the more fiercelie because they being lead with emulation wil indeuour one to excell another in prowes euerie man preferre his owne Nation before others the which thing I haue alwaies thought to be a matter of verie great moment in warres And this also am I the rather induced to thinke because we doe heare that Don Iohn is an hardie and venterous young man a contemner of danger and golde and one that couetetl and careth for nothing so much as that the fame of his valour may runne euen to the farthest coasts of Spaine To bring the which thing to passe can he séeke for a more commodious occasion than this is Séeing that he hath them his helpers who being endomaged by vs doe burne in desire of fight and there with all hope that as soone as they haue discomfited our Nauie they shal soone recouer all that they haue lost The which things certes if they should happen not onelie the glorie but also a a great part of those things that they shuld get yea and the Lordship of this whole sea euen to the East wil redound to him But if contrariwise he should runne awaie would hée euer dare to come into his brothers sight againe Also the Venetians that haue diligentlie sought and searched these seas where could they séeke to saue themselues if they shuld betake them to flight Therefore let vs thinke that they haue carefullie considered all these things in whom the conseruation of their liues goods and Empire doth lie and that they will all fight-together most valiantlie the which they did not at Preuesa But we are now in this gulfe a place well defenced both by nature and two verie strong Castles and we haue as good meanes to get victuals and souldiours as we our selues would wish But before we ariued here we wonderfullie afflicted our enimies we wasted a parte of the Isle of Candie we destroyed Cerigo with fire and harrying The like we did in Zante Cefalenia we greatlie anoied Corfu we recouered Suppoto we entered into the gulfe of Venice and there we tooke Antiuari and Dulcino Townes nothing small with many other places and Castles We burnt Budua and with so greate triumph we came at the last into this gulfe Can we not hold our selues contented with these glorious giftes for this time speciallie séeing that we doe vnderstand our men haue taken Famogosta and conserued the whole kingdome of Ciprus at this verie same time Surelie it is no lesse vertue to kéepe things gotten than to get them for when we doe attempt to win things by force that enterprise hath a doubtfull beginning and is most commonlie much subiect to fortune but the kéeping of things gotten hath a certaine and finall end which may bée attributed to the counsaile of a wise Generall But of our great Emperour this doe I certes promise you that he will accept as well the safetie of this Nauie and will as much commend you for that ye haue not exposed it to apparant perill for the wasting of so many prouinces for the conquering of kingdoms cities for the presentation vnto him of so great a spoile of all kinde of riches For it will aske vs many yéeres to furnish so great a fléet but our enimies wil prepare a greater within a short time Wherefore my opinion is most excellent who are the soule of our greate Emperour the safetie of the Ottomanicall Empire that fortune is not to be attempted but our Nauie is to bée verie carefullie and curioustie spread out and set forth in good order and arraie within this gulfe and that we doe expect in this safe place what our enimies minde to doe this daie or to morrow they will be come as we doe heare vnto Zante and Cefalenia and ye thereby taking occasion shall knowe what may be done with most safetie for wheras in all martiall matters then speciallie in nauall it is of great consequence to catch the occasion of doing things fortunatlie and safelie All which things I doe vnderstand that yée know better than I and therefore I doe hope that ye will take aduise of those things that shal be still reported vnto you and that I doe trust ye wil doe so much the more because the enimie cannot staie there long by reason of hard comming by victuals and also because the place is nothing safe For the which causes doubtlesse one of these two thinges will happen vnto them that either they will be constrained to returne backe from whence they came or else they will come forward to méete with vs But if that they shall resolue to goe forth to méete vs certes I doe not know whether they can come into this gulfe and if they doe come in it cannot bée done without greate daunger for we being defenced with two Castles shall anoie them safelie and shall know without coniectures and of a certaintie how great their forces bée And if wée shall séeme to be superior we may safelie assaile them if not then remaine heere safelie without anie danger of our Nauie or Empire and yet neuerthelesse retaine and maintaine the dignitie and honour of our selues and our great Emperour Neither is there cause why we shoulde in anie wise feare that they wandering on this coast will farrie héere longer than we would for that they can in no case doe for lacke of victualls and for ill weather vsuall at this time of the yere And if they wold go about it they shuld do it with greater daunger of themselues than of vs because the difficultie of the time of the yéere wil trouble and make rough these seas now euerie daie and will scatter their Fléete whereby we may take occasion for to inuade them being dispearsed here and there But yet I woulde not that we should bée idle in the meane time but séeke to learne by all industrie sending sundrie espies the power and purpose of our enimies for so if that wée haue diligentlie learned their state wée maye take and follow that aduise which shall bée most for the profite and dignitie of our Emperour But to goe forth out of this well fortified and strong place while wée are yet vncertaine of all thinges and to commit our selues vnto the daliance of fortune doe I déeme to bée an action nothing praise worthie I doe not doubt but that our enimies will busilie goe about to prouoke vs out of this strong place and that they will doe béeing forced either by the time of the yeare or the season of the weather but then it stands with your wisedome to moderate and staie your selues so much the more By the which wise parte yée shall get no lesse praise and opinion of wisedome than yée haue alreadie gained in conquering so greate a kingdome and winning so many Cities and Castles because through your wisedome in this point yée may séeme to haue conserued the Empire of Ottoman Yet I would haue all that I haue sayd to bée so taken that
