Despot to Amurath against Scanderbeg VVarre determined against Scanderbeg Letters of Amurath to Scanderbeg Airadin â— gent for Amurath with Scanderbeg Subiectes of Scanderbeg willing to haue peace with the Turkes Sentence Scanderbeg excepteth against the messenger and peace of Amurath Sentence Subiects of Scanderbeg resolued to holde warres with Amurath Letters of Scanderbeg to Amurath Sentence Sentence Amurath his scorneful and despâ—tefull speaches vpon the receipt of ScaÌ„derbeg his letters Ferisey sent against Scanderbeg by Amurath Varietie of opinions touching Amurath his profession of a religious life Haly Bassa gouernour of Mahomet the sonne of Amurath Amurath made his last end before Croy Ferisey cometh into Epire. The valley of Mocrea Battell of Mocrea against Ferisey Victory of Scanderbeg against Ferisey Sentence Sentence Old age naturally saint and timerous Mustapha sent against Scanderbeg with an Army of 15000. Turks Mustapha enskonseth his army in the borders of Macedony Scanderbeg marcheth against Mustapha with an army of 5000. men The speeches of a peasant wounded by the Turkes vnto Scanderbeg Oration of Scanderbeg to his soldiers consulting with theÌ„ vpoÌ„ the maner how to assaile Mustapha Good necessary counsell in time of seruice Sentence Scanderbeg assaileth the Turkes within their fort and trenches Couetousnes naturally in the Turkes Victorie of Scanderbeg against Mustapha Lech or Luke Zacharie Lord of the towne of Dayna vpoÌ„ the riuer of Drinon in Albanie Desire of dominioÌ„ a disease naturally growing in men Sentence Lech Zacharie murthered He meaneth the Gouernour of Scutary or Scodra The antiquitie named it Chalcedon afterwards Scodra now Scutarie Mustapha excuseth his ouerthrow vnto Amurath Sentence Aduerse fortune maketh men wearie of warres Mustapha sent with another armie against Scanderbeg for the defence of the Turkish confines Warre between Scanderbeg the Venetians The causes of the warre betweene Scanderbeg and the Venetians The siege of Daina The Venetians prouide for the reliefe of Dayna against Scanderbeg Lech Dusman Peter Span against Scanderbeg Driuasta Sentence Scanderbeg marcheth against the Venetian arâ—ie Daniell Iurich he was Voiuada or gouernor of Scutarie The oration of Iurich Generall of the Venetian armie Sentence The oration of Scanderbeg to his armie The affection of the souldiers of Scanderbeg after his oration Order of the armie of the Albanoys Order of the armie of the Venetians Colla Humoy Volcathagne The battell betweene the Venetians and Scanderbeg Encouragement of Moses to his soldiers Sentence The victory of Scanderbeg ouer the Venetians The liberall and free answer of the Danians to Scanderbeg Sentence Scanderbeg his curtesie and magnanimity to the Venetian captiues Andrew Humoi Simon Volcathagne prisoners to Scanderbeg Baleze The mount Sardonikor Marraâ—ay Surscodâ—a Baleze reedified and fortified by Scanderbeg Amese and Marin Span. Gouernours of Baleze Driuasta Amese purposeth to surprise Driuasta Marin Span his speech to Amese Sentence Answere of Amese to Marin Span. Amese marcheth to surprize Driuasta The Oraticâ— of Andrew Angell to the Driuastines Driuastines their valiant exploites against their enemies Driuastines sally forth of Driuasta against Amese Conflict between the Driuastines and Amese Amese spoileth the countrey about Driuasta The Towne of Driuasta Antibara Scituation of Driuasta Helena the wife of Negmana king of the Misians Scanderbeg reproueth Amese for his temerity Speeches of Amese vpon the reproach of his vncle The letters of Amurath to Mustapha The Scutariâ—s go against Baleze Marin Spaâ— forsaketh Baleze Baleze razed by the Scutarians The coÌ„plaint of Amese The proceedings of the warre betweene Mustapha and Scanderbeg Oronochea The number of Scanderbegs forces against Mustapha Order of Scanderbeg his armie against Mustapha The combat of Paule Manessey and Caragusa Paul Manessey encouraged by Scanderbeg to the combat Speeches of Caragusa to Paul Manessey Answere of Paul Manessey to Caragusa Paul Manessey killeth Caragusain combat He is rewarded by Scanderbeg Oration of Scanderbeg to his souldiers The battell betwene Mustapha and Scanderbeg Paul Manessey assailed by the Turkes Speeches of Paul Manessey to the Turks as they fled The dewse of the Turkes in their ensignes Mustapha Generall of the Turkes taken prisoner The victory of the Christians Scanderbeg is pensiue for the razing of Baleze Scanderbeg spoileth the territorie of the Scutarians in reuenge of the razing of Baleze Mustapha the other prisoners ransomed for 25000 Ducketes The constancie of the Daynians A treatie of peace betwene Scanderbeg the Venetians Conditions of peace offered to Scanderbeg Busegiarpeni being a part of the Demesnes of Scutarie extending from the riuer Drynon towards Scutarie and lying more conueniently for Scanderbeg then the towne of Dayna Oration of Scanderbeg vnto the Venetian ambassadors vpon the conclusion of peace betwene them Bossa Peace proclaimed betweene the Venetiant and Scanderbeg Scanderbeg leauing the siege of Daina marcheth