fourescore and ten An. 990. or according to the inscription of his tombe nine hundred fourescore and fiue Then D. Sancho his sonne surnamed Garcia was earle without any contradiction and except this disodience against his father he was a good Prince and loued his subiects 19 Whosoeuer was mother to D. Sancho either Abba Ogna or Sancha daughter to the knight which was slaine by D. Garcia or else allied to the Emperour Henrie there is a tragicall act reported of her in the Histories of Spaine That being widow to her husband D. Garcia Fernandes shee fell in loue with a Prince of the Moores whom shee had heard was verie sufficient in Venus sports A dishonest desire of a countesse of Castille and her impietie against her son so as shee had a secret treatie with him to marie him promising to the end they might with more ease effect their designe to make away her sonne by poyson vpon the first opportunitie But God would haue this wickednesse discouered to the earle D. Sancho the day before it should bee put in execution Wherefore being verie carefull of all things as the mother and the sonne dined together on the day appointed the earle calling for drinke they brought him a cup full of wine mingled with poyson Then dissembling what hee knew he intreated his mother to drinke first as if hee would doe her honour but shee refusing it hee still persisted Custoâ— to make the women drinke first in Spaine and in the end forced her to drinke this poyson whereof shee died The generall Chronicle sayes That thereof grew a custome in Castille to make the women drinke first the which is obserued at this day in Biscaie and other parts in Spaine by way of ciuilitie This accident was the cause which made the earle D. Sancho to build the conuent of Saint Sautour of Ogna where he placed Nunnes and made a daughter of his called D. Tygrida Abbesse thinking thereby to expiate his offence for that he had hastened his mothers death Since there were Monks put in this monasterie and the women were transported elsewhere by the king D. Sancho the elder Genealogie of Castille sonne in law to this eale D. Sancho Garcia and husband to D. Nugna for the earle had by his wife D. Vrraca one sonne who was called D. Garcia who was earle of Castille after him and three daughters D. Nugna who was queene of Nauarre D. Theresa queene of Leon wife to D. Bermond the third and last of that name these two sisters were elder than the Infant D. Garcia and the third was the aboue named D. Tygrida Abbesse of this monasterie of S. Sauiour 20 Whilest these things past in Castille Cattelogne the Moores entred Cattelogne with a great power about the yeare 986 and gaue a great rout to the earle D. Borel who thought to repulse them neere to Moncada and Matabous After which they besieged Barcelone Barcelone take and ruined by the Moores and tooke it by force with all the pitifull spectacles of crueltie couetousnesse and infamie that are vsed in the like case doing the like in many other places Then laden with spoyles and drawing after them an infinit number of poore Christian slaues they returned into their countrey The earle who was retired into the mountaines hauing gathered together all the horse and foot he could returned to Barcelone tooke it againe and recouered all the places which the Moores had taken Cattelogne was againe inuaded by the Moores which held Tortosa Lerida Fraga and other places being joyned with them of the Isle of Majorca who once againe defeated the earle D. Borel and thinking to saue himselfe with about threescore horse he was pursued and being forced to shut himselfe vp in the castle of Gautha Earle of Barcelone slaine by the Moores neere to Galdes he was forced and slaine there with all those that were in his companie in the yeare 993 hauing beene earle of Barcelone six and twentie yeares where his sonne D. Raymond Borel succeeded him We find that Lothaire king of France vnder the soueraigntie of which kingdome the earledome of Barcelone was at that time granted a great priuiledge to the monasterie of S. Cucufat in the vallies neere to Barcelone giuen at Compiegne in the yeare 987. But returning to D. Sancho Garcia Castille earle of Castille he being loath to leaue his fathers death vnreuenged confirmed the league which his predecessor had made with Leon and Nauarre and in the yeare 992 entred into the Moores countrey by the realine of Toledo with a great armie ruining and spoyling all where he past as the enemies had done in Leon and Castille passing on into diuers other jurisdictions where he had good opportunitie to ruine burne kill and carrie away what he pleased for that the Arabians were then full of factions for the soueraigntie There was no head order nor councell to oppose against the violence of this incensed earle The exploits conqueâ—s of D. Sancho earle of Castille vpoÌ„ the Moores so as he ransomed many townes and drew great summes of money from them as well to spare their countrey as to redeeme prisoners He tooke the towne of Sepulueda which was then a frontier for the Moores towards the strait of Sumosierra Hee granted many priuiledges to the inhabitants thereof restoring them to their auncient jurisdictions He recouered the townes of Pennafiel Maderuelo Monteio Gormas Osma and Saint Esteua which places had beene lost after the battell where his father D. Garcia was slaine The earle did all these braue exploits against the Moores but some hold and not without reason that they were before the death of the countesse his mother who at the returne of this voyage which was in the yeare 992 had newes what this aboue mentioned Prince of the Moores could doe with women of whom she grew so far in loue as she forgot all pietie and honour and in the end lost her life His name is not written by any Author If the earle did much annoy the Moores by open warre he did no lesse by secret practises entertaining factions among them to trouble their estate and make them more easie to be spoyled 21 There were great seditions among the Arabians after the death of Abdemelic Abundasin Captaine generall Moores or Constable to king Hizen for hauing beene substituted in the place of his brother called Abderramen and shewing himselfe too seuere and proud in his commaunds his place seeming also to be of too great authoritie he was slaine by the souldiers which bred great quarels and factions D. Sancho earle of Castille and D. Alphonso king of Leon The declining of the Moores Monarchie in Spaine by their diuisions sought by all meanes possible to entertaine these diuisions sometimes fauouring one partie somtimes another so as from that time the Arabians power began greatly to decline in Spaine as it had beene alreadie dismembred in the East by their discord and furious
Zuleima and Mahumet 11 and 12 kings of the Moores at Cordoua 23 D. Garcia fift of that name and 12 king of Nauarre 24 D. Sancho fourth of that name and 13 king of Nauarre surnamed the great who inherited Castille by his wife 25 Confusions and ciuile warres among the Moores in Spaine among the which there raigned Hali Cacin Hiaja Abderramen Mahomad Hizen Ioar and Mahumet who was the 20 and last Soueraigne king of the Moores at Cordous 26 D. Bermund third of that name and 23 king of Leon. 27 D. Garcia fourth earle of Castille and the vnion of the earledome to the house of Nauarre 28 D. Berenger Borel sixt earle of Barcelone 29 Vnion of Leon and Castille in D. Fernand sonne to the king D. Sancho of Nauarre the fourth of that name ⧠The names of the Kings and Princes of Spaine mentioned in this seuenth Booke OVIEDO and LEON Kings 16 Alphonso 4. 17 Ramir 2. 18 Ordogno 3. 19 Sancho 1. 20 Ramir 3. 21 Bermund 2. 22 Alphonso 5. 23 Bermund 3. NAVARRE Kings 9 Sancho Abarca 2. 10 Garcia 4. 11 Sancho 3. 12 Garcia the trembling 5. 13 Sancho 4. CASTILLE Iudge Gonsal Nugnes Earles 1 Ferdinand Gonsales 2 Garcia Fernandes 3 Sancho Garcia 4 Garcia D. Nugna maried to King D. Sancho the Great of Nauarre who inherited the Earledome of Castille and vnited it to Nauarre BARCELONE or CATTELOGNE Earls 1 Mir. 2 Seniofrid 3 Borel 4 Raymond Borel 5 Berenger Borel MOORES 9 Hali Hatan 2. 10 Hizen 2. 11 Zuleima 12 Mahumet 2. 13 Hali. 14 Cacin 15 Hiaja 16 Abderramen 4. 17 Mahumet 3. 18 Hizen 3. 19 Ioar 20 Mahumet 4. We haue apparent Arguments in this seuenth Booke of the religious disposition in auncient Princes in the resolution which two Kings of this age tooke the one of Nauarre the other of Leon to leaue their regall Scepters and become Monkes A president which was not rare in that age but was afterwards imitated by others Whether this proceeded from zeale of Religion grounded vpon any certaine knowledge or from basenesse and want of courage from meere ignorance of their ranks and royall callings they can best iudge who know by good and holie instructions what ordinarie occasions Kings and other Soueraigne Magistrates haue in their lawfull calling to shew themselues and to be truely religious D. Sancho Abarca second of that name and ninth King of Nauarre 1_AFter the death of King D. Garcia Inigues his sonne D. Fortun being come to the Crowne in Nauarre and Arragon Nauarre about the yere 885 as we haue said in the former Booke hauing raigned some years being moued with deuotion D. Fortum king of Nauarre makes himselfe a Monke and seeing himselfe without children and old he became a Monke in the monasterie of S. Sauiour at Leyre the which they hold was in the yeare 901 leauing the realme of Nauarre and the earledome of Arragon An. 901. to D. Sancho Abarca his brother so called by reason of a certaine kind of breech which he ware Who they say being come with the queene D. Toda his wife to the said monasterie of Leyre receiued the blessing of his brother D. Fortun from whom also they receiued a Crowne with many other precious jewels The king D. Sancho had by this wife a sonne called D. Garcia Sanches bearing his grandfathers and fathers names together some giue him three sonnes more D. Ramir D. Gonsal and D. Ferdinand He had fiue daughters by her whereof the eldest called D. Vrraca Ximenes was wife to D. Alphonso the fourth of that name king of Ouiedo and Leon the second D. Maria Countesse of Barcelone being married to D. Seniofrid the fist Earle the third D. Theresa who was married to D. Ramir king of Ouiedo brother to D. Alphonso the fourth D. Sancha Countesse of Castille the second wife of D. Fernand Gonsales and the youngest was D. Blanche Velasque whose marriage is vncertaine This was a generous and worthie king and in continuall warries against the Moores raigning in Alaua and vpon the confines of Nauarre whose lands he did often ouerrun razed many places and built others the particularities whereof are vncertaine by reason of the negligence or defect of writers of those times The auncient confines of Nauarre but in generall they hold that he did subject vnto his Crowne and made tributarie all the people which were betwixt his confines and the mountaines of Oca of either side following the course of Ebro vnto Tudele and from the mountaines to Huesca yea passing the Pyrenees he conquered from the French that part of Gascoine where the Basques are which is at the foot of the mountaines but whilest he was thus busied the Moores came and besieged Pampelone thinking to take it before that the king D. Sancho should come to succour it but it happened otherwise for the besieged were not onely relieued but the Moores chased away and pursued farre into their countrey with great losse of their men In these warres the vertue and prowesse of them of Sobrarbre and Ribagorsa was great especially of a captaine called Centullo D. Alphonso fourth of that name and 16 King of Ouiedo and Leon. 2 BY the death of king D. Fruela Ouiedo and Leon. the kingdome of Ouiedo and Leon came to the children of D. Ordogno and Alphonso the fourth called the Monke and the blind raigned who hauing held the Crowne little aboue fiue yeares and had had a sonne by D. Vrraca Ximenes his wife which he called D. Ordogno afterwards surnamed the bad had a desire to become a Monke and for want of courage to passe his life in idlenesse leauing the charge which God had giuen him to rule and gouerne the Christian people preserued in Spaine wherefore he gaue his brother D. Ramir to vnderstand thereof who was then resident at Viseo one of the frontiers of the Moores countrey persuading him to come vnto him meaning to resigne the Scepter of Ouiedo and Leon. These newes were not a little pleasing vnto D. Ramir D. Alphonso leaues his Crowne to become a Monke who presently came to Zamora where king D. Alphonso remained and was there seated by him in the royall throne D. Alphonso retyred himselfe into a Monasterie called Dominus Sanctus at this day Sahagun vpon the riuer Cea a house built by king D. Alphonso the great the third of that name D. Ramir the second and 17 King of Ouiedo and Leon. 3 THus D. Ramir became king beyond his expectation Leon. in the yeare 904 of Ouiedo and Leon. From that time the royall title was attributed to the citie of Leon An. 904. suppressing Ouiedo Ouiedo supprest in the kings titles for that it was the greatest towne and best peopled of all this kings Estate D. Ramir had by his wife D. Theresa daughter to king D. Sancho Abarca of Nauarre three sonnes D. Bermundo D. Ordogno and D. Sancho and one daughter D. Eluira who was professed a Nunne in the
with rage impatiencie wept exclaimed continually saying vnto her husband That if he did not revenge this affront done vnto her selfe she should neuer liue contented And such was the importunitie of this woman to her indiscreet ill aduised husband as to satisfie her he resolued to commit an act vnworthie not onely of a Christian knight but of any one that carried but the shape of a man For he had secret intelligence with Almansor Constable of Cordoua A notable treason and impietie of a Christian knight against his owne bloud and religion vtterly to ruine this familie of Lara Making shew therefore to haue some businesse of importance with this Moore and his king Hizen he intreated his brother in law D. Gonsales Iuste to goe to Cordoua with letters which he gaue him whereunto he offered himselfe willingly In the meane time the traitor Velasques had written to Hizen and Almansor That they should put him to death moreouer that if he sent any one with a good troup into Castille he would deliuer the seuen sonnes vnto him which were the most redoubted knights and the greatest enemies to the Arabians that the earle of Castille had in his Court D. Gonsales Iuste being arriued at Cordoua and hauing presented his letters vnto the king he was presently put in prison for the king being wise although an Infidell would not altogether countenance so great a treason A Mahumetist more courteous to a stranger the D. Ruy de Velasques a Christian to his own bloud Wherefore he kept this embassadour aliue yet he sent presently towards the countrey of Almenar where these brethren should be deliuered vnto him a captaine with a great troupe of souldiers where as they write D. Ruy de Valasques gaue such order as the seuen brethren fell into an ambush of Moores being accompanied onely with two hundred horse which made resistance but the enemies were so many as one of the brethren called Fernand Gonsales and all the two hundred with Nugno Sallido were slaine vpon the place The lamentable death of the seuen brethren of Lara the other six escaped and hauing drawne together three hundred horsemore and returned to the combat they were againe defeated and taken by the Moors who cut off their heads and sent them all to Cordoua as well those of the seuen brethren as that of their Gouernour Nugno Sallido The king was verie glad to see himselfe freed from such redoubted enemies and to afflict the father who was prisoner he caused these heads to be shewed vnto him who knew them and was so opprest with griefe as he fell downe dead vpon the place Being taken vp and reuiued Humanitie of king Hizen to his prisoner he made such pitifull lamentations as euen the barbarous king himselfe was much moued and thought euen then to set him at libertie detesting the wickednesse of that traiterous Christian D. Ruy de Velasques They say That whilest D. Gonsales Iuste was detained in prison but not verie straitly being often visited by noblemen and ladies that were Moores there grew so great familiaritie betwixt him one of the chief ladies of the kings house which some say was his sister as he got her with child which perceiuing about the time of his deliuerie they tooke good order for the infant when it should be borne It was a sonne whom they called Mudarra Gonsales who reuenged the treason of D. Ruy Velasques committed against his father and brethren D. Gonsales Iuste returned to Salas with gifts from the Moorish king As for the bodies of the dead they were interred but no man knowes where for there is some question about it betwixt the Monkes of S. Peter of Arlansa and those of S. Emilian of Cogolla the which we cannot deside either of them maintaining to haue in their churches and conuents the tombes of these seuen brethren their father and Gouernour without any great proofe of their assertions as in other things Such was the disposition and affection of men of that age who called themselues Christians Anno 969. They hold that these things happened in the yeare 969 some say it was some yeares before But euerie one to reuenge his priuate quarels did hazard the publick and not able to oppresse their enemies by open force they vsed vnlawfull and damnable meanes to wrong one another making way for the Moors or rather inuiting them to inuade the Christians countrey In the yeare 975 a great armie of Moores Leon. both Spaniards and Affricanes led by that famous captaine Alhabib Almansor inuaded the countrey betwixt Duero and Minio An. 975. and from thence into Gallicia S. Iaques taken by the Moores so as the towne and church of S. Iaques was taken by them sackt and ruined Yet the Spaniards say That the Apostles sepulchre could not be violated being terrified with a great light which came out of it but they onely tooke the little bells in the steeple and carried them away with the rest of the prey to Cordoua where they made them serue for lampes to their great Mosquee In the meane time as Authors write the Moores armie was so afflicted with the plague and bloudie flix as being forced to disperse themselues they were cut in peeces by D. Bermonds troups which he had sent to follow them in their retrait So God by his power did supplie the defects of indiscreet and cowardly Christian Princes The king D. Bermond as the Spanish Histories write was wise but withall had great defects He was light of beleefe Pleasures corrupt both mind and bodie and soone incensed and withall so much giuen to his delights and pleasures as he had both bodie and mind corrupted He did incestuously entertaine two sisters for his concubines before he maried by the one of which he had a sonne called D. Ordogno by the other a daughter named D. Eluira After which he maried D. Velasquita whom he put away after that he had had a daughter by her called D. Christina To his second wife he maried a ladie called D. Eluira by whom he had D. Alphonso who was king after him and one daughter called D. Theresa who was profest a Nunne and was borne before her brother D. Alphonso He became full of the gout by reason of his excesse so as he was lame of his limmes and therefore was called the Goutie D. Sancho Garces third of that name and eleuenth King of Nauarre 16 THere is no great certainetie of the exploits of the kings of Nauarre in these times Nauarre either through the negligence of Historians or the losse of their writings They coniecture that the king D. Sancho Garccs liued vnto the yeare 969 and that he was interred in the monasterie of S. Sauiour of Leyre to whom succeeded his sonne D. Sancho Garces whom he had by D. Theresa by whom he had also D. Ramir his second sonne who gouerned the prouince called Vicaria He had daughters D. Vrraca Ermesilda