and Monsieur Saint Aldegonde the 26. of May in Anno. 1581. WHen the Prince of Parma had taken awaie the vse of the riuer of Scheld from the Citie of Antwerp by building of a bridge ouer the riuer The Citizens and their confederates of Holand and Zeland attempted to cut out Couwenstein dike and to bring the course of the riuer to Antwerpe that waie To the which intent the 26. daie of Maie the Antwerpians hauing sent that euening twelue ships against the bridge hoping that through the violent force of them it might be broken did that night about thrée of the clocke send another fléese against Couwenstein dike the which the enimie kept And the like was done on the other side by the Holanders who laie at anker vnder Lillou For first sending certain ships set on fire which shuld be carried against the bridge they incontinentlie after assailed the dike with about an hundreth ships full of olde souldiours and such a furious storme of great shot and so great a showee of small was sent out of those shippes vpon both sides of the dike that the kings men were not able anie longer to defend themselues on the plaine and open dike but hauing lost many of their fellowes were forced to forsake their wards and to retire themselues to safer places In the meane time the states went a shore landing their men and hauing brought with them sackes full of earth wooll other stuffe did with incredible celeritie raise them vp fortifications so that they were defenced with a Rampire and trench as high as their neckes And winning still farther and farther through the helpe of their shippes they hadde gotten more than halfe the dike the which they dyd cutte thorough in cleauen places They defended their Nations wards for the space of sixe houres together within which time they had slaine many of the valiantest Captaines and souldiers on the kings side for they sent so great force and store of shot against the kings men that they not onelie tare all their bulwarkes and fortifications but also rent almost all their artillerie and made them of no vse Now when that the Spanish state was almost desperate and the Prince standing vp to the wast in water did driue his souldiours against the enimie with his sword drawen a Spaniard called Peter de Padillia a souldier of the Tierce of Peter de Paz taking courage againe did with eight of his fellowes first renue the charge on the States but hée was slaine in the attempt and his right hand cut off by the enimie In the meane time the kings men gathering together their forces dyd verie resolutelie with all their power assayle the munition that the Antwerpians had made and bent their thrée péeces of artillerie which onelie were lefte them whole against it When they first planted their batterie there was a verie thicke mist which by little and little vanished awaie so that the Maister of the Ordinaunce might sée the enimies campe a farre of and more certainlie leuell his péeces The kings souldiours dyd twice assault this fortification and were twice repelled but at the third assault they sighting with irresistable valour wanne the trench and slue all that were within it and the rest hasting to their shippes were parte slaine parte taken and part drowned The valour of the Almanes did appeare singular in this fight of whose prowesse almost all men had now despaired Those that were in the shippes disdaining to giue place fought so long that the tide lefte them and laide their ships drie so that they could not get them from the Flats By this meanes thrée and thirtie ships were taken a great number of men slaine and mightie store of artillerie and other warlike furniture taken There was found in the shippes many dead bodies of them that had béene slaine with the Ordenance that was shot from the dike The kings men vnderstood by the prisoners that two thousand of Antwerpians were slaine in fight and many also drowned and that among other shippes there was one taken that carried the sonnes of very rich Merchants but all the men in her were slaine Moreouer not a few of the Holanders Zelanders were slaine among whome are numbred the Lord of Haultan the gouernour of Flissing two Colonells of Scottes and English but in trueth there was no English Colonel slaine there xiiii other Captains and xxix Gentlemen On the kings side were found missing about 400. or as other report 300. Italians and Spaniards among whome were diuers renowmed Captaines Colonells who were most of them hurt and slaine from the Holand shippes For whilest the Antwerpians fought on the Dike a front the enimie the Holanders that kept themselues in their shippes plagued with their artillerie the sides of their enimies This fight endured from thrée of the clocke in the morning vntill about two in the afternoone and was fatall to Antwerpe for after that time no forces were assembled nor enterprise practised to relieue the Citie which yéelded in August folowing ¶ The Battaile of Pescherias fought by sea vpon the coast of Grece betweene the Nauie of the Christian league vnder the conduct of Don Iohn de Austria and the Turkish fleete gouerned be Haly Bassa the viii of Octobar 1572. Out of Peter Contarini WHen Selini the second the great Turke