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A09567	A famouse cronicle of oure time, called Sleidanes Commentaries concerning the state of religion and common wealth, during the raigne of the Emperour Charles the fift, with the argumentes set before euery booke, conteyninge the summe or effecte of the booke following. Translated out of Latin into Englishe, by Ihon Daus. Here vnto is added also an apology of the authoure.; De statu religionis et reipublicae, Carolo Quinto Caesare, commentarii. English	Sleidanus, Johannes, 1506-1556.; Daus, John.	1560 (1560)	STC 19848A; ESTC S115937	985,386	980

auoyd the daunger they haue determined to differ the same vntil the next assemblie of the Empyre whiche they haue appointed at Regensburg the first day of April next folowyng to treate of the Turkysh warre trusting the either by that time they shal haue some better occasioÌ„ to sende or that he shal haue some intelligence of the thing in the meane time Al be it that Cesar wrote thus to the byshop of Rome his Cardinals yet wold it preuaile nothing but the coÌ„federatours sending vnto him Ambassadours as was agreed vpoÌ„ require him to depart froÌ„ his armies to restore Sfortia Duke of Millan to receiue the money for his raunsome send home the kyngs sonnes whome he deteineth as pledges to repay the money that he borowed of the kyng of England hereunto answered the Emperour at Ualolete the .xij. of February That he caÌ„ not dismisse his armies in any short time notwithstaÌ„ding he wil not refuse to take truce for thre yeres or more to seÌ„d the armies on both partes agaiÌ„st the Turke our coÌ„mon ennemie in the meane time to treate of peace Sfortia holdeth his landes of the Empire and is accused of treason he can not therfore be restored before his matter be examyned Wherfore let hym answere to the lawe and his accusers and he wyll appoynt hym indifferent iudges To restore the kynges chyldren vpon the receipte of the money he can not and the same is agaynste the kynges promesse othe and fidelitie Where they require him to repaie the kinge of England his money he marueleth not a litle consydering they haue no coÌ„maundement of him in this matter for the kyng he be such frendes as a mony matter can not breake their frendshyp Wherfore seinge the requestes be vnsitting he willeth them to bryng forth others for his part he wyl do nothyng obstinatly but shal be content to beare with many thinges for the coÌ„mon wealthes sake Wherfore the Ambassadours thus departing without any thing concluded they renewe the warres againe with all their force power In those daies Iohn Frederick sonne heire to the prince electour of Saxony married Sibille daughter to Duke Iohn of Cleaue the lady Catharine that Emperours yongest sister was promysed him writinges made of the same But when this alteratioÌ„ of religion chauÌ„ced in Saxony they swarued froÌ„ their couenauntes And Hawnart which was then Emperours Ambassadour in Germany sayd plainly that there was no promise to be kept with Heretikes following herein as I suppose the fote stepes of the couÌ„sel at Constance as in dede the Duke of Saxony reciteth in a certen writing EmoÌ„ges others of themperours captaines was Charles Duke of Bourbon who going with a certen power to Naples by the way toke the citie of Rome sacked it the next daye after he there arriued being the sixt day of May. ClemeÌ„t the byshop the Cardinals and other prelates fleing in to Castell aungell were beseged a certen tyme being trenched in on euery syde whiche after they had endured siege seuen monethes were at the laste deliuered by the Emperours commaundement It is harde to expresse with wordes the great crueltie and oultrage of the Germanes and Spanyardes at Rome For besydes the cruell slaughters destruction spoyling and raueshynge of women they left of no kynde of contumelious reproches mockinges of the bishop and his Cardinalles The Emperour excused the facte diligently affirmyng that it was not done by his commauÌ„dement And chiefly he wrote therof to the king of England that albeit he supposeth the thyng to haue happened vnto hym by the iust iudgement of God who auenged the wronge and iniurie done vnto hym yet he sayeth he wil so vse the matter that this same calamitie shal be the beginning and occasion of the helth of the common wealth Whan newes were brought into Spayn of the sackiÌ„g of Rome Cesar immediatly coÌ„mauÌ„ded to cease froÌ„ playing of pageantes interludes whiche were theÌ„ set forth for ioy of his son Philip newly borne The king of EnglaÌ„d answe red nothiÌ„g to themperours letters and the bishop of Rome being captiue vnto whom he bare a great zeale reuerence themperours power increasing daily he fixed his mind vpoÌ„ warre sending the Cardinal of yorke ambassadour into Fraunce To the couÌ„sel of RegeÌ„sburg came the Prynces but sent their Ambassadours only Wherfore there was nothing coÌ„cluded sauyng that they sent letters to the Emperour the xviij day of May signifiyng that for diuers causes his presence were requysite and nedefull In this tyme sprange vp a newe kynde of doctryne of suche as are called Anabaptistes They condempne the baptisme of infantes and are baptysed agayne them selues teachyng that all thynges should be common Against these wrote Luther Zwynglius and diuers others And the magistrates punished in euery place They boaste of visions dreames and at Sangal a town in Swycerlande one of them cut of his brothers head in the presence both of father and mother whome he had perswaded that God had coÌ„maunded hym so to do but being apprehended of the magistrate he suffered the lyke punyshment Now how muche they increased and what coÌ„motions they styred vp in Germany hereafter shal be declared This yeare the Senate of Strasborough decreed that none shoulde from henceforth be buried within the citie and appointed certen places for the buriall of the dead without their citie When the Frenche kynge heard that Rome was taken makyng league with the kyng of Englande he sent a great armie into Italy by the conduicte of Lautrech a Gascon to rescewe the byshop Who comming into Lumbardy and ayded by the Uenetians taketh first AlexaÌ„dria and after Pauie partly by force and partly by composition but the souldiours in their rage and fury for that the king was there taken after a wouÌ„derful slaughter of the townes men spoyled the citie The .xxvij. day of Iuly Charles Duke of Burbon lately stayne in the assaulte at Rome was condempned at Paris by the court of parliameÌ„t of treason his name and memoriall accursed his Armes plucked downe and his landes and goodes confiscated Anthony Prate Chauncelour gaue the sentence This Duke bare a mortall hatred to the kynge and what tyme he went to besege Marseilles as is mentioned before in the fourth boke for because at the same tyme the kynge of Englande toke the Emperours parte he wrote to the Cardinall of Yorke emonges other thinges that he would spare no paynes nor peryll that kyng Henry might by his helpe recouer the ryght and tytle that he hath to Fraunce For Englyshe men doe clayme all Fraunce to be theires for a two hundreth yeares since and aboue especiallye Normandye Gascoyne and Gwyne In these letters therfore did Bourbon prouoke the kynge to clayme and chalenge his ryght Whiche letters the Frenche kyng afterwardes chauncing vppon conceyued muche more hatred against hym There was in the dukedome of Bauarie one Leonarde Cesar a professour

Wherfore if you thinke it good and that it be oure destinie that a foreine prince shall at this time weare oure Crowne vpon his heade certenly I thinke mete to preferre the Frenche kynge before the Spanishe But if the lawe do prohibite vs to chose the Frenchekinge letthe same take place in the Spanishe kinge and let vs not throughe a subtill interpretation accompt king Charles a Germanie but let vs espie out amonges all the Princes one whiche hath no mansion but in Germany which is a Germanie in birthe language maners and dispotition My lorde of Mentz supposeth that suche an Emperour shoulde for his small abilitie be dispised but if we chose a mete man Germanie is riche and stronge enough to beare vp this burthen Raffe the xj Emperour before Maximilian was a man but of Small power but he excelled in vertue And he restored TheÌ„pire that was ful weak and sore afflicted with great warres in such sorte that all the kinges about him did feare him What a good opinion had also foreine princes and amonges others Lewes the xij king of Fraunce of themperor Maxilian onely for his wit vertue I suppose you knowe righte well For doubtles the princes of Germany haue bene euer of muche estimation And as yet their noble fame is not extinguished but florisheth stil And amoÌ„ges others at this day there be thre principal houses in Germani the house of Bauar Saxonie BraÌ„denburge And of these houses also diuers worthy meÌ„ Wherfore if we chose one of theÌ„ assist him with our aides as surely we are bouÌ„den we shal nede to feare no strauÌ„gers so that we be all of one minde and will althinge shal be in saftie Therfore setting a part straungers let vs create some one of our owne couÌ„treymen it shal proue right wel for there be many domestical examples of vertue wherof I shall recite one Matthias kinge of HuÌ„gary a stout warriour a fortunate proclaimed warre vpon a time againste your father my lord of Saronie but wheÌ„ he perceiued a sufficient armie prepared againste him his anger was sone pacified So mighte now also the meanes be founde that an Emperor of our owne nation being elected might mainteinehis estate and authoritie both at home and a broad Thirdly spake the duke of Saxonie who after he had proued the Frenche king to be excluded by the lawe king Charles to be a Germayne Prince to haue an habitation in Germany he said the common weale had nede of some mightie prince but he knew noue to be compared with Charles therfore he was contented that he should be declared Emperor but yet vpon certen conditions that Germany shall reteike her libertie and that those daungers which were mentioned should be eschewed Finallye when the rest had approued this sentence the Archbyshoppe of Treuers saydeâ— I see the fatall destenye of Germany and the alteration euen nowe at hande not withstandynge for asmuche as it semeth so good to you I will confourme my wyll vnto your iudgemente This was the xxviij daie of Iune when it was darke night Wherfore they departed and mette agayne the next daye There they began to treate what conditions should be propounded to the Emperour the matter was in debating certein daies at the lengthe when they were agreed vpon they were written out and sent to his Ambassadours to Mentz Whan they had receiued them all theyr voices were committed to writinge as the maner is and sealed the daye before thempire was offered to Friderick duke of Saxonie but he with a stout courage refused it gaue his voice vnto king Charles whose Ambassadours for his so doynge offered hym a great suÌ„me of money which he vtterly refused would not suffer his meÌ„ also to take one farthing After this tharchbishop of Mentz calling the nobilitie comon people into the church of Saint Bartholomew in his sermoÌ„ declareth Charles Archduke of Austrich king of spaine to be king of Romanes in the stede of MaximiliaÌ„ departed And for that he was chosen with such a coÌ„sent he saieth they ought to geue God thankes exhorting theÌ„ to shew to him all fidelitie obeysauÌ„ce speaking much in his praise he declareth why they chose him before all others Than thambassours which were comen with in a myle were sent for Those were Matthew the Cardinall of Salisburge Erarde Bishop of Liege Barnard Bishoppe of Trent Fridericke countie Palatine Casimire Marques of BraÌ„deÌ„burge Henry Erle of Nasso MaximiliaÌ„ of Sibebouge certeÌ„ others of his couÌ„sel WheÌ„ they were comeÌ„ they coÌ„sulted howe the common wealth be gouerned vntill suche tyme as he came him selfe into Germany Howe Casimire the Paulsgraue should leuie a force of men place them in garisons and foresee that the state take no harme Afterwardes the Princes Electours sente Ambassadours with their letters to king Charles to declare the whole matter The chief of theÌ„ was Fridericke the Paulsgraue Howbeit in the meane time diuerse messengers went into Spaine amonges other one went froÌ„ Franckefurth to Barcelona in nine dayes The Countie Palatine arriued there at the ende of Nouembre deliuereth the Princes letters the content wherof was this That he would receiue thempire offered him and all delaye sette a parte repaire into Germany so soone as he mighte He aunswereth ryght curtesiye by the mouthe of Mercurine Cattinar that all beit there was muche trouble towardes him what by the Turkes and what by the Frenche men yet this not withstondyng he sayd he neither coulde nor woulde faile the common countrie chiefly syns that so noble Princes had such an opinion of him required him so to do Wherfore he receiueth their honour offered him right thankefully so shortly as may be will imbarke him self to come to the borders of thempire And in maner with the same wordes he writeth to the Princes Electours and sendeth home Fridericke honourably rewarded Thus was he made Emperor the fift of that name being than xxj yeres of age The Frenche kyng toke the repulse the more greuouslie for that he perceiued a greater dauÌ„ger to hang ouer his state seing the power of his enemie whom before he suspected herby to be muche increased for he had rather any man els had bene chosen than he He had geuen great sommes of money to haue bene coÌ„sydered And so did they of FlauÌ„ders in like case as it is reported but herein I can affirme nothing certenly Here will I declare the Petiegre of kinge Charles Charles the fift surnamed wise king of FrauÌ„ce gaue the DukedoÌ„ of BurguÌ„dy which fel vnto him to Philip his yongest brother which Philip maried afterwards the lady Margaret thonly daughter of Lewes Erle of FlauÌ„ders had by her a sonne called Iohn And he had a sonne named Philip the father of Charles the stoute warriour which was slaine before Nancey leauing a daughter called Mari an inheritour of many great couÌ„treis She was maried to MaximiliaÌ„ sonne to theÌ„peror

my selfe beyng very yonge gaue the repulse to Maximilian whan he moued warre against vs wold haue done the lyke to his enemy also but that he contendeth with me rather by craft and subtyltie than he doth by power and manhood Hytherto haue I borne with this iniury as I might But thinke with your selues moste noble Prynces howe greuous a thynge it is to be cast downe out of the hyghest degree of power dignitie to the state of a priuate man I suppose there can none be found so mylde and patient that sufferyng so many iniuries woulde not loke about hym on euery syde for all the ayde he myght get Wherfore seyng that at no tyme synce I receyued the gouernment of the commoÌ„ wealth I haue refused any conditions reasonable nor wyll not yet doe and had rather doe any thyng than styre vp cyuyle warre and myne aduersarye proceadeth obstinately I doe proteste that it ought not to be layde to my charge as blame worthy if for myne owne defence I seek the best meanes I can For in case the common wealth doe susteyne thereby any dommage that maye not be ascribed vnto me that hath soughte all wayes to haue peace but to myne ennemie whiche inuadeth an other mans Realme through great iniury He hathe layde dylygent wayte in all wayes and passages that nothynge be conueyed vnto you Notwithstandynge I suppose you haue hearde howe he forsoke his brother in lawe kyng Lewys vnto whome beyng ofte and earnestly requyred he sent neyther men nor munition nor any other ayde agaynst the violence of his ennemie And why for he loked after his death to be kyng Moreouer the common ayde of the Empyry appoynted for Hongary he sent to his brother to disquiet Italy Where as I sent to kynge Lewys at the same tyme my brother with three thousande men of myne owne costes and charges and woulde haue bene at the battell my selfe had I not bene commaunded by the kyng to remayne in Transiluania My brother dyed in the battel ryght valeantlye Ferdinando promysed by an othe that vnlesse he dyd fyrste recouer Belgrade and certen other castelles of the Turkes he wold not take vpon him the gouernment but his fayth fayled herein for the Turkes haue inuaded further destroyed and spoyled the couÌ„trey and haue wonne the castell of Iaice the chiefest fortresse of all Bosna Whiche Castel kyng Matthias with a great losse of his men recouered in times past of the Turkes mine vncle Emerick defeÌ„ded the same afterwards induring a long sege the kinges haue fortified synce that time to their exceading great charges now lost by our valeauÌ„t captaine that made so many goodly promises and I thinke not loÌ„g to he wil for very necessite cal vpon you for ayde as though he stode in dauÌ„ger for the defence of Germany but his mynde is an other waye For he intendeth not to warre vpoÌ„ the Turke vnto whom he is coÌ„tent to pay tribute yearely hath sent his Ambassadours thither for the same purpose but he myndeth with your men and money to helpe his brother in Italye to destroye me and brynge the Realme of Hongarye into bondage And seyng the matter is thus I most earnestly beseche you to forsee that this priuate iniurye donne vnto me turne not to the great hynderaunce of the common wealth And after a whyle he wrote also to the Emperour muche lyke to this in effecte exhortinge him to appease his brother And thus much for the defeÌ„ce of his case but FerdinaÌ„do grounded him self vpoÌ„ the coÌ„position whiche themperour Maximilian had made with the Hongarians and their king Ladislaus in the yeare M. iiij C. xci by the whiche it was prouided that if Ladislaus died without heire male that then Maximilian and his heyres descending in of the right line shold possesse that kingdome Wherfore whan Lewys the sonne of Ladislaus was dead without issue as I tolde you before Ferdinando nephewe to Maximilian by his sonne Philip and Archeduke of Austriche and moreouer hauiÌ„g maried the syster of kyng Lewys affirmed the kyngdome to be his by good right And this selfe same tyme the Lantgraue of Hesse and the prince electour of Saxony mustering their meÌ„ prepared theÌ„ selues vnto warre the cause therof was this One Otto Paccius a Lawer and a gentle man borne one of the chiefest councellours about George Duke of Saxony by occasion of talke admonyshed the Lantgraue to loke to his owne thynges For nowe of late had Ferdinand the Marques of Brandenburge the Cardinall of Mentz and Salisburge George the Duke of Saxon William and Lewis Dukes of Bauer and certen byshops as Bamberge and Wirciburge made a league to destroye him the Duke of Saxon electour and Luthers religion And for the more credit of the thing he shewed him the copie of the confederacie promysing hym also the principall Whylest they leuie their Armies make preparation for the warres all men marueled muche wherfore it was and what would come of it some sayde one thynge and some an other as in suche cases is accustomed Whan they had all thynges in a redynes sendyng abroade their letters and messengers into all partes thei published the copie of the coÌ„federacie which was brought vnto them and wrote also vnto them whiche were thought to haue made this league and sent their Ambassadours to knowe what their intent was But they al pourged them selues euery man seueral and sending abrode their letters affirme it to be a forged matter and that it can not be proued And Duke George the Lantgraues father in law vrged him chiefly to bryng forth the partie that tolde hym whiche if he did not he wyll thynke none other wyse but that it is his own deuyse to styre vp stryfe and disturbe the quietnes of German ye Their fyrst attempt shoulde haue bene to haue set vppon the byshoppes that were next them and therfore they toke vp and waged men as many as they could get vpon suche a soden But when Paccius coulde not shewe the dede it selfe according to his promyse Than the Lantgraue begaune to waxe colde in the busynes And at the laste by the mediation of countie Palatine and Richarde Archebishop of Treer they dimysed their armies vpon condicion that the byshoppes shoulde paye vnto the LaÌ„tgraue for the charges of this warre a huÌ„dreth thousand ducates the Archebyshop of Mentz fortie thousande Wirciburge as muche and Bamberge twenty thousande Afterwardes what tyme the Ambassadours of the prynces did mete at a day prescribed whom in dede this accusation did touche Paccius whome the Lantgraue there presented was conuicted of falsihode Yet by his meanes put at lybertie whan he had wandered in straunge countreis certen yeares at the last was beheaded at Andwerpe When the matter was thus pacified the prynces confederated of the Sweuicall league accused the Lantgraue that he had done wrong and iniury to their felowes And where a new sturre had lyke to haue growen vpon the same

not alter their purpose they were bannyshed the town Luther in his letters to them of Lipsia called Duke George the Apostle of Sathan whiche thinge breade muche trouble For Duke George did accuse hym before his cosyn the Electour of Saxon howe he had not only rayled on hym but had also styred vp his subiectes to rebellion The Prince Electour in his letters charged Luther withal and amonges other thynges sayth that vnlesse he can make his purgation herein he must of necessitie punyshe hym Wherfore vpon this occasion Luther wryteth a booke wherein he confuteth this accusation declaryng howe he gaue them counsel not to resiste their Prince commaunding them not to doe wickedly but rather to suffer death or exile whiche concerneth no rebellion For that is to be ascribed vnto them that teache howe the Magistrate shoulde be resisted by force of armes and they are sedicious in deede of whome also Peter the Apostle hath prophecied but this belongeth to the profession of the Gospel to be condempned as seditious Christ hym selfe was for this cause put to death moste vnworthy as though he would haue bene kyng of Iewes and haue made the people to rebelle against the Emperour After to the same booke he adioyneth an epistle wherwith he doth comforte those banyshed men of Lipsia admonishyng theÌ„ to take their exile paciently and also to geue God thankes whiche hathe graunted them his constancie of mynde and perseuerance I shewed you of the league concluded betwene the Emperour and Clement the seuenth but when the Emperour was retourned into Spayn Clement at the request of the Frenche kyng toke shipping and arriued at Marceilles in haruest tyme and for the more intier freÌ„dship he marrieth his niece Katherine Medices vnto Henry the kynges sonne Duke of Orleans a younge Prynce of fiftene yeares of age And because the occasion serueth I purpose here to speake a litle touching the house of Medices and Syluester Euerarde Iohn were the first accompted of that name whiche were all Senatours of Florence but the fyrst that ennobled that house was Cosmus who was the rychest marchaunt not only of his owne citie but also of all Italy His sonne Peter had two sonnes Laurence and Iulian. And Iulian had a sonne borne after he was dead called Iuly who was afterwardes Clement the seuenth Not withstanding that they reporte diuersly touching his byrth LawreÌ„ce had the sonnes Peter Iulian and Iohn Who was made byshop of Rome Leo the tent Iulian had no chyldreÌ„ Peter expulsed out of Florence and at the lenght drowned in the mouth of Lyre by reason of a teÌ„pest left a sonne named Lawrence who married Galla of the house of Bolonois and by her had this Katherine of whome here mention is made Clement which made his abode at Marseilles a moneth and somewhat more to gratifie the kyng and his nobles made foure frenche Cardinalles whome he perceiued to be moste in fauoure with the kyng Odet Chastilion Philip Bolon Claude Gifrie and Iohn Uenerie byshop of Lisiens No man doubted but this affinitie pretended an alteration of the state of Italy and many marueled at the vniqualitie of the mariage In so muche that Clement hym selfe as the report goeth was doubtfull and woulde not beleue that they ment good ernest before the mariage was solempnised Within a fewe monethes after the Lantgraue goeth to the French king the cause wherof was this In the yeare of our Lorde 1519. Ulriche Duke of Wirtemberge was driuen out of his countrey by the confederatours of the Sweuicall league for takyng of Rutelyng a towne imperiall whiche was in confederacie with them Which Prouince first the Emperour had of the rest and after in the diuision of the inheritaunce FerdinaÌ„do receiued it of the Emperour In the assemblie at Auspurg certen princes were peticioners that the Duke whiche had bene eleuen yeares in exile might thaÌ„ be restored But it was in vayne for the Emperour reciting the causes from the beginning for whiche he was exiled dyd create his brother Duke there openly of that countrey Wherfore the Lantgraue being a dere frende and a nere kinsman to Duke Ulriche thought to attempte some thing at this present but being disapoynted by certen which had promysed theyr ayde he differred the matter vntyll better oportunitie serued And nowe in the Emperours absence coÌ„sidering how the Sweuicall league made for eleuen yeares was dissolued he goeth into Fraunce and layeth to pledge the Countrey of Mount Pelicarte vnto the kyng for a summe of mony in the name of Duke Ulriche vpon condicion that if he redeme it not within thre yeres to be than the inheritaunce of the realme of Fraunce Besides this some of money the kyng also promysed him to lende hym another som in hope that the lande should not be redemed At this tyme fortuned a wonderfull alteration in Englande and the occasion was this Henry the seuenth kyng of Englande had two sonnes Arthur and Henry Arthur maried Katherine daughter to Ferdinando kyng of Spayne diyng without ishewe Henry the father who coueted much that this alliaunce with the Spanyarde myght continue by the lycence of the byshop of Rome Iuly the seconde deuyseth to marrie this Katherine to his other sonne also whiche was kyng after him who departed the yeare of grace 1509. Wherfore Henry the eight of that name after he had maried her his father beyng dead and he nowe of manye yeares sufficiently establyshed in his kyngdome propoundeth this scrupulositie of his conscience to certen byshoppes and calleth in questioÌ„ whether it were lawfull to marrye his brothers wyfe and of longe tyme abstayned from her company The byshoppes hauynge priuate talke with the Quene by the kinges assignement declare vnto her that the byshop of Romes lycence was herein neyther good nor lawfull She aunswereth that it is to late nowe to examyne the licence whiche so longe synce they had allowed She had dyuerse tymes miscaried of chylde and brought forth none that prospered sauynge one daughter called Marie The byshop of Rome committeth the hearynge of the matter vnto two Cardinalles Campegius whome he sent into Englande and the Cardinalle of Yorke After longe and muche debatyng whan the kynge was put in hope from Rome that sentence should be geuen on his syde Campegius in maner at the same instant that iudgement should haue passed by the byshop of Romes admonyshement began to drawe backe and fynde delayes The cause wherof as men suppose was that through the death of the Duke and captaine Lawtrech and distruction of the Frenche armie about Naples that Androwe de Aurie the moste experte man of the sea forsakyng the FreÌ„ch kyng was fled vnto the Emperour All the whiche thynges chaunced so at the same tyme that the byshop was afrayde to offende the Emperour being nephewe to Quene Katherine whiche had suche lucky successe in all his assayes in Italy Wherfore Campegius in fyne retourned without

