kynge Lewys the twelfth and the Venecyans were of allyaunce agaynste Ludouic Sforce surnamed the Morâ—â— callynge hymselfe the duke of Millan Pazait at the request and desyre of the saide Ludouic caste of .x. M. horssemen of the Turckes wythin Fryol thewhyche came vnto Triuiz and wythin the sight of Venyce wherfore the Venecyans prepared set foorth by seea a greate and myghty armye With whome the gallyes of Fraunce dyd mete beynge vnder the charge and gouernaunce of the Lorde of Rauestaing and Gonsalo Fernando surnamed the greate capteyne wyth the gallyes of kynge Ferdinand Daragon called of the Frenchemenne Iohn Gippon The whyche armye tooke agayne the ysles of Chifalonie and of saynte Maure whiche afterwarde was geuen agayne to the Turcke by the sayde Venecyans vpon the conclusyon of peace made betwene theim by the intreatye of Maistre Androwe Gritti afterwarde duke of Venyce The gallyes of Fraunce went foorthe to the ysle of Methelin where they coulde dooe no good Aboute this tyme beganne the renounie and fame of Siach Ismail kynge of Persye named Sophi as was hys father and he was the sonne of one of the daughters of Vsuncassan and of one named Seichayder that is to saye the good Seich For he was counted for an holy manne and as a prophete And he was called Sophi of that secte or as I should saye that religion whiche they call Sophi or Sophilar of y e which I haue spoken before but some saye that it is because the countreye which they possesse is so called but neyther the Turckes ner yet the Persyans knowe what Sophene is The forsayde Seich after the death of thesayde Vsuncassan was sleyne by Iacobbeg hys brother in lawe for enuye of thys that the people of Persie were more enclyned and affeccionate to hym fearyng least they would haue made hym kynge Siach Ismael beynge then of y e age of eyght yeares fled and remayned a longe tyme in the toune of Leziam vpon the seea of Dabbaccuth vntyll he came to mannes state Afterwarde he retourned into Persie and founde the meanes to get vnto hym thrye hundred menne wyth whome he toke the toune of Sumach beynge then the chiefe or hedde toune of Mesopotamie afterwarde the nombre of hys people encreasynge he tooke Taurus and and then Syras the chief cytie of Armenie he vaynquesshed and caused to bee putte to deathe Aluant whyche was made kynge of Persie and he slewe Iacobegge the sonne of Vsuncassan and vncle of the foresayde Siach whyche made allyaunce with Aladule or Alnaudule and the Soudian of Egypte by whome he was sturred and persuaded to make warre vpon Pazait agaynste whome also he hadde many tymes preuayled And aboute thys tyme Selym the youngest chylde of the sayd Pazait departed from Trebisonde of the whyche he was gouernoure and without the knowlege of his father he maryed the daughter of Chan of Tartaire Precopie wyth the fauoure of whome and wyth the healpe of a greate nombre of horsses whiche his brother in lawe whome the Turckes call Chamogli or Canogli had sente to accompaignye hym and hauynge also on his syde the Iannyssaryes he compelled his father to geue ouer his realme vnto hym the whyche whyle they caryed him backe ouer the greate sea to haue lyued there the rest of his dayes he dyed by the waye poysoned by his sayd soÌ„ne Selym as some iudge because they dranke together at theyr departynge Pazait reigned xxx yeares and he lyued .lx. yeres and he dyed the. M. D. .xij. yere and the .xiiij. from y e reigne of Lois the twelfth And he lefte behynde hym .iij. sonnes Selym Achmat and Corcuth SElym beyng come to the realme by y e meanes aforesayd enteÌ„ded before all other thinges to dyspatch his brethren and first of all he caused to be sleyne Corcuth which was fled alonge the seea coaste nere to the Rhodes where he hyd hymselfe waytyng for a shyp to haue gone to the greate maister of the Rhodes but he was betreyed by one of his owne folkes and was taken and strangeled with a bowe strenge Achmet dyed the lyke death but he was takeÌ„ in battaile accoÌ„paignyed with a great armye whiche he had made oute by the ayde of Siach Ismail Sophie and of Campson Ciauri Soudan forasmuche as he was so fatte and grosse that he neyther coulde saue hymselfe by flyenge ner endure to ryde Selym beeynge thus delyuered dispatched of his father and brethren purposed to make warre agaynst the Sophie aswell for y e olde enemyte whyche was beetwene theim as also for the