had falsely on a sodaine broken the firme league of his Father with the Venetians and inuaded with a mightie Armie the Ilande of Cyptus appâ—â—teining vnto the Venetians they entred into a 〈◊〉 offensiue and defensiue against all the enimies of the â—â—â—stian name with Philip the king of Spaine aâ—◠〈◊〉 Quintus the Bishop of Rome and Don Iohn de 〈◊〉 base brother vnto the king of Spaine was ordained Generall and high Admirall of the Nauie armie of the league with whome were ioyned in Commission the high Admirall and Generall of the Venetians and of the Pope with decrée that to bée executed which should be allowed ano approued of them all thrée or else of anie two of them For the execution of this league Don Iohn departed from Spaine with fortie seauen Gallies and after he had béene at Genoa and Naples about necessaries touching men munition victuals he ariued at Messina in Sicile where Mark Antonie de Colonna and Sebastian Veneri the Admiralls of the Pope and Venetians had staied for him with their Nauies and also the foure Gallies of the great maister of Malta There were come thether also the Ambassadours of Venice for to signifie vnto the Admiralles of the consederates how the Turkish Nauie did so much hurt on the coast of Slauonie and also to bée instant on them for spéedie succour The next daie after when the thrée Admiralls or Generalles met accompanied and assisted with other men of account for to consult what was best to bée done Veneri tolde them that of a certaintie the Fleete of Candie would also bee there verie shortlie But when almost all men doubted
thirtéene Gunners Thirtie two shipwrights appointed to repaire the Gallies A hundred and foure and twentie Marriners Nine hundred and fiue and twentie voluntarie souldiours Two thousand two hundred thrée score and fouretéene rouers A thousand thrée hundred thirtie thrée common souldiours Two thousand of the Spanish fléete dead Eight hundred in the Popes fleete But on the other side there were of the enimies slaine or taken nine and twentie thousand nine hundred foure score and ten that is to wit Thirtie foure Captaines of the dignitie of Sanzaches An hundred and twentie Captaines of Gallies Fiue and twentie thousand Ianizars voluntarie foote men and rowers Thrée thousand eight hundred fortie sixe taken Our men did take 117. common Gallies and thirtéene small and all of them verie well furnished with bread tallow butter rise beanes and other such kinde of victualls and the same night they carried them awaie with them into the Hauen Besides these there were drowned or otherwise destroyed about foure score of the enimies gallies and those that escaped were thought to bée almost fortie Which thinges béeing thus dispatched our men lying safe in the Hauen praised God for giuing of them so great a victorie and kept it holie daie for the space of thrée daies shewing sundrie signes of reioycing and making good chéere Neither did they in the meane time omit anie of those things that might make for the reparation of theyr Gallies or for the pursuite of the fruite of the victorie For the which cause when they had tarried in those Hauens vntill the fiftéenth of October yet by reason of the aduerse season of Winter at hand and because many of their wounded men did dailie drop awaie by death they thought good to depart from thence For Don Iohn because hée thought that no memorable thing more coulde bée done that yéere would saile towardes Messina but did put them in great hope that he would ioyne his forces with the rest the next yéere But in truth he did not so neither the next yéere nor next after that so that the VenetiaÌ„s after that they had spent in these wars 14000. li. of gold euerie pound conteining 100. Duckets were forced to by peace of the Turke who also hauing repaired his Nauie did in Anno. 1574. conquere the kingdome of Tunes from the Spaniard his vassall king slaying aboue 10000. Hyspaniards in the Guletta Biserta So that the fruit that the Christians gained by giuing this great ouerthrow was nothing but the recouering of an obscure towne or two that Winter by the Venetian Fléete besides the staie of the Turkish prosperous course and the prise and spoile gotten in this battaile the which when they came to Corsu they diuided by common consent as followeth Gallies The Pope had ninetéene common Gallies two small The king of Spaine 58. common Gallies with an halfe and sixe small Gallies and a halfe The Signorie of Venice 39. common Gallies a halfe and foure small gallies and an halfe Great Ordenance The Pope had nintene great péeces and of péeces that shot stones thrée lesser péeces 42. The King of Spaine fiftie eight great péeces an halfe eight péeces to shoote stones in and 128. lesser péeces The Seignorie of Venice had 39. great péeces and an halfe fiue stone péeces and an halfe 86. lesser péeces Prisoners The Pope had 881. The King of Spaine had 1713. The Signorie of Venice 162. The chiefe men of name takn prisoners were the Sanzaches of Alexandria and Nigreponto and two of All the Admiralls sonnes The Battaile of Alcazar fought in Barbarie betwene Sebastian King of Portugall and Abdelmelec the King of Marocco the fourth of August 1578. Taken out of a namelesse Portugall auctor translated into Latine by Thomas Freigins THat ye may the better vnderstand what the principall Persons that were present fought at this Battaile were also to know the quarel and cause thereof I haue thought good to insert myne auctors whole Historie not omitting his as it wer pleasant and profitable preamble of the foundation and familie of these mightie Kings that reigne now at Marocco The founder of that familie and house which are now Kings of Marocco and the first king of that stocke was a certaine Moore of the Mahometicall superstitioÌ„ called Muley Mahamet Xeque His father Muley Xarif being accompted in his countrie of Mecha in Arabia the chiefe man of the