to the spoile of the Turkish territorie The Turkish territory Scanderbegs treasurie Scanderbeg huposteritie made free of the citie of Venice and appointed gouernour and lieutenant generall of the Venetian territories in Epire. Amurath consulteth with his counsell concerning the warre against Scanderbeg Visiers the Councellours of the great Turk Orat on of Amurath to his councellours for the warre to be vndertaken against Scanderbeg Sentence Amurath resulued in person to warre vpon Sâ—an lerbâ—â— maketh preparations to that effect Secresie of the Turke in concealing his counsels The policie of the Turkes to oppresse the Christians Scanderbeg maketh prouisson of resistance against the Turkes Scanderbeg ordereth his forces against the inuasion of the Turkes Scanderbeg remoueth old persons women children out of the citie Question If better that women and children should be excluded or retayned in a towne besieged A notable description of the lamentation of the Croians vppon their departure out of the city Scanderbeg prouideth victuals armour and munition for the warâ— Vranocontes gouernour of Croy. EncoragemeÌ„t of Scanderbeg to the Croians who instructeth them how to demeane theÌ„ selues against the Turkes The strongâ— siâ—tuation of the city of Croy. Scanderbeg issued from Croy to the Campe. Moses ioyneth with Scanderbeg with his Regiment Sfetigrade fortified by Moses Peter Perlat gouâ—rnâ—ur of Sfetigrade The oration of Castriot vnto the citizens of Sfetigrade The strength of Sfetigrade Amurath leauieth a mighty army against Scanderbeg Amurath consulteth with his Bassaes for the maÌ„er of the proceedings of the wars against Scanderbeg Alcanzi aduenturers without pay Amurath sendeth part of his army before to besiege Sfetygrade The order and diuision of the Turke his armie Flambur Saniacke a Colonell of horsemen Timariot a horseman Subassides a leader of horsemen Spachi Sulastari Vlufagi Ianissari A Turkish stratagemâ— Beillerbey The number of the Turkes forces ScaÌ„derbeg visiteth and encourageth all parts within his prouince The Turkes inuade Epire. Scanderbeg with 5000. meÌ„ against the enemie Scanderbeg goeth to suruey the campe and countenance of the enemie Scanderbeg cosâ—lteth vpoÌ„ the manner of assayling the enemie A notable stratageme of Sâ—aÌ„derbeg practized against the
perswade the courages of his men at armes whose eares were deafe and would not hearken vnto them for but a verie fewe of them were reserued aliue and such as of whom they hoped to haue great ransomes Scanderbeg did neither openly approue nor in his heart did he condemne this seueritie yet it was that which he most desired doing alwayes the like to the intent he might altogether abolish the name of Turkes out of the prouice For the residue of his affaires because he could not be present in all places and for that the present occasions did require expedition and extreme celeritie he made a diuision of his troupes Some of the chiefest young men he sent into diuerse parts of the countrey here and there to dispatch that which remained as to stirre vp their confederates and to preuent their enemies Amese with about two hundred men was appointed to enter within Croie for he was certified that there were not sufficient forces to gard the place and yet was that to be regarded as their principall garrison Him selfe riding and posting into all quarters sometimes on one side sometimes on another and hauing a verie carefull eye to all occasions he employed and spent certaine dayes for the recouerie of some other places and to gayne by his presence the amitie and good affection of all parties There remained one onely point but of greater labour and difficultie then all the rest and that was the subduing of the other townes in the reducing of the which to his obeisance consisted no small importance of the recouerie of his estate Bâ—â— for that they were all defended by good and strong garrisons of the Sultan it was aduised that the fort ought to be enterprised with more puissant and brauer forces and with mature and readie deliberation For this cause it was concluded that all those whom he had departed and deuided into sundrie quarters and vpon diuerse charges should reenforce and with as much speede as might be augment their bandes with fresh supplies and this done they should repaire incontinently to Croy Scanderbeg himselfe tooke his way thither forthwith and there continued attending their comming Litle distance of time was there betweene his arriuall and theirs and the report hereof did drawe manie others also into the action For manie noble and excellent Captaines especially of his allyes came to seeke him speedily and well accompanied amongest whom were Musache de Angeline so called by the common sort being his Nephewe by his sister Angelina and the two Streeses Goique and George brethren his Nephewes also by his sister Iella and Gyne Musache the husband of Vlaica for Iohn his father before his decease had married all his daughters to diuerse Princes and great Lordes of the countrie excepting Mamisa who was giuen by Scanderbeg to Musache