mutuall encounter Guasto with wholsome counsell adhorted Vgo to hasten first to shoote off his great gunne called a Basilisco that the thicke smoke thereof might take away from the enimie all certaine stroke But Vgo who woulde be accounted very skilfull in sea affaires and a little before had gainesayd at the Isle of Crapi all the olde maisters of the galleys who dissuaded the fight vpbrayding them with cowardise deferred so loÌ„g to shoote that Philippino being very diligentlye intentiue therefore and aptly leuelling the first shotte of his Basilisco with piercing the Emperiall Admirall passed from the stemme to the decke slaying thirtie men and among them Peter of Cardonna a kinseman of Guasto and Leo Tassino one borne in Forrara who had slayne vpon a quarrell betwéene Guasto and the Duke of Potenza the Duke his sonne a gentleman of great hope and Gusman a spaniarde a gentleman that played very excellently on the Cithron But the Basilisco of the Emperiall Admirall did no great harme vnto the Genoueys bicause that the Gunner coulde not sée howe to shoote right for the smoke of the Genoway péece and also the Geneuoys laye not so open as did the Spaniardes vpon the open hatches but being defended with a sure netting made of strong boordes shot with Harquebusses a crooke out of loope holes they themselues being safely couered But in the meane time three of the Emperiall galleyes of whome one was called the Gibba the maister whereof was Iustinian a Genoway but the Captaine of the souldiours was Cesar Faramusca the other two the Secamia and the Villamarina so called of their valiant maisters Secamo and Villamarino runne vpon two of Doria his galleys named the Pilgrime and the Handmaide and fight very vehemently and the hardie Spanishe souldiours leape into them when Lomellino sawe this he timelye turned his course and at one time his thrée galleys discharged their thrée Basiliscoes vpon the Emperiall Admirall The Moore hitting the decke strake off the rudder The Neptune slaying certaine of the galley flaues did so shake the Maste that the sayles yards fell downe and oppressed manye with the fall and among them Hierome of Trani who had succéeded his father Antonello in the office of Maister of the ordinance vnto the Emperour Finallye the Mistres brake of the Emperiall beake and sore annoyed the stemme Neyther stayed they but spéedily rowed for to ayde the Pilgrime and the Handmaide that were nowe bourded Then the Moore turning about hir selfe verye artificially discharged such a tempest of small and meane shot which fell as thicke as hayle vppon the Gibba that she was brought into great daunger For besides the slaues and the Mariners and souldiours fouly slayne Cesar Feramusca was also borne ouer the boorde deade with a shot of a small Falcon and Iustinian the Master was shot into the thigh and Baredo a Captaine of an hundreth Harquebusiers was hurte with thrée deadly woundes In another quarter two Emperiall galleys called the Perpenniana and the Oriana encountred with the Mermayde and the Fortune whom when they had much endammaged and almost bourded they séeing the discomsiture of their fellowes left and fled awaye in safetie for they despayring of the victorie bicause they saw the baner of the Admirall thrown down and the Secamia and the Villamarina circumuented and the Pilgrime and the Handmayde whom they had bourded recouered and the small fléete of long Boates and Foystes scattered had chosen rather to saue themselues for the Emperour than with the rest to fall into the same mischaunce of aduerse fortune although that this counsell as to soone put into practise was blamed of many Incontinently after the flight of these two galleyes the victorie was graunted vnto Philippino for Vgo being slayne with a small Falcon Guasto being gréeuously burnt with wilde fire in the necke neare vnto the care and also his helmet sore battered to his heade by stones and other things throwne downe from the toppes and Ascanio de Colonna being wounded in the right hande and in one of his féete yéelded themselues vnto Lomellino In the winning of this victorie the galley slaues of the Moares and Turkes stoode Philippino in great steade For when Philippino had promised them libertie and had taken off their chaynes and weaponed them and adhorted them as the fierce enimies of the Spaniardes and namely of Hugo to fight lustily they couragiously leaped vnarmed into the enimies galleys armed only with sworde and target fighting very fiereely On the Empertall side were lost about seauen hundreth old souldiours Spaniardes besides so many Mariners and slaues but Philippino the victor lost of all sortes fiue hundreth and among them diuers skilfull Mariners but no master of any galley but only one Of the Emperials two galleyes one Foyst one Brigantine and certaine long Boates were drowned two fled awaye and the two other were taken and one of them was the Admirall Of the Emperials were slayne besides Vgo and Feramusca the stoutest Captaines of bandes Macinio Daia Iohn Biscaine Zambron and Barâ—d But there was taken aliue besides Guasto and Ascanio de Colonna Francis Hirarde the master of a galley the brother of the Captaine of the Castell of Naples who had the brawne of his fatte buttocks stroke off with a péece of ordinance Philip Cerbellion Iohn de Gaietta Monsieur de Verreis a Flemming Monsieur de Acogne a Frenchman who had fled cut of Fraunce with the Duke of Burbon and Sereny a Spaniarde Scribe vnto the Senate of Naples and worthie knightes Camillo de Colonna and Aniball de Geuari The rest of the petie captaines Ensigne bearers and souldiours that were not maymed wyth woundes were incontinently put in chaines and turned to the Oare in the place of the rowing slaues that had bene slayne in the fight and the Turkes and Moores that for their valiant seruice were made frée Not only no profite but great incoÌ„moditie fell vnto the Frenchmen by this victorie For when Francis the French K. requested of Andrew doria to haue that noble men taken in this battayle to be deliuered vnto him Andrewe reuolted vnto the Emperour and caried all Genoa with him the which hath continued euer since faithfull vnto the Emperour and his house And also a great mortalitie rysing in the French Campe the power was vtterly defeated by the Emperials ¶ Of the Battell of Landriano in the Duchie of Milan fought Anno domini 1529. betvvene Antonio de Leua general for Charles the Emperour and Francis of Burbon Conte of S. Poule generall for Francis the French King THe Conte S. Poule and the Duke of Vrbine Generals for the French king and the Seignorie of Venice after that they had wonne Pauia for the behoofe of Francis Forza nowe oppressed by the Emperour vnderstanding that Antonie de Leua the Emperiall Captaine had a great power of souldiours in the citie of Milan the which they had meante to haue besieged thought it best to besiege it farre off after this maner That Vrbine
winter that by estimation of the Barbarians that bootie was accounted farre the greatest part of the victorie But when the Turkes hauing wonne the munition sought in the middes of the camp Rocandulph lying in his bed desired rather to be slaine in his tent than to suruiue so great an ouerthrow but he was against his will and chafing thereat caryed aboorde a boate by his phisition and chamberlaine and so transported into the Isle of Comora where a little while after he dyed of the griefe of his wounde hurt But all the prisaners who were in number about eyght hundreth being presented vnto Soliman at his arriuall vnto the campe were by his commandement all slayne except certaine knowen captaines and noble men among whom were Balthasar Pocan and Taske an olde captaine maister of the watch ¶ The Battell of Ceresoles foughte in Piemonte bevveene Alphons Marques of Guaesto Generall for Charles the fift Emperour and Francis Duke of Anghieu Generall for Francis the French King in Anno. 15â—4 Out of Paulus Iouius WHen that Francis Duke of Aughieu Lieutenaunt Generall in Piemont for Francis the Frenche king befieged with a great power Carignano a strong town and of great importance in Piemont Alphons Marques of Cuasto Gouernour of Milan and Piemont for Charles the Emperoure being moued wyth the perill of the towne and the Captaine whome he had before faithfully promised to succour as soone as he had receyued out of Germanie two regimeÌ„ts of Lansquenets vnder the conduct of the two Scaligers and sixe thousande Italians for the most part shot ledde by Robert Prince of Salerne with whome an olde Captaine Cesar Massio was ioyned for a Counsaylour and seauen hundreth men of armes but yet in comparison of the Frenchmen but light horsemen and a singular cornet of olde men of armes from the Duke of Florence vnder Radulpho Baleone and to these were adioyned his olde store a fewe Spaniardes and the regiment of Lansquenets of Baron Seisnech whose bandes were not full he marched towardes Carignano But before he came there he was met with in a plaine betwéene Ceresoles and Carmagnola by the French power the which was thus ranged In the middle battell stoode the Gascoignes and the rest of the olde French footemen singularly well appoynted and very brauely close vnto whome stoode the strong regiment of Switzers that had serued long in those warres in Piemont and stronglye backed all the front of the Gascâ—ignes which stoode very broade The right wing was appointed vnto the Switzers that came lately out of their countrie who with singular