did also build the Monasterie of Saint Dominike at Porto the church of Saint Peter the Monasterie of Leza of the Order of S. Iohn a League from the same cittie and Saint Mary d Aquas Santas Saint Saluator of Goandara Saint Peter de Retes Saint Mary de Gojos and about Guymaranes the Monasterie of Acosta with many others to the number as they say of an 150. if they fayle not in their account And for a testimonie of great charitie they say that these good Princes left a rent to the barke of Mexanfrio vpon the riuer of Duero to the end they should passe euery one without any fee. Whilest they busied themselues about these workes of pietie Aben-Iacob great Miralmumin of the Arabians being aduertised of the routs and ruine of his sectaries in Spain past the streight in person with great forces of the Almohades Affricanes where hauing ioyned with the Moores of Spaine hee went to beseege Saint Iren into the which Don Sancho the Infant of Portugall had put himselfe beginning to make his Engines ready to batter it where the beseeged were likely to be in great danger but the good old man Don Alphonso Henriques would not let the Infidels glorie in that they had done him this affront in his old age but hauing put his men in order and being resolute hee ledde them to succor his sonne who had intelligence of the Portugall armie the which being fauoured by a furious salley which the beseeged made charged the Moores armie with such resolution as they put them to flight with great slaughter of their best men and the losse of their king Aben Iacob who being mortally wounded in the charge by a Portugal dyed at the passage of the riuer of Tayo 1184. This battell was wonne in the yeare 1184. on S. Iohn Baptists day fiue dayes after the Moores had begun the seege Aben Ioseph his brother succeeded this Moore and was the third King of the Almohades 20 After this famous victorie Portugal these Princes father and son came to Coimbra which was at that time the chiefe towne of the Realme of Portugal and from thence to Porto where the marriage of D. Theresa Infanta of Portugall was concluded with Philip Earle of Flanders Beeing returned to Coimbra D. Alphonso Henriques fell sicke whereof hee dyed being 91. yeares old hauing raigned with the title of a King about 46. yeares and had succeeeded in his fathers Estates and held them 73. D. Sancho the 2. King of Porâ—tugal first of that name yeare His body was interred in the Monasterie of S. Croix of Coimbra D. Sancho his sonne was king after him in Portugall surnamed the Builder of townes 21 D. Fernand King of Leon Leon. Fernand King of Leon puts away his wife had a little before his death put away D. Vrraca his daughter by reason of proximitie of bloud their marriage beeing made without a dispensation from the Pope who beeing as they write wonderfully prest by the King to giue them leaue to remaine together would neuer yeeld vnto it notwithstanding that of her was borne D. Alphonso who succeeded his father in the Realmes of Leon and Gallicia they were cousins in the third degree D. Fernand married afterwards with the daughter of the Earle Don Nugno who liued little with him then he tooke to his third wife D. Vrraca Lopes daughter to the Earle D. Lopes and sister to Don Diego Lopes de Haro with whom he continued not long for hee died in the towne of Benauent in the yeare 1188. hauing had two sonnes by her called D. Sancho Fernandes and D. Garcia His bodie was interred at Compostella in Saint Iames church where as his mother D. Berenguela the Empresse did lye D. Alphonso the 9. of that name the 27. King of Leon. 22 AT the time of his death it seemed there remayned no cause of quarrell betwixt Leon and Castile which was not decided and ended D. Alphonso King of Leon. His sonne D. Alphonso beeing troubled with continuall stormes and quarrels by his mother-in-law D. Vrraca Lopes was retired into Portugall so as at the time of his fathers death he was absent but being aduertised thereof he came presently to Leon where he was receiued and crowned king without any contradiction The King of Castiles Councellors were of opinion that by the death of D. Fernand their Prince had a good oportunitie offered to bee reuenged of the wrongs which were done him during his nonage If he had then any desire of reuenge the future euents will shew D. Alphonso surnamed the Noble raigning then in Castille Castile was numbred for the 4. of that name Ginealogie of Castile of those that raigned alone in Castille whose posteritie was very great for he had eleuen children by Queene Elenor daughter of England the eldest was Queene Blanche mother to the king S. Lewis of France the second D. Berenguela who was queene of Leon daughter to D. Alphonso the ninth The 3. was a sonne named D. Sancho who died in his Infancie the 4. was D. Vrraca Queene of Portugall married to D. Alphonso the second of that name surnamed the Grosse the 5. child was Don Fernand who died also yong the sixt was D. Malfada dead in Salamanca and was not married the 7. D. Constance Abbesse of las Huelgas de Burgos a Monasterie built by her father Then had D. Alphonsa and D. Elenora two daughters who died young and successiuely the Queene was deliuered of another daughter called also Elenor like her selfe who was wife to Don Iayme or Iames first King of that Name and the eighth King of Arragon In the end they had the infant Don Henry who succeded his father in the realmes of Castile and Toledo These were the children which issued of that marriage The other Don Alphonso being crowned King of Leon Leon. his mother-in-law retired into Nagera where she liued long in her widdow-hood and beeing dead was buried in the Monasterie of Saint Mary the royall in the chappell of the true Crosse whereas afterwards others of her house were interred and three of her brethren Don Lopes Diaz D. Martin Lopes and Don Diego Lopes de Haro The new king of Leon stayed not long after his Coronation before he came to the court of Castile beeing at Carrion where they say that King Don Alphonso the Noble his cousin made him knight as he did also Conrad the fourth sonne to the Emperor Fredericke Barbarossa to honour whom the Spaniards write that he would haue giuen him the Infanta Donna Berenguela his daughter but she would not go into Germany others say that the marriage was made and accomplished but Conrad beeing departed to returne into Germaine whither he was called to be Duke of Suabe Donna Berenguela desired to be diuorced the which was done by the meanes of Don Gonçalo Arch-bishop of Toledo and Cardinal Gregorie the Popes Legate and was afterwards married to D. Alphonso King of Leon cousin germaine to
little wherefore Pope Innocent the third was forced at the sute and instance of the Estates of Arragon and Cattelogne to send a Cardinall called Peter of Beneuent into Languedoc to whome the young king was deliuered and led by him into his Countrie where hee was receiued and crowned at Monçon and then tooke and receiued the oath at Lerida It was ordayned in these assemblies of Monçon and Lerida that Don Sancho Earle of Rossillon should gouerne the realme during the kings minoritie but they gaue him limitation The kings person was recommended to Friar William of Monredon VVillyam of Monredon and Raymond of Pegnafort or Rochâ—fort Gouernors of the kings person Master of the Templers to whom was giuen for an Assistant Friar Raymond of Pegnafort a Castellan he that compiled the books of the Decretals and did write arguments in cases of conscience whereof there shall be more ample mention made Don Sancho Earle of Rossillon of a Regent became a tyrant and did in time much trouble the king Don Iames. These things past in this manner in Arragon the yeare after the victory of Muradal or Tholousa In Nauarre Nauarre Pampelone in sedition the king D. Sancho the Strong at his returne from Castile found great disorders and mutinies among his subiects especially in the citty of Pampelone which grew by the young maydens of the towne who had iniuried one another and as oftentimes a small coale kindles a great fire which burnes a house yea a whole cittie so these petty brabbles made all the Inhabitants fall into factions those of the Bourg of Saint Sernin and Saint Michel to defend the female kind fell to blowes and murthers the which could not be preuented in the Kings absence who by his presence pacified and reconciled them for a time but beeing afterwards retired to his castell of Tudele where he would not see any man by reason that the incurable griefe in his foot increased daily the young men of Pampelone reuiued their insolencies and quarrels so as one day those of Saint Sernin and Saint Michel falling to armes their fury and rage was such as there were aboue 800. slaine vpon the place both men wiues and virgins and many houses were burnt such was their furious rage one against another the which caused the King Don Sancho to leaue his voluntarie prison to pacifie it as he did 39 Among other remedies which might serue hereafter hee found that peace could not continue long among a people where there was a multitude of idle youth and that of necessitie there must grow daily quarrels among them if there were not meanes found out to employ them Seeing then that his subiects were giuen to armes more then to any other exercise he resolued seeing there was no warre with his neighbors to make a garrison vpon the Moores frontiers whether the young men of the countrie should be sent to be trained vp in martiall discipline and to practise armes honorably against the enemies of Christ for this cause he intreated the king D. Iames or those which did then gouerne his Realme of Arragon to sell him the fruites and possession of the townes of Ademus Castelâ—abib Ferreta Ferrelon and Calamator for his life to make them a schole for armes the which hee obtained confirming also by the same mediators the peace which had beene concluded betwixt the kings Don Sancho and Don Pedro some yeares before the which began to be troubled betwixt these two estates D. Alphonso king of Castille Castile Exploits against the Moores hauing suffered his soldiers to rest some time in their houses drew his army againe together in the yeare 1213. and recouered the Castell of Duegnas which herestored to the Order of Calatraua he also tooke the Castle of Ezna Vexor the which the gaue to the Order of Saint Iames from thence hee came and planted his campe before the towne of Alcarras seated vpon a very high and rough part of the mountaine called Sierra Morena the which hee tooke without any great difficulty the Moores beeing yet amazed at the defeate they had the yeare before and then hauing seazed vppon many other places with the like ease hee returned to Toledo where the Queenes D. Elenor his wife and D. Berenguela his daughter with the Infant Don Henry attended him There was a great famine that yeare in Spaine when as Don Roderigo Ximenes the Arch-bishop did much good by his preaching perswading the rich to releeue the poore for which consideration the King did afterwards giue many places to him and his successors Arch-bishops the which did much augment the reuenues of that Sea honouring moreouer the sayd Don Roderigo and his successors Arch-bishops with the title of High Chancelors of Castile The Kings of Castile and Leon Leon. had beene no very good friends vppon diuers occasions but now lately by reason of the diuorce betwixt the King of Leon and his wife D. Berenguela daughter of Castile the which was partly the cause why the king of Leon was not at the battell of Muradal but this yeare all hatred forgotten the two kings had an interview in the towne of Vailledolit whereas it was agreed that Carpio and Montreall should be restored to the King of Leon vpon condition that he should raze them and that he should make warre against the Moores Reconciliation of the Kings of Castille and Leon. for the execution whereof D. Diego Lopes de Haro was sent to accompany Don Alphonso king of Leon with a good number of souldiers The places beeing ruined the king of Leon went against the Moores of Alcantara vppon the riuer of Tayo on the confines of Portugall the which hee tooke whereas since he did institute an Order of Knights Order of the Knâ—ghts of Alcantara like vnto that of Calatraua This king D. Alphonso of Leon is numbred the tenth of that name by them that mingle the kings of Castile and Leon together We haue sayd before that he had two wiues the one was daughter to Don Sancho the first king of Portugall called Donna Theresa of which marriage issued Don Fernand who died before his father Donna Sancha and D. Dulce being afterwards separated by the Popes authoritie for that they were cousins in the third degree he married to his second wife Donna Berenguela daughter to Don Alphonso the Noble king of Castile of whom was borne Don Fernand who was King of Castile and Leon and Don Alphonso who came to be Lord of Molina Gentalogie of Leon. and had moreouer two daughters by this Lady Donna Constance a Nunne in las Huelgas of Burgos and Donna Berenguela who married with the Earle Iohn de Brenne whom they termed king of Ierusalem This second marriage was also dissolued for that Donna Berenguela was daughter to her husbands cousinâ—germaine therefore Don Alphonso had a friend which brought him a bastard called Don Roderigo Alphonso of Leon. After the taking of Alcantara Castile Don Diego
