to Derbent 940 h. killeth Sahamall his father in law 941 d. is by Amurath sent for into Siruan 974 h. laid in wait for by Mahomet the Tartar king 975 b. ouercommeth the Tartars lying in wait for him c. by Amurath made chiefe Visier and Generall of his wars against the Persians 976 k. raiseth a great armie 989 c. wisely appeaseth his mutinous souldiors vnwilling to goe for Tauris 990 g. commeth to Tauris 991 b. taketh the citie e. in thirtie daies buildeth there a strong castle 992 i. giueth the citie to be spoiled by his souldiors k. leaueth Giaffer the Eunuch Bassa of Tripolis with a garrison of twelue thousand souldiors gouernour of Tauris 994 i. dieth 995 c. much lamented for at Constantinople 996 h P PAlaeapolis by Sultan Aladin giuen to Othoman 138 l Palotta yeelded to the Turks 1025 d Pantogles with the Turks fleet commeth to the siege of Constantinople 342 l. displaced 344 k Paphlagonia and Pontus with a great part of Cappadocia woon by Mahomet the Great 360 l Partan the Visier Bassa sent by Solyman against the supposed Mustapha bringeth him to Constantinople 769 e. sent by Solyman to haue brought Baiazet to Amasia is by him with good words sent backe againe 773â— standeth indifferent for giuing or not giuing of battell vnto the Christians at Lepanto 875â— encourageth his souldiors 876 i. flieth himselfe out of the battell 879 c Paradiser executed for yeelding vp of Canisia vnto the Turks 1133 e Peace concluded betwixt king Vladislaus and Amurath the second 289 b. by the persuasion of Iulian the Cardinall vnfortunately broken by Vladislaus 295 d. Peace concluded betwixt Mahomet and Scanderbeg 386 i. betwixt Baiazet and Caytheius 450 i. betwixt Baiazet and the Venetians 463 a. betwixt the Venetians and Solyman 694 l. betwixt the Venetians and Selymus the second 904 k. betwixt Amurath the third and Mahomet the Persian king 1005 b Peloponâ—sus described 353 e. made tributarie to the Turke 354 h. subdued by the Turks 355 e Pera yeelded vnto the Turks 349 c Perenus the noble Hungarian vpon the suspition of aspiring apprehended 732 k. matters surmised against him 733 a. he Valentinus and Maylat three of the chiefe of the Hungarian nobilitie vnworthily kept in perpetuall prison 734 b Persecution in the Greeke church for matters of Religion 145 c Persians better horsemen than the Turks 517 b. Peâ—th taken by Cason Admirall of the Turks fleet vpoÌ„ the Danubius 709 a. besieged by the marquesse of Brandenburg 729 e. in vaine assaulted 731 c. the siege giuen ouer 732 h. taken by the Christians 1146 e Peter a French Hermit going on pilgrimage to Ierusalem obserueth the miserie of the Christians vnder the Turks and Sarasins 12 l. in the counsell of Claremont deliuereth his message in the behalfe of the poore oppressed Christians 14 g. he with Gualter Sensauier the first that set forward in the great expedition of the Christians into the Holy land 14 k. looseth greatest part of his armie 15 d. discouraged about to haue stolne home brought back and enforced to take anew oath for his fidelitie and perseuerance in the warre 18 k Peter Damboyse Grand Master of the Rhodes a carefull Gouernour 427 e. his cheerefull speech vnto the rest of his knights and souldiors 428 h Peter Emus for his barbarous crueltie beheaded at Venice 978 l Petralba yeelded to Scanderbeg 285 d Petrella yeelded 285 c Petrinia taken by the Christians 1074 k Philaretus the Greeke Emperours lieutenant put to flight by the Turks 8 l Philadelphia taken by Baiazet 204 b Philes a deuout man but no souldior vndertaketh the deâ—â—nce of the Greeke Empire against the Turks 156 i. in plaine battell ouerthroweth them 157 c. Philip the second of that name the French king in going towards the Holy land suffereth shipwracke vpon the coast of Sicilia 68 i. arriueth at Ptolemais m. his speech vnto Richard king of England and the other Christian princes in his sickenesse 70 i. he sweareth vnto King Richard not to inuade his territories in France and so returneth home k. Phocas by killing of Mauritius the Emperour with his children possesseth himselfe of the Greeke Empire 22 g. slaine afterwards by them of his owne guard g. Piall Bassa Solymans Admirall sent to remooue the Christians out of Zerbi 784 h. in disgrace with Solyman shunneth to come to Constantinople 787 a. by Selymus the second sent against the Venetians 845 e. in vaine attempteth the island of Tenos 846 g. Pisaurius the Venetian Admirall doth very great harme vnto the Turkes 460 l. Plague and famine among the Turks 1060 m. Plague in the Venetian fleet 849 a Polinus the French embassadour with presents from Francis the French king meeteth Solyman comming from Buda 725 d. his request to Solyman e. returneth into Fraunce 726 g. sent backe againe to Solyman by the way solliciteth the Venetians to take vp armes against Charles the Emperor h. grieued not to find the Turke so readie to