kyng and his two fellowes were caried hither and thither vnto Prynces for a shewe and mockery By the whiche occasion the Lantgraues preachers enter in disputation with the kynge touchynge these opinions chieflye of the kyngdome of Christe of Magistrates of Iustification of Baptisme of the Lordes supper of the incarnation of Christe and of Mariage and by the testimonies of Scripture priuayle so farre that albeit they did not chauÌ„ge him wholy which stroue and defended his opinions stifly yet did they turne him coÌ„founde him so that in fyne he graunted to many things whiche not withstanding he was supposed to haue done to saue his lyfe For whan he retourned vnto him the seconde tyme he promysed if he myght haue his pardon to brynge to passe that the Anabaptistes whiche were in Hollande Brabant Englande and Freselande an exceadyng great numbre shold kepe sylence and obey the Magistrates in all thynges Afterwardes the same preachers reasoned with his fellowes also both by mouthe and wryting of mortification of Christening of Chyldren of the communion of goodes of the kyngdome of Christe What tyme they were brought to Telget the kyng beyng demaunded of the Byshop by what authoritie he durst be so bolde to vsurpe so muche libertie vpon his Citie and people He asked hym again who gaue him that power and aucthoritie ouer the Citie And wher the Byshop made aunswere that by the consent of the College the people he had that rule and iurisdiction And I sayde he was called hether of God At the thirtene kaleÌ„das of February thei were brought again to Munster coÌ„mitted euery man to a seuerall pryson And the same daye also came the Byshop thether accompanied with the Archbishop of Collon and the Ambassadours of the Duke of Cleue The space of two dayes followyng was spent in Godly admonitions that they myght be reduced from their heresy And in deede the kynge confessed his faulte and fled vnto Christe through prayer The other two neyther woulde acknowledge any offence and yet stode obstinatly in their opinions The next daye the king was brought vp to the skaffold and tied to a post There were two hangemen ready and eche of them a payre of tonges read hote at the three first pulles he helde his peace afterwarde callyng continually for Goddes mercy whan he had bene thus turmented an howre and more and at the last was thrust to the harte with a sharpe poynted dagger he left his lyfe and his fellowes had the same punyshement Whan thei were dead they were fastened to grates of iron and hanged out of the hyghest towre of the Citie called saynet Lambertes the king in the myddes a mans height aboue the other two In the moneth of Ianuary of this present yeare died the lady Katherine Dowager whome Henry the eyght kyng of Englande had put away thre yeares before I shewed you in the fourth booke howe Fridericke Duke of Holste was by the helpe of the Lubeckes made kyng of Denmarke After whose death there arrose mortall warre betwene his sonne Christiane that was kinge after him and the Citie of Lubecke But where as the Duke of Saxon the Lantgraue Ernest Duke of Lunenburge and the Citie of Breme Hamborough MaydeÌ„burge Brunswicke Lunenburge and Hildisseme intreated a peace This yeare in the moneth of February all was pacified Than had Charles Duke of Sauoye a certen space maynteyned warre against the Citie of Geneua beynge ayded by the Byshop of the same Citie or set on rather partely for the profession of the Gospell partly for other matters And the Citie of Geneua was ioyned in league with the Citie of Bernes in SwicerlaÌ„de of whome at the length receiuing great ayde they gaue the repulse to their ennemies And they of Bernes marching further subdued al that laye coÌ„modious for their countrey euen to the loke of Geneua The residue of the Swicers also that bordered vpoÌ„ Sauoye did the same Whylest this was a working the kynge of Fraunce whiche had longe before purposed to warre in Italye but especially synce the death of Fraunces Sfortia leuieng his Armie in the begynning of the spryng tyme maketh warre also with the Duke of Sauoye his vncle for a controuersie of inheritaunce whiche he said was due vnto him possessed and deteyned by the Duke Who beynge already much inpoueryshed by the Swycers and therfore an vnmete matche for so puissaunt an ennemye was in short tyme dispossessed in maner of his whole Duckdome For the kyng passing ouer the Alpes inuadeth also the countrey of Piedmount and amonges other taketh Turrine the chiefest town in those partes fortifieth it with workes and strength of men by the conduict of Philippe Schabotte Admirall The Duke of Sauoy had marryed Beatriche daughter to Emanuell kyng of Portugall and the Emperours syster Isabel And in the former tyme he addicted him selfe to neyther of them but now where he semed to incline to the Emperour he styred vp the king his nephew by his owne syster Lewesse against him Some reporte howe byshop Clement what tyme he was at Marseilles as in the last booke is recited gaue the kyng this counsell that in case he intended to recouer Millan he should first seke to be lorde of Sauoy and Piedmonte adioyning to the same Howe soeuer it was the kyng in the yeare followyng after a certen newe custome ordeyned through out the Realme of Fraunce legions of Souldiours to the numbre of forty thousande whiche shoulde exercise their weapons and be in a readynes when tyme of seruice came For where as aunciently the kynges of Fraunce haue alwayes maynteined cheualry and their whole force hathe bene horsemen this man would haue also footemen ready monstered that he shold not euermore haue nede of forein souldiours And the kynges purpose was to leade forth his armie and make warre thereby in LuÌ„bardie to the intent he myght recouer the Duckdome of MillaÌ„ which he had before enioyed syxe yeares together and contented that it was his and the right of his children by Ualentine his grandmother sister to Philippe Uicecounte the last Duke of Millan of that familie And thus the matter standeth The house of UicecouÌ„tes bare a noble brute in Lumbardie And the first of them is accompted Otho Archebyshop of Millan who in the tyme of Raffe Emperour expulsed the Turrians a noble and worthy familie whome his nephewe Matthewe his brother Theobaldus sonne succeded after hym Galeace Actius Luchine Iohn Matthew the seconde Galeace the seconde Barnabas Iohn Galeace whom the Emperour WeÌ„ceslans created the first Duke of Millan He had two sonnes Iohn and Philippe which died both without issewe and one daughter Ualentine Fraunces Sfortia a stoute warriour married the bastarde daughter of Philip and by that occasion vsurped the Dukedome of Millan secludyng UaleÌ„tine Philippes syster whome Lewys Duke of Orleaunce brother to Charles the sixt kyng of Fraunce had maried Sfortia had thre sonnes Galeace Lewis

the king of Romains but stode to the conuenauÌ„tes of Cadame Uienne that same Archebyshop of Londe was a Germayne borne and counsellour to Christierne kyng of Denmarke who beyng expulsed was also exiled and lost his byshopryke than came he agayne into Germany attended vpon the Emperour and afterwardes was made byshop of Constaunce Whylest this treaty was at Frankefurte certen bandes of Souldiours were assembled in Saxony and were commaunded by their gouernours to go lye in the countreis of the citie of Breme of the Duke of Lunenburge and others of the same Religion and there to remayne tyll the campe remoued It was kept very secrete at the first by whose conduicte or aucthoritie they were leuied but at length it was certenly knowen that they were mustred by Henry Duke of Brunswycke and his brother Christopher Archebyshop of Bremen They that were i ã€ˆâ€¦ã€‰ ried by them complayned in dede to the imperial chaÌ„ber but it was in vayne The ProtestauÌ„tes afterwardes through their industrie lest they should do any more harme procured the same men to serue them whome notwithstanding they vsed to the iniurie of no man At the request of the Princes that wer intercessours Stephen Faber was set at libertie by the Lantgraue who gaue him passeporte He had sayde of his owne accorde that he woulde not retourne to his Prince for that he trusted hym no more But whan he was released he went streight way to him In this assemblie William Duke of Cleue by his Ambassadour did exhibite a wrytinge to the Protestauntes wherin he declared by what ryght tytle he possessed Gelderlande And prayed them that they would be meanes for him to the Emperour and to commende his cause also to the Emperours Ambassadours there The Frenche kyng had aduertised Ulrich Duke of Wirtenberge by his Ambassadour that he heard saye howe he through the motion of his confederatours was determined to make warre vppon certen Byshoppes in Germany But this pourpose did not he alowe and for his good wyll he beareth hym doth admonyshe hym that he do it not For if he did he should offende the Emperour and kyng Ferdinando vnto whome he was lately reconciled and bryng him selfe and al that euer he had into great Daunger The Duke geuyng him thankes for the good admonishement sayth he is sclaundered and howe he supposeth the same to be reysed vp by the Dukes of Bauier who hathe fasly sowen a lyke bruite of hym in Germany he desyreth hym to geue no credit to it For it is neither his entent nor yet his fellowes to styre vp any trouble or to atteÌ„pte any thyng by force of armes vnlesse they be constrayned And doubteth not also but when they shal heare therof they wyl pourge them selues herein Wherfore whan he had declared this to his fellowes at Franckefurte the Duke of Saxon and the Lantgraue the .xix. daye of Aprill addresse their letters to the kynge And saye howe they vnderstande by Duke Ulriche what reporte of them was made vnto hym but to be a sclaunder forged by their ennemies and euill wyllers For they entende to make no warre and how muche they desyre peace that can the Princes tell that were intercessours For albeit they are more wayes than one prouoked albeit theyr fellowes citie is outlawed and a league made of dyuerse for the defence of vniusle decrees though bandes of Souldiours by them hired for great and vnaccustomed wages are nowe spoyling the countreys of their league frendes yet are they quiet and styre not one whytte for they loue their natiue countrey and remitte all iniuries for the coÌ„mon wealthes sake But their aduersaries are lead with a certen impudent hatred and followe no temperate wayes nor wyll admitte no lawefull reasonyng but seke only that Germany maye swymme with ciuile bloud And seyng it is thus they desyre hym not to credit these false reportes but to geue his ayde that the churche maye be quieted by godly meanes For this is properly the dutie of kynges to maynteine truthe and innocencie And where as they defende the cause of Religion it is done of none euyll pourpose but of a certen Godly dutie for they doubte not but that the doctrine whiche they doe professe is agreable vnto Gods worde whiche they maye in no wyse forsake About the ende of this assemblie the .xxiiij. daye of Apryll died George Duke of Saxony without chyldren For his two sonnes were departed before without issewe whereof the one had maried Elizabeth the Lantgraues syster and the other one of the house of Mandesfielde Wherfore Duke George by legacie maketh his heyres his brother Henry and his sonnes Maurice and Auguste vnder this condition that they alter not the state of Religion Whiche vnlesse they shall perfourme he geueth his whole landes to the Emperour and to kyng Ferdinando vntyll suche tyme as eyther he or his sonnes or the nexte kynsman of that familie doe accomplyshe this condition This wyl of his so made he sheweth first to the Nobilitie and coÌ„mons of his countrie beinge nowe olde sickly and wylleth them to confirme the same by an othe neuer to alter this his last wyll But they fearyng leste it should be the occasion of warre betwene the kinsmeÌ„ intreate him that he would be content to sende to his brother Henry For they truste that he wyll consente to alter nothing in Religion Whereupon Ambassadours were sent to perswade with him and whan they had alledged sondry reasons and especially sayd how there was muche ready Money and a great quantitie of Plate and goodly stuffe whiche should come wholy to his handes in case he would obeye his brothers wyll He aunswered them by and by thus Certenly your message semeth vnto me to resemble the same that is writteÌ„ in the Gospel what tyme Sathan promysed Christe the kyngdomes of the whole worlde so that he would falle downe and worshyp hym Doe youthynke that I sette so muche by any ryches that I would therfore forsake the truthe and pure religion Assuredly you are farre abused if you so thinke Wherfore whan they had this answere and were departed without their purpose before they came at home Duke George had lefte hys lyfe His brother Henry going immediatly to Dresda and other townes bindeth the people to hym by an othe which was the more easely done by reason he was in league with the Protestauntes Moreouer the Prince Electour of Saxony hearyng of his death hasteth home with all expedition that if nede were he myght ayde Henry The Princes of the Popysh parte for the losse of so sure a pyllour and so lucky successe of the Protestauntes were sore agreued especially the Archebyshop of Mentz and the Duke of Brunswycke as hereafter you shal heare Thus had Duke George a successour and heire cleane contrary to his wylle And he whome he hated moste of all men duryng his lyfe tyme namely Luther was sent for by the new Prince to Lipsia to preache and to alter the

yeres before as is declared And Sygismunde Kynge of Poole defended hym as hys Cliente And nowe what tyme an other was inuested as I haue sayed the kynges Ambassadoure proteâ—ted openlye that thys creation was vnlawfull neyther that it oughte to bee any derogation to the Kynge hys Master vnder whose defence and protection is the Lande of Prusse Whan the Ambassadours of Hongary had recited theyr misfortune and losse of the yeare paste they requyred ayde of Th empyre For nowe is the matter broughte to the verey extremitie and yf they bee nowe leafte destitute they must nedes doe as men are wont in matters desperat and for the which no man can blame theÌ„ they wil accept right harde conditions yea boÌ„dage it selfe rather that whilest other men sit still loke on they should fal into present destructioÌ„ How the FreÌ„ch kings Heraulte was sent away from Spier with his letters it is before declared whan the ambassadours therfore wer retourned home the oratioÌ„ which they should haue had before the states of germany they set forth in print In the beginning to get good will they say how bothe nations haue one the same originall neither can any thing chaunce vnto germany which apperteineth not as wel vnto Fraunce ThaÌ„ do they coÌ„fute the reportes of their aduersaries as though the king with an other warre should disturbe the coÌ„mon welth haue made league with the Turke vsing a certeÌ„ preface to appeace themperour And affirme how the former warre was begon for that the king could not obteine of the duke of Sauoie his mothers inheritauÌ„ce And this later for the kinges ambassadours which wer slain against the law of all nations And that the king hathe no league nor societie with the Turke but for marchandise coÌ„mon quiet such as the Uenetians PoloniaÌ„s others haue And albeit ther wer any league betwixt theÌ„ it wer not to be reprehended for asmoch as in times past both AbrahaÌ„ Dauid SalomoÌ„ Phineas the children of Tobie captaines of the Machabeis haue done the like After also themperours Honorius CoÌ„staÌ„tine Theodostus the yonger Iustinian the secoÌ„d Palaologus Leo Frederick the first second haue vsed the aide succour of nations of a contrary religioÌ„ And doubtles Fredericke the second was euen vpon the shoulders of the saracens caried again into Italy froÌ„ whence the bisshopes of Rome had expulsed him They know how great powers aide the king hath oftener than once promised to the Turkish warre Hereof also the Bishop and Senate of Cardinalles are good wytnesses The cause whye the Turke inuaded Hongarye was for the contentyon aboute the gouernemente And after was moore provoked by the war in Affricke for the taking of Townes And where of late the Turkisshe nauie came into the Ligurian Sea it is not to be imputed to the kynge neyther maketh it to the pourpose that Poline the kinges seruaunt was in the same For thinteÌ„t of Barbarousse was to searche and take Androwe de Aurie his enemie And when he could not fynde hym he beseged the castell of Nice and that of hys owne determination The kyng in dede hath taken trewes with the Turke lyke as he hath at other tymes shewed them which is honest hurtfull to no man for the which he ought not to be blamed consydering that the greatest men that be haue also lately muche desyred the same The state of the publyke weale is sore afflicted and for that is the kynge right sory And by this meane maie peace be recouered if Themperoure will restore to the Kinge that thinge that is his owne ryghte and in heritaunce Yf they can brynge thys to passe the kinge wyll spare neyther trauell cost nor perill to defende Germanye from all foreine violence In the fourmer bookes you haue hearde how the Duke of Saxon wolde not acknoweledge Fernando to be kynge of Romanes but in thys conuention that matter wente through in the moneth of Maye and the Duke promised to honour hym accordingly Themperour agayne ratifyeth the Marriage conuenauntes betwixte hym and the house of Cleaue whiche euer before he refused permitteth that in case the Duke of Cleaue fortune to dye withoute heyres malles that the Duke of Saxon whiche had maryed hys syster and his heires males should succede him yet vpon thys condicioÌ„ if before that chaunce they shal agree vpoÌ„ religion And for a further bande of amitye Fernando by Themperours consente promiseth to geue his daughter Elenore in marriage to the Duke of SaxoÌ„s eldest sonne yf a reconcilemente in religion may be had before she be marying able This latter thyng was kepte verey secret and closely couered on eyther syde so that neyther the Lantzgraue and hys fellowes knewe anye thynge thereof For the matter was done by a fewe counsellours and Themperoure vsed Granuellane Feruando Hoffeman the Duke of Saxon Pontane and Burcarte The King of DeÌ„marke also sendynge hys Ambassadours fell to a composytion with Themperoure where before he had kepte hys power all the wynter longe for the chaunce that myghte haue happened he semed to forsake the Frenche Kynges frendeshyp for the Turkyshe confederacye for somuch the Ambassadours dyd sygnyfye in famylyar talke with their fellowes Nowe wyll we retourne to the demaundes of Themperoure and Kynge Fernando The matter beyng longe and muche debated the tenth daye of Iune the conuention ended The States of Th empyre albeit they thoughte it muche to bee charged with double ayde yet supposynge that they shoulde the better warre agaynste the Turke yf the domesticall enemie were fyrste broughte vnto hys bewtye graunted to Themperoure monye to fynde foure thousande Horsemen and .xxiiii. thousande footemen for halfe a yere agaynst the Frenche kynge And with parte of that monye Themperouce departeth to hys brother Fernando to thentente he shoulde fortifye suche places as are nere the Turkes And for the Turkishe warre to come they agreed that moneye shouldbe gathered of euerye man throughe oute Germany all men to be seased after theyr landes and goodes and no man to bee exempted and enacted that no man shoulde serue any foreine Prynces especyally the Frenche Kynge and the Magistrate permitted to execut those that were taken with the maner Because the controuersy of relygyon could not in these warlycke affaires bee treated on it is differred tyll the nexte assemblye to bee holden in the moneth of December In the meane season wyll Themperoure appoynte certen good and well learned men to compile some godlye fourme of reformation and also exhorteth the Princes to do the lyke to the ende that throughe a Conference made in the next assemblye somethyng by common assent may be establysshed to be obserued vntyll a generall counsel to be holden in Germany or a prouincial Sinode of the same In the meane tyme let all men be quyet and styre vp no trouble for the dyuersitie of Relygion and that the Churches also of what relygion so euer they bee maye

herein relent any thyng And although all wayes and meanes of concorde being set open of vs I had thought that he because of a coÌ„mon quiet would not haue dealte obstinatly yet are they at this time broken of without any good done Neuerthelesse for the better stay of Christendome I refuse not peace vpon such reasonable conditions as hitherto haue bene propounded And when occasioÌ„ shall serue I wyll wholy indeuour that those thinges may be restored to the Empire and may be in a better state hereafter The Emperour had a little before sent the Duke of Alba into Lumbardie that he might there make warre where as Ferdinando Gonzaga had discharged him selfe of that office and retourning home out of Flaunders liued a priuate life Of many monethes before there had bene a report and that in dede most certen but chifly at this tyme that the Quene of Englande was with childe and nere her time But the expectation was vain Then also they began to burne againe in Englande and the same Bradforde whome in the ende of the .xxv. booke I sayde was a fewe monethes before condemned and caried againe to pryson was than at last burnt amongest others At the ende of the moneth of May Iohn Fridericke the eldest sonne of Duke Iohn Fridericke toke to wyfe Agnes the Lantgraues daughter whiche had bene wyfe to Duke Maurice Thither came many Princes whiche vpon this occasion also consulted againe of their own matters at Numburge In maner at this same tyme the Lady Iane the Emperours mother departed out of this lyfe Kyng Ferdinando kept her funerall at Auspurge A certen tumult in the night was raysed than at Geneua by certen of the Senatours who thought to bring the gouernment of the citie to them and to their faction And chiefly they hated Caluine And those which for persecutioÌ„ were come thither out of Fraunce they sought to expulse And where there was running vp and downe in the night season in sondry places as a token or watche worde they cried that the FrenchemeÌ„ were vp in harnesse the citie was betrayed But where they kept them selues in their houses the matter at length was appeased and after were certen executed Many saued theÌ„ selues by flight The cause why they would haue expulsed the French men that were straungers amongest others was this that many of them were of late chosen in to the nomber of the citezens wherby they sawe their owne force weakened the nomber of the other part being increased The Turkes nauie as in certen former yeares so nowe also sayled on the Tuscane sea threatening Hetruria Wherfore or euer they went any further or ioyned with the Frenche nauie the Marques of Maarignane lieftenaunt of the Emperours armie inuaded the porte of Hercules kept by the Frenchemen and by force of his souldiours wynneth the castell putting the garrison to the sworde This was at the Ides of Iune The Turkes afterwarde besiege the Towne of Plumbine And when after an ouerthrowe the matter would not succede thei attempt Ilua an Ilande of the Dukes of Florence but in vayne also Than were certen politicke lawes set foorth at Metz in the whiche citie the Frenche kyng had a garrison a gouernour also a iudge to execute iustice There was wrytten amongest other thinges if any brother or sister or vncle or tutour or gardien be bawed to any mayde or woman that he should haue a rynge of Iron put about his necke and where he shall openly vse suche practise being subiect to the iniuries and rebukes of all men let him be beaten with roddes and bannished But if the father or mother shall do the lyke they shal lose their head Many men marueled that these thinges were so set forth for that such vnaccustomed vices and not euery where vsed semed not so muche to be forboden as shewed But howe corrupt maners be in our tyme hereof it may be easely gathered Of that same controuersie which hath nowe many yeares vene betwixt the Lantgraue and William Erle of Nassow for the Lorship of Chattes we haue spoken heretofore oftener thaÌ„ once Wherfore to the intent at the last an ende might be made least that any further inconuenience might arrise therof certen Princes intreate the matter and as indifferent arbitrers appointe a daye at Wormes the first of Iuly These were the Paulsgraue Prince Electour Christopher Duke of WirteÌ„berg William Duke of Cleaue the LaÌ„tgraue sent thither William his eldest sonne The conditions there propounded and a certeÌ„ tyme debated at the last are permitted to a further deliberatioÌ„ and a certen tyme appointed for the same matter In the meane season the Frenchemen to the intent they might haue victualles in a readines plucke downe many villages in the countrie of Mountfarrate least if the ennemie should possesse them Casale should be brought in distresse There is in those partes a towne Uulpiane of great force and estimatioÌ„ The same was kept by Spaniardes And where at the newe comming of the Duke of Alba a great power was gathered the towne was vitayled At the same tyme also the Frenchemen vitayled Maryburge taken the yeare before in Flaunders and kept from the Emperour The Frenche kyng being moued by his counsell set forth a proclamation wherby he commaunded all his officers that suche as the ecclesiastical iudges and Inquisitours of the fayth should condeÌ„ne they should for the greatnes of the fault without any delaye or respecte had of appealyng put them to death The Cardinall of Lorayne deliuered this proclamation to the Senate of Paris that after the old custome being of theÌ„ allowed and set forth it might be registred in the common recordes but they somewhat astonied at the newnes of the thing for that the helpe of appealing was takeÌ„ away require a time for to take deliberatioÌ„ and after sending to the king their Ambassadours she we what is their opinion as shal be declared in his place There is a towne in Rhaetia next Italy called Lucarne whiche belongeth to the common citie of the Heluetians The citezens of the same towne required of the Swisses that they would permitte them to haue the doctrine of the Gospell But they for as muche as they were in Religion diuerse varied in sentence where some thought mete to graunte them their requeste and others that it ought not to be permitted And there was lyke some ciuile tumulte to arise therof But in the ende their voices preuailed wherby it was decreed that they should remayne in the Religion of their elders and that it should be lawfull for theÌ„ that would not to go dwel els where So there were founde very many whiche leauing their houses went to Zurick whiche citie in dede receiued them and dealt liberally with them About this time the English Ambassadours which were sent to the Pope in the name of the whole Realme as I shewed about the ende of the laste booke retourne from