dyspleasoure that he dyd in aydyng his brother to make warre agaynst hym And the more easely to brynge to passe this hys purpose and entencyon he found the meane to haue peace with Lancelot kyng of Hungary and to refreshe and renue agayne for his more suretie y e allyauÌ„ce which he had wyth y e Venecyans then he toke the waye of Perse And as y e forsaid Sophy was come vnto him with a great nouÌ„bre of horsses armed and barbed euen vnto Assyrie he was scatered and dyscomfyted with the artillary of the Turkes with which the horses of y t Persians had not bene accustomed And the battayle was made in the playne of Calderam betwene Tauris and Coye wher as I haue sayde is the toune called Artaxata and this battayle is peynted or portured in the hall of the councell of Venice where I haue sene it and some saye that the sayde Selym sente it to theim After this battayle the sayd toune of Tauris came into the handes of y e Turckes with a great parte of the realme of Persye but it remayned not longe for Siach sone after recouered it agayne and it is kepte at thys daye by Taanas hys soonne Selym goynge backe agayne from Persye dyd wyntre in Trebisonde and the somer nexte folowyng he assayled the lorde Amandule whiche bordreth vpon y t Soudan toward the towne of Aleph called of the FreÌ„chmenne Halappe of the Turckes Aldephe and in the olde time Epiphania And it is called Aleph forasmuche as it is the fyrst toune of Sury On the other syde towarde Amasie is ioyned to y e Turcke Cony otherwayes called Icony and to the Persians by the lytle Armenie All the countree of the saied Amandule was taken and he hymselfe also whose hedde Selim caused to be smytteÌ„ of Then remayned there none but the Souldan whiche came w t a great strength agaynst Caythbey Emyr of Alep that dyd rebelle and disobey hym beyng accompaignied with xxviij thousand horsemen whiche were for the most parte Mammeluchs that nothyng regarded nor feared y e Turckes because thei had many tymes before beateÌ„ and vaynquisshed theim as is aforsaied Selym feyned hym to goo agaynst the Sophy makyng the bruyte to goo so a broade And as he dyd come vnto y e toune of Aman in olde time called Apamea beyng sumwhat betwexte Ale and Damas he was prayed and desyred by y e
of Fraunce whiche gaue to them duke Iohan of Calabrie sonne of kynge Rene. Againe they retourned to Philyppe duke of Millan afterwarde lefte hym so y t they knewe not to what saint they shulde vowe them selues But the moste mischyefe was that the sayde warres were an occasyon of the losse of Sirya of the realme of Ierusalem and that they opened a gate vnto the Turckes in to Grecelande and Europe as I wyll declare hereafter And it was about that tyme when Loys of Rauiere Federike of Austrige were at varyance for the empyre of Almanie The sayde Orcan reygned .xxii. yeres to the beginninge of kynge Iohn of Fraunce whych was the yere of our lorde a. M .iii. hundred and fyftye And he lefte his sonne Amurath to be hys successoure AMurath which y e Hungariens call Ammerat and the Turckes Moratheg or Morathey and Norathegby which signifieth Morath y e lorde he succeded Orcan whē Cantacusan pursued the Emperoure Caloianne hys sōne in lawe w t the ayde of Marcke Carlouich lorde of Bulgarie He was fauoured also of certayne Barons and lordes of Grece enemies of the emperour Caloianne Whyche forbecause he perceaued hym selfe to weake he was constreygned to aske helpe of y e sayde Amurath he dyd sende to hym .xii. M. horsemen with y e which he pacified all his maters afterward gaue them licence to departe But they hauing sene and tasted of the goodnes pleasauntnes of y e countree of Grece perswaded as it was easy to do y e sayde Amurath to gooe into Grece lyke as he dyd in dede accompaigned with .lx. thousande men w t whome by the aide meanes of two marchauntes shyppes of the Geneuoyes whiche had of him lx thousande ducates he passed ouer the strayct in olde tyme called Hellespontus and nowe called Callipolly or the castel by reason of two castelles being there at this houre where somtyme were wonte to be .ii. townes Sestus Abidus And they toke the towne of Calipoli beynge nere to y e saide streyght And afterwarde Adrianopoli nowe callled Andrinopoli and Philippoli somtyme called Olimpias They also ouerran all y e countre of Thrace called of some Romanie euen to y e mounteyn of Rhodope called by y e Grekes Basilissa y t is