Moores as he that was descended of the bloud line of the damned and cursed false Prophet Mahomet had heaped together an immeasurable masse of money and greatâ— innumerable treasure He being moued by I know not what dreame did take occasion to depart out of his Countrie and to get him into Africa with all that he had Wherfore that he might bring to effect that which he had determined with himselfe he going from Mecha with his onelie sonne whom we spake off before and trauailing all Aegypt and Africa and other regions subiect to the Turkish Empire came at last into that parte of Barbarie that is at this daie called Sus. In this Countrie when Muley Xerife had gotten a great opinion of wisedome as touching their sect and religion among the Moores of Barbarie and had obtained a singuler surpassing fame throughout the prouinces there defiled with the superstition of Mahomet he wanne also the grace and fauour of the Alarbes that doe dwell in this Barbarie and namelie of those that did inhabite in the kingdome of Sus. Héereby it came to passe that within short time he had gotten about a thousand horsemen to bée as it were his clients vassalls or reteiners at command that I may passe ouer in silence a great number of seruantes and ordinarie waiters that still attended on him with horse and armour Through the helpe of these men and many other that did afterward ioyne with him he tooke certain Cities of that kingdome and made them subiect vnto him But in all tourneies he carried about with him his sonne Muley Mahamet Xeque that the people subdued might be sworne vnto him and promise to doe all those things that faithfull subiects docâ—â—â—e â—o performe vnto their Princes And in déed both the Father and the sonne did so stirre them about their businesse that within short time they had gotten them that power and strength that they tooke by force Turodant the head Citie of the kingdome of Sus and there the sonne Xeque was constituted king of that Countrie This victorie did mightelie augment the power and courage of this nâ—w king Wherefore he ordeined a strong legion of eight thousand pike men with purpose to attempt the Citie of Marocco where the Marines reigned Wherefore leauing his Father in Sus who being now broken with age had become vnable to do anie seruice besieged Marocco with fiue hundred harquebussiers and 7000. pikemen that he brought with him The twelfth day of the siege the citie yeelded and taking also other cities townes and fortresses adioyning to Marocco tooke vpon him the
name and stile of king of Marocco and Sus. A few dayes after he assembling a mightie armie besieged the citie of Fes the which no man resisting he tooks with the onelie terrour of his mightie armie the king therof whose name was Claude prouiding for himselfe by flight and withdrawing into the citie of Tremissen which was then subiect vnto him for the Turke had as then nothing to doe there where he also spent all the short time of his life that remained But as soone as Xeque was proclaimed king of Fes all the cities townes and villages of that kingdome sware him homage and fealtie and subiected themselues vnto him and the like did other Nations neere and came vnder his obeisance of their owne accord and yéelding him the victorie without sweate or bloud So that the limites and bonds of his kingdome were on the East Tremissen which at this daie is subiect vnto the Turke beyond mount Clario in olde time Atlas towards the South the line that goeth by the prouince of Figiga a slope euen to Zahara actie taken by the king of Portugal and from hence towards the West the space of fortie leagues from the coast of the Atlantike Ocean now Golsode Ynegas looking towards the Canaries On the West the coasts and forelands of Aguesio Cafi Azamor Sala Larissa Letuams all fronter cities of that kingdome euen to the straites of Gibaltar towards Ceuta Penon Melilla which cities the Catholike king of Spaine possesseth at this daie from hence euen to Tremessen Ouer all these Countries long brode did Muley Mahamet Xeque raigne his father being shortly after dead held thempire alone was the fiâ—st king of Mâ—â—â—â—â—◠〈◊〉 that house When Muley Mahamet had reigned many yéeres after in passing great quietnesse and peace and was also desirous that his sonnes might enioy peacebly the kingdomes that he had gotten being now growen in age and loaden with yéeres he assembled the princes noble men and gouernours of the prouinces subiect vnto him that thorough their counsaile he might the more maturely and wisely set an order for the succession of his sonnes But although he had a great number of them as well lawfull as bastards yet we will speake in this place onely of them which were cause of troubles and stirres in this kingdome who were in number foure Of whome theldest borne in lawfull wedlocke was called Muley Abdallas the second and youngest of the lawfully begotten were called Muley Abdelmunen and Muley Abdelmelec the youngest of all was a bastard called Muley Hamet who doth at this day possesse the kingdome But when the péeres of the kingdome were come together at the citie of Marocco the Kings seate and the King had proposed the matter vnto the Parliament it was inacted by common consent that the Kings sonnes should one succéebe an other according to their age so that the right of the kingdome might come vnto them all and thereby all cause of strife and contention among them might be taken away This decrée made by the princes did the King like and alow and commaunded that it being confirmed by his aucforitie should be kept inuiolable by all their posteritie and wrought so much that the Princes and principall men of the kingdome did sweare to doe their best that it might remaine stable and firme for euer But not onely the Péeres but also the kings sonnes did take that othe for there was no man that gainesaied this law or was of any other minde and