venery displeased eodem Fredericke Counte Palatines death 465 French king taken prisoner 43 Faith of Abraham obtained greate benefites of God 56 French league against themperor 71 Frenche kinges letters to the Prynces of Germany 73 French kinges inuentions against the Emperour 79 French kinges oration 120 French kinges letters eodem French warreth againste the Duke of Sauoy 38 Frenche kinge kissed the Popes ryght fote 159 French king geueth counsel to the Duke of Wittemberge 166 French kinges answer to themperors letters 199 French king coÌ„pared to the Turk 207 French king hated of all men for the Turkes societe 211 Frowardnesse of the Duke of Brunswicke 225 French king is receiued into Paris 235 French dischargeth his army 410 French kinges Proclamation against condemned of thinquisition 452 G GRece and Bohemes happines 3. Gerson of Paris 8 Gesmer captain of the boures 54 Gods power appeareth in fewest men 56 Gods wrath is slow but yet sore 58 George Duke of Saxon hateth the gospel 67 Godlines is not to be sought for in the Court 68 Great ghostly fathers 89 God bridleth the power of Sathan 134 Great execution done at Gaunt 171 Granuellans oration at Wormes 174 George of Austryche apprehended at Lions 184 God offreth hys worde before he Plageth 185 Gropper commended Bucer 187 Gwelphians eodem Gibellines whiche were names of the Emperiall eodem Geneua 192 Grashopper in Germany and Italy 193 Gropper forsaketh the gospel 202 Greate Princes sue for the Popes fauour 305 Griniam the French ambassador 309 Granuellan his answer to the Lantzgraue 409 General counsel promised 72 Great slaughter 105 Great alteration in England 113 Great assemble at Regenspurge 176 Gonzage gouerne of Millane 501 God is not the author of wrong 263 Gropper had the spoile of Frede. 277 Godly preachers flie 315 Ganimede nourished by the pope 348 God woundeth and healeth 357 Germany the fortresse of Christendom 394 George duke of Megelburge slain 408 Great frendship betwixt duke Maurice and Marques Albert. 422 George Earle of Mount Pelicart marieth the Lantzgraue daughter 453 Gospell is slaundred wyth rebellyon 63 Godly constancye of the Duke of Saxons children 322 H HEbrue bookes of thre sortes 20 How the scripture muste be handled 22 Honoures chaunge manners 23 Henrye King of Englande wryteth against Luther 34 How the yoke of Papistes is to be shaken of 48 Henry Zutphan put to death 50 How the magistrate should deale wyth the Papistes 58 How wicked dominion is to be shaken of 58 Hunting hauking and fishinge prohited 60 How ministers should be ordained 62 Hipocrisy of bishops 75 How scripture should be expounded 82 Hugh Capet Earle of Paris 101 How a free counsell is to be vnderstaÌ„d 111 Hirman Stapred 128 Heldus the Emperoures ambassador 143 Heldus Oration at Smalcald eodem Harlots honored at Rome 157 Hatred betwixt counsellers 170 His arme discomfited 184 Howe the Turkes atcheued the Empyre 187 His death 194 His weakenes before the king 202 Holy men haue had leagues wyth men of contrary Religion 211 Hermon leueth his Bishopprick 277 How miserable is it for the Quene for to marry with a straunger 311 He that doth against his conscience procureth him self hel fire 316 Hallowing of churches 333 Hallowing of Belles 334 Hallowing of altares 334 Hedeck and Mansfield discomfyted by Duke Morice 352 How much the papistes esteme Scripture 383 Heldius answer 147 I IHon Tecel a Dominican Frier set vp conclusyons at Frankfurt 1. Indulgences to be vsed after the Canon law 2. Iames Hogestrate wrote againste Luther 3. Ihon Wickliffe an English man 32 Ihon Husse a Boheme eodem Ihon Husse appealeth froÌ„ the pope eo Ihon Husse and Ierom of Prage burned eodem Iniquity procedeth froÌ„ the priestes 40 It is not lawful for vs to kil any maÌ„ 43 Images burnt at Zurick 48 Ihon Fredericke of Saxon marrieth Sthel of Cleaue 74 Ihon Uaivodes letters to the states of th empyre 76 Ihon Uayuodes ambassadors takeÌ„ 77 Images put downe 80 Images burnt on Ashwedensday eod Inas king of Brittain 114 Idle Nunnes marchant women 120 Ihon Leidan an Anabaptiste 128 Ihon Mathew the high Prophet 130 Iesting punished eodem Ihon Leidan inuadeth the kingdoÌ„ eo Ihon Leidans pompe 131 Ihon Husse at Constance 199 Ihon Caluin and Peter Bruly superintendantz of the Colledge of Stras borough 168 Ihon Isleby chief of the Antimo 172 Inuectiues vnmete for princes 174 Ioy in France at themperors losse 185 Ihon Miners president of the Counsel at Agnes 219 Iustus Ionas asked whether we shall know eche other in the life to come 232 Ihon Diaze a Spaniard 233 Ihon Isseby a Reuolt 310 It is daunger to vse forain aides 311 Ihon Marques of BraÌ„deÌ„burge refuseth thinterim 315 Isseby rewarded of themperor 320 Inquisitions of Uergetius 320 Iuly the third consecrated bishop 343 Interrogatories for the Ministers of Auspurge 383 Ihon Sleidan ambassador for Strausburg to thempire 373 Ihon Frederick demaundeth laÌ„ds and dignities 423 Ihon a Laisco a Polonian 432 Interrogatories Ministred to the Abbot of Newstat 436 Ioy at Rome for Englande reduced to the Romish church 443 Indulgences graunted by the Pope for the conuersyon of England eodem Ihon Fredericke the electours Sonne marieth 451 Ihon Gropper made Cardinall 461 Ihon Sleidane dieth 470 Iudges of the chamber trouble the protestauntes 123 Ihon Laydon parradocsises 131 Iudges of the chambre 144 Ignorannce of the people is gaine full to the priestes 150 Iudges of the chambre shal kepe theyr place 212 Ignoraunce of the people for lacke of teachinges 237 Interim permitteth Priestes to keepe theyr wines stil 313 K KInges of Naples paye Tribute to Rome 11. King Henry the eighte calleth hys mariage in question 113 Kingdoms destroid for Idolatry 185 Kinges of Fraunce moste addict to the Pope 200 King HeÌ„ry banished the Pope but not Popery 278 King Ferdinando moueth the Bohemers to warre 279 King of Fraunces fautour of â—ear 282 King Fardinandoes letters to the Bohemers 286 King Fardinando requyreth mouye of the states 314 King Phillip inuested in Flaun. 337 Kinges haue long armes 279 King Edward sore sicke 408 King Fardinando proclaimeth warre against Albert. 408 King Phillip arriueth in Eng. 437 Kinge Phillippe came to his father to Brurels 453 King Phillip entreth into And. 462 King Fardmando goeth into Boheme 466 King of Denmarke slieth 41 King of England wryteth to the princes of Sarony 44 Kinges sonnes are pledges 69 King of Hongary slain 71 King Henry hated againste the Pope 114 Kinges supper and murder 132 King of England patrone of the Protestauntes league 139 King Edward the .vi. borne 154 King of Englande refuseth the Counsell eodem King of Englande hated of the Pope eodem King of England maried the .vi. wife 187 Kinges purgation 191 King of Denmarke warreth vppon the imperials 266 King of England warneth the Protestaunts of the daunger 227 King of Denmarke aided not the Protestauntes 275 King is apparelled like a deacon 292 L LUthers letters to the Bishoppe of Mentz 1. Luthers questioÌ„s at

Friderick the .iij. brought forth a son called Philip He maried the lady Iane the daughter of FerdinaÌ„do kig of Spaine had by her ij sons Charles FerdinaÌ„do Whan this lady was with child she went into FlauÌ„ders was brought abed of Charles at GauÌ„t in the yeare of our Lorde M.D. the xxiiij day of February And here is some thynge to be sayd of FerdinaÌ„do theÌ„perours grauÌ„dfather by his mothers side who was king of Aragonie and Sicilie had to wife Elizabeth the daughter and heyre of Iohn the seconde kyng of Spaine in fine had also the kingdome of Naples He begotte of her fyue children Iohn Isabel Iane Mary Katherine Iohn and Isabell deynge without Issewe the inheritaunce by the lawes of the Realme came vnto Iane the next syster By this meanes all that the duke of BurguÌ„die had which was exceding much whatsoeuer Ferdinando king of Spaine had came wholy to Charles the sonne of the lady Iane For the landes of the house of Austriche in the diuisioÌ„ of thinheritauÌ„ce went to FerdinaÌ„do his brother Wherfore of a long time Germany had not an Emperour of greater power His father died whaÌ„ he was but sixe yere olde and his grauÌ„defather FerdinaÌ„do whan he was sixtene At the whiche tyme he weÌ„t into Spaine there remained til he was elected Emperour came into Germany as shal be declared herafter And now forsomuch as we arecome to this place it shal not be much out of purpose to speak some thing of the creatioÌ„ of themperor Charles kinge of Boheme the iiij Emperor of that name made a law herofin the yeare 1356. called comenly the golden Bull wherof this is one thing that theÌ„perour being dead tharchbishop of Mentz so soone as he knoweth therof shal immediatly signifie the same to the residew of the prices Electors and appoint theÌ„ a day within .iij. monthes to mete at FraÌ„ckfourt either in their owne parsons or to sende their deputies with their ful authoritie to elect a new Emperor or king of Romanes And if it fortune that the saide Archbishop do neglect it that yet neuertheles the rest shall there assembe within the time prescribed accoÌ„panied euery maÌ„ with .ij. C. horse not aboue whaÌ„ they enter into the towne 50. of theÌ„ to be in Armure He that neither coÌ„meth himselfe nor yet sendeth his Ambass or depute tofore the busines be ended shall lose his right of ElectioÌ„ for that time The officers of FraÌ„kefurth shal shew al fidelitie to thelectours duringe the time of thelectioÌ„ suffer nomaÌ„to enter besides the princes their families After that all be coÌ„men together they shal haue a messe of the holy Ghost in the church of s Bartholomew theÌ„ euery maÌ„ sweare that they shal do nothing in that matter for any bargain bribe reward or promise Afterward to come to the electioÌ„ not to depart theÌ„ce before theÌ„peror be choseÌ„ And if the thing be differred aboue .xxx. daies theÌ„ to haue nothing geueÌ„ theÌ„ but bread water whoÌ„ the more part shall chose to be of as muche effect as if he were chosen with the coÌ„men assent of almeÌ„ and that themperor thus elected shal first of all coÌ„firme al their priueleges and whatsoeuer apperteineth to their honor dignitie libertie fredoÌ„ Moreouer it is prouided and ordeined how one shall suffer another to passe through his couÌ„trey what place eche of theÌ„ shal haue in the consistory in what sort they shall giue their voices and what office euery of theÌ„ shall haue what time TheÌ„peror either dineth abroade or doth any thig opeÌ„ly Furthermore that durig the vacatioÌ„ of theÌ„pire the couÌ„tye Palatine shal haue the gouernemeÌ„t in SueuelaÌ„de FraÌ„keconie about the Rhine the duke of Saxo. in such places as they vse the lawes of Saxnie That when a prince elector is departed his eldest sonne shal succed him or his brother Germayne that if the Electour be vnder .xviij. yeares of age his next kinsman shall supplie the rowme til he come of age that the electours mete euery yere once to consult of the comeÌ„ wealth That Frankefurth be the place of election and Agnon in the base contrey the towne where he shal be inuested I spake before of the conditions prescribed by the princes and ratified by the Emperours Ambassadours puttyng in a Caution as the maner is and writinges made of the same in his name whiche were these That he shall defend the christen comen wealth the Bishoppe and churche of Rome whereof he is aduocate that he shall minister the law vprightly and seeke to maynteine peace That he shall not only confyrme and establish al the lawes of thempire and chiefely that which is called the golden Bulle but also by theyr aduise when time shall require encrease the same That he appointe a Cenate or counsell within the empire chosen of Germaines onely which shall minister the comon wealth That he shall not breake or diminishe the lawes priueledges the dignitie of the Prynces and states of thempire That it shal be lawful for the electoures when nede shall requyre to assemble and to consult of the common welth And he shall be no let hereunto nor take it in euill parte That he shall abolishe all confederacies and conspiracies of the nobilitie and commoÌ„s against their Princes and prohibite by a law that there be no such made hereafter That he make no league nor compacte with strangers touching the matters of thempire without the assent of the .vii. Princes that he neither alienate nor lay to pledge anye parte of thempire or deminishe the same and that such goodes or landes of the Empire as other nations haue plucked away and do occupy he seeke forthwith to recouer yet so as he infringe not the lawes or priueleges Also if he him selfe or any of his house do possesse any parte of thempire vnlawfullye gotten that he restore the same beinge required of the .vii. princes that he kepe peace and amitie withall Christen Princes and that he attempte no warre for the affaires of the empire without the consent of al the states but chiefly of the Princes electours either within the empire or wythout that he bring no straunge souldiours into Germany without their assent And if any man moue warre against him or thempire that then it shal be lawfull for him to vse what aide he can That he cal none asseÌ„bly of the Empire nor commaunde any taske or tribute but by the consent of the Electours And the same also to be within the limittes of the Empire And that for publike affaires he appointe no Foreyners but Germaines and that of the nobilitie And that all writinges be made in Latin or in the Duche tonge That no man be sommoned to appere in any court with out the bondes of thempire And forasmuch as many thinges are done at Rome contrary to couenauÌ„tes made in time past with the Bishoppes therof that he deuise with the Bishop

owne or of some Prince that is bound to him For he hath him self ryght ample and large dominions and in the same many goodly cities which his predecessours haue gotten by force and subtiltie he with as small fidelitie kepeth But seing there is no hope to haue a true couÌ„sel as men of witte and iudgemeÌ„t do suppose he thinketh it best that euery Magistrate in his own dominions seke the reformation of Religion And if perchaunce the Bishop should obiecte vnto them custome the same taketh no place For euen by the testimonie of Cypriane custome that is grounded vpon no counsell as he hath sayde before but if any man haue an other way that is better he wil not refuse it The Emperour remained al this yere in Spaine but his armie in Flaunders by the conduict of Counte de Bure wan by assaulte the towne and castel of Sanpulle in Artois in the moneth of Ianuary and put al to the sworde and from thence went and beseged the citie of Terowen but yet in vayne There at the length was a truce taken for ten monethes in those parties only For in PiedmoÌ„te was hote warre neuerthelesse and the town of Cherie was taken by assaulte of the imperialles who made a wonderfull slaughter both of souldiours and citezens And whan after the garrison of Turrin suffered great penury being on euery syde beseged and stopped from virtualles the Frenche kyng in haruest tyme leuied a power and sente thether his eldest sonne Henry the Daulphin and MommoraÌ„cie who making waye and entring perforce releued their present famine In the moneth of October the armie of kyng Ferdinando wherin were the horsemen of Saxony and Meissen of Franckonie and Austriche the Carinthians Bohemers and Hongarians whome the Germaines cal Hussares beseged the towne Exechium vpon the Ryuer of Draue whiche was kept with a strong garryson of the Turkes And where they tracted the tyme and were constrayned for wante of victualles to leuie the siege in the retire they fel into the lappes of their ennemies which had layd for them ambusches in the woodes and kept all the straytes that they could no way escape In this distresse firste certen Centurions and captaynes of souldiours and the Hongarians fled after also went Cacianer the kinges Lieutenaunt But the reste who detested the shame of running away exhorting them selues vnto manhode especially the horsemen of Almaigne aboade the charge and violent force of their ennemies but in fine being vaÌ„quished of the greater numbre were all for the moste parte slayne and manye of the captaynes taken prisoners and led to Constantinople in to moste miserable captiuitie The fourth Ides of Octobre the kyng of Englande had a sonne borne at Hamptoncourt Prince Edwarde by Quene Iane Semer whome he maried after the death of Quene Anne In the meane whyle the byshop of Rome for so muche as truce was taken be twyxt Fraunce and Flaunders went about to procure the like also in al other places to the entent that through this occasioÌ„ he might worke his purpose and ceased not tyll he had brought it to passe The bishops deuise was as it is reported that setting them at peace he myght stire them vp against the kyng of England whom he hated vnto the death and against the Lutherians About this tyme also Christina the Emperours nece by his syster Quene of Denmarke Duchesse of Millan leauing Italy retourneth into Flaunders through Germanye and there was a treaty of a mariage betwene her and William Duke of Cleaue but it toke not effect Than also the men of Gelderland began to rebelle against their Prince Charles Egmonde whiche was al his lyfe tyme of the Frenche parte and therfore sore hated of the Burgundians and than as it was sayd went about to make his country FreÌ„che He was so chased out by his owne people euery where in this outragious tumulte that he had scarsly a towne or two lefte hym to flye into He was alwayes a great mainteiner of the bishop of Romes doctrine and abstained not from sore punishment Paule the third in the first beginning of his byshoprike made his two yonge nephewes Cardinalles as before is wrytten For the whiche thing being euyll reported of he vouched saufe to call other worthy men also both in nobilitie and learning to the same degre of honour partly to asswage the enuie and displeasure partely to haue mete champions whiche were able to defende hym by their learnyng and eloquence amonges whome was Caspar Contarene Reginalde Poole Iohn Bellie Frederick Fregose vnto whom within a shorte space after he added moreouer Sadolete Alexander and Bembus And purposed also Erasinus as in a certen Epistle to a frend of his Erasinus himselfe reporteth There remayne also certen Epistles written of Sadolet to Erasinus wherin after he hath spoken muche of the great good wyl of the byshop towardes hym he sayth that within shorte tyme he wyl auaunce him to hyghe dignitie Contarenus was a noble man a Senatour of Uenise for his learnyng ryght famous and beyonde all expectation whan he had craued nothynge was sodaynly promoted to this dignitie âœš The twelfth Booke of Sleidanes Commentaries concerning the state of Religion and the common Weale during the reigne in the Empyre of Charles the fyste â§ The argument of the twelfth Booke POpe Paule by his deputes ordeyned a reformation touching the abuses of the Churche as permutations voisomes benefices incompatibles Cardinalles courtiers Chaplelaynes Courtisanes Pardoners and the Colloquies of Erasmus prohibited The Protestauntes mete at Brunswycke whether came the king of Denmarke Persecution aryseth at Pans The Pope the Emperour and the Frenche kyng mete at Nice there the kynge kissed his foote A Colledge and a Frenche churche are erected at Strasborough The kyng of Englande burneth the bones of Thomas Becket The Prince Efectour of Brandenburgh aduertiseth the Duke of Saxon of the preparation of the great Turke A secte of Antmomians aryseth The conspiratie of Heldus and the Duke of Brunswycke are discouered by the takyng of his Secretary An assembly is holden at Franckeforte decrees are there made and appointment mode for a conference to be had for the peace of the Protestauntes whiche to let Duke Henry of Brunswicke leuiâ—th an armie George Duke of Saxon ennemy of the veritie dieth Henry his brother succedeth hym The kyng of Englande hauyng set forth a booke against the counsell of Uicence callseth certen articles to be made concerning Religion They of Gaunt rebell The Emperour hauing saufeconduicte passeth through Fraunce The Uenetians make peace with the Turke but certen Senatours had disclosed their secretes I Haue shewed you before how the Counsels wer deferred til the kalendes of NoueÌ„b but the same also was made frustrate Notwithstandyng the Bishoppe to the intent he myght feed men with hope and seme to do some thinge had longe before chosen out certen of his owne sect amoÌ„ges the whole numbre and had streightly