his age hauing raigned foure and thirty yeeres leauing no children the realme of Portugal fel to D. Alphonso his brother without any dispute who was crowned King in the city of Lisbone in the yeere 1257. and being married to two wiues hauing no lawfull cause of diuorce from the first he was the cause of many troubles and miseries to the realme of Portugal for the preuenting whereof he had beene called He had children by the Countesse Mahault Fernand who accompanied his mother into Portugal and there remained and Robert who succeeded his mother in the county of Bologne Fernand whom some call Peter lies in the Monastery of Saint Dominike of Lisbone which this King built The Countesse his mother led him with her when as being aduertised of this second marriage she came into Portugal to know the cause why she was thus abandoned She landed at Cascais a sea towne at the mouth of the riuer of Tayo fiue leagues from Lisbone and from thence sent to intreat exhort and to summon the King her husband of his duty for want whereof she made the protestations ordayned by the Canons in that cause but she could haue no other reason nor answere from the King but if it were lawful to breake the lawes it was for a kingdome and that if he thought to augment his dominions by marrying againe he would euery day take a new wife These were the fruits of her voyage and D. Alphonso shewed himselfe so rigorous vnto her as hee would not vouchsafe to see her nor to heare any councel that was giuen hm by his seruants who had a regard to Iustice feared God more then him wherefore this poore Countesse returned and left this sonne in Portugal being in France she made her complaints of the disloyalty of her husband to the King Saint Lewis and sent some to doe the like to Pope Alexander the fourth that by his Ecclesiastical censures D. Alphonso might be forced to leaue D. Beatrix and take the Countesse his lawful wife againe The Pope did what he could exhorting commanding yea and excommunicating the King and interdicting his realme but D. Alphonso was so obstinate as he suffred the realme of Portugal to remaine interdict ten or twelue yeeres Contumacy of D. Alphonso King of Portugal as long as the Countesse liued During the which time the Portugals had leisure to forget that which they had learned in religion when as the King finding himselfe free he was absolued by Pope Clement the fourth retayning D. Beatrix without any let who in the meane time brought him foure children the Infant D. Denis so called for that hee was borne on Saint Denis day in the yeare 1261. who was king of Portugal and Algarbe the Infant D. Alphonso who was Lord of Portalegre Genealogie of Portugal Ronches Murban Castile de Vide and other lands and had to wife D. Violant daughter to D. Manuel of Castile sonne to D. Fernand the third and two daughters D. Blancho who was a Nunne in the Monasterie of Lorban and afterwards Abbesse of Saint Mary de las Huelgas of Burgos and D. Constance Besides these lawfull children this king D. Alphonso had one bastard sonne called Fernand Alphonso of Portugall and one daughter whose name was D. Leonora of Portugall married to an Earle called D. Gonçalo Whilest he stood excommunicated he made warre against the Moores which remained in Algarbe in the yeare 1260. 1260. and chased them out of Faro Laule Algezir and Albofera and augmented his dominions therewith Hee built the towne of Castro of Portalegre and Extremos Religious houses built by D. Alphonso during the Interdict he repayred Veja and other places which had beene ruined by the Moores He did not leaue to build Monasteries and religious houses during the Interdiction for he finished that of the preaching Friars of Saint Dominicke at Lisbone and did build that of Saint Clara of Saint Iren and others he gaue great almes and did many charitable deeds to expiate the sinne which he intended by the taking of a second wife not beeing separated from the first Moreouer to ease the people and to haue greater store of fruites in the country he caused certaine barren and waste ground to bee tilled neither did he forget to maintaine Iustice punishing theeues and malefactours whome his brothers carelesnesse had made insolent To conclude although he were defectiue and blemished in his marriages yet was hee a profitable Prince for his country Whilest these things passed in Portugall Castile and that the warre continued in Germany against the fauourers of Richard elect king of the Romanes D. Alphonso king of Castile sent an Ambassage of certaine Cleargi-men to Pope Alexander the fourth the which were D. Dominicke bishop of Auila D. Garcia bishop of Sylues and Iohn Alphonso Archdeacon of the church of Saint Iames learned men and of great authoritie who demanded assignation of the time of his Coronation and also to contradict the election of Richard who did not care to prosecute his right by iustice but by force and armes Attending the euent of these troubles and the returne of his Ambassadours D. Alphonso king of Castile ordered some things touching the policie of his Realm he decryed those sorts of money which he had coyned called Bourgalois and caused others to be made which they called blacke pence and in old Spanish Prietos fifteene of which were worth a Marauidis of gold and he made other lawes which were profitable to the Common-weale Whilest he was busie about these things and irresolute of his voyage into Germany hee had another crosse which stayed him more for his brother D. Henry a turbulent Prince and an enemy to all quiet committed many insolencies at Lebrixa where he did remain tending to open rebellion wherefore he sent D. Nugno de Lara from Seuile to suppresse him by whom he was vanquished and forced to fly to Valencia from whence the king Don Iaime caused him to dislodge for that he would not discontent his sonne in lawe wherupon he past into Affrick to the King of Tunes This Prince foure yeares after crost into Italy and was made Senator of Rome which is the chiefe dignity of that citty and grew to haue great authority and credit in the estate of Italy in the time of Pope Clement the fourth who was successor to Vrbain the fourth 8 The king of Nauarre Nauarre who was come into France finding his affaires in great disorder sought to settle them to maintain his rights in the Counties of Brie and Champagne beeing in controuersie the which he preserued by the fauour and authority of the King Saint Lewis and moreouer a marriage was made betwixt him and Isabel of France the kings daughter at Melun whom he led into Nauarre D. Iame king of Arragon was the mediator of this marriage who in a manner at the same time gaue his daughter Izabel in marriage to Philip the Hardy sonne to the king Saint Lewis
and to treate of a marriage betweene him and Donna Izabella of Castile the Kings sister The Ambassadours hauing cunningly executed their commission possessed the mind of Prince Charles with new thoughts and made him hope to bee able by meanes of his marriage with Castile and friendship that he should gaine thereby to obtaine his kingdome of Nauarre Therefore hee did forsake the Infanta of Portugall who for griefe thereof retired her selfe into the Nunnerie of S. Clare at 〈◊〉 where shee spent her time in Virginity dying so one after when as shee was betrothed to Edward the fourth King of England Also this other marriage came to no effect by reason of the shortnes of Prince Charles his life God hauing ordayned that Princesse to be wife to his younger brother Prince Charles vppon hope of ayde from Castile The desire of rule an vâ—tamed â—ury began againe to encourage those of the faction of Beaumont and to sollicite certaine of Cattelogna to begin new troubles in Nauarre and Arragon for the mind of man beeing once bewitched with the desire of rule cannot be contained in any bounds In these times the Cardinall Bessarion a learned man a Greeke by nation was perpetuall administrator of the church of Pampelona by the death of the Bishop of D. Martin of Peralta The King Don Henry of Castile hauing with wise councell and discretion broken the league of Portugall Castille determined to persecute those of his kingdome which had any hand therein And because hee was assured that the Master of Calatraua was of the number hee shewed very bad countenance to his brother the Marquis of Villena but hee was so wise and cunning as he soone excused himselfe to the King and wiped out of his mind all suspition conceiued against him That was the occasion why the two brethren the Marquis and the Master of Calatraua did conceiue such mortal hatred against the Arch-bishop of Seuile who about that time obtained for a nephew of his named also Alphonso Fonseca Deane of Seuile the Arch-bishoppricke of Saint Iames but vnderstanding that Don Lewis Osorio sonne to the Earle of Transtamara had intruded himselfe into the same with the fauour and support of the whole Countrie of Galicia he made a feigned bargaine with his Nephew and resigned to him the Arch-bishoppricke of Seuile taking that of Saint Iames for himselfe with this condition that matters beeing pacified they would each of them returne to their former dignities for the vncle thought that by meanes of his great credite and authoritie hee should be best able to deale with Don Lewis Osorio The yeare 1460. the King Don Henry did expell the Abbesse of Saint Peter de las Duegnas out of Toledo 1460. named Donna Marquesada de Guzman An importunate manner of reforming Nunnes in Castile a Ladie of a religious and holy life saying That he did it to reforme the Nunnes of that place who had the report to liue dissolutely and he gaue them for their Abbesse and Gouernesse the Ladie Catherine de Sandouall his quondam Mistris wherewith the Arch-bishop and the whole Clergie beeing offended the house was interdicted and diuers of the Clergie degraded and banished but the King made an end of the matter This yeare running on king Iohn of Nauarre and Arragon did assemble the Estates of the principalitie of Cattelogna at Lerida Nauarre and Arragon and assigned those of Arragon to meete at Fraga At the assembly at Lerida the Prince Don Charles arriued where whilest they consulted of the affaires a Gentleman named Iohn Carillo presented letters of credit to the King The K. of Nauar Arragâ— aduertised of all the enterprises of Prince Charles from the Admirall of Castile Don Frederic his father-in-law and he was by him aduertised of all that which had passed betweene the Prince his sonne and the king Don Henry adding thereunto that those of the faction of Beaumont incited and stirred vp by the Prince Don Charles did prepare to armes and addresse themselues for the warres vnto whom the Cattelans ioyned themselues the which did greatly trouble the King who hauing had therevpon the aduice of his most priuate and faithfull councellors he caused the Prince to be called into a Chamber a part and there hauing declared vnto him what he knew of his dealings and practises he did sharply reprehend him saying that he thought that he had begotten a fury who did torment and trouble his Kingdomes falling so often into rebellion and abusing his fatherly pitty and meekenesse but that now the time was come wherein it behooued him to vse fit remedies to represse his madnesse and to punish him in such sort as the vnhappy example of a father liuing in continuall feare and suspition of his sonnes treacheries should now cease in his family wherevnto the Prince would haue replied but he could not bee heard and by the appointment of the King his father Imprisonment of Prince Charles being arested he was condemned to close prison in the castle of Mirauet Neuerthelesse at the earnest request of diuers great Lords vnto whom it seemed ouer rigorous hee was committed vnder sure keeping to a more easie prison in the Aljaferia of the city of Saragossa to the great discontentment of the Realmes of Nauarre and Arragon and likewise of the King of Castile who being in the towne of Madrid was soone after aduertised of the durance of Prince Charles With him was likewise imprisoned Don Iohn of Beaumont brother to the Constable Don Lewis The Cattelans who were sureties for the reconcilement made betweene the father and the sonne at Barcelona The Cattelans intercede in vainâ— for the Prince hearing those newes sent speedily fifteene men of great authority in Ambassage to the King to know of him the reason of the Princes captiuity because it seemed to them that the King therein had infringed the assurance which they had giuen for him and that his promise was to intreat him louingly like a father Hauing heard by the King that it was for conspiracy and intelligences with his enemies against his Estate and person being the third time that he had fallne into open rebellion they vsed many praiers and intreaties for the behoofe and deliuery of the Prince but seeing it to be in vaine they returned with the Kings answere to them that sent them Then the Cattelans being very much mooued A free remonstrance of the Caâ—tâ—lans to their King added to these fifteene Ambassadors three score more and sent them backe to Lerida to the King vnto whom the Abbot of Ager being chiefe hauing shewed with great liberty how grieuously the Cattelans did take the imprisonment of his sonne the Prince of Viana and Girone who expected to haue beene well and kindely intreated by him vpon the promises and surety which they had giuen for him and did hope thereby to haue beene sufficiently defended against the slanderous and malitious attempts of his Aduersaries chiefly of the
Cerdagne an vsurper in the yere 8â—8 First proprietarie Earle D. GEOFFREY the hairie obtained Cattelogne in proprietie vnder the Soueraigntie of France in the yeare 884 of Charles the Groâ—â—e D. N. a Fleming his wife Children D. Rodolphus Abbot of Ripol and Bishop of Vrgel D. Geoffrey D. Myr. D. Seniofrid Earle of Vrgel who was father to D. Borel Earle c. D. Armingol Bishop of Vrgel One daughter II. D. MYR sonne to D. Geoffrey in the yere 914 he held the Countie 15 yeres his sonnes were Children D. Seniofrid earle D. Oliban called Cheurette earle of Cerdagne Besalu father to Bernard called Breake-yron father to William the fat earle of Besalu father to Bernard Guillen also Earle of Besalu D. Myr Earle and Bishop of Girone D. Geoffrey earl of Cerdagne who had fiue sonnes Raymond Geffroy earle of Cerdagne father to VVilliam Raymond earl of Cerdagne father to D. William Iourdaine Earle of Cerdagne D. Bernard D. William D. Henry D. Geffrey Guinard Archbishop of Narbone D. Berenger Geoffrey Bishop of Girone D. William Geoffrey Bishop of Vrgel D. Geoffrey Earle of Bergade D. Oliban Bishop of Vic of Ossone III. D. SENIOFRID sonne to D. Myr in the yere 919 he ruled vnder the gouernment of his vncle the Earle of Vrgel and alone about 38 yeres D. MARIA Infanta of Nauarre daughter to the King D. Sancho Abarca his wife by whom he had not any children IIII. D. BORELL sonne to D. Seniofrid Earle of Vrgel succeeded his cousin D. Seniofrid in the Countie of Barcelona by right of intrusion yet some pretend an insufficiencie in D. Oliban brother to the deceased in the yere 967. D. LEODEGAâ—DE his first wife mother to D. Raymond Borel D. ARMERVDE or as some write Engelrade his second wife Children D. Ermengauld Earle of Vrgel D. Borella a Nunne V. D. RAYMOND BOREL sonne to the Earle D. Borel in the yere 993 and held the Earledome 24 yeres D. SANCHA his wife mother to D. Berenger Borel VI. D. BERENGER BOREL sonne to D. Raymond in the yere 1017 he ruled 18 yeres The name of his wife is vncertaine Children D. Raymond Berenger D. William Berenger D. Sancho Berenger a Priot VII D. RAYMOND BERENGER sonne to D. Berenger Borel in the yere 1035 he ruled 41 yeares D. RADALMVRS his first wife D. Pedro Raymond D. Berenger Raymond D. ALMODIA a French Ladie descended from those Lords which ruled then in Languedoc by whom the house of Barcelona got the rights it hath had to Carcassone and other lands in that countrey by her D. Raymond had D. Raymond Berenger Earle D. Lucia Countesse of Paliars by her mariage with the Earle of Arâ—al VIII D. RAYMOND BERENGER the Young and third of that name sonne to D. Raymond Berenger 2 in the yere 1076 he held the Earledome of Barcelone six yeres D. ALMODIA daughter to Robert Guichard Duke of Ponglia his wife mother to D. Raymond Arnould IX D. RAYMOND ARNOVLD sonne to D. Raymond Berenger and 4 of that name in the yeare 1082 he ruled 48 yeares D. DOVLCE Countesse of Prouence daughter to Cont Gilabert or Gibert his wife mother to D. Berenguela Queene of Castille D. Raymond Berenger Prince of Arragon D. Berenger Raymond Earle of Prouence One daughter maried to Amery Vicont of Narbona Another daughter maried to Cont Roger some cal him Bernard de Foix. X. D. RAYMOND BERENGER fift of that name sonne to D. Raymond Arnould in the yeare 1131 he ruled 31 yeares D. PETRONELLA daughter to the king D. Ramir the Monke by which mariage the realme of Arragon and the Earledome of Cattelogne or Barcelone were vnited they had Children D. Raymond who was afterwards called Alphonso king of Arragon D. Pedro. D. Sancho D. Adoncia Queene of Portugall One daughter maried to the Earle of Vrgel D. RAYMOND afterwards Alphonso sonne to D. Raymond Berenger the fift king of Arragon and Earle of Barcelone in the yeare 1162 his posteritie is in the line of Arragon Line of Portugall HENRIE of Besanson or of Lorrain was first Earl of Portugal about the yere 1090 by his mariage with D. THERESA daughter to D. Alphonso the sixt king of Leon and Castille to whom that countrey was giuen in dowrie Their children were D. Alphonso Henriques King D. Theresa Henriques Another daughter maried to D. Ferdinand Mendes First King of Portugall D. ALPHONSO HENRIQVES succeeding his father in the Earldome of Portugal in the yere 1112 tooke vpon him the title of King about the yere 1139 and held that country 72 yeres D. MALFADA MANRIQVE de Lara his wife Children D. Sancho King of Portugall D. Vrraca Queene of Leon. D. Theresa Countesse of Flanders D. Malfada Bastard D. Pedro Alphonso II. D. SANCHO first of that name sonne to D. Alphonso in the yeare 1184 he raigned 28 yeares D. Aâ—â—ONCIA or DOVLCE daughter to D. Raymond Berenger Earle of Barcelone mother to Children D. Alphonso King D. Ferdinand Earle of Flanders D. Pedro Earle of Vrgel in Arragon D. Henrique D. Theresa wife to D. Alphonso of Leon. D. Malfada Queene of Castille D. Sancha a Nunne D. Blanche D. Berenguela By D. Maria Aires a concubine he had Bastards D. Vrraca D. Martin of Portugall By D. Maria Peres of Ribera another concubine Bastards D. Theresa Sanches D. Gil Sanches of Portugall D. Constance Sanches D. Râ—y Sanches of Portugall III. D. ALPHONSO second of that name son to the King of D. Sancho in the yere 1212 he raigned 11 yeares D. Sancho D. Alphonso D. Ferdinand D. Leonora Queene of Denmarke By a concubine a Moore D. Alphonso Martines IIII. D. SANCHO called Capello second of that name sonne to D. Alphonso the second in the yeare 1223 he raigned in troubles vnto the yeare 1257 for then by reason of his incapacitie D. Alphonso his brother was called to the gouernement of Portugall D. MENCIA LOPES his wife by whom he had no children V. D. ALPHONSO third of that name brother to D. Sancho of a Regent and Gouernor he made himselfe king of Portugall about the yeare 1257 and raigned two and twentie yeares MAHAVLT or MATIIDE Countesse of Boullen his lawfull wife mother to D. Ferdinand or Peter D. Robert This king D. Alphonso to be supported in his designes to raigne by the fauour of Castille left his lawfull wife Mahault Countesse of Boullen and maried in her life time with the daughter of D. Alphonso called the Wise king of Castille D. BEATRIX a bastard his wife by whom he had D. Denis king D. Alphonso D. Blanche a nun D. Constance By a concubine or by diuers he had D. Leonora D. Ferdinand Alphonso of Portugall VI. D. DENIS sonne to D. Alphonso the third in the yeare 1279 hee raigned 46 yeares D. ISABEL of Arragon daughter to the king D. Pedro his wife mother to Children D. Constance Queene of Castille D. Alphonso king of Portugall D. Pedro Earle of Portalegre D. Alphonso Sanches a bastard Some write that the lawfull children of D. Denis and D.
