shamefully misused them they were ether kylled or caried awaye into a strauÌ„ge countrey into extreame mysery and wretchednesse After this the Turke caused the Quene and her Sonne and the Moncke and many other of the Courtyers to bee sent vnto Lyppa whyche is a stronge Castell And then sent oute three Companies into thre coastes of Hungerlande to robbe and steale in euery companye twelue thousande men of whiche the fyrste coulde do no great harme for they coulde not come into Mehrer lande by the meanes of the Water where their purpose was to haue made hauock The second Company came all moste as farre as Vienne The third made hauock in the landes of the lordes of Balassa and kylled many poore men and caried many awaye for prysoners In the meane whyle sent kyng FerdinaÌ„dus his Ambassadours the Lorde Nicolas the Earle of Salme and the lorde Sigismundt of Harmonstone to Offen to the Turke to Take a Truce And when they had obtayned the same for an half yeare â–ª and made it sure on both the sydes the Ambassadours toke their way home againe to the kyng And the Turke when he had furnyshed Offen wyth twenty thousand men tooke his Iourney to Constantinople But the Turkes that were left in the Cytye of Offen kept not the Truce longe but fell often oute and toke the Christen prysoners at Vnwares whyche thynge caused oure men also to do the same with them whereupon there folowed a coÌ„tinuall Robbing and Roauing on both the sydes the whole wynter ouer so that some tyme the Turkes somtyme our men had the victory The Turke as he departed toke valeÌ„tyne Tereck thorou whose helpe he gatt Offen and caused an yeron chayne to be put about his necke and cast him in to the Tonaw by Grekes weissenburg and so rewarded hym for his true seruice He also sodenly fell vpon these Castels and toke them in zeckzaart zeckehen Baranianara and other that laye by them He also toke his pleasure vpon the citie of Fyuechurches and assaulted it but founde lytel pleasure there For the Indwellers de fended themselues well But they that were left within Offen fell twyse out at vnwares vpon Grane and the towne Kakat that lieth ouer against Grane on this syde the Tonaw they pitifully cleane robbed and pulled doune so that there was an excidyng myserable worke in Hungary this yere Besyde this Armie in Hungary had the Turck an other myghtie armie at this time both by water and by lande in the Ile Peloponesus nowe called Morea wherewith he droue the Venecians from all the Cities that they had there and tooke them in The whyle the Turck was thus woode dyd the Emperoure Charles prepare hym selfe in Italy Spayne Sycyll and other of hys landes and Iles with a notable great Nauye wherein he had a good armye well foure and twenty thousand men of whiche syxe thousande were dutchemen whose chefe Capitaine was Master George of Regensburg and sayled into Affrica vnto the Citie of Algier whiche Barbarossa had in And although the Poape disswaded the Emperoure that he shoulde not take suche an vntymely shyppyng as to wytt in Wynter at Luke where they were both together â–ª yet must the Emperoures purpose forward For he hoped to haue dryuen Barbarossa oute of that hauen and so to haue had none Enemy whom he should haue neaded to feare the somer folowing by the meanes whereof he coulde the better haue withstandeth the Turke by Sea Nowe when he hauyng a prosperouse wynde was come with the aforesayde Armie to Algier and brought his Sowdiars oute of the Shyppes and gotten them on lande than beganne sodenly suche an horryble tempest to aryse vppon Sea with wynde and rainne and lasted three dayes longe wythout ceassyng that not onely the Sowdiars wacksed doussye in the heed and syck but also through the violence of the Storme there were more than an hundreth and thyrtye Spyppes beaten shaken to geather and peryshed wherein many men and specially all their packes and baggage and all their vyttalles and the ordinaunce to beseaghe the Cytie wythall was lost of whiche thynges our men had no great Ioye Nowe when they of Algier sawe that oure men were in suche greate necessitie they fell oute of the Cytie and kylled them that kept the watche and fell vppon them that were in the Tentes with shaâ—tes and hagbushes but were yet dryuen back agayne into the Cytie of the Spanyardes Afterwarde they laye in the waye to hynder certayne knightes of the Rodes in a strayte waye of whome and hundreth folowed the Emperoure agaynsie the vnfaythfull tyll the Emperoure came and helped them with the doutch Sowdiars But when the Enemies had shott seuen thousand of the Itatalians thorou wyth hagbushes and the reast were dryuen to flye than the Emperoure exhorted the dutchemen to withstande and saide ye beloued dutchemen helpe your Emperoure thys daye or elles neuer And euen as he spake those woordes were they that stoode next by hym in order kylled with a gonne whiche thynge yet nether feared nor Amased hym any thynge at all When the dutche sowdiars perceaued that they gat a Courage and althoughe they coulde not shote for the greatnes of the raynue yet they droue