heate of heartes had desired to fight But the Gruieres a kinde of halfe clownishe souldiers and of no great vse were placed in the left wing These Grueres doe dwell about Geneua and Losanne and border on Berne and Sitten Among these Gruiers were certaine Italian bandes namely of banished men of Milan Sauoy and Piemont were admixed This was a great battell and had many ensignes But bicause it consisted for a great part of freshe water souldiours and men of diuers languages and had also bene taken vp without great choyce they gaue almost no opinion of assured valor or firme consent Moreouer betwéene these thrée battels of footmen there stoode also thrée of horsmen Betwene the middle battell and the esquadrons of the Switzers stoode Monsteur de Thermes with whome were all the light horsemen and one troupe of men of armes to strengthen them And the Lorde Boutiers garded the open side of the Gruiers with an other power of horsemen Then the Marques séeing this araye of the enimies dso set right ouer against the middle battell and the Gascoignes a whole battallion of Almaine footemen whome he did take to be of inuincible strength with this order that in the forefront he placed Aliprand Madruches brother vnto the Cardinal of Trent who had desired to haue that honor For the lustie and valiant yong Gentleman had in time before couragiouslye professed that he woulde with his onely regiment wherein were not full thrée thousande encounter and valiantly ouerthrowe the Switzers whose force the Marques séemed not vnskilfullye to feare Behinde him the two Scaligers ledde their regimentes their ensignes being placed in the middes of the hattell The right wing against the Gruers was appointed vnto the Spaniardes but so that he adioyned vnto them fiue bandes of Lansquenets vnder the charge of Seisnech men méete for a standing fight He placed all the Italians in the left wing and willed them by little and little to clyme the hill which rose vp gently from the small valley as the better place and willed them not to stirre from thence least that they shoulde be disordered and defeated by the Switzers that stoode against them to whome they were inferiour in discipline but to stande still in aray and be obedient vnto the commaundements of the Prince of Salerne and Massio and vse their harquebusses as the chaunce of the battell shoulde require Philip Lanoy a Flemming Prince of Salmona who was Generall of the horsemen was commaunded to stande in the voyde roume betwéene the Lansquenets and the Spaniardes and Baleone did the like standing directly against Thermes But Charles Conzaga had a speciall charge to obserue and inuade Boutiers who stoode right ouer against him The battels on both sides being thus aranged and the great ordinance on both parts shot off the signals were sounded and the battels began to approch betwéene whom the Marques ryding to and fro with great daunger of the pellets whiche slue from the great ordinance and harquebusses rounde about his cares and vewing all things with his eyes perceyued that the Almaines came forwarde more slowly than he would haue them insomuch that he came neare vnto them and courteouslye encouraged the Captaines to amende their pace when sée he behelde vndoubted signes of deadlye feare in the faces of the Scaligers they looking more sadde and pale than they were wont Wherfore turning towardes his familiars Scalengo Landriano and Saiaureda who continuallye followed him to receyue messages from him and to carie them vnto the battels and rankes sayd Almightie God auerte this yll abodement and be with vs to daye with his omnipotent power as we haue great néede therof séeing that I doe sée in these Almaines in whome is reposed all our trust the meane to obteyne the victorie no chearfulnes to fight now the enimie is present prouoketh them the which thing hath neuer happened before this time The first that ran togither after that the Marques had giuen the signall through the encouragement of his souldiours were the horsemen of Thermes and Baleone the which they did with so greate valor that on both sides many were borne to the grounde and after their staues were broken they couragiously vsed their battell axes and swordes There Thermes charging on the Italian footemen was repulsed and his horse being hurte and falling to the grounde he was taken by a freshe water souldiour But although Baleons
shoulde retire vnto his quarter for to garde his lodging and not to shewe signe nor giue occasion vnto the Catholikes to thinke that they were afrayde or that they woulde refuse an other rencounter The whiche the captaines did vpon whom the Catholikes enterprised nothing séeming to content themselues with the remayning maisters of the fielde and the disposing at pleasure of all the fielde for to burie their deade and to leaue the despoyled Protestantes and to sende the wounded to Paris Those that were appointed to doe it taried there vntill midnight The Constable was borne backe wounded to death The Conte de Chaune Hierome de Turin and mo than fortie other as well Captaines and chiefe as members of companies left their liues there whome aboue thrée hundreth other did accompanie as wel then as afterward leauing behind them a great multitude of hurt men Of the Protestants Vidame of Amiens de Piquigny de Saux la Suse Saint Andre de Garenes and aboue fiftie gentlemen of marke were lost and mo than thrée hundreth other horsmē The flight of the footmen was more notable than the slaughter although that a good many died there but few of the Catholikes footmen This battell was fought the x. of Nouember The next day the Protestantes after that Dandelot Montgomery were returned with their forces came in aray of battel euen vnto the suburbes of Paris presenting battel vnto the catholike armie which was retired into the citie But they accepted it not being dismayed with the death of the Constable But when that the Catholike power hourely encreased and victuals fayled at S. Denys and also they had intelligence of the comming of Cassymire the Pfaliz graues sonne with a power of Almaines for their ayde the Protestants dislodged from Saint Denys the xv of Nouember and marched to the confines of Loreyne to receyue the Almaines ¶ The ouerthrow giuen by Lewes Conte of Nassau vnto Iohn Earle of Aremberg at Damme in Freselande and the discomfiture of the sayde Iewes by Ferdinande Duke of Alua at Hieminguen in Freselande aforesayde in Anno. 1568. Out of Popellenier CIuill troubles as it were a créeping contagion attaching also the dominions of the lowe countries or base Germanie Lewes the Earle of Nassau brother vnto VVilliam Prince of Oranges entred Freseland with a power of Almaines vnto whome within short time resorted a greate number of the inhabitants of the Prouince and he tooke diuers townes thereof among whom were Vedem standing in the marishes and Danuille nere vnto it and also lying on the sea coast whereof when that Ferdinand Duke of Alua Lieutenant generall of all the low countries had intelligence he sent into Freseland for to stay the course of Lewes his victory the regiment of Sardaigne and his master of the Campe thrée companies of the regiment of Lumbardy thrée hundreth horsmen Spaniards and Italians the Conte Melga Lieutenant of Ghelders with part of his owne troupes and fiue cōpanies of the regiment of the Conte of Aremberge besides a M. souldiours that the Lieutenant of the Conte had assembled at the comming of the Protestantes But this was not sufficient for to rembarre the Conte of Nassau who daily grewe in forces for any enterprise that coulde be done agaynst him Then the Duke sent Iohn de Lignes Conte of Arembergue Gouernour of Friseland and Ouerissell and Knight of the Golden fléece to whom he gaue one regiment of Spantards and one of Lansquenettes with a good number of horsemen for to chase Lodowick betwéene whom was a hote skirmishe and well interteyned Lodowick for to gayne the aduantage retired to Damme The youthes of Spayne boyling in courage tooke it for a flight and also pursued more couragiously but they perceiued not the ambush that he had prepared for them of fiftene or sixtene hundred horsemen behinde a woode at the wings whereof he did set thrée hundreth horsemen for to trayne the Spaniards who made a semblance as though they had a mynde to knowe what they were Arembergue séeing them hasted to gayne the bridges of the riuer whiche were betwéene them with all his forces at what time he discouered also thrée thousand footmen standing in ftrōg aray making shewe but of two bandes which had deceyued him Yet neuerthelesse the Spaniards hauing incorporated thrée ensignes into one distributed the whole armie into the shewe of fiue ensignes were so importunate on their Chiefe and also for that time their Generall who bicause the thrée hundreth horsemen woulde sometimes come for warde and prouoke thē and at other retire againe presumed some such thing as was in dede and therefore was loth to fight that they mutining called him traytor to the King and without staying for the Conte de Megue who was hard by them constrained him as our desire alwayes groweth greater in things denied for to leade them streyght vnto the iu. C horsemen who feygning that they retired for weakenesse of defence dre we the Spaniards beyonde the Bridges the whiche also still gaue more coulor vnto these inconsiderate footmen and made them still to aduaunce themselues further and further But the Conte of Nassau hauing gotten the Bridges