he taken by Tamerlano his sonnes fled awaye before the furie of y e victoriouse enemie who had berafte them the whole empire of the lesse Asia and when they came into Gretia they happened into the hands of the Emperour of Constantinople who preserued their liues and helde them vnder good garde and after the death of Tamerâ—ano he licensid the eldest sonne Calapino to passe into Asia wheare when he was ariued he was forthe with gratfullye receued of the people and in short time recoueryd the Empire whiche once was his fathers after that retorned into his state gouernement in Gretia from thence went against y e king of hungari who went then for aide to Charles the vi Kinge of Fraunce who graunted him a greate numbre of men at armies vnder the conducte and guide of Iohn Counte of Niuerse who afterwarde succyded his father in the gouernance and principalitie of the Duchie of Borgonie and of many other Captaines as it is some thing plainely declared alredye by vs in the Frenche Historie and in the life of the afore saide Charles the syxte also that when there were defeycted in hungarye at Mychopollye eyghte hundred Frenche launces the afore sayde Iohn with manye other noble men of Fraunce was taken prysoner for the summe of two hundred thousand ducates were set at lybertye by the afore said Calapino theÌ„ died this same Calapino left Orca his sone but Moises his brother succided him in his Kingdome who berafte Orca not only of his kingdome but also of his life but he long enioyed not that kingdom so wickedly gotten but died in shorte space after lefte his brother Mahometh to succede in his place who afterwarde made warres vpon the people of Valachia a stoute nation dwelling neare the mouth of the ryuer Danubio giuiÌ„g them many ouerthroes and consuming their contrey with continuall courses and spoiles compelled them to search appointment and to giue trybute after all this he emploied his force against certaine noble men of the Turkishe nation which dwelled in Asya and he fell to agrement with some of them and the greatest numbre of them he banished from their contreys and dominions and toke them cleane from them This Mahometh duryng hys raigne handled the christians that were hys subiects very cruelly and dyd plague them with sondrye tyranies wheÌ„ Mahometh died he left his Kingdome to Amorath his sonne who was then in Natolia vpon the fronters with an armye by the commaundement of his father for the garde therof who hearing of the death of hys father came with all spede of Calcedone to passe y e straite and so to entre into his dominions of Gretia but the Emperor of Constantinople dyd prohibite him the passage for a long season with his nauie and set Mustaffa the yongest sonne of Baiazith at libertie and also gaue hym ayde to recouer hys fathers kyngdome but when Mustaffa and Amorath were once ioyned in battayll Mustaffa with his power was sone defeicted Amorath with his armie remained there with the victorie vpon y e place and easyly possessid the dominions and kingdome of his father after that he brought his armie into Gretia and with continuall courses dyd so spoyle and impouerishe those prouinces that yet rested in the handes of the christians and lad his armie to the citie Thesalonica which was then possessyd by the Venetyanes by vertue of a graunt made vnto them by Theodoro son to Emanuell Emperor of Constantinople and toke it by force and sacked it and lefte it in maner deserte and folowing on the race of his victorie entred in to Epirro which of men of this age is called Lartha froÌ„ thence into the contreis of the people called Etolli contreis in ancient time of great power and nobilitie and at thys daye are ioyned to the gouernance of Macedonia wheÌ„ he had thus taken them he annexed them to his crown And shortly after he entred into Illiria whiche at thys daye is called Schiauonia in y e which their is contained Dalmatya Croacya and Istria with the people called Iburni he ouer ran it with exceding great spoile and destruction therof also he toke there certaine townes and caried awaye from thence an inestimable proye of men and catel And bycause among the Turkes it was lawful for one maÌ„ to haue many wiues Amorath although he had alredie a great nuÌ„ber of wiues yet he ioyned him selfe in mariage with a daughter of George Dispotto of Seruia but making smal acompte of y e band of affinitie with in short space after he entred into Seruia as an enemie with his armie but George knowing his force not sufficient to resiste the power and furie of his sonne in lawe furnished with men monition the citie of Sinderonia and left in it one of his sonnes for the defence therof and he with his wife children and familie fled in to Hungarie and caryed wyth hym a greate numbre of prestes Amorath in a shorte time became lord of al Seruia then laste of all with his armie went to Sinderonia and toke it by force and finding in it the sonne of y e dispotto he plucked out both his eies caried him prisoner with him when George had thus loste his contrey he continued in hungarie many yeres in exile tell on a time Iohn the vaiuoda which then gouerned hungarie entred iÌ„to Saruia This vaiuoda was acompted for his great Iudgement in warres one of y e most famouse captaines of Europe and had giuen to diuers of the Turkes Sauigiachi many ouerthroes and recouerid out of the hands of the said Turke a great parte of the contre of the afore named Dispotto but he restored him not to all that which he had recoueryd for some parte of it he gaue to his captaines other he helde to him selfe perswading him selfe that he had great reason so to doe coÌ„sidering that it was he that had recoueryd it and therfore thought it good to holde some part of it for him self and some for his frinds and the rather for that he knew the dispotto not worthye to be trusted for so much as as he put no difference betwene the Christian relygyon and the Mahometan and for that hys contrey laye betwene the hungarianes and y e Turks and wolde nowe enter in league with the one and then with the other and deceaue them both but nowe retorning to speke of Amorath a man truely of great power also of greate vnderstanding in warres who when he had brought vnder fote those noble men of his nation that helde anye parcell of his dominion and had reduced to his obedyence all the lesse Asia with pontho and Capadotia so that all those that dwellid in it were his excepte onely Caromano prince of Cilitia Asmabeco which gouerned in Armenia neare to the floode uphrates and the lord of Scandalaro which far beionde the citie of