the Enemies backe agayne into the Cytie wyth Speare and sworde But for as muche as all their victualles were spente and as is before sayde destroyed wyth the violence of the Storme the Emperoures Maiestie made prouision to departe and to the entent that the sowdiars myght haue some what to eate the whyle they shoulde sayle they toke the horsses oute of the Shyppes kylled them and ate them and afterward brought the sowdiars into the shyppes that were left and sayled from thence And in the saylyng homewarde they were also in greate Ieopardy and perel vpon the sea and many of the shippes and men were drowned Let this muche bee ynough of this viage He that wyll knowe further thereof may reade the whole history whiche Nicolas Villagagnome a knyght of the Rhodes hath diligently written which also was present thereby hymselfe In the meane whyle dyed the Godly Christen prince Duke Henry of Saxon Duke Georges brother and his sonne Maurice whiche after maryed the Landgraue of Hesses daughter succeded in the gouernaunce The pestilence reigned greuously in many places this .xli. yeare and specially at Vien in Ostenrick there dyed well .xviij. thousande the whole somer all moste was weete and rayne by the meanes whereof also the wyne could not come at his due sea son and was very sower And yet was this yeare more wyne wacksen then in the three yeares folowyng Wherein the grapes were all dryed vp and wythered vndoubtedly for oure vnthanckfulnesse sake and for the mysuse thereof THe yeare MDxlij in the beginning of the yeare there came certayn souldiours Italians borne into a towne in Histria called Maran not farre from Tryest belonging to Ferdinandus There were about thre hundreth of them
The same admonyshed the Electors in the begynnynge of hys byshopryck to choyse agayne an Emperoure wyth egall consent leste the state of the empyre dyd wholy decaye Rudolfe the .xxvij. Germane Emperoure THe yere of Christ M. CC. lxxiij was Rudolfe chosen Emperour the erle of Habisburge and counte prouincial of Alsace He raygned .xix. yeares He was confirmed of the Byshopp of Ro. For the Emperoure and byshop of Rome came together at Lausana euen accordyng to the saieng of these two verses of auncient men Twelue hundreth thre score and thertene yere dyd stande Lausana tyll the pope and the kyng came thether into that lande Howbeit Rudolfe went not into Italy nether receaued he the Imperiall crowne He was wont to reherse Esops fable of the Foxe which said to the Lion sicke in his denne she were afrayd to come in therefore because she sawe the footsteppes of beastes that were gone in but not of beastes that were come out That lykewyse he dyd consyder how his aunceters went oft into Italy with greate hoostes but mooste commonly returned home euell intreated Yet in the meane season sent he a Lieutenaunt into Italy who was receiued of the bestpart of the Italian cities The Bohemies and Baier withstode Rudolfe at the fyrst but he subdued Baierlande forth with Othacarus kyng of the Bohemies wold not obey and besydes that helde Eastenriche that was now without heire belongyng to the empyre against ryght and reason Wherfore Rudolphe sent the Burggraue of Norenberg into Bohemy to shewe the kyng on the Emperours behalfe to obeye and to voyde out of Eastenryche but Othacarus refused both Wherfore after muche reasonynge vpon the matter brought Rudolphe armed hostes into Eastenryche and toke it in He besieged the citie Vienne fought a great battaill by Nidersbrug â–ª in the yeare M. cclxxviij In that battayll was Othacarus slayne Of this wyse was Eastenriche at the last brought vnder Rudolphes dominion and after that made he Albert his sonne duke there so that henceforth Eastenriche by this meanes is holden of the empyre by fealtie or benefite Moreouer the princes of Eastenriche haue their offpringe of this Alberte vntyll the moste prayse worthy Charles the Emperoure that now is his brother kyng Ferdinande Rudolphe the Emperoure shewed high fauour and gentlenesse towarde Wenceslaus Othacarus sonne for he left hym the kyngdome of Bohemy and gaue hym his daughter in mariage This Wenceslaus is canonisated for a saynt and is worshypped Rudolphe subdued the Bourgundians also In Alsace dyd he take by violence those cities that rebelled and conspyred agaynst hym and punyshed them worthely amonge those were Hagenoâ— Colmar Tzurig and Berne The yeare M. cclxxxvi dyd he inuade the Erle of Wirtenberg and besyeged the citie Studtgard at the laste was an accorde made by the byshop of Mentz The yeare M. ccxc had Rudolphe a great parliament at Erfurde â–ª and by the aide of the citie Erfurde did he spoyle cast downe about .iij. score holdes in Thuringe Oâ— this wyse fynally dyd Rudolfe bryng the troubled full of sedicion estate of Germany whyle it had no certayn Emperours to a peaceablenesse and dyd in a maner set vp the decayed empyre He dyed the yere of Christ M. ccxcii Innocencius the .v. succeded Gregorius the .x. Adrianus the .v. succeded Innocencius Iohannes the .xxi. a phisicion succeded Adrianê° When Iohannes was deade Nicolaus