surnamed the yre or wrath of God but his title stile was Vluchā y t is to say y e great lord To Bazait now was cōueniēt to leaue y e seeging of Constantinople for to come vnto y e sayd innumerable armye So y t both the armyes dyd mete toward the towne of Angory in olde time called Ancira nere to the moūtayne called Stella by Enguarran of Mōstrelet called Appady wher some time Pōpee y e great discōfited king Mithridates And the sayd Bazait was vainquished takē in battayl by the sayd Tamerlan which made him to be bound fettred w t cheynes of gold kepte hym in a caige lyke as he were a Lion so caused hīto be caried aboute with him throughout al the coūtrye of Asia so longe as he lyued whyche was .ii. yeres or therabout so y t he died in y e yere of our lord M. iiii C after y t he had reigned .xxvii. yeres vnto the .xxvii. yere of y e reygne of kīge Charles y e .vi. This very same Tamerlā made him to be called Yldrē that is to saye thonder out of this battayle and prease Certayne sonnes of the sayde Bazait dyd escape who thynkinge to passe into Europe fell into the handes of the Emperoure of Constantinople whych made the passage of the sea to be straytly kepte By chaunce one of the said brethren called Cyris whom some dyd call Calepin or Calapin passed throughe and came to Andrinopoli And as I do iudge the erroure of that surname is come of thys that some called him Cyris Chelebi which is a tytle of honoure and nobylyte geuē and attributed to the children and sonnes of y e great Turckes as Achmat Chelebi that is to say gentylman lyke as the Spaignardes sayth Don Alonso or Don Rodrigo and as the Frenchmenne sayth Charles Mounsire that is is my lord Charlys or Loys my Lorde whych be tytles of y e bloude royall This Cyris did reigne .vi. yeres or therabout and lefte a soonne called Orcan thre of his brethrē the cyldren of Pazait Moyse whom thei called Musach Mehemet and Muscapha whiche wente forth of Cōstantinople while the Emperour came to seke aid and helpe of the saied kyng Charles the .vi. against the saied Cyris Musach killed Orcan his nephue in recompence therof he hymselfe was sleyne by Mehemet his brother Then begāne a custome vse emong theim one to sleye another whiche sens that time thei haue metly wel obserued MEhemet the first of his name hauing slaine Musach hys brother possessed the empire and recouered al the countrie of Natolie which Tamerlan had taken with Bazait and remoued his see from Bursye transportyng the same to Andrinopoli He warred vpon the coūtree of Valachie called by some Frenche historians Valaigne and of others Blaquie whiche in the olde time wer called Busse and Triballi He vainquisshed the Emperour Sigismonde in the plaine feldes of Silinubes and was the first of his nacion y t euer did passe ouer the greate ryuer of Danowe who also toke Bosue made warre agaynst Caraman and dyed in the yere of God M cccc xviij in the .xxxviij. of the saied kynge Charles the .vj. after that he had reigned .xviij. yeres comprehendyng therwith y e tyme of Cyris whiche some others dooe not recken And he lefte a soonne called Amurath AMurath the seconde of that name called also Moratbeg was i Natolie when his father deceased who assone as he was aduertised therof went into Europe notwithstandynge that the Emperour of Constantinople dyd that was in hym to stoppe him of the same sending agaynst hym Muscapha his vncle y e sonne of Bazait whom as yet he did reteyne with him after the takyng of his father as I haue declared before But the saied Muscapha not beyng strong to resyste his power was disconfited and slayne in battayle by the saied Amurath who ardently intendyng to reuenge hym of thē Emperour of Constantinople spoyled and brent all the countree of Thrace and of Grece called Romanie tooke from the Venitians the good towne of Tessalonyc called Salomachi whiche Andronye Paleologo sould vn to theim for very spyte of the Emperour Constantyne his brother After the saied Amurath entreed into Serine or Rascie where he cōstreined George Vucouich deputie or lorde of y e saied countree to geue hym in mariage his doughter called Iriny y t is to say Peace surnamed Cathacusine And yet neuertheles after that he came againste hym so y t he fled into Hungary toward y t Emperour Albert the sonne in lawe of the laste Emperour Sigismond leuyng hys soonne George to kepe his countree whiche afterwarde was taken by y t saied Amurath whose yies he caused in- to be thruste out notwithstandynge that he was his brother in lawe After the death of the saied Albert Lancelote brother to the kyng of Pole was chosen by the Hungariās to be their king Howbeit the saied Albert lefte Elizabeth his wyfe great with chylde whiche after his disceasse was delyuered of a soonne called Lancelot being brought vp nouryshed in the custodie of y e Emperour Frederic the thirde whiche was the occasion and cause why y t the saied Lancelot of Pole durste not take in hande to