opinion Wherevpon Muley Abdallas because he was the kings eldest senne was immediatly after nominated in the campe Prince and heire of all his Fathers kingedomes and all men were sworne vnto him These things being thus ordered and ordained the old Ling because the he himselfe as he had of long time vsed laie still in the Citie of Marocco he sent the new Prince for to gouerne the kingdome of Fesse as the people of the Countrie had requested When he came to Fes and was receiued verie dutifullie of the Citizens he began his gouernment ouer them verie kindlie and curteouslie shewing him selfe verie affable gentle vnto the people of the prouince and promising much more lenitie and gentlenesse in time to come Within few daies after when Muley Mahomet Xeque flourished in great peace there happened a tumult in the prouince of Sus which forced him for to leauie an armie for to represse the insolent Hauing gotteÌ„ together all things necessarie therefore he departed out of Marocco with many horsemen footmen and harquebuziers and marched towardes Sus. Now a few daies before 500. Turkes had come to him frome Tremissen with their Captaine whom they do call in their language Alcaida who counterfaited that they had runne awaie out of the garison of Tremissen but in vâ—â—ie truth they did it that they might dispatch out of the waie the which they did indéede the king of Marocco For when they came to Marocco the king that thought they had come to serue him caused them presentlie to be put in wages to follow him to the wars in Sus. So they went forth with the king marching with him a long iourney towards Sus but when they were come to the confines of those two kingdomes they hasten their purpose of murthering the king Wherefore about a 15. or 20. of the most audacious desperaâ—â—st fellowes faining as though they had I know not what to moue the king of entered his pauillion finding him fit for their purpose slue him cut off his head after he was dead This so sodaine so vnthought of a trecherous villanc as part stirred vp a great tumult in the campe betweene the Turkes the Moores of whom the one fauoured the greate Turke the other Muley Abdallas the matter at last came to that passe the within one houres space aboue 1000. Moores wer slaine not passing fiftie Turks Who séeing theÌ„selues oppressed with the multitude of the Moores withdrew them yet still kéeping their face towards themmies defending themselues into thicke woodes and tops of mountaines of harde accesse But when the Moores did also assaile them there and the Turkes perceiued that they laboured in vain to saue themselues and namelie séeing now their victualls began to faile them they set fire to seuen barrells of Gunpouder that they had set round about them chosing rather to destroie themselues by furious fire than to come into the hands of the Moores their enimies But the kings armie was also constrained to returne to Marocco where the Prince Muley Abdallas although that he was then in the Citie of Fes was agayne proclaimed king But he as soone as he heard of his Fathers death went forth of Fes and when he bare him as king there was none of the prouinces the did not willinglie and gladly receiue him Wherevpon within few dayes after he gathered a mightie armie of many Nations who offered him their seruice with the which hée marching to Marocco was
about nine and twentie or thirtie yéeres of age of coulour blacke not bigge but yet faule and weake and of no strength and much lesse skilfull of things and endued with that wisdome which is required in the gouerning of a kingdome and that I may comprehend all in few wordes he was altogether vnlike his brother Abdelmelec for he was of a meane stature of a fine proportion of bodie with brode shoulders white face but intermixed with red which did gallantlie garnish his chéekes a blacke beard thicke and curled great eies and graie In summe he was a verie proper man and verie comelie in all his actions and iestures and verie strong the which strength he conserued by continuallie exercising of himselfe in skirmishes and in bending of bowes He spake Spanish verie well and with a great grace he could also write in Spanish But hée had the Italian tongue best of all other yet he tooke most delight in the Turkish tongue so that for loue of it he cared not for the Arabian the which was his mother tongue and wherein he was accounted for the most excellent Poet of his time He was ingenious sharpe witted and passing prudent and wise wheras in other things than speciallie in the gouernment of a kingdome He plaied wel on diuerse instruments and also daunced excellentlie but delighted aboue measure in armes and the art of warre in which things he also exercised himselfe much insomuch that he made with his owne hands many great péeces of ordenance that are yet at this daie in Barbarie For he was of a singular and wonderfull wit in all things that he went about or tooke in hand And although he professed the religion of Mahamet yet he so loued Christians and of them Spaniardes that I cannot expresse with wordes the loue and good will which he shewed towards many captiues prisoners For he suffered theÌ„ to returne into Spain being dismissed without ransome and w e this munificense liberalitie he had set at libertie aboue 200. within the 3. yeres tthat he raigned I do now omit to tel you with what fauor curtesie he vsed the prisoners least I be ouerlong or may be carried too far with his loue But the he néeds not my publication of his praise the thing it selfe doth witnesse the hospital built for sick Christians adioining to the teÌ„ple of Marocco endowed w e gret reuenues doth proue it manifestly He died in the 35. yéere of his age When he had reigned not full 3. yeeres leauing a son of 3. yéeres and an halfe olde whose name is Ismaell as yet is it at this day brought vp with the Quéene his mother the wife of Abdelmelec at