the .iij. was made byshop of Rome He went about to geue his two cosins the two kyngdomes of Italy that the one should be kyng of Hetruria the other kyng of Lombardy For the Romysh byshop sawe that Rudolphe had more then ynough to do in Germany and thought he coulde not therefore come into Italy But the imperiall cities wythstode the byshop of Romes enterpryses that they could not prosper and Rudolphe sent a Lieutenaunt into Italy also Honorius the .iiij. was byshop after Nicolaus Nicolaus the .iiij. was byshop after Honorius Adolfe the .xxviii. Germane Emperoure THe yeare of Christ M. ccxcij was Adolfe counte of Nassau chosen Emperour The same was before in greate estimacion by Rudolphe Besydes that was his brother byshop of Mentz and by his voyce in the election was he holpen to be made Emperoure He raygned syxe yeares and was deposed from the empyre by the Electours For hys substaunce was not sufficient to sustayne the costes of the Emperyall hyghnesse Besydes that was he very in fortunable in dispatchynge greate thynges The warre worthy of remembraunce that he hath had was that he brought an army into Thuryngen For Albert Landtgraue of Thuringen had a stryfe wyth his sonne Dieterus and Frederick surnamed Gnawed cheke And the same solde to Adolfe the Emperoure the prouinciall Erldome of Thuringen He also endeuoured to make his kynreds nobilitie more renowmed and went into Thurinvan and dyd much harme to it He besyeged Crutzberg Frankenstein and Friburg But Frederick droue him back agayn Howbeit to apeace sundry many perturbacions that were at that tyme in the empyre it was requisite to haue a more puyssaunter heade in Germane And therefore the princes Electors makyng an assembly at Mentz they chose Albert duke of Eastenrich sonne to the Emperour Rudolphe But for asmuche as Adolfe would kepe the empyre by force duke Albert went against hym with an army and they fought fearcely together by Worms In that battayll was Adolfe slayne the yeare M. ccxcviij as these verses folowynge do witnesse The yeare thousand thre hundreth two lesse Was through the swearde kynge Adolfes deceasse After Nicolans the .iiij. was Celestinus the .v. made byshop of Rome The same leauynge the byshoprycke became an heremite After Celestinus became Bonifacius the .viij. Byshop of Rome It is sayde that Celestinus was begyled by thys man with a voyce spoken to hym through a rede or pype as though it wer come out of heauen that he should forsake the byshopricke ordeyne Bonifacius He raysed greate warres in Italy He dyd excommunicate the Frenche kyng and gaue the tytle of the Frenche kyngdome to Alberte the Emperoure that by this meanes at the last the Garmanes and frenchemen might come to strokes At the last was Bonifacius taken and dyed in the pryson And hereby commeth that it is sayde of hym He entred as a Foxe he reygned as a Wolfe or Lion he died as a Dogge Albert the .i. xxix Germane Emperoure _the M .cc. xcviij yere of Christ began Alberte duke of Eastenriche sonne to Rudolphe the Emperoure to raygne He ruled the empire ten yeres he ouercame in battaill Adolfe the Emperoure At the first would not bonifacius confirme Albertus empyre afterwarde did he frely coÌ„firme it to do the Frenche kyng a spite and geuyng Albert the title of the kyngdome of Fraunce he set hym agaynst the Frenche kynge But the kyng of Fraunce geuyng hys daughter to Alberts sonne he appeased hym that he should enterpryse no enimitie agaynst hym He made a settynge forth agaynst
him Afterward y e Babilonians trusted him with the whole army the which he betrayed to Darius and made also that he recouered the whole citye the whiche he had nowe besieged syxe monethes and a whole yeare As for Darius gaue hygh thankes to thys zopyrus for hys faithfulnesse for he set hym afterwarde before all the princes of his kyngdome And as a pomgranate was geuen hym he sayde He woulde wysh him no better thinge in this lyfe than that if he might get so many zopyries as there are graines in this apple For therby would he signifie that a kynge can haue no worthier treasure nor no stronger fortresses than faythful frendes and counsellers Of Darius Warres in Grece THE Persians assayed to drawe by claime to them the kingdomes of Macedony and Grece because they bordered vpon Persia But because God hath prefixed euerye royalme as it were certayne boundes the whyche it can not passe therfore coulde the Persian kinges subdue nor make subiectes to theyr empyre nother the Macedonians nor the Grekes Wherfore happened about that tyme in Grece many and greate chaunces the which as they are many euen so to rehearse them all ordely were to longe but I shall rehearse them all ordely were to longe but I shall rehearse some of them howbeit none saue the very best and that brefely The Persians sendinge Ambassadours to Amyntas kynge of Macedouy desyred that he woulde yelde hymselfe to them Amintas being afrayd because of the Persians power graunted willingly to do their request in a maner prostrate treated messengers very courteously And whan a royall banket was ordeined for y