of Corintho and besegid it bothe by sea and land when Mahomethe was aduertized of the arriualle of the venetianes and of the great daunger that Corintho was in he put his Nauie to the sea and embarqued his armie gyuinge them commission to haste with all celeritie toward Corintho as sone as the infidele armie was landed in Morea they assailed forth with the walle of Esmilia and laide their batteries to it whervpon the Christianes not beinge able to stande to the defence therof gaue it ouer to the enemies and retired to their campe the which as sone as the Turckes Captaines espied they forthe with cut throughe the walle and entred marching on with their armie towarde the enemie who refused not y e battayle but marched also towarde them and withoute delaie ioined with them in battaile which contynuinge for the space of certaine houres was bothe terrible bloddie and in the ende the Christianes being werie and not able to endure the force of the Turckes whoe contynually supplied y â— fighte with freshe and reposed squadrones in the place of the weried and spoyled began to retire toward the sea thincking to saue them selues by fleing to their Nauie and brake their order and being folowed by the Turckes horsemen were slaine and taken in great numbre and loste also their artillerie munition and cariadge and in this sort was the sege of Corintho raised and then with great triumphe retorned the infidels to Constantinople leading with them the Christian prisoners enchayned as sone as they were there arriued they caused a great number of them with great crueltie to be cut in peces in the market place the reste they lad with them lyke flockes of shepe throughe the Townes of Asia solde them for slaues in euery place y â— they passed by The Venetianes beinge greatly discoraged throughe this defeicte and fearing that they had procured to them the Turcks indignation by y â— meanes of the soodden warres which they had made vpon him wherupon they addressed them forth with to the pope â— sent their Oratours to Rome to desire and solicite thâ— pope with greate instance to make warres vpon thâ— Turcke and to haste the iorney into Asia declaring vâ— to him that if he deferred the tyme Mahometh shoulde haue good commoditie to take all the townes in Gretiâ— that were in the possession of the Christians and cheifely those that were vpon the sea coaste by meanes wher of they shoulde not be able to maintaine any Nauie vp on that coaste hauinge no hauens nor goolfes at their commaundemente the Byshoppe althoughe he knewe that to be true which they said being very sorie to consider the peryl wherin they were dyd put them in good hope that he wolde acomplishe their request althoughe in dede he sawe no meanes howe to doe it for that he coulde get no aide from beyonde the mountaines for as much as the case eas such that after that the councell of Mantoa was licensyd all Europe was fylled with diuision and priuate innimities and regarded not at al the good determination of y e generall enterprise against the infidels agreed vpoÌ„ at Mantoa for in Almanie there was warres betwene the Duke of Bauera and the Saxons and ether parte employed their frindes and by that meane drewe to them the greatest parte of Almanie The Emperour pretending to succide in the roiall seate of Hungarie his Nephewe Laodislao kinge therof wolde not endure that the king Mathias should possesse it wherfore he emploied all his force against y â— Hungarianes The Frenshe kinge beinge much offendyd with the pope for that he crowned and admitted to the seate Royall of Pulia the kinge Ferdinando a bastarde sonne of the king Alsonso not regrading at al the righte that the kinge Renato of Angio his cosen had to the afore saide kingdome dyd not onelye refuse to send aide to this generall enterprise but threatned the pope continually to send his armie into Pulia The Inglishe men whiche were neuer wonte to fayle in anye enterprise agaist the enemies of the Christian faithe being sore vexed with Ciuile warres hauinge two kinges liuing at once which soughte no meanes but onely howe the one mought chase the other oute of the realme the people beinge deuided y e one parte fauoring henry their auncient kinge the whiche by Edward Duke of yorke was chased oute of the Realme the other sorte soughte â—o maintaine the partie of kinge Edwarde vnto whom y e Duke of Burgonie gaue aide and Loise the Frenshe kinge aided the kinge henry whose sonne with y â— counte of warwicke entred England gaue battaile to kinge Edward In Spaine the citie of Burcelona in the conâ—rey of Catalonia reuolted against their prince the king Iohn of Arragone kinge of Nauarre and were ayded maintained against him by the kinge of Castilia on the other syde the Frenshe kinge gaue ayde to the kinge Iohn of Nauarre to recouer againe his righte who was encamped before the citie with his power and for y â— that god wolde not that anye parte of Europe shoulde be at quiete he sturred vp in Fraunce the Duke Iohn sonne to the king Renato of Angio who passed into y â— kingeâ—ome of Naples with a greate Nauie of Galleys shippes and while he was there he so practized that he diuiâ—ed the whole force of Italie the one parte therof fauoâ—ing the house of Angio and the other parte the house of Aragone so that in those warres all the nobilitie of y â— kingdome as men oute of their wittes deuided them selues into sondrie factiones not onely they of the kingdome but of all the states of Italiâ— The Venetianes Genoueses with diuerse other princes fauored the parâ—ie of the Duke Iohn The pope and the Duke of Mylâ—ane discouered them selues in the fauour of y â— king Ferâ—ante and sent him diuers bandes bothe of horsemen â—otemeÌ„ The florentines althoughe generally they were â—nclyned to fauour the Frenshe partie by meanes of â— league made betwene the house of Angio and them and were bounde to the kinge Renato yet notwithstanding being gouerned by the appetite of their rules they were perswaded that it was not good for them to take parte in so gerat warres and to enter into newe charges but to stande as newtres but in dede they showed â—hem selues fryndes to the house of Aragone whervpon forthwith they cassed many of their bandes with the lorde Simonetto one of their chiefe conductours and permitted them to serue the kinge ferrante thus secretly they ayded the partie of Arragone wherupon the pope beinge empeched by meanes of these emotions determined to defer the purposed enterprise against the Turcke vntyll suche tyme as the deuisiones and tumultes of Europe and chiefly those of Italie were appeased wherupon he departed from Siena rteorned to Rome purposing to acquiet and redresse the temporall state of his church which was maruelously disordered shaken by
lesser for that he commaunded them before hand to flee with their goods and cattell into places of force and securitie so that the Turckes founde them selues greatly deceaued and abused the same nighte they lodged vpoÌ„ the syde of the ryuer called Mathia and rested them as thoughe they had ben at home in their countrey but Scanderbeg enemye of all sluggishenes the daye folowinge aboute nonne came with his 7. thousand horsemeÌ„ to a mountaine whiche ioyned to the plaine where they encamped then with certaine of his Captaines went vp to the toppe of the hill to consyder and beholde in what strengthe his enemyes dyd lye and whether he moughte haue anye occasyon to assayle them vpon the sudden When Scanderbeg was vpon the heighte of the mountaine he sawe the Turckes lying withoute garde vnder the trees in shodowe and in their tentes for it was in the hotest tyme of the sommer and in the myddest of the daye wherfore he departed from the mountaine and went to horse with all his souldiours and began to ryde in greate hast towarde the Turckes met with their scoute and slewe them immediatly al sauing one who with the spede of his horse escaped to y e campe crying in this sorte Scanderbeg is bere Scanderbeg is here But ScaÌ„derbeg in person folowed him and coulde not ouergett him for that he had so muche grouÌ„de before him at the first Then ScaÌ„derbeg coÌ„maunded to sownde the alarme with all suche instrumentes as they had and then gaue in vpon them with suche force vnprouided as they were that in the fyrst charge he put them in suche disorder and flyghte as was