enclosed them so straite both behinde and on the sides that he easily fiue them welneare all The Conte de Arembergue bicause he woulde not léese anye one poynte of his reputation defended himselfe valiantlye but when his horse was slayne and he himselfe throwne downe to the grounde deade with the blowe of a Pistolet he ended his dayes after that he had slayne the Conte Adolph of Nassau brother to Lewes who entred into suche furye that hée of choler caused thrée hundreth of the Spaniardes to be hanged vp although there had died twelue hundreth of them in fight and so many of other Sixe péeces of artillerie all the munitions parte of the souldiours wages the casket and plate of the Coute Arembergue and all the baggage of the Campe was lost The Conte de Megue and the Conte Curtie de Martinenguo drewe neare with one troupe of horsemen of whom Arembergue had lacke and the bandes of the Colonels Sambergo but being pursued by the armie victorious they were constrayned to retire into the Groningen the which the Protestantes sodenly besieged battred and enclosed in two quarters Moreouer they being maisters of the fielde roded all the countrie bicause the Spanishe forces were not vnited but scattered through this discomfiture But anon after Chiapino Vitelli master of the Campe generall assembled as manye men togither as he coulde and encamped before Groningen for to remoue the siege of the Protestants the which he coulde not doe Manye skirmishes were attached and fought The Conte Lodowicke sent twice to Vitelli to demaunde a iourney for to ende the warres by one generall battell the which he woulde not accorde vnto saying that it was not yet time to fight Also he expected the Duke of Alua and the rest of his forces of whome yet he was not well assured séeing
banke of the Riuer of Tarro in a place verye commodious not onely to bridle the Parmesanes if they shoulde attempte to reuolte but also to be a sure guarde to the fortresses néere aboutes and finally if the Kyng woulde marche on forwarde that way to sette vppon wyth all the Venetian power in a place of greate aduauntage hys vantgarde as it came downe the hyll In thys meane tyme whylest the Frenchmen approched vnto Foronouo Gonzaga hauing intelligence by spyes of theyr comming sente the lyghte Horsemenne before the chiefest conduct of them béeyng assigned vnto Nicholas Annonio a Sclauon a verye valiaunte manne to stay the Frenchemenne by skirmishing wyth them vntyll hée were come wyth the strength of the menne of armes and the lyghte bandes of the footemen They valiauntly doe hys commaundemente and suddaynelye gyuyng a charge vppon theyr enimyes disordred them on all sydes and manye béeyng slayne and taken and also one Ensigne gotten forced them verye fearefully to turne backe before that the menne of armes and the ayde of the footemenne coulde come whych foyle happened vnto the Frenchmen bycause they were not acquaynted with their manner of fyghte for when the Frenchmen with a certaine feruour of fyghte did more egrely pursue the Gréekes at once both couragiously charging and also with great arte fléeing backe and thereby did breake their array the Gréekes did suddaynely againe returne into the fight and then many of them and light did set on the Frenchmen being dispersed one from another and laden with armour and also vnwarelye floung forward and so easely beate them down wyth their hooked and very heauie Turkish swords or mawles of yron Gonzaga séeing the Horsemen wéeried with a long and paynefull iourney reuoked them from pursuing of the enimies vnto their Campe and contented with this good successe returned vnto the army all his men being very ioyfull and manye bearing the heads of the Frenchmen vpon their Launces Among the Prisoners was there taken one Ante a Captayne of a band of Switzers a man wel knowen before time to the Earle of Giazza He politikely lying did augment the nūber of the french Horsemen and footemen that were in the auantgarde for to feare the Italians from oppressing them who had ouerboldly marched before their felowes and also falsely affirmed that the King wyth the middle battell and Seigneur de Tremouille with the rerewarde were not farre off the which lye doubtlesse saued Marshall Gien who distrusting the small number of his Souldiers and they also disordred with the skirmishe had got him into an high place that there in his camp defensed by all meanes he coulde he might stay for the King yea though he followed after slowly But when thys occasion of destroying the vaantgard did seeme vnto some to bée offered as a meane to obteyne afterwarde an absolute victorie of the King the Marques of Mantoa was of the mind that nothyng ought to bée then attempted but in any case the rest of the Kings power was to be stayed for that when the King their enimie were in sight they mighte more safely and nobly fight with hys whole power in a pitched field for the Italian army did excéede them in number and it séemed that they woulde also haue ouermatched them in the battel if that fortune had not fayled them who shamefully swarued from the discipline of their auncestours Thus the Kyng hauing gotten the space of the whole nexte daye and tymely ouertaking the vauntgard encamped at Foronouo Betwéene the two Campes ranne the riuer of Tarro whyche falling down violently frō the stiepe Appenine Moūtaynes into the enclosed valleys beneath with a rocky and vnequall Channell at length hauing gotten the open fields runneth into the Po. The Venetians encamped on the left side on the broader banke of the Riuer not farre from the Village Appiano in the lower grounde but the Frenchmen on the right hauing on their lefte hande the Towne Medesano and being on the higher hylles they myghte easely see the Camp of their enimies which by reason of the great number of tentes pitched round about gaue a shew vnto the eyes of the wondering Frenchmen of a very great army When the King saw himselfe and his army brought into suche a place as out whereof there was no hope left to escape vnlesse victorie ▪ became his guide to assay the intents and mindes of the Prouiditori he sente an Herald to request of them truce for certaine dayes For Hercules the Duke of Ferrara fauoring the engrafted lingering of the Prouiditori had a little before written for a most certaynetie thereby to stay the stomackes of the King and the French Captaynes all dismayde with that vnlooked for martiall prouision and furniture of their enimies that neyther the Prouiditori nor his sonne in lawe the Marques had any authoritie or commission from the Senate to fyghte a generall battell The Herald being brought vnto the Prouiditori and Captaines saide that his maister did greately wonder that the Venetians whome he had not prouoked by any iniurie were come with suche a power of warlike menne to impeache his returne into France that his Maiestie did request according vnto the iust lawe of nations that with truce they would help his army as it trauayled with victuals for money and suffer them with quiet iourney to passe into France if they would thus doe then his maiestie was to giue greate thankes vnto the Seigniorie of Venice and their Captaynes but if they would not then the French Souldiours would not onely open a way for themselues by true prowesse but also make a causey for theyr King wyth the slayne carcasses of the withstanders To whome aunswere was made in fewe words if that Kyng Charles woulde abandon hys counsels and purposes of conquering Italy and withdrawe his garrisons out of Ostia the Hauen of Rome and Nouara and marche without doyng of anye hurte he should haue frée passage to goe his way but if he neglected so to do then also the Venetians woulde not neglect the iniuries done vnto theyr alies and as they were bounde by the league pursue wyth sword the publike enimie of all Italy The Heralde who had curiously viewed almost all things in the Italian Camp being returned vnto the King tolde many thyngs wofully and fearefully of the scituation and munition of their Camp of the number the furniture and chéerefulnesse of the Italian Souldyers in somuch that the Kyng hymselfe and manye of the Captaynes as men attached with a supreme care séemed to doubt of the safetie of themselues and of all the armie for in discoursing and consulting some were of the minde that it were best to returne backe vnto Pisa and being ioyned with the Florentines chose the seate for the warres in Toscan Other hauing no regard of dishonor counselled spéedely to crosse the vales of the Appenine and hast to Asti leauing behinde them both cariages and ordinance the rest willed no consideration to bée hadde of the Duke of Orleans but