the quene of mounteynes Othersome doth cal it y t mounteyn of syluer by reasō of diuers mines of siluer y t there are They discōfyted in bataile y e said Marcke Carlouich toke prysoner the Erle Lazare of Seruir whyche is Misia the lesse called of Frossarde the erledome of Lazaran and caused him to be behedded in the meane time y e Emperour Charlys the fourth beynge greatly hindered and damaged wyth the resystaunce of the chyldren of Loys of Bauiar some tyme Emperour and in defendynge hym selfe from Ferray or Federic Marques of Mysue frō the Erle of VVirtenberge his pursuers he was constrayned to leaue the Empyre after him to hys sōne Lancelot and to sell the townes and lordeshyppes of Italye as Myllan to vicountes and dyuerse other Finally the sayde Amurath was slayne by a seruaunte of the sayde Erle of Lazare in reuengyng of his masters death In the yere of our Lorde athousande three hundred three score and thyrtene after that he had reygned thre and twentye yeares euen nere tooe the begynnynge of the reygne of Charlis the fyfte kynge of Fraunce leuynge two sonnes behynde hym the one named Pazait and the other Seleyman PAzait or Bazait after y e Turkes which neuer pronoūce the letter P was called of Froyssart king Basant y e sōne of Lamorabaquin some tyme Amorabaquin after hys fathers name Engner master Nycole Gilles whych gathered and compyled the Cronycles of Fraunce dothe calle hym kynge Basaac Thys manne was hardye dylygente and a great enterpryser he slewe in one battayle Marcke Carlouich in the whyche also were slayne al the nobles of Seruie and Bulgarie and thereafter ouer ranne all the country of Thessalie Macedonie nowe called Thumenesie and Albainie He destroyed all Grece euen tooe Athenes called of some Cuthine he spoyled Bosue whych is y e vpper Misia Croace and Sclauonie whyche are Dalmacia and Liburnia The Emperoure Lancelot sonne of Charlys the fourth then liuyng was sooe peasyable and quyet that often tymes he was imprysoned by hys owne subiectes and was deposed of hys Empyre by the Almaynes whyche dyd elect two others that is to wytte Ioce hys neueiue and Roberte of Bauyere called Rueprech whyche sygnyfyeth in theyr language Trouble peace For tooe returne agayne tooe Bazait he entred into Hungarie and dyscomfyted kynge Sigismound whych afterward was made Emperour called by Engnarran Sagemont in the famouse battayle of Nicopoli whych was lost because the Frēch men wolde not beleue the sayde Sigismonde nor tarye vpon the approchinge of his battayles nor of the Almaynes which was rekened to theyr greate pryde and arogancye as sayeth Frossarde In the whyche battayle were taken the Erle of Neuers Ihon afterward duke of Burgoynie the sōne Philippe the fyrst duke Philippe of Arthois Erle Deu constable of Fraunce Ihon the Maingre called Boucincalte and dyuerse others to the nomber of .vii. or .viii. which were sent to Bursir al the rest were slaine to the nomber of a thousande speres The whych battayle was on the vygyll of Saynte Myghell in y e yere of oure Lorde .xiii. C. lxxxxvi The sayd prysoners were after ward redemed not without great raunsons by the dylygence of one called Iames of Hely gentelman of Pycardie whych was taken with theym and who also before was well beknowen and trusted in the courte of the sayde Amorabaquin After thys battayle Bazait assyeged the towne of Constantinople and had taken the same had not been that a great prynce of Tartarye dyd enter in the Lanatolie whyche was called Tamerlā or Tamburlam by the Turckes called Demirlenge and by some hystoryans of Fraunce named Tacon of Tartarie but he was called of hys owne Temircuthlu that is to saye fortunate or happie swearde or happie yron And was the sonne of Cham of Tartarie called zaym Cham of the Horde or multytude of zanoltha and Czahaday beynge be twene y e riuers of Rha Volha which entre in the see of Abacuth whych y e Latinistes call Mare Caspiū or Hircanū And thys zaym was the verye same whome they of Pole called in theyr hystories Bathy the fyrst Mahumetyst of al the Tartaryans Tamerlan soone after was lord of al Tartarie Precopie called by theym Prezelzoth which signifieth diches or trēches lyinge betwixt the ryuers of Tana called Tanais and called of the Bory sehenes Nepar and by the Turckes Decoz the whyche countrye in olde time was Scithia y e lesse beingnowe in the possessyon of the Turcke And the sayde Tamerlā helde his seege in the great towne of Samarcande vpō the sayd see of Abacuth made him self to be