medle with the Turckes ner ones to assaille thē fearyng that if y e saied Emperour perceiuyng hym eny other where troubled or occupied shulde in the meane tyme restore the saied Lancelote the iuste and righteous kynge of Hungary to his owne realme In this meane whyle Amurath whiche could not abyde at the siege of Belgrado which thei cal Mandoralba and Alba Greca called by the Hungariens Chrieschisch in olde tyme called Taurunum liynge betwixte the two ryuers of Danowe and Saua towarde y t parte wheras both the said ryuers dooe mete together The whiche towne the saied George Vucouich had chaūged for other with the saied emperour Sigismonde because it is y e keye and chief entrey of Hungary A lytle after at y t request of the saied deputie George Vucouich the forsaied Lancelot prepared a great armie by the whiche he recouered the countree of Seruie and Rascie and restored theim agayne to y e saied George Vucouich By reason of the whiche Amurath sente agaynst hym Carabey that is to saye y e blacke lord with a greate armye and power so that both the armyes did mete nere vnto the mountayne of Costegnaz in olde tyme called Hemus where the saied Carabey was discoumfited taken prisoner the whiche two victories with many other both afore after did come to passe throughe the vailliantenes noble feactes of Iohn of Huniad called by Enguerran of Monstrelut and Philip of Comynes y e whyte knyght of Valaigne and by y e Hungariens Lanco Ban or Vaiuod that is to say gouernour of Trāssiluana nowe called Moldauia and by y t Hungariens Sibenburge that is to say Septem Castra or
kynge Lewys the twelfth and the Venecyans were of allyaunce agaynste Ludouic Sforce surnamed the Morâ—â— callynge hymselfe the duke of Millan Pazait at the request and desyre of the saide Ludouic caste of .x. M. horssemen of the Turckes wythin Fryol thewhyche came vnto Triuiz and wythin the sight of Venyce wherfore the Venecyans prepared set foorth by seea a greate and myghty armye With whome the gallyes of Fraunce dyd mete beynge vnder the charge and gouernaunce of the Lorde of Rauestaing and Gonsalo Fernando surnamed the greate capteyne wyth the gallyes of kynge Ferdinand Daragon called of the Frenchemenne Iohn Gippon The whyche armye tooke agayne the ysles of Chifalonie and of saynte Maure whiche afterwarde was geuen agayne to the Turcke by the sayde Venecyans vpon the conclusyon of peace made betwene theim by the intreatye of Maistre Androwe Gritti afterwarde duke of Venyce The gallyes of Fraunce went foorthe to the ysle of Methelin where they coulde dooe no good Aboute this tyme beganne the renounie and fame of Siach Ismail kynge of Persye named Sophi as was hys father and he was the sonne of one of the daughters of Vsuncassan and of one named Seichayder that is to saye the good Seich For he was counted for an holy manne and as a prophete And he was called Sophi of that secte or as I should saye that religion whiche they call Sophi or Sophilar of y e which I haue spoken before but some saye that it is because the countreye which they possesse is so called but neyther the Turckes ner yet the Persyans knowe what Sophene is The forsayde Seich after the death of thesayde Vsuncassan was sleyne by Iacobbeg hys brother in lawe for enuye of thys that the people of Persie were more enclyned and affeccionate to hym fearyng least they would haue made hym kynge Siach Ismael beynge then of y e age of eyght yeares fled and remayned a longe tyme in the toune of Leziam vpon the seea of Dabbaccuth vntyll he came to mannes state Afterwarde he retourned into Persie and founde the meanes to get vnto hym thrye hundred menne wyth whome he toke the toune of Sumach beynge then the chiefe or hedde toune of Mesopotamie afterwarde the nombre of hys people encreasynge he tooke Taurus and and then Syras the chief cytie of Armenie he vaynquesshed and caused to bee putte to deathe Aluant whyche was made kynge of Persie and he slewe Iacobegge the sonne of Vsuncassan and vncle of the foresayde Siach whyche made allyaunce with Aladule or Alnaudule and the Soudian of Egypte by whome he was sturred and persuaded to make warre vpon Pazait agaynste whome also he hadde many tymes preuayled And aboute thys tyme Selym the youngest chylde of the sayd Pazait departed from Trebisonde of the whyche he was gouernoure and without the knowlege of his father he maryed the daughter of Chan of Tartaire Precopie wyth the fauoure of whome and wyth the healpe of a greate nombre of horsses whiche his brother in lawe whome the Turckes call Chamogli or Canogli had sente to accompaignye hym and hauynge also on his syde the Iannyssaryes he compelled his father to geue ouer his realme vnto hym the whyche whyle they caryed him backe ouer the greate sea to haue lyued there the rest of his dayes he dyed by the waye poysoned by his sayd soÌ„ne Selym as some iudge because they dranke together at theyr departynge Pazait reigned xxx yeares and