â— Ambassadours after their wil they desired to haue brought to them noble women and ladyes for to garnyshe the banket Amyntas which durst denye them nothynge commaunded to brynge them Whan the Persians were now droncken they dalyed wyth the gentle women vncourteously insomuch that theyr vnmanerelynesse yrked and displesed kyng Amyntas and his sonne Alexander the yonge king and by reason of the shamefulnesse and reuerence of age desyred Alexander his father the kynge Amintas that departing out of the company he would go to bed he wold remayne with the gestes As the father went now away Alexander faynyng myrth he suffred the Persians to daly and playe more frelier wyth the women at the last he prayed them all to ryse and suffre the ladyes to go a lytle apart for they should strayght way returne better trymmed The nobles of the Persians suffred that wyllingly In the meane season caused Alexander the fayrest yongmen apparelled wyth womens garmentes to returne into the banket and hyde sweardes vnder theyr garmentes wherewyth in daylienge they should slaye the Perses the which was done For the Persyans were kylled of euery one of these yonge men and thus was theyr vnshamefulnesse greueouslye punished This Alexander is rehearsed amonge the greate grauntfathers of Alexander After this rebelled the Grekes also which were vnder Darius in the forepart of Asia and taking the citye Sardis burned it and to this dyd the Athenians ayde them For one Histieus a noble prince sente a seruaunt to their captayne and lest the matter should be disclosed polyng his seruauntes heade he prynted vpon hys heade letters conteynynge this sentence that they should disceuer and rebell to the kynge afterward as the heare was growen agayne he sent no letters but this seruaunt to the capitaine wyth this message only that he should klyppe of his heare and loke vpon his heade the whiche whan the capitaine had done straight waye fell he from Darius But thys traytour was kylled and Histieus was hanged and the commotion beynge swaged wyth these remedies went no farther This and other lyke gaue Darius occasion to gather a great hoost namely a hundreth thousand footemen and ten thousand horsemen and to sende them into Grece to be reuenged of the Athenians for the sedition and vproure They pytched their tentes two myle from Athenes Whan nowe some counseled not to wythstande the enemies but yf they besieged the citye to defende it manly onely Miltiades counsellinge the contrary shewed that the syege should be heauy and verye intolerable for the communalty but with a sodayn inuasyon myght the enemyes be lyghtely vanquyshed They folowed Miltiades counsell whom also they made captayne of the warre the Athenians made an army agaynst the enemies of ten thousande nother had they any succourse out of the other cyties saue of one thousand men that the city Platea had made out And wyth thys small army was that greate and chosen company of the Persyans discomfyted and layed doun and thys battayll deserued a very great prayse for it deliuered all Grece from a great and incredible feare where wyth she was no lesse taken at that tyme than yf at oure tyme the turke shulde inuade Germany We must not ouerpasse here what recompense the Athenians haue made finallye to Miltiades and how they haue requyted hym for thys good dede For besyde this victory had he done other great actes for the commune welth Wyth chyualry had he added other cities and yles wherewyth he augmented the empire and dominion of the Athenians But because greate vertues can not want the enuy and detractions of euell men it was procured by the people and broughte to passe that Mâ—ltiades was cast into the commun preson vntyll he payed to the communalty thre hundreth thousande crownes But whan he was not able to paye that summe and beganne nowe to be sycke of the longe presonment and stenche his sonne Cymon went into preson to delyuer the father at the last whan the father was deade a very ryche citysin maryed Myltiades doughter and disbursynge out the summe of money he delyuered Cymon out of preson Can not good men be duely rewarded of the communaltye on thys wyse Of Kyng Xerxes DArius had two sonnes the elder was begotten ear he had the kingdome offred but the yonger called Xerxes was in yâ— tyme of the kyngdome of hys mother Atossa that was Cyrus doughter The same by reason he was of both parentes of the kynges bloude â–ª he succeded his father beyng dead in the royalm that the kingdome myght remayne by the yssue of Cyrus The elder brother suffred this wyth a great modesty of mynde stryuynge in no manere wyth his brother Xerxes As now the hoost of y â— Persians was ouer throwen in Grece Darius assembled a new army but in thys appoyntynge dyed he Wherfore Xerxes straight before hys raygne accomplished the preparation that hys father had begonne and entred into Grece with a moost puyssaunt army insomuch that some haue writteÌ„ that neuer was so great an army assembled before at one tyme as was kynge Xerxes armie Iustine sayeth that of his own kingdomes were seuen hundreth thousand men in armoure and of the other that were confederat with hym thre hundreth thousand men Though it semeth not wel to