the Romanes who had no such scruple The Goths defeated in Africk by the Romans fell vpon them and finding them carelesse and disarmed they made a pitifull slaughter so as there escaped not any one to carrie newes It hapened at the same time that King Theude the newes of this rout beeing published abroad was slaine in his chamber by one that made himselfe a iester to haue the better accesse who stabbed him in the bellie with a dagger The king feeling himselfe wounded to the death coniured the noble-men that were about him not to doe any harme to him that had hurt him saying that God had sent him a worthy reward for his merits for that he had also beene the murtherer of his captaine He raigned 17. yeares and fiue moneths 10. Theodiscle 20 THeodiscle seased vpon the realme he was generall or Constable of the Goths armies An. 544. he gaue himselfe to lust and adulteries poluting honest families and great houses the which he filled with murthers by reason of his excesse wherefore the chiefe of the Goths conspired to kill him at Seuille The reward of a lustfull tyrant rioting in his banquets Some say that he was sonne to the sister of Totilas king of the Ostrogothes in Italie and held the kingdom one yere 7 months 11. Agila 21 THe Gothes did chuse Agila for their king Anno 546. who assailed the towne and territorie of Corduba Crueltie of Agila against the Christians or Cordoua did all the disgraces he could vnto the Christians treading the bones of Asciscles and Victor who were martyres vnder his horses feet whereof among that nation the superstition was great Comming afterwards to fight against the Gothes which were of a contrarie faction he was vanquished his armie defeated his sonne slaine and all his baggage which was verie rich lost he himselfe flying into Merida was slaine by the faction of Athanagilde who succeeded him hauing raigned fiue yeares 12. Athanagilde 22 DVring the life of Agila Anno 551. Athanagilde had attempted to seize vpon the kingdome of the Visigothes by force the which after his death he obtained without any difficultie about the same time the kingdome of the Ostrogothes in Italie was extinguished by Iustinian or Bellisarius Generall of his armies and his lieutenant in the West The Visigothes were diuided some followed Athanagilde Diuision among the Gothes whom others loued better for a companion than a master There was an armie raised against him by Agila who was head of the other partie being come to battell neere vnto the towne of Seuille Agila was defeated Hereupon the Gothes considering that by reason of their dissentions the Romanes and Spaniards lying vnder their authoritie might inuade them to their great prejudice they agreed in the end and did acknowledge Athanagilde for their king Agila hauing beene vanquished and slaine at Merida They hold that this king did secretly detest the profession of the Arrians and fauoured the Christians He dyed at Toledo Athanagilde dislikes the Arrian heresie of a naturall death hauing raigned foureteene yeares during the which he had many encounters with the Romanes and their partie with variable successe In his time the Sueues of Gallicia left the Arrian sect and submitted themselues to the Christians Church Theodemir was the first king of Gallicia which imbraced the true religion by the persuasion of a bishop or an Abbot of Dume called Martin who reformed the churches of Gallicia Bruâ—haut or Brunichilde by the Councels held at Bracar and at Lugo Brunichilde who was daughter to Athanagilde was maried to Sigebert king of Mets to be a plague to France 13. Luiba or Liuba 23 THe Gothes disagreeing in the election of a king Anno 565. the royall seat was vacant for some moneths in the end they chose Luiba at Narbone who admitted Leouigilde his brother to be partner in the kingdome giuing him the gouernment of the hither Spaine This Leouigilde tooke to wife the widow of Athanagilde called Gosuintha but he had had another wife which was Theodosia daughter to Seuerian duke of Carthagene by whom hee had Hermingilde and Ricared This Seuerian of whom we haue made mention Seuerian and his posteritie is held to be the sonne of Theodoric king of the Ostrogothes in Italie and the Spanish authors say that he had many sonnes and daughters by Theodora his wife issued from the bloud royal all which were Saints and men of the Church as S. Leandre and S. Isidore bishops of Seuille Fulgentius bishop of Astigi and then of Carthagene Florence an Abbesse whom some call Iustina and others Luiba hauing raigned 3 yeres died at Narbone leauing no other memorie of him for he was not warlike 14. Leouigilde 24 LEouigilde remained sole king of the Gothes Ann. 567. both on this side and beyond the Pyrenees after the decease of Luiba his brother He did ouerrun the territories of the Bastitanes and of Malaca which is the countrey of Grenado and Mutcia at this day Hee tooke Asinode or rather Assidon a verie strong towne by a composition made with one Framedanc who commaunded there and added it to the Gothes kingdome This place had a garrison of Romane souldiours and had defended themselues till then vnder the majestie of the Romane empire Iustine the young sitting then in the imperiall seat at Constantinople Leouigilde did many other exploits of war against the Romanes and their partisans in Spaine Exploits of Leouigilde and did much inlarge the Gothes dominions Cordoua which they had often attempted in vaine was by this king surprised in the night many towns castles forced with great slaughter of the people Vpon the frontiers of Gaule hee made warre against them of Sauoy and Daulphine if writers erre not He diuided his kingdomes betwixt his sonnes Hermengilde and Ricared the which he had by his first wife Miro king of the Sueues in Gallicia made warre at that time against the Vascons which are the Nauarrois and Biscanes but Leouigilde stayed him and sent his owne forces to the Cantabrians towards the Ocean that is Biscaie from whence he chased all such as had vsurped any townes or seigniories reducing in a manner all those pettie potentates which were risen in Spaine to the prejudice of the Romane empire vnder the crowne and scepter of the Visigothes Hee made a peace notwithstanding for a time with Miro by meanes of his embassadours So hauing enlarged his dominions in Spaine he gaue himselfe to ciuile affaires He built a towne called Ripol The politique actions of Leouigilde in the hither Spain beautified it with buildings and endowed it with priuiledges He also built the towne of Victoria in Biscaie which is not Victoria at this day He maried his eldest sonne to Iugunde daughter to Sigebert king of the French he caused a Councell to be called at Toledo of the Arrian bishops where he heapt errour vpon errour The Arrians baptisme forcing the Christians
rewarding euerie one according to his degree Yet he was not receiued nor obeyed throughout all the townes of his jurisdiction but some maintained Hizens partie who was prisoner at Cordoua Mahumet Almohadi being come to Toledo Abdalla raigned there but not verie quietly in the beginning but the hatred the Toledanes did beare to the kings of Cordoua made his way the more easie Neither of these two tyrants raigned long for Albaharin the Alhabib who liued at Medina Celi hearing that Zuleima was much troubled to subdue the people of the jurisdiction of Cordoua which were rebelled against him he made a leuie of souldiers both Moores and Christians and came to Mahumet Almohadi at Toledo who had beene newly made king of that citie but the manner how is not specified in Histories There hauing raised a great armie they tooke their way to Cordoua to deliuer king Hizen who was prisoner Whereof Zuleima being aduertised he resolued to defend himselfe calling all his friends and vassals together whereof most of them excused themselues shewing that they were naturally bound vnto king Hizen for whose deliuerie they knew Mahumet had taken arms with Albaharin and some Christian captaines which were in their armie whereof two are called Bermondo and Argomento Notwithstanding this refusall Zuleima relying vpon the forces of Barbarie who assured him that they would neuer forsake him sallied out of Cordoua and came and affronted the enemie Battell betwixt the Moores nine leagues from the citie at a place called Hacantalbasar where his first charge was so furious as he put the formost of the enemies squadrons to rout and slue so many as hee thought all had beene defeated and Mahumet dead but the Christians which were in Mahumets armie rallied their disordered battell and charged Zuleimaes men with such violence as they made them quit the field with great slaughter of the Barbarian Africanes Zuleima saued himselfe with a small troupe in the fort of Cafra They write that in this battell there died thirtie thousand Moors and nine thousand Christians among which were D. Arnoul Bishop of Ausa Aetius Bishop of Barcelone and Otho of Girone who carried armes for the Moores quarels by the losse whereof Zuleima left the realme of Cordoua the second time Hizen a prisoner restored to realme of Cordoua where hee had raigned a yeare This was in the yeare 995. Hizen was restored to his royall Estate by the victors the people of Cordoua being affected to him and did mutine to haue him and Mahumet was the more inclined to him for that he was setled at Toledo The victor prepared to besiege Casra to expell Zuleima and to spoyle the treasure that was within it but foreseeing the danger he dislodged and carried away with him what he could The castle being abandoned was taken by them of Cordoua and that which remained spoyled and the souldiers which were found in it slaine The bootie which was taken in this castle was carried to the great Mosquee at Cordoua and there consecrated This doue Albaharin the Alhabib led the armie against some places in Andolousia which continued in their rebellion since the former diuisions he besieged Almerie which was defended by Afila a Moore of a great house and battered it twentie dayes the which in the end was forced and Afila with some of his children drowned The like happened to the townes of Iaen Baesa and Ariona the which were kept for king Hizen In this manner did the Moores make warre being diuided into two factions where of the one held the partie of Hizen and of the Moores in Spaine and the other of the Barbarians and Moores of Affrick of whom Zuleima was the chiefe in Spaine Mahumet Almohadi raigned at Toledo after Abdalla verie little Obeidalla sixt king of Toledo for the Historians make present mention of his sonne Obeydalla sixt king of Toledo against whom king Hizen seeing himselfe now setled in his kingdome sent his lieutenant with a great armie to reduce them of Toledo vnder his obedience who made a sallie vpon them of Cordoua where there was a cruell combate but the end was shamefull for the Toledanes who lost their king Obeidalla there and many of their men Yet were they not daunted neither did they abate any thing of their rebellious contumacie against Hizen and the Estate of Cordoua whom they did hate extreamely For presently after their defeat and the death of their king Obeidalla they chose another of the same linage of Aben Humeâ—a Hairam seuÌ„eth king of Toledo called Hairam the seuenth king in number who left the Scepter of Toledo to his descendants vntill it was conquered by the Christians This past about the yeare 1000 when as king Hizen thinking himselfe to be in more quiet and securitie then euer he found himselfe plunged in greater troubles then before for the Moores were so greedie of commaund as those which had any authoritie or power would make haed against whom soeuer that would commaund them The which was no wonder for that in the citie of Cordoua and the jurisdiction thereof there were infinit families descending from kings of the Moores issuing from the race of Aben Humeia which grew by reason of their pluralitie of wiues which their sect allowed which was the cause of seditions and reuolts for the desire of rule During these ciuile warres Cattelogue the Cattelans and Barcelonians had beene in peace and free from the Moores inuasions and had rather sought to annoy them or inuade them either alone or joyntly with the Castillans D. Raymond Borel the earle who had succeeded his father did burie in a manner at the entrie of his principalitie his cousin D. Oliban Cabrica earle of Cerdagne and Besalu at our Ladie of Ripon in the yeare 994 whose Estates were diuided among his children D. Bernard Brisefer and D. Geoffrey This new earle had fortified Barcelone and repaired all the spoyles which the Moores had made during the warre against D. Borel his father joyning the Monasterie of Montjuhy to the walls of Barcelone and called it S. Peter of the virgines to gratifie D. Borella his sister whom some call Engelrade Abbesse of that place There is no mention made of him in Histories but that he had one sonne called D. Berenger Borel in the yeare 995 who succeeded him after his death D. Garcia called the Trembling fift of that name and 12 King of Nauarre 23 IN the same yere of the decease of the earle D. Borel Nauarre which was 993 died according to the common opinion of writers D. Sancho the 3 sonne to D. Garcia Sanches king of Nauarre but it is most vncertaine for the computation of the liues and raignes of these first kings of Nauarre Leon and other Princes and Potentates of Spaine is so diuers and confused in their writings as no man can judge rightly of them D. Sancho gaue for the soules health of his sonne D. Ramir to the Monasterie of S. Emylian the towne of
of Knights of Christus Portugal by Buls from Pope Iohn in the yeare 1320. by the which it was receiued into the protection of the Apostolike sea of Rome Order of Christus in Portugal and the towne of Castro Marin assigned for the chiefe of this Order being neere vnto the Mores and since the content was transported to Touar The knights of this Order carry a red crosse split and opened by the foure branches with a white line so as one crosse makes two the one red the other white The election of the Master belongs to 13. persons that is the Prior the Commander maior the Treasurer the Secretary and nine Commanders The election was made euery one of these 13. giuing his voyce the which being publikely pronounced he that had most voices was chosen Master The first was D. Gil Martines who had beene Master of the militarie Order of Auis The elect is bound swearing in the Priors hands to promise to bee in fauour with the Pope and the Church of Rome and to present himselfe vnto the King to do him the homage of fealty The Commanders of this Order are the Prior the great Commander the Treasurer Secretary Commander of Arquin of Rodano Proença Olallas Castilejo Sancheyra Prucos Segura Lardoça and Derosmanichal Since there hath beene added the Commanders of S. Michel and S. Mary in the Ilands by the king Don Manuel An 1323. In the yeare 1323. the king D. Denis endowed this Order with priuiledges fit for the dignity thereof Genealogie of Portugall and the ornament of his religion The same yeare D. Beatrix wife to the Infant D. Alphonso was brought in bed of a son in the city of Coimbra who was named Peter and raigned after his Grandfather and father This king Denis was in so great esteeme among the Portugals as they haue a Prouerbe in vse at this day El Rey D. Denis que fix quanto quiz that is to say The king D. Denis who did all he would It is as well by reason of the institution of these militarie Orders as of many foundations and remembrances he left of him as the Monasterie of S. Francis of Portalegre and the Monasterie of Nuns of the Order of Cisteaux or S. Bernard of S. Denis of Odiuela a league and a halfe from Lisbone where he appointed his body should be interred and other publike workes as causeys towers castels walles fortifications and reparations of townes without number By him the new street of Lisbone so much esteemed in Portugall was made as also the castels of Serpa Moura Oliuencia Campo maior Argela and the fortresse that of Portalegre Odiana Marbar the castell of Abibe Alegrete Monches Monfort Beyros Arroyolos Hebora monte Bosba Villauiciosa Montcarraz Redondo Model Beja Geromena Sabugal Alfayates Castelrubio Villamaior Castellobon Castellomejor Almeida Castelmendo and Pinel most of the which were walled in by this king He did also wall in Braga Guimaranes Miranda of Duero with the Castell of Monçon and Carastolo He built new Muja Saluueterre Montargel Atalaya Acerceyra and many others which we will omit for breuities sake The king Don Denis spent his time and employed his treasure in such things He had some warre against Castile in fauour of the rebels and otherwise as we haue formerly related and moreouer against his owne brother whom he spoiled of his lands forcing him to retire into Castile to his wiues kindred Towards the end of his dayes there was no good agreement betwixt him and his sonne Don Alphonso for the sonne bred such a reuolt and sedition throughout the whole Realme as he was often in armes against the father and readie to giue battell neere to Coimbra Saint Iren Albaran and else-where beeing thrust on by faltterers and counsellors of iniquity which disorders Queene Izabel a Princesse full of piety Piety of the Queen Izabel did happily repaire and preuented the effusion of bloud praying continually vnto God for concord betwixt the father and sonne the which shee obtayned before the decease of the king her husband which was in the yeare 1325. hauing raigned 45. yeares An. 1325. nine moneths and 5. dayes and the 64. of his age He dyed at S. Iren and was interred in the Monasterie of S. Denis of Oduielas Death of the king D. Denis as hee had ordayned by his testament by the which he gaue 140000. lyutes of money then currant in Portugall to be distributed to poore hospitals monasteries widowes orphelins maarrying of maydens redemption of prisoners and such like at the discretion of the Queene his wife and the Executors of his testament Besides his lawfull children he had by one or by diuers concubines Don Alphonso the beginner of the family of Albuquerque Don Pedro who gaue himselfe to studie and hath compiled a Volume of the great Houses of Spayne D. Iohn and D. Fernand one daughter that was married to D. Iohn de la Cerde and one daugther a Nun. This holy Queene Izabel daughter to Don Pedro the third king of Arragon and of Donna Constance daughter to Manfroy king of Naples was married beeing but eleuen yeares old and carried her selfe so wisely and religiously as she was admired and honoured of all men she shewed in her royall estate a wonderfull humilitie and modestie shee laboured with her hands to auoyde idlenesse and what shee made shee gaue away for Gods sake wherein shee did not spare her meanes which were otherwise great fasting and prayer were her delights and she was in continuall anguish for her sins and for her peoples she serued God as she had beene instructed by gifts offerings Masses and suffrages without measure Finally she was so giuen to contemplation and to the spirit as she tooke no delight in any thing that pleased the sences shee fledde and forsooke as much as possibly shee could all royall Pallaces beeing the Magazine of delights and of peruerse affections so as the king Don Denis who was of a contrarie disposition made small account of her giuing himselfe often to vnlawfull and lustfull loues by whome hee had children the which this good and vertuous Queene caused to bee bredde vp as her owne although shee were wonderfully afflicted to see this bad course of the King her husband fearing and rightly that God would punish him for this consideration she did pray continually for his amendment which happened in the end The K. D. Denis did oft vse her roughly wherein she shewed such patience as she neuer vsed any word of complaint but only prayed to God to let him vnderstand the truth yea when she was in a maner chased from his presence and retired to her house at Alenguer by reason of the quarrels betwixt the father and the son wherof the minions of the Court layd all the blame vpon her perswading the k. that she intertayned them against all likelihood of truth Shee did wonderfully esteem the Orders of begging Friars thinking that their estate was the most perfect among the