de Thopie after the recouerie of his Realme and the pacification of his estate Also from Steuen Cernouiche who had espoused Mara and had by her many goodly children he wanted not ambassages to visite him and to congratulate his good fortune and prosperitie besides great succours that he sent him both of men and money More then these there did gather assemble together from houre to houre such a concourse of people comming resorting vnto him that they came at length to exceede the number of 12000. men on his parte Castriot being notably encouraged by this fauour and good affection of his friends and subiects and seeing them fully prest and readie to march he would not set forward vntill he had in full counsell deliberated vppon his affaires and that he had vsed some exhortation vnto his armie Thus therefore or the like in effect he spake vnto them I see not here braue Captaines and valiant souldiers any new vnexpected matter nor more then I haue heretofore in my minde coniectured or that my hopes did make promise of vnto me as often as I called to mind the auncient worthinesse of this Nation and your singular deuoire towardes my deceased father For be it spoken without presumption of my selfe I neuer doubted but that I should alwayes retayne the same minde and the selfe same loue and affection to my countrie and that I should be alwaies of like courage for the recouerie of our publique libertie In like manner your desires your vowes and your wishes were in effect together with mine ioyntly but as one and the same thing For manie times whereof willingly and freely I doe delight to make often rehearsall you did by all manners and meanes of affection and dutie conuite me vnto this charge whilest I was yet abiding about Amurath Peraduenture in your opinion I might seeme to haue beene forgetfull of my countrie to haue forgotten mine owne honour and it might be you thought me carelesse of our deliuerance and freedome at such time as I sent you home to your houses charged with sorrow without any certaine hope without anie apparance or likelihoode of anie generous or honourable thought seene or discerned in me Certainely my good citizens by that dissembled remissnesse and default of mine I prouided both for your suretie and mine owne securitie the estate of our affayres being then of that qualitie and disposition as they required rather to be put in execution then to be consulted on besides that I haue in you a greater necessitie rather of a bridle to restraine you then of spurres to pricke you on to the recouerie of your libertie True it is that I concealed from you my deliberations but the cause why I so long forbare to make knowen vnto you my readie will and affection was not for that I either suspected your loyaltie or that I had not sufficient knowledge of your good hearts for your selues were the first that entred into this dangerous course and made me acquainted with the secrets of your thoughts but that which turned and withdrew me from it was the frailtie of mortall men and the inconstancie of mens mindes the which as in all other actions it is brittle variable and inconsiderate so must it be drawen with force and violence and not guided by any gentle entreatie and vsage to seeke and purchase libertie For it is in nothing stable and constant neither doth it obserue any good order or direction and if there fall out any the least occasion or opportunitie which may giue any hope or plausibilitie for the purchasing thereof or for the attempting of it onely not a thousande swordes not a million of perils not manifest death and apparant hazard to loose both life and goods might haue diuerted and turned vs from our purpose But after that the matter once in vaine attempted had made knowen your endeuors either must you haue endured a most cruell punishment or a bondage farre more hard and intollerable all hope had beene quite taken from you in time to come and the oportunitie once let slippe had beene lost for euer after so that this fact must haue bene enterprised once
lodge in These things thus prepared and disposed they within the towne did resolutely attend the enemie Whilest these things were in doing Scanderbeg hauing intelligence of the answer of the defendants and the artificiall oration of the souldier smiling at the conceipt which he had propounded he ieasted at it in these termes Behold sayed he a braue souldier if his deedes be answerable to his wordes but God willing we will send him also to keepe companie with those happie soules of the Stellusians This said he caused the Gouernour and other prisoners to be brought before him vnto whom presenting the image of the crucifix some were conuerted Desdrot and the residue were executed When they came to consultation concerning the assailing of the towne there were three seuerall opinions ech differing from other The first was that there ought not anie attempt to be made at that time against the citie for that all places were couered with frost snowe in such sort that it made the mountains inaccessible the souldier being hardly able to keepe his footing