send his fleet in the aid of the King his master as he had before hoped m. is sharply shaken vp by Solyman Bassa 727 c. brought to the speech of Solyman himselfe 728 i. by him reiected vntill the next Spring k. setteth forward with Barbarussa and the Turks fleet 735 a. by his letters from Ostia comforteth the Popes Legat in Rome d. Podolia and Ruscia inuaded by the Turks 457 a the Pope and the King of Spaine fearing least the Venetians should make peace with the Turke hasten their confederation with that State long before by them delaied 859 a. a perpetuall league concluded betwixt the Pope the King of Spaine and the Venetians 860 h. the league proclaimed m. the Popes letters vnto the king of Polonia to dissuade him from inuading of Moldauia to the trouble of the Transyluanian prince 1081 b Preianes commeth to the Rhodes 581 c Presents of great valour sent by the Persian king vnto Selymus 837 f Prince Ciarcan slaine 219 b Princes of Germanie ioyne their forces with king Ferdinand against the Turke in Hungarie 728 l Prusa yeelded vnto the Turks 176 l. burnt by Isa. 240 l. repaired by Mahomet 241 a. againe burnt by the Caramanian king 249 f Q QVeene Isabella with child 695 e. deliuered of a sonne 696 i. that sonne by the name of Stephen crowned king of Hungarie 697 a. her answer vnto the embassadour of king Ferdinand demanding of her the kingdome of Hungarie 699 d. inuaded by king Ferdinand craueth aid of Solyman 701 b. by the commaundement of Solyman departeth with her young sonne out of Buda 713 e. yeeldeth vp to king Ferdinand all the right she had in Transyluania Hungaria 756 h Quinque Ecclaesiae yeelded vnto the Turks 736 h. Qumsay in the prouince of Mangi of all the cities in the world the greatest 75 f R RAb besieged by Sinan Bassa 1041 b. battered and assaulted 1044 h. by treason yeelded vnto the Bassa l. notably againe surprised by the Christians 1103 b Rama forsaken of the Turks
could not take in good part but said That it was apparant to all men that he abandoned the warres in SYRIA to returne into FRAVNCE for no other end or purpose but the more easily to inuade the prouinces of GVIEN and NORMANDIE now disfurnished of their garrisons and so subject to his mallice Which point hee so vrged that the French king could haue no leaue with his honour to depart vntill such time as he had by solemne oath bound himselfe vnto king Richard not to attempt any thing either by force or fraud against him or any thing of his vntill fiftie dayes were expired after king Richard his return home Which how well it was by the French king obserued I leaue it to the report of the hystories of that time And so the French king not to be intreated longer to stay leauing behind him the aforesaid number of men he had promised embarking the rest of his armie and accompanied with three tall ships of the Genowaies his friends and Ruffin Volta their admirall departed from PTOLEMAIS to TYRE the first of August and two daies after loosing thence alongst the coast of ASIA and cutting through the Mediteranean arriued at length in the mouth of the riuer of TYBER and from thence went to ROME where after he had visited Pope Celestine and the famous places of that most renowned citie he returned againe to his fleet and so by sea arriued in safetie in FRAUNCE hauing in that great expedition so honourably by him intertained performed nothing answerable to that the world looked for After the French king followed Leopold duke of AUSTRIA with his Germans and not long after him the Venetians also with them of PISA and GENUA Of whose departure Saladin vnderstanding and that the Christian forces were thereby much empaired refused either to pay the money or to restore the prisoners as was promised at the giuing vp of PTOLEMAIS threatning moreouer to chop off the heads of all such Christian captiues as he had in his power if the king should shew any extremitie vnto the pledges of the citie Neuerthelesse shortly after he sent his embassadours with great presents vnto the king requesting a longer time for the sparing of his pledges which his request together with his gifts the king refused to graunt or accept Whereupon Saladin foorthwith caused such Christian captiues as were in his power to bee beheaded which albeit king Richard vnderstood yet would hee not preuent the time before agreed vpon for the execution of his prisoners being the 20 day of August vpon which day hee caused the Turks prisoners to the number of 2500 or as the French and Germans write to the number of 7000 in the sight of Saladines armie to be executed The losse of the strong towne of PTOLEMAIS much empaired the reputation of Saladin euen among his owne people as it commonly falleth out that the euill successe of a great commander in his affaires altereth the good will affection and opinion especially of the vulgar sort which judge of all things by the