and rights which were kept from them in Arragon by the king their brother that after him the succession of the crowne did belong to D. Fernand and not to D. Constance to whom the king her father would haue it fall But this marriage tooke no effect 27 Comming to the affaires which past at that time in Castille Castile after the pacification of the troubles of Arragon we finde that King D. Alphonso spent his time in peopling of his townes and country amongst others he peopled the towne of Sumaya in Guiposcoa otherwise called Villa Grana of Sumaya and gaue it the preuiledges of Saint Sebastian whether there appellations goe and from thence to the court And his realm of Castile being in reasonable good quiet seeing such as professed armes whereof Castile and his other countries did abound seeke all occasions to imploy their armes medling more then hee desired with the factions and mutinies of his Neighbors bieng also duly aduertised of that which had past in Affrike and of the little loue which the new King of Fez bare him who held many places of importance in Spaine he held it nenessary to make an expedition against the Infidels for it is a difficult thing to keepe great Kingdomes full of people in peace especially after long pactise of warre but they will disquiet both spirituall and temporall at home if they bee not imployed abroade so as armes hath this vnhappinesse that after they are once taken they cannot be laied downe without great and difficult labour and that many times succeeds ill About this time which was in the yeere of our Lord 1348. Don Garcia Lope Maister of the Calatraua beeing accused of many disorders retired into Arragon Being cited to appeere personally before the King of Castile and absent hee was condemned and degraded for his coâ—tumacy and so died in whose place the Knights of Calatraua in Arragon proceeded in Arragon contrary to the lawes and rules of their Order The Castillans of Calatraua Schisme betwixt the Knights of Calatrans did also choose one so as this Schisme was like to haue bread some great disorder if by the mediation of the Pope and the Kings of Castile and Arragon the parties had not referred it to Don Pedro King of Arragon who decreed That the Maister chosen at Calatraua should stand and that any one which held that dignity dying the election of his successor should not bee made any where else but in the couent of Calatraua This Maister confirmed was called Don Iohn Nugnes of Prado who they sayd was Bastard vnto D. Blanche the King of Portugals aunte and Abbesse of Huelgas neere Burgos To Don Iohn Fernandes his competitor was left the Commanderie of Alcaniz with the title of great Commander yet subiect to the Maister of Calatraua The approbation of these Maisters beeing chosen belongs to the Abbots of the Order of Cisteaux Amidest these tumults King Don Alphonso resolued for to raise an armie to beseege Gibraltar thinking that during the â—editions betwixt the Arabian Kings father and sonne in Affrike it could not bee releeued and therefore hauing so fit an occasion offred him hee made no difficulty to bee the first in armes pretending that hee did not breake the truce seeing that this place and others in Spaine were held by Alboanen with whom hee had not any treaty For the mannaging and conduct of this warre which was of no small consequence hee assembled the generall Estates of all his realmes in the towne of Alcala of Henares where besides the Noblemen and Deputies accustomed to come in former assemblies many Townes and Commonalties were newly called and receiued to giue their voices and to haue a place in such assemblies For vntil that time the people and townes which are called by the Toledans beiond the mountaines as Castile the old Gallicia Asturia and the nighbour countries were those which did commonly assist and did contribute and beare the charges as beeing most retired from the discomodities of the warre but now at this time they of Toledo Andalusia and such like were also called by the King for his intent was to demaund the subsidie called Alcauala throughout his whole Realme This assembly and many others which were made in after times did for the most part consist of good townes who sent their Deputies but since they found that multitude bred confusion and therefore there were eighteene principall places chosen which should haue voices and places in assemblies Places in the realme of Castile hauing vouces in the Estates that is sixteene cities and two townes Spaine as we haue said in the discription thereof is in a manner diuided in the midest by the mountaine called in old time Idubeda the which at this present hath diuerse names By reason whereof they distinguish the people at this day to those of this side an the other side the mountaines On this side wee will call the Toledans and the nighbour Prouinces on the other side shall bee those of Burgos Therefore on this side the mountaines they call at this day to the Estates of Spaine for the Prouince of Toledo the city of Toledo Cuenca Guadalajara and Madrid and for the other Prouinces Seuile Granado Murcia Cordona and Iaen Beyond the mountaines for the Straight of Castile Burgos Soria Segobia Auila and Vailledolit and for that of Leon the city of Leon Salamanca Zamora and Toro These are the eighteene places which send their Deputies to the Estates among the which Burgos Leon Granado Seuile Debats betwixt Toledo and Burgos for precedence Cordoua Murcia Iaen and Toledo townes which haue beene seates of Kingdomes haue their places assigned and hold ranke the rest take their places as it happens and their Deputies speake as they sit as for the citty of Toledo in this assembly at Alcala of Henares it contended for precedence with that of Burgos alleadging many reasons not altogether friuolous First the greatnesse of the city and great numbers of people and Nobility inhabiting there next the seat of the Archbishop and Primat the statelinesse of the Church the Prelate whereof was high Chancellor of all the Realmes subiect to Castille and moreouer offring to their consideration the antiquity of the foundation of that city which had beene the head during the Gothes raigne not onely of all that is contained within the two seas and the Pyrenees but also of Gotike Gaule which at this day wee call Languedoc so many councels celebrated there and that sence the Arabians had become Maisters of Spaine it had beene a royal seat hauing had many Kings which did exceed all the Potentats Moores of Spaine in power and riches except him of Cordoua God hauing since of his grace suffred Christian Princes to conquer it she alone amongst all the cities of Spaine had beene honoured with an Imperiall title by reason whereof and many other preuileges there produced they maintained the precedence to belong vnto her Burgos on the other side maintained
had the gouernement of the Church who gaue credit to the image of Saint Marie of Nieua and beganne to build the Church thereof the which was afterwards augmented by the Queene Donna Catherina This image was sound by one Peter who for that cause was furnamed Of good aduenture who hauing found it aduertised the bishop It is much reuerenced by the Spaniards who hold that shee doth wonderfull and great miracles The yeare 1400. at what time the Iubile was the Spaniards going about to set vp a An. 1400. great Bell in the Church at Seuile all the people being assembled and the King D. Henry being in the tower a sudden tempest with lightning slue many scattered the rest and amazed the whole citty In the yeare 1401. 1401. there was some likelihood of an agreement betwixt the Kings of France and Castile and Pope Benedict attending the determination of a general Councel The Christian Princes which did acknowledge him besides these were the kings of Arragon Nauarre Scotland Cypres and the Duke of Sauoy The rest of the Potentats did adhere vnto Pope Boniface residing at Rome but Benedict was not long in quiet for the Cardinals and Clergie which were about him whereof the chiefe was Iohn of Nouacastello Cardinall of Ostia borne in Burgondy rebelled against him being fauoured and sollicited by the French yea there were sent to Auignon by the duke of Orleance brother to king Charles Robin of Bracamont and William of Mollon who set guards about the Popes pallace â—â—ards set aâ—out the Popes pallace and kept him as it were prisoner for that hee would not voluntarily relinquish his Popedome But the king of Arragon mediating for him he sent Don Iames Prades his Constable who procured him his libertie and that hee should be obeyed in the Countie of Venice In this tumult there were onely three Cardinals which shut themselues vp with the Pope which were Pampelona Girone and Saint Adrian many men of accompt endured much especially Nauarrois and aboue all Don Martin of Salua Cardinall of Pampelona Don Bertrand of Gramont Pronotarie and Master of the sacred pallace and others This Pope aduanced to the Archbishoprick of Toledo a nephew of his sonne to his brother D. Iohn Martin of Luna beeing Doctor of the Canon law and administrator of the church of Tarragone he was also called D. Pedro de Luna but he was not so soone consecrated The affaires of Castile being reasonable quite the Infant Don Fernand the Kings brother and Duke of Pegnafiel was perswaded by some Noblemen to take vppon him the gouernement of the Realme pretending that the king D. Henries infirmitie and continuall paine was the cause he could not intend it so as many things succeeded not well but this was but a cloake to couer the enuie which they bare to D. Ruy Lopes of Aualos Constable of Castile on whom the king relyed giuing him great authority in all things thoroughout the Realme Famiâ—y of Auaâ— lâ—s issued â—ot of Nauarre This Constable was borne at Vbeda of meane parentage but honest whose auncestors came out of Nauarre he was a man of great courage and singular iudgement in matters of warre or in any other charge that was committed vnto him It therefore grieued these Noblemen of great houses to be commanded by him seeking to thrust forward the Infant D. Fernand to disturbe the State But D. Fernand was no fit instrument for their desseins for if there were euer an obedient brother and patient in all things it was he besides being of a slow spirit affaires of great consequence did ouercharge him neither did he willingly vndertake them Finally he was a louer of peace and enemie to warre and tumults For these causes he reiected them that would haue him gouerne shewing them the inconueniences and scandals which would grow by such enterprises exhorting them that if his brother did not seeme vnto them very profitable by reason of his infirmities they should attend the remedie from the prouidence of God with patience This Prince Don Fernand was as we haue sayd married to D. Leonora Countesse of Albuquerque who was heire to many Estates in Spaine For besides the Earledome of Albuquerque and the fiue townes of Infantazgo the townes of Haro Bironâ— Cerezo Vilhorado Ledesma Codesera Azagala Alconchel Medellin and Alconeta were of her patrimony besides the which king Iohn had giuer her Villalon and Vruegna in exchange of other places She was first called Vrraca but she changed it she was a vertuous Ladie and noble in all her actions hauing many children by her husband as we will shew treating of the affaires of Arragon In the yeare 1403. the riuer of Guadalquibir did so swell as it came ouer the wals of Seuile and couered the houses in the lower parts with great losse of men and goods To preuent which accident the diligence of Alphonso of Toro Gouernour for the iustice of that city is much commended The yeare 1405. 1405. Genealogie of Castile was happie and ioyful to the Castillans by reason of the birth of the Infant Don Iohn heire of those Realmes in the towne of Toro Queene Katherine hauing had before D. Maria at Segobia in the yeare 1401. who was Queene of Arragon A while after she brought the king another daughter called Katherine by the mothers name and was future wife to D. Henry Master of Saint Iames third sonne to the Infant D. Fernand. Pope Boniface the ninth being dead a little before seuen Cardinals did chuse the Archb. of Rauenna called Cosmat borne at Sulmona in the realme of Naples being Cardinal of S. Cruz Innocent the 7. chosen Pope in the place of Boniface the 9 whom they named Innocent the 7. So as the schisme continued stil in the Romish Church His competitor Benedict passed the alpes and came to Genoua to conferre with some Potentates of Italy of the meanes how to cease the schisme Beeing there he did consecrate his nephew D. Pedro de Luna Archb. of Toledo and Primate of Spaine and moreouer made another Archb 9. Bishops and 8. Abbots Hee had in his traine that famous Preacher Vincent of the house of Ferreres of Valencia who then preached in the citty of Genoua and since in many other places and especially in Spaine with a great opinion of holines By the death of D. Diego Hurtado of Mendoça high Admirall of Castile which happened the same yeare there was aduanced to the place D. Alphonso Henriques younger brother to the Earle of Transtamara and to his lands and goods which were as great as any Noblemans in Castile succeeded his sonne D. Inigo Lopes of Mendoça a famous personage D. Iohn of Castile one of the base sons of the king D. Pedro had secretly married himselfe in prison to the daugther of Bertrand Erillo his keeper of whom he begat Peter and Constance Constance was a Nunne in the Monasterie of S. Dominicke the royall of Madrid Peter being condemned to perpetuall prison escaped
to the Lords of the League to admonish them to desist from their wicked practises and to submit themselues to the Kings obedience the confederates answered that they would send some man of authoritie to the king and soon after they did write to the Arch-bishop of Seuil intreating him to come to Auila to treate vpon the meanes of agreement The citty of Burgos yeelds to the king who with the Kings good liking went vnto them In the meane season the citty of Burgos by the meanes of Pedro of Velasco returned to the Kings obedience It was concluded in Areualo that the Confederates should intreat the king that the Infanta Izabella might be sworne vnto and acknowledged Princesse and heire of his kingdomes all other oathes made to the contrarie notwithstanding Which beeing done euery of them would willingly obey him these things beeing related at Madrid by the Arch-bishop of Siuill the King called a Councell thereupon where the opinions were diuers some affecting Donna Ioane whom the King still called his daughter but the Lord Steward Andrew de Cabrera could so well ioyne reason to his opinion as it was resolued to graunt what the Confederates requested then did they set downe these Articles That the Infanta Donna Izabella should bee declared Princesse of the Asturia's Aâ—ticles of 〈◊〉 agreed vpon and sworne vnto as eldest heire to the Kingdomes of Castile and Leon That pardon should bee graunted to the Master of Saint Iames and to the other Lords his Confederates for whatsoeuer they had committed against his royall Maiestie and free and safe accesse should be giuen them to come to Court with restitution of all that had been taken from them That the King within foure moneths after should send backe his wife Queen Ioan and Donna Ioane his daughter into Portugall and to be diuorced from her by the Popes authoritie and that the citties of Auila Vbeda with the townes of Medina del campo Olmedo and Escalona and the Lord-ship of Molina should be giuen to the Princesse Donna Izabella who might not marrie with any one without the consent of King Henry her brother The Lords of Mendoza not callâ—d to the councelâ— of pâ—ace whereunto she did sweare Into this councell were not admitted the Marquis of Santillana nor his brother the Bishoppe of Siguença who were come to court to kisse the Kings hand vppon the newes of the death of the Infant Don Alphonso for they fauoured and much respected Donna Ioane who was resident in the Castle of Buytrago vnder the keeping of the Marquis therefore they returned male-content to Guadalajara The Queene remayning in the Castle of Alaejos vnder the power of the Arch bishop of Seuille as hath beene sayd before became enamoured on a young man Queene Ioanes dishmest life who had charge to keepe her and as some say hee was the Bishoppes nephew called Pedro by whome in time shee had two children namely Don Fernand and Don Apostol who were brought vp in the Cittie of Tolâ—â—o in the Monasterie of Saint Dominick the royal by the Abbesse of the house who was Aunt to their father Don Pedro and it is reported that the King hauing notice thereof caused Don Pedro to be taken to the end to punish him as he had deserued but that the Queene shed so many teares as shee saued his life and begged him of the king who in those matters was the most carelesse person liuing Now these Lords of the house of Mendoza beeing departed discontented from the Court thinking themselues to be disgraced and on the other side fauouring Donna Ioane it happened that the Queene hauing secret intelligence with certaine of her guard within and without with Don Lewis Hurtado of Mendoza sonne to Ruy Diaz escaped from the Castle of Alaejos causing hir selfe to bee let downe in a basket from the Castle walles but the rope beeing too short and those which let her downe thinking that shee had beene neere to the ground did let her fall a good height so as shee hurt her face and one of her feete indangering also her life neuerthelesse Don Lewis who was at the foote of the wall tooke her vp and layed her in a litter standing there readie for the same purpose and so brought her away the next day to the Castle of Buytrago where her daughter remayned who was called all ouer Spayne La Bertraneja because shee was reputed and supposed to bee the daughter of Bertrand de la Cueua Duke of Albuquerque The Arch-bishoppe of Seuille thought himselfe highly wronged by the violent and fraudulent deliuerie of the Queene therefore hee hastily perswaded and procured the agreement to the Articles aboue-mentioned and there was a place appoynted and determined Donna Izabeâ—a â—eclared Princesse and heire of Castille where the parties should meete betweene Zebreros and Cadahalso at a place called La venta du Tor de Guisando neere to a Monasterie of Saint Hierome the Arch-bishoppe beeing much displeased and discontented with the Queene These met at Cadahalso vppon the day appoynted and set downe the King the Arch-bishop of Seuille the Earles of Playsance Benauent and Miranda together with others of the Councell on the one side and the Infanta Donna Izabella with the Confederates mette at Zebreros the chiefe of whome were Don Alphonso Carillo Arch-bishoppe of Toledo Don Lewis of Acugna Bishoppe of Burgos Don Inigo Manrique Bishop of Coria and the Master of Saint Iames Don Iohn de Pacheco euery one of these on the nineteenth day of September the same yeare one thousand foure hundred sixtie eight in the presence of the Popes Legate Antonio de Veneris who afterward was Cardinall with great solemnitie in the place aboue-mentioned tooke the oath of allegeance and obedience to the King and then they did sweare to and declare the Infanta Donna Izabella Princesse of the Asturia's and eldest lawfull heire to the kingdomes of Castile and Leon with all the dependances reuenues and lands annexed and ioyned thereunto the Legate Apostolicke dispensing and absoluing all contrarie oathes which had beene made in that nature before and confirming the present Great numbers and multitudes of people came running ioyfully and with wonderfull applause from all parts of the Country to this sollemmâ—tie hoping that peace and quietnesse should be established and planted in Spayne and that all factions and oppositions of outragious and ciuill warres ceassing Iustice should euery where flourish That beeing done and finished the king with the Princesse his sister and the reconciled Lords came to Cadahalso the Arch bishoppe of Toledo excepted whose mind beeing not at quiet returned to Zebreto with the Bishoppes of Burgos and Coria The King passing on left his sister the Princesse and the whole Court at Casa Rubias and went with the Master of Saint Iames to Pard and to Rascafria beeing come thither hee caused Pedro Arrias of Auila together with the bishoppe his brother to leaue the cittie of Segouia which greatly mooued and discontented them the