Argier But as touching his nephew Muly Hamet he was younger then Abdelmelec being about xxix or xxx yéeres of age of stature meane of bodie weake of coulour so blacke that he was accompted of many for a Negro or black Moore He was of a peruerse nature he would neuer speak the trueth he did all things subtelly and deceitfully He was not delighted in armes but as he shewed in all battailes of nature cowardly and effeminate But he so cruelly hated Christians that he would kil either with famine or nakednesse those that he caught If that in these warres he being constreined by necessitie gaue any signification of good will towards them he did it against the heart in a maner vnwillingly that he might make them the more readie and chierfull to endaunger themselues for him The Battaile of Lisbon fought in Portugall betwene Antonio king of Portugal and Ferdinando Duke of Alua Generall of the Spanish forces the 24. of August An. 1581. PHillippe the king of Spaine 〈…〉 prosecuting his pretence vnto the Crown of Portugall wherin Don Antonio sonne of Don Lewes brother vnto Henry the last king was inuested sent Ferdinando the Duke of Alua into Portugall with an armie of 25000. footemen part Spaniards part Italians and 2000. light horse and 600. men of armes Against which forces king Antonio had leuied in hast of vnskilfull warriours Portugalls about 20000. Encamping himselfe before the Citie of Lisbon within a péece of ground fortified with diches and rampires there minding to expect the doings of Alua. Who being arriued néere vnto the kings campe 6000. footemeÌ„ and 80. horsmen assembled the chiefe of the armie in councell what was to be done And there it was concluded that the kings campe was to be assaulted séeing that neither the skill nor the number of their enimies were such as might make the victorie much doubtful and againe the armie being ouerthrowen the conquest of the whole kingdome would incontinently folow because there were no places of strength in the whole Realme to staye the course of the victor the late kings of Portugall being wholly busied in enlarging their Empire abroade by inuading others and vtterlye neglecting for tifications at home to withstand the iniuries of their neighbours with whome they had long liued in peace And so accordingly the next day Alua dismarched to assault the campe and sent before a great band of Italians for to take a foridge nere vnto the citie leading to Alâ—â—tara the which bridge was kept by certaine Portugals The victory for a while was doubtfull now the Italians now the Portugals hauing the better but at the length through the valor of the Italians the Portugalls were beaten from the bridge it won And ouer it Sanchio Dauila passed with many bands of footemen for to assaile the camp he had not fought long but the he wenne the first trench coÌ„mitting great slaughter sent vnto the Duke to send thether the horsemen whiles he went forward assailed the second trench In the meane time Ferdinando de Toledo comming with a part of the horsemen fought by the way with 400 Portugal footmen a few horsemen whom he met put them to flight pursuing them euen to Lisbon at the which time Sanchio wan the second trench When Ferdinando hearing a great noise of harquebusse shot at the camp rallied together his horsemen hasted towards the camp But by the way he met with 15 ensignes of footemeÌ„ almost 100. horsemeÌ„ whom he couragiously charging easely put to flight chasing theÌ„ euen to the gates of the citie And anon after the whole armie of the Portugals was defaited put to flight The Explanatâ—â—â— saies their artillarie taken many of the ensignes of the footemeÌ„ at last the king being wouÌ„ded in two places fled w e a few horsemen after he had long fought Dauila folowed the chase w e his whole power euen to the gates of Lisbon whether also shortly after came Ferdinando but they gaue no atteÌ„pt vpon the citie because the king of Spaine had seuerely coÌ„manded the they should not enter the citie although they could for feare of tacke the which he in no case could like When the citizens vnderstoode the ouerthrow of their armie they yelded their
to the Iland the xv day of Iuly and the xvi did set a land 3000. men with whome Don Lorenco Noguera with fâ—ure Ensignes of footemen did encounter being in number about 500. men and with 150. harquebuziers taken out of the Biskaine shippes who a little from the Citie did skirmish with the French armie but being ouerpressed with number were forced to retire to the Castell to Peter Pisoto with the losse of tenne Castilians and twelue Biskaines Don Lorenco being hurt whereof after he dyed And in the Castell with Peter Pisoto is the sonne of the gouernour Ambrose de Aguiar and the Bishop the Corrigedor other 2. or 3. gentlemen all the rest went out of the citie some calling in Don Antonio and that the souldiours of the French army sacked the citie the Don Antonio sent to the captaine Don Iohn de Castillio willing him to yéeld vnto him the castel knowing it to be his and that he would giue him frée passage for him and his company the which â—â—ing if he refused that then he would bring aland seuen péeâ—es of ordenance from the shippes and would batter the Castell and moreouer he gaue him to vnderstand that the army of Spaine would not come this yéere To whome Don Iohn the gouernours sonne and the Bishop the Corrigeder made aunswere that the castel was the kings of Spaine and that they would not yéeld it vnto him The Marques did likewise vnderstand by the said Maister that the Frenchmen the next day hauing knowledge of the approch of our army had embarked themselues in all hast that the two Galcons and two great Carauels of Peter Pisoto were ouerthrowen néere vnto the castel the Frenchmen tooke the 4. Biskaine ships after that the men were gone a land and had withdrawen themselues into the castel The Marques being enformed of all these things