meruelouse to se so that he slewe of them there 30. thousaÌ„d vpon the place and all y e euer y e Sangiacho Amesabeg neuewe to Scanderbeg rebelle against him coulde doe or saye coulde not staye them from ronning awaye wherfore in the ende thys same Amesabeg with Mesithebeg bothe Sangiachi w t 500. Turckes moe were taken prisoners and Isaach the Bassa with suche scatered Turckes as were lyuing fled and was folowed for a certaine tyme and great execution done vpon his people After this Scanderbeh deuided the spoyle to his souldiours acording to his acustumed order there were slayne of his souidiours 60. This done he retorned to his confynes and made acourse into the countre of his enemies and sacaged it burned a greate parte therof and retorned into his countre with an exceding great boutie safely gaue thancks to God for his great victorie The Turcke rested not for this but sent newe bands to garde his confynes with two other Captaines y e one of them was named Hannebeg and the other Sinanbeg with expressed commaundement not to deale with Scanderbeg nor to enter his countre onles they receaued froÌ„ him other commissyon and this he dyd for that he sawe he coulde not ouercome Scanderbeg and therfore he determyned to proue yf he moughte preuayle against some other princes wherfore he toke in hand fyrst the enterprise against the Imperiall Citie of Constantinople in shorte tyme toke it flewe the Emperour therof with an infinite number of Citizens and other Christians then conquered al his state in the yere 1453. After this he went against the afore named Dispotto of Seruia a prince of great welthe possessinge a maruelous masse of golde and siluer by meane of certaine mines that he had not withstandinge he chased him oute of his countre in the yere 1459. After this he went against the kinge of Bossina and toke him caused him to be sawed a sonder in the middest and toke his state Then Scanderbeg beholdinge the great prosperitie of his enemye in the preiudice and subuersion of the Catholique faithe threating also to take the countres of dyuerse Christian princes determined to goe and encouÌ„tre with the two Captaines aforesayd In this meane tyme the ambassadours of the pope Pio the. 2. and of the kinge Ferrante kinge of Puglia and of Scicile passed the Fero and went to Scanderbeg saying moste noble prince we gyue thyne excellentie to vnderstande in the behalfe of oure lordes and Masters that the Duke Iohn soÌ„ne to the king Renato of FrauÌ„ce is comme with a great power of Frenshe men into the kingdome of Sicille against your deare frinde the king Ferrante and there are reuolted against the kinge takinge parte with the aforesayde Duke the princes of Taranto and Bossano with the greatest part of the nobilitie of that kingdome and he hathe entertained in his paie y e CouÌ„tie Iames Piocinino with all his regiment so that his armie is very great and stronge and he hath alredie conquered the whole kingdome sauinge onelye Napls Capua Auersa Gaieta Troia and Barletta where the king is nowe straitely beseeged and in daunger to be taken and the power of the pope and y e kinge can not passe ouer to succour him wherfore the popes hollynes and oure kinge also desyre your highnes in most ernest wise that it maie please you to comme into Puglia in his fauour and when the ambassadours had this sayde they presented vnto him the popes bulles w t the kinges letters wherin there was conteyned y e lyke of that which they had declared by mouthe Then Scanderbeg beinge greatly affected towardes the popes hollynes and the holly catholique churche of Rome and for that also he was entred into great fryndshippe with the kinge Alfonso father to Ferrante fermer and tributarie to the aforesayde Byshoppe he determyned to ayde him with all his power possyble and so after great entertainemeÌ„t made to the ambassadours he licensed them in very cortese sorte and forthe w t sent one of his chiefe Captaines his Nephewe named Cairo Stroisio a man of great vnderstandinge and worthines with 500. chosen horsemen who passed the sea and landed in that parte of the countre that yet helde for the kinge Ferrante where he dyd great good by meanes of his worthines In the meane tyâ—e Scanderbeg made a treues forone yere with the Tâ—â—cke by meanes wherof he had as good oportunitie as he coulde haue wyshed for so muche as shortely before the ariuale of the ambassadours aforesayd there came a messager from y e Turcke to demauÌ„de peace of Scanderbeg but he was departed w toute grauÌ„t therof for he was fully determyned to deale with the Turckes Captaines that laie vpon the confynes but as sone as he vnderstode of this he sent his curreuers after the ambassadour and caused him to retorne and then concluded the aforesaid trewse After this he committed his state into the handes of his welbeloued wife and others his most faithful frinds and appointed to defend them a worthie Captaie with sufficient number of souldiours and when he had hired a greate number of shyppes and galleys and other vesselles for y e sea he caused his armie to embarcke in them beinge well furnished of horses and coursers of greate price and with aboundance of virtuall
the hatte of a Cardinale for that he was alredie pronounced in the concistorie at Rome in the moneth before and also to gyue y e Regale corone to Scanderbeg and to make hym kynge of Epirro and of all the whole Albania and when he had so coronned him to gyue him trōchion appointing him general of the Croisade and in that sorte to procede to the vtter distruction of the Mahometane secte When the Turcke therfore vnderstode this he sent the afore named Mustaffa his ambassadour to Scanderbeg with a letter of this effecte The great and mightie prince Mahomethe Emperour of all partes of y e worlde from the East to the West to thee magnificent Scanderbeg prince of the Epirotts I haue none occasion to sende thee greting nor to wyshe the helthe as well for that thou hast broken the peace made betwyne vs as also in that thou hast not holden thy promised faythe but hast done me so manye manifest wronges notwithstanding for so muche as I vnderstande that the Venetians myne enemyes haue deceaued thee and caused the so to doe for this I wyll haue somme respecte towarde the haue y e partly for excused so to pardone the these offences so that thou wylte be cōtentyd nowe to make peace with me which is to confyrme the tenour and conditiones of the last peace made betwyne vs and that thou shalte swere this seconde peace so confyrmed vpon the faythe which thou owest to thy God for so muche as I am thorowly perswaded that yf thou haddest sworne y ◠fyrste that the Venetianes nor any others coulde haue caused thee to breake it wherfore I beseche thee if that my request maye haue anye place with the that thou wylte make this second peace with an othe and I swere vnto thee vpon my fayth that I wyll obserue my promes in euery condition and neuer to molest thee but to be alwaies profytable and frindely to thee and redie to honor the and otherwise I doe assure thee that I wyll leue all other enterprise and wyll contynually folowe and plague thee in suche sorte that yf thou escape with thy lyfe I wyl banishe the thy countrey and then it shal be seen whyther the Venetianes be able to maintaine y e against me or no thou beinge a symple meane prince of that parte of Albania whiche thou nowe posessist and I am Emperour kynge and prince of so manye powers and countreys that