immortall hatred betwéene the Frenche nation and the Switzers Hauing therefore communicated his counsell and purpose with the ensigne bearers and the most faithful chief men of the Cantons hée secretely admonished Mutio Colonna a Capitaine of the Popes horsemen that of a sette matche when he had receyued the signall hée shoulde cause an alarme to be cried and as thoughe the Frenchemen approched vnto the suburbs wyth a great power should issue out with the horsemen and with counterfaiting as greate fear perill as he could possibly shuld craue aide of the Switzers He also cōmanded the formost bands of the Switzers to do the same who being of great renoume of valor and hatred towardes the Frenchemen had still requested at the beginning of all wars to haue the places next vnto the enimies And so accordingly the Souldiours had no sooner dined and were gone to take their noone nappe but the trumpets and drummes sodainly sounded at the gates of Rome and anone the rumour of the comming of the Frenchemen waxing hotte all the bands one after another when the foremoste tolde them that followed the cause of the alarme made themselues ready and with incredible feruency of fight issued out at the gate whome also the mistrusted regiment folowing with aduanced ensignes hasted on heaps vnto the gate least they should séeme in that tumult whiche apperteyned vnto the publike safety and estimation eyther to haue forsaken those that were before or to be of another opinion touching the cause of the warres The Cardinall being notorious for his hatte and scarlet robe roade vpon a greate horse before the marching rankes wyth hys crosse borne before hym and still as he came vnto the ensigne bearers the pety Captaines or any Souldiours of marke for notable factes he would encourage and inkindle them to make spéede saying that God and the holy Saintes did promise them the victory of that daye in the which they shoulde not only by valiaunt fight destroye all the whole nobility of France brought vnder the conducte of a Princoxe King betwene two armies of his enimies but also breaking the power of the Venetians and Genouese by theyr fortitude and felicitie giue lawes and conditions vnto all Italy nor that the hyred Almaines in whom consisted the Kings chiefe strength whō yet they had often foyled in fight were so estranged frō the Emperor or were of so prodigall prowes that a man might thinke they would for the Frenchmens sakes who indéede were their vtter enimies fight against the honour of al Germany neither yet they should thinke that the Gascoignes very runaways or those horsemen that braued it in their silkes and chaynes of golde who had vsed to repose a little more safetie in their horses and spurres than in their swordes strengthe and stomackes would fight either more stoutly or constantly than they had done before But that labour and perill whiche was lefte was to bee vndertaken with a noble hearte in winning the ordinance of the enimies Where if any of them were slaine they might most constantly beleue that their soules being clensed from all spottes of sinne by hym with the Popes authoritie woulde forthwith flye into heauen leauing behinde on the earthe a notable memorye of their singular valiancy As the Cardinall ridde to the foremoste ranks euery where stil pronouncing these speches ther folowed hym Galeaze Visconti Iohn Gonzaga Cambero and Aquila the Popes Legates and diuers horsemen of those families that of auntient good will fauoured the name of Sforza and had ioyned themselues with the Switzers when they issued out And also certayne armed bands of the commons and cutters intermedled themselues of theyr owne accorde with the company passyng by They had scarcely marched thrée miles from Milan neyther was the French Campe aboue thirty furlongs from them when they began to shoot off their great ordinance which was ten falkons whych thing brought great hofulnesse admiration vnto the Italian horsemen for Mutius riding with changed cheare vnto the Capitaines of the first company began to aske them what madnesse had moued men skilfull in martiall matters and the maisters of that discipline to striue with the vnseasonable thundering of theyr ordynaunce to rouse the enimye whome they had thought best to inuade being vnprepared and looking for nothing lesse than battell Vnto whom it was couragiously aunswered by the foremoste rankes that they shoulde fight well enough according to the discipline of warre euen with the armed and prouided enimy if their mistrusted fellowes and the ensignes of al the Cantons with one counsell and intent descended into the field with them which thing they hoped might be brought to passe if that through that faining of more certaine signes that the battell was begun had come vnto the eares of their folowing fellows whose valor vanquished by infamous hire and mony if that there were no shame at all in them of the publike dignitie yet at the leaste the grones of their kinsfolke falling down dead before their eyes the religion of a souldiors othe and the fear of iudgement which wold anone after be giuen at home against the forsakers of their fellowes they thought woulde be able to stirre vp and inflame them for so greate truste of valor was in their proude heartes that they despised with very greate contempt the moste mightye and strong power of the enimies neyther did they thinke that any store and multitude of greate ordinance or any munitions of place would stay their force from breaking into their Campe by bearing them down and vanquishing Aboue al other there were thrée valiaunt fellowes but men of barbarous prowesse called Pelegrine Landaberg Centy Amerer and Rafe Long that led the thrée voluntary bandes of moste valiaunt Souldiours that were placed in the front As soone as euer these menne were come within the syghte of their ennimyes they incontinentely burned oute wyth so greate heate of fight that they coulde not be helde backe by the rest of the Captaines who with better counsell had commaunded the ensignes to staye and to take a place to lodge in and to refresh the Souldiours who were weary of their iourney but that they woulde néedes haste towardes the ennimyes wyth spéedye pace Burben and Trivulzi were encamped at Sainte Iulians Churche in a small village and wisely lodged at the lefte side of the high waye whyche was defenced on all partes wyth stiepe and déepe ditches and after the manner of the Countreys wyth hyghe bankes nexte vnto them the Kyng hym selfe and behynde hym the Duke of Alaunson vnto whome by right of bloude the kyngdome of France dydde appertayne if that Francis dyed wythout heyre male hadde placed the middle battell and rerewarde one being seuered from the other by a small distance They being thus lodged in thrée parts that the thrée great armies might the more commodiously and spéedily be an aide one vnto another when chaunce did require were enclosed within a large and very well defenced place for rounde aboute were
turning on one side did cast him into a Marishe where he was drowned Then the Turke prosecuting the victorie tooke Ofen the chiefe Citie of Hungarie where he didde no more harme but only tooke out of the castell thrée goodlye statues of brasse set vp by the samous King Marthie and then returned to Constantinople leauing Hungarie to be almost quite destroyed by ciuill dissention ¶ A Battell foughte on the sea in Anno domini 1528. at the Cape of Orso in the kingdome of Naples betvvene Vgo de Moncada and other Imperialles and Philippine Doria for the French King Frauncu the strf◠THen the Lorde Lautrech Generall for the French King had driuen the acmie of the Emperials out of the citie of Rome whiche they had sacked into the Citie of Naples he sent for Philippine Doria Viceadmiral vnto Andrew Doria the French Kings high Admiral in Italie to besiege the citie by sea By whose cōming with viij galle is he thought al hope of victuals by water would be cut away so much the rather bicause the newes was that the Venetian fléete their confederates of twentie galleys woulde shortly passe the Faro of Messina to annoy and kéepe the sea coast of the kingdome of Naples The Emperiall Captaines being moued with the report of these newes thought it for their safetie to fight with the Genowayes before that the Venetians were passed the Faro The Emperials had onely sixe galeyes and two foystes but trusting to the valoor of their souldiours and to foure long boates of great shippes whome they had fraught with Harquehusiers and other small vessels whome they call Fragates they nothing doubted to fight with the Genouese for the floure of al the Spanish souldiors was embarked with the marques of Guasto the generall of all the Italian Spanish footemē who had gone aborde the Admiral galley with Vgode Moncada the viceroy of Naples For Dorbine the master of the campe had diligently chosen man by man the most valiant souldiours and those that had bene accustomed vnto the Spanishe seas and among them the most forwarde petie Captaines and Ensigne bearers whome he knewe coulde brooke the lothsomnesse and tossing of the sea There also went aboorde Ascanirde Colonna the Lorde high Constable of the kingdome of Naples and many other noblemen of their owne frée will as doubting nothing of the victorie And least that the Almaynes shoulde giue place in prowes vnto the Spaniardes about two hundreth of them vnder the conduct of Conradine Glorne had filled two galleys and with great cherefulnes rowed vnto the Isle of Crapy and there at a pleasant spring long and sumptuously banketted yea and heard Barecta a Portugall who had built him a Cottage or Cell in those solitarie rocks preach vnto thē he vehemētly adhorted thē to vse their ancient valor being mindeful of the pietie that they ought to beare towards their countrie to reuenge those cruel Geneuoyes and by valiant victorie to deliuer out of miserable and infamous bondage so many valiant Spaniardes whome the mercilesse Genoueyes kept tied with chaines for galley slaues afflicting them with continuall stripes and reproches While that Barecta preached in this maner both long and hotely Biardo Agnesi a Neapolitan not so much addicted vnto the French faction as offended with the arrogancie of the Spaniardes tooke a small swifte Boate and flewe vnto Doria giuing him