euent And albeit that his losses were great and such as much daunted him yet he thought it best as the case then stood to make them greater and with his owne hands as it were to ruinate and ouerthrow such townes and cities as he saw hee could not keepe rather than to suffer them whole and vndefaced to fall into the enemies hand So carried headlong with despaire he caused all the townes he had alongst the sea coast in SYRIA and PALESTINE to be sacked and ruinated and their wals ouethrowne especially such as were of most importance and like to stand the Christians in stead namely PORPHIRIA CESAREA IOPPA ASCALON GAZA and ELAM with diuers other castles and citadels in the countries thereabouts most part whereof were againe by king Richard and the Templars fortified and repeopled although Saladin in the meane time did what he might to haue letted the same Nothing more hindred the good proceeding of the Christian princes in this and other their most honourable expeditions against the Infidels than the discord among themselues one still enuying at anothers honour and euery one jealous of his owne Great strife and heart burning there had beene betweene the two kings of FRAVNCE and ENGLAND during the time they were together in this sacred expedition to the great hinderance of the same No lesse contention had there ben betwixt Guy the late king of HIERUSALEM and Conrade marques of MONT-FERRAT about the title of that lost kingdome whereby the whole power of the Christians in SIRIA was deuided into two factions Richard king of ENGLAND Baldwin earle of FLAUNDERS Henrie earle of CHAMPAINE the knights Hospitalers of Saint Iohn the Venetians and Pisans taking part with Guy And Philip the french king Odo duke of BURGUNDIE Rodolph earle of CLAREMONT the Templers the Genowayes the Lantgraue of THURIN Leopold duke of AVSTRIA and Robert countie of NASSAU taking part with Conrade the marques But Conrade shortly after the taking of PTOLOMAIS being slaine by two of the desperate Assassins or as some others say by two desperate ruffians suborned thereunto by the prince of TORONE in reuenge of the dispite done vnto him by the said marques by taking from him Isabell his espoused wife as he was walking in his citie of TYRE and doubting no such treason king Richard seeing now a fit occasion offered for the vtter extinguishing of that claime and how to intitle himselfe vnto that kingdome persuaded the aforesaid Isabell the widdow of the late Marques and in whose right hee had laied claime vnto the kingdome to relinquish that so troublesome a title and to take to her husband Henry earle of CHAMPAINE his nephew vnto whom he gaue the citie of TYRE Guy the king exclaiming to the contrarie as of a wrong done vnto himselfe Shortly after he began also to temper with Guy persuading him to resigne vnto him that little right and interest hee had in the kingdome of HIERUSALEM and in lieu thereof to receiue at his hands the kingdome of CIPRUS Which his offer the poore king was glad to accept By which exchange Guy became king of CIPRUS and Richard king of HIERUSALEM which honorable title he afterwards as some report vsed in his stile as did some others his successors the kings of ENGLAND after him So Guy with all his wealth passing ouer into CIPRUS took possession of the kingdome where he long liued not Neuerthelesse that pleasant kingdome continued in his familie of the Lusignans by the space of about 283 yeares afterwards vntill that at length that familie failing in the posthumus sonne of Iames the bastard last king of that Island it fell into the hands of the Venetians by whom it was holden as a part of their seignorie almost an hundred yeares vntill that it was in our fresh remembrance again from them taken by Selymus the second great emperour of the Turks in the yeare 1571 as in the processe of this historie shall
whom he was kept prisoner by the space of a yeare and three months and then ransomed for the summe of an hundred and fiftie thousand pounds About this time died the great Sultan Saladin the greatest terrour of the Christians who mindfull of mans fragilitie and the vanitie of worldly honours commanded at the time of his death no solemnitie to be vsed at his buriall but onely his shirt in manner of an ensigne made fast vnto the point of a launce to be carried before his dead bodie as an ensigne a plaine priest going before and crying aloud vnto the people in this sort Saladin Conquerour of the East of all the greatnesse and riches hee had in his life carrieth not with him after his death any thing more than his shirt A fight woorthie so great a king as wanted nothing to his eternall commendation more than the true knowledge of his saluation in Christ Iesu. He raigned about sixteene yeares with great honour and dying left nine sonnes which were all murthered by Saphradin their vncle excepting one called also Saphradin