commauÌ„ded them that they shoulde espie oute diligently the faultes of the Clergie and all flatterie set apart declare them vnto him He released them also of their othe that they myghte speake their mindes franckly and had commaunded them to kepe the thinge close secret There were chosen Caspar Contarene Peter Theatrire Iames Sadolete and Renalde Poole Cardinals Fridericke Archebishop of Salerne Hierome Aleander Archbishop of Brunduse Iohn Mathew Bishoppe Uerone Gregorie Uenet Abbot and Thomas maister of the sacred Palace These in conclusion after consultation had comprehended the hole matter in writing addressinge theyr stile vnto him extolle him with great praises for the zeale he hath to the trueth wherunto the eares of certen Bishoppes in times past haue bene stopped chiefly through the faulte of flatterers whiche haue ascribed vnto them ouer muche Authoritie what tyme they haue affirmed them clearely to be lordes of althinges and haue power to do what they liste For out of this welspring as out of the horse at Troy haue spronge into the churche so many euils wherwith now it is most greuously afflicted Therfore is his wisedome and vertu great who considereth that the remedie must be fetched from thence from whence the beginning and cause of the disease proceded who followyng the doctrine of S. Paule wil be a minister and a steward and no lorde And for asmuche as he hath committed this charge vnto them they willyng to obey him herin haue accordyng to theyr meane wittes drawen certen Articles whiche do concerne him â–ª the Bishoppes and the Churche For where he susteineth a double person and is not onely the Bishop of the vniuersall Christian Churche but also the Prince of many Regions and Cities they onely touche suche thinges as concerne the Ecclesiasticall administratioÌ„ for the ciuile commen weale he gouerneth with muche commeÌ„datioÌ„ and wisedom And fyrst of al. they say most holy father in like case as Aristotle commaundeth that lawes be not rashly altered so semeth it vnto vs also that thecclesiasticall lawes be in any case diligently maynteyned and not infringed without some vrgent cause For there can no greater plage inuade a commenwealth than what time thauthoritie of lawes is weakened and disolued whiche oure predecessours would haue to be kept as sacred and holy The next pointe is that the Bishop of Rome Christes Uicar whan for the Authoritie he hathe of Christe he geueth or graunteth anye thinge he take no money or rewarde for the same For seynge that all these thinges are giuen freely Christ will also that the same be freely distributed to others This fouÌ„dation once laide it must be foresene that you may haue very manye mete ministers of the churche to gouerne it for mens saluation In the which numbre the Bishoppes occupie the chiefe place but herein is a great abuse in that all kinde of men are receiued into this ordre confusely and without respect neither commended for their learninge nor honest lyuing and diuerse also very yong Wherof arrise sundry offences and holy thinges come in contempt and growe oute of reuerence It semeth good vnto vs therfore that first in the citie of Rome you appoint certen to make a choise of suche as desyre to take orders and after commaunde all Bishops to do the like euery maÌ„ within his owne Diocese And that you suffer none to be admitted without the consent of the said commissioners or Bishoppe Let the youth also that purpose to be made pristes haue a Scholemaster appointed to bring them vp in learnyng and vertuouse maners Moreouer in geuing of Benefices and spirituall promotions it is farre a misse in suche especially as concerne the Cure and charge of soules For here haue they this respect on lie that the Beneficed man may be well prouided for laying apart all care of his flocke Therfore whan suche an office is geuen chiefely if it be a Bishopricke it must be diligently forsene that they be good men and learned which both can and will gouerne the Churches themselues as they are bounden by the law Therfore may not an Italian enioy a benefice in Spayne or in Englande nor a Spaniarde or an Englishman in Italy Furthermore there is much fraude vsed what tyme a man leaueth his benefice and resygneth it to another reseruing to him self an yerly pension many times also the whole profytes For no pension maye be reteined vnlesse it be for the pore or some other godly vse Because the fruits are annexed to the benefice and ought no more to be sequestred from it than the bodye from the soule And he that hathe the same is bounden to vse the commodities therof honestly and so much as suffiseth the residew to employ vpon suche vses as is beforesayd Notwithstandyng it shal be lawfull for the Bishoppe if the case so require to impose this bondage that he shall pay a certen thing yerely to some pore man especially beyng of the Clergie wherby he may liue more honestly and better at ease Againe they offende exceadingly in permutatioÌ„s for all thinges are done for lucre And albeit it is not lawefull to gyue Benefices by legacie yet is there a subtill way founde by wyttie men to defeate this law and benefyces are giuen to another yet so as they haue theyr reentrie agayne into the fame with the whole profytes and ministration And thus commeth it to passe that he beareth the name of a Bishoppe which hath no right or Authoritie and he whiche is indede and possession Bishop hath not the name at all And what thing els is this than to make to him selfe an heyre Bishoppe Clementrenewed an olde lawe wherby it was forbydden that the sonne shoulde not enioy his fathers benefice but yet is this permitted truly with an euill example For it can not be denied but the greatest part of sclaunders arryse of this that the churche goods are conuerted to priuate vses Hitherto many haue loked for a redresse of this thynge but nowe they are in vtter dispayre and speake and thinke full euill of vs therefore An other euill vse is to geue out vousons of benefices as it were in a reuertion where an other mans death is wished and looked for And others that better deserue to haue it are secluded from it matter ministered of muche strife and contention What shall we saye to those benefices whiche because they coulde not be employed vpon one man alone were called commonly incompatibles but herin is tholde discipline neglected and to some one also is permitted to haue diuerse Bishoprikes which semeth vnto vs worthy reformation Herunto belongeth these pluralities totquotes and vnitynge of benefices whan many benefices be ioyned together as the partes and membres of one body What is not this to delude the lawes Finally nowe is this disease crept in also that Bishoprickes are giuen vnto Cardinalles and that many vnto one Whiche thynge semeth vnto vs in dede a matter of importaunce and chiefly to be refourmed For the

and of great eloquence he toke pleasure to wryte of sondry argumentes taken out of naturall thynges and of the lyfe of men And with a certen maruelous dexteritie and style moste pleasaunt he setteth forth precpres of Godlye and vertuouse maners and noteth with all by the same occasion olde accustomed errours and vices whereof commeth this complaynte of hym In the moneth of Februarye the Frenche kyng made Annas Momorauncie Conestable of Fraunce whiche is the hyghest degre of honoure there This office had bene euer voyde synce the death of the Duke of Bourbon For the kyng beyng greuously offended with his treason had bestowed the same vpon no man vntyll this tyme. And the same office hath had but bare lucke in more than one or two whilest they abusing their authoritie haue styred vp against them either the kynges them selues or the nobilitie In the meane tyme the Protestauntes assemble at Brunswicke about the ende of Marche to treate of matters coÌ„cernyng their league And they receyue Christiane kyng of Denmarke in to their league He was sonne of Frederick and had receiued the doctrine of the Gospell and had appointed Iohn Pomerane whome he called from Wittenberge to set ordre in his churches and by him was annoynted and crowned kyng Iohn also Marques of BrandeÌ„burg the brother of Ioachim prince Electour made meanes by the Duke of Saxon to be admitted into the league He therfore was appointed to treate with him vpon certen coÌ„ditions at his retourne home and thaÌ„ to receiue hym in all their names The same requeste also made Albert Duke of Pruselande whome syxe yeares before the chamber had outlawed and that was the chiefest cause whye he was not receyued in to this societie Neuerthelesse they promysed hym all their fauour and good wyll Whan the Duke of Saxony the Lantgraue and their coÌ„sortes were goyng to this assemblie Henry Duke of Brunswycke denied to geue them saufe conduicte whan they should passe through his countrey For euen than he imagined warre as hereafter you shall heare In the Duke of Saxons company was Maurice nephewe to Duke George by his brother Henry a young man of seuentene yeares olde Henry was of the Protestauntes Religion and therfore the Duke toke his sonne Maurice beyng his kynsman to bring vp The kyng of Denmarke hym selfe came than also to Brunswicke In the nynth booke I spake of the persecution that was in FrauÌ„ce for Lutheranisme It were long to recite al but this yeare at the Ides of Apryll whiche was than nyne dayes before Easter a young gentleman of Tolouse learned about twenty yeares of age was brent at Paris for eatyng of fleshe not alyue in dede but yet so as beinge hanged ryght ouer he felte the fyre kyndled vnder hym whiche after the maner there was accompted as a great benefite for that he in prison before he was brought forth to execution feared with the cruell wordes of Morine the iudge threatenyng hym confessed that he had done wyckedlye and agaynste Religion For the maner of repentaunce is there only that he shal suffer with the lesse torment But suche as abyde constant are moste cruelly tourmented Two younge men of Flaunders were in the lyke daunger but admonyshed therof by a certen Senatour learned and of a good iudgement they escaped death by flyeng awaye In the moneth of May the Bishoppe of Rome goeth to Nice a hauen towne in Ligurie Thyther also came the Emperoure and the Frenche kynge at his request chiefly he with a Nauie out of Spaine and the kynge by lande accompanied amonges others with a power of Almaignes whiche were lead by Wylliam Countie FursteÌ„berge After a longe treatie albeit they coulde not throughlye agree yet a trewee was made in the moneth of Iune for ten yeares Here was the lady Margaret the Emperours bastarde daughter ensured to Octauius Duke of Parma the Byshoppes nephew by his sonne Peter whom Cosmus duke of Florence woulde fayne haue maried after the death of Alexander Medices The two kynges spake not together in this place albeit the Byshoppe desyred it muche But a fewe dayes after whan he was departed they mette at Aegnes Mortes a Towne of the Prouince in the mouth of the Riuer of Rhosne whither the Emperour retorninge into Spaine came with his Nauie at the Ides of Iulye The kinge had sent to mete him Uelius his Ambassadoure and Galleis to conduicte him Whan the Emperour came nere vnto Aegnes the Conestable of Fraunce was there readye to entreate hym that he woulde arriue there with his Nauie For he saied the kynge woulde be there within these two houres and would come into his Barke to him Whan the Emperour sawe that the rest of the Shippes which were scattered the daye before by reason of a miste were come together he putteth into the hauen And not longe after commeth the kynge also and accompanied amonges others with Anthony Duke of Loraine and the Cardinall his brother goeth streight waye to the shippes The Emperour goynge forth as farre as the ladder of the shippe to mete him receaueth him in But it can not be spoken what embracynges and gratulations were there Whan they were set downe in the Sterne of the Shippe the nobles aboute the Emperour come and salute the kinge lowly and right curtesly There the Emperour sent for Andrewe Aurie his Admirall Prince of Melphite who forsoke the kynge tenne yeares before as is mentioned in the sixte Booke to come and salute the kyng Whan he came the kynge said Prince Andrewe for as muche as you are frende and seruiture to the Emperoure And that it is his pleasure that I should speake wyth you I am contente to gratifie him herein whom I esteme as my brother After whan they had talked familiarlye and frendly together by the space of an howre the kynge departeth The next day in the mornyng As sone as it was light day the Emperour gyueth commaundement by a Trompet that no man go a lande but he himselfe garded wyth certen of his nobles saileth out to dyne with the kynge When he came to lande the kinge and the quene and his two sonnes most gently do embrace him and lead him into the Palace towardes euenynge themperour aduertiseth Androwe de Aure who remained within borde howe at the request of the kinge and the queene his syster he purposed to lie in the towne that night And the next day at after diner to retourne to his Nauie Whiche he did for this intent leste he should throughe his absence conceaue some false suspicion in hys minde Wherfore the next day the Emperour came againe to the sea accompanied with the king and all his nobles And whan they had drunken together in the Emperours cabben of the shippe they departed great frendes Which thing once knowen at Paris and other places they songe Tedeum and made bonefyers The Bishop had requested them at Nice whan the peace was concluded that they woulde go to the

these matters of the maner of the othe of the noÌ„ber also of the disputers and of geuing of voyces they had a longe altercation For when the catholickes perceyued that the counsellours of the Paulsgraue the Marques of BraÌ„denburg electours also of the Duke of Cleaue were inclined towardes the Protestants fearing lest they shoulde be ouer cooÌ„men with voices of a set pourpose differred the matter from day to day tyll such tyme as they had other worde from themperour as herafter I shall declare And the second daye of Ianuary they doe propounde new and straunge condicyons that of the whole nomber ther should be choseÌ„ two diuines to reason the matter that the scribes should wryte theyr argumentes and delyuer them to the presydentes that the lesse parte shoulde not bee bounden to followe the opinion of the greater vnlesse themperoure and the states of th empyre shoulde thynke it expediente that the notaryes shoulde not write all the talke of the reasoners but the bare sentences whether they wer agreed vpon or left in controuersie that the decree of Auspurge and such other lyke shoulde neuertheles be of force But the Protestantes agayn require that forasmuche as ther bee .xxii. on bothe partes appoynted to conferre euery man mighte speake hys mynde And that not only the bare sentences but also the Argumentes and reasons with the probations of the same be committed to wrytyng They declare also that it is vnreasonable in this most holy cause of al others to follow the opinion of any part not rather the prescripte of gods worde or to compell any man that he shoulde eyther thynke or speake against it Whilest the time was thus prolonged the Protestantes ofteÌ„times coÌ„plain thereof and desire that the disputation of the doctrine propounded at Auspurge may accordinge to the decree of Hagenawe be forthewith commenced especially consyderyng the same to be a frendly disceptation and not captious to th entent a certen way vnto concorde might be prepared The diuines also which were there very many required the same as Melancthon Capito Bucer Osiander Brentius Caluine Alesius a Scot sent thither by the marques of Brandenburge diuers others vnto whom wer annexed Symon Grineus and Iohn Sturmius At the last aboute the Ides of Ianuary the catholickes choose Iohn Eekius and thothers Melancthon to dispute together And first of all to th entent they might procede in order they Reason of originall synne by course in open consistory but beholde the thirde day after the disputation began Themperours letters wer brought to Granuellan and to the rest of Ambassadours wherin he differreth the whole matter vntill the assemble at Regenspurge commaunding chiefly the Protestantes to come thither Granuellan to repare vnto hym with all syede These letters beyng red in the consistorie the xviii daye of Ianuary Granuellan exhorteth them to obey themperoure and come vnto Regenspurge for he is very desyrous of peace And yf he him self by occasion of talke hath spoken any thyng roughly he desyreth them not to take it in euell part and promiseth to beare hys good wyll towards the publyke weale Whereunto the Protestantes say how they are ryght sory that the disputation had not begoÌ„ a great whyle souner and that they caÌ„not now procede further therin but for asmuch as themperour doeth so commaund they must obey Wherfore they wyll now retourn home to declare howe all thinges stande and doubte not but their Princes and cities will gratifye theÌ„perour herin Notwithstandyng in case it be longe or euer they come or sende they ar to be holden excused by reason the time is but shorte In thys assemble was also Peter Paul Uerger bishop of Iustinople in worde as for the Frenche kyng but sent in dede by the Bishop of Roome who supposed that he myght serue hys tourne better beynge there in another mans name he made an oration of the vnitie peace of the churche and settyng it foorthe in prynte he gaue it there to dyuers Wherein he goeth about chiefly to proue that we maye not ones thynke vpon a counsell prouinciall for that same Assembly dyd represente a certen shew of the lyke thyng and semed to prepare the waye for the Byshop coulde abyde nothynge worse and Uergerius knewe hys mynde full well By hym therefore and by suche others of the bisshops ministers the thynge was letted and at the lengthe dyssolued For in tractyng of the tyme fyndyng of delayes they seeke startyng holles and wayes to escape In the begynnyng of Ianuary themperoure takyng hys Iorney from Brussels came vnto Mentz the head citie of Lorayne from thence by Spires he goeth to Regenspurge by the way sent those for sayd letters to GraÌ„uellaÌ„ he traueled by Norinberge whiche citie he had not sene before and was receyued with moste sumptuous preparation The eleuenth day of Februarye Philyp Schabotte Admirall of Fraunce a man of great honour beyng brought into suspicion with the kynge for not acquitinge himselfe in the warre of Sauoye beefore mentyoned after longe and mooche inquisityon of hys demeanoure was condemned of extortyon and treason and depriued of al his honour dignities which he had most ample without all hope of restitution and was committed to prison at Uincen not farre froÌ„ Paris William Poiet ChauÌ„celor of FrauÌ„ce gaue this sentence at Mellon at the which Iudgement were all the notable men and Iudges in the lawe in all Fraunce Albeit that sentences geuen after this sort are wont euer to be dissolued or altered yet by the kynges authoritie not longe after he was cleane released as ye shall heare afterwardes About this time also Maurice the son of Henry Duke of Saxonie maried Agnes daughter to the Lantzgraue In the moneth of Marche diuers Princes and states resorted to Regenspurge when themperor had taried for them a certen space Thither came also the Lantzgraue with a great company almost atthende of Marche And the nexte daye wente to themperor with his garde about him of whom he was receiued right gentlye The duke of Saxonie sent thither a most honorable Ambassador and Diuines among whom was Melanchton From the Bishoppe of Rome also came Caspar Contarene a right famous Cardinall There were present the prince Elector of Brandenburg Friderick and Otto Henry Paulsegraues William and Lewis dukes of Bauier Henry duke of Brunswike Charles duke of Sauoie George marques of Brandenburge Philip Duke of Pomerane moreouer the Bishops of Mentz Salisburg Breme Bamberg Spires Auspurge Eistet Constance Hildessene Brixie Passaw Aboute this time came forth and was brought to Regenspurge a boke of Martin Luthers very vehement written in the vulgare tounge against the Duke of Brunswycke In the last boke before this I meÌ„tioned of this dukes inuectiues against the Duke of Saxon and the Lantzgraue And where in a booke set forth of late he called the Duke of SaxoÌ„ Heretike rebel Cain Monster Eesope hauing nether vertu or qualitie of body

is the head of the churche and of counselles yf in dede they omitte the same vnto whom agayne it woulde bee displeasaunte in case they should not do it for the same would styre vp great stryfe and offence not onlye in Germany but also in other countries This he doeth admonisshe them of bothe by the commaundement of the Bysshoppe and also of hys owne dewtye The same day the Princes make hym aunswere howe the Bysshop maye auoyde all offension in case he will call a counsell whyche hathe been so longe promysed Yf not the state of Germany to bee suche as they muste of necessitie fynd some other waye to salue the sore And therfore require him earnestly that he wold of hys wysdome and gentlenes so further the cause to the Byshoppe that a remedie might be founde Moreouer the diuines of the Protestantes doe confute those letters and reasons of Contarene by a longe wrytyng and proue manifestly how it apperteyneth vnto all prouinces to establishe gods trewe seruice and Religion This done themperour causeth a decree to be made and red the xxviii of Iuly he referreth the conference of the learned men and the whole treatie vnto the counsell to the Synode of all Germany or of the states imperial in hys Iorney into Italy he promiseth to intreat diligently the Bisshop of Roome for a counsell And yf neyther generall nor prouinciall counsell can be obtayned than wyll he call a convocation of th empyre within .xviii. monethes for to quiet the cause of Religion and will deuyse that the Bifshop shall also sende hys legate thither he chargeth the ProtestaÌ„tes that they attempt no new thing besydes the articles alreadye accorded and the Bisshoppes that they should clense their churches of theyr faultes and enormities In that decree were certen articles that Religious houses shoulde not be defaced that the churche goodes shoulde not bee put to prophane vses that no man should be allured to a contrary Religion of the iurisdiction and Iudges of the chamber Whiche thinges whan the Protestants dyd mislyke themperour in a certen priuate wryting declareth seuerally what his opinion is herin In the doctrine not as yet conciliated he doth prescribe vnto them no measure Monkes houses wold not in dede bee pulled downe but yet mete to bee reuoked to a godly reformation the lyke is to bee thought of the churche reuenewes no man that is of an other iurisdiction oughte to be intysed to theyr Religion and so bee mayneteyned but yet shall it bee lawefull for them to receyue any that will come vnto them vncalled furthermore the decree of Auspurge concernynge relygion and doubtfull causes of the same for a common quyet he suspendeth tyll the cause be determined eyther in a counsell or other assemblie and commaundeth that no maÌ„ shal be reiected of the Chamber for a contrarye relygion but that the lawe shal be ministred vprightly vnto all men What tyme they had these thynges confyrmed vnder themperours seale they promise hym ayde agaynste the Turke of whose commynge it was bruted daylye more and more And the Ambassadours of Hongary and Austryche were commen thither which with greate intreaty required ayde So was there a sodayn ayde of Almaignes sent into Hongary by the coÌ„duict of Friderick countie Fursteinberg In thys assemblie Themperoure the thirde day of Iuly before al the states had a greuous complaynt of wyllyam Duke of Cleaue for the possession of Gelderland He exhibiteth also a booke vnto them wherin he declareth hys ryght tytle to the same and sayeth how he willed hym to haue ben there but he tooke a contrary waye signifyinge couertly Fraunce as before is sayd There were present the ambassadours of Cleaue which excused theyr prince and when they proceded to declare his title themperour xiseth vp and departeth The .xxi. day of Iuly the Princes and states all go to themperoure intreate him for the Duke of Cleaue and request hym that he wold receyue him in to the tuition of thempire permit that the case may be decided freÌ„dly and promise to take paynes in the thynge and in case they cannot make an ende in it they beseche hym to make clayme to it and to recouer his right by the law Wherunto themperoure maketh aunswer by Iohn Nauie Forasmoche as this assemblie is called for the common welthes sake to th entent that all dissention and discorde taken a waye Germany myght be restored to quyetnes and herin hath moch tyme ben consumed and yet nothyng concluded by reason of contention and diuersitie of myndes vnto his greate griefe and hinderance of hys owne affaires he sayeth he marueleth greatly that in this on cause which is properly hys they can so wel agree Thus he sendeth them awaye not withoute displeasure The next day Raymunde the Frenche kinges ambassadour in a longe oration written reciteth the cause of expulsing Charles Duke of Sanoye who a few daies before had accused the kinge to the Emperoure and al the states Durynge this assemblie the Frenche kynge sendeth Cesar Fregose an Italyan of Genes and Anthony Rincon a Spaniarde exiled Ambassadours to themperour of Turkes who sayling on the Riuer of Po towards Uenise wer taken and flayne abont the kalendes of Iuly That time was William Bellaye the kynges lyeutenaunt in Piedmount who beynge sertifyed of the thynge as he was maruelous circumspecte and industrious immediatly aduertiseth the kyng and also the fyfte day of Iuly wryteth from Turryn to Alphonsus Daualus marques of Piscare than gouernoure of Millan and all Lumbardie that he woulde see that the kynges Ambassadours which wer taken might be restored whom he knewe for certentie that hys menne had apprehended or els for the same cause shoulde the trewes be broken which was made thre yeares past by thintercession of the Bisshop of Rome And he required they might be restored eyther for because at the first he knewe not els dissembling that he knewe not what had hapned to them The Marques maketh it very straunge as though he knew nothing of the matter and to pourge himselfe sendeth Counte FrauÌ„ces Ladron Ambassadour to the kynge Langeus in a certen epistle whych he wrote to the Marques the eleuenth of Iuly I would not doubte sayeth he in the counsell of the whole worlde to speake of diuine matters and that as aptely as euer did your kinsman and auncestre Thomas of Aquyne yf I were as experte in diuinitie as soom of youre familiars are perfit and priuie to this murther For Alphonsus hys graundfather called Indicus the sonne of Rodorick a Spaniard maryed a great inheriter of the house of Aquinas And this Alphonsus was cosyn germane to Fernando Dauall of Piscare a most worthye captayne The. xx day of Iuly the king answereth Alphonce by letters from Liner a Towne of Burges admonisshing hym to regarde hys honour and estimation and sheweth hym that vnles they be restored he can not neglect the iniury done to hys men Many