it was ordeyned in y ◠councel of Constance that of a newe coūcel shulde be gathered after twelue yeares But after that Sigismundus was deade the bysh of Ro. holdinge a councell fyrste at Ferraria and from thence at Florence letted y ◠furtheraūce of the councel of Basill and that had he so muche the more easy a do because ther was no monarche or noble prince that defended the decree of y ◠councel of Basill After that Martinus was deade Eugenius the iiii was made bysh of Ro. The same crowned Sigismundus Emperour at Rome Albert the .ii. of that name the .xxxvi. Germane Emperour THe yeare of Christe M. cccc xxxviii after the death of Sigismundus was Alberte a prince of the bloude of Eastenryche kyng of Hungarye Bohemye made Emperoure He dyed in the seconde yeare of hys raygne Parte of Bohemy dyd cleue to the kyng of Polen endeuoured to drawe y ◠kyngdome of Bohemy to Polony The Poles brought a great army into Bohemy drew into their faction the vprourysh kynde of men called Thaborites Agaynst thē sent Albert y ◠Emperour Albert marques of Bran denburg The same brought to passe wyth manye battayls that the matter was agreed betwene the Emperoure and the Poles Albert the Emperoure came wyth a greate army into Hungary agaynst Amurates the Turke who at that tyme was fallen into Hungary Whan Albert the Emperoure came he fled backe and besye gynge the cytye Sinderouien he returned into Grece and wann the city Thessalonica In this settynge forth fell Albert into a sycknesse and beynge broughte agayne to Uyenna dyed wythyn few dayes Friderick the .iii. the .xxxviij. Germane Emperoure THe yere of Christ M. CCCC xl after Albertus deathe was Fridericke the thyrd duke of Estenrich made Emperoure He raygned .liii. yeares The doughter of Sigismundus wyfe to Albert the Emperoure was now bygge wyth chylde but some of the Hungaryans despayrynge of an heyre of the realme chose Vladislaus the yonger kynge of Polen for a kyng The kings gouernour in Hungary was Ioānes Huniades father to Mathias The same had weakened the power of the Turkes wyth a great battail and compelled Amurates to demande peace But so soone as Vladislaus was come into the realme the Hungariās trusted that yf they the Poles powers were ioyned together they shuld easely gett great prayse yf they inuaded the Turke And happely had the yonge kyng Vladislaus pleasure in thys prayse Wherfore Iulianus the Cardinall brake the treuce made wyth the Turke vnder thys pretence and coloure that it were not lawfull to make peace wyth the Turkes wythout the Bish of Romes consente seyng y ◠case is belonging to whole Christendome Thus Vladislaus gathering an hoost went against Amurates vntill Varnam which is not farr from Cōstantinople though Ioannes Humades in y ◠mean season dissuaded to take warre because that he knew well the weakenesse of his men the power of the Turkes also had he made peace with the Turke not without necessitie It is also sayd that Vladislaus desyred ayde of Dracoles y ◠Malache but he also dyd counsell to leaue y ◠setting forth to warre Yet dyd he send his sonn with him to aide king Vladislaus with two thousand horsemen to whom he shuld haue said He gaue hym a couragious and swyft horse suche one as he wold geue to his sonn also for his mynd gaue that they shuld lose the feld and therefore shuld they haue these horses at hand that as nede shulde requyre the myghte troughe theyr swyftnesse escape the daunger As for the Turkes dyd forse themselues wyth nolesse carfulnesse than wysedome and were euery where appoynted in a readynesse before the Hungaryans were set in an order Wherefore thoughe the Hungariās fought fearcely for y e glory of Christes name and ouerthrwe verye great hoostes of the enemyes yet dyd the Turkes at the last ouercome wyth the multitude stayeng Vladislaus the yong kinge and afterward was Iulianus the Cardinal slayen also in the flyght Humades as he was a ware soul dioure toke hede to hymselfe by tymes and escaped This felde was the yeare M. CCCC xliiii the tenth daye of Nouember Amurates became a Mahometyshe monke after thys vyctorye supposynge to haue accomplyshed hys duetye in the empyre after so greate prosperitye in vanquyshynge hys enemyes leste he rashely trustynge smylynge fortune farther dyd stayne hys glorye wyth some euell But Hunyades dyd inuade and fell vpon the Turkes agayn and dyd hurt them so sore that they called Amurates agayn to the realme to resist Hunyades their enemy and shuld driue him out of Hūgary Afterward whā Cōstantinople was lost Huniades ouercame Mahomet y e Turkishe Emperour bringing into Hūgari an hurtful army with a great discōfitur deliuered whole Europa from y e fear of daūger For yf that setting forth had lucked Mahomet y e Turkish Emperour he had now takē in not only Italy but other contryes also Whan Vladislaus was deade the Hungarians receaued the chylde Ladislaus the heyre of the realme borne of Sigismundus doughter for theyr kyng Thys Ladislaus