saied Caythbey of ayde succour agaynst the Soudan wher unto most wyllyngly he dyd agree seyng it was the thyng y t he moste earnestly desyred and the meane occasion also that he greatly loked for howbeit he durst not open nor declare his mynde therupon seing these two armyes in the feldes for feare least they shuld haue agreed to haue fallē vpon hym watching and sekyng a meane howe he hymselfe myght bryng theim bothe to destruccyon wherfore he dyd incōtinently ioyne and associat himself with the sayde Emyr Caythbey and they defyed the Soudan Campson Ciaury which died in the batayle like as dyd Cathbey then Selim remained lorde of Surie of Damas of Hierusalem and of Iudee The Mammeluchs which coulde escape returne into Egipte with theim also that remayned at home chase another Soudan named Tomombey Emir of Alexandrie Selim followyng hotely this fortune victory entreed into Egipte and vaynquished Tomombey in another battayle and tooke the toune of Caire which of some is called the wrong full Carra and by some others by more apparaūt reasōs Mēphis And as y e sayde Tomombey saued himself by passyng ouer the ryuer of Nyle he was pursued by Canogle who folowyng him passed ouer the sayde ryuer to Nou with .x. thousand horses of Tartarie because he foūde the brydge y t was made of botes brokē and destroyed by the Iannissares so that the saied Tomombey was taken and brought backe againe to Selim whiche caused hym to be hanged wherby the said Selim dyd remayne kyng of Egipte which was in y e yere of our lord a. M. D. and eyghtene Selim beyng retourned agayne to Constantinople wyllyng to go to Andripoli died by the way at y e village of Ciorlich wher as I haue said he had assailled his father with y e Tartarians And he dyed in the yere of our Lorde a thousande fyue hundreth and twenty beynge fourty syxe yeare of age and the eyght yeare of the reygne of Francoyes the French kyng that nowe presently doth reygne after that he had put to deathe these thre Baccha Chenden Baccha because that he would haue made busynes with the Iannissaries mouyng theim to ryot at his entryng in Perse Boscangi or Constantin Baccha his sōne inlawe for dyuer◠robberyes and enormitees which he had cōmytted and Ianus Baccha none can tel why or wherfore saue onely but that he thought hym to proude or arrogante This Selym lefte one sōne onely called Soliman by y e Turckes Seleyman leuing him in the custody of Peribaccha whiche did gouerne him in his yoūg age THe tyrant Seleiman the which nowe hath the dominion and rule of the Turckes at thys present time lord and gouernour ouer the Turckes beganne his reygne the xxviij yere of his age who in the yere nexte following by counsel of Peribaccha beseiged Belgrado wāne and tooke the same from Lois kyng of Hungarie the soonne of Lancelot of Hūgarie which thē was very yoūge the princes and lordes of the hole countree beyng at greate debate varyaunce for the gouernemente both of the kyng and his realme wherby it so chaunsed that they tooke no heede to prouide for any ayde or succour of the saied place And the nexte yere after he wente agaynste the Rhodes lystenyng and watchyng at all tymes accordyng to y e custome of his predicessours wher he myght heare or perceiue any diuision or dissencion y t shuld chaunse to be among the christian princes the whiche enterpryse he dyd take on hand without y e counsell and aduise of the saied Peri Baccha whiche did recken the same to be very doubtesome and to greate an auenture Neuertheles it came to passe accordyng to his owne desyre and that in y t yere of our lorde a. M D .xxvij. when Italie was in warres and troubles Seleiman entered into Hungarie with fauour as he saieth of Iohn of ziphs Vaiuod of Sibens borge whiche pretended the sayed royalme to apperteyne vnto hym So that it came to passe that the younge kynge Lois was slayne as he came to the battayle and therafter deceased the sayde Iohn leuyng a very yonge chylde behynde hym which not long ago together with his mother were taken by y e sayed Seleiman sente vnto Costantinople as it is reported As concernyng such thynges as are chaunsed of these laste yeares it is not necessary to wryte to you of y e same seyng that the same is manifestely knowen howe he hath recouered Coron Patras Castelno other places whiche the