for which cause they held it much better to deferre the siege till the spring by reason of the difficulties of the winter Others were of the minde that choice should be made of the best and most picked souldiers that scaling ladders artillerie and such like instrumentes of assault should be prouided and that the obstinacie of the defendants should be encountred with the like in the assailants and that they ought not to take any further time of breathing or delay vpon the matter after the manner of small and sillie birdes who vse to attend the pleasantnesse and temperature of the spring tide that they ought in any case to beware how they did giue time to the enemie wherby they might be succoured and relieued by Amurath But Moses folowing the middle way a meane course betweene both the one and the other of these opinions did conclude that neither ought they to attempt the assault of the towne nor yet to quit and abandon the siege and that this was to be done in an other manner and fashion then they had a duised and that was that those forces which they were to entertaine and to keepe in a readines vpon the borders for other accidents and occurrencies might also serue and commodiously supplie the necessities and wants of the campe so as the siege neede not altogether to be broken vp but they might in the meane time hold the enemie shut vp within their hold and so by litle and litle prolong the seruice to a time of more oportunitie and so should they take from them all leisure and meanes to take spirit and courage vnto themselues This opinion being so indifferent was generally approued and the execution thereof committed vnto the author thereof by Scanderbeg who caused to come thither the regiment of two thousand horse which was not farre off all well appointed and verie willing to the seruice and he adioined vnto them another thousand leauing Moses with all these forces to continue there before the fortresse The residue of the armie with ensignes displayed retired to Croie there also a councell being held the opinions were verie different touching the sum and principall point of the whole warre the most of them being verie vnwilling and greatly grieued and discontented to quitte and leaue their armes but did perswad him to follow the victorie and to inuade the enemies countrie and to winne something from the Ottoman Empire Others did alleadge the time so contrarie the snowe yce and raynie weather so vnpleasant and wearisome that hardly could the souldiers endure them and therewith all the fieldes all parched and dried vp with extreame colde so as they would not be able to yeeld them any food or pasture for their horses Castriot assenting vnto this latter opinion to the intent they should see how he tendered the safetie and good of his souldiers and that during the time of this delaie he might the better intend to the fortifying of the countrey which he had conquered licensed all men to depart hauing first rendred thanks vnto his souldiers in this or the like language I know not my companions whether I should first or last praise and commend in you your vertue or your good fortune this latter hath bene stirred vp by the former and the former hath succoured furthered the latter and by her industrie and celerity a thing in warfare verie requisite hath made your counsels and your endeuors all one and equall For this cause I haue conceiued a most assured hope and presage of the future renowme and glorious name of Albanie and of your honour and reputation What is there wherein fortune can hereafter refuse vs what is there but your patience will surmount and compasse It is yet scant the thirteth day since that I full of doubt and vncertaintie and almost as one forgotten or vnknowen by reason of my long absence and pilgrimage did happily arriue and set foote in this my natiue countrie possessed with infidels and miscreants of whom Sfetigrad excepted there is not nowe remaining in this prouince neither the name nor if I may so speake not so much as the smell or odour It is God to whom first and before all we ought to render thankes that had so blinded the eyes and shut vp the vnderstanding of our aduersaries causing them to deliuer into our hands the possession of so goodly and strong fortresses without any slaughter and blooshed next of all your painfull patience and sufferance hath merited great praise and commendations which hath despised so many discommodities presenting themselues before you as the menaces of the heauens and the iniurie and roughnes of the winter and yet without turning your faces either one way or other till such time as your noble thoughts and desires long since conceiued in your hartes were fully satisfied and contented I do well like and allowe your willing mindes on both parties as well those who iudge it needfull to pursue our victory as those also who thinke it good for a while to deferre our proceedings For albeit there be nothing that should stay the man that is magnanimious and valiant but that vertue is accustomed to make her selfe wayes through fire and water as the saying is and through all places how soeuer vnaccessible notwithstanding so long as no inconuenience do happen vs by our delay you may well without any wrong to your selues haue a care to your bodies and to consider that they are made of no other then a humaine constitution Retire you therefore victorious in a good and happie houre to breath and refresh your selues so shall you returne more gallant strong and lusty in a season more temperate to newe seruices and expeditions then shall all of you haue the free vse and your full of warres of labours and trauels then shall you finde a continuall emploiment in armes then shall you receiue largely the paye and