whan he was ful growen dyed at Praga the haed citye of Bohemy The yeare M. CCCC xliiij broughte the Dolphin with the Armeniakes an army into Elsace vntyll Basil not wythout a greate and horible manslaughter of the Germanes Some thynke that Eugenius the bysh of Ro. sent hym into Germany to trouble the councel of Basil The Dolphyn had aboute fyue and twenty thousand men The Switzers sent foure thousand men against them to rescue the citye Basel out of theyr handes They sett vpon the enemyes wyth so greate strengthe and corage that none of them gaue backe and thoughe they coulde not ouercome them by reason of the multitude of thē yet left they theyr enemies a bloudy dolefull victorye For the Dolphin lost in that battayl about ten thousand men and was fayne to flye out of Germany with the residue y ◠remayned The yeare M. CCCC xlix dyd Albert marques af Brandenburg warre agaynst imperial cityes Norinberg and some other Thys was called the warre of the cityes Many princes dyd ioyne themselues to ether syde and thys warre lasted ii yeares Albert the marques ouerthrue them of Norinberg wyth .viii. battayls The yeare M. cccc lii went Friderick into Italy and was receaued of euery man wyth seastly honoure In the citye Sena dyd he acomplyshe hys weddynge wyth Leonora hys spouse doughter to the kynge of Portingale Commynge to Rome he was crowned of Nicolaus the fyfte wyth hys quene the .xviij. daye of Marche Returnyng from Rome at Ferraria made he Borsius of Esta duke From thence shipped he ouer to Venice and abode there ten dayes I haue herde of a man of greate renowme that it was tolde him of the prince of Venice who beynge Senator serued the Emperour Fridericke and the prince of Venice at the table that Frederick shulde haue sayd at
both them selues and the Castell vnto the Prynces Afterward was the Castel and the wholle lande sett in an order and the Gospell whyche before was kepte from it throughe that tyranne the Duke of Brunswycke ordeyned to be preached therinne And when they hadde ordeyned all thynges after the beste facyon and the Duke of Brunswycke appeared no where wyth any sowdyars and the Empyre requyred But the Emperoure coulde smell what the Pope meante Wherefore he vtterlye refused that councell and exhorted hym by wrytyng that he woulde rather see thatt the Frentch kyng kepte peace to thynthent that the Turcke myghte be wythstanded than to call a councel at suche an Vnmeete time which might be an hynderaunce to the other purpoose to make peace Afterwarde the Emperoures Mayestye prepared hymselfe after the beste facyon to wyth stand the Frentche kynge and hys partetakers Aboute thys tyme dyd the a boue mencyoned Prynces Duke Otho Henrycke and Phylyppe hys brother bothe countye palatynes on the rhyne and the cytyes Regensburgh and Swyneforthe receaue the Gospell for whyche thynge they were compelled to take muche harme and specyallye they of Regensburge to whome Duke Wyllyam of Bayer did al the hurte that the could and forbadde all hys subyâ—ctes that none of them shulde carye anye thynge to Regensburge or by or sell wyth them or yf anye man dyd he muste nott come agayne in to hys lande and must leese all hys goodes Thys was a greate hyndraunce to the cytye of Regensburge For it lyeth in the myddes of the lande of Bayer Yeth hath God gracyously preserued it In the begynnynge of the herueste ther came oute of Lyâ—towe thorou the land of pole and through schlesye and vnto the land of myssen great multytudes of Grassehoppers flyinge and layed them downe in the aboue mencyoned landes by greate multytudes an hundreth dutch myle long and aâ—e vppe all that was grene in the felde and lo we medowes They were as greate as a mannes fynger and some of them greater they hadde scales as it hadde bene harnesse vpon them and as it were an hatte vpon theyr heades lyke an olde rowstye year on sallet and were harde lyke an horne so that a man coulde skante treade them in sonder They had four winges as it wer which wereread speckelde some of them were yellowe and gray and of other speckelde coloures And where so euer they layed them downe in the felde there they laye well a foate thycke from the grounde And specyallye in the lande of Pole they saye that they laye an halfe elne thick from the grounde When the sunne beganne to schyne then they flewe vppe by greate heapes in battell order so thycke to gether that they shadowed the sonne lyke a clowde They flewe also as swystlye as other birdes a wholl dutche myl befor they reasted In the lande of myssen they came as farre as to the water Mylda for ther they came nott Euerye man thoughte that then shoulde a greate deathe haue folowed in the same landes where as yet hyther to ther hath none bene hearde of Haplye it was a warnynge as certen learned men wryte that we should take hiede that we myght be able to withstande if the Turck came in wyth suche a multitude of people from whyche thynge God gracyously defende vs. In Italye vpon the .xiii. daye of Iune ther was a fearfull and an horryble Earthquake by Florence whyche threwe downe manye