he lyued .lx. yeres and he dyed the. M. D. .xij. yere and the .xiiij. from y e reigne of Lois the twelfth And he lefte behynde hym .iij. sonnes Selym Achmat and Corcuth SElym beyng come to the realme by y e meanes aforesayd enteÌ„ded before all other thinges to dyspatch his brethren and first of all he caused to be sleyne Corcuth which was fled alonge the seea coaste nere to the Rhodes where he hyd hymselfe waytyng for a shyp to haue gone to the greate maister of the Rhodes but he was betreyed by one of his owne folkes and was taken and strangeled with a bowe strenge Achmet dyed the lyke death but he was takeÌ„ in battaile accoÌ„paignyed with a great armye whiche he had made oute by the ayde of Siach Ismail Sophie and of Campson Ciauri Soudan forasmuche as he was so fatte and grosse that he neyther coulde saue hymselfe by flyenge ner endure to ryde Selym beeynge thus delyuered dispatched of his father and brethren purposed to make warre agaynst the Sophie aswell for y e olde enemyte whyche was beetwene theim as also for the dyspleasoure that he dyd in aydyng his brother to make warre agaynst hym And the more easely to brynge to passe this hys purpose and entencyon he found the meane to haue peace with Lancelot kyng of Hungary and to refreshe and renue agayne for his more suretie y e allyauÌ„ce which he had wyth y e Venecyans then he toke the waye of Perse And as y e forsaid Sophy was come vnto him with a great nouÌ„bre of horsses armed and barbed euen vnto Assyrie he was scatered and dyscomfyted with the artillary of the Turkes with which the horses of y t Persians had not bene accustomed And the battayle was made in the playne of Calderam betwene Tauris and Coye wher as I haue sayde is the toune called Artaxata and this battayle is peynted or portured in the hall of the councell of Venice where I haue sene it and some saye that the sayde Selym sente it to theim After this battayle the sayd toune of Tauris came into the handes of y e Turckes with a great parte of the realme of Persye but it remayned not longe for Siach sone after recouered it agayne and it is kepte at thys daye by Taanas hys soonne Selym goynge backe agayne from Persye dyd wyntre in Trebisonde and the somer nexte folowyng he assayled the lorde Amandule whiche bordreth vpon y t Soudan toward the towne of Aleph called of the FreÌ„chmenne Halappe of the Turckes Aldephe and in the olde time Epiphania And it is called Aleph forasmuche as it is the fyrst toune of Sury On the other syde towarde Amasie is ioyned to y e Turcke Cony otherwayes called Icony and to the Persians by the lytle Armenie All the countree of the saied Amandule was taken and he hymselfe also whose hedde Selim caused to be smytteÌ„ of Then remayned there none but the Souldan whiche came w t a great strength agaynst Caythbey Emyr of Alep that dyd rebelle and disobey hym beyng accompaignied with xxviij thousand horsemen whiche were for the most parte Mammeluchs that nothyng regarded nor feared y e Turckes because thei had many tymes before beateÌ„ and vaynquisshed theim as is aforsaied Selym feyned hym to goo agaynst the Sophy makyng the bruyte to goo so a broade And as he dyd come vnto y e toune of Aman in olde time called Apamea beyng sumwhat betwexte Ale and Damas he was prayed and desyred by y e
saied Caythbey of ayde succour agaynst the Soudan wher unto most wyllyngly he dyd agree seyng it was the thyng y t he moste earnestly desyred and the meane occasion also that he greatly loked for howbeit he durst not open nor declare his mynde therupon seing these two armyes in the feldes for feare least they shuld haue agreed to haue fallē vpon hym watching and sekyng a meane howe he hymselfe myght bryng theim bothe to destruccyon wherfore he dyd incōtinently ioyne and associat himself with the sayde Emyr Caythbey and they defyed the Soudan Campson Ciaury which died in the batayle like as dyd Cathbey then Selim remained lorde of Surie of Damas of Hierusalem and of Iudee The Mammeluchs which coulde escape returne into Egipte with theim also that remayned at home chase another Soudan named Tomombey Emir of Alexandrie Selim followyng hotely this fortune victory entreed into Egipte and vaynquished Tomombey in another battayle and tooke the toune of Caire which of some is called the wrong full Carra and by some others by more apparaūt reasōs Mēphis And as y e sayde Tomombey saued himself by passyng ouer the ryuer of Nyle he was pursued by Canogle who folowyng him passed ouer the sayde ryuer to Nou with .x. thousand horses of Tartarie because he foūde the brydge y t was made of botes brokē and destroyed by the Iannissares so that the saied Tomombey was taken and brought backe againe to Selim whiche caused hym to be hanged wherby the said Selim dyd remayne kyng of Egipte which was in y e yere of our lord a. M. D. and eyghtene Selim beyng retourned agayne to Constantinople wyllyng to go to Andripoli died by the way at y e