intelligence of the number furniture and Captaynes of the Emperiall fléete Nor long after the Emperial nauie departing from the Isle with manye flagges hanged cut came into sight of Doria who was then about a small furlong called by the Mariners the Cape of the Beare or Orso not farre from the famous promontorie nowe called Campanella and in ancient time Atheneus This braue shew of the enimies their fléete séemed not a little to haue moued the Geneuoyes at the first sight but anon after the skilfull sea men did centemne them and not fondly bicause they had not according to the discipline of the sea places on the tops of their Mastes for men to stande in and fight But then Philippino assembling togither all the Captaines and Maisters in the Admirall galley spake almost these words vnto them shewing with his finger the fléete of his enimies comming towards them Valiant fellowes sayd he and good countrymen of inuincible prowes a great honor is set before vs as I sée by almost a certaine victorie sithe that we doe surpasse in number of galleyes and all Martiall furniture yea and courage of hearte and skill in sea fight Let our enimies in Gods name be as they doe boaste of themselues noble warriours by lande doubtlesse they will not be able in conflicte by sea eyther readily to trauerse their grounde or yet to caste themselues into rings séeing that they shall fight among the benches of the rowe slaues and on the streight hatches and must receyue the pellets of the Gunnes as chaunce shall bring them no place being left eyther to retire or to leape aside namely the great number of the rowers empeaching them So that they lying open vnto strokes and being terrified with their daunger will not be in any wise able eyther to stande stoutly or to chaunge their place politikely Therefore séeing that we must not once thinke of retiring backe and least we doe incurre dishonor must néedes fight with our offered enimies persuade your selues that the glorie of our auncestors gotten by so many prosperous conflictes by sea is reposed in your valiant handes and skill This glorie as I thinke ought euerye good Citizen not only to conserue but also to augment least that otherwise we may be thought both of our fellowes and also of our enimies to be degenerates and men forgetfull of our discipline But thinke that Andrew Doria our Admirall is present will be a witnesse of prowes cowardise for to giue rewards vnto the valiant or by equal right ignomie vnto the cowardes The Captaynes and Maisters gaue such a shoute as the cherefull and gréedy of fight doe vse and in fewe wordes setting order howe to receyue and inuade the enimie returned vnto their galleyes that they might aptly make readye all things whiche shoulde be néedefull for the instant fight The summe of their spéedie decrée was this that Philippino should directly go against the enimie with his fiue galleyes but Nicolas Lomellino rowing into the mayne sea with his thrée galleys shoulde fetch a compasse about and after the conflicte was begon in commodious time couragiously runne vpon the deckes and sides of the enimies their gallyes and chiefly of the Admirall Philippino launching forth from the forelande into the open sea offered himself vnto the conflict neyther did Vgo refuse it and the rather for that he beléeued that these thrée galleys of Lomellino whom we spake of had fled away for feare and did thinke that the fiue of Philippino should fight with him much ouermatched When they drewe neare and bothe the Admirall galleyes directed their stemmes for
streight vpon our ordinaunce and cariage My Lordes grace as I sayde most speciallye for the doubt of the same placing himselfe thereby caused a péece or two to be turned towarde them with a fewe shottes whereof they were soone turned also and fledde to Dakith But to returne vnto the Scottishe chase it was continued with bloud and slaughter fiue miles in length westwarde from the place of their standing whiche was in the fallowe fieldes of Vndreske vntill Edenborough Parke and welny to the gates of the towne it selfe and vnto Lyth and in breadth nye foure myles from the Frith sandes vp toward Dakith southwarde In all which space the deade bodies laye as thicke as a man maye note cattell grasing in a full replenished pasture And for the smalnesse of our number and shortnesse of the time which was scante fiue houres from one welnie vnto sixe the mortalitie was so great as it was thought the like afore time not to haue bene séene In déede it was the better maintained with their owne swordes that laye eche where scattered by the way whereof our men as they had broken one still tooke vp another there was store inough and they layde it on fréely that right manye among them at this businesse brake thrée or foure ere they returned homewarde to the armie There were thus slaine in fielde of Scottes xiij thousande of the which number as we were certainlye enformed by sundrie and the best of the prisoners then taken beside the Earle of Loghemwor the Lorde Fleming the Maister of Greym the maister of Arskin the maister of Ogleby the maister of Auendale the maister of Rouen and many other of noble birth among them there were of Lardes and Lardes sonnes and other Gentlemen slayne aboue xxvj C. and xv C. were taken prisoners among whome were there of name the Earle Huntley Lorde Chauncelour of the Realme there the Lord of Yester Hobbie Hambleton Captaine of Dunbarre the maister of Sampoole the Lard of VVimmes and a brother of the Earle of Casselles Two M. by lurking and lying as though they were deade scaped away in the night all maimed and hurt Herewith wan we of their weapons and armour more than wée woulde vouchsafe to giue cariage for and yet were they conneyed thence by shippe into these partes of Iackes specially and swords aboue xxx M. The camp also was taken wel replenished with their simple victualles and also some péeces of plate and chalices were founde After this my Lordes grace tooke the towne of Lyth with thirtene vessels in the hauen the which he burnt with the towne brought vnder the Englishe obedience all Tiuidale and their marches all the Lardes and Gentlemen thereof comming in and swearing fealtie and within the mids of the lande did wynne and placed there garrisons S. Colmes Ince and Broughtie crag a place of greate importance standing at the mouth of the riuer of Tey whereby all the vse of the ryuer might be cut from Saint Iohns towne Dundee and many other townes in those partes And vpon Michaelmas day returned ouer the Twede with losse not of aboue lx men ¶ The Battell of Weser fought in Saxonie by Morrice Duke and Prince Elector of Saxonie and his confederates against Albert Marques of Brandenburg in Anno. 1553. Out of Natalis sinnes WHen that Albert one of the collaterall line of the house of Brandenburg raged with a great power through Franklande and Saxonie sparing neyther frende nor foe he brought his faithfull frende Morrice Duke of Saxon in his top who being ayded by the power of Ferdinande king of the Romanes Henrie the Duke of Brunswicke Philip the Lantgrane of Hessen the Bishoppes of VVirtzpurg and Bamberg the citie of Nuremberg and other did by taking of a streite force Albert to fight The wynde blewe with Albert which doth somewhat helpe in fight and also he had taken a little hill that stoode in the playne and fiest the great ordinance was shot off on both sides but with small detriman◠of eyther armie But although that Albert was inferiour vnto his ennimies in horsemen yet he was verye well furnished with eyghtene goodly Cornets of horsemen and in footemenne did muche ouermatche them The hostes beganne to drawe neare one vnto the other by little and little and sodenlye a most cruell battell was begunne they fighting on bothe sides with greate valor and courage In the middes of the fighte Albert commaunded the beste of his horsemenne to charge foure Cornettes of Morrice his men of armes the whiche was done both parties approching one so neare vnto the other that for lacke of roume they coulde not breake their Launces The shotte encountered togither with noble courage singular prowes and incredible alacritie and charefulnesse But at the last Albert being inuaded on all parts and weakened through the great slaughter and discomfiture of his men was forced to séeke safetie by flight and fléeing with onely eyght horsemen left his defeated people his ordinaunce furniture and baggage vnto the mercilesse vsage of his enimies This battell which was begun in the morning early continued almost vntill night and was fought in a playne that lyeth betwéene the Duchies of Brunswicke and Lunenburg in the which battell were taken liiij ensignes of footemen and fiftene of horsemen there were slaine iiij M. horsemen and many footemen There were taken on Albert his side of noble men the Earle of VVarenberg and Nicolas Berney and many other slaine On Morrice his parte were slayne Charles Victor and Philip Magnus sonnes of Henrie Duke of Brunswicke and many other noble men Many ensignes of Albertes power were saued by reason of the greate woodes that were neare at hande and also of the spéedie approche of the night But Morrice himselfe being shotte into the bodie at the battell with a Pistolet dyed the next daye There were some that thought he was not wounded by his enimies but by one of his owne familiars to whome he had done reproche in former time the reuenge whereof hée deferred vntyll thys commodious tyme This one aduerse battell didde so breake the power of Albert that whereas before he was inuincible a terrour vnto all Germanye and spoyled all states at hys pleasure hée was neuer afterwarde able to doe anye thing but being anon after againe ouerthrowne in fighte with his small power by Henrie the Duke of Brunswicke was turned out of all his dominions and forced to die in banishment ¶ The Battell of Martiano fought in the territorie of Sene in Italie betvveene Iohn Iames Marques of Marignano Generall for Charles the v. Emperour of Rome and Peter de Strozzi Chiefetaine for Henrie the seconde King of Fraunce Anno. 1553. Out of Natalis Comes ANno domini 1553. Henrie the Frenche king to molest the Emperour Charles in Italie sent Peter Strozzi a banished Florentine and one of the Marshals of France to take into his protection the noble citie of Sene and to his vttermost to endammage Cosmo the Duke of Florence a faithfull