Chymneyes in Florence and almooste a wholle lytell towne lyinge not farre from it called Scharbarya and destroyed many men They wryte also that in Turckye a lytell towne lyinge not farre from Solonychyo from whence the Saffren cometh was destroyed wyth men and women and all that was ther in wyth an Earthquake They saye also that ther stode ouer Constantynople an horryble blasynge sterre .xl. dayes longe and that in the same dayes in Iune and Iulye there was there an horryble weether and an Earthquake They saye also that a Dragon burnt the Turckes Castell and treasure and that ther came a greate multitude of wolues rennynge into the cyty whyche dyd men muche harme And many suche wounders done at that tyme were wrytten oute of Constantynople wherof as me semeth some be but lyes Howe beit I lett euerye man thynck ther in as shal please hym and beleue what he wyll Let thys be ynoughe of thys yeare The Brabanters beyng prouoked of Marten van Rosheyme rusch et in to the lande of Gulyck â–ª and burne certen Castels lytel townes or robbe and make hauocke of them They manne Duren Gulycke â—yttard Sustern and Hynsberg which were yelded vp vnto them On the other syde the Duke of Cleue after he hath gathered an armye round aboute oure all places wythstandeth the power of the Brabanders Whyche after they had made Hensburg stronge entended also to Fence Duren entred into fyght wyth hys Enemyes Wherein when there were many kylled on both partyes the fyght was ended Syttard and Gulyck because the walles were ouerthrowen of the Brabanders the Duke of Cleue causeth to be strongly walled agayne and beseaged Duren and compelleth them to yelde vp the towne in the ende of December Thys yeare Iames the fyft kynge of Scottland beyng .xxxiij. yeare of age dyed in December leauyng but one onely doughter alyue of two yeare of age borne of hys second wyfe ouer whom he ordeyned tutors and gouerners of the Realme the Cardynall of S. Andrewes and the lorde Hamelton IN the yeare of our Lord 1543. euen in the begynnynge of the yeare was a conuocation or Counsell kept at Nuremburgh at the whyche conuocation was present kyng Ferdinandus wyth hys two eldest sonnes and besydes them the moost parte of the Ambassadours and deputies of the other princes of the Empyre And when all theyr actes and doynges were prolonged vntyll after Easter ther was another day appoynted to be kept at Spyer where the Emperours Mayestye shoulde personally appeare hym selfe In the moneth of Ianuary the Emperours maiesty sent out of spain a mighty army bothe on horsback on foot wherof the erle of Aultete was capitaine into y e land of the Mores called Mauritania â—â—enge in the coastes and borders of Afryca ouer agaynste Spayne to inuade the kynge of the cytye of tremetz wherof also the kyngdome hath hys name because that by the helpe of the Moores he hadde proflygated and expelled hys brother vnto whome the gouernaunce of the kingdome by right dyd appertayne whyche soughte redresse and succour at the handes of themperours maiesty This armye arryued the .xxvii. daye of Ianuary at the cytye of Tybyda lyenge by the sea syde where they founde a greate multytude of Mores which soone auoyded and lefte y e cyty vnto the Spanyardes After thys they marched from Tybyda towardes tremetz and endamaged the Mores by the waye whyche were departed from Tybyda vntyll at the laste they tourned them selues again and made a conflycte
departed homeward to his owne syr Ierome Bomegardener a learned maÌ„ y â— feared god being sent to the said couÌ„sail froÌ„ the towne of NurreÌ„ myght haue ouercome subdued all Fraunce with out any notable losse of his men For the warriours of the Frenche kyng were become so faintharted y t they durst in no place resist their enemies To the which act themperour might haue ben greatly aduaunced by the meanes that the kyng of Englande saye also in Fraunce with a great power Howbeit through great intreataunce mediation of y e chiefe lordes of the parliamen at Paris the duke of Orleans the kinges sonne who did specially fauoure y e Emperour the matter was brought to a staye but on what coÌ„dicion I haue no certaintie of knowledge as yet for somuch as some say one thing some another Wherfore I wil rather write nothing theÌ„ I shuld therof affirme any thing vncertaine In this yere chaunced foure horrible Eclpses or darkenings The first of the Moone the .x. daye of Ianuary about .vi. of the clock in y e morning which lasted .iii. houres .xxviii. minutes the Moone was hidden .xii. pointes .xlvi. minutes The second of the SuÌ„ne the .xxiiii. day of Ianuary about ix of the clock before noone lasting .ii. houres .vi. minutes â–ª the SuÌ„ne was darkened about .xi. pointes .xvii. minutes when this darkenes was at the hiest it was so darke euerywhere as it is coÌ„monly at night wheÌ„ the Sunne is newely set insomuch that all fowles cattaile whiche were mery before became still sad as though they had mourned had compassion with the Sunne being darkened The third Eclipse was of the Moone the .xiiii. day of Iuly about half an houre after eight whiche