Emperours armye and nauie by the sea had taken from hym The greate enterprise of the Barberousse whiche by greate craft and subtiltie tooke the towne of Tunys in Affrique that we call Barbarie the whiche is euē at our dores or nere vnto vs there is not if a manne maie saie it but one ryuer to passe betwene vs and the realme of Tunys The whiche realme of Tunys at this present tyme is in holde of y e Emperours maiestie who did moost victoriously cōquest y e same in the yere of God M. D. xxvi chacynge Barbarousse from the saied realme y e whiche he did before moost wrongfullie holde possesse occupie to the great hurt and damage of all Christians How y e great Turcke not long agoe hath discōfited in battail the armie of Ferdinand kyng of hungarie not by no valiaūt feact but thorow chaūse of variaunce debate betwixte the almaignes hūgarians whō he founde fightyng the one againste the other in their owne campes Like as the veniciens were constraigned to rendre to hym the strenght and fortresse of Naples of Romanie y t was called Nauplias And it is to bee thought that he shall not kepe theim forasmuche as he beleueth theim and letteth theim dooe what thei wil. Ye haue caused me to enter in this mater whiche requireth to be set foorth more largely and by one of a greater witte and knowelege then I am of And also I haue lightly and briefly ouer passed the same And it shall be expedient too knowe that not onlie a kyng as is this kynge of hungarye but a smalle lorde and in maner asimple gentleman had had strength and power ynough not onlye to resiste and withstande the assautes and entreprises of this nacion but to haue dryuen theim awaye in destroyenge and takynge theim and that in y e chefest of all their strēgth and courage Wherfore it is not vnpossyble but that we maie euen nowe in this tyme dooe as muche and more when it shall please God to encourage vs therunto THe lawes of Mahumet cōteine some thinges verie madd and disagreyng frō all reasō and some woorthie to bee abhorred and detested of all menne some folishe and like olde wifes tales c. Some haue suche colour of honeste wisdome that a manne would thincke theim right holily made Some bee so like Moses lawe and the euangelicall doctrine y t you would iudge theim to haue been deriued out of the
the officers to hym belongynge The captaine of the trompettes The bearer of the Turckes baner The stypende of the staÌ„dard bearer The forenger A skauenger wyth hys company vnder hiÌ„ The names of the Turckes treasure The treasoret of the palayce of Saray The treasoret of y t profytes of the couÌ„trye a longeste the ryuer The treasorer of Grece The authoryte of the treasorers and stypende of their clarkes Two ouer seers of the clarkes Two wayers of mony Syxe tryers of mony The colecters and bryngers in of y e mony Collecters of the pencyon The yearly reuenues of the Turcke doth a mounte to xxxvii C. thousaÌ„d and .l. M pound ster The chiefe rulers vnder the Turcke The pencyon of the rulers Other counceloures y t hath bene in Turckye The gouernoure of the Turcke in his youthe The chiefe counselers of y e great Turcke Two presydeÌ„tes The chaunceloure The clarke of the hamper The Turcke hathe somtyme .x. thousaÌ„d chrystyan meÌ„nes chyldren The Turcke putteth chrysten mens childreÌ„ to plough The wiues of the great Turcke The wyues chyldren of y e greate Turke Another place where are fouÌ„de .iiii. C. chyldren Another place where the children are broughte vp The place where the Turke hathe hys shyppes made Shypwryghtes The Turckes haue no cunnynge in making shippes The christian men helpe the Turckes to make theyr shpppes The admyral The Barbarouse is the Turckes admyrall Beglerbey what it is The stipende or pencyon of the Beglerbey of Grece The pensyon of the Sangyacs Sobassis what they are The fyrste The seconde The thyrde The .iiii. The. fyfte The syxte The capteine of Carie. The wages of the Sangiacz The wages of the Spachis The place where Mahumet his bodie lyeth Arabie is not wholye subiecte to the Turcke The seconde strength of y e Turcke standeth in Spachys Wherof the Autour wyll intreate The belefe or fayth of the Turckes The tyme y t Mahumet was in The Turckes haue the Italyans in good estimacyon The foundacyon of the Turckes lawe How by speakynge of certayne wordes a christen man shaâ—be compelled to receyue their fayth or elles to dye Howe the Turckes are circumcized