wer the letters that were sent to and fro betwene Bellaye and the Marques for this matter but nothyng els was done whan Daualus after moche searche sayd he could not fynd nothing and herin perseuered The king moreouer by his ambassadour complayned to themperour at Regenspurge And whan he receyued not suche aunswer as be wolde he declared manifestly enough that warre wold insue therof It chaunced at the same time that George of Austriche Maximilian his bastarde son Archebishop of Ualencene came out of Spain to retourne into Flaunders Who at Lyons was apprehended cast in prison to reueng Rincon Fregose Aboute the same tyme FrauÌ„ces son to Anthony Duke of Lorayne maryeth Christine the daughter of Christierne Kynge of Denmarke Dowager of Millan The Frenche kynge tooke thys displeasauntly and so moche the more for that the yere before the daughter of Lorayne was maryed to Renat Prince of Orenge whiche depended wholy of themperoure Whattyme Themperour helde the counsell at Regenspurg king Fernando besegeth Offen or Buda and layeth to it battery wherein was than the wydowe of Iohn Uaynode with her yong sonne Stephen The infantes tutours and nobles of the realme had desyred the Turkes ayde Wherfore the Turke sendeth thither his liuetenant with an armie whyche came to Offen in Iuly And not longe after commeth he with an other power so wer Fernando his men repulsed Almaignes Bohemers Morauians leuing the siege not withoute a greate ouerthrowe and losse also of Pestum a Towne ouer agaynste Offen the residew wer glad to saue themselues by runnyng away About th end of August the Turke sendeth presentes to the infante Stephen cloth of golde and goodly horses and letteth shew hys mother howe he is desyrous to see the childe requyring her to sende hym vnto hym into hys Tente The woman sore affrayd whan she might not otherwise doe by thaduise of her counsel sendeth hym and hys Norice with him accopanyed with a greate nomber of the nobilitie He receyueth hym right gently and after sendeth word to the quenes counsellours that he woulde haue Buda deliuered vnto him for he sayeth they are not able to kepe it agaynste the enemie and he shoulde be driuen to come ofteÌ„ hither with an armie which would be both very painful charg able therfore it should be better that he had it in his custodi They being affraid of their owne daunger haue not a word to say Forthwith was the captain of the Ianizarens appoynted to enter the Towne neither could the quene receiue her some again before the thing was accomplisshed Whan they had possessioÌ„ of the Towne vnarmed all the citezens they require also to haue the castell deliuered vp in to their handes wherin the quene was than whom the Turke by messagers sent betwene comforteth and permitteth her her son to enioie TraÌ„siluania Whan she therfore had sodeÌ„ly packed vp her stuffe was departed being conducted with captaines soldiors of the Turkes TheÌ„perour of Turkes his two sonnes came into Offen the second daye of Septembre And entring into the churche newly hallowed and geuing thankes to his god for that lucky successe he retourneth agayne to his campe leauing his garrisons at Offen at Peste he leadeth home the rest of his armie and by the way deliuereth Lascus whom he leaft prisoner at Belgrade when he went to Offen for the takyng of Fregose Rincon For the Frenche kyng being sore offended with that acte had by his ambassadour Poline signifyed the whole matter vnto Solyman When the sessians were dou at Regenspurge themperour goth streight into Italy end talketh with the bishop of Rome at Lukes whilest his armie toke shipping which he had gathered before of Almaignes Italians and Spaniardes And because winter was now at hand the bishop did what he could to put him in feare of sayling but he although he had heard of the ouerthrow geuen in HoÌ„gary to th end he might vex the Turkes in an other quarter was fully resolued to go foreward and wayinge his Ankers he hoysed sayle in porte Uenery and keping his course by Corsicke and the Ilandes of Baleare the .xxiii. day of October he arriued at Argier a Citie of Barbarie by the Sea coaste The nombre of his footemen was .xxii. thousande hys horsemen were littell aboue a thousande The vantewarde of the Spaniardes led Farnando Gonzago Uiceroye of Sicilie the Battel which was of Germanes the Emperour The reerewarde of Italians and Knyghtes of the Rhodes Camillus Columnas The same daye that Themperoure arriued and the nexte daye after the wether was fayre and the Sea calme But the thyrdde daye there arrose so greate a tempeste and so contynuall a rayne that it letted all warlyke enterprises in so muche that the Emperoure losynge verye manye Shyppes hys munition and all hys other fournyture beesydes two or three thousande of hys menne was enforced to departe without his pourpos and at length retourned into Spayn in the moneth of Nouember Sir Henry kneuet being ther at the same tyme ambassadour for king Henry the eyght lost all that he had and escaped drowning verye narrowely for when his owne Ship was ready to synke he lept out and was receyued vppoÌ„ an oare into an other shippe by Thomas Kneuet a kinsman of hys who had recouered that shyppe before Thus had our affaires both by Sea and by lande as well in Affrica as in Europe a doulfull ende This yeare was also noysome to Germany by reason of contageous sicknes especially aboute the Rhine amonges others at Strasburge died Capito at Basyll Symon Grineus both men of excellent learnyng th one of them a great diuine thother a philosopher and a great fauourer of the Scripture Themperour at his departure out of Germany tooke order with Fridericke Palatine that he shoulde through the Princes Electours treate with the Duke of Cleaue for restoring vnto hym Gelderlande They sende theyr Ambassadours and admonishe hym boothe of hys owne priuate perill and also of the publicke disturbaunce he sayeth how he is bothe ryght heyre tooke the possession lawfully and is also content the matter be tryed in the law beseching them that they wolde suffer hym to susteyne no wronge but perswade themperours mynde vnto equitie And whan themperour imbarked hym selfe in Italy he leaste Granuellan to sollicite the Bisshop for a counsel and to set order in the comon weale of Senes sore tormoyled with sedition When newes came into Fraunce in December of themperours losse at Argiers ther was many merye harte for many men stamped for the murther of Rincon and Fregose and now they sayde how the tyme was comen to reuenge them King Fernando after this euill lucke losse of Peste and Offen calleth an AsseÌ„blie of hys states at Prage the chief citie of Boheme There at the laste amonge other thynges the nobilitie of Austriche the .xiii. day of DeceÌ„ber putteth vp a supplicatioÌ„ to the kyng wherin first to

the same tyme he sayed he muste nedes gooe whan in deede he fled and leafte Germany for appraye to the enemie than approchynge throughe hys faulte the yong infante of Iohn Uayuode and his owne brother Fernando and all the Realme of Hongary are fallen into thys calamitie he telleth with a brauerye as thoughe he came to Aegnesmortes to confirme the peace but yf there be any prayse in thys thynge it ought rather to bee ascribed vnto hym whiche wente fyrste in to the Shyppe to hym and after also sente hys chyldrene thyther wherein surely there was great daunger bothe of hym selfe that can truste no man and also of Androwe de Anxie hys Admirall a man of a subtyll and craftie witte After he tooke hys Iorney through Fraunce at his requeste in dede but when he had fyrste by hys Ambassadour letters and Messagers craued thys of hym and offered hym Millan he alledgeth nonne other causes but he was constrayned of necessitie for the Rebellion of Gaunte to passe that waye where he sayeth howe consultation was had to haue stayed hym it is faulse neuer came into hys thought He did the Duke of Sauoye no wronge but when he denyed him bothe hys mothers dowarye and in herytaunce and woulde not permitte hym to redeme Nice and besydes dyd euyll intreate hys Lieutenauntes and soldiours he recouered by foorce of Armes that he coulde not gette by lawe and equitie especyallye syns he wrought all thinges in a maner at the Emperours pleasure whose vse and propertye is to perswade other Kynges subiectes to reuolte after to bryng them to miserye As for example the Dukes of Bourbon Sauoye the Prynce of Salarne And Duke Henry of Brunsewicke He is also chargeable and hurtful to his kinse folkes and alies to Christierne king of Denmarke to Fernando his brother to hym chieflye whiche hathe maried his eldeste syster For that the Turke hathe of late inuaded Hongarye and taken the chyefe Cytye it ought not to be ascribed vnto hym but to hymselfe and hys brother whiche layed wayte for the yonge Heyre Uayuodes sonne and made warre agaynste hym And so aunswereth to euerye poynte of the Emperoures Letters concernynge the Turke and hys Ambassadoures sente vnto hym touchynge the Germanes Relygyon and counsell that he will seme to bee in no faulte but to deserue well the Title of the mooste Christian Kynge geuen longe syns to hys noble progenitours And in fyne desyreth the Bisshop to geue no credyte to the sclaunderous reporte of hys aduersary but to thynke howe there is nothynge that he wyll not bee glad to doe for the common welthes sake and hys and for the Churche of Roome A little before this time dyed Willyam Bellaye of Langeis of whom wee haue oftetymes mentioned a man of moche honoure and vertue and an especyall ornamente of the Frenche Nobilytye by reason of hys notable learnynge Eloquence Experyence and syngular aptnes in all affayres farre vnlyke vnto the moste parte that followe the lawe which seeke onlye to auaunce and augemente they re ryches but he was of so noble a courage that he had thys respect onely howe he myght through more vertue wynne trewe renowne and serue hys Prynce trewelye thoughe it were to hys owne hynderaunce I tolde you beefore of Fraunces Lander a preacher of Paris Whan he had made a doubtfull aunswer to the articles propounded and perseuered styll in hys Preachynge two or three dayes before Easter he was commytted to warde Thys was doone by the procuremente of the Diuines which had accused hym to the lieutenaunte Criminell Within a fewe daies after the Kynge came to Sangermane whyche is a little Towne and Castell by the Ryuer of Seine fyue myles benethe Paris and beyng infourmed of the whole matter calleth the Preacher beefore hym He whan he came thither beynge put in feare by some mennes woordes whyche sayed howe the kynge was sore offended declared not that constancye whyche many men looked for at hys hande And beynge caryed agayne vnto Parys the .xxix. daye of Aprill he was enforced to recant suche thynges as he had taught before For on that day in the Cathedral Church did assemble the Senatours and iudges of the Parlamente moreouer all the Magistrates and officers of Parys and a great nomber of Diuines After the Church dores wer made faste and men set in Armure to dryue a waye the people Whan all were placed hys opinions were recyted and beynge demaunded of euery one what he beleued therein he aunswered as pleased them confessynge howe he had erred and promyseth all obedyence from hencefoorthe and acknoweledgeth those Articles of doctryne which fryste the Diuines and after the Kynges counsell propounded vnto hym to bee trewe and godlye After the same sorte also they handled an other Preacher Depensius thoughe not with so greate a solemnitie for whan he had at the fyrste made hys retractatyon nothynge playnlye he was compelled an other daye in hys sermon beefore the people to declare eche thynge distinctelye and apertelye tyll the Divines there present were fully satisfyed In Fraunce liued Clemente Marotte who in the vulgare tounge surmounted far al Poetes that eyther wee before hys dayes or that liued also in his tyme. He had no greate knowledge in the latyn tongue but yet through the company of learned menne he profyted verye moche Neyther was there any thynge almost in the bookes of Poetes but he kneweit so that out of theyr woorkes he tooke moche and applyed it to hys pourpose Thus did he translate certeÌ„ thinges couertly out of Tibullus Propertius and Ouide into hys owne elegies And our of Gaâ—â—llus he tooke the Marriage of Hercules Duke of Farrare and Senate Armoricke Daughter to Lewes the .xij. Kynge of Fraunce He translated also moste excellently the fyrst booke of Ouides Metamorphosys And in his later dayes he bente all his writynges to holy scripture and was prefixed to haue expressed Dauid his Psalter in Frenche metre but taken away through sickenes he finished only fyfty Psalmes which now remaine and are red not without thadmiration of hys excellent wit for nothinge is more pleasaunte than hys style nothynge purer than his speache nothyng apter or more pleasaunt than hys Rythme And he set them foorthe thys yeare at Geneua whither he repaired what tyme hee myghte not safelye make longer a bode in Fraunce for suspycyon of Lutheranisme he had prynted .xxx. Psalmes two yeares before in Parys but with moche diffycultye for thys myghte he not doo beefore the Doctours of Sorbone had pronounced that there was nothynge conteyned in that booke contrary to the Chrystyane fayth Thys peraduenture maketh not moche to our pourpos but I thought good to commend the name of so excellent an Artificer also to other nations for in Fraunce hys memoryal shal endure to the last posterytie and most men be of thys opinion that it shall be ryght harde for anye man to matche hym in thys kynde of

inioye theyr commodytyes on eyther partie and parte of those goodes to be imployed to the fynding of the mynisters of the Churche of free Schooles and the poore the iudges of the Chamber shall kepe theyr place vntyll the tyme prefixed whan the same shal be expired than shall all be receyued into that nomber indifferently without respecte of relygion The decre of Auspurge and all actions commenced agaynst the Protestantes for doctryne sake the case also of Goslarie and Minden to hang in suspence vntill the nexte treaty The Anabaptistes to suffer punishement long synce for them determined Yet shall the magistrates assigne learned and godlye men to shewe them theyr errour and call them agayne to amendemente The Catholickes mislyked thys decree and resisted it withal theyr force But when the byshopes of Collon Munster held with the Protestantes also the duke of Cleaue and the Marques of Baden referred althinges to theÌ„perours pleasure which after loÌ„g disceptation had deuised thys way as a meane tollerable for both parties They being wel shortned of their nuÌ„bre say that certeÌ„ly they wil not assent to it howbeit they will not prescribe themperour nor resyst hys authorytie but are coÌ„tent to suffer it Friderick the Paulsgraue the Marques of Brandenburge Princes electours had intreated that it might be thus decreed The protestaÌ„tes desired also that the duke of BruÌ„swickes case might haue ben coÌ„prised in the same decree but it could not be obtayned themperour vrged theÌ„ that eyther they should restore him or els permit vnto him the prouince by sequestration til the matter be tryed And therof he treated with the Duke the Lantzgraue when they were present and after theyr departure moche more with theyr deputies The Cities at the fyrst refused the ayde of the French warre by reason of theyr intercourse and trade of Marchandise But what tyme the Prynces had assented and the Frenche kynges cause was full of hatred they subscribed also thoughe sore agaynste they re willes especyally that were nere vnto Fraunce The Ambassadours of the Dukes of Luneburge and wirtemberge refused also but they were admonysshed priuately and chastened in woordes that they alone shoulde not lette the good will of the residewe Whan the LaÌ„tzgraue was ready to goe home and came to take hys leaue of Themperoure he had most gentle intertaynement And Themperoure said howe he wolde not trouble hym at thys tyme to serue agaynste the Frenche Kynge for thys cause only that he wolde not bringe hym into hatred but whan thys warre is doone he wyll goe streight waye agaynste the Turke and than wyll he make hym hys lyeutenaunte and generall of all the warre And whan he with a certen modestie excused and abased hymselfe as vnmete for suche a charge you haue done righte well or euer nowe sayeth Themperoure bothe for youre selfe and for the others And we doubte not but that you can doe vs also ryght good seruice with these wordes taketh hys leaue of hym moste Frendely He beyng full of good hope and ioyefull that he had Themperoure so moche hys good Lorde whan he had declared the same to certen of hys Frendes retourneth home Touching the sequestration after longe and moche pleadinge they agreed that all the landes of the Dutchie of Brunswicke should be committed to Themperoure as to the hyghe Magistrate tyll the case were heard and determined eyther frendely or by ryghte and lawe And that Themperour shoulde committe the gouernement of the Contrye eyther to the Paulsgraue or to the Electoure of Brandenburg moreouer to Duke Maurice or the Duke of Cleaue They that shall not abyde thys ordre to suffer the penaltye of breakynge the Publycke Peace That Themperoure doe aduertyse the Duke of Brunswicke to obeye the same yf not to punish him according to the lawes of thempire These condicions at the last Themperour propounded herin perseuered ThaÌ„ did the protestantes ratifie the same as shal be declared herafter The asseÌ„blie being ous finsshed theÌ„perour goeth froÌ„ Spier to MeÌ„tz Nowe was all his armie assembled in Lorayne vpon the borders of Fraunce And about th eÌ„d of May he had recouered the citie of LuceÌ„burg by coÌ„position In this warre ther serued theÌ„perour duke Maurice of Saxonie the Marques Albert with ether of them a thousand Horsemen moreouer Counte william of Furstemburge Captayne of the footemen and Sebastian Sherteline all of the Protestantes relygion Whylest Themperour was at Mentz there was takeÌ„ in Lorayne Huberte Erle Richlynge a Germane that serued the Frenche kynge beyng brought to Mentz he is condeÌ„ned to suffer The CouÌ„tesse hys wyfe whan she was comen thither and fel downe prostrate at Themperours feete coulde fynde no fauoure And nowe were all thynges prepared for the executioÌ„ At the length was procured Maximylyan the sonne of kyng Fernando whom Themperour had lately receyued he in th ende obtayned hys pardon and saued hys life In the meane tyme Barbarousse eyther for that hys bufynes requyred so orheyng perswaded by the kynge or els fearyng leste the Frenche Kyng should conclude a peace with Themperoure retourneth home and what so euer places by the Sea syde apperteyned to Themperoure or thempire he inuadeth and spoyleth But from the Bisshop of Romes landes he refraineth as it is most lyke by the French kinges perswasion Themperours armye marchynge forewarde taketh the Towne and Castell of Lyney three myles from Barrey And from thence goeth to Sandesyre a Frenche Towne standyng vpon the riuer of Marne which was kept with a stronge garrison ouer whom Mounser Landren was Captayne who so valeauntely the yere beefore had defended the Towne of Landersey from Themperour and from Thenglishemen Whilest these thynges are thus a woorkynge Anthony the Duke of Lorayne departeth out of this lyfe not so moch for age as for thoughte and care he tooke for thys nere and almoste domesticall warre whom Fraunces hys sonne succeded whiche had maryed Themperours Nece Christine as before is sayde In thys meane whyle the Kyng of England sendeth ouer the Sea to Caleis the Duke of Northfolke with one Armye who marchynge throughe Bollonois went and beseged Moustrell here Maximilyan Countiede Bure by Themperours accorde serued the Kynge of England And immedyately after sente an other stronge Armye with the Duke of Suffolke who layed sege to Bollogne and thyther came the king in person The Frenche Kynge had appoynted Gouernoure there Mounser Ueruyne a man of honoure Whan Themperour had enuironed SaÌ„desyre with his army he maketh the Batteri the Bretch onse made geueth thassault at that Ides of Iuly but where the townes men stode to theyr owne defence moste valeauntelye Themperialles were repulsed and fyue hondreth Soldiours slaine Fynally in the seconde moneth what tyme Landrey the gouernoure was slayne with the fall of an House and the Gunners wanted pouder the Towne was rendred Durynge thys seege Renate Prynce of Orenge beeynge stryken with a greate Peece

authoritie at the self same tyme vnto Adolphe Erle of Schauenburg whome a fewe yeares before that the Archbishop had amoÌ„ges all others chosen vnto him for his Coadiutour Wherfore the Byshop sending his bulles warneth all the states of the countrey to accept and acknowledge him for their Archbishop Moreouer he vrgeth themperour that he shuld execute his sentence And where as the Archbyshop beyng at sondry times admonished to leaue of his enterprise sayde euer he could not do it with a safe conscience The Emperour hauing almost nowe gotten the victory sendeth to ColloÌ„ Ambassadours Philip Lalenge gouernour of GelderlaÌ„d Uiglie Zwicheme a Lawyer By them he calleth an Assemblie of the States of the whole prouince that coÌ„myng at a certen daye they shuld forsake their Archebyshop Herman and goe to him that before was his Coadiutour vnto whome they should shewe al fidelitie and obseruance as to their high prelate The Clergie in dede was ready to graunt vnto it for they were the very occasion hereof But the Nobilitie and many of the Clergie also that were of noble houses and againe the Ambassadours of cities declare that it is not lawful for them to forsake him whom thei haue so long tyme obeyed and so many yeares founde a good and a Godlye Prynce vnto whome they owe their fayth and allegeaunce by an othe The matter stickyng at this harde poynte the Duke of Cleaue his next neighbour for the auoyding of further trouble sendeth his CouÌ„sellours thither to make intreatie Whiche after long and much decision obteyne of the Clergie that they wyll be quiet tyll suche tyme as the other States may declare the whole matter to the Archebyshop Wherfore Theodoricke Manderschitte and William Nuenarie Erles the chiefest of all the nobilitie were sent vnto hym Who through their singular wisdome and eloquence do perswade hym that for the compassion of the people leste the whole countrey should be distroyed with warre he would be content to geue place What tyme therfore he had released all men of their othe and allegeaunce His forsayd Coadiutour whome he had loued as his owne brother doeth succede hym This was the .xxv. daye of Ianuary The Archebyshop had a brother named Fridericke who I tolde you in the tenth booke had bene Byshop of Munster and was nowe prouoste of Bonna He was also depriued of his office and that had Gropper for his Share The lyke chaunced to Counte Stolberge Dean of Collon who had defended the Archebyshop ryght constantly By and by through out the whole Prouince by the commaundement of the newe Byshop the Religion agayne was altered and what so euer Bucer had set forth quite abolyshed Whan the Ambassadours of the Protestauntes had bene with the Frenche kyng they went into Englande that they myght bring the same to passe with them both But nowe was king Henry sore sicke and his disease increasing he departeth out of this life about th end of Ianuary in the .xxxviii. yere of his reigne whaÌ„ he had by legacie made his son Edward of .ix. yeres his heire after him had substituted his daughter Mary by his first wife Elizabeth by his secoÌ„d wife Howbeit before he died he condeÌ„neth Thomas the duke of Norfolke whose authoritie was always gret vnto per And beheaded the Erle of Surrey his sonne for speaking certeÌ„ wordes ouer muche suspected of the king liyng sicke After his death insued the alteration of Religion as hereafter you shall heare For albeit he had expulsed out of all his dominions the Bishop of Romes authoritie albeit it was death if any maÌ„ did acknowledge him for the chief head of the churche albeit that in the coÌ„mon prayers of the churche he detested him as a TirauÌ„t very Antichrist yet kept he still the popish religion as hereto fore hath ben declared He had caused his sonne to be well instructed from his childhode and whan he should depart he appointed him counseilours to the nombre of .xvi. and amonges them Edwarde Erle of Herford the yong Princes vncle Unto whome afterward because it was supposed that he would be moste faithfull to him was coÌ„mitted chefest part of his protection by the rest of the counsailours and an honorable style geuen him that he should be called the Protectour of the kyng his Realme He was also created Duke whan the king had geuen him the Dutchie of Somerset He both loued the Gospel did his indeuour also that the same might be receiued moued the king his nephew to imbrace it in like case and herein had a companion and helper Thomas Cranmer Archebyshop of Canturbury a man of notable learning and primate of England About this time also dieth the wyfe of king Ferdinando Quene Anne the mother of many children For whom the Emperour maketh a funerall at Ulme In the meane season they of Auspurg moued by the example of their fellowes by their owne daunger together hauing intercessours fit for the purpose amongest others Anthony Fugger are receiued into the Emperours fauour being condemned in a hoÌ„dred fifty thousand crownes xii great pieces of ordenaunce furnyshed and to fynde a garryson within theyr Cytie of ten enseignes of footemen In the Citie was Captaine Scherteline and had serued them many yeares for their wages Whome the Emperour and kyng Ferdinando hated chiefly for takyng the Castell of Erenberg vpon the Alpes Wherfore albeit the Senate intreated muche for him yet seing the Emperour did stifly refuse other wyse wold not accorde he was constrayned to flie the countrey so went with his hole family to Constaunce a citie in the borders of SwisserlaÌ„d During the siege at Lipsia the Electour of Brandenburg intreateth a peace and sending Ambassadours to theÌ„ both requyreth theÌ„ that he myght be permitted to take vp the matter The Electour was content but Duke Maurice blaming him sore the he made so sharp war the sixt day at the length he answereth somwhat strauÌ„gly whan he saw that the towne was able to hold out thennemy Wherfore the Marques immediatly doth signifie the same to the LaÌ„tgraue praiyng hym to perswade Duke Maurice And for so muche as this ciuile war in Saxony can not well be appeased vnles that publique war of themperour shuld cease also he desireth him that he would geue his minde here unto and the rather perswade him he sheweth him in how great daunger he standeth How that all his fellowes for the most part are already recoÌ„ciled to themperour And how the Duke of Wirtemburg hath accorded vpon moste straite conditions How theÌ„perour prepareth a new army And in as much as he alone is not able long to resiste so great a power he admonisheth him that he wold not refuse to submit him self and condescende vnto these conditions which he him selfe hath coÌ„ceaued and sent him now by his Ambassadours For in as much as for many causes themperours minde is sore