the riuer and also some light horsemen so that they were in all about seauen thousand horsemen They were not so soone ouer the water but Egmont ranged hys souldiours against the Constable who was come thither to diuert the Spaniardes and to molest them with skirmishes vntill that in another quarter reliefe might be sent into the towne for that was the Constables intent the which when he had done he determined to retire backe in araye of battell and to saue himselfe through the benefite of the hilles And in déede by this skirmishing with the Spaniardes he opened oportunitie vnto thrée hundreth footemenne to enter the towne but when he sawe that Egmontes horsemen and afterwarde the whole armye were passed the riuer he beganne to drawe backe by little and little towardes the hilles skirmishing with the Spanishe lyghte horsemenne who indeuoured to hinder their flight vntill that all the Spanishe horsemenne were come and all the footemen had passed ouer the riuer When the French men had giuen backe a little waye they were forced by the imminent daunger to staye and to set their men in aray of battell But Egmont who saw that assured victorie was offered him after that he had stayed a little while not thinking it good to omit the present occasion gaue a charge vpon the greater troupe of the French horsemen with incredible valor being backed by the Dukes of Brunswicke with one thousande pistolets he admonisheth Ernest Duke of Brunswicke whom the Earley of Horne Mauâ—felt and Hochstrat shoulde followe to giue the charge on an other troupe of two thousande Frenche men of armes Ernest with surpassing courage ranne vpon the French troupe who mette him with lyke fortitude and constancie of heart and at the firste susteyned the Spanishe force with so greate prowes that they had almost put them to flight Thus they fought very fiercely on both sides and manye were slaine but at length the Frenchmen being ouercome by the number of panish horsemen that still encreased were forced to retire vnto their footemenne by little and little but when Egmont and the rest of the nobilitie followed them fiercely they came vnto the footemen who standing close togither in thicke Esquadron strongly susteyned the shocke of the Spaniardes When that the fight had bene long time doubtfull the Duke of Sauoy sent a freshe troupe of horsemen and willed Egmont to giue a charge vpon the footemen and not to abuse the benefite of fortune who had offered so easie and assured victorie for if he shoulde make any stay he thought that thereby the victorie woulde slide awaye and be wrested out of their hande bicause that the enimie having by theis meanes leisure graunted them might gather togither and relye their strength and câ—nstrâ—â—â— their horsemen who were almost defeated When they had thus fought long and on the one side Egmont inuaded valiantlye and on the other the Frenchmen resiste stoutly at the last the Frenchmen fledde and reposed all hope of safetie in the switnesse of their féete whom Egmont and the rest spéedily pursued and quite defeated all the French power There were taken of the Frenchmen the Constable hurt in the thigh with a Pistolet the Dukes of Longuile and Montpensier hurte in the heade the Marshall of Saint Andrewe Lewes borther to the Duke of Mantua Vassy Gurton Roth du Maine the Ringraffe Colonell of the French Lansquenets all these were of the order the Conte Rochfocaulâ— the Lordes Oâ—egâ—y two Birons Monbrun and Merne being two sonnes of the Constable and a great number mo Finally about two thousand of Noblemen and Gentlemen and of all sortes of souldiours to a foure thousande fiftie two ensignes of footemen eyghtene guidons of men of armes and xx of light horsemen xx péeces of ordinance of whom ten were battering péeces the rest field péeces iij. C. wagons ladeÌ„ with martiall furniture and prouision with a great number of horses There were slayne of Frenchmen to the number of sixe thousande among whom men of great marke were Iohn Duke of Anghieu brother vnto the king of â—â—auâ—rre the Vicont Touraine nephewe vnto the Constable and the Lordes Campodenâ—ie Eyâ—â—ie Galan Plenot Gelot and manye other noble men There escaped the Dukes of Neuers and Montmorâ—ncie the Prince of Condie the earle of Sanxerre the Lorde Burdelion and great number of other noble men But on the Spanishe part were slayne somewhat aboue one thousande among whom were of name Binicourt the maister of the Campe two noble men of Germaine and diuers other and the Conte Mansfels was hurt in the thigh and Monbrey in the knée After this victorie the Spaniardes wanne Saint Quintines Haron and Chastellet and fréelye ranged about in those partes all that Sommer without any impeachment ¶ The Battell foughte at Graueling in Flaunders betvvene Monsieur de Termes Generalt for Henrie the seconde King of France and the Conte Egmont Chiefetaine for Philip the king of Spayne in Anno. 1558. Taken out of the Commentaries of Lewes Guicciardine HOte warres continuing still betwéene France and Flanders Henrie the French K. in Iune in Anno. 1558. sent from Calice Monsieur de Termes a valiant and experte Captaine one of the order and captaine of Calice with an armie of almost nyne thousande footemen and a thousande and fiue hundreth horsmen to roade and wast the confines of Flanders With this armie he passing ouer the riuer of Ha defeated a multitude of peysants and certaine handes of sduldiours that went about to empeach his passage and then leauing Graueling and Burburg on his backe he sâ—denly by assault tooke Lunkirke a towne on the sea coast sixe leagues from Calice and after he had sacked it and left a garrison therein he went further into the countrie wretchedly wasting with fire and sworde euen vnto Newpoâ—t To represse this â—aâ—ing of â—â—â—â—eâ— Philip. the King of Spaine and Duke of Burgen â–ª 〈◊〉 the â—aâ—â—â— of Egâ—â—â—iâ— â–ª unto Flaunders who ioyning at Graueling with Monsieur Binicâ—urt the Campe maister and sending for the souldiours that laye in garrison at Beâ—â—une Saint Omers Are Burburg and other townes adioyning and also receyuing a supplie of souldiours from the Duke of Sauoy Lieutenant generall for the King of all his lowe countries and armies therein within fewe dayes gathered togither an armie of twelue thousande footemen and thrée thousande horsemen besides almost an infinite number of pcysants who being enraged for the losse of their goodes and wasting of their lands flocked thicke and thrée folde from all partes vnto the campe part armed and part vnarmed In the meane time Termes hauing drawne backe his power vnto Dunkirke bicause he was cruelly molested with the goute and smelling out that a shrewd turne was ment him commaunded the armie to depart from Dunkirk and to encampe within a leage of Graueling that he might be the nearer vnto Calice But as soone as he had intelligence that a great power of the enimies were sodenly gathered togither that Egmont was their general
those of the Protestants although that the Emperour being requested thervnto commaunded Conte Lewes as he tendered his obedience and dutie to retire and to withdrawe his armie out of the countrie with all possible spéede Where vnto the Conte aunswered that he coulde not doe it before that his brother and the other Princes and Lordes his confederates were aduertised the which he promised to doe very shortly yet neuerthelesse manye began to ware colde and namely when that the goodes of certaine of the Colonels were seised and arrested by the Emperour Yet the siege continued vntill the approch of the Duke Martiall at what time the Conte Lodowicke brake vp the siege hauing before sent the baggage towards Embden breaking downe and cutting off all the bridges and passages for to hinder and stay the enimie yet not without continuall skirmishes The Duke hauing sent the horsemen of the Duke of Brunswicke into Groningen bicause the Countrie being full of softe dirtie plashes and great vitches is very ill for horsemen followed the Protestants euen vnto Secloten where they made their stay In the meâ—â—â—e tune he sent some to beate the wayes on all stoes and for to learne out the mientes of the Conte in the ende he vnderstoode that the Rende-vonâ— was at Hieiniâ—guen whither certaine horsemen and footemen were come vnto him there minding to staye for the Duke and his furie For the which purpose he tooke the déepe riuer of Hems for to backe him lodging his campe in a place very strong also on other partes for he was flanked witâ— great ditches chanels and riuers and he coulde let out the water vpon the Duke and his men at