all crimes and offences layde to their charge who had fauoured and taken the King of Portugals part in those warres should be abolished and a generall pardon graunted to them all especially to the Countesse of Medellin and to Don Alphonso of Monroy Treasurer of Alcantara and euery of them to be restored to their goods liuings and dignities Seuenthly that this peace should be kept betwixt the Kings of Castile and Portugall for an hundred and one yeares This peace thus concluded was proclaymed in the Court of Portugal to the great contentment of all men and presently the Licenciate Figueroa one of the kings Councell and his Confessor named Friar Martin were sent Ambassadours to Queene Izabella who lay at Trugillo who on her her part did likewise sweare to ratifie it the Castillans beeing no whit displeased thereat for they were all tyred with that pernitious warre The which warre did wholly cease and the seeges from the aboue-mentioned places were raysed Merida which belonged to the Order of Saint Iames was yeelded to the Master thereof Medellin was committed to the keeping of Don Lewis Fernand Porto Carrero vntil the controuersie betwixt the Countesse and Don Pedro Porto Carrero her son were decided by order of lawe Newes hereof was carried to Barcelona to King Fernand the which was most welcome vnto him who gaue thankes vnto God therefore causing great signes of ioy to bee made euery where and did worthily recompence the messenger which brought tidings of so desired a peace by meanes whereof those two kingdomes haue beene encreased and maintayned in the greatnesse whereunto they are risen in the dayes of our fathers and in our time also In king Fernand the two kingdomes of Castile and Arragon with their dependancies Vnion of Castil and Arragon were ioyned together which had beene separated foure hundred fortie and fiue yeares euer since that the two States of Earledomes became Kingdomes after the death of Don Sancho the Great King of Nauarre who was the last Earle of Arragon and Castile Now King Fernand hauing taken order for all things belonging to so great a succession wherein hee found no difficultie nor resistance hee came to the Queene his wife who lay in the citty of Toledo where with great sollemnitie he swore the peace in the presence of the Portugall Ambassadours and for a greater confirmation thereof there were sent Ambassadours to the king of Portugal Friar Hernand of Talauera the king of Castiles Confessor of the Order of Saint Hierome great Prior of Saint Marie du Pré of Vailliodolit who was afterward Bishoppe of Auila and successiuely first Arch-bishoppe of Granado after the conquest and with him Doctor Alphonso Manuel of Madrigall one of the kings Councell D. Ioane called the Excellent contemneth the marriage with the bâ—ire of Castil Arragon c. and becomes a Nunne to reiterate and sweare the peace the second time Donna Ioane who till then was called Queene of Castile and Leon and by a particular surname the Excellent beeing questioned vppon the Article of peace which concerned her marriage with Prince Iohn did rather choose a Monasticke life who therefore was shorne and vailed in the Monasterie of Saint Clare the royall at Coimbra and casting off hir royall habits shee tooke the Order of Saint Francis not without great griefe to king Don Alphonso to see so great a Ladie in such manner to abase her selfe where if she had so pleased might haue raigned in Castile Leon Arragon and Sicill The Ambassadours of Castile hauing executed their commission with the king of Portugall went to the cittie of Coimbra where they did see this Princesse to professe her selfe a Nunne with protestation to spend her dayes in such humilitie notwithstanding that they brought her King Fernand and Queene Isabella's honourable word and promise to accomplish in her behalfe all that which had beene agreed vppon in the treaty of peace and to marrie her to their sonne when time should serue but she with an incredible constancie refused all these dignities and spent the whole time of her life which was very long in religion and was euer after called in stead of royall titles which had had beene offered vnto her by the King and Queene Donna Ioane the Nunne The troubles beeing thus appeased in Castile Don Diego Lopes de Pacheco Marquis of Villena who in his Marquisate had made warre vppon the Kings Lieutenants and Captaines came to the Court at Toledo to iustifie himselfe concerning the same and to speak truth the matter beeing well weighed hee was not found to bee the principall cause of those mischiefes Marquis of Villena reâ—onciled to the King and Queene nor yet to haue any intelligence with the King of Portugall since his last agreement made with the Queene in regard whereof the King and Queene receyued him to grace and fauour vnto whome afterwards in the warres of Granado hee did many notable seruices This yeare 1479. in the moneth of Nouember Queene Izabella was brought to bed in the Cittie of Toledo in a house belonging to the Earle of Cifuentes of a daughter named Ioane who in processe of time came to succeed in all the kingdomes as by the progresse of this Historie shall appeare This Infanta did in all poynts so resemble queen Ioane of Arragon her grandmother as when the King her father did play with her hee called her his mother In like manner the Infanta Izabella because she was in lineaments like to Queene Izabella her Grandmother mother to the queene then raigning was by her called her mother the rest of queene Izabella's children were commonly called her Angels At the same time that these things happened in Spayne the armie of Mahomet the second of that name Emperour of the Turkes did houer about the Isle of Rhodes the seate of the Knights of Saint Iohn of Hierusalem Peter d' Aubusson a French-man beeing great Master of that Order the Sicillians fearing left the Turkes would haue landed in their Isle sent messengers to king Fernand to obtaine of him ayde and succour vnto whome certaine shippes laden with munition armour and other prouision were sent Donna Leonora Queene of Nauarre and 33. in order AS King Fernand succeeded in the kingdomes of Arragon Valencia Sicill Majorca and principalitie of Cattalonia Nauarre with other dominions and dependancies therof by the decease of the late king Don Iohn his father the Princesse Leonora in like manner daughter to him and to his first wife Donna Blanche queene of Nauarre did inherite the same kingdome nine yeares after the death of the Earle of Foix her husband remaining all that time a widow She was crowned queene in the cittie of Tudela where she did sweare and promise to maintaine the rights lawes priuiledges franchises and liberties of the country in the same manner as her predecessors had done before her Her raigne was so short as we haue no matter affoorded to speake of but onely her death which happened by a
King Lewis the eleuenth who did not greatly affect the affaires of Castile did hinder that match The like hinderance was ministred by her and King Lewis in the marriage of his sister Catherine who was Queene of Nauarre and the Prince Don Iohn of Castile heire to the same crowne for King Lewis who had great deseignes in his head did goe about to marry this King Francis Phoebus to Donna Ioane the Nun at Coimbra the pretended Queene of Castile and by that pretended right and the forces of his owne Kingdome to cast King Fernand and Queene Isabella out of the Realmes of Castile and Leon and for euer to keepe the Earledome of Rossillion to himselfe with other purposes which vanished into aire and the better to effect what hee had determined sent Ambassadors into Portugall to King Alphonso whose death happening this yeere with that of the King of Nauarres soone after did quite frustrate these practizes to the which King Iohn of Portugall who succeeded his father Alphonso would by no meanes harken The end of the two and twentith Booke SEMPER EADEM THE THREE AND TVVENtith Booke of the Generall History of Spaine The Contents 1 THe beginning of the long warre of Granado against King Muley Albohacen 2 Death of King Francis Phoebus Marriage procured by the Kings of Castile for their sonne D. Iohn with Queene Catherine of Nauarre 3 Continuance of the warre of Granado Conquest of that great Canaries Switzers hired for this warre against the Moores 4 Causes of suspition of King Fernand and Queene Isabella against the heire of Nauarre Intelligences and practizes with the factious to get that Kingdome 5 Continuance of the warre of Granado 6 The reigne of King Iohn the second of Portugall Discouery of Manicongo the King intitles himself Lord of Guiney Conspiracies Death of the dukes of Bragança and Viseo with other tragicall acts in the same Court 7 Continuance of the warre of Granado against Muley Boabdellin the one and twentith King of that Country The Pope helpeth forward the warre of Granado Pollitike acts of the Kings of Castile 8 Christofer Columbus his first comming to the Court of Castile his disposition and quallities 10 Seege of Malaga 11 Hermandades or brother-hoods Inquisition in Arragon 12 Iohn d' Albret and Catherine of Nauarre the fiue and thirtith in Order of the Kings of Nauarre The vicount of Narbonne quarrels about the Earledome of Foix Enterprises of Castile against Nauarre by meanes of the factions 13 King Fernands fauours towards Amand d' Albret aide graunted by him to the Princes and Lords confederate against the French King Charles the eight 14 Death of the duke of Alua and other Lords of Castile Exploits done against the Moores 15 Nauigations of the Portugalls into the Ocean sea search and discouery of vnknowne lands and great dilligence of King Iohn of Portugall about these matters 16 Treaties of marriage and other domesticall acts in the Court of Castile oppression of the Conuerts 17 Continuance of the warre against the Moores of Granado Seege of Baça 18 Mastership of Calatraua incorporated to the Cowne of Castile with other matters belonging to the same Order 19 Pursute of the Moorish warre Baça yeelded vp 20 Pursutes against Mahomet the Little the last King of Granado to dispossesse him of the same city vnder collour of right 21 Marriage of Prince Alphouso of Portugall with Donna Isabella the Infanta of Castile 22 Seege of Granado and yeelding vp of the same city 23 Pollitike acts of King Fernand and Queene Isabella of Castile 34 D. Alphonso of Portugall his pittifull death In this three and twintith Booke for continuance of the Kings reigning in Spaine mention is made of 35. Iohn D' Albret and Catherine his wife King and Queene of Nauarre himselfe the second of that name THe warre which King Fernand began and ended against the Moores of Granado was one of his most memorable acts for the Kingdome of Granado did florish more at that time Qualities of King Muley Alâ—obacen then it had done in many yeeres before being full of men riches and armor and gouerned by one of the wisest and pollitike Kings that euer reigned ouer that Nation namely Muley Albohacen if hee had beene a little more faithfull and lesse ambitious and proud which qualities did plunge him into troubles and miserable diuisions as well against his subiects in the bowels of his owne country as against the Castillians his neighbours Hee had enioyed a long peace and as it were with pride and brauing he pulled vp the assurance thereof by the rootes from the Kings of Caile hauing freed and discharged himselfe from the tribute which his predecessors were accustomed to pay them And albeit the same was greeuous to King Fernand and Queene Isabella which were magnanimous and impatient of all losse and diminution of their royall Estate who besides that were pricked forward as well by their owne zeale to Christian Religion as by the perswasion of the Popes and Prelates to vndertake the same warre yet notwithstanding the truce agreed vpon the charge and discommodities of the warres which they had newly ended against the King of Portugall the present confusion wherein the Realme of Castile was at the same time did counsell them to waite for a fitter opportunity Now when it pleased God vnto whom all times and occasions are subiect that this Mahometan superstition should take an end and that this race of Moores should bee rooted out of Spaine by armes seeing that other more conuenient meanes could not bee vsed by the Church the warre which was constantly pursued against them and wholy ended in the space of tenne yeeres did beginne in this manner King Muley Albohacen hauing beene aduertized that the city of Zahara was negligently kept by the Christians Nauarre and presuming vpon the truce caused it to be taken in the night by scaladoe togither with the sort and castle he carried away the men cattaile and all the riches that he could finde therein and manned it with a good and strong garrison of Moores The taking thereof being knowne in Granado one of their Philosophers which they call Alphaquies cried out publikely Either mine Oracles deceiue mee or the end of the ancient reigne of the Moores in Spaine is at hand the which in deed came to passe the surprising of this towne giuing King Fernand occasion to lay hand vpon this conquest with all his forces and meanes and with incredible perseuerance The newes that the truce was broken by the Moores being vnderstood at Medina del Campo where the Court then was diuerse companies were dispatched to the frontiers of Murcia and Andaluzia vnder the charge of Don Alphonso de Cardenaz Maister of Saint Iames who lay in garrison at Eccia Don Roderigo Telles Giron Maister of Calatraua remained at Iaen and others in other places besides the ordinary garrisons and forces of Don Pedro Henriques Gouernor generall of the frontiers of Andaluzia assisted by Don Pedro
horse and as many chosen foote-men King Fernand promiseth the Moores liberty of their conscience Those of Alozagra yeelded vpon condition they might bee mayntayned in their consciences and religon the which the King graunted then they beseeged the towne of Caçaranouelle where the Moores made incredible resistance killing in diuers skirmishes greate numbers of Christians as namely Don Guttires de Sottomajor Earle of Benalcaçar a young Noble-man of foure and twenty yeares of age hardy and valiant who was shot throw the body with a poysoned arrow for whose death the king and the whole army were very sorry because these braueries of the Moores did make them become obstinate and encouraged others which would haue yeelded to make resistance The Army A couragious woman and constant in her enterprises with this losse without performing any other exploit then burning the country did returne backe to Antiqera where the King receaued letters from the Queene his wife which caused the whole army to blush for shame for shee let them vnderstand how that so goodly an army ought not to liue vnprofitably nor returne without doing some notable exployt wherefore being incourraged by a woman they retired againe into the enemies country and spoyled it euen to the mountaine called Sierra Neuada the King beeing lodged with a great body of an army within halfe a mile of the Citty of Granada to oppose him-selfe against the sallies which they of the towne might make vpon those that did forrage the Duke of medina and the Earle of Cabra being in an other place where as much as in them lay they spoyled the country and made it vnfit to beare frute the sooner therby to starue them The Queene had laden 5000. beasts of carriage with victualls which by the helpe of this army entred into Alhama where the King left Don Guttiere de Padilla gouernour who was nephew to Don Garcia Lopes de Padilla Maister of Calatraua in regard the Maister had promised to defend that place with the forces of his iurisdiction After-wards the army returned to Cordoua where the Queene being demaunded if shee were pleased with what they had donne shee answered that it was not fit they should spend the rest of the yeare in idlenesse where-vpon the King returned and marched against Septenil which for three daies space was batered and afterwards the Moores yeelded it vpon composition that they might depart with their liues goods and liberty the place was committed to the keeping of D. Francisco Henriques from thence the army went to ruine the country of Ronde and because winter did draw neere it did attempt nothing else and was brought backe to Siuill whether the Queene came The garrisons of Alhama Alora and Septenill were commanded by the King and Queene to aide King Mahomet the little with all their power against Muley Albohacen his father Portugal King Iohn a greâ—te iusticer namely against the nobillity with other of his qualities Wee will here for a while lay by the affaires of Castile and Arragon and speake of Portugall and of the raigne of Iohn the 2. who succeeded Alphonso 1481. beeing sixe and twenty yeares of age This Prince was a great Iusticer and it may be ouer rigorous in the execution thereof especially against the Nobilitie and great Lords of his kingdome whome he did punish and reclaymed from many oppressions which his father had tolerated this caused him to be hated and gaue cause vnto some who were very neere vnto him in bloud to practise against his life and state He was of a quicke and sharpe iudgement and of an excellent memorie he could discourse eloquently of all matters and would haue those that did talke with him to consider how and what to speake and he would ordinarily say that it was impossible but that Kings should be wise men because euery one that spake to them whether they were foolish or wise did striue to speake well and wisely He shewed great wisedome in all his actions not suffering himselfe to be carried away by Court-flatterers and if hee did fauour any one Mediocâ—itie is to be obserued in the aduancement of Princes seruants hee would aduance him but to a certaine meane and no further giuing authoritie to no man more than was needfull hee was a louer of good councell very true firme and constant in whatsoeuer he graunted or denyed liberall aswell to strangers as to his owne seruants he was religious according to those times and charitable towards the poore for whose ease and comfort hee builded the royall Hospitall of Lisborne in the honour of all Saints he shewed himselfe very obedient towards his father and had the good hap Discouery of Manicongo to haue the kingdome of Manicongo discouered in his raigne at which time with great care and diligence the nauigation for spices did beginne for which things hee was surnamed the Great When hee beganne to raigne hee was already father to the Infant Don Alphonso begotten on Queene Elenor daughter to Don Fernand Duke of Viseo his Vncle and to the Infanta Donna Beatrix shee who had procured the peace betwixt Spaine and Portugall Genealogie of Portugal the Infant was seauen yeares old when his father came to the Crowne who the yeare 1481. had a sonne by a Mistris of his called Donna Anne de Mendoza whose name was George Master of Saint Iames and Auis Duke of Coimbra Lord of Auero and Montemajor the old who was brought vp openly as the Kings sonne by his Aunt the Infanta Donna Ioane a Nunne in the Monasterie of Iesus d'Auero hee was father to Don Iohn Duke of Auero a worthie Prince in our age This King Iohn of whome wee speake was the first King of Portugall that entitled himselfe Lord of Guiney the nauigation into which countrey hee mayntained and continued and builded the Cittie and Castle of Saint George the fort of Tanger and others Hee called a Parlament in the Cittie of Ebora there to receiue the oath of fealtie and homage due to the Kings his progenitors at the same time it happened that Don Fernand Duke of Bragança beeing at his house of Villa-viciosa did search for certaine records and titles of lands with other letters of priuiledge to haue them renewed and confirmed by the new king his Secretarie whome hee employed in this businesse found certaine letters of intelligence and practise in a chest betwixt the Duke his master and the King and Queene of Castile contrarie to his allegeance to King Iohn Wherefore this Secretarie The Duke of Braganzaes practises discouered by his Secretarie whose name was Lope de Figueredo beeing mooued either with zeale towards his Prince or with hope of some good reward did embezil those writings and gaue them to the King who hauing copied them re-deliuered the originall to Figuereda who layd them among the rest of the papers which hee had found his Lord not perceyuing it the Duke neuerthelesse was still fauoured and welcommed by the