complaintes hereof to the Byshops of Rome and Emperours yet haue they bene constrained to sweare And certenly Prussie remained in the tuition of the Empyre till Friderich of Saxon and Albert of Brandenburg were Maisters of the order For they would do no homage to the kynges of Polle for that neither the Byshop nor the Emperour had confirmed that coÌ„position of king Casimire And that in the yeare M. CCCCC the Emperout Maximilian in the assemble at Auspurge made a decree wherin he commaunded them to geue their fayth to the Empyre only And where after to appease the controuersie Maximilian had appointed a daye at Passawe in the yeare a M D. x. sending thether Ambassadours there could be nothing at all concluded WherupoÌ„ ensued that last warre Moreouer Albert him selfe .xxiiii. yeares past in the conuention at Norinberge as a Prince of the Empyre had his place amonges others and signed the decree there made Wherfore it is euident that the king of Polle hath no right to Prusse and that it was not lawfull for Albert to withdrawe him self vnto his tuition and protection Nowe where the Ambassadour reproueth my ordre of vnthankefulnes and breakyng of conuenauntes herein he doeth vs wrong and it is to be proued by olde wrytinges that scarsely haue any kinges of Polle kepte touche and promesse with vs. Was there euer wryting sene confirmed with mo Seales than the same wherby we accorded with king Ladislaus might there any more assuraunce be made And yet breaking the seales and wryting the warre was renewed against vs. This recompence had we of them for restoryng vnto them Sarmatie a great part of Lituania He named certen Emperours of fourmer tyme and sayeth how they were offended with our order But the truthe is farre otherwyse For Sigismunde did not only sequestre strife and geue sentence with vs as before is meÌ„tioned but also gaue vs ayde against the enemie Againe the Emperour Fridericke what tyme the people rebelled as I said before shewed vs all the fauour that might be and banyshed the coÌ„spiratours and for the same cause helde an assemble of the Empyre at Norinberge in the which conuention a decree was made to ayde vs. The lyke good wyll and fauour did Maximilian she we vs. For he neither would that we should sweare to the kyng of Polle and therfore both in his owne name and also of the whole Empyre he wrote sondry letters to kyng Sigismunde and made than a decree for vs right honorable This oratour procedeth and in the waye of mockery demaundeth of vs why we do not recouer Hierusalem and such other like places surely I am not so cleane without experience but I could taunte againe neuerthelesse by reason of this honorable audience I wyll refrayne wil aske him but this question only First why the kyng of Polle doth not recouer those places which the Prince of Moscouia hath taken froÌ„ him within these fewe yeares Whiche are in comparison as muche as all Prussie Againe why in so great fortune he doeth not defende his owne limites from the dayly inuasions of the Tartarians Uerely these are plages for breaking his fidelitie He sayeth our order in tymes past was expulsed out of all Boheme Why he should thus saye I knowe not vnlesse that by this example he would shewe that they myght also lawfully spoyle vs of our goodes and tourne vs out of landes and possessions For the distruction of the tyme touched not only our order but pearsed also through out all the lande of Boheme and was extended vpon theÌ„ chiefly which followed the olde Religion what tyme great tumultes were reysed there for the doctrine of John Husse Dur order hath warred with kinges of Polle I confesse it but that euer they gaue the occasioÌ„ of warre I denie vtterly For they neuer attempted warre but either to defende their right or els to recouer their owne He sayeth we haue made leagues with the Cartarians This may well be verefied of them For it is manifest that they haue vsed their ayde against men that professe the Christen religion Againe the situation of the countrey declareth easely whether the Tartarians lie more commodious and nerer vs or them And that whiche he spake laste of the cities Danske and Eluinge is grounded vpon no reason For eyther citie is of our dominion belongeth to the Germane Empyre neither hath the kyng of Polle any other title there than that whiche he hath obtayned through the rebellion and treason of the citezens as it may be proued by sondry reasons And seyng these matters are thus moste redoubted Emperour most mighty kyng and States most honorable I besech you that the senteÌ„ce already geueÌ„ may be put in executioÌ„ For this to obtein at your handes ought both the equitie of the cause and dignitie of the Empyre and State of Religion and the honour all so coÌ„moditie of the Nobilitie of Germany The Ambassadour of Polle had prepared a contrary wryting but did not exhibit the same For whan the reasons were heard on both partes certen were chosen out of the whole noÌ„bre to examine the matter whose determination was that the sentence pronounced against Albert should be maynteined But yet consideryng the great difficultie that would be in the execution of the same they referre all to the Emperour And shortly after kyng Sigil munde departed for pure age whan he had reigned .xlii. yeres He was sonne vnto king Casimire as before is sayde He had thre brethren Wherof Ladislaus was kyng of HoÌ„gary and Boheme the father of kyng Lewys and Anne Iohn Albert and Alexander whan they had reigned in order after their father Casimire leauing behinde them no children passed ouer the gouernment to their yongest brother Sigismunde Unto whome nowe succeded his sonne of the same name who had maried the daughter of Ferdinando kyng of Romaynes I shewed you of Mendoza in the fourmer boke how he protested at Rome concerning the counsell Wherunto at the halendes of February followyng the Byshop calling a Senate of Cardinalles made this aunswere What tyme Mendoza thou saidest how the Emperour had commaunded thee to make protestation against the counsell thou madest vs right sorowfull But after we had more diligently wayed the letters of thy commission we were comforted agayne And first I wyll speake of the cause of our grief heuines For that maner of protesting is after an euill example and chiefly vsed of suche as are either reuolted wholy from dewe obedience or haue begon to wauer therin Therfore did it greue me exceadingly whiche haue alwayes borne a fatherly loue to the Emperour and as becommeth the pastour of the church haue euer desyred concord And it greued me and the Senate of Cardinalles so much the more for as muche as at this time we loked for nothing lesse For the Emperour hath made warre with his aduersaries and the ennemies of the churche and hath done it through the ayde of myne armie And

him heretofore but whan inquisition was made there coulde nothinge in a manner be founde Neuerthelesse he will do what he can to knowe the certaintye For no man shall escape vnpunished that hathe oughte offended At this time also the states do graunte that the Emperor maye at his pleasure constitute the iudgemente of the Chamber and ioyne vnto them other iudges for assistaunce And they them selues promise to beare the charges of the same Of the treatye begonne concerninge a league before saide the winedinge vp was this that the Emperoures prouinces whiche he hathe in Germanye and lowe Dutchlande and all that belonge to the house of Burgundy should be vnder the tuition and defence of the Empire and be contributaries vnto publicke affaires yet so as they maye vse their owne lawes and iurisdiction And that Germanye shall againe looke for the like aide and defence of the Emperoures Prouinces âœš The .xxi. Booke of Sleidanes Commentaries concerning the state of Religion and the common Weale during the reigne of the Empyre of Charles the syfte â§ The Argument of the .xxi. Booke THe authoures of the Interim are rewarded which neuerthelesse many impugned whereof the Duke of Saxon is accused They of Constance were so vrged to admit the Interim that ambushes of fotemen were laied to surprise the Citie whiche at the laste receweth the Interim They of Strausboroughe make theyr purgation to the Emperoure A commotion chaunseth at Bourdeux The dispaire of Spiera is recited and the conuersion of Uergerius The Scottishe Quene transported into Fraunce Maydenbourge is setforth for a praye The Admirall of Englande is beheaded they at Strausboroughe are at contention with their Byshop They of Wittemberge are accused to be Adiphoristes to wit indifferent or newters A disputation in Englande touchinge the Lordes Supper Ueruine is beheaded in Fraunce Pursute against them of Maidenburge the death of Pope Paule and the horrible actes of the same The description of the place of election at Rome and the maner of chusinge the Pope Masse againe at Strausborough a proclamation in in Fraunce against Lutheranes Pope Iulius and his little Cardinall THe last day of Iune the conuention was dissolued In the. xix boke I shewed you howe the Emperor perswaded all men to submit them selues to the Counsell and that on his warrantise who wold se that thaction shuld be lawfull Nowe therefore a decre is made that the counsel shuld be continued at TreÌ„t and the Emperour saith he will deuise that it be there recommeÌ„ced so shortly as may be Which thing whaÌ„ it shal be brought to passe he requireth that they all especially of the clergy of the religion of Protestants which come thither vnder his saufeconduit for he wil take order than the whole matter shal be godly and christenly decided and determined according to the holy scriptures and doctrine of the fathers all affections laid apart and that they theÌ„ selues also shal be hard speak so much as shal be thoughte requisite After are other decrees red as is accustomed especially that of religion a strait charge geueÌ„ that al men obey the same as was also before declared at the Ides of May the .iii. authors of the boke are before named of whoÌ„ IhoÌ„ Islebie receiued for his paines taken a liberal reward bothe of the Emperour and also of king Ferdinando And Michel Sidonie afterward was made bishop of Merseburge in Saxony Wherof arose a iest how they defended the bishop of Romes oyle chresme as an holy thing and necessary to saluation to the intent they them selues might therby be the better gresed auoynted Not long after the Emperour sent his letters to the princes that were absent especially vnto those where he thought most nede was commandeth them immediatly to obey this decre And the teÌ„th day of Iuly he wryteth to Erasmus bishop of Strausburge to see the thinge which he had brought to passe through his great trauel put in execution if he wanted conuenieÌ„t ministers to take them els wher The report of this decree was incontinentlye spread abrode farre and wide And the Uenetians make proclamation the .xix. daye of Iuly that whosoeuer haue any bokes wherin is any thing wrytten against the catholicke faith they bringe them vnto certen men within .viii. daies for after shall inquisition be made and suche as haue deserued shal be punished to the promotours they promise a reward and to kepe their counsel The Bishop of Rome hath his ambassadours there continually as in kinges courtes also They with the eies and eares of many do se and heare muche and oftentimes are causes that such decrees be made but yet the Senate of Uenise vseth this prouision that they suffer not the Bishops or inquisitors of Rome to geue sentence of iudgemente but ioyne with them alwaies their officers and lawyers which shall heare the examination and se that nothing be done malitiouslye or cruellye against any man within their iurisdiction This law made they in the yere of our Lord M.D.xxi. what time those inquisitours vsed great cruelty against pore men in the countrye aboute Brixia as though they had bene inchauntors and had medled with the deuil and now sence Luthers doctrine was depely roted spred abrode the same law is of force stil though the bishops gnashe their tethe at it and wold neuer so fain haue it abolished About this time did the French King send aid into Scotland against the English men and amonges others the Ringraue with a force of Germaines But the Emperoure banisheth the Earle of Bichlinge Huberte and Sebastiane Scherteline al in one wryting and shortly after the Ringraue counte Hedecke Recrode and Riseberge and also desireth all foreine Princes that they would not maintaine them but gratify him herein and biddeth them whan occasion shal serue to loke for the like at his hand The Ladye Iane daughter to the King of Nauerre which was affianced and Maried .vii. yeres before to the Duke of Cleaue as we haue specified is now ioyned in Mariage with the Duke of Uandome a Prince of the bloud royal Elenor the French Quene sister to the Emperor leauing FrauÌ„ce goeth into Flaunders Duke de Ammalle sonne to the Duke of Guyse whan he had bene a longe suter to the Emperoures Nece the Duchesse of Lorayne he marieth the Daughter of Hercules Duke of Farrare About this time Lewes Auila a Spaniard setforth in print the history of the Germane warre done by the Emperoure wrytten in the vulgare tonge where he speaketh of the takyng of Marques Alberte at Rochlice he sayeth how he was so intangled with the wantounesse of women that he coulde not prosper The same booke came forthe afterwardes in Italian Latin and Frenche Althoughe the Emperoure had moste straightlye commaunded that no man should in any wise impugne the boke set forth concerning Religion yet were diuers wrytinges published whiche did condempne the whole Doctrine thereof and

and Italy In the meane tyme the Archebyshoppes of Germany especially of Mentz Collon and Treuers euery man in his owne diocese holde conuocations to thintent to refourme their churches after the order prescribed by the Emperour For this had they promised him to do In the prouince of Collon Bucer had taught before as in the .xv. boke is specified and there were diuerse ministers of the churche that had maried wyues But although the Emperours decree did permitte the mariage of priestes tyl the counsell should determine the same yet sayed the Bishop of Collon how that appertained only to the Lutherians and not to suche as folowed the churche of Rome Wherfore by a decree made he disanulleth matrimonies contracted and declareth them to be incestuouse and commaundeth the children be gotten of suche to be bastardes The Archebyshop of Treuers hath but a small prouince conteining only thre Byshoprykes Metz Tully and Uerdon There neded no suche lawe For the priestes in these places had rather haue coÌ„cubines thaÌ„ wyues But in the Archebyshopryke it selfe where there appered to be more daunger he decreed as his fellowes did The iurisdiction of Mentz is moste large For vnder hym be .xii. Byshops and almost all Hesse is also win his prouince Therfore he began to instaunt and vrge them to obey the Emperours decree Like wyse did the Archebyshop of Treuers who had also some iurisdictioÌ„ there But the Lantgraues sonnes and the other rulers and counsellours heard these thinges with deafe eares The Archbyshop of Mentz sent also to FraÌ„ckfurth his suffragan Michel Sidonie Who first hallowyng the churches there preacheth teacheth after his maner The Byshop of Auspurge compelled certen priestes that were not constante to abiure their religioÌ„ and doctrine I spake before of the Frenchmen which in sommer went to ayde the Scottes They at the last bryng away in to Fraunce Mary the yonge Quene daughter and heire to the kyng that dead is beyng thaÌ„ syx yeares of age that they might thus take away from the Englyshemen all hope of optaynyng her This yeare that Byshop of Rome created Charles Uandome a Frencheman Cardinal After that Maximilian of Austrich was arryued in Spayne and had maried the lady Mary themperours daughter Phylippe the Emperours sonne a younge Prince of .xxi. yeares of age being sent for of his father prepareth him selfe to take his iourney And leauing behinde hym his cosin Germane the same his brother in lawe to gouerne the common wealth in his absence whan he was imbarked had set vp sayle the .xxv. daye of Nouember he arriueth at Genes with fiftie Galeis and as many shyppes of burthen by the conduite of Androwe Daurie who had transported Maximilian accompanied with a great nomber of Nobles amongest others the Duke of Alba and the Cardinall of Trente A fewe dayes after his arriuall he remaineth wout the walles in the house of Androwe Daurie the Admirall in the meane tyme that the Shippes were vnlading and preparation made in the citie The second daye of December he entred and was receiued moste sumptuously and being there furnyshed aswell of money as all other thinges mete and requisite to trauell by lande he departeth thence the eight daye after and passing by Alexandria and Pauie goeth to Millan At Pauie were the great battering peces which the Emperour had taken from Iohn Fridericke Duke of Saxon and sent thither as before is sayde At Millan where he arriued the .xix. daye of December were set vp in euery place triumphant arkes pageoÌ„s and images with honorable posies written At his entring were ready to receiue him the Duke of Sauoye the Ambassadours of Uenise Florence Ferrare Seines About this tyme at Bruisselles died Maximilian Erle of Bure of a disease in the throte called the Quinancie whan his Phisition had tolde hym before as they saye the very houre of his death as sone as he sawe him whose name was Andrew Wessel I shewed you before of Duke Manrice how after the decree of ReligioÌ„ was red he departed from Auspurg Whan he was come home he assembleth the Nobilitie and the other states And propoundeth the whole matter at Misene declaring vnto them what the Emperours mynde is They vrge the Emperours promesse and his also and requyre instauntly that they may be suffered to kepe styll the Religion professed at Auspurge After it was agreed that the diuines of Wittemberge and of Lipsia should be called to counsell Wherfore they met first at Begge after at Celle last at Iuterbock Thither came also Iohn Islebie sent froÌ„ the Marques of BraÌ„denburg Here was a decre made of thinges indifferent suche as are called Adiaphora the last conuention of all was at Lipsia Here was a fourme of Religion written whiche all men should obserue vnder the dominions of Duke Maurice Which boke afterwardes bred much contention as shal be declared in his place In the meane tyme the Emperours sonne procedeth on his iourney and passing by Mantua and Trent he coÌ„meth to Auspurge and so to Spire After he passeth through the laÌ„d of Luke to the Emperour his father accompanied amongest others with the Cardinall of Trent The Emperour had sente to mete hym in Germany a goodly nomber of Horsemen at the conduite of the Duke of Arescot Duke Maurice goyng forth to mete him as farre as Trent rode forth with a small coÌ„pany to see Mantua and Uenise and was moste honorably interteyned of the Senate He intreated diligeÌ„tly the Prince of Spain that he would be a meane to the Emperour for the Lantgraue his father in lawe whiche after also he signified vnto him for as muche as the other had promysed right gently he byddeth hym be of good comfort yet neuerthelesse admonyshynge hym to dissemble the matter and not to be acknowen therof At this tyme was muche trouble in the partes of Barbarie Affrica For one Zeriphius as they say arrising of a smal beginning and atteyning to a kingdome had erpulsed Fesanus a kyng by hym out of his Realme who came after to the Emperour at Auspurge complayning of his misfortune and desyryng ayde Nicolas byshop of Metz the son of Anthony Duke of Lorayne and Tutour to the Duke his Nephew as I shewed you in the xvi boke forsaking ecclesiasticall order maried one of the house of Eckmount whiche was an inheritour in Brabant So the Bishoprike returned to the Cardinal of Loraine In what sorte the Ambassadours of Strasburge treated with the Emperour at Collon is before declared Whan they were retourned home shortly after they began to conferte with the Byshop who callyng before hym the Nobilitie sheweth them what the Emperours pleasure is to haue done and commaundeth them all to obey He chargeth also straightly the Clergie of Strasburg to followe the same And where he propounded ouer harde thinges the Senate the .xii. daye of February sending Henry Cope Ambassadour with letters to the Emperour saie howe they haue treated diligently

is not vnknowen to them which haue bene at a few of the last conuentions for they do not only vnderstand but also know by experieÌ„ce how swete is the name of peace and how comfortable a thing it is and againe what euils warre bryngeth Moreouer it shuld be greuous and displesaunt to them if theyr neighbours should for theyr sake be in daunger or receiue any domage Furthermore they do confesse that neyther is it lawfull for them neyther is it in theyr power obstinately to resist themperour and thempire but that beyng dryuen of necessitye to defende them selues and theyrs from iniury they haue beaten downe certayne buildinges and haue taken certen holds smal townes villages in the time of warre not minding to kepe them for them selues but that they shuld not come into the hands of foraine nations neyther do they refuse to rendre the same again so that theyr neighbors do attempt nothing And that there is two causes chieflye wherefore they can not obteyne peace fyrste for that they do retain the doctrin of the gospell and refuse that Romyshe Idoll Secondlye for that the condicions of peace propounded are to them not only greuous but also intollerable and altogether such as cannot be performed For if they shuld betray theyr liberty geuen theÌ„ by themperor great Otto the first of that name and the which they haue receiued of theyr elders and maintained vnto this day it can by no reasoÌ„ be defended or excused in time to come Nowe also it appeareth and is manifestly sene what thing the authoures of the booke made at Auspurge intended and where about they went for they indeuonred to plucke awaye from men the chief article of doctrine of iustification the very force of saluation They called in doubte also the Lordes supper and marriage of priestes Moreouer they teach the inuocation of deade men and what so euer dependeth of the same furthermore they go about to restore all papistry as hath bene declared of many excellent learned men certainly this so great a wickednes woulde not be winked at or passed ouer in silence yea God is to be called on with continuall praier that he suffer not the glory of his name to be thus polluted for assuredly it is an heauye and a sorowful sight that men should be violently inforced to false Religion and Idolatry the ministers of the churche cast into prison or wyth theyr wiues and chyldren dryuen into exile some also myseserablye slaine it is as much to be lamented that albeit these thinges are openly sene especiallye in the vpper partes of Germanye yet there should be men that dare affirme that Religion is not impugned Howe be it is no newes for euer synce the worlde began the state of good and godly menne hathe bene alwaies to suffer affliction Againe there be many examples both in the old and newe Testamente that declare the constancy of holy men which they vsed whan Kinges and Princes setforth theyr Proclamations contrary to Gods word For in suche cases was this alwaies of force that is wrytten in holy scriptures howe we oughte rather to obeye God than men This hathe Chrisostome Austen Ambrose and other holy men not only taught but also perfourmed in dede whan Emperoures commaunded any thinge againste the commaundementes of God in like case are they at this present They se the daÌ„ger they are in and yet may not otherwise do for they must soner abide all pearill than to praise and receiue manifest errors It is wrytten of Gordius the martir who beinge requested of his frendes whan he was caried to execution that for sauinge of his life he woulde forsake his opinion aunsweared that the tonge ought not to speake any thinge in reproche of him that made it the which thing aswel apperteineth vnto al meÌ„ For this is the opinioÌ„ bothe of the aunciente Churche and also of certaine of the fyrste Bishoppes of Rome that they do not only betray the truth whiche teache false Doctrine but also suche as dare not professe openlye and defende the truthe knowen wherefore the whole case muste be coÌ„mitted to god nether ought they ether for that plesure of any maÌ„ or fearce of any peril to forsake the professioÌ„ of that Ueritie but to set before their eies thexample of Daniel who coÌ„trary to that proclamatioÌ„ of king Darius worshipped God with the windowes set open on euerye side Certes he mighte haue done the same priuatelye and closelye withoute any daunger but for as much as the same thing concerned the profession of his faith and glory of gods holy name with a great and a constant courage he called vpon God openlye and had no respect of any daunger which being procured for him by his aduersaries lighted after on theyr owne heades Wherefore they beseche all men to attempte no force nor warre againste them whiche are members of the true Churche and that they woulde followe herein the steppes of the Christiane Souldioures of former time whych in dede would not obey whan themperoures in the warres required theyr seruice againste the Christians as is to be proued by the example of Saincte Moris the martir howe greuouslye also God was offended with the Israelites for that they being afraid of the multitude of their ennemies did not healpe theyr weake felowes is expressed in the boke of iudges that it mighte be a doctrine for al men not only not to forsake in their necessitye the brethren and fellowes of their Religion but also to ayde and succoure them They doubte nothing but that good men will be moued by these thinges For God liueth is immortall which hath full oft in times past shewed the mighty power of his right hande and nowe can also declare the same They desyre them also hartely that they would cause these letters to be exhibited to the Emperor to king Ferdinando and to other princes and states and also to make intercession for them that no extremity be wrought against them for they wil refuse to do nothing that may be godly and honestly performed they require moreouer that they would commend them vnto god by their praiers to thend verely that through the xample of the Niniuites they may from the bottom of their hartes bewail their sinnes hartely sigh vnto God that they may boldly professe this doctrine of the gospel whiche hathe nowe these .xxx. yeares bene preached and may set it forth with the godlines of life that they may shew the worckes of loue vnto all men but chiefly to the ministers of the church now banished and exiled and to theyr children and wiues and suche other miserable people And that they may kepe this holsome doctrine pure and safe from the deceites of them which vnder the pretence of restoringe Ceremonies do now bryng in againe the whole rabble of the Romishe doctrin In the month of Octobre Fraunces Duke of MaÌ„tua the sonne of Duke Fridericke marieth the Lady Katherine daughter to Ferdinando Kinge of Romaines