ease and had on the other side the rich towne of Embden at his backe all the which séemed to be for his aduantage The Duke approched within two leages of Lodowickes armie and being resolued vpon his aduertisements sent the Captaines Sanchio d' Auila and Montero with an hundreth Argolets or harquebusiers on horsebacke for to attache the skirmish and to traine him out of his fort Besides this he charged Iulian Romero maister of the Campe to followe them with fiue hundreth harquebusiers and thrée hundreth Muschats who were followed by the Campe maister Sanchio de Londaiguo with one thousande harquebusiers appointing Cesar Gonzaga and Martinerguo with two companies of men of armes to be on the wings of the footemen Alphonse de Vllua and Dom Gonsaiuez de Bracamont conducted the rest with charge not to depart out of their place without his expresse commaundement In the tayle of these Spaniardes footemen he set sixe ensignes of Almaines followed by fiftene companies of VVallons and after the light horsemen three hundreth Launces and the Cornette of Hans Vernan all along one at the tayle of another by reason of the nature of the countrie for they must néedes passe in those very straite places one after another not being able to go eyther on the one side or the other for the ditches chanels and marishes that make the countrie very troublesome and yll to traunile The Conte who knewe the deliberation of the Duke that he might hurt anoy him before that they were come to gripes sent a number of footemen and Pioners for to cut vppe and marre the passages and wayes to the ende that the water which was pent vppe might ouerflowe all the fielde and ouerwhelme the Dukes armie so that the auantcurrers had not rode long but that they perceyued the footemen and their gard who laboured to make a waye for the water This caused the first skirmishe and the begynning of the iourney In the ende although the Pioners were forced to retire yet beyng susteyned sodainelye by other footemen that were sent vnto them they droue the Spaniards out of the place who sent vnto their Generall for to demaunde certayne Pykemen and harquebusiers the whiche yet he refused to doe and not without good considerations he sawe that according vnto the disposition that he had sette in his armye euerye troupe shoulde susteyne and helpe themselues to their vttermost and as long as they coulde for their liues so that when the foremost were pressed necessitie woulde sooner stirre vp their spirites for to inuent some good meane and would sooner redouble their courage for to susteyne the impressions and attempts of their enimies than if they reposed themselues vpon other He had also fantasied the lyke at another time and place when he thought it not good to fight in grosse with the desperate nor to put in the hazarde of one only iourney the entier estate of his Prince séeing the small assurance that he had in fortune who doth make hir inconstancie to be séene more in déedes of armes than anye other thing of the worlde Wherefore a Generall ought not to fight with his whole power vnlesse he be constreyned Moreouer he had his men in so carefull regarde namelye after the blowe receyued at the defeate of Aremberge that he estemed more the lyfe of one of them than the death often enimies And as one resolued for all euents in case that he shoulde be forced to come to fight his mynde was through the losse of some not only to saue the liues of the rest but wholy to breake the enimie assuring himselfe that if the foremost would be sufficient for to ouerthrowe the enimie that then their felowes that followed would make the breach farre greater but if they being to weake were broken then he persuaded himselfe that the enimie woulde come forth in so yll order and out of aray for to followe the victorie that the rest of his power would easily defeate them On the other side the Conte Lodowick renforced his foremost and commaunded them to giue in farther assuring them that he woulde alwayes be at their héeles and not suffer them to lacke succours and in déede they so lustily tasted two or thrée of the foremost Spanish bandes that the Maisters of the Campe aduertised the Duke that they were lost vnlesse they were speedily succoured Then he made the horsemen of Caesar Gonzaga Martinenguo and certaine other troupes to set forwarde with thrée hundreth harquebusiers which Dom Felis de Gusman conducted who came to the village where the fort of the recouÌ„ter was But as the time passed the water ranne in and in short time couered all the field to the great disaduantage of the catholikes namely of the Duke who was thereby brought into the state to â—oandon the grosse and greatest part of his armie to the pleasure of fortune specially when that he sawe himselfe sodainlye recharged with another yll hap which was that the ayre began to be dark and troubled with great cloudy raines which thretned the souldiours a thousand incommodities The Duke was as much offended and chased as the souldiours for that they must stay to fight there in the water vp to the waste and therewithal if that it should raine the shot the principall force of the Spaniards would be to no
and that no man should depart out of his place that euery man should put himselfe in a readinesse for to fight Moreouer euery one of them adhorted their souldiours and did to their vttermoste declare vnto them all things that might inflame their heartes and nothing was pretermitted by them which did appertayne vnto the dueties of good Captaines In the meane time euerye man made his most heartie and suppliant prayers vnto God for the good successe of the fight and then tooke a shorte breakefast and also the Mariners and rowers being refreshed with meate and drinke and anon all of them euery one of them with prompt and valiant hearts made ready themselues for to fight Two of the galeazes went before the middle battell Iohn Andrew Doria Admiral of the Genouese fléete had the leading of the right wing wherein were thréescore and foure galleyes and also two of the galeazes went before him Augustine Barbadico was Captayne of the left wing with fiftie thrée galleyes and likewise two of the Galeazes went before him But Andrew Baciano Marques of Sancrace and Admirall of the Neapolitan fléete who had the leading of the rerewarde or the battell of succour stoode with his galleyes who were in number thirtie eyght halfe a myle from the battelles But that our men might fight with happy euent it was wrought through the helpe and singular prouidence of God who made the winde which at the begynning did greatlye fauour the enimies their nauie by little and little to fall and anon there followed suche a calms that the Turkishe vessels coulde scarce be stirred out of their place in so much that their shippes were rowed forth and in the meane time more leysure and aduauntage was giuen vnto our men to sette their araye The Admirall of the Turkishe fléete Haly Bassa had before this tyme sente one Caracosse with a Brigantine to take a vewe of our nauie the whiche he reported vnto the Admirall to be farre lesse than it was in déede eyther bicause he coulde not well sée the galleyes of the lefte wing by reason of his spéedy posting or else which is more likely for the Islande that was behinde them But two other that were sent after Caracosse hauing vewed our fléete more diligently and curiously marked the kings flagges returned spéedilye and tolde that our nauie was very strong and very excellentlye well appointed and prepared to fight with their ensignes aduaunced But as soone as he hearde this he greatlye maruelled as he that had before fully persuaded himselfe and also the same had bene tolde him by Caracosse that our nauie was farre lesse thā it was in déede and therefore woulde our men go backe againe as soone as euer they sawe them comming and seeke their safetie by shamefull flight or else if that they were so foolishe hardye as to fight they woulde receyue a notable ouerthrow He is also reported to haue enquired whether that those vessels which were placed in the front were Venetian or Spanishe and when he was aunswered that the one was intermired with the other he was very pensiue and had thought at the first that it scarce could haue bene by any meanes possible At the first he had thought to haue wintered eyther in the gulfes of Cataro Corfu or Cephalenia but after that he had lerned for a certaintie that our men had rigged forth a mightie nauie he returned incōtinently into Greece where he commaunded newe bandes of souldiours to be pressed forth and they being spéedily embarked in his nauie the whiche was also againe newe furnished with victualles and other necessary things he directed his course with the rest of the Lanizars and other ordinarie souldiers that he had before leuied towards Cuzzologri which was almost midde waye betwéene Lepanto and Patras with intent to fight with our fléete and in that minde was he the more confirmed for that he had vnderstoode by Caracosses wordes that his nauie was farre the greater Wherefore at the first the Turkes began to reioyce and promised themselues assured victorie and so great a desire to fight had inflamed all of thē that euerye man coueted to go before his fellowes although it were commaunded vnder payne of death that no man should go before the Admirall galley They were like vnto a mightie thick woode and coulde scarce be restrayned from fight and when they sawe our men come forwarde to fight verye valiantly and