thou shalte neuer be able to w tstand my furye wherfore haue regarde to thy selfe and make this peace with good will to the ende that thou mayest dye lorde of thy countrey and leaue that honor to thy posteritie otherwyse it shalbe to thy hindrance thou maist gyue credite to my seruante and abassadour Mustaffa in all thinges that he shall saye vnto thee from Constantinople the. 7. of Maye 1463. After that Scanderbeg had herde the ambassadour and red the letter which the Turcke had sent him he wrote him aunswere in this sorte The souldiour of Iesus Christ George Castrioth some tyme named Scāderbeg prince of the Albaneses to the excellent Mahometh prince of the Turckes gretinge forsomuche as I vnder stande by thyne ambassadour Mustaffa and by thy letter also the great complaintes and iniuries wherwith thou chargest me I am enforced to aunswere and to saye vnto the that I doe not repent me at al in that that I haue in this sorte brokē the peace with thee for it is not lawfull for the great prince to make his wyll a lawe and to disdaigne the lesser as thou hast done me in that that on a tyme a peace beinge made betwyne vs thou immediatly brakest it with thy faythe also and that this is true God is my witnesse and the worlde also knoweth it that whylest I dwelled in peace assuring my selfe vpon thy promes thy souldiours dyd greatly endomage me whervpon I sent my messager to thee to whome thou gauest aunswere that thou woldest chastize them that had so offended notwithstanding thy promptnesse was torned into aire and I remayned frustrate and the offenders withoute pūnishment which doth playnly declare it to be done by thy consent wherfore knowe thou that I had great reason to redresse my wronges and not to make scrupule in breaking of peace with him which estymeth not peace but dothe immagine howe to abuse y e worlde and then wyll saye that the Venetianes haue deceaued me who alwayes obserue their promes not as thou doest And therfore I gyue the fully to vnderstande that in no case I wyll make peace with thee thoughe I be as symple a prince as pleasythe God thou so mighty and puissante an Emperour as thou sayest euen from the Orient to the y e Occident which no man saieth but onely thou which throughe thyne audatitie pride and presumption doest arogantly take vpon the to vsurpe suche an Imperiall name which onely appertaineth to the Emperour of Rome which is coroned by the pope of Rome beinge goddes vicar on earthe and thou by the permission of God arte becomme a mightie tyran to punishe the wickednesse of the Christianes for the whiche thou thinckest it lawfull to vsurpe so excellent a name wherby thou makest them laughe y ◠rede it forsomuche as the worlde is deuided into thre principal partes that is Asia Affrica and Europa the fyrste is in maner as great as bothe the other and is deuided into Asia y e greater and the lesser in the lesser whiche is called Natolia are many kingdomes wherof thou possessest onely that parte whiche I by myne industrie haue broughte into subiection of thy house which is a smale portion in comparison of the rest In the greater there are very manie kingdomes in the which thou hast nothinge to doe In Affrica there are excedinge manye kyngdomes and prouinces wherof thou possessyst no iote but in Europe which is almost the greatest inhabitation of the worlde there are manye kingdomes and prouinces of whiche y e possessest onely Tracia Gretia Seruia Bossina More a Bulgaria Achaia Magnesia Mitelline and certaine others which were and shalbe of the possessiones of the Christianes wherefore I doe not a litle maruell that y ◠whiche canst gyue me good councell canst so suffer thy selfe to be blynded with ambition that thou doeste not consyder what thou sayest and althoughe that for oure scourge thou arte becomme a great tyran possessing in Asia Europa moe then thyrtie prouinces yet I gyue the to vnderstande that I esteme the not for all that but doe truste in my lorde Iesus Christ that he wyll cause a thousand hethennes to fall downe before the face of ten Christianes so that I am not to be diswaded nether for flatterie nor threatning onles that thou wyll openly embrace the Christian faith wherin of a childe thou ha◠ben instructed and also that thou wylte cause al thy subiectes to be baptized and doinge acording to that parte of the Alchorane which saieth that the Gospell
Setalia doth possesse that part of Cilicia that doth face the Iste of Cipres and although that Amorath had determined in his minde y e enterprise against y e hungarianes yet he thought it good to make him selfe lord of y e rest of Gretia or at y e leaste to leaue them his frynds at hys backe wherupon he entred into Peloponesso which at this daye is called morea and from thence marched on with his armies to y e straite which beig in breddeth but fiue thousād pases doth deuide Peloponesso frō the rest of Gretia in sorte that if this distraite of y e land were cut through Peloponesso shold be Isle enufroned w t y ◠seas Egeo and Ionio there rased y e walle of Esmillia y e which in tim paste was made by the Greekes for a strengeth to their contre Cōstantainte y e dispotto who at that time possessed it seing him selfe not able to defend it dyd groe to an appointment with him and agred to giue him a certaine tribute and by that meanes made peace with him When Amorathe had thus broughte to passe the affares of Peloponesso and possessid the whole prouince of Attica and was agreed with the lord of the citie of Athenes which was aflorin tine by Birth he assembled an armie of a hundred thousands of men and so passed into hungarie being there coulde by no meanes get sufficencie of corne ne victuales for such an armie for so much as y e yere before there had fallē so much raine ī hungarie y e it had in maner vtterly distroied their corne in so much that y e inhabitāts therof were enforced to leaue y e cōtery in manye places therof to seke for reliefe in other places y e which whē he considered he cōmaūded to spoyle the contrey as much as in thē was thē retorned home w t his armie This scarcety wante of victual did at y e time saue the kingdome of Hungarie for by meanes of it Amorath was cōstrained to retorne home w t his armie to cōtēt thē selues w t y e simple spoile y e they there found Thē Eugenio y e forth of y e name Bushope of Rome vnderstādig in what peril y e cōtrey of Hūgari was sent in to Almany Iuliano Cesearino his legate dalatere Cardinall S. Agnolo to perswad y e Emperour and other princes of y e almanigne nation to ayde the king of Hūgari which Cesarino when he cam into Almagnie did earnestly desire y e Emperour to take vpon him y e defence of y e Kingdom of Hungarie against y e enemies of y e Christiā faith when he had thus done he wente into Hungarie and there by his auctoritie effectuous persuasion so moued y e people y e euery man toke his furniture weapon wolde not tarye y e aide y e was promysed thē out of Almaigne but folowed Iohn Vaiuoda their captayne marched on into Gretia vntill they came to the citie of Sophia hauinge often times occasiō to deale w t the Turkes had alwayes y e victorie of thē Vaiuoda wanne so great estimatiō in this iourney in y e which he did not onely fully execute y e office dutie of an excellēt discret Captaine but also of a valiaūt and hardie souldiour so that it was growen to a Prouerbe amonge y e Turkes y e whē y e mothers woulde appease their chyldren from crying or els w t drawe them frō any