the first session they were so mockt by the people receiued so many indignities as they were forced to transferre the councell of Pisa to Milan where they had neither more honor nor better vsage notwithstanding that they were in the French kings dominion where they held their second session the Cardinall of Saint Croix a Spaniard being president where they attended the prelates of Germany and the Emperors embassadors in vaine but they wanted not excuses These seeds of warre being cast among christians Order of the conception of Nunnes Pope Iulio doing his duâ—ty in matters of religion he confirmed the new order of the conception of Nunnes instituted in the citie of Toledo some yeares before by one of the ladies of Queene Isabell who was second wife to king Iohn the 2 her name was D. Beatrix de Silua of Portugal who being suspected by her mistresse for that by reason of her great beauty many courted her and there grew dailie quarrels among the courtiers she was put in prison where being kept three daies in teares and heauines without bread or drinke shee was moued to make a vow of chastity and for this cause they say the virgin Mary appeared vnto her in the habit which the Nunnes doe now weare that is a blew cloake and a white hood and did comfort her Being out of prison and going to Toledo with an intent to be a religious woman there appeared two Franciscane friers vnto her which sight made her think that they were sent to coÌ„fesse her then she shold be put to death but these fathers told her that she should be the mother of many daughters declaring vnto her the spirituall vnderstaÌ„ding of it that it should be of many religious women then they vanished wherfore she going on her way being come to Toledo she put herselfe into the monasterie of religious women of S. Dominike the royal where she remained 30 yeres in a secular habit liuing holily afterwards she remoued with 12 nuns to a place where now S. Foy is which in former times was called the palace of galiena being desirous to institute an order in honor of the virgin Mary and there she remained with her company by the permission of the queen D. Isabella wife to the king D. Ferdinand now raigning vntill that the habit was confirmed vnto them by Pope Innocent the eight the office of the conception vnder the rule of Cristeaux without any other new order in the which hauing coÌ„tinued some time they ioyned with the Nunnes of Saint Peter de las Duegnas of the order of Saint Benet making a medley of the rules of the Benedictins Bernardines vntill that Cardinall Francis Ximenes then prouinciall of the Franciscans and generall reformer in Spaine made them to leaue the rules of Saint Bennet and Saint Bernard and to take the habit and the Office of the conception vnder the rule of Saint Clare putting them into the monasterie which at this day is called of the Conception which was woont to bee the conuent of Franciscane Friers transported by reason of them to S. Iohn des Rois. There this yere 1511 Pope Iulio confirmed them in their own rule and order of the conception leauing that of S. Clare This yere all the coast of Affrike was terrified vpon the brute of the great preparation which had been made in Spain to inuade them The king of Tremessen sent his embassadors to king Ferdinand to offer him vassalage and a tribute of 13000 double ducats of gold payable in the citie of Oran In Spain there died D. Beatrix of Bouadilla Marquesse of Moya and soone after her husband D. Andrew de Cabrera The yeare one thousand fiue hundred and twelue following king Ferdinand hauing vndertaken the Popes defence hee commanded D. Raymond of Cardoua viceroy of Naples appointed generall of the holy league to ioyne his forces with the Popes and Venetians the which was done at Imola where they made the body of the army in the which was Legate for the Pope Cardinall Iohn of Medicis of the title of Sancta Maria in Dominica Theseforces entring into Lombardie in a manner all that the duke of Ferrara held on this side Po yeelded vnto the league without any force but La Bastie which the earle 〈◊〉 Nauarro tooke and then they camped before Bolonia but Gaston of Foix duke of Nemours a gallant young nobleman comming to releâ—ue it the army of the league was forced to retyre to Imola On the other side the Venetians tooke Bresse but not the Castle and Bergamo with other places were yeelded vnto them but the duke of Nemours comming to succour the castle of Bresâ—e hee encountred Iohn Paul Bâ—illon vpon the way with part of the Venetian army and put them to rout and then hee entred the towne and put eight thousand Venetians and inhabitants to the sword Exploits of Gaston of Foix. hee tooke Andrew Gritti their commander prisoner with Anthonie Iustinien and other men of great quality and soone after recouered Bergamo and all the places which the Venetians had taken In the meane time king Ferdinand prepared a fleet in the ports of Biscaye and Guipuscoa to assaile France vpon the coast of Guienne hauing induced the king of England to reuiue the old quarrell who at the persuasion of the Popes embassador had made an assemblie of the Prelates of his realme and promised to send to the Councell of Latran and for a greater demonstration of his hatred hee caused the French embassadors which did reside in his court to dislodge 25 During these troubles Nauarre the king D. Iohn and the Queene D. Catherine of Nauarre his wife did enioy their realme in peace since the expulsion of the earle of Lerin the Constable and of Lewis of Beaumont his sonne with others of that faction then all their care was to restore it to the ancient estate and the places reunited which were disstracted and held by the king of Castille for the which and to demaund other rights which they pretended they had sent many embassadors to king Ferdinand who had returned with good hope to obtaine what they demanded or the greater part wherefore they sent againe doctor Iohn of Iassu Seigniour of Pauierre Ladron of Monleon and the Protonotarie Martin of Iaureguisar who were of the councel with ample instructions to capitulate compound and end all their pretentions in this form That they should intreat the king of Arragon Embassage of Nauarre to king Ferdinand Regent of Castille that if he made any accord with the French king the kings of Nauarre might be comprehended That the embassadors should make great instance to king Ferdinand that the townes of Saint Vincent Sos Arcos Garde and Bernedo and moreouer the places of Sosierra held by him and the crowne of Castille might bee restored vnto them according vnto the will of the deceased Queene D. Isabella at her death as places belonging to the Crowne of Nauarre That in like maner
him were holy and just but they complained of the Flemings that were about his person who could make their diligences vaine and get vnto themselues both before the kings comming and after the riches of Spaine without measure so as it was thought the Chancellor Sauuage had gotten for his part in lesse than foure moneths aboue fiue hundred thousand crownes Ropacity of the Flemings and if we will conjecture how monsieur de Cheures and the rest profited we cannot imagine what great summes these thefts amounted vnto Spaniards demaund the Estates The Spaniards seeing the kings comming to be daily delayed the cardinall and the Councell were againe importuned for a generall assemblie of the Estates where they promised not to treat of any thing but to solicite the king to come into Spaine to maintaine the lawes and rights of the countrey to suppresse the couetousnesse of courteors and the ambition of suters for estates and offices else the people did protest that they would send embassadours vnto the king and prouide that the common-weale should take no harme by such meanes as God should put into their hands The cardinall not able with reason to denie their just demaund he appointed an assemblie in the next moneth of September 1517 protracting it of purpose to Autumne beleeuing that about that time the king might arriue in Spaine and in the meane time he prepared a fleet of ships for his voyage the which he sent him posts running continually from Spaine to Flanders and back againe to aduance this comming without the which they saw no meanes to maintaine the realme in peace the cardinall holding and rightly it to be a pernitious thing when as the people hauing cause of grieuance presumesâ—to complaine publikely for when as they haue once lost the reuerence which they owe vnto the superiour there is no more any restraint and popular complaints and quarels are easily receiued and beleeued by such as haue a desire to trouble the State whereof the number is alwayes great in great realmes The place assigned for the assemblie was at Madrid the Viceroyes and the Councels place of residence Many slanderous libels were at that time cast abroad Libels cast abroad euerie man censuring the cardinals actions according to his owne conceits and seeing it was now a time of back-biting and that some one had begun doctor Adrian monsieuer de Cheures Francis Ruis monsieur de Chaux and others were not spared But cardinall Ximenes contemned these things with a manly courage saying That they must leaue this solace to the multitude to moderate their afflictions which they could not otherwise reuenge whereas the Flemings who were not accustomed to this stinging seemed to be much discontented so as it is no wonder if Adrian comming to bee Pope caused the statues of Marforio and Pasquil to be cast into the riuer of Tiber whom they made to carrie the libels that were set vp in Rome whereupon they say that the Spanish embassadour which was then in Rome said vnto him That it was to be feared by this drowning the frogs would presently learne to sing bad songs 3 The cardinall being come to Toledo to visit attending the kings comming his diocesse and the monasteries of Nunnes which he caused to be built as well in that citie as at Illesca being accompanied by doctor Adrian he heard the complaints of the Clergie for that Pope Leo by vertue of the last decree of the Councell of Latran demaunded the tenth of the reuenues of all their benefices vpon colour to defend the Christian religion against Infidels for that Selim Emperour of the Turkes hauing vanquished the Sultan of Aegypt Exactions of Pope Leo hindered by cardinall Ximenes did threaten Christendome and namely Italie Wherefore he not onely sent this yeare into Spaine but into all others regions of Europe whereas the Popes name and authoritie was reuerenced to exact this money for three yeares with many Indulgences and pardons to them that should contribute money willingly and extraordinarily whereof there followed great troubles in Christendome yet with a lightning of the Gospell Cardinall Ximenes whose authoritie was great with the Pope was solicited not onely by the Clergie of Castille but also by that of Arragon where they doe all by an auncient right enjoy great priuiledges and liberties to take this cause in hand and to bee a mediator vnto the Pope that the Clergie of Spaine might not bee made tributarie The cardinall did willingly offer to take vpon him the protection of this order but hee did admonish them not to make any assemblies to that end but when hee should commaund them Clergie of Spain free from the exaction of the tenth penie of their benefices In the meane time hee did manage this businesse so politikely at Rome by the ministerie of Artega his Agent as hee kept Spaine free from this exaction but in case of great necessitie and hauing after the manner of auncient kings called the deputies of the Clergie to the Court at Madrid he gaue them this good newes and attended willingly their resolution which was not to contribute any thing They say that this tenth penie for three yeres was duly leuied in Italie in the territories of the Church and no where else but his Bulls of Indulgences and the preaching of the Croisado was generall 4 There were many great suits in Spaine which through the fraud and tergiuersation of parties and their counsels were delayed and drawne into length the which the cardinall desired to haue determined before the kings comming but he was suspected Wherfore three of the greatest noblemen of Spaine in a manner at one instant as it were conspiring together did greatly crosse him that is the duke of the Infantazgo chiefe of the house of Mendosa D. Frederic of Toledo duke of Alua and the earle of Vregna Giron The duke of the Infantazgo remembred how that the cardinall had hindered the mariage betwixt D. Pedro Gonsales of Mendosa his nephew and D. Ioane of Cisneros the cardinals neece wherefore being incensed against him he thought there was some indirect dealing with his aduerse partie the earle of Castro against whom hee had his suit for the place of Belenna neere vnto Guadalajara by reason whereof he desired to prolong the cause vntill the kings comming of whom hauing obtained letters for his part and the cardinall also for his part others of a contrarie tenour to haue the cause judged by the kings councell in the end the cardinall obtained that which he pretended and a sentence was giuen in fauour of the earle about which time there comming a promoter from Alcala of Henares for the cardinall touching some proceedings at Guadalajara the duke of the Infantazgo caused him to be chased away with cudgels Excesse committed by the duke of Infantazgo threatening to hang this poore petie-fogger if he returned any more saying That he did incroach vpon the jurisdiction of his brother D. Bernardin archdeacon of
Berenguela daughter to D. Raymond Arnold Earle of Barcelone by whom among other children named in the line of Castille he had D Ferdinand his second sonne king of Leon. XXVIII D. Ferdinand second of that name and second sonne to king D. Alphonso the eighth in the yeare 1157 he raigned 31 yeares D. Vrraca of Portugal his first wife D. Alphonso D. Theresia his second wife of the house of Lara D. Vrraca Lopes his third wife mother to D. Sancho Fernandes D. Garcia XXIX D. Alphonso ninth of that name sonne to D. Ferdinand the second in the yeare 1188 he raigned 42 yeares D. Theresia of Portugall his first wife Lawfull children D. Ferdinand D. Sancha D. Dolce D. Berenguela Infanta of Castille his second wife mother to Lawfull children D. Ferdinand king D. Alphonso Lord of Molina D. Constance a Nunne D. Berenguela Countesse of Brenne and Queene of Ierusalem Of a Concubine whose name is vnknowne D. Roderigo Alphonso of Leon. XXX D. Ferdinand the third he raigned at Leon after his father D. Alphonso the ninth but he first seized vpon the crowne of Castille by the diligence of D. Berenguela his mother in him the two realmes were vnited and neuermore diuided in the yeare 1230. D. Beatrix daughter to the Emperour Philip their posteritie is in the line of Castille Line of Castitleâ— D. Nugno Fernandes Earle of Castille vnder the Soueraigntie of Leon father or grandfather to D. Ximena maried to D. Gonsall Iuste D. Diego Porcello Earle also or gouernour of Castille vnder the same Soueraigntie D. Sulla maried to D. Nugno Bellides These two gouernours were slaine by king Ordogno the second of Leon in the prison of Leon. D. Nugno Bellides Earle of Castille D. Sulla daughter to Diego Porcello his wife Lawfull children D. Nugno Rasure D. Iuste Gonsales D. Nugno Rasure father to D. Gonsal Nugnes D. Eluira or Theresa Nugnâ—s surnamed the Faire D. Flauin Caluo husband to Eluira whence comes the race of Cid Ruy Dias These gouerned the countrie of Castille in qualitie of Iudges after that it was drawn from the obedience of the kings of Leon during the raigne of D. Froila the second about the yeare 896. D. Gonsall Nugnes sonne to D. Nugno Rasure sole gouernour of Castille D. Ximena daughter or grandchild to D. Nugno Fernandes whom wee set in the first place in this Line mother to D. Fernand Gonsales their sonne First Soueraigne Earle D. Fernand Gonsales first Earle proprietarie of Castille in the yeare 910 he gouerned 32 yeares D. Vrraca his first first wife mother to D. Vrraca D. Sancha Infanta of Nauarre second wife to D. Fernand daughter to D. Sancho Abarca Children D. Gonsal Fernandes D. Sancho Fernandes D. Garci Fernandes D. Pedro father to two sonnes D. Gonsal Nugnes D. Fernandes Gonsales D. Baldwin It is doubtfull by which of his wiues he had these fiue sonnes II. D. Garci Fernandes the third sonne to D. Fernand Gonsales in the yeare 942 hee held the Earldome 48 yeares D. Argentina his first wife a French woman D. Sancha Ogna or Abba his second wife mother to Children D. Garci Roland D. Sancho Garcia D. Vrraca a Nun. III. D. Sancho Garcia the second sonne to D. Garci Fernandes in the yeare 990 he gouerned Castille 38 yeares D. Vrraca his wife mother to Children D. Garcia D. Nugna Queene of Nauarre D. Theresia Queene of Leon. D. Tigrida a Nunne IIII. D. Garcia second of that name slaine at Leon before he was maried so as the Earldome fell to his sister D. Nugna Queene of Nauarre by the right of proximitie V. D. Nugna sister to D. Garcia maried to the king D. Sancho fourth of that name of Nauarre in the yeare 1028 they held the Earldome sixe yeares then they gaue it to D. Fernand their second sonne with the title of a King D. Fernand second sonne The other children of this mariage are named in the line of Nauarre First King of Castille D. Fernand second sonne of D. Sancho fourth of that name of Nauarre had Castille for his portion with the title of a king being the inheritance of his mother D. Nugna in the yeare 1034 he vnited Leon vnto it by his wife D. Sancha and raigned 32 yeares D. Sancha sister to D. Bermund third king of Leon mother among other children to D. Sancho Fernandes D. Alphonso Their other children are named in the line of Leon. II. D. Sancho Fernandes whom we will call the second of that name in regard of the Earle D. Sancho Garcia in the yeare 1067 he raigned 6 yeares died without children and left his realme to his brother D. Alphonso king of Leon. III. D. Alphonso brother to D. Sancho first of that name in Castille and sixt in Leon in the yeare 1073 he raigned 34 yeares 8 moneths D. Ines or Agnes first wife to D. Alphonso a Spaniard D. Constance second wife a Spaniard and mother to D. Vrraca Queene of Castille maried to D. Raimond of Burgondie first by whom shee had D. Sancha D. Alphonso Raymond D. Maria otherwise called Caida a Moore third wife to D. Alphonso mother to D. Sancho D. Berthe fourth wife an Italian D. Isabell fift a Spaniard mother to D. Sancha D. Eluira Queene of Naples D. Beatrix a French woman sixt wife to D. Alphonso By D. Ximena Nugnes de Guzman a Concubine he had D. Eluira Countesse of Tolousa Of another Concubine whose name is not knowne D. Theresa first Countesse of Portugall IIII. D. Vrraca beeing the eldest widow to D. Raymond Earle of Burgondie was hereditarie Queene of Castille and Leon shee tooke to her second husband D. Alphonso king of Nauarre and Arragon first of that name from whom beeing diuorced and liuing loosely in her countrie the Estates did choose D. Alphonso Raymond her sonne for their king during her life yet we will set her in the fourth place D. Alphonso husband to D. Vrraca fourth king of Castille in the yeare 1108 where hee raigned eight yeares V. D. Alphonso Raymond sonne to Raymond of Burgondie and to D. Vrraca in the yere 1122 he raigned 35 yeares and is numbred for the third of that name D. Berenguela daughter to the Earle of Barcelone called D. Raymond Arnold his wife mother to D. Sancho king of Castille D. Fernand king of Leon. D. Isabel or Constance Queene of France D. Sancha or Beacia Queene of Nauarre D. Garcia D. Rica 2 wife to D. Alphonso Raymond aunt to the Emperour Frederic 1 mother to D. Sancha Queene of Arragon D. Marie a concubine mother to D. Estiennette wife to D. Fernand Roderigo el Castellan whose sonne D. Pedro Fernandes de Castro was D. Goutrude sister to Diego Apricio a concubine also mother to D. Vrraca Queene of Nauarre VI. D. Sancho sonne to D. Alphonso Raymond in the yeare 1157 he raigned two yeares the fourth of that name D. Blanche of Nauarre his wife D. Alphonso their sonne VII D. Alphonso sonne to D. Sancho 4 of that name in the yeare