and assaults That warres are guided rather by time then by force of armes that they ought not to take it grieuously to render Misia vnto the Despot to the intent they might by that meanes purchase a litle leisure and as it were a time of breathing from so many losses and dammages sustained by the wars But why should they speake of rendring Misia when indeede it would be but lent him for a season For at any time they might take it backe againe and with more ease and facility then it should be yeelded or giuen vnto them These considerations did greatly induce Amurath being before in doubt and vncertainety to allow of this aduise and to doe thereafter Notwithstanding fearing to be noted of pusillanimity and basenes of courage if he should so soone and easily condiscend to this opinion after he had precisely debated and discussed many reasons and arguments both on the one part and the other in the end he yeelded and as it were by a kind of constraint subscribed to this last conclusion There was sent therefore an ambassage to the Hungarians with offers of Misia vnto the Christians and of truce for ten yeares according as themselues had demanded Huniades who by reason of the weakenes and infirmity of the others was in a manner left alone to mannage all the affaires both of peace and of war perceiuing his troupes to be vnfit for the warres did not refuse nor prolong the conditions offered by the Turks There be some notwithstanding who affirm that that great lord fauorit of Amurath who as we haue said was taken prisoner by Iancus besides the summe of 40000. crowns agreed vpon for his ran some had aduised to demaund Misia of the Sultan assuring him that he would not refuse to grant any thing by reason of the discomfiture ouerthrow of his Bassa This being an especiall proofe thereof because in the preparation of his prouisions for the wars this word had escaped from him amongst his familiars that he would accord with the Christians the which he did accordingly with the ambassadours whom Huniades sent vnto him for the conclusion ratificatiō of the agrement Certaine it is as some say that Amurath hauing had perfect notice afterwardes of the pitifull estate of our forces it litle wanted but he had run mad for rage and anger and he tooke such an extreame griefe thereat that with the teares euen trickling downe his checkes he lamented that a victory so certaine and assured through a vaine and foolish feare should escape him and be taken out of his handes Out of Albany all this while there came no new tidings but onely of certaine roades and false alarmes made vppon the confines of the Turkish Empire by occasion whereof Ottoman both for the discommodity of the winter and because he had not yet well digested in his hart the peace of Hungary who as it was reported were daily as yet in armes till the Despotte were fully and entirely established in his estate did put ouer the affaires of Epyre to another time of more opportunity and caried him selfe according to the time For he was so extreamely perplexed and troubled in his thoughts as he would daily walke vp and downe by himselfe alone imagining deuising from day to day vppon the variety and diuersity of the causes and reasons which brought vpon him and continued these new impediments and hinderaunces one after an other to the great good welfare and encrease of the Christians affaires The which God be praised did daily grow better and better and were in good rest and happy estate For this is a thing most assured that the roughnesse and intemperancy of the cold and frosty weather and the doubtfull faith of the Hungarians did at that time yeelde our people great matter and cause of quiet But the affaires of Misia being now compounded and settled by the retrait of the Hungarians and the winter being past what was it that then did hinder Amurath that hee did not presently make shew of his hatred against Scanderbeg and seeke some notable kinde of reuenge vpon him in discharge of that malice which had so long boiled in his stomacke For before the thirtieth day of Iune there was no motion of any war against him It may be peraduenture that the courage of the olde man being abated by his losse in Hungarie he made more reckonning and accompt of his case then of the losse of Epyre or of all the iniuries receiued by Scanderbeg Castroit hauing taken his leaue of Moses returned from Dibria to Croie where being exempted for a while from the trauelles