Sultan of ALEPPO who by the fauour and support of his fathers good friends saued himselfe from the treacherous practises of his vncle Of this Saphradin the vncle discended Meledin Sultan of AEGYPT and Coradin Sultan of DAMASCO and HIERUSALEM Saladin his great kingdome being by them now againe rent in pieces The death of Saladin in short time bruited abroad with the discord amongst the Turks and Sarasins about his dominions put Celestinus then Pope in good hope that the citie of HIERUSALEM might in that change and hurle be easily againe recouered and that kingdome established But when hee had in vaine dealt to that purpose with the kings of FRANCE and ENGLAND then altogether busied in their wars the one against the other he persuaded Henrie the sixt then emperor to take the matter in hand who for that he well could not or else would not himselfe in person vndertake that long expedition sent Henrie duke of SAXONIE his lieutenant with a great armie into ASIA vnto whom were joyned two Legats Conradus Archbishop of MOGUNSIA another of the electours and Conradus the bishop of HERâ—IPOLIS At which time also many other great princes tooke vpon them that holy war namely Herman Lantgraue of THURIN Henrie Palatine of RHENE Henrie duke of BRABANT Conrad marques of MORAVIA Frederick duke of AUSTRIA and Albertus Hapspurgensis with some others vnto whom also joyned themselues the bishops of BREME HALBERSTAT and RATISBON with diuers other great prelates Who hauing passed through HUNGARIE and THRACIA and by the Greeke emperour Alexius Angelus relieued with all things necessarie were by the Graecian ships transported vnto ANTIOCH and so by land came to TYRE and from thence to PTOLEMAIS with purpose to haue gone to relieue the Germains besieged in IOPPE who before their comming were all by treason slaine and the citie rased wherefore being come to the ruins thereof they departed thence to SIDON which they found also abandoned by the Turks After that they tooke BERITHUS which citie they fortified and so went to besiege TORONE which citie when they had brought vnto the extremitie as that it must needs as it was thought either yeeld or bee taken the Turkes came on so fast to the reliefe therof that the Christians were glad to raise their siege and to be gone which they in garrison at BERITHUS perceiuing seeing the enemie to approch them they abandoned the citie and joyning themselues vnto the rest of the armie marched all together to IOPPE a little before ruinated which they now againe fortified But the enemie comming to BERITHUS and finding it forsaken rased it downe to the ground and so in few moneths space was BERITHUS both repaired and rased in the yeere 1197. But whilest the Christians were repairing the citie of IOPPE the Turks proud of that they had done at BERITHUS came now to disturbe also the fortifying of that place Of whose comming the Christians vnderstanding remooued by night about fiue miles from the citie of purpose to draw the Turks vnto a conuenient place for battell The Turks thinking them to haue beene fled for feare sent part of their armie to assaile the citie and with the other followed after them disorderedly as if it had beene after men they had had in chace Vpon whom the Christians turning had with them at the first a sharpe encounter but afterwards put them to flight in which conflict certaine thousands of the Turks fell of whom the Christians taking the spoile and hauing put the rest to flight returned againe vnto the fortifying of the citie But the joy of this victorie was by the sudden death of two of the greatest princes in the armie greatly diminished for the duke of SAXONIE hauing in the battell taken great paines in performing the parts both of a woorthie generall and valiant souldier had ouer heated himselfe and thereupon without regard of his health taking cold died of a feauer the fourth day after The duke of AUSTRIA mortally wounded in the battell died also the night following About this time or not long after died Celestinus the pope author of this expedition and Henrie also the Germaine emperour after whose death great troubles began to arise in GERMANIE about the chusing of a new emperour Whereof the bishop of MOGUNSIA then chiefe commander of the armie of the Christians in SIRIA one of the electors and the other Germaine princes with him hauing intelligence could not by any persuasion or praiers of the poore Christians in whose quarrell they were come bee persuaded longer to stay but that needs home they would indeed home they went the same way that they came After whose departure the Turks tooke IOPPE hauing one of the ports betraied vnto them by one of the citie at such time as the Germains there in garrison after the manner of their countrey vpon S. Martins day were carelesly making merrie together in their pots vpon whom so surcharged with wine the Turks