village of Ciorlich wher as I haue said he had assailled his father with y e Tartarians And he dyed in the yere of our Lorde a thousande fyue hundreth and twenty beynge fourty syxe yeare of age and the eyght yeare of the reygne of Francoyes the French kyng that nowe presently doth reygne after that he had put to deathe these thre Baccha Chenden Baccha because that he would haue made busynes with the Iannissaries mouyng theim to ryot at his entryng in Perse Boscangi or Constantin Baccha his sōne inlawe for dyuer◠robberyes and enormitees which he had cōmytted and Ianus Baccha none can tel why or wherfore saue onely but that he thought hym to proude or arrogante This Selym lefte one sōne onely called Soliman by y e Turckes Seleyman leuing him in the custody of Peribaccha whiche did gouerne him in his yoūg age THe tyrant Seleiman the which nowe hath the dominion and rule of the Turckes at thys present time lord and gouernour ouer the Turckes beganne his reygne the xxviij yere of his age who in the yere nexte following by counsel of Peribaccha beseiged Belgrado wāne and tooke the same from Lois kyng of Hungarie the soonne of Lancelot of Hūgarie which thē was very yoūge the princes and lordes of the hole countree beyng at greate debate varyaunce for the gouernemente both of the kyng and his realme wherby it so chaunsed that they tooke no heede to prouide for any ayde or succour of the saied place And the nexte yere after he wente agaynste the Rhodes lystenyng and watchyng at all tymes accordyng to y e custome of his predicessours wher he myght heare or perceiue any diuision or dissencion y t shuld chaunse to be among the christian princes the whiche enterpryse he dyd take on hand without y e counsell and aduise of the saied Peri Baccha whiche did recken the same to be very doubtesome and to greate an auenture Neuertheles it came to passe accordyng to his owne desyre and that in y t yere of our lorde a. M D .xxvij. when Italie was in warres and troubles Seleiman entered into Hungarie with fauour as he saieth of Iohn of ziphs Vaiuod of Sibens borge whiche pretended the sayed royalme to apperteyne vnto hym So that it came to passe that the younge kynge Lois was slayne as he came to the battayle and therafter deceased the sayde Iohn leuyng a very yonge chylde behynde hym which not long ago together with his mother were taken by y e sayed Seleiman sente vnto Costantinople as it is reported As concernyng such thynges as are chaunsed of these laste yeares it is not necessary to wryte to you of y e same seyng that the same is manifestely knowen howe he hath recouered Coron Patras Castelno other places whiche the Emperours armye and nauie by the sea had taken from hym The greate enterprise of the Barberousse whiche by greate craft and subtiltie tooke the towne of Tunys in Affrique that we call Barbarie the whiche is euē at our dores or nere vnto vs there is not if a manne maie saie it but one ryuer to passe betwene vs and the realme of Tunys The whiche realme of Tunys at this present tyme is in holde of y e Emperours maiestie who did moost victoriously cōquest y e same in the yere of God M. D. xxvi chacynge Barbarousse from the saied realme y e whiche he did before moost wrongfullie holde possesse occupie to the great hurt and damage of all Christians How y e great Turcke not long agoe hath discōfited in battail the armie of Ferdinand kyng of hungarie not by no valiaūt feact but thorow chaūse of variaunce debate betwixte the almaignes hūgarians whō he founde fightyng the one againste the other in their owne campes Like as the veniciens were constraigned to rendre to hym the strenght and fortresse of Naples of Romanie y t was called Nauplias And it is to bee thought that he shall not kepe theim forasmuche as he beleueth theim and letteth theim dooe what thei wil. Ye haue caused me to enter in this mater whiche requireth to be set foorth more largely and by one of a greater witte and knowelege then I am of And also I haue lightly and briefly ouer passed the same And it shall be expedient too knowe that not onlie a kyng as is this kynge of hungarye but a smalle lorde and in maner asimple gentleman had had strength and power ynough not onlye to resiste and withstande the assautes and entreprises of this nacion but to haue dryuen theim awaye in destroyenge and takynge theim and that in y e chefest of all their strēgth and courage Wherfore it is not vnpossyble but that we maie euen nowe in this tyme dooe as muche and more when it shall please God to encourage vs therunto THe lawes of Mahumet cōteine some thinges verie madd and disagreyng frō all reasō and some woorthie to bee abhorred and detested of all menne some folishe and like olde wifes tales c. Some haue suche colour of honeste wisdome that a manne would thincke theim right holily made Some bee so like Moses lawe and the euangelicall doctrine y t you would iudge theim to haue been deriued out of the