The cause of theyr goynge to church and what they dooe there The times of theyr goinge to churche How they are called to churche The wemen gooe not to churche with the men The foolyshe opinyon of y e Turckes The opinion and reuerence that the Turckes haue Iesus christe in Howe they name Christe and our lady The Turkes wil not suffer Christe to be blasphemed The punyshment due for blasphemye The Turkes beleue y t christ was not crucifyed of the Iewes How y e Turckes abhorre y e nacyon of the Iewes Howe y e Turkes haue y t bokes of the Euangelystes The Turckes haue noone ymages The Turckes saye the Pater noster as we dooe The Turckes abhorre the deuell The ceremoniall or superstycyous custom of the Turckes The clenlines of y e Turckes The Turckes hath two lentes The maner of theyr fastinge The Turckes geue giftes at theyr Easters as we dooe at New-yers tyme The Ester of the Turckes hath no tyme. The Turcke a worshype the moone Wemen cary aboute theyre neckes the fygure of the moone What sectes are amonge y e Turckes The Turckes are superstycyous The Turckes opynyoÌ„ in predestynacyon The Turckes call vpon sayintes The Turckes knowledge noone of cure sayntes but â—s George The Turckes are pytyful to the poore The grosse â— rudenes of the Turkes The syttinge of the Turckes The maner of theyr tables The potage of y e Turckes The Turckes maye dryncke no wyne by theyre lawe but yet ofteÌ„ tymes they dooe and are drunken Agaynste the Turckes shal fyghte they dryncke druÌ„cken Of an herbe that the Turckes eate The Turckes wyll put wrytynges to no fylthy vse The Turckes sonday is our fryday The Turckes work on theie Sabboth day The Turckes maye kepe as many wemeÌ„ as they wyll but they may haue but one wyfe The Turckes maye be deuorsed from theyr wiues yf they cannot agree wyth theym The wemen when they go abroade haue theyr faces couered The wemen dye theyr heares handes feete Howe the women dye themselues Howe the wemen dye themselfes The apareyl of the wemen The aparel of y t menne The Turckes abhorre the fasyon of oure codpeeces The pryde of the Turckes Wherein the Turckes delyte The nature of the Turckes The Turckes resemble the Almaynes in some thynges The Turckes for the mooste parte are vnlearned The superstycyous mynde of the Turckes The false hartes and cowardnes of the Turckes The descrypcyon of theyre houses The maner of the Turckes lodgynge The Turckes vse not to lye on fethers The shetes of the Turckes whereof they are made The name of y e great Turcke Howe y e Turke is called of hys subiectes The age of y e Turcke The descrypcyoÌ„ of y e great Turke The greate Turcke hath a sonne of the age of .xxviii. yeres Howe the Turcke ladeth his people with taxes and imposityons The ministrâ—cyon of Iuslyce A somme or briefe rehersal of that which is before spoken The preface of the wryter into the conquestes The yere of our Lorde M iii. C. The fyrste gatherynge of y e Turckes agaynste the christyanes Othmanbeg entred allyaunce with ii Grecyans a Turcke The names of the Grecyans The name of the Turcke The fyrst victoryyes of Othmanbeg Of this Othman descendeth all the greate Turckes The Sophi kepeth his kyngdome to hym selfe is not subiecte to y e Turcke Orcan the sonne of Othman The cause of the warre betwene the Geneuoyes and the VenetiaÌ„s The reygne of Orcan Amurath his iourney into Grece The two castelles Sestus and Abidus Howe Amurath ouerran all Thrace The dyscoÌ„fyture of Mark Corlouich The death of Amurath The hardines of Bazait The deposing of y e Emperoure Lancelot Howe the Almaynes chose ii Emperoures The battayle of Nycopoly The noble meÌ„ taken by Bazait in y e king dome of Hungarye The tyme of the battayle The raunsomynge of the prysoners Bazait beseeged Constantynople Bathy y e first Mahumetiste of Tartary The surname of Tamerlan The takynge of Bazait Howe Bazait was bounde wyth fetters of gold kept in a cage The death of Bazait The surname of Tamerlam Howe the sonnes of Bazait fled The errour of hys surname One murtherar destroieth another Mehemet y e first of that name How Mehemet vaynquisshed Sigismunde Mehemet was the firste of the Turckes that came ouer Danow The death of Mehemet Amurath the sonne of Mehemet The purpose of Amurath The cruelnes of Amurath against his brother inlawe Howe Lancelot prepared an hoost and preuailed The takynge of Carabey A truce coÌ„cluded betwene the Turckes and