matter is and stirre vp and down in the churche Wherupon the preacher who thought verely there had bene a sedition raised being sore afraid of his owne part went downe sodenly out of the pulpit by his fellowes let into the chauncel which was feÌ„sed with dores of Iron For al the priestes were there amongs them were certain prebendaries of the same church borne of noble houses which sitting neare the pulpit to heare conueied theÌ„ selues in also quickly knowing not what would come therof The whole matter immediatly was declared to the consul and Pretour who with the reaste of the Senate were hearinge Sermones in other churches They came in all haste to appeass the Tumulte but before they came all was quieted for besides a fewe younge men no man once stirred Wherefore the Senate amonges others sent to them Iames Sturmius who declareth to the principal of the clargy before said that the Senate is sorye for this disturbaunce and sheweth thoccasion therof and affirmeth that there was no citezen found in the same and for as muche as it was done withoute theyr knowledge prayeth them not to take it displeasauntly and promiseth them that they wil se to it from this time forward that no such like thing happen But they woulde not thus be satisfied and saye plainly how they wil no more from henceforthe put theyr lines in such a daunger and the next day they depart in great displeasure leauing of their work begon and reparing to the bishop at Tabernes complaine of theyr misfortune Thus therefore was the matter discontinued for a fewe monethes after In the meane time they had complained to the Emperoure of the whole matter as shall be declared hereafter Many men suppose how they reioysed inwardly in theyr mindes they had so good an occasion to leaue For so loÌ„g as the Masse was abolished by a decre of the Senate ' they had liued most at liberty and receiued theyr whole reuenewes withoute any paines taking but now that they are bounden to daily seruice although the laboure be not great yet was this occasion thoughte vnto them right acceptable wherby they might shake of that yoke of bondage especially seinge theyr doinges were derided and contempned of the common people and they them selues poynted at with fingers and hated of most men The Senate after inquisition made could perceiue no fault in anye townes man Aboute the beginning of February the ambassadors of England and FrauÌ„ce mete to treat a peace For the Englishmen hauing lost those fortes before said were driuen to an narrow issue Aboute this time also the Protectoure the kinges vncle was deliuered out of the towre wheras the counsel perceiued that the same should please the king wel and for so much as the Earl of Warwick was the chief occasioÌ„ of his apprehension this meane was found that theyr frendshippe should be renued through affinitie Wherefore the Earle of Warwickes sonne marieth the Duke of Somersets daughter And afterward the Kinge gaue vnto the Earle of Warwicke the Dukedome of Northumberland but this frendship lasted not longe as shal be declared hereafter In the meane season at Rome was all full of factions and partakinges especiallye the Farnesians were very earnest that one of theyr side might be chosen and at the first in dede Alexander that was Nephewe to Paulus and certatne other Cardinals his clients ioyned them selues to the Cardinalles imperials but when the frenche Cardinals gaue theyr voyces to Cardinall Saluiate a Florentine Alexander fearing least at the next session Saluiate shoulde be pronounced Bishop reuolted to the French part taking firste an othe of them as it is reported for certaintie that they shoulde not chuse Saluiate By this meane at the lengthe Ihon Mary Mountane whome we saide before was high president of the counsel at Trent and Bononie the .vii. day of February was created Bishop And he was euer accompted to be a moste earnest fauourer of the French partie and also of the Fernesians The cause why Farnesius bare no good will to Saluiate was reported to be this for that he feared least if he should obtain the dignity he would cut short both him his brethren kinsfolkes of much riches which they had heaped together by right wrong and would auenge the Iniury done to his house by Paulus and the Farnesiaus And it is said how Cardinall Farnesius woulde not promesse the good will of him and his to Mountane whome Paule the third made Cardinall till he had assured him by his fidelitie that he would frely permit Parma to his brother Octauianus The bishop after an old custome chaungeth his name and is called Iuly the third of that name At the same time the Frenche King setforth a proclamation againste the Luthexanes And a penalty also appoynted for the iudges that are slacke and negligent in executing the same Before the bishop was elected departed out of this life two Cardinals Uerulan and Rodulphe therfore there remained in the conclaue lii wherof there were .xiiii. frenchmen ii Germains iiii Spaniards ii Portugals and one Englishe man al the residue Italians and of the .xi. Romains The .xxii. daye of February Iuly was consecrated bishop by Cardinall Cibon two daies after he openeth the golden gate as they cal it wheras was infinite nombre of people to obtain remission of theyr sinnes as before is said The bishop striketh on the gate with a golden mallet for so standeth the Ceremony which afterward he is wont to geue a way to some man in token of honour For there be some that thinck them selues happy men if they may get it and at this time the cardinal of Auspurge obteined it through much intreaty and caried it with him into Germany Whilest the bishop beateth on the gate with his mallet worcke men breake it open with crowes of Iron there the people which striue who may first thronge in gather vp full busely the morter and rubbishe that falleth by the ruine of the same and kepe them as precious Iewels Many men iested vpon the fact of the Cardinal of Auspurge whan they heard therof saying that he intended with that same mallet to knock the Lutheranes in the head Than came to Rome to salute the Bishop to do theyr duty to him the duke of Urbin the duke of Farrare the ambassadors of Uenise of Sauoy of the duke of Florence Genes Senes Scotland Fraunce and after also themperors The bishop did not only restore Parma to Octauius Farnesius but also gaue made him the high gouernor whome they call Confalonier and restored also Ascanius Colunnois whome Paule the third had exiled The new bishop of an auncient custome geueth his Cardinals hat to whome he list and this bishop Iuly what time he was Legate at Boloigne loued a yong man Innocentius out of measure whom although the reast did mislike yea spake against him he chose into the nombre of Cardinals and receiued him again into his

kept with a great garrison This tyme the Frenche men going priuely out of Piedmount vpon the soden take Uercelles a towne of Turin whiche the Spanyardes kept But where they thought them selues hardly able to defend the same being so nere Millan and Gonzago the Emperours lieftenaunt approched also with a power they spoyled the towne and retourned home in due season laden with boties Not long after it was signified and written both from Uenise and other places of Solyman Emperour of Turkes who had hanged his eldest sonne Mustapha for suspicion of treason They reporte that the murther was committed through the procurement of his seconde wyfe whiche coueted to haue her sonne auaunced and to succede his father I haue spoken before of the Archebyshop of Cantorbury He and Quene Iane with thre sonnes of the Duke of Northumberlande being brought to the barre in the moneth of Nouember were coÌ„demned to suffer for treason but according to the custome of the Realme thei were caried again to pryson and through the intercessioÌ„ of certen were reserued Sebastian Scherteline of whome ofte mention is made for whose death the Emperour had appointed a great rewarde as in the last boke is declared was at this tyme reconciled to the Emperour and king Ferdinando and recouered all his goodes At the suite of the byshoppes and their consortes the iudges of the chamber imperiall with a solemne ceremonie the fyrste of December do outlawe Marques Albert of Brandenburg as a disturber of the publique quiet and of the Empire dispatching abroade their letters hither and thether and the same set vp openly and permitted his lyfe and goodes to be spoiled of al meÌ„ Duke Henry of Brunswicke leauing Counte Plauie at the siege of Blasseburg the sixt day of December goeth with his power to Schuinfurte whiche towne in dede being situated on the banke of the Riuer of Moene the Marques kept with a strong garrison The Duke had an ayde of Soldiours that came from Norinberge and Forcheme But Marques Albert suspectinge the matter firste what vitaile so euer was in places thereaboutes he brought it into the Towne after he burnte all the buildinges about it to the intent he might take away the occasion of besieging from the ennemie that tyme of the yeare Wherfore Duke Henry without any exploicte done hauinge lost also many of his men what tyme the Marques saleed out and fought retourneth home with no great company passing through the countrie of Iohn Fridericke without harme doing Whan Marques Albert vnderstode that he was outlawed by the chaÌ„ber he sueth to the Emperour that he would reuerse the iudgement But he sayeth howe he may not let the execution of the lawe So than he refuseth the iudgement as corrupted with bribes and rewardes and maketh a protestation in a wryting set forth of the same But the iudges do commauÌ„d the next prouinces of the Empire to se the thinge executed This tyme was holden in Englande a parliament of al the States of the Realme And for so muche as in kyng Edwardes tyme there were actes made of the Lordes supper of ceremonies of the ministration of the Sacramentes of the mariage of priestes of the election of Byshoppes of ordeining the ministers of the churche of the fourme of praying and of such other like thinges In this parliameÌ„t it was enacted that those statutes should take no place but that all men should followe the same Religion whiche was obserued at the death of kyng HeÌ„ry Moreouer that no man should moleste or disquiet suche priestes and ministrs of the churche as shal be ordeined hereafter Furthermore the diuorcement of Quene Katherine the Quenes mother is pronouÌ„ced to haue bene onlawfull Finally there was debated amonges the Nobles concerning the Quenes mariage and a greed that she should be espoused to the Emperours sonne king Philippe Of whome there went a report before that he should marie his Cosin daughter to Emanuell king of Portugale and to his aunte Elenore Whan this was agreed vpon the Emperour sendeth for Cardinall Poole The cause why the Emperour would haue hym to staie in Germany was this as many supposed least he being of the bloud roiall and well beloued in his countrie should haue bene some let to the mariage In stede of those Byshoppes whiche I sayd before were thrust in prison were created others at this tyme. For the full confirmation of the Matrimony the Emperour sent a moste honorable Ambassade into EnglaÌ„de which might affiaunce Quene Mary to kyng Philippe being absent The chief Ambassadour was Counte de Egmonde They arriuinge at London about the beginning of Ianuary after they had treated of the matter a fewe dayes bryng it to passe The commons of the Realme toke this matter moste greuously and diuerse also of the Nobilitie and laiyng their heades together do rebelle The chiefe authour and rynge leader hereof was syr Thomas Wiat. Who reysing a rebellion in Kente made greuous and bitter orations against the Quene and her counsell how through the mariage of a straunger they wyll procure to the Realme of Englande a perpetuall and moste miserable boÌ„dage and seke also that the true Religion being extinguished they may agayne establishe papistrie And Kente is a countie by the sea coaste nexte vnto Fraunce by reason of the citie of Cantorbury right famouse The brute of this commotion was brought to London the .xxv. daye of Ianuary and not long after was heard also of Henry the Duke of Suffolke who reysed vp men in Lecester shyre Wherfore the Quene assembleth what power she coulde ouer whome she maketh generall Thomas the Duke of Norfolke lately deliuered out of prison Who about the ende of the same moneth meting with his enemies at Rochester bridge being forsaken of his soldiours was faine to saue himselfe by flight and with much payne came to London Wherfore amongest these tumultes the Emperours Ambassadours to mitigate the rebellion for their own daunger together the first day of February take shipping depart And the same daie came the Quene into the citie of London making in her oration a greuous complaint against Wiat declareth what his intent is and what loue she beareth vnto them and sayeth howe she hath determined nothing of her mariage without the consent of her counsell For she hath liued a good part of her tyme a mayden and doteth not so of mariage but that she would remayne in the same kynde of lyfe styll in case her Nobles and commons iudged mete that it shoulde so bee For that the Realme should be in daunger bycause of her mariage and that all should be ful of slaughter it should be to her moste greuous Wherfore let them perseuer in doinge theyr dutie and assiste her in reuenging the treason of wicked persons For this is their dutie to doe whiche haue commaunded her as the lawefull heyre of her father by common assente to bee Quene Whan she had on

thys wyse pacified them she appointed certen to defende the citie and assigneth the Erle of Penbroke to haue the charge abroade Nowe was Wiat proclaimed before by an Heraulte of Armes Rebell and Traytour to the Realme and to bryng hym in greater hatred there were read his requestes sent vnto the Quene wherof the fyrste as they saye was that he would haue the Quene in his custody that it should be lawfull for him to determine concerning her mariage and either to reteine or displace her counsellours at his pleasure The third daye after was proclaimed a pardon to all the coÌ„mon people so that they would forsake the captaines and authours of rebellion and to him that would bring Wiat prysoner was appointed a great rewarde The Duke of Suffolke was also accompted in the nuÌ„ber of traitours And wheras the same daye the conspiratours came nere vnto the citie the Quene cutteth in two London bridge ouer the Ryuer of Temse least any should go out to them The next day thei come into Southwarke supposing that the citezeÌ„s would haue ioyned with them But they were holden in with a garrison In the meane season the Duke of Suffolke is taken in an other parte of the Realme by the Erle of Huntington whome the Quene sent after him with horsemen Whan the confederates had spent two daies at the citie and traueled on that syde in vayne taking an other way they passe ouer the Temse at King stone ten miles aboue London and so marche towardes the citie There at the laste was Wiat and his felowes intercepted of that power whiche the Quene had sent out with the Erle of Penbroke and committed to pryson The next daye whiche was the seuenth daye of the same moneth proclamation was made vnder payne of death that who so euer had receiued any of these rebelles into his house should brynge them forthe and present them immediatly A fewe dayes after the Duke of Suffolke is brought prysoner to London And the .xii. daye of February the Duke of Northumberlandes sonne Guilford Dudley and the lady Iane his wyfe the Duke of Suffolkes daughter which after kyng Edwarde I sayde was admitted Quene were both beheaded for that contrary to the lawfull succession they had aspired to the crowne And the Lady Ianes mishappe in a maner all men lamented that so vertuouse a Lady so wel brought vp and so learned should chaunce into so great a calamitie for none other cause verely thaÌ„ that she had not refused the kingdome offered She made an oration to the people very Godly and modeste and calling to God for mercy through Iesus Christe toke a clothe of one of her gentilwomen and couered her own face and bound it about her eies and than offered to the hangeman her necke to be striken of The self same daye was Corteney Erle of Deuonshire whome the Quene a fewe monethes before had deliuered from long captiuitie agayn taken vpon suspicion of a conspiracie made After this in LondoÌ„ and Westminster where the Quene than was many were caried to execution and that of the Nobilitie not a fewe Some of them also escaping and amongest them a worthie Knight syr Peter Carrew fled into Fraunce The Duke of Suffolke also the .xxi. daye of February was beheaded whan he had bene condemned foure dayes before Whylest these thynges are done in Englande Sibille of Cleaue the wyfe of Iohn Fridericke Duke of Saxon the foresaed .xxi. daye of February departeth at Weymer and the .xi. daye after her the Prynce hym selfe whan he had layen a whyle sicke They died bothe in the true knowledge of God And suerly he whan his wyues tombe was a making in the churche had commaunded a certen place to be reserued for hym by the syde therof for that he should shortely followe after Neyther was he disceaued in his opinion For the thyrd daye of Marche about ten of the clocke before noone whan he had heard a Sermon liyng in his bed callyng vppon Gods mercy and commending his spirite vnto God he flitted out of this myserable life into the heauenly countrie And nowe was the composition made betwene hym and Duke Augustus For where the kyng of Denmarke sendynge Ambassadours as I sayd before made great intercession after much and diuerse and almost an half yeares disceptation now at this tyme was the matter appeased vpon these condicions Iohn Fridericke departeth from the Electourshyp from Meissen and from the Townes of mettell mines Duke Augustus disceasing without Heires males all these thinges retourne to the Duke of Saxon his heires males In the meane tyme the Duke of Saxon may vse the name and the armes of Electourship as well in sealing of letters as in coyninge of monie Duke Augustus also graunteth to hym and to his sonnes certen townes and gouernementes and for the debtes that were behynde of certen fourmer yeares whiche Duke Maurice had not payed to his sonnes he payeth downe to the summe of an hondreth thousand crownes He redemeth also the Castell and towne of Conigsperge standing in Franconie and layed to morgage to the Bishop of Wirtemburge for .xl. thousande crownes and restoreth it to the Duke of Saxon his sonnes Finally the league of inheritaunce of the house of Saxon in these fourmer yeares infringed is renewed and established agayne The same composition Iohn Fridericke lying on his deth bed not long before he ended his lyfe confirmed with his wryting and seale and commauÌ„ded that his sonnes should doe likewyse Wherfore with a noble courage vanquishyng all euilles and miseries wherinto he chaunced he died not in prison nor in the custody of foreine soldiours wheruÌ„to he was appointed but through the notable benefit of God set at libertie and retourning home to his wyfe his children and his owne religion ended his lyfe moste peaceably leauing to his sonnes and subiectes peace and quietnes His wyfe also the Duchesse hauing her owne wyshe left this earthly mansion For often tymes she had saied that she coulde be content to dye with all her harte so that she might first se her husband safe at libertie And the same many times did she pray to the liuing God for with many teares and sighinges The same daye that she ended her lyfe had Duke August a sonne borne named Alexander In these same dayes the rest of the straungers that were in Englande yea and many of the same natioÌ„ forsakyng their countrie for the alteration of Religion and the Quenes proclamatioÌ„s conueye them selues into Germany wherof some tary at Wesell some at Franckefurte and many also at Strasburg Iohn Alascus a Polonian a noble man borne brother to Hierome a man of excellent learning went thence before wynter with diuerse others into DeÌ„marke But where as he was ther not very frendly receiued by reason of his contrary opinion touching the Lordes supper and for thesame cause was denied to dwell in the lower partes of Saxony he came at the

house of Lucenburg 406 The battaile of Cressie eodem The Frenche kynges aunswere to the intercessours 407 Themp. letters to thintercessours 408 Their aunswere to themperour eodeÌ„ The Ambassadours commentaries intercepted 409 The aunswere of Strausburge 410 The death of Bernard Archebishop of Colon. 412 The duke of Saxon goeth home to his owne house eodem The Emperour goeth with his armie toward Loraine 413 TheÌ„perorentreth into Strasburg eod The spoyle of the souldiours eodem The death of Caspar Hedio and Andrewe Osiander eodem The Emperour besiegeth Metz. eodem The batterie of Metz. 414 The Duke of Brunswik driuen out of his countrie eodem The duke of Guise defended Metz. eod The Frenche kinges writyng against the Emperour 415 The Emperours letters of aunswere to Marques Albert. eodem The armes of Electourship eodem The Cardinall Lenoncourtes ambicion eodem The father and the sonnes contend for inheritaunce 417 Terwen raced eodem The Ladie Iane of Suffolke maried Guilford Dudley 418 The Marques maketh war i Sar. eodeÌ„ The spoilyng of Albert. 419 The complainte of Duke Moris vpon Marques Albert. eodem The marques answer to duke Mo. 420 The Bishop in his absence inuade his countrie 421 The great crueltie of marques Al. eode The death of good kyng Edward eodeÌ„ The vertues of Edward the sixt eodem The wonders before Duke Maurice death 422 The death of Orace Fernese eodem The blasphemie of the lieutenanÌ„t 424 The ladle Iane. eodem The lady Mary proclaimed quene eodeÌ„ The Duke of Northumberlande condempned 425 Thomas Palmer knighte professeth the doctrine of the Gospell eodem The constancie of the Archebishopp of Cantorburse eodem The bishops caried to prison 426 The Popishe religion restored in Englande eodem The Turkishe naute taketh the Iland of Corsica 427 The FreÌ„che king atteÌ„pteth Cam. codeÌ„ The bloode of Innocentes gainfull to many 428 The Duke of Brunswickes letters to the Duke of Saxon. eodem The Duke of Brunswicke is reconciled to the duke of Saxon. eodem The Turke hanged his sonne Mustapha 429 The Archebishop of Cantorburie and others condempned eodem The Godlie lawes of good kynge Edward repealed 430 The duke of Norffolke forsaken of his menne eodem The duke of Suffolke 431 The Ladie Iane and her husbande beheaded eodem The duke of Suffolke beheaded eodem The godly ende of IhoÌ„ Frederick codeÌ„ The godlines of his wife 432 The Lady Elizabeth committed to the Towre eodem The slege of Senes eodem The death of Wiat eodem Thassemble of Auspurge 433 The death of Char. duke of Sanot 436 The letters of king Ferdinando to his subiectes of the lordes Supper eodeÌ„ The states make aunswere to the kinges letters eodem The Abbot of Newstat accused of Hereste eodem The Frenche kyng inuadeth the Emperours countries 437 The Frenche kynges letters 438 The Emperour giueth to his soonne the dukedome of Millane eodem The Cardinall giueth the Lordes absolution 439 The Emperours letters against Marques Albert. eodem Themperiall counsel of Auspurg 440 The ministers exiled out of Boheme 442 The Towne of Cassell taken by the Frenchmen 449 The letters of the princes of Saxon to the Emperour eodem The archbishop of Metz dieth 450 The death of Pope Iuly the third eodeÌ„ Theâ— of Senes render theim selues to themperour eodem The secte of Iesuites eodem The trauaile of Cardinall Poole to make peace betwene the Emperour and Frenche kyng eodem The Emperours letters to the States of the Empire 451 The duke of Alba sent to Millane eodeÌ„ The Emperours mother dieth eodem The Frenche kinges Proclamacion again condeÌ„ned of thinquisitors 452 The Lucernates require of the Swisses the doctrine of the Gospell eodeÌ„ The Naute of the Kyng of Denmarke 453 The Spanish Flete intercepted by the Frenche kyng eodem The controuersie about the lordes supper is renued by the Bremers eodeÌ„ The aunswere of the Parliamente of Paris by the kynges Proclamacion of Lutherians 454 The meting of princes about the LaÌ„tzgraues matter 455 Themperour Charles giueth the gouernement to his sonne Philip. eodeÌ„ The office of the Archbishops 456 The aunswere of the Protestantes to the writyng of the Papistes 457 The bishops which chaunge their religion should lâ—se their promocioÌ„ 459 Thecclestastical lawes shal not be exercised against the Protestantes 461 The wife of IhoÌ„ Frederick dieth eodeÌ„ The ambassadours of Austrich require of Ferdinando that true Religion male be permitted vnto them 462 Truce taken betwene the Emperoure and the kyng of Fraunce 463 The aunswere of Ferdinando to the Ambassadours of the house of Austrich eodem The Emperours Sigismonde burned Husse eodem The Ambassadours aunswere to Ferdinando 464 The aunswere of Ferdinando eodem The bishop of Treuers dieth 465 The Duke of Pruse professeth the confession of Auspurge eodem The Archebishop of Cantorburie burned for Religion eodem The Pope was displeased that peace was graunted to Religion 466 The Duke of Arestat brake out of prison eodem The Cardinalle of Auspurge purgeth hymself by writyng eodem The Cardinall of Auspurge addicte to the olde religion 468 The good will of the Cardinall of Auspurg toward the Duke of Wittenberge eodem The loue of the Cardinall of Auspurg toward the Germaines 469 Twelue burnt at Stratford bow eodeÌ„ The marques of Barden receiueth the Gospell eodem Themperour goeth into Spaine with bothe his sisters 470 VV. WHy the Bisshoppe of Rome is extolde 3 Whiche are properlie called Sacramentes 24 Who is aucthour of single life 35 What nedeth gold in the churche 47 What is true confession eodem What thyng Rebellion is 58 Wee are all blinde in our owne cause 61 Who be the aucthours of dissencion 81 Uergecius the Popes ambassadour 86 Upon what condicions the duke of Saxon will come to the assembly 103 Warres in Swiserlande 104 Whereof sprang the dissencion in Religion 110 Wilâ—e Marchauntes 120 Uergecius message to the Duke of Saxon 121 Uergecius spake with Luther 122 Who wrote against the Anabaptistes 131 Uergecius sent to the Emperour 138 Who ought to be at the Counsell 150 Why Innocentes be in perill 151 Whereof cometh contempt of the clergie 155 Who ought to be made bishop eodem Unlawfull to giue benefices by legacis eodem Why Cardinalles wer first made 156 Uergecius his oracion 176 Why the Protestantes desire a Counsell 177 What moued Luther to write against Papistes eodem Willyam Farell 192 Warre betwixte England and Scotlande 196 William Countie forsaketh the FreÌ„ch kyng 206 Whether we shal knowe eche other in the life to come 232 What Counsell the Protestauntes desired 237 What profite hath the Emperour out of Germanie 239 Ulmes reconciled to the emperour 273 Unreasonable tormente is a perillous matter 283 Wittenberg rendered 286 Wittenberge a Towne of Electorship 287 Uogelsburge apprehended 312 Uogelsburge coÌ„stancy at his death 312 Workes of superogacion 313 Whilest the Masse is set vp in Germanie it is put doune in England 317 Uiolence is not to be vsed in Religion but reason and truthe 318