entring by the port giuen vnto them put them all with the rest of the Christians to the sword and so afterward rased the citie downe to the ground Of which victorie they became so proud that they had thought without stop to haue driuen the Christians quite out of SIRIA but by the comming of Simon countie of MONT-FORT a most valiant and expert captaine sent thither by Philip the French king with a regiment of tall soldiers at the instance of Innocentius Tertius that succeeded Celestinus in the papacie and by ciuill discord then raigning among the Turks themselues for soueraigntie their furie was repressed and a peace betwixt them and the Christians concluded for the space of ten yeares during which time the Turks promised not to molest the Christians in TYRE or PTOLEMAIS which hapned in the yeare 1199 or as some others say 1198. After which peace so concluded the woorthie countie returned again with his souldiers into
nature and religion had conceiued a mortall hatred against the Spaniards whereunto might not a little auaile the porâ—â— in AFFRICKE whereinto the Turkes fleet might at all times in safetie retire And in briefe that which was of greatest importance to the better successe of this war the French king and the queene of ENGLAND had of their owne accord promised the continuation of their warres and that the French king should inuade NAVARRE and by force of armes recouer the right he pretended vnto that kingdome whilest in the meane time the queene of ENGLAND should not only trouble him in the West Indies and other places of the Ocean towards the North and the West but might also stirre vp new broiles in the kingdome of PORTINGAL where most part of the people with great impatiencie beare the prowd commaund of the Spaniard as persuaded and that truly all their prosperitie and quietnesse to haue been lost togither with their last king their true and lawfull soueraigne For he at peace with the kings of FRANCE and ENGLAND exceedingly thereby enriched his subjects by traffique whereas since they fell into the hands of the Spaniard they daily complaine of their new losses and dangers by reason of his perpetuall wars Moreouer that there was to be found great store of exiled Spaniards dispersed here and there which being malecontent and wearie of the Spanish gouernment were fled not only out of PORTINGAL but euen out of ARAGON other parts of his kingdome which now liuing in FRANCE ENGLAND and CONSTANTINOPLE both secretly and openly liberally offered great helpes the like whereof many of the Moores also promised All which togither seemed to promise a most easie expedition and certaine victorie if any should vpon the sudden inuade SPAINE for that there was almost no vse of armes the inhabitants at home seldome times exercising themselues therein neither in places needfull hauing any ordinarie garrisons and but few horses fit for seruice And that in fine it was to be considered SPAINE to be greatly bared of men which knew how valiantly and couragiously to mannage armes for the often choise they make of them which are almost daily transported into the Indies ITALIE and the Low countries whereby the strength of his countrey must needs be exceedingly impaired so that if they should be inuaded with any strong and mightie armie they might seeme hardly able to be holpen or defended by their owne people but should need of the aid and helpe of the other neere prouinces subject vnto this kingdome which if they should be either letted or stay to come in good time they should leaue so much the more easie victorie vnto their enemies In the fift place were they which went about to persuade Amurath to breake his league with the Venetians vsing reasons rather probable than true although they might seeme vnto the Turkes lesse doubtfull for that men easily and willingly beleeue such things as they themselues desire These men went about to proue no expedition to be of lesse difficultie than this as judging of things present by the euent of former warres passed wherein the Turks had alwaies taken something from the Venetians who to redeeme their peace were diuers waies enforced to satisfie the Turks That the Venetian common-weale was affraid of the Turkes and abhorred warre was manifest they said in that that in all actions it had propounded vnto it selfe peace as the end thereof and after the manner of their auncestors neuer entred into warres but enforced thereunto and would happily vpon the first denouncing of warres willingly depart with certaine places forfeare of greater harme or to be vtterly ouercome as it appeared they did in the yeelding vp of CYPRVS The power and force whereof was not so great as that it could alone stand against the great Sultan and to confederat it selfe with others would require no small delay for the great and many difficulties which commonly vsed to arise in making of leagues