of warre for the time would not permit him otherwise he spent the better part of the winter in prouiding for the ciuil affaires of the weale publique and in ordering the estate of particular occasions whereuppon seeing the spring to approach and draw on he tooke with him Amese and some few horse besides and went to leauie certaine forces and hauing made a muster and taken the fielde with sixe thousand men he drew straight to Sfetigrade But what should he doe there As the place was nothing changed in difficulty no more was the enemy altered in obstinacy Neither menaces nor faire wordes would profite any thing Artillery or other engines hee hadde none and if hee had brought any it might be they had serued somewhat to abash and terrifie them but litle or nothing would they haue profited him for the recouery of the place On the other side to try his fortune with the manifest perill of his men and as it were with their certaine and vtter ruine seemed vnto him a course of great rashnesse and temcrity For this cause according to the best counsell and opinion whereunto the greater part also did aduise him leauing for a season all care of Sfetigrade hee marched else where with his campe with intent to amplifie and enlarge the limittes and borders of his dominions But first of all he spoyled and destroyed all things that bare fruite about the towne depriuing the besieged of the benefite and profite of all the champion and not leauing them any thing but the onely bare and naked enclosure of their walles It is reported notwithstanding that certaine of the inhabitauntes of Sfetigrade or of them which remained in the suburbes came secretely vnto Scanderbeg praying him in regard of their seruices past in the time of Iohn his father that he would not vtterly destroy all things in this order hauing not deserued it at his handes but that he would cause to cease this spoile and hauocke whereby in effect they and not the enemy should be vtterly depriued of all sustenaunce and nouriture That he had both leysure and other meanes sufficient to chastise the garrison of the Turkes and to chase and disnest them out of their holde and that for their partes they woulde most willingly watch for some oportunity and giue aide and furtheraunce to this affaire if they
thou shalt haue it we our selues will see thy obsequies perfourmed And without expecting thy commaundement most mightie king of the Albanians we will honour and reuerence thy funerals with our presence least that hereafter being in hell thou doe complaine that thy end was ignoble and dishonourable All this notwithstanding the imaginations and thoughts of the Sultan were very vncertaine and irresolute in the middest of these difficulties For the rumours which arose daily from the part of Huniades and the often messages of the vnfaithfull Despot of Misia that pernicious old wretch who was now infamous through his double treasons and by the enuious destinies was reserued euen till that time for so many miseries and calamities to the Christians these considerations I say did transport and cary away his mind else where and did hinder and trouble him from bending all his forces and turning the waight and burthen of the whole warre vppon the kingdome of Epire. Meane while neuerthelesse to the intent the late iniury offered him by the contempt and refusall of his friendshippe and confederacy might not rest without some present kinde of punishment he concluded that if he did nothing else yet he would trouble and molest the peace and quietnesse of Scanderbeg though he were not able vtterly to abolish it To this effect he imagined that he had a fit and conuenient oportunity by the negligence of the Christians who as he heard were growen very carelesse and secure through their manifold good fortunes and happy successe in the wars and that Scanderbeg hauing dismissed his army did keepe the field with his horsemen onely who did daily and careleslie range abroade farre from their Campe here and there dispersed and scattered for desire of prey and pillage For this cause hee caused Ferisey to be sent for who was one of his Bassaes a man of a stirring and fierce disposition and of a quicke and ready spirite To him hee gaue in charge nine thousand horse all chosen and picked men and hauing heaped vpon him many great and large promises in case he returned with victorie as hee wished and desired he commaunded him to enter into Epire with all the speede and secresie that might be that his comming might be felt before it was perceyued by the enemy The reason that made Ottoman at that time to send no greater forces was either for feare that delay and protracting of time might worke their dammage and disaduantage or that the rumour of his comming being blowen abroade and diuulged might awaken the Christians and giue them time and leysure both to aduise themselues and to eschew the perill by addressing and preparing new ambushmentes as the euent afterwardes made manifest to frustrate and disappoint the traines of him that was a master in such arts and subtelties But whilest that I doe so