Reliques of the holy gost The Cardinall writeth to the Duke of Saronis Campegius oratioÌ„ to the Princes at Norinberge The princes aunswere The decre of Wormes repeted The pope is wel monied The Suises are offended with them of Zuricke Yeare for the Hoste The Marchaundise of the clergie The answer of them or zuricke Authors of Scismes Matrimonie lawfull for all men What nedeth gold in the churche What is true coÌ„fessioÌ„ Howe the yoke of the Papistes is to be shaken of The Bishop of CoÌ„stance maketh a booke in defence of Images Images breÌ„t at Zuricke The decre of Norinberge Suite betwixt the Bishop senate of Strauso Thomas Murner Campcgsus raileth agaiâ—â— holye Matrimony A decree of Papistes against gospellers The lamentatioÌ„ of Lut. The golden Rose sent to the kynge of Englande Erasmus boke of Free will A decree of the duke of Loraine Henry Zutphan The Emperor biameth the Princes Themperor defendour of the Romishe churche Lut. coÌ„pared with Mahomet The duke of BourboÌ„ besieged Marfelles The begynnynge of the rustical war The Papistes fight for their bely The coÌ„plaiÌ„te of them of Zuricke The cause of theyr hatred To serue foreine princes is vile The eraâ—t of the Papistes Ecksuc theÌ„ Popes champion The pouertie and boundage of the Swices The riches and libertie of the same The constaÌ„cie of them of Zurieke The FreÌ„che kyng taken prisoner The vnconstaÌ„cie of Clement The victors of themperâ—alles The coÌ„motion of the bulgare people Theyr demaundes The duke of Wirtemberge atteÌ„pteâ—â— warrs The fyrste slaughter of Bowres Another slaughter The great crueltie of the Bowres A most cruel maner of burnynge The warre of Bowres in Loraine The slaughter of Bowres The crueltie of the Archebishop of Treuers Geismer captaine of the Bowers The league of Swelane The Masse abolisshed at Zuricke Muncer a great anabaptists Muncer will haue a token ared of God He teacheth that all thinges should be common Muncer maketh gonnes Phifer his companion Phifers enterprise The death of Fridericke the noble duke of Sax. The princes make a power A seditious oration of Muncer The saith of Abraham obteined of god great benefites Muncer rai leth on the Princes A blouddy Preacher bloweth the Crompet Gods power appeareth in sewest men Iud vii .i. Sam .xiiii. and .xvii. Muncer disceaueth the people by the Rainebowe Fearein MuÌ„cers Campe. A messenger slaine agaist the lawe of Armes An exhortaci on of the Lantzgraue The madnes of the Munceriane The slaughter of the MuÌ„cerians Muncer is taken His cruell answere He is reproued of the Lantzgraue The vnreasonable laughter of Muncer At the houre of death he repenteth Lut. diswadeth theÌ„ from sedition ii Thess .ii. The dewtie of a good Magistrate How the Magistrate shold deale wyth the Papistes Gods wrath is slowe but yet sore Thauthors of rebellion are wythout excuse What thing rebellion is How wicked dominion is to be shaken of The best way to ouer threw the popes authoritie Lu. did more with that word thaÌ„ cold haue bene don by force of Armes It appereth by the Prophecies of Briget and others The Practise of the deuill The popishe kingdoÌ„ maie not long indure Preachers ought to be circumspect Theyr demaundes Huntinge Haukyng Fishyng prohibited Lut. answer to the Bowres The Bours vse Godlye titles Gen. 7 Gene. 19. Math. 26. Roma 13. We are all blind in our own cause The state of a magistrate wherin it coÌ„sisteth The Magistrate is as necessary as the seune to the worlde The law of nature aloweth a Magistrate The christiaÌ„ lawe Math. 5. The christeÌ„ profession is harde The nature of veritie The craftes of the deuill to oppresse the Gospel Aunswere to the demaundes of the bowers No maÌ„ may be kept from the Gospell Howe ministers shoulde be ordayned Tithes must be payde Christianitie taketh not away boÌ„dage Bondage is not let to christen libertie Luters office The false title of the bowers Psal 107. The Gospel is sclasidered with rebellioÌ„ The rasers of tumultes The part of a wyse man The dutie of a Magist The ende of tyranny Of Not Daniel and â—ob Luther bloweth the troÌ„pet against the boures Ther can be nothig worse then sedicioÌ„ Lut. to vehement TheÌ„perors letters to the princes of Germany An assemble called at Auf. Carolostadius writeth against Lu. Carolostadius maketh his porgatioÌ„ Faith ought not to vauer Luther maried a NuÌ„ne Luther and Zwynglius met at Marpurge The Popes letters to theÌ„ of Paris Faber driueÌ„ out of Paris The kynges letters for Faber The story of Pruse Lut. letters of submissioÌ„ to the kynge of England The chief point of Lu. doctrine The ende of the Papistes doctrine Luth. letters to George Dake of Saxon. Duke George hateth the Gospel Thomas wulley Cardinal a Butchers sonne A league betwene EnglaÌ„d FrauÌ„ce Godlines is not to be sought for in the court The peace of Madrice The lady Elenor The kynges sonnes are pledges Counsell at Spyres The Emperours letters The Turke inuadeth HuÌ„gary A league betwene the venetians Pope FreÌ„che kyng Against false Freers The noÌ„ber of holy days A decree for Religion The begynninge of the ProtestaÌ„tes league The kynge of Hungary slayne The Emperour maried a wyfe A disputatioÌ„ at Baden A Priest burnt Discorde in Hongary The FreÌ„che league agaist the Emper. The Popes benefites to the Emper. The Emperours aÌ„swer The kyngdoÌ„ of Naples A point of that lawe Rome is the treasure house of that whole worlde The Pope the Emper. are two gret lyghtes The Pope is a warrier A counsell promysed The frenche kyngs leters to the prynces of Germany The Empe. confuteth the letters An apologie for the freÌ„ch kyng The princes letters to the Emperour An assemble at Regensburg Iohn Fridmarrieth Sibille of Cleue Rome is sacked The king of Englande The begynning of Anabaptistes The FreÌ„che Armye The Duke of Baurbon conoempned at Paris Englande hath title to Fraunce Leonarde Cesar Hopocrisy of byshops The power of Bernes Lawes of their disputacion Theames or conclusions Prayers for the dead are superfluous Religion reformed The prebids departe Ambrose Blaures Religion reformed at Geneua The victory of the gospel The kinges of FrauÌ„ce EnglaÌ„d Amballade to the Emperour The FreÌ„che kings inuectiue against the Emper. He offereth the Emper. the combat The letters of Iohn Uaiuode to the states of the Empyre His Ambassadours takeÌ„ Kyng FerdinaÌ„do forsoke kyng Lewis FerdinaÌ„dos title to Hongary The duke of Saxon the Lantgraue prepare theÌ„ to warre Paccen beheaded The Emperours aunswer to the FreÌ„ch king Themper Heraulde came at Paris An assemble at Spires Lantrech be segeth Naples Contention about the Masse The papists forboden to preache The Ambassadour of the chamber imperiall to Strausbor The bishops letters The Masse put down at Stansbor Dissentid at Basil for religion They of Basill take armure Images put downe The Masse put downe Images breÌ„t on â—sh wednesday The assemblie of Spir. The papists iÌ„ SwicerlaÌ„d make leage with kynge Ferdinando The Ambâ— of Srausborough excluded The

the counsell The Pope createth xiii Cardinals A decree of penaunce A discipline amongst the fathers The Ambassadours of Wirtimb deluded Thambassadours of D. Mauris and the Marques of BrandeÌ„b to the Emp. Their Oration The Lantgraue kepte prisoner againste the leage made The Lantgraue blodâ— to supper was kepte prisoner The names of the Princes that intreated for the Lantgraue The OratioÌ„ of the Prices aÌ„bassadours to the Emp. The Empe. aunswer to the Ambassabours The Lantgraues son cometh to D. Maurice Maximilian entreth into Trent The railing of Groppes A Cardinal of Dalmatia slayne in his owne house 1552. The Empe. letters to the Byshops Eleciours There is craft in dawbyng Wyly begyâ—ed Kings haue long armes ThaÌ„bassad of Du. Maurice come to the counsell D. Maurice feared of the Emperour The Duke of Somerset beheaded D. Maurice Ambassad sent awaye The saufecoÌ„duict altered The franke speache of D. Maurice Ambassad to the Fathers The Ambassadours of the Protest deluded How muche the papistes esteme the Scripture The diuines come to Norinberge The bitternes of freer Pelarge againg that protestauntes Duke Maurice letters to his ambassadours A brute of war against themperor Pardons New ambassadors from WirteÌ„berge The diuines of Wyrtemberge The confession of the duke of Wirtemberge Thambassador of Strasburge deteyned The blasphe my of a gray Frier The requestes of the protestantes deuines Duke Moris taketh Auspurge by coÌ„position The fathers fle froÌ„ Trent The answer of the protestantes ambassadors Diuers mindes in the counsel of Trent Refourmation of the papistes The Church can not erre The counsel of Basil purer theÌ„ TreÌ„t The last session of that couÌ„sell The frenche Kinge hathe peace with the Pope The ende of the Counsel at Trent The death of the popes Legate The seconde cause of war The Lantzgraue deteyned prisoner against sidelity The thirds cause The boÌ„dage of Germany Marques Alberts letters agaynste the Emperoure The heauye burthens of Germany The story of Lewes Auila of the protestants war The frenche kingsletters Germanye the fortresse of Christendoe CouÌ„tryes oppressed bi the Emperoure Tharmes of liberty Duke Moris goeth to the field The Prince of Salerne reuolteth from themperor The frenche subdueth Loraine The Cardinall betraied the Citye of Metz. The pledges of Fraunce Germanye Conditions of peace offered by Duke Moris The couÌ„trie of Oto Henry recouered The iudges of the chamber slie The Conestable chideth with them of Strash The request of the Prynces to the kyng D. Maurice letters to the kyng The kinges answer to the Prynces Martin van Rossem spoyleth ChaÌ„panye The suite of the Swisses to the Kyng Skirmyshes of the Princes with the in Eperialles Erenberge take agayne RebellioÌ„ in D. Moris caÌ„p Duke Morisuye slayne The Empe. sleeth away by nyght The Duke of Saxon set at libertie The Empe. staffe spoiled Crueltie against godly preachers The princes restore the ministers of the churche The Marq. Albertes armie Albertes crueltie to them of Normberg Bamberge redemeth peace dearelye Norinberge hath peace with the Mar. Albert to theÌ„ of Wolmes The FreÌ„che king destroyeth Themperour couÌ„trie Thassemble at Passawe The coÌ„plain te of Prynces Elect. The oration of the Frenche Ambas Thaâ—â—nitie of FreÌ„chmeÌ„ and Germaines The libertie of Germany restored by the power of Fraunce The way opened for the Prynce of Spayne to be Emper. The princes aunswer his oration The house of LuceÌ„burg The battell of Cressie Albert of Austriche Marques Albert warreth for himselfe The FreÌ„che kinges aunswer to thin tercessours D. Maurice weary of delayes The Empe. letters to the intercessours Their aunswer to the Emperour D. Maurice retourneth to his fellowes George Du. of Megelbu slayne Conditions of peace offered by the Emperour Thambassadors commeÌ„taries intercepted Duke Moris admitteth peace The French king dischargeth his army Marques Albert y scourge of priests His requests to Strasbo The answer of Strausbo Conditions of peace Marques Albert refuseth the peace The deathe of Herman Archebishop of Colon. His wish Marques Albert entreth Treuers The duke of Saxon goth home to hys owne house Themperor goeth wyth his army toward Lorain Ambassadors of Strasburge to the Emperor Themperor entreth into Strasburge Sir Richard Morisine ambassadour of England Marques Antonius Ambassadour of Uenise The spoil of the soldiors The deathe of Caspar Hedio Andrew Osiander Themperor besegeth Metz. Marques Albert reconciled to themperor Albert ouerthroweth the French men Duke de Anmalle taken prisoner The greate battery of Metz. The duke of Brunswicke driuen out of his country The duke of Guise defended Metz. 1553. The french kinges wryting against themperor The Emperours letters of aunswere to Marques Albert. Tharmes of Electorshyp The Cardinall Lenoncourtes ambition The spoylinges burninges of Marques Albert The father the soÌ„nes coÌ„tend for inheritaunce Terwen rased The Lady Iane of Suffolke maried to Buylford Dudley Kinge Edward sore sicke War in Italye The Mar. maketh war in Saxonye King FernaÌ„do proclameth warre agaynste Albert The spoylinges of Al. The complaint of D. Moris vpon Marques Al. Duke Mor. league with the Duke of BruÌ„swicke The Mar. annswere to duke Moris Marques Albert sendeth to the Emperor The bishops in his absence inuade his counitie The great crueltie of Mar. Albert The death of good kyng Edward The vertues of Edward the sixt A battell fought betwixt Duke Maurice and Mar. Albert. D. Maurice wan that fielde and lost his lyfe The woÌ„ders before his death Great frendship betwixt D. Maurice and Marqu Albert. The Marq. letters to that states of D. Maurice The death of Orace Farnese Augustus brother and hesre to Du. Maurice Iohn Frederick demauÌ„deth his landes and dignities Nyne burnt at Lions Lewys Marsake The blasphe my or that lieftenaunt Fiue studeÌ„ts of Losanna The lady Iane. The Lady Mary proclamed Quene Winchester made ChauÌ„celour The Duke of Northumberland condemned His incoÌ„stancie at hys death Thomas Palmer The coÌ„stancie of the archebyshop of Cantorbury The bishops caried to prison The popishe Religion restored in Englande Warres reuiued betwixt the D. of Brunsw Marques Albert. Albert recoÌ„ciled to Augustus The Turkishe Naute taketh the Iland of Corsica The FreÌ„che king attemteth CaÌ„bray Pestilence firing at Paris The bloud of innoceÌ„tes gaynfull to many Brunswick beseged The Duke of Brunswletters to the D. of Saxon The Du. of Brunswick is reconciled to the Duke of Saxon. A disputatioÌ„ in England Serueto a Spanyarde burnt at Geneua Reynold Poole Cardinall Uercelles surprised The Turck hanged his sonne Mustapha The Archbyshop of Cantorbury and others condemned Marques Albert outlawed The Godly lawes of good Edward repealed Quene Mary affiauÌ„ced to the Emperours sonne 1554. Commotion in Kent The Duke of Norfolke forsaken of his men The quenes oration to that commons in yelde hall The Duke of Suffolke Wiat taken and committed to PrisoÌ„ The Lady Iane her husband beheaded The Duke of Suffolke beheaded Sibille Duches of SaxoÌ„ departeth The Godly end of Iohn Friderick An end made betwixt him and Augustus The Godlines of

his wyfe Iohn Alasco Ecclesiastical lawes in Englande The Lady Elizabeth coÌ„mitted to that Tower The siege of Senes The death of Wiat. A ParlameÌ„t in England Thassemble of Auspurge A wrytinge of the city of Norinberge against Marques Albert. The cruell actes of Marques Albert. Marques Al. goeth to Suinfort His flight The death of Charles D. of Sauoy The letters of king Fardinando to his subiectes of the Lords Supper The states make aswer to that Kinges letters Thabbot of Newstat accused of Herisye Interrogatories ministred to him The frencheÌ„ Kinge muadeth themperours countries Mariburge taken Kinge Phillip arriueth in England The frenche kinges letters Thempeor geueth to his sonne Phyllip the dukedom of Millan Cardinall Poole arriueth in England England returneth to her vomit The Cardinal geueth that Lordes absolution The Emperors letters against Marques Albert. Thimperial counsell of Auspurge 1555. Fiue coÌ„deÌ„nd at London for the Gospell The ministers exiled out of Boheme Ioy at Rome for England reduced to that Romishe Church IndulgeÌ„ces graunted by the Pope for the conuersion of Englande Melancthon comforteth the ministers of Boheme The towne of Cassalle taken by the Frenchmen An assemble of the Princes of Saxonie at Numburge The letters of the Princes of Saxony to themp The Archbyshop of MeÌ„tz dieth The death of Pope Iuly the third Marcellus the second choseÌ„ They of Sene rendre them selues to Themp. Marcellus the second dieth Paule the fourth The secte of Iesuites The trauell of Cardinall Poole to make peace betwene them perour and FreÌ„ch king A place of yâ— treaty of peace chosen by the Quene of England The Empe. letters to the states of the Empire The Duke of Alba sent to Millan Bradforde burnt in Englande Iohn Friderick thelect sonne marieth The Empe. mother dieth A tumult raised at Geneua Porte Hereules taken by Imperials PluÌ„bine besieged of Turkes Controuersie for the dominion of the Chattes Uulpian vitayled Maryburg vnailed The FreÌ„che kinges proclamation against the coÌ„demned of that inquisitours The Lucernates require of that Swisses the doctrine of the Gospell The Nauie of the kinge of DeÌ„marke Sanstorian Camillus Cardinalles led into pryson The Spanishe flete intercepted by the French King Philip came out of England to his father at Brusselles An vniuersitie erected at Dillinge A boke of Peter Asot against the coÌ„fession of the Duke of wirtemberge George Erle of Mount pelicarte marieth that Lantgraues daughter Uulpian taken and rased by the Frenchmen Mountcalue is taken by that Frenchmen The controuersie about the Lordes supper is renewed by that bremers August prince Electour had a sonne borne Ridley Latimer burnt in England Thanswere of the Parliament of Paris to that kinges proclamatioÌ„ of Lutherians Note howe byshops seke authoritie of kinges to coÌ„demne innocentes The meting of Princes about ytâ—aÌ„tgrauet matter The Emre Charles geueth the gouernemeÌ„t to his Sonns Philip. Whether peace should be geuen to Religion or no A wrytinge of the Papistes to requestes of that Protestauntes The office of Archebysh The answer of the Protestauntes to that wryting of the Papistes A wryitng of king Ferdinando to the Princes The bishops whiche chaunge their religion shuld lose their promotions a decrewher by religioÌ„ is frely permit to all men An ecclesiastical person that chaungeth his Religion shal be depriued For churchs goodes al coÌ„trouersies ar taken away The ecclesiasticall lawes shall not be exercised against the protestauntes A parliameÌ„t in England Libelles strowed about in London The byshop of Winchester dieth The wife of Iohn Friderick dieth Frances Uenery displaced Ambassad to the Princes of Germany An assemble in Austriche Iohn Gropper Cardin. King Philip entreth into Andwerpe Thambassadours of Austrtche require of kynge Ferdinando that the true ReligioÌ„ may be permitted them Truce takeÌ„ betwene the Emperour the kynge of Fraunce The answer of king Ferdinando to that Ambassa of the house of Austriche He meaneth the Emper. Sigismonde that burnte Iohn Husse The Ambassadours answer to Ferdinando The answer of king Ferdinando Duke HeÌ„ry of BruÌ„swick marieth a wyfe The byshop of Treuers dieth Fredericke Counte Palatine dieth The Duke of Pruse professeth the coÌ„fession of Auspurge A Camete sene Tharchebyshop of Cantorbu burnt for Religion The Bauarians sollicite their Prince forreligioÌ„ A father killeth his thre children The Pope toke displeasauntly that peace was geuen to religion Kyng Ferd goeth in to Boheme The Duke of Arescot brake out of pryson The Cardinall of Auspurg pourgeth himself by wryting sinisire suspicious spred of the Card. of Auspurg The pourgation of that Cardinall of Auspurg against the suspicious of certen A sclaunder deuised against certi Princes The Pope had no conference with that Emperour against religion or the libertie of Germany The Cardinall of Anspurg addicts to the olde Religion The good will of the Cardinall of Anspurg towardes the duke of Wirtemberg The loue of that Cardinall of Auspurge towardes that Germaines CommotioÌ„s in England for suspicion of a conspiracie Sir Peter Carrowe Syr Iohn Cheke takeÌ„ prisoners Xiii burnt at Stretford at the bewe The Marq. of Baben receiueth the Gospell Peter Martyr goeth to Zurick Cardinalles sent from that Pope to the Emper. and the Frenche kyng Counsell begon at Regenspurg Buda in Latin The Empe. goeth in to Spain with both his sisters Iohn Sleydane dieth

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