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Newes concernynge the general cou[n]cell, holden at Trydent by the emperoure and the Germaynes wyth all the nobles of Hungarye, Constantinople and Rome Translated out of Germayne into Englysh by Jhon Holibush. Anno 1548.
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Hollybush, John.
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letters the Lord Gerard veltwick sayth they be Arabyck letters Ther is also tydynges come oute of Hungary that a Lorde of the Kynges counsell called locētz whych fauoured more the Turkyshe partye than hys own lyege Lordes nether hearde gladly the truce made for his enterpryses in manye poyntes were hyndered This same as he sat vpon a tyme at hys table and hys seruauntes about hym one of them began sodenly to crye Come death haue me awaye And sodenlye he caste an horrible syght wyth turnynge of hys eyes raygynge and crying hugly with a loud voyce The deuyll is in me and hath possessed me nother wyll he leaue wyth me but more of you must daunce this daunce The other seruātes wold haue bounde hym but he spewed frome hym and behaued hym so woodlye afterward cast he out at hys mouth the stomack bowele lyuer harte and all hys entrayles by peces After that begā an other of the seruaūtes to rage and waxe woode cryenge howlynge piteously hugly I am possessed of the deuyl The same dyd they binde Lozentz sent cōtinētly for his parson to coniure the euyl spryt But before the priest came the thyrde seruaūt begā to rage also which was boūde as the other With that begā Lozentz to be greatly a frayed though the priest prayed moch ouer hym yet begā he to rage lyke the other crye so that he also was cōstrayned to be boūd And lay of this wyse in his house with his two seruaūtes for the fyrst dyed xiiii dayes before In the meane whyle swaged the woodnest he was lowsed of his bādes but hys coūtenaūte is yet so horrible dredeful that nomā dare approche hym Whā the foresayde truces were in hāde / a shyp was spoyled vpō our borders soncked which passed in valure .xx. M. gold gyldē / and al they that were in her were drowned but the dede doers are yet vnknowē whether thei be christē or Turkes that ioyne vpō the borders Cattiās brother in lawe hath slayne two hūdreth Turkes that passed the borders and inuaded oure men wherwyth he hath apeaced stylled the other These tydynges came here to Ausborowe the .xix. daye of Nouember but ther was no credence geuen to them vntyl ther came more surer certificatiō from the Kynges Maiestye and other Lordes The .xxvi. daye of Nouember last past came hether thre wedowes namelye my lady Mary quene of Hungary and Regente the Duchesse of Loren and the ladye Princesse of Orenge of Brabant whome met the Kynges grace of Rome the Archduke of Austriche hys sonne and the electours namelye of Colens Saxonye and Braundeborowe be syde a greate nombre of Byshops Dukes and Lords so that they entred at Ausborow syxe hundreth on horsebak They of Ausborow also haue made peace wyth theyr Lorde the Byshop whereof the condicions be that for the force spoyling and iniuries they haue done him shal in recompence therof geue him fyue nyntye thousande golde gyldens and for the spiritual rentes that they haue receaued thyrtye thousande golde gyldens Ther is here such a nombre of Lordes and Princes / as neuer hath ben sene in any parlamente imperiall The moost worshypfull in god father and Lord Adolyshe archebyshoppe of Colen hath yesterdaye whych was Saynte Nicolas euen receaued of the Imperiall maiestye hys dignitye Muche were to be wrytten of the takyng of the Duke of Saxony elector was and the Landtgraue but the shortenesse of thys letter and also the tyme wyll not admytte it Yet can not I wytholde you that Landtgraues wyfe with her chyldren haue delyuered a'great byll or supplication to the States of the Empyre wherein they sygnified that those articles whych were delyuered at the yeldyng of the Landtgraue were fulfylled expyred and accomplyshed requyred al the States of the Empyre to make sute for the Landtgraue to the Emperyall maiestye that he myght be delyuered Some of the Princes gaue consent therto but some toke deliberation vppon it In the meane whyle as thys was in hande was the Emperiall Maiestye aduertysed of thys And whan the Princes were nowe consultynge and takyng theyr aduyse dyd the Emperiall maiestye sende them a farre other certyfycation of the matter than that of the Lādtgraue specyfyēg the causes why it were not expediente nether for the commune peace nor the contry that he shulde be released and set at liberte It declared also playnly that the articles of the Landtgraue submyssion or yeldyng were not proposed aryghte nor lawfullye yea were not executed nother of the Landtgraue The Emperoures maiestye also answered so euidētly and wyth so manyfest demonstratyons to these thynges that were proposed the Princes by the Landtgraue that they all ceased of makynge sute for hym but were of a contrarye mynde Wherfore he was remoued from donwerte to Norlinges wyth duble warde whych thynge doth greatly greue and displease hym complaynyng bewayling and lamētyng to be so remoued from place to place Duke noritz of Saxony elector is departed from hence nowe of late of whome the fame goeth that he is gone to take vp men of warre in the name of the Emperours maiestye the truth wherof I cannot wryte for a certaynte Thys is of a truth that here are many doughty captaynes that moche artillery is sent towarde the costes to Switcherland They of Berne are afrayed and haue ofte sent to the Duke of Sauoye requyrynge to haue peace with him What ende these matters shal haue can I not shew at this tyme. I trust your gentlynesse wyll take thys wrytynge in worth as I shall come by you the which I trust shal be shortely I shall shew you more newes by mouth Fare well ¶ Wryten from August the syxt daye of December The yeare of oure Lorde M.D.Xlviii ¶ Imprinted at Londō in saynt Andrewes paryshe in the ware dropt by Thomas Raynalde