confidentlie sette downe all these matters touching the counsailes of Amurath both concerning his manner of mannaging forraine warres and the administration of his estate I doubt not but many will maruell at this my iudgement and opinion in that it is repugnant and contrarie to others And it maie be they will be inquisitiue to knowe what should make mee so to differ and varie from the common opinion seeing that it is a matter yet fresh in memory and many also haue committed no lesse to writing iustifying the same to all posteritie That Amurath in his latter dayes immediately vppon the battell of Varna meditating and lamenting sometimes vppon the miseries and inconueniences of Princes and sometimes vppon the temeritie and inconstancie of Fortune after hee had ordered his domesticall affaires and appointed Halie Bassa for gouernour to his eldest sonne Mahomet hee presently depriued himselfe of his Crowne and Empire and leauing Andrinople and the care of all publique matters and retayning with him but a very small number as the companions of his counsell hee retired him selfe into Asia where he vowed and professed a religious and a godly life according to the superstition of his forefathers Neither did hee forsake that kinde of life till such time as the Despotte of Transiluania namely Huniades was come before Sophia and that the cries and daily exclamations of the people did reuoke him alleadging that Mahomet by reason of his young and tender yeares was not able to support and beare the heauy burthen and charge of the estate and that the credite and authority of Halie Bassa was not of such force in the Campe as might make the souldiours to obey and respect him Certainly I cannot but maruell from whence this erroâ— should proceede especially in an Act happening so late and within the time of our remembraunce I wil not aduenture to condemne those graue wise and learned Authors of rashnesse and temeritie nor to conuince them of vntrueth and falsehood yet this one thing I dare auouche for certainetie and maintaine it of mine owne knowledge that the letters of Amurath aboue written were sent from Andrinople the chiefe seate of the Ottoman Empire vnder the name and title of Amurath and that both Ferisey and many other Chieftaines did attempt vppon the countrey of Epire by his commaundement and appointment after that he hadde in vaine sought for peace of Scanderbeg But this errour proceedeth not from thence for in the order and accompt of the times will not be found anie confusion or disagreement if wee should graunt that these things did passe before that euer Amurath did giue ouer and renounce his Empire But herein my minde cannot be throughly satisfied to see that the death of the Sultan should be so vnaduisedly translated from Epire into Asia For in deed there is nothing more contrarie to the trueth and there was neuer any one heard of that durst maintaine or allow the contrarie but that the siege of Croie did make an end of his aged yeares and all ages ensuing will giue the honour of the death of Ottoman vnto Scanderbeg as being consumed and extinct through pure conceipt and melancholy and through impatiencie of griefe for that hee could not preuaile against Croie But the discretion and good iudgement of the Reader will easily finde out these particularities and the probability of the whole trueth of those matters by the diligent computation and conference of the times But returne wee againe to Ferisey who in great secresie was entred into the Frontiers of Macedony and did in vaine promise vnto him selfe the reward and honour of the victory which he had before conceiued in his minde puffed vp with so great and a vaine hope And therefore standing very carefully vppon his guard he marched on approaching daily nearer the enemy in manner and countenaunce rather of a Robber then of a true and iust warriour And yet coulde not hee for all that preuent the newes of his arriuall For Scanderbeg being admonished of all thinges by the Garrisons that were disposed in diuerse and sundry places or as others write by a spie comming from the
of men so braue and valiant be any thing carefull or mindfull of liberty you may easilie tame and abate the proud attempts of the enemy and you may soone ruinat and vanquish these arrogant and haughty stomacks According to your cariage and behauiour wil the Ottoman begin to conceiue either feare and discomfort or hope and good heart If he find you so stout and full of courage as I do now see you to be furious and resolute he will be in doubt least he be encountred in all other places with a greater violence and much more forceable and dangerous So shall you teach him to forbeare and abstaine from the other cities of Epire to reserue himself to more easie exploits making him vnwilling to presse you with any long siege or else if his age make him so wilfull so vnaduisedly obstinat as to seeke to force you his troupes I doubt not shall waxe gray headed ere they depart For such is the naturall situation of this place that it need not feare nor make accompt of any aduersary how fierce furious