fonde desyre y e they had they would say here cōmeth Vaiuoda After this all y e Sangiachi gatherid thē selues together w t y e Lieu tenaunt of Gretia which in y e Turkishe speche is called Belagarbei they vnited theyr powers marched toward the christians w t a very puysaunt armye bothe of horse men and foote men and ioyned wyth theym in battaile but the Christians in numbre were farre in feriour to the infidels who fought for a longe time verye valiantly with the hungarianes but at the laste being ouercomme through the vertue and discipline of y e hungarianes torned their backes and flied and in thys flight were flaine a great numbre of them In this acte ofarmies y e hungarian Captaines did some what augment the victorie and wrote to frederick the Emperour declaring that they had defeicted the turkishe armie and slaine thritye thousand of them vpon the place and also taken of them a greate numbre but it semeth to me rather that to be true that the Cardinall Sainte Agnolo wrote to the pope and the Emperour which was that the number of them y ◠were slaine was vpon the pointe of syre thousand and that also they had takē ix cornets of the enemies and thus attributing the glory to God and then to Iohn the Vaiuoda whose great vnderstanding and magnanimitie he doth celebrate with maruelouse praises when the turkes were retorned home frō this defeicte thei were more afraied them hurt by meanes of a brute that ran among them that the hungarianes dyd not onely make preparation to inuade them but the Almaignes and all the princes of Christendome also wherupō they being in great doute and feare sent to the hungarianes for peace who well weing y e power of y e enemye imputed the victorie as well to good happe as to their force and were willing to auoide the danger of anye more enhaxarding their force to attempte fortune whereupon with good wil accepted the conditiones offeryd vnto them and in this sorte astablished a treues betwine them for ten yeres conditionally y e they shoulde restore againe to y e Dispotto of Seruia all such townes of his as they then helde presently in their possessyon when y e agrement was thus put in writing them were they on both partes solempnely sworne to obserue and fulfill all such articles as were notified with in the said treues and thus on both sydes they ceassed from hosti litie disolued their armies and eyther retorned to hys contrey The Cardinall who had determyned to leuye a newe armie and so to folowe the victorye was verye muche displeased with the makyng of this trewes and wrote his minde to the Pope in that behalfe who was very sorowfull when he harde of it and beynge a man fully bent to chase the Infidels out of Europe wrote agayne to hys Legate that the trewes taken betwene the Hungarians and the Turkes was of no value for so much as his consent was not in it and therefore charged him to commaunde Laodislao Kynge of Polonia who at that tyme possessed Hungarie that he shoulde breake the trewes made with the enemie and reuyue the warres for so much as he and the rest were dispensed with as touchynge theyr othe by the authoritie of the Apostolike seate then the bishop sent forth hys Legates to the rest of the Christian princes desyring them to ayde the Kyng of Hungarie in this enterprise against
the Turke for the recouerye of Gretia but he founde none that was any â—hynge moued with godly reale towarde this enterprise sauyng onely Philippe duke of Burgonye who put to sea his nauie and sent them toward the straite of Gallipollie to ioynge with the Galleys oâ— the Pope Eugenio which he sent vnder the conduct of Camertingo his nephewe to the ende that they shoulde spoyle and inuade the coaste of Asia to shutte vp the straite that no ayde shoulde come out of Asia into Europe When Laodislao had receyued this commaundement of the great bishop he thought it very fit for his purpose for so muche as he knewe ryghte well that the nobilitie of Hungarie were not well contented that he should gouerne and possesse their countrey wherefore he thought it good to holde the people thereof continually occupyed in warres And immediatlye without anye difficutie obeyed the popes commaundement sent for men into Polonia and Bohemia with other countreys neare about him and leuyed his armye made him readie with great celeritie leading with him a great number of Hungararians and also in maner all the nobilitie and Prelates of Hungarie he had also in his companye the Cardinall of sainct Agnolo who by the authoritie of the Apostolike seate had gathered together a great number of crossed men when Laodisiao was proclamed Captaine generall of the iorney Iohn vainoda went with an armie in the which it is written that there were xl thousand horsemen besides fotemen towards Valachia where he had passage and victuall then passed ouer the plaines and after that ouer the ryuer Dauubio and from thence marched on into the lower Misia which at this present is called Burgaria intending to passe through y e plaines into Romania with his armie when Amorathe vnderstode the commyng of the Christians and the great power that they were of he trusted not greatly to the Greks ne yet to y e Turcks that were brought vp in Gretiae but thought it good to prouide him an armie of the people of Asia wherwith he was maruelously troubled considering the difficultie in passing them into Gretia for so muche as the nauye of the Christians laye all along the Coastes waiting continually to empeche him that he mought passe no armie oute of Asia to Europe and thus tossing and tormen ting him selfe serching what waye he mought deuise to passe them being almost desperate and oute of hope of any transportage for them consyderyng the difficultye therof it is saide that he was deliuered from this care by meanes of an offer that was made vnto him by certaine masters of Shippes of Genoba which went to him and offered hym that yf he wolde contente them well that they wolde passe him in to Europe what numbre of meÌ„ he wolde and wolde giue him suertie therof of the which offer he was exceding glade and agred to giue them for euery man that they shold passe that serued on horse backe a ducate of goolde whereupon the Genoueses departed and set saile and sailed to the mouth of y e straicte toward y e great sea which place of them of olde worlds was called the Bosphoro Cilmerico whyche lyeth betwene Propâ—ntide and the sea Eusino aboue Constantinople eight legnes a half Asia is there deuided by an arme of the sea whiche is in breadeth halfe a myle and halfe a quarter of a myle when Amorathe had brought his armie neare to Calcedoma and that the Genoueses had receued them all aborde and accordinge to the promes receued a hundred thousand ducates for their passage they passed the straite and put them safe a land in Thratia in this meane time y e armie of the ChristiaÌ„es was come to a place called Varna wythin foure daies iorney of Andrinople where they sawe Amorathe with an armie of an incredible nuÌ„bre of meÌ„ marching toward them whereupon the princes and Captaines councelled what was to be done y e king of Polonia the Legate were of opinion y e it was not beste to tari him in y â— place but to retire them to some highe hill or grounde of aduantage wher thei mought encampe not be enforced to battaile The Vaiuoda was of contrary opinion and aledged y e the maner of the Turks was euer to bruite them selues to be a greater numbre then in dede they were to y e ende to