wrote vnto the Captaine and gouernour others in the castell by the sayd maister encouraging certifying them of the force of the kings army not doubting but the next day to giue battaile and to haue the victorie that therewith they should hold themselues contented as he himselfe was very ioyfull of the seruice which they had alreadie done to the king which he knew should not remaine vnrewarded And with this answere they returned with the Pinasse to the Iland The next day being monday the 23. of Iuly the two armies came to present battaile the French armie hauing both the aduantage of the winde also of the Sunne came to assaile our nauie being diuided into thrée esquadrons made three seuerall attempts and yet could put nothing in execution And towards night the Spanish army making towards the sea the French army placed ten ships alongst the Iland thinking that night to haue gotten the winde of vs but by reason it was calme they could not preuaile The 24. day of Iuly the Marques returned approching néerer the French armie who hauing the aduantage of the winde gaue two seuerall attempts and yet put neither in execution Then the Marques perceuing that the course towards the lande was not conuenient for him he caused the armie to take the course towards the sea thinking with him selfe that whilest his shippes were trimming of their sailes that the enimie would assault them hauing the winde for their purpose which fell out accordingly for one of the FreÌ„ch Captaines with seuen Galeons came to assaile the Captaine of the Spaniards and the Galeon S. Matheo but approching néere vnto them did not board them but discharged great quantitie of ordenance against them and likewise did the rest of the shippes against ours of whom they were receaued accordingly in so much that our Captain did shoot at them aboue 40. péeces and also the Galeon S. Matheo shot of many as also did the ship of Don Christopher de Erasso who was now ioyned with the armie and also the shippe of Don Francisco de Bouadilla and Myguel de Oquendo and others which was a pleasant sight to beholde how the pellets sang from either side They did hit our Captaine with foure shot one in the foresaile an other in the shroudes the thrid vppon an anker the fourth on the shippes side without doing any harme They hit the Galeon S. Mathco with thrée shot without doing any harme no more dyd many other of their péeces which dyd hit many of our shippes And againe we might perccue that many of our shotte lighted in the Galeons of the Frenchmen but specially foure out of the Captaine which made them to retire whereby it appeared they had receaued some harme There came in the French armie two captaine 2. Admiralls there was a small galeon like a Patacha being excelent good of saile carrying a standard in the poope which did not approch the fight but kept a farre off to beeholde what passed There came to the number of fortie great Ships and amonge them some were verie finâ— Galleons the rest were small Pinasses dispersed round about the armie two or thrée leagues off for to discouer and to vnderstand of all things and also two Saities of Marseilles very good of saile and many other light boates with oares by whome they dyd set the battaile in order array and direct things as time serued The same daye at night the armies did seperate themselues and the Marques determined at the going downe of the Moone to procure to get the winde of the French armie and in the morning to assault them againe which he dyd so that the xxv daye of Iuly he found himselfe to windeward of his enimies so sought to board them but because his shippes were great and heauie of saile he could not put in effect that which he purposed but was forced to returne to the rescue of Don Christopher de Frasso who was in some distresse in folowing the enimie thorough default of his maine mast wherefore he gaue him a towe with his Captaine This daye there was descried a great shippe of the enimies which wanted her foremast other two ships that did helpe her but they not being able to performe it she was forced to sinke It was iudged that she hadde receued some harme by shotte the day before But memorandum that of the ten Hulkes of the Spanish nauie there wanted two which carried Almaines and likewise wer wanting the thrée shippes that departed from Lisbon after the Armado so that the Marques had in his nauy no more then xxv shippes with the two Galeons The xxvi of Iuly the French came againe to assault the Spanish armie in very good order and with a fauourable winde The Marques did cause his ships to be placed in order and array although the Galeon Saint Mathew was somewhat a sterne which was some griefe to the Marques doubâ—ing that the enimie might board her before she could conuemently be reskued and so it fell out for she was boarded by two Galeons a Captaine and an Admirall against whome
neuerthelesse I am readie to yéeld and obey your aduises and resolutions and will spend my life in the execution of them This spéech of Mahemet Bey liked Portau Bassa verie well and also the Sanzaches Syrocke and Caraby did approue it but yet because they had contrarie commaundement from Sultan Selim the which was then publikelie read by the commandement of Oluzali and for that Ali being verie desirous to fight had drawen many to take his part and most chieflie because it was the good pleasure of God that the destruction of that Nation shoulde one daie haue a beginning they decréed by common consent for to depart thence and to giue the Christians battaile For they did thinke that they should finde our Nauie in the Hauen without men and so shoulde without much a doe take it the which falling out so they had determined to conquere also Zante and Cefalenia and then besieging in the Winter the places of strength in Candie and Corfu and in successe of time entering into the gulfe of Catato for to winne these and