the Hungaryens The breaking of the truce The death of LaÌ„celot kyng of Hungarye Epirus Howe SchaÌ„derbeg lefte his owne couÌ„tree to gooe healpe Ferdinand kyng of Naples Howe Amurath woulde haue bene areligeous maÌ„ and geueÌ„ouer his rule and dominion Howe Amurath tooke vpon him again the rule and dominioÌ„ of Turckey Howe Amurath was robbed and spoyled The death of Amurath Mehemet the secoÌ„de of that name The wynning of Constantinople The first and laste Emperours of Constantynople was named Constantyne Turckyshe tyrannye Howe y e brother of Mehemet was Christened Mehemet discomfyted the Venecyans How Mehemet was assailed by Piramet Caraman Note that y e dyscorde betwene Christian princes prouoketh y e Turcke to warre How y e kyng of Persye assayled Mehemet The dyscomfyture death of Caraman The great ryuers Gue and Nou. The death of Mehemet Pazait or Bazait the secoÌ„de of that name Pazait the turckysh tyranne assaileth his brother Howe zizimi the sonne of mehemet fled to y e Rhodes for succoure Howe zizimi was vnder the keping of the B. Rome Howe the emperour desyred to haue zizimi How the bysshop of Rome poysoned zizimi Howe pazait beyng despatched of his brother beginneth a newe to warre vpoÌ„ christendome How Pazait prepareth again the Soudian MaÌ„meluchs are much like the knyghtes of y e Rhodes Howe y e souldian is elected and chosen The Mammeluchs wer christen meÌ„ne WheÌ„ the maÌ„meluchs beganne The fyrste Soudan How Pazait retourned into Sclauony The discomfyture of the Christians The Sophi The death of Pazait whiche was poysoned by his sonne Selym who also destroyed hys owne brethreÌ„â—… is y e father of SolymaÌ„ y e great Turcke that nowe raygneth Selym the sonne of Pazait How Selym sought y e destruccioÌ„ of his brethren The death of Corruth brother of Selym The death of Achmath the other brother of Selym. The coÌ„myng of the Sophy agaynst Selym Aleph is the fyrst lettre in the Hebrue alphabete and therof was y e toune named the fyrst in Surye This child is it the soÌ„ne of Ihon who hath now occasyoned the warre in HuÌ„garye and by whome the Turcke maketh clayme therunto
the seueÌ„ Castelles called in olde tyme Dacia The which Iohn Huniad was father of Mathias kyng of Hungarye that did reigne in our tyme. After this battaile was a truce taken for .x. yeares betwene the Turckes and the Hungaryans by reason wherof Carabey was delyuered paiynge for his rauÌ„sone fyftye thousande Ducates The whiche truce was sone after broken by the saied kyng Lancelot at the instaunce and persuasion of y e Bishop of Rome Eugene y e fourth which chaunsed to his great mischief for he was slayne in battaile nere to the toune of Verne which is called Dionysiopolis on saynt Martyns daye the .xi. daye of Nouember in the yeare of our Lorde M cccc and .xliiij. Out of which battayl Ihon Huniad did escape Of this victorie Amurath did nothynge reioyse for asmuche as he bought thesame veray dere he tooke also the Sophie capitalle of Bulgarie Scopie and Nouomont He ranne thorowe the countree of Acarmania nowe called Ducat or Duche and the countree of y e Cymera or Eperotee called Epirus from y e ryuer of Achelons called at this daye Pachicolam nere vnto the mouÌ„taynes nowe called the mouÌ„taynes of the Demble in olde tyme called Acrocerannii which are a part of the mountayne called Pindus he tooke the porte of the Velon sometyme called Aulon and passed ouer the goulfe of Larta called the Ambracius Beye and went to the toune of Oricus nowe called Rigo and froÌ„ thence towarde Cataro called Risonicus Beye or goulfe which is about xxv myles of lengthe from Ragusa which was called Epidaurus He coÌ„streined Iohn Castrioch deputee gouernour of Cymeria to reÌ„dre to him the strong toune of Croya and to giue his three soonnes in pleage whom he made to bee come Turckes the youngest of theim named George was but .ix. yeres olde or ther aboute and was surnamed Schanderbegge y t is to saie the Lorde Alexander whiche did beecome a right valiaunt capitain and worthy to be coÌ„pared vnto Pyrrhus to others his predecessours for vnder Amurath he conquered Saruie toke a greate parte of y e couÌ„tree of Caramanie retournyng afterwarde to the Christen fayth he caused to be taken froÌ„ the saide Bazait first y e countree of Seruie then Croya And all the countrees tounes and castelles which apperteined to y e late Ihon Castrioth hys father besydes