lasted .iii. houres .xlii. minutes the Moone was darkened â–ª xvii â–ª pointes and .xxv. minutes The fourth was of the Moone the .xxix. day of december in the morning about half an houre befor seuen lasted .iii. houres .xxxvi. minutes the mone being depriued of her light by the shadowe of y e earth about .xiiii. pointes and .xviii. minutes But what effecte and operation the sayde Eclipses and darkenynges brought with them maye euery wyse man partely perceyue by the contentes of the Story of the yere next folowyng and partely by the dayly discourse and exercyse bothe of magistrates and of subiectes For without special alteration of earthely creatures suche constellacions are not wont to passe as experience doth sufficiently teache and declare This yere henry the eight king of England sent an armye into Scotlande in the moneth of May whiche landed at Lyth in Scotlande and so went burnyng and destroyeng the countrey about sparyng nether castel towne pyle nor vyllage vntyll they had ouerthrowen and destroyed many of theÌ„ as the borough and towne of Edenborough with the Abbey called Holy Rodehouse and the kynges Palice adioyned to the same The towne of Lyth also with the hauen and peyre The castell and vyllage of Cragmyller the Abbay of Newbottell and parte of Muskelborowe towne the Chappel of our lady of Lawret. Preston towne and the castell Harintowne wyth the Freres and Nunery and castell of Oliuer Sancklers the towne of Dunbar Laurestone wyth the Graunge with many other townes castels vyllages and pyles Also this yere thesayd kynges maiestie prepared an army into Fraunce thither he went his owne person beseged the stroÌ„g towne of Bullen in Fraunce and there wanne the watch toure otherwyse called the olde man the .xxviij. day of Iuly And the .xxix. day of the same moneth Basse Bullyn was wonne the .xiij. day of September the towne of hygh Bullyn was victoriously coÌ„quered by the said kyng of England whiche after the entreaty humble peticion made of the French men gaue them licence to take bag bagage with them so departe the .xiiij. day of SepteÌ„ber at .iii. of the clocke at after none y e towne gate was opened the people began to come out they helde on vntill .vij. of the clocke at night And there were in nombre of men women children iiiâ— M. of them .xv. C. able meÌ„ of warre they had with them as muche as they could cary both men women children that was able to beare any thing and their horses kine were loded with as much stuffe as they could beare away And they had .lxxv. wagens laden with them IN the yere of our lord 1545. was another couÌ„cell kept at Wormes where many thinges were discussed entreated as the breakyng vp of the same publyshed maketh mencion There was also coÌ„cluded as touching matters of religion that a coÌ„munication disputacion shuld be kept at Rainsburgh the next yere whereunto y e estates of the Gospel or Euangelical princes shoulde appointe viiâ— learned men on their partie and likewise the Papistes eyght men on theyr syde whose mutuall agreementes and conclusyons shoulde bee propounded and declared vnto the Emperoure That afterwarde he might coÌ„sulte vpon suche thinges as shuld seme to make for an vnitie concorde Whyle these and suche other matters were debated and determined at Wormes in the presence of the Emperoure and the kyng of the Romaines the ryght high and myghty Prince and lorde Frederike Palatine and Electour Imperiall by the Rene coÌ„sideryng pondring the necessitie of his princely graces poore subiectes wherein they lay miserably captiuated and clogged vnder the yoke of that wicked and detestable Papacy and how many soules might be lost and brought to dampnacion or euer such vnitie as should be made at Raynsburgh could be brought to passe And also howe many consultacions and disputacions had bene kept before this tyme wherein alwaies the papisticall secte had bene conuinced and ouercome â–ª and yet neuertheles had alwayes persisted in their Idolatry and defended it the longer the more violently whereby it myght be easely perceiued and concluded what hope of amendement or agreement there was to be loked for He determined and coÌ„cluded with hymselfe furth with to forsake all popysh abhomination and not to tarye the yssue or ende of the sayde conuocacion and disputacion but in asmuche as thorough the grace and mercy of God he had obtained knowledge of the truthe and lyght of the Gospell to canse the same without delay to be ministred and declared to his poore subiectes Wherefore he ordeyned and constituted in all his iurisdictions that the Popish abhominacion should be put downe and that in stede of the same the Gospell of Christ should be frely preached that his pore coÌ„mons might be taught and brought into the right and true way of saluacion Our Lorde and sauiour Iesus Christe preserâ—e hym and all the fauourers of his worde to procede and go forwarde in the settyng furth of hys wyll to the glory of his blessed name Amen This yere also died the doughter of kyng Ferdinando whiche was maried to Sigismunde the younge king of Pooles