other places of the Venetian Empire so make themselues a waie into Italie and all Christendome Wherefore they did distribute into their Gallies the 14000. souldiors that came latelie they did manakle the Christian prisoners that they should be apt for nothing else but to rowe then aranged all the whole Fléete into foure battailes as followeth The right wing 1 The first was the Admirall of Mehemet Siroch the gouernour of Alexandria 2 The second Galley of Alexandria was gouerned by Caras Tubat All these had Gallies of Alexandria 3 Bagly Saraf All these had Gallies of Alexandria 4 Giafer Chiagey All these had Gallies of Alexandria 5 Osmanan Celebin All these had Gallies of Alexandria 6 Perusio Reis All these had Gallies of Alexandria 7 Binke Casapogly All these had Gallies of Alexandria 8 Osman Occan. All these had Gallies of Alexandria 9 Driuis Aga. All these had Gallies of Alexandria 10 Baiazet Siman All these had Gallies of Alexandria 11 Osman Ali. All these had Gallies of Alexandria 12 Dely Aga. All these had Gallies of Alexandria 13 Dardagan Bardābely All these had Gallies of Alexandria 14 Casly Caian All these had Gallies of Alexandria 15 Iusuf Aga. All these had Gallies of Alexandria 16 Iusuf Magar All these had Gallies of Alexandria 17 Calafact Cheder All these had Gallies of Alexandria 18 Mustafa Genouell All these had Gallies of Alexandria 19 Dermigy Pery All these had Gallies of Alexandria 20 Mat Assan All these had Gallies of Alexandria 21 Cheder Aga. Their Gallies were of Constantinople 22 Soliman Bey Their Gallies were of Constantinople 23 Hibraim Their Gallies were of Constantinople 24 Saban Their Gallies were of Constantinople 25 Caiacebebin Their Gallies were of Constantinople 26 Chedar Siman Their Gallies were of Constantinople 27 The sonne of Cara Mustafa Their Gallies were of Constantinople 28 Iaran Saba Their Gallies were of Tripoli in Barbarie 29 Dauid Iusuf Their Gallies were of Tripoli in Barbarie 30 Solack Rais. Their Gallies were of Tripoli in Barbarie 31 Arnaut Ferrat Their Gallies were of Tripoli in Barbarie 32 Iuzel Memy Their Gallies were of Tripoli in Barbarie 33 Schender Selim. Their Gallies were of Tripoli in Barbarie 34 Lumag Iusuf Their Gallies were of Tripoli in Barbarie 35 Bardach Celebin Their Gallies were of Tripoli in Barbarie 36 Bagdat Asan Their Gallies were of Tripoli in Barbarie 37 Guzel Allibi Their Gallies were of Tripoli in Barbarie 38 Brusali Pyri Their Gallies were of Tripoli in Barbarie 39 Rodle Ali. Their Gallies were of Tripoli in Barbarie 40 Aga Bassa with the Admirall of Constantinople 41 Sinaman Mustafa These commaunded ouer Galleies of Despetado in olde time Actolia 42 Giegiore Ali. These commaunded ouer Galleies of Despetado in olde time Actolia 43 Amurates Rais. These commaunded ouer Galleies of Despetado in olde time Actolia 44 Callipey Memy These commaunded ouer Galleies of Despetado in olde time Actolia 45 Marul Mustafa These commaunded ouer Galleies of Despetado in olde time Actolia 46 Heder Lumet These commaunded ouer Galleies of Despetado in olde time Actolia 47 Sinaman Deruis These commaunded ouer Galleies of Despetado in olde time Actolia 48 Meminey Durmis These commaunded ouer Galleies of Despetado in olde time Actolia 49 Algagias Sinan These commaunded ouer Galleies of Despetado in olde time Actolia 50 Adagi Rustan These commaunded ouer Galleies of Despetado in olde time Actolia 51 Chingeuey Musata These commaunded ouer Galleies of Despetado in olde time Actolia 52 Iusuf Cebebin These commaunded ouer Galleies of Despetado in olde time Actolia 53 Tafer Mustafa These commaunded ouer Galleies of Despetado in olde time Actolia 54 Ali a Geneuose Pirate a Captain of smal Gallies 55 Megil Reis with a small galleaze 56 Mehemet Bey with the Admirall Gallie of Nigreponto The middle battaile which they did also call the fight had these Captaines and Gallies 1 Assam Bey the gouernour of Rhodes With Gallies of the Rhodes 2 Dely Chiafet the warden of Rhodes With Gallies of the Rhodes 2 Occy Rais. With Gallies of the Rhodes 4 Postunag Ogly With Gallies of the Rhodes 5 Calefact Ogly With Gallies of the Rhodes 6 Gazizy Reys With Gallies of the Rhodes 7 Dromus Rais with an Admiral gally of Constantinople With Gallies of the Rhodes 8 Herbetcy warden of Rhodes With Gallies of the Rhodes 9 Caragias Rais. With Gallies of the Rhodes 10 Ocean Rais. With Gallies of the Rhodes 11 Dely Piry With Gallies of the Rhodes 12 Giafer Aga. With Gallies of the Rhodes 13 Bachlan Rais. with Galleyes of Constantinople 14 Coz Ali. with Galleyes of Constantinople 15 Colach Rais. with Galleyes of Constantinople 16 Oluz Rais. with Galleyes of Constantinople 17 Assan Bassa the sonne of Barbarossa with Galleyes of Constantinople 18 Caraf Rais. Their Galleies were of Napoly in Romania 19 Almau Rais. Their Galleies were of Napoly in Romania 20 Gurngly Ogly Their Galleies were of Napoly in Romania 21 Arnault Celibin Their Galleies were of Napoly in Romania 22 Magar Ali. Their Galleies were of Napoly in Romania 23 Giafer Celebin Their Galleies were of Napoly in Romania 24 Dely Celebin Their Galleies were of Napoly in Romania 25 Dely Assan Their Galleies were of Napoly in Romania 26 Carapery Aga. Their Galleies were of Napoly in Romania 27 Sinam Rais. Their Galleies were of Napoly in Romania 28 Carau Mustafa Their Galleies were of Napoly in Romania 29 Saly Arnuar Their Galleies were of Napoly in Romania 30 Preuil Aga Captaine of Napoly in Albania Their Galleies were of Napoly in Romania 31 Balahzy Ogly with Galliees of Metilena 32 Bararzy Mustafa with Galliees of Metilena 33 Sinan Baly with Galliees of Metilena 34 Agdagy Rais. with Galliees of Metilena 35 Two sonnes of Ali in a Galley of Constantinople 36 Osman Rais in an Admirall of Constantinople 37 Dely Iusuf with Galleyes of Metelina 38 Ferath Baly with Galleyes of Metelina 39 Caiacelebin with Galleyes of Metelina 40 Bagdar