twenty or thyrty battailles which he had agaynst the Turcke in the whiche he at all tymes had the victorie in so muche that Amurath the greate Turcke coulde neuer laye any thynge to hys reproche saue onely the good chere y t he made to hym the tyme he was vnder his power callyng him his vnthankfull sonne and chylde by dyuerse his writynges sent to hym full of many amyable fauorable good wordes The saide Schanderbeg feared hym so lytle that he left his owne countreye to gooe and helpe Ferdinand kynge of Naples agaynste Iohn duke of Calabre The which Ferdinand he dyd set into his realme and thrust out thesayde duke whoÌ„ he conquered For thewhiche pleasure thesaide Ferdinand called his sonnes beeynge spoyled of theyr goodes by Mehemet the seconde after the death of their father and gaue vnto theim greate substauÌ„ce and ryches somuche y t they were made Marquesses of saynte Ange. Of this stocke was Ferdinand Castrioth Marques of saynte Ange whiche dyed in the battayle of Pauye Amurath afterwarde occupyed y e countreye of the Moree thewhyche in the olde tyme was called Peloponesus by the varyauÌ„ce and discorde of two brethren Thomas and Dimitre or Demetrius deputyes of thesayde countreye and brethreÌ„ of Constantyne Peleologo the last Emperour of Constantinople for because that the Albanoys made warre vpon theim and therfore they ranne for succoure to thesaide Amurath and he made theim his trybutoryes And forasmuche afterward as they re-refused to paye that whiche they had ê“inysed him he chased theim Dimitre he retourned agayne towarde hym and Thomas wente to Rome to the bishop therof where he dyed and left behinde hym two sonnes and two doughters Amurath beynge come to extreme age wery of the worlde and of his victoryes wythdrewe hymselfe wyth certen heremytes and religious personnes of theyr lawe to thentent to lyue from that tyme foorth in solytarynes and rest Hauynge set in his place his sonne Mehemet whiche was verey young therfore he commytted the rule gouernaunce of hym to Haly Bacha whyche sometyme is called Caly Bacha But when afreshe Ihon of Huniad and the Hungarians had sente a greate army to assayle theim he was constreygned at the desyre of his sayde sonne and of thesayde Haly Bacha to take agayne his admynistracion because they coulde not be obeyed to set an ordre in these affaires â–ª goyng agaynst the Hungarians whom he vaynquyshed and droue backe And afterwarde he went and asseged Croye against Schanderheg but he coulde not gette it And then in his retournyng by the mounteignes he was robbed and spoyled of the Paysans whyche slue many of his people So that what with the greate grefe dyspleasure that he then tooke and also for age he dyed the. M cccc li. yeare of oure Lorde beeyng of the age of .lxxv. yeres the .xxxii. yeare of his reigne and the .xxvi. of the reigne of Gharles the .vij. kyng of Fraunce And he was the first that ordeyned the Iannyssaryes MEhemet the seconde of that name called by Enguerrand and other historigraphiers FrauÌ„ces Morbesan and I am in doubte whether they would say Morbesalem whiche is asmuche to saye in the Syryan Moresque speche as these woordes of the Gospell Vade in pace in englyshe goo in peace y e soÌ„ne of Amurath of Iriny Vucouich the daughter of George deputye of Seruie beganne to reygne the .xxi. yeare of his age and with in two yeares after he wanne the siege of the toune of Constantinople whiche was in the. M cccc .liij. yere of our Lord where was slayn the Emperour Constantyne And it came so to passe that lyke as one Constantyne the sonne of Helene was the first Emperour of CoÌ„stantinople so another Constantyne beynge the sonne of another Helene was y e last Emperour therof This Mehemet was nether Christian nor MusulmaÌ„ or Mahometist for in his youthe he was instructed in the Christyan fayth by his mother and after he learned this doctryne of Mahomet so that when he came to age and dyscrecion he nether kepte the one nor the other In the begynnynge of his reigne he caused to be slain two younge brethren that he had the one of y e age of .xviij. monethes and the other of .vi. Notwithstandyng some say that in the place of the elder was put another chylde and he that was his brother was sent to Constantinople and froÌ„ thence to Venyce and so to Rome to Calyxte then byshoppe of y t see which caused him to be baptyzed and named Calixte Othman to whome the