1159 he raigned 55 yeres D. Leonora daughter to Henrie the second king of England Children D. Blanche Queene of France D. Berenguela Queene of Leon. D. Sancho died an infant D. Vrraca Queene of Portugall D. Fernand died young D. Malfade died a virgin D. Constance a Nunne D. Leonora Queene of Arragon D. Henrie King of Castille Two daughters which died in their infancies VIII D. Henrie first of that name sonne to D. Alphonso 4 in the yeare 1214 he raigned about three yeares D. Malfada of Portugall his wife The king D. Henrie beeing dead without children his sister D. Berenguela second daughter to king D. Alphonso seized vpon the realme of Castille to the preiudice of D. Blanche mother to Saint Lewis king of France who was the elder and there setled D. Fernand sonne to her and to D. Alphonso ninth king of Leon. IX D. Ferdinand third of that name sonne to D. Alphonso ninth king of Leon and to D. Berenguela of Castille obtained the realme of Castille to the preiudice of Queene Blanche mother to Saint Lewis in the yeare 1217 and raigned 35 yeares D. Beatrix daughter to the Emperour Philip of whom was borne Lawfull children D. Alphonso D. Frederic D. Ferdinand D. Henrie D. Philip. D. Sancho D. Emanuel D. Leonora not maried D. Berenguela a Nun. By 〈◊〉 or Adella as some write of the house of Poictiers his second wife he had Lawfull children D. Ferdinand D. Lewis D. Leonora In this King the two Realmes of Leon and Castille were vnited and were no more diuided X. King of Castille 31. of Leon. D. ALFONSO sonne to D. Ferdinand 3 numbred for the 5 of that name and 10 in Leon but they that joyne these two Lines accompt him the 11 adding his great grandfather Alfonso 4 of Castille who had no interest in Leon. D. Violant of Arragon his wife by whom he had Children D. Ferdinand called de la Cerde who marryed D Blanche daughter to â— Lewis of France and had D. Alfonso who marryed the Ladie of Lunet named Mâ—lfâ—da daughter to the Vicont of Narbone D. Lewis Earle of Clermont husband to D. Leonora de Guzman D. Iohn Constable of France named by some Charles D. Lewis earl of ClermoÌ„â— D. Iohn de la Cerde D. Isabell wife to Bernard de Foix base the stemme of the house of Medina Celi D. Fernand who had to wife D. Iâ—ane de lara and had one daughter D. Blanche married to D. Iohn Manuell father to D. Ioane Queene of Castille wife to D. Henry the Bastard D. Iohn called de Lara heire to his mother D. Sancho 2. sonne D. Pedro 3. sonne D. Iohn 4. sonne to D. Alfonso the wiâ—e who married D. Maria Lopes Diaâ— heire of Biscaie and had D. Iohn the blind father to one Daughter marryed to D. Iohn Nugnes de Lara D. Iames 5. sonne D. Berenguela D. Beatrix D. Isabell. D. Leonora D. Maior de Gazman a Concubine mother to D. Beatrix Queene of Portugall XI King of Castille 32. of Leon. D. SANCHO second sonne to the King D. Alphonso seized vpon the realme in his fathers life time to frustrat the children of his elder brother D. Ferdinand deceased in the yeare 1284 and raigned about 11 yeares wee number him for the 4 of that name in Castille D. MARIA of Castille daughter to D. Alphonso Lord of Molina his wife Lawfull children D. Isabella Duchesse of Britaine D. Ferdinand D. Alphonso or Philip. D. Henry D. Pedro. D. Beatrix XII King of Castille 33. of Leon. D. FERDINAND sonne to D. Sancho the 4 of that name in the yeare 1295 hee raigned 17 yeares D. Constance of Portugall his wife Children D. Alphonso D. Leonora XIII King of Castille 34. of Leon. D. Alfonso 11 of that name sonne to D. Ferdinand in the yeare 1312 he raigned 38 yeares D. Maria of Portugall his wife Lawfull children D. Ferdinand died in his infancie D. Pedro King By Leonora de Guzman a Concubine he had Bastards D. Pedro. D. Sancho Twins D. Henry D. Frederic D. Ferdinand D. Tello D. Iohn D. Ioane who was wife to Ferdinand de Castro XIIII King of Castille 35. of Leon. D. Pedro the cruell in the yeare 1350 he was lawfull sonne to D. Alfonso or as some hold supposed by the Queene D. Maria who was iealous of the fruitfulnesse of D. Leonora de Guzman he raigned tirannously 18 yeares D. Blanche of Bourbon his wife D. Maria de Padille his Concubine Bastards D. Beatrix D. Constance Duchesse of Lancaster D. Alfonso D. Isabell Countesse of Cambridge D. Ioane de Castro whom he married in the life of Queene Blanche mother to D. Iohn D. Isabella an other Concubine mother to Bastards D. Sancho D. Diego D. Theresa of Ayala vpon promise of marriage brought him D. Maria. XV. King of Castille 36. of Leon. D. Henry 2 of that name base sonne to Alfonso 11 beeing persecuted by the king D. Pedro he had recourse vnto the French by whose ayde he conquered the Realme of Castille and slew the king D. Pedro in the yeare 1368 and raigned 11 yeares D. Ioane Manuell his wife mother to Lawfull children D. Iohn king of Castille D. Leonora Queene of Nauarre D. Leonora Ponce some call her Beatrix a Concubine by her he had D. Frederic duke of Benauent D. Eluira Inigues an other Concubine mother to D. Ioane marryed to D. Alfonso sonne to the Marquesse of Villena Of vncertaine mothers were borne D. Alfonso Earle of Gijon An other daughter married to D. Pedro sonne to the marquesse of Villena XVI King of Castille 37. of Leon. D. Iohn 1 of that name sonne to D. Henry the second in the yeare 1379 hee raigned 11 yeares D. Leonora of Arragon his wife mother to Lawfull children D. Henry D. Ferdinand A daughter which died yong D. Beatrix of Portugall his second wife XVII King of Castille 38 of Leon. D. HENRY third of that name sonne to D. Iohn the first in the yere 1390 he raigned 16 yeares D. KATHERINE of Lancaster his wife Lawfull children D. Marie Queene of Arragon D. Iohn King of Castille D. Katherine XVIII King of Castille 39 of Leon. D. IOHN sonne to D. Henry the third in the yeare 1406 he raigned 48 yeares D. MARIA of Arragon daughter to D. Ferdinand his vncle his wife Lawfull children D. Katherina died yong D. Leonora D. Henry king of Castille D. ISABELL of Portugall his second wife daughter to the infant D. Iohn Master of S. Iames. D. Isabell Queene of Castille D. Alphonso XIX King of Castille 40 of Leon. D. HENRY fourth of that name called the vnable in the yeare 1454 he raigned 21 yeares D. BLANCHE of Nauarre daughter to the king D. Iohn his first wife put away D. IOANS of Portugall his second wife mother to D. Ioane a supposed child XX. King of Castille 41 of Leon. D. ISABELL of Castille sister to king Henry the fourth was Queene of Castille as next of the bloud and lawfull she married with D. FERDINAND Prince of Arragon
Isabel were Isabel. Constance Alphonso By concubines Bastards D. Alphonso author of the familie of Albuquerque D. Peter who gaue himselfe vnto learning and made a booke of the great houses of Spaine D. Iohn D. Ferdinand A daughter maried to D. Iohn de la Cerde Another daughter a Nunne VII D. ALPHONSO the fourth sonne to D. Denis in the year 1325 hee raigned thirtie two yeares D. BEATRIX of Castille his wife mother to D. Pedro King D. Maria. D. Alphonso D. Denis D. Iohn D. Leonora or Fluira Queene of Arragon VIII D. PEDRO 1 of that name son to D. Alphonso 4 in the yere 1357 he raigned 10 yeres D. BLANCHE daughter to D. Pedro king of Castille whom he put away and then maried D. CONSTANCE daughter to D. Iohn Manuel mother to D. Lewis who died an infant D. Ferdinand King D. Marie wife to D. Ferdinand of Arragon D. Beatrix died young By AGNES de Castro a clandestine mariage D. Alphonso D. Iohn D. Denis D. Beatrix Countesse of Albuquerque D. Theresa Gallega a concubine D. Iohn who was King IX D. FERDINAND sonne to D. Pedro in the yere 1367 he raigned seuenteene yeres D. LEONORA TELLES de Meueses his wife D. Beatrix queene of Castille By a concubine he had Isabella Countesse of Gijon X. D. IOHN first of that name base sonne to the king D. Pedro he got the realme by his sword and also by election in the yere 1385 from D. Iohn king of Castille and D. Beatrix his wife He was before master of Auiz He raigned 49 yeres D. PHILIP of Lancaster an English woman his wife mother to D. Blanche D. Alphonso D. Edward king D. Pedro duke of Coimbra who maried D. Isabel of Arragon and had D. Pedro Constable who thought to be king of Arragon D. Iohn king of Cypres D. Isabel queene of Portugall D. Philip a Nunne D. Iames a Cardinall D. Beatrix wife to the Lord of Rauestaine D. Henrie duke of Viseo D. Isabel duchesse of Bourgondie D. Iohn Master of Saint Iames father to D. Isabel who was queene of Castille D. Ferdinand Master of Auiz Besides these lawfull children the king D. Iohn had by D. Agnes a concubine D. Beatrix Countesse of Arundel D. Alphonso Earle of Oren and Barcellos and duke of Bragance XI D. EDVVARD sonne to D. Iohn the first in the yere 1433 he raigned fiue yeres D. LEONORA of Arragon daughter to D. Ferdinand the first his wife mother to Children D. Alphonso king D. Ferdinand Duke of Viseo who maried D. Beatrix daughter to his vncle D. Iohn Master of S. Iames and had D. Leonora queene D. Dominike D. Emanuel king D. Isabel Duchesse of Bragance D. Philip a daughter D. Leonora wife to the Emperour Frederic the third D. Katherine D. Ioane queene of Castille XII D. ALPHONSO fift of that name sonne to D. Edward in the yeare 1438 and raigned 43 yeres D. ISABEL daughter to his vncle D. Pedro Duke of Coiâ—bra his wife mother to D. Iohn who died young D. Ioane D. Iohn king whom some call Ferdinand and make him father to Iohn which raigned and adde a third sonne D. Henrie XIII D. IOHN second of that name son to D. Alphonso the fift in the yere 1481 he raigned foureteene yeres D. LEONORA daughter to D. Ferdinand Duke of Viseo mother to D. Alphonso who died before his father By D. Anna de Mendosa a concubine D. George Master of S. Iames and Auiz XIIII D. EMANVEL Sonne to D. Ferdinand duke of Viseo by right and also by the nomination of king Iohn was king of Portugal in the yeare 1495 and raigned 26 yeares he maried first D. ISABELL eldest Daughter to D. Ferdinand and D. Isabell Kings of Castille and Arragon mother to D. Michel who liued little D. MARIA Sister to the said D. Isabell his second wife by whome hee had D. Iohn king D. Isabell Queene of Castille and Empresse D. Beatrix Duchesse of Sauoy D. Lewis father to D. Anthony the Bastard chosen king after Cardinall Henry his Vncle. D. Henry Cardinall D. Alfonso Cardinall D. Catherine D. Ferdinand D. Edward husband to Isabell daughter to Iohn or Iaime duke of Bragance had Marie duchesse of Parma Catherine duchesse of Bragance wife to Iohn second sonne to Theodosius Edward an after birth died in the yere 1576. D. Anthony he died soone after he was borne D. LEONORA sister to the Emperour Charles the fift mother to D. Charles he died an Infant D. Marie who being 56 yeres old died at Lisbone in the yeare 1578. XV. D. IOHN 3 of that name Sonne to D. Emanuell king of Portugall in the yeare 1521 he raigned thirty and sixe yeares D. CATHERINE sister to the Emperour Charles his wife mother to D. Alfonso D. Marie Princesse of Castille D. Catherine D. Beatrix D. Emanuell D. Philip. D. Iohn Prince father to D. Sebastian husband to D. Ioane daughter to the Emperour Charles D. Anthonie XXI D. SEBASTIAN Sonne to the Prince D. Iohn in the yeare 1557 hee raigned one and twentie yeares and died in Afrike leauing no heires XVII D. HENRY Cardinall Archbishop of Ebora sonne to the King D. Emanuel in the yeare 1578 he raigned about a yeare and a halfe XVIII D. PHILIP 2 king of Castille vnited the Realme of Portugall to Castille by force after the Cardinals death in the yeare one thousand fiue hundred and eighty and held it eighteene yeares XIX D. PHILIP the third doth now hold this Realme ⧠Archbishops of Toledo Eugenius first Archbishop Pelagius Patruuius Turibio Quince Vincent Paulacius or Pauiat Natalis Audens Astur Isicius Maioran Castin Melancius Campeius Cintuacinus Patron Paramacius Peter 1. Celsus Montanus Iulian 1. Bacchand Peter 2. Eufemius Excipius Adelphius Aurasius Heladius Iustus Eugenius 2. Eugenius 3. Illefonsus Quiricius Iulian 2. Sesebert or Sicarius S. Felix Gunderic or Guttiere Sinderic Opas Vrbain In the time of the Moores Peter Cixilas After the Conquest of the Citie of Toledo from the Moores Bernard Abbot of Sahagun Raymond Iohn 1. Celebrun Gonsal 1. Martin Roderigo Ximenes Iohn 2. Guttiere 2. Pascal Sancho 1. Sancho 2 Infant of Arragon Gensal 2 Cardinall Guttiere 3. Gonsal 3. Iohn 3 Infant of Arragon Ximene de Luna Gill Carillo d' Albornos Cardinall Blaise Blasco Gomez Manrique Pedro Tenorio 4. Pedro de Luna 5 Sancho de Roias Iohn de Contreras 4. Iohn de Cerezuela 5. Guttiere Gomes de Toledo Alfonso Carillo de Acugna Pedro Gonsal de Mendosa a Cardinal Francis Ximenes a Cardinall William of Croy. Alfonso Fonseca of Azeneda Iohn Tauera Cardinall Iohn Martines Siliceo Cardinall Frier Barthelmew Carranza de Miranda 76. Archbishops Moores Gouernors vnder the Miralmumins or kings of Affrike Musa in the yeare 714 Tarif Abdulazis tooke the royal diademe at Seuille Aiub who restored the ancient Bilbilis and called it Calataiub Alabor Adam Abderrahamen Iahea Adaifa Alcazazin Hieman Autuman Alhatan Manes Mahumet Abderrahamen Abdimelic Abubacar Redoan Toaba Ioseph Soueraigne kings at Cordoua ouer the other Princes Moores in Spaine
of Castile ill intreated by the widow 531 she is murthered by the Queenes commandement 532 Leagues full of Infidelity 573 Leonora Queene of Nauar light and vnkinde 622 League against Aluar de Lara the Constable 690 League treated to the preiudice of the king of Castile 643 Leonora of Arragon restrained by the king of Castile 697 League made by the king of Nauar broken 730 Learning cherished by D. Alphonso king of Arragon 756 Leonora Pimentel Countesse of Plaisance of a noble courage 820 Lewis of Beaumont affects the realme of Nauarre 861. he is made Marquis of Huesca 954 League made against the Venetians 879 Learning and armes vnited make a man compleat 1182 Legionary souldiers inuented by Card. Ximenes 928 League against the Emperor Charles 975 Letters from king Charles to discharge Cardinall Ximenes 957 League betwixt the Pope and Emperor 918 Lewis Prince of Sauoy dies in Spaine 996 League made by the Princes of Germany and the French king against the Emperor 1035 League concluded betwixt the Pope king of Spaine and the Venetians 1160 Liberty deere to the Spaniards 28 Liberty of Christians among the Moores in Spaine 187 Limits betwixt Nauar and Arragon 287 Lisbone taken from the Moores 297 Limitation of the Authority of Iustice Maior of Arragon 524 Lisbone spoiled and burnt by the king of Portugal 585. beseeged by the Castillans 604 Liberality of the new king of Portugal 612 Lisbone made an Archbishoprike 621 Liberty of religion granted to the Moores 940 Limits of the Spaniards and Portugals nauigations made by the Pope 950 Libraty gathered by Diego Colombus 881 Lima called the city of kings 1007 Lisbone refuseth the king of Spaines letters 1206 it yeelds to king Philip. 1214 Loue of subiects to their Prince 205 Loyalty and integrity of D. Pedro d' Ansures 274 Lope de Hiterâ— made Bishop of Cordoua 371 Loyalty ill rewarded makes a good seruant desperate 509 Loues of D. Pedro king of Castile 533 Loue of the Earle of Lerin to the Prince Don Charles 754 Loues and vanities of Henry called the Vnable king of Castile 760 Loose life of Ioane Queene of Castile 801 Lords holding the party of Fernand and Isabella and their opposits 846 Loue of a brother to his brother 872 Loxa beseeged by the Castillans 916 Lord of Chaux sent for a third Gouernor into Spaine 943 Logâ—ogne beseeged by the French and releeued by the Castillans 965 Losse receiued by the pirats of Arger 1129 Lussus of whom comes Lusitania 6 Lusitanians defeated by Catinus 86 Lucullus retires from Palenza with shame 97 Lusitanians reuolt and defeat the Romains 109 Lust of D. Alphonso king of Castile 315 M MAdrid sometimes called Mantua 11 Maiorquins expert in slings 21 Manners of the Spaniards in general 29 Magnanimity of the Numantins ibid. Masinissa a cruel Aduersary to the Romans 46 L. Martius chosen general of the Roman army 48 Maiesty ioyned with modesty in P. Scipio 52 L. Martius honoured by Scipio 57 Mandonius and Indibilis reuolt to the Romans 58 Massiua Nephew to Masâ—â—issa prisoner to the Romans 60 Mago and Masinissa charge the Romans 63 Masinissa practised by Sillanus 65 Mago brother to Hanibal hopes to recour Spaine 72. hee spoiles the Gaditans 74. hee makes a vaine attempt vpon new Carthage 75 Manner of the Empurians lyuing 80 Magnanimity clemency of Brutus to rebels 104 Mancinus called to Rome to answer the ignominious accord made with the Numantins 105. he is deliuered bound to the Numantins ibid. Martirs at Saragossa 123 Manners of the Arabians 161 Mahumet his birth and country ibid. his doctrine published in Heraclius time ibid. his death and childreÌ„ 162. he was ignorant of al learning 163 Magnuza a Christian seruing the Moores forceth Pelagius sister 169 Marriage secretly made seuerely punished 179 Martirs vnder the Moores 211 Marriage for loue vnfortunate ibid. Marriage betwixt a Christian and an Infidel reproued of God 220 Marriage of D. Alphonso king of Castile with a Moore 257 Marriage of the daughter of Cid Ruis Dias 262 Maiorca taken by the Cattelans 266 Marriage of the Countesse of Portugal detestable 271 Magnanimity of king D. Alphonso 274 Manrique de Lara slaine before Huete 312 Marriage betwixt Lewis of France and D. Blanch of Castile 336 Marriage of D. Henry king of Castile forced 351 Marriage of the king D. Sancho Capello 358 Marriage of the Infant of Castile with D. Violant of Arragon 378 Marriage of D. Frederic of Castile with Blanche daughter of France 395 Manfroy vanquished and slaine by the French 413 Marriage of Charles 1 king of Nauarre 475 Mary of Naples Queene of Maiorca vnchast 502 Maiorca conquered by the king of Arragon 520 Massaker of Iewes in Nauarre 476 Mahumet king of Granado murthered by his subiects 495 Marriage of D. Pedro king of Arragon with the Infanta of Portugal 523 Marriage treated of betwixt D. Pedro king of Castile and Blanch of Bourbon 533 Malandrins pasâ—e into Spaine 566 Marriage vnlawful of the king of Portugal 583 Marriage of D. Martin of Arragon with Mary heire of Sicile 621 Marriage betwixt the heire of Albuquerque and the king of Castiles brother 628 Maiority of D. Henry king of Castile 614 Marriage of D. Martin king of Sicile and Donna Blanch of Nauarre 667 Marriage of D. Martin king of Arragon with D. Ioane of Prades 673 Marriage betwixt D. Alphonso of Arragon and D. Maria of Castile 677 Madera discouered 681 Marriage forced betwixt D. Henry of Arragon and D. Catherina of Castile 683 Marseilles surprized by the king of Arragon 687 Mahumet defeated and Granado taken by Ioseph Aben Almao 702 Magnanimity of Alphonso king of Arragon 710 Marriage of the Prince of Castile with the Infanta of Nauar. 717 Mariage of the king of Nauarre with D. Ioane Henriques 727 Manner of reforming Nuns in Castile 754 Marquis of Villena becomes a pentioner to the French king 77â— Magnanimity of the Infanta D. Isabella 795 Magnanimity and Iustice of D. Alphonso of Castâ—e 802 Marriage concluded betwixt Charles Duke of Guienne and D. Ioane of Castile 824 Marriage of Iohn Prince of Portugal with D. Leonora of Viseo 829 Marshall of Nauarre treacherously slaine 832 Massacre of the new Christians 834 Marquis of Santillana surprizeth Carion 839 Marquis of Villena taken prisoner by his competitor 841. he beginnes to adhere to king Fernand and Isabella 854. hee is reconciled vnto them 877 Mahumetaine hermite a murtherer 925 Malaga yeelded to the king of Castile 926 Mastership of Calatraua incorporated to the crowne of Castile 934 Marquis of Villena valiant and charitable 937 Marriage betwixt the Infant D. Alphonso of Portugal and Isabel of Castile 938 Mastership of Saint Iames in the king of Castiles hands as Administrator 949 Marriage of the king of Arragon with Germaine of Foix. 880 Mastiues receiued pay among the Spaniards at the Indies 916 Magellanes and Fallero Portugals serue in Castile 923 Magnanimity of Cardinal Ximenes 947 Marquis of Aguilar Gouernor to D.