not being now so conjoyned with the Spaniard as in times past of whose aid it being of late destitute was constrained to make an hard peace with Selymus And if so be the Spaniard would needs joyne himselfe vnto the Venetians against the Turkes yet that he could by no meanes affourd vnto them such aid and supplies as were of necessitie to be required vnto so great a war he himselfe being in his warres otherwise so entangled as for all other confederation they could make without him to be but weake and to no purpose That which the Pope could do herein to be but little for albeit he should according to his dutie exhort other Christian princes to giue aid and to stirre them vp vnto this warre yet that beside some little supplie of mony hardly drawne out of his owne cofers and the ecclesiasticall reuenues he could scarcely performe any thing more or when he had done his vttermost deuoire could but joyne fiue gallies of his owne vnto the Venetian fleet which with the gallies of the duke of SAVOY of the knights of MALTA and of the Florentines could but make a fleet of some twentie gallies which was but a small matter Besides that the Turkes were persuaded that betwixt the Venetian state and the other Christian princes was no such friendship and good agreement as the greatnesse of the imminent danger of that warre and as the necessitie of the cause would require and that hitherto their treasures had beene so exhausted in paying the debt they were run into in the last warre and in building of fortresses that happily they were not now so furnished with coyne as was requisit for the defraying of so great a warre And vnto this warre against the Venetians consented almost all the Visier Bassaes differing only in this Where or against what place of the Venetian territorie this warre were to be first begun some naming one place and some another for diuers reasons them therunto leading which for breuitie we passe ouer Othersome of the Bassaes in the sixt place rejecting all the former opinions concerning the warre to be taken in hand would haue had all the forces of the Othoman empire as well by land as sea to haue beene conuerted against ITALIE for that otherwise the Turkes should neuer come vnto the Monarchie of the whole world whereunto as at a marke they had directed all their actions except they did first subdue ITALIE For that this countrey as the centre of the whole world was wont to giue both counsell and aid vnto the rest of the limbes whereby the deuices of others were crossed and that the Romanes had at length commaunded ouer all the world especially for that they held in possession this countrey Hereat did the Hunnes the Alani and Gothes the Vandales the Frenchmen Spaniards and Saraâ—ins direct all their thoughts and cogitations In fine they concluded That no expedition could be taken in hand more honourable or profitable than this for that ITALIE was as a queene amongst
also kept backe others that brought water for the quenching therof and togither with the other souldiors of the court did what they might to make it burne the faster With the rage of this fire were consumed seauen of their temples fiue and twentie great Innes fifteene thousand houses with many warehouses and shops To appease this dangerous stirre and to preuent farther mischiefe commaundement was giuen to the Beglerbeg of GRaeCIA and Dauid Passy a Iew the first authors of this new imposition that they should either gather the aforesaid tribute by them deuised and pay the souldiors or by some other meanes to giue them contentment But here began the priests publikely to dissuade the people from payment of this new tribute or any other such like persuading them in any case to defend their auntient liberties and customes whereupon the churches were by the priests shut vp publike prayers for the health of the Sultan intermitted the Bassaes houses assaulted and all the citie on a new hurly burly For the appeasing whereof Amurath was glad to yeeld vnto the Ianizaries to pay the souldiors out of his owne treasurie to reuoke his mandates giuen out for the exaction of the new tribute and to deliuer the two persuaders thereof to the pleasure of the Ianizaries who drew them vp and downe the streets at horses tailes and afterwards cutting off their heads in scorne tossed them from hand to hand one to another as if they had beene tennise balls About the latter end of September Sinan Bassa of BVDA hauing with the assistance of the Sanzacks about FILLE raised an armie of eleuen thousand soldiors with purpose to haue spoiled all the vpper part of HVNGARIE came the sixt of October before the castle of PVTNOC and gaue thereunto summons but finding them in the castle better prouided and more resolute than he had before supposed he departed thence and passing the riuer Schayo came to SIXO a towne of about fiue hundred houses which after a sore