feare their enemies to cause them to be in doute of them but admitte saied he y e they were so many in nuÌ„bre as men say thei are yet ought we not to giue any place or to feare them considering y â— they doe not so greatly excede vs in nuÌ„ber as our HuÌ„garians do surmouut theÌ„ in vertue discipline force also y e turks are more curiouse in decking theÌ„ selues their horses w t braue apparell riche iuels costly saddles trime bridels then to arme theÌ„ selues their horses w t good suer armours bardes w t their furnitures our HungariaÌ„s in coÌ„trary sort desiree to be wel mouÌ„ted armied so as their enimies shal hardly hurte them esteme not Brauery any thiÌ„g at al more ouer it ought to be coÌ„sidered y â— if we shold nowe giue any place to y e enemie considering y e great force of our army being lad also by a King of HuÌ„gary a legate Apostolique iÌ„ person being accoÌ„pained w t such a nuÌ„ber of noble meÌ„ prelates gentlemen y e it may wel be affirmed y e al y e nobility force of y e kiÌ„gdomes of HuÌ„garie Polonia Bohemaia is iÌ„ this campe the which here after maye be such a discorag to y e HungariaÌ„s wheÌ„ they alone shal haue ocasioÌ„ to deale w t them y e they shal not be of y â— nobility of mind once to encouÌ„tre them or to loke them in y e face wheÌ„ Vaiuoda w t these such like saiÌ„gs had exhorted theÌ„ to be of noble miÌ„d not to giue place but there to abide y e enemy it was wholly agred to folow his opinioÌ„ as of a maÌ„ most honorable magname iÌ„ appareÌ„ce of al those y e there were in couÌ„cel wherupoÌ„ they ceased theyr march renged themselues in battaile The nexte morning the infidels presented them selues enbattailed to them and whether it were for that they were more in numbre then they were bruited to be orels it happened as often times it both that to those that are affraied of euery shadow smale things seme great I Iudge not But when vaiuoda had vewed the numbre and order of the infidels he was discoraged by meanes of the present peryl and chaunged opinion and began to perswade the king not to accepte the battaile but y e he shuld do wel to march away to some place of aduantage vnto whom the king answered that his councel was giuen out of time for so much as he sawe it to be more dauÌ„gerouse to turne their backs y e enemy being so
meanes of the aforesaid diuisioÌ„ he began at Viterbo which was then holden by one of the factions by his auctoritie called home againe those that for feare were fled reconciled them w t their aduersaries in this sort lefte them al in good peace vnder his protection gouernance after this he sent his legates into y e duchie into the contrey of Marca and finding these prouinces infected w t the afore saide Maladye one citie being in armes againste the other and diuerse citie beinge deuided in them selues the one part of the Citie against the other some were of the Colonese factino other of the Orsius and nowe had the one the better and then the other tyl at the laste by the great prouidence and industrie of the legates they were all pacified and lefte vnder the regiment and gouernaunce of the popes officers in perfecte tranquiletie and quietnes after this when the pope behelde y â— miserable state of his contrey the great spoyle therof that had ben made throughe the Ciuile disorder and warres y â— had ben amonge them by meanes wherof they had consumed a great numbre of their people also were brought into extreme pouerty it was a great griefe vnto him and then gaue he order that they which gouerned shoulde by common consent restore againe to their firste degres and honours the orders of gentlemen and the twelue and shoulde cal from exile certaine worthie citizens and in this sorte he enlarged his regiment and state and lefte it quiet and in peace tyll at the laste in the contre of Marca their arose the lord Sigismonde Malisti and gatherid an army and encountred with the popes Legate and gaue him a great ouerthroe by meanes wherof all the Contre of Marca was in armes and folowed this Sigismonde wherupon the pope sent thither his legate the Cardinall of Tiano apistolese borne with the Duke of Vrbine and the lorde Napoleone Orsino which gaue to Sigismondo such an ouerthroe not farre from Sinigaglia that they enforced him to leue y â— feelde and so repressed his furie y â— in a shorte tyme they toke from him Sinigaglia Fano and a good pece of the countie of Arrimino and after diuerse encouÌ„tres in the kingdome of Naples the kings Ferrante remained victoriouse and the Duke Iohn with his Angionme faction was retorned into Fraunce when Ferrante was well established in his kingdome and that the pope sawe him selfe deliuered of two great warres and had established the temporal state of his church and brought it to perfecte quietnes he then called againe to minde y â— enterprise of Asia against the Turckes and being confederate with the kinge of Hungarie the Duke of Borgonie and with the state of Venise they then consulted and determined in what sorte they woulde make these warres the pope sent forthe his letters with his messagers to al the princes of Christendome exhorting and requiring theÌ„ to coÌ„me ayde him in this iorney against thâ— infidels and appointed the tyme that in the yere of our helthe a thousand foure hundred threscore and foure the xv daye of Iune all the armie shoulde be redie in y â— contre of Marca not farre from Ancona where they shoulde fynde the Nauie reddie to receaue both y â— popes hollynes and them also who wolde in person goe to so glorious an enterprise and when the pope had thus determined he passed on for the recouerie of his helthe to Siena meaning the nexte spring folowing according to his custume to goe to the baines at Petriuolo and wheÌ„ he was there arriued newes came to him that Philippe Duke of Borgonie seing the great tumultes and emotiones that were in Fraunce betwene the king and the nobilitie wolde prouide for y â— securitie of his state wherfore he wolde not deale at all in the enterprise againste the Turckes but emploied all his force vnder the conducte of his sonne Charles against Loys king of FrauÌ„ce whereupon he changed his purposed iorney to y e baines and retorned to Rome where he was maruelously troubled with the goute and also with the feuer wherupon he was enforced to contynewe there a longe tyme contrarie to his determination which was the cause that he coulde not be at his daye appointed at Ancona according to his proclamation that he had made of the iorney in the meane tyme their came to Rome seuerally ambassadours both from Loys the frenshe king and also from Philippe Duke of Borgonie excusing ether of them for so muche as beinge troubled with domesticale warres they coulde not at that tyme gyue anye aide toward the iorney when the pope was some thing recouerid of his disease he called the Cardinales to the Consystorie there discoursed of the heresies that then were in y e kingdome of Bohemia wherupon he graunted forthe his citationes and then with his Cardinales and other Cortigianes he departed from Rome and passed throughe y â— contre of Sabina into the Duchie and from thence into the contre of Marca and beinge caried in a horse lytter in consyderation of his weakenes passed so on to Ancona and as he passed on y â— waye he mette with a great numbre of men â—â—ich came oute of Almanie Fraunce and Spaine of tâ—â—ir owne good willes to goe that iourney against the infidels of the whiche numbre the greatest parte and