dayes she retourned again to her owne dominioÌ„ So that this yere there was thre honorable assembles of the mightiest in Europa But what folowed thereof shalbe meÌ„cioned her after in place conuement While these thynges were in doinge the aboue named Estates of confederation prepared their naures against the Turke and first inuaded Castell Nouo whiche is a Castell lyeng in the Duchye of Sabe â–ª sometyme pertaynyng to the crowne of HuÌ„gary and ouercame it by violent assaulte destroyeng aboue .iiij. hundred and about .viij. hundred on horsebacke whiche were come to rescue them But when Barbarossa hearde of this he sayled out of the sea Ambraâ—ike where he had kept hymself a longe tyme intendyng to preserue the Cities and Townes of the Turke lyeng in the Coastes of Sla uony and Macedony from the assaultes and inuasions of the Christianes For he feared least they should be serued as Castell Noua was serued In the meane season was also the Citie of Bisana ouercome of our men in lyke maner But when they lacked aud prouander they were constreined of necessitey to separate them selues In suche sort as y e Prince of Aurea wyth the shippes pertayning to themperoures Maiestye was constrayned to runne into Brundysh which is a port and City in Apulia Lyeng ouer agaynste Grece and the Popes Legate into Ancona which is a port and Citie lyeng ouer agaynste the coastes of Slauony So that onelye the Venetianes remained and kept y e Seas And as touchynge Castello Nouo they dyd fortifye it with foure thusande spanyardes sixe hundreth light horsemen whiche dailye put the Turke to muche losse in the Lande of Bosen When Barbarossa had knoweledge of his seperatyon and diuision of our shippes he toke his waye towardes Duracho somtime called Durachium and lyeng in Albany which was somtime called Epyrus to encourage thinhabitauÌ„tes of the same Citie and to make them harty that he might the better ouercome the Venetianes in the sea of Risana But when he sayled towardes Duracho with a Southeast wynde which bloweth from the rysynge of the Sunne in winter the same winde accordinge to his nature and property chaunged sodaynely into a ful easterly winde blewe so outragiously y e Barbarossa lost aboue fyftye shippes and about a two .c. thousand men with his best mariners After the which naufrage and shipwracke when he sayled back agayne eastwarde with the remnaunt of his shippes wich for the moost parte were lecke and wetherâ—ea ten there came suche a mortalitye and pestilence amonge them that were remayning and left in the shippes that euen in the greateste shippes were scant left tenne men able to rule the helme and as many apt for the voarres So y e God dyd specially declare his helpe to our men Whyle these thinges passed betwene themperour the Pope Fraunce Venice and Barbarossa as is before mencyoned they of Nurremborough began theyr strong holde or Castell wyche lyeth in the vpper parte of the Toune vpoÌ„ a mighty rocke and is a lodging for themperour and the king of the Romaynes defenced with a strong Bul warke and amyghty wyde dyche which buylding as concerning the walles was finished in the yeare of our Lord M. D.