batterie he tooke and burnt it downe to the ground In the meane while Claudius Russell Generall for the warres in that part of HVNGARIE hauing assembled his forces came vpon him and after an hard fight put him to the worse when he had slaine of his Turkes about two thousand fiue hundred besides three hundred other drowned in the riuer Schayo Shortly after the Christians in like manner breaking into the frontiers of the Turkes tooke from them the castles of BLAVENSTIEN GESTES with some other small forts thereabouts in the vpper part of HVNGARIE Sinan for that he had contrarie to the league and without commaundement from Amurath so vnfortunately attempted warre in HVNGARIE was the next yeare in great displeasure sent for to CONSTANTINOPLE and Ferat Bassa of BOSNA late Generall of the Turkes armie against the Persians and now but newly come home placed in his roume at BVDA Amurath before not ignorant of the great preparation that Philip the king of SPAINE had made and of the inuincible Armado as it was tearmed by him set forth for the inuasion of ENGLAND the fame whereof had long before filled a great part of the world as also of the euill successe thereof the last yeare viz. 1588 and of the purpose her Majestie of ENGLAND had for the troubling of his rich trade especially into the West Indies and for the relieuing of Don Anthonio by him driuen out of PORTINGALL writ vnto her about this time concerning those and such like matters as he had beene moued of by her Agent as followeth Amurath the third Emperour of the Turkes vnto Elizabeth Queene of ENGLAND FRANCE and IRELAND greeting Most honourable Matrone of the Christian religion mirror of chastitie adorned with the brightnesse of soueraignetie and power amongst the most chast women of the people which serue Iesu mistris of great kingdomes reputed of greatest maâ—estie and praise among the Nazarets Elizabeth queene of ENGLAND to whom we wish a most happie and prosperous raigne You shall vnderstand by our high and imperiall letters directed vnto you how that your Orator resiant in our stately and magnificent Court hath presented vnto the throne of our Maiestie a certaine writing wherein he hath certified vs how that about foure yeares agoe you haue made war vpon the king of SPAINE for the abating and breaking of his forces wherewith he threateneth all other Christian princes and purposeth to make himselfe the sole Monarch both of them and all the world beside as also how that the same king of SPAINE hath by force taken from Don Anthonio lawfully created king of PORTINGALL his kingdome and that your intention is that his ships which go and come into the Indies may from henceforth be embarred and stayed from that nauigation wherein are yearely brought into SPAINE pretious stones spices gold and siluer esteemed worth many millions wherewith the aforesaid king as with a great treasure enriched hath meanes to molest and trouble all other Christian princes which if he shall still proceed to doe he will make himselfe dayly stronger and stronger and such an one as may not easily be weakened After that your aforesaid Oratour requested our Highnesse in the beginning of the next Spring to send out our imperiall fleet against him being assured that the king of SPAINE could not be able easily to withstand it for that he had now alreadie receiued a great ouerthrow by your fleet and being scarce able to withstand you alone if he should be on diuers parts inuaded must needs be ouercome to the great benefit of all the Christian princes as also of our imperiall state Besides this that whereas the aforesaid Don Anthonio is by force driuen out and depriued of his kingdome that we to the imitation of our noble progenitors of happie memorie whose graues the Almightie lighten should also giue the aid and succour of our magnificent state as did they vnto all such as had recourse vnto their high Courts and pallaces for reliefe In briefe all these things with many others which your aforesaid Oratour hath at large declared vnto our imperiall throne we haue well vnderstood and layed them vp in our deepe remembrance But for as much as we for many yeares past haue made warres in PERSIA with a full resolution and intent vtterly to conquer and subdue the kingdome of that accursed Persian hereticke and to ioyne the same vnto our auntient dominions and by the grace of God and helpe of our Great Prophet are now vpon the point for the satisfying of our desire that once done due prouision shall be assigned vnto all such things as you haue of vs requested or desired Wherefore if you shall sincerely and purely continue the bond of amitie and friendship with our high Court you shall find no more secure refuge or safer harbour of good will or loue So at length all things shall goe well and according to your hearts desire in your warres with SPAINE vnder the shaddow of our happie