couragiously and euery galley to followe the ensignes according to the discipline of warre and in a very goodly order with the noses of their galleys directed against the enimies they also incontinently began to set their nauie with greate arte and celeritie and they had so much the more conceyued the victorie in hope bicause the winde did at the beginning blowe very commodiouslye for them as we haue sayde before But for that the beames of the sunne which shined that day very bright were full in their eyes they coulde not so aptly and commodiously order and sette their vessels in aray Partaw the Generall of the souldiours and Haly the Admirall of the fléete whiche two did leade the middle battell had appointed Mahomet Bey to be Captaine of the righte wing with fifty galleys and with him were Sirocke the President of Alexandria Caurlaw Asiscau Dragan Agadel Bassa Vstregasa and many other men of great marke But Occhialy had charge of the left wing with almost fourescore and ten vesselles and there accompanied him Caraiolo and Arabey his sonnes and many expert souldiours and also many of the Pirates and they went directly against Doria their wing séemed to be much stronger than his and also the galleys to be farre mo in number bicause that Doria his galleys that were on the lefte hande not farre from the mayne lande coulde not at the first be séene But the principall Chiefetaines themselues who were as ye haue hearde Haly and Partaw were garded on both sides with almost as many galleys And of those noble menne that accompanied them these were part Agan the maister of the Arsenall Mustapha Celibi the Treasurer Treymontana Amath Bey with his brother and Haly his sonne Amath Aga the Captaine of Teuthrama Assis Caiga the gouernour of Gallipoli Caracosse Cambey the sonne of Barbarossa Malamur the Captaine of Mitilene Deli Solyman Gider the Captaine of Scio Cassembey the Lieutenaunt of the Rhodes Prouy Aga the Captaine of Napoli Giapar Cilibi President of Calaba Dordagnan Dondomeney Beribeuole Osman Reul Agada Ciasafer Dram Rais and many other of marke both for their riches and authoritie and also for their prowes in warrefare Thus when they sawe our men the which in déede happen vnto them otherwise than they had expected readye and couragious to fight they incontinentlye aranged their galleyes for the battell being cast into the forme of a Croisant or halfe Moone as they haue of long time accustomed The Admirall of the Turkes verye seuerelye commaunded all men and euery man in the name of Selim for to
Cardona the Admirall of the Sicilian fléete and to whome this office was enioyned in all this voyage to go before the fléete with eyght galleys to scout and learne the counsels and intents of the enimie was entred a roade with foure galleyes to execute his office a little before the time of the consticte but he returned in good time euen then when the two fléetes began to ioyne in battell and comming vnto his place which had bene before assigned he founde it verye open insomuch that he was forced to take it before fiftene of the enimies galleys that approched For when he noted howe great detriment it woulde bring if that the enimie got in at that gappe he by fighting with great policie and celeritie did foreshutte them from that entrie neyther did anye one of them enter before that the Admirall came to succour Doria through whose and also other mens helpe those galleys were taken with small labour There were in these fouâ—â— galleyes of Cardona about fiue hundreth Spaniardes of whome scarce fiftie escaped vnhurt no nor any man that bare office There were slaine in this battell on our side of all fortes aboute eyght thousande and almost so many hurt Men of marke slaine were these Iohn Bernardine of the noble house of Cardona in Spaiâ—e Keâ—giâ—â—â— and Horatis Orsini noble Romanes Of the Venerian nobilitie Banedictâ— Sâ—peranzi Catarino Malipetri Vincent Euâ—riai Hâ—erâ—mi and Marino Contarini Iohn Lauredano Andrew Barbaedrica Fraâ—ncis Bâ—â—o Marke Antonie Lando Antony Pasqualigi and manye other of noble bloude Moreouer Iohn Baptista Benediâ—t Cipâ—â—◠〈◊〉 Cotonie Cudemâ—nico Cydon Iames Trissini of Vicenza Hier◠〈◊〉 â—â—â—â—â—zi Andrewe Calergi and Malatesta of Rimini who was wiâ—â—â— Barâ—â—â—iâ—â—â— Of them that were wounded were Iohn de Austriâ—â— withâ—â—â— arrowe but with a light wounde Paule Forano with another arrowe the Conte de San Fiora with a pellet of a gâ—nne and Troâ—lâ— Sauello with the same and Marke Molini a Captaine of the souldiours of Malta And also Thomas de Mâ—dica Martello Reâ—eriâ— Biffoli Martelino Guicciardini Spina Mazzingâ— Iuliâ— Nalâ—â—â— Guiaâ—â—uo Magnali Iohn Maria Pucoi Tornaboni Figliazi Federick Marcello and Berardâ— all Gentlemen and Knights of Florence But a certayne number of the enimies that were slayne coulde scarce be knowne bicause that very many of theÌ„ were drouned yet the same is that fistene thousande were slaine fiue thousande taken and innumerable hurt Of them that were slayn these were the men of greatest name Haly Bassa the high Admirall of the fléete Amath Bey the Captaine of the Ianizars Assam Bey the sonne of Barbarossa with his sonne Mehemet Bey the Captaine of Metileno Gider Fâ—y the Captainte of Scio Capstan Bey the Captaine of the Rhodes Prouis Aga the Captaine of Mahemeda or Africa Mustapha Scelubi the high Treasurer A stu Caiga the Captaine of Gallipoli Tramontana the Maister of the Turkes Admirall Caracosse and manye other to set downe whose names in this place it were too long a péece of worke Of prisoners among other were Malemet Bey and Seyn Bey the Admirals sonnes Malemet Bey the Captayne of Nigrepont and Syroch Bey whose wife was also taken a woman they saye of passing beautie The chiefe of them that escaped were Parlaw Occlâ—alâ— Murate Rays with his sonne and Genouese Aly. But Caraperis a famous Pirate was gone before vnto Cyprus with twentie galleyes and Brigantines parte of those 333. that came from Constantinaple and therefore be coulde not be at this bloudie battell The vesseles of the Turkes that escaped with Part 〈◊〉 and Oceâ—ialâ— were afterward certainly known to be xxv galleyes and ten Brigantines Of our enimies their nauie Cirj galleys came into our mens power but fortie were drowned and of Brigantines and other sortes of vesselles lx were taken But the Admirall galley which was taken among the rest it is reported was a wonderfull goodly and beautifull vessell insomuch 〈◊〉 there is scarce anye vessell in the whole Ocean that â—â—â—ye iustily be compared vnto hir for beautie and riches The decke of this galley as they haue talde we that sawe hir is on both sides greater by thrée partes than others be and is made all of blacke Walnut trée like vnto Hebene woode checkered and wroughte maruellous sayre wyth diuers colours and hystories of all kindes There be also in hir many counterfeytes ingraued and wrought in golde with so cunning a hande that it can scarce be thought that anye house in the worlde is more magnificent and stately The inner part and the chamber or cabban glistered in euery place with ryche hangings wrought with golde twist and diners sortes of precious stones and among them certayne small counterfeytes wrought with wonderfull cunning Moreouer there were also founde great store of clothes and apparell whiche were the Admirals wrought with the néedle and adorned with siluer and with so beautifull and riche workemanshippe that hye great Lorde Selim himselfe coulde not put on more royall and riche roabes But his rich casket with the fire thousand péeces of golde in it with a yearely reuenue of thrée hundreth Ducats was giuen vnto a Greke born in Macedonie who slue the Admirall and he was also created knight by Don Iohn he had also giuen vnto him the burrell of the Turkishe standarde the which after he was returned to Venice where he had long time before dwelt with his wyfe and serued the common wealth about the Arsenall he solde vnto a goldsmith Whereof when the Senate had intelligence they redéemed it of the Goldsmith paying a Ducate for euery ounce that it might be layde vp among the rest of the tropheys and spoyles It was all of siluer and guilt and that wonderfull thicke and ingraued rounde aboute with Turkishe letters On the one side was engrauen God doth conduct and adorne the faythfull In worthie enterprises God doth fauour Mahomet On the other side God hath no other God and Mahomet is his Prophet But to returne vnto the Christian nauie After that this renounted victorie was gotten the Princes sate in counsell what was to be done and at length after nature consultation Doâ— Iohn and Colonna determined to returne vnto Messina bicause they were not able to besiege any towne they being all well knowne to be strongly appointed before that their nauie were newly furnished with a freshe supplye of souldiours and that coulde not be now done for that the winter was come vpon them But the Vâ—netians repayring their nauie wanne a Castell in Epyrus called Margarita and also recovered the towne of Soppoto the which the Turkes had wonne this sommer and nowe they hearing of this great ouerthrowe did fearefully forsake it at the approch of the Venetian fléete The Conclusion Nor thus muche of the bloudy battels of our age Yet gen the readâ—rs I woulde you to vnderstande that all the great battels fought in our diuelishe dayes are not here set downe bicause that the liuely and faithfull description of diuers hath not henâ— published in print or at