chiefely those that came oute of Almanie brought with them no prouision wherwith to susteine them in that iorney wherupon he gaue them his bene diction and absolued them clearely from al the offences that euer they committed vntyll that present and in this sorte licensid them to retorne into their couÌ„treys againe and being in Ancona he loked for y e Nauie which was made redie in diuers places of Italie and shoulde repare thither to vnite them selues and also he loked for the Duke of Venise with his armata to arriue there in this meane time the feuer dyd so growe and encreas vp on him that the same daye that the Duke of venise landed in y e hauen of Ancona accompanied with xii galleys and a great numbre of gentlemen he yelded vp his soulâ— to god which was the yere of our helth 1464. and the â—iiii of August immediatly vpoÌ„ his death y â— Cardinales retorned to Rome to electe a newe Byshoppe and the Duke of Venise retorned againe to Venise with his armata and in this sorte the Nauie was deuided and all the preparation that was made for the iorney into Asia was but in vaine and when the Duke was come home to Venise the Seniours thoughte it not good to losse al that which they had bestoed in furnishing their Nauie and their armie where upon they made Nicholas de Canale general of their Nauie and sent him with their Nauie to the sea who sayled alonge the coaste of Gretia landed in Romania and sacqued the Citie of Euia and toke oute of it a great
two one proffited so well in the exercise of armes and also in gouernance that the Turcke had him in great estimation And in Albania the whiche is that part of Macedonia that lieth toward the weste and stretche the oute frō Durazzo to the ancient Citie Appolonia the langage of the Albaneses is propre to them selues and dothe differ from the speche of all those people that dwell aboute them for neither the Greeke ne yet the Schiauonese vnderstandeth it and we are not certaine in what sorte nor by what meanes they fyrste arriued in those partes ne yet of their ancient originall althoghe it be sayde that this nation with diuerse others came oute of Scithia Asiatica from that ancient Citie Albania not farre from Colchide and so went on wandring to seeke newe habitacions and seates and fynally occupied that parte of Macedonia whiche beareth their name aboute the tyme of the losse of Constantinople the prince of their contrey happened to dye whose name was Camusa whoe beinge discended of christian parents became so beastly that of his owne acorde he lefte the christian faythe and embraced the folisheand beastly religion of Mahometh but hauinge smalle affiance in it euen as he had raishely forsaken Christe so vnaduisedly refused he Mahomet he and retorned to the religion of his ancestours willing althoughe he had no great affiance nether in the one nor other rather to dye beringe the name of a Christian then of a Mahometiste vnto whome George Scanderbag succided in gouernaunce as lawfull heire whoe was discended of a noble parentage in his contrey and when he had haunted the warres along time he became an excellent and famous Captaine and spent the reste of his lyfe in the defence of the Christian religion when Mahomethe vnderstode the deathe of Camusa he sent one of his Bascias with an armie to Valona whiche standeth vpon the sea bancke and althoughe it be but a litle Towne it hathe a suer and a goodly hauen from whence in to Italie the passage is but shorte and withoute daunger and manye yeres before that tyme it was possessed and holden by Baiazithe and when he died they threwe from them the Turquishe yoke but Amorathe within shorte space after toke it againe and from thence for the was it contynually holden by the in fydels to the greate reproche and dishonour of the Christian princes and to the greate terrour of all Italie it is possessyd euen at this daye by the infidels when this Bascia had broughte his people to valona he assayled Scanderbeg whoe althoughe he dyd alwaies worthilye defende him selfe and his people and diuers tymes with his power had encountred the Turckes and departed from them alwayes with the victorie yet notwithstandinge he sent for ayde to the kinge Alphonso of Aragone then kinge of Naples and obtained of him dyuers bande of men at armes well furnished in euery respecte whiche passed in to Albania by the waye of Durazzo not farre from the Cytye of Croia and with the helpe of George Scanderbeg they defendyd that contre for alonge tyme from the Tyrannie of the infydels when Calixto the Romishe Byshoppe vnderstode the danger that Scanderbeg was in Scanderbeg was in weinge his power w t the vnspekeable power of his enemye he wolde not se him wāte but supplied him with a great some of money to entertaine his souldiours and with these aydes he de fendyd y ◠contrey of Albania very skylfully and valiantly In this meane time their was a practize discouerid y e whiche a Nephewe of his his brothers sonne whoe hauing intelligence with Mahometh agreed with him vp oncertaine condityones to sleye his vncle by treason or els if he coulde by any meanes bring it to passe to delyuer him on lyue in to Mahomethes handes when this practeze was discouered by one of the menagers of this same he laid handes on him and so caused him to be examined in the which he confessyd the whole wherupon he thought it not conueniēt to shed his owne bloude but banished him sending hym with his processe to the king Alphonso whoe commaunded to put him into the Donge on called Miglio there to continewe during his naturall lyfe And whileste Scanderbeg lyued he defended Albania from the tirany of the infydels fyghting onely for the zeale he bare to the Christian religiō caused his subiectes to perseuere in the faith of christe and his worde notwithstanding the contynuall inuasious and courses that his enemies made vpon his cotre impouerishing his subiectes vtterly spoiling y ◠laborers of the earthe lainge waste a greate pece of his contrey bringing it into vnspekeable miserie and calamitie whē Mahometh vnderstode the death of Scanderbeg he sent forth with his armie in to Albania and toke the citie of Croia with all the reste of the contrey except those places that the venetianes held aboute that tyme after the taking of Constantinople he dyd maruelously vexe the religion of Rhodes both by sea and land but the greate master of the Hospitall of Iherusalm vnto whome the Isle dyd appertaine with his souldiours defended it cōtynnally euen to these our dayes and whan Calixto the gre at Byshope was called vnto for ayde he put his Nauie of Shippes Galleys to y ◠sea sent them to Rhodes vnderthe conducte of y ◠patriarcke of Aquileia who being in those seas had often to doe with the Turckes toke and drowned manye of their Galleys and fustes drowned and slewe their people and departed alwaye from them with the victorie when he had taken from the Turkes y ◠Isle of Salaminā whiche in ancient tyme was called Lēno and also that that is called Tasso w t the Isle of Nēbro and certaine other litle Isles nere vn to them he went and spoyled all alonge the sea coastes from helesponto euen to the confynes of Egipte to the great impouerissing of the inhabitants there of holding them in contynuall doute and feare and it semed that if he mought haue contynued he wolde with time haue greatly preuailed but as sone as Calixto was deade he departed from thence with his Nauie in to Italie leauing Rhodes with all others places that y ◠Christianes possessid in those partes in great peryl And in Acarnia which lieth in the myddeste betwene Epiro and Boetia and is called at this daye the Duchie and the Dispotto which then raigned in Acarnama and Epiro whiche at this daye is called Arta which begynning towarde the weste at the permontories of Acrocera doe stretch oute toward the easte to the baie Ambrachio whiche at thys daye is called y ◠golfe of Arta this Dispotto being maruelously vexed with Mahomethes souldiours and being desyrous to purchase some forien amitie by meanes of the king Alphonso he toke to wyfe a daughter of y e lord Iohn Vnitimiglia a Captaine of great fame that came into Italie with the king Alphonso of Aragone to the winning of the
kingdome of Naples who passed the sea into Arta hauing with him certaine bands of Italianes men at armes and hauing often tymes to doe with the Turckes gaue them many defeictes and set his sonne in lawe free from the inuasioÌ„ and aunoiance of the Turkes enforcing them to retorne 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Romania to holde them with in the confynes therof but thys noble Captaine was not so sone departed oute of Acarnamia and gone home but within shorte space after the Dispotto was betraied by some of his owne people and deliuered on lyue in to the handes of Mahometh with his contre also when George the Dispotto of Seruia harde of the great preparatioÌ„ that the Turkes made for the warres being in doute of his state fled into Hungarie and leftâ— his cities and Townes well garded and furmished with souldiours and all kinde of munition and when he was ther arriued to demaunde ayde the king was not there whereupon he went to him where he was in Vienna in Austrice where he founde also freer Iohn Caprestano of the order of Sainet frauncis whoe being a man of good life and an excellent preacher dyd at that time w t great fruite preach the gospel to the Hungarianes and being destrous to talke with the Dispotto sent to him desiriÌ„g him that if it were not a trouble vnto him that he wold vouchesafe to speake with him wherunto the Dispotto agreed and vpon a daye they mette and by there Turcâ— men had great discourse of the Christian faithe and Caprestand dyd approue by great reason the auctoritie of the Romishe churche and the opinion of y e same as touching the Christian faith in such sorte that he constrained the Dispotto not hauing reason to answere for him selfe in that behalfe to yelde and woulde haue had him to refuse y e errour in the which he and his people were and to haue embraced the religion and faith of the Romishe church vnto whome George laying all reason a part answerid I haue lyued these foure score ten yeres in this faithe which was taught me by my forefathers imprinted in mine vnderstanding froÌ„ michildhed And amonge my subiectes althoughe I haue ben an in fortunate man I haue ben holden for a reasonable man woldest thou haue me nowe such a one as they seing me chaunged mought thincke that myne age hathe decaied myne vnderstanding in such sorte that I mought goe soocke againe acording to the prouerbe wherfore I wyll loose my lyfe rather then leue the faithe wherin both I my predecessours haue ben norished brought vp with which wordes he departed from Caprestano And for that he coulde obtaine no aide at y e kings hande whoe was much offended with him for his vntrouth he toke his leue not satisfied acording to his expectacion and retorned into Seruia a manifest document to admonyshe men to take hed howe thei vse double dealinge when George was comme home he vnderstode that Michell Zilugo whose systre Vaiuoda had to wife sholde â—e gouernour of the Towne of Alba which at this day â—s called Belgrado and was alredye with his brother Laodislao gone into his wagen to passe on his iourney and as they passed on by the confynes of his centrey he â—ent towarde them certaine bandes of armed men with commissyon to bringe them eyther on lyue or ded as â—one as Michell sawe him selfe like to be assayled by the Seruianes he lefte his wagen and toke his horse which was at hande lepte vpon him and with his sworde in â—is hand dyd cut his waie throughe the middest of them and so with flighte saued his lyfe the Seruianes finding â—aodislao in the wagen slewe him Michel determining to reuenge y e iniurie that was done him and the death of his brother also appointed certaine to goe and to vnderstande in what strength the Dispotto vsed to ryde when he passed from place to place with in his contrey from whom he receaued aduertizement that George with in fewe dayes after wolde passe on vppon the syde of Danubio to visyte certaine fortes and Townes of of force that he had standing vpoÌ„ the same ryuer wherupon Michell with certaine bandes of souldiours passed on and marched in the nighte and ambusshed them selues vpon the waye that George muste passe and as â—one as George came to the place where they laye in â—mbushe they shewed them selues and with great fuâ—ie assayled him and in the fighte he loste two of his fingeres and Michell toke him prisouer vnto whome he paied a great summe of money for his rausome and so retorned home to his house and when he came there he coulde by no meanes staunch the blediÌ„g of his wounds which bled continually in such sorte that in short tymeâ—e died And this was the ende of George the Dispotto of Seruia a man exciding troublouse and full of treaâ—on in whose place Lazaro his yongest sonne succided him and depriued his elder brother whose eyes were plucked oute by the commaundemente of Amocathe as before is mencyoned wyth in fewe monethes after Lazaro died vpon whose death theyr arose greate contencyon whoe shoulde succid him in state Georg he desired aide of Mahometh the wife of Lazaro being wydow demauÌ„ded aide and obtained of the king of Hungarie certaine bandes of both horse men and fote men to maintaine her in her state by the which meanes she contynued in it at that tyme was Carafagio the Cardinall Sainct Angelo in Almayne sent bi Calix to the Bishop of Rome to require them to aide the Hungarianes in that they had begone in the behalfe of the Dowgier Carafagio at the request of the Hungarianes entred with his armie into Seruia and fynding the Turckes alredie possessyd of it by meanes of the Seruians which of their owne acorde had yel ded them vnto them wherupoÌ„ he retorned backe againe and escaped hardly notwithstanding with great difficultie he came safe to Buda when all these thinges were done it semid to Mahometh that he had well established his affares of Gretia whereupon he prepared his armie and all kinde of munition thereunto belonging determining no lenger to defer the enterprise against y â— Hungarianes for somuch as this occasion was offerred him to be called in to Seruia by the Seruianes them selues wherupon he assembled his armie in the whiche he had acording to the opinion of some wryters a hundred and fyftie thousand able souldiours but their are other that write of whose opinion rather we are that they were a hundred thousande furnished souldiours and were fully perswaded to were the palme of that iorney wherevpon he conueid his armie ouer the mountaines of Tracia and so marched on tyll he came to the ryuer Sauo whervpon Iohn Carafagio Cardinall Sainct Angelo gatherid togyther all the power that he coulde promising to as manye as wolde folowe him in that iorney full remission of their synnes and by the Apostelique autoritie that