soeuer Resolue your selues therefore my good citizens and by the firmnes of your determinations and the constancy of your faith doe you purchase vnto your selues and your country this immortall victory Vpon the successe of your vertue and prowesse I do repeat it willingly doth depend the faith and constancy of the rest of the people of Albany All men haue their eyes fixt vppon you either to commend you or condemne you or to follow and imitate your vertue What need I vse any further speaches that which is wanting I had rather you most worthy Dibrians should meditate with your selues then that in aduertising you with ouer much care and curiositie I might seeme by many wordes to haue conceiued some secrete doubt and mistrust of your faith and loialty The same time that Castriot with his forces here and there assembled from all parts of Epire was making towards Croy to take order for the safety and assurance of that city the Turkish army which had bene leauied in Asia was transported into Europe and by long iorneis was arriued at Andrinople their numbers not exceeding 40000. For whensoeuer the Sultan had any war in Europe the most part of his forces were vsually leauied in those quarters neare the same place both for that the souldiers of those parts are better acquainted accustomed with the maners of the Christians in their wars and also for that their preparations may be there made more commodiously with greater celerity as being at home and in his owne countrey Whilest the Ottoman forces did on all parts daily take head together and that Amurath had almost ended his great preparations and had assembled a great and mighty puissance hee called a counsell of his Bassaes and moste expert Chiefetains in the which they propounded and debated vpon diuerse meanes and manners for the commencement and beginning of the war Some held opinion that without any temporizing or further daliance it were necessary to send before into Epire a running campe of horsemen whom they call Alcanzi or Achimzi and whom we may wel resemble to our aduenturers a most cruell and brutishe kinde of people and giuen extreamelie to robbing and stealing And that these as an outragious tempest comming vpon them sodainely and surprizing them at vnawares with notable violence should destroy confound and turne all vp side downe and that the enemy not carrying themselues very wary and circumspect but vnder colour of fained fight being deluded and deceiued by these troupes should be drawen forth to the fight in such sort that his maiesty following neare at hand in proper person with the grosse of his whole army might the more easily and entirely oppresse and vanquishe them Others were ofa contrary aduise perswading him in any case to forbeare by such meanes to prouoke and incite the enemy for feare either of giuing occasion to the Christians to prouide themselues of things necessary for so long and tedious a warre or least they themselues might runne headlong first of all into their traines and counterwayes that the late slaughters sustained by others had sufficiently taught them Besides that they had intelligence which was now euery where and commonly reported that the whole prouince of Albanie being throughly prouided and prepared was already in armes their townes strongly fortified and their fortresses garnished with souldiours for their defence and with other preparatiues in good quantitie and that all places both passages and streightes were purposely possessed and full of souldiours that Scanderbeg with the residue of his troupes did dayly ride vppe and downe visiting the prouince and searching and viewing the thickettes and secret corners of the woodds and forrestes to the intent he might once againe conueniently and according to his minde lodge in them his happy and fortunate ambushments that it was a most pernitious thing to imagine to preuaile against so cautelous and warie an enemy by warring in that manner that they ought rather to take an other course of better assuraunce and which the issue and euent might not yet once againe reproue and condemne as it had done in times past For what should let sayd they but that all of them might miscarie vnder the sword of the Albanois before that the same succours ofa campe so heauily charged should be able to retaine them Wherefore to preuent the Christians that they should not by the bloud and slaughter of their people presate vnto them selues any good fortune in this warre they held it better to march on with their whole armie all at once to the intent they might at length deliuer the Empire of Ottoman from the labour and burthen of this troublesome warre Neither of these opinions was allowed but a third indifferent betweene both caried a way the matter as being more fitte and commodious for the qualitie of that time and for the honour and reputation of such an enterprise It was concluded therefore that the third part or little lesse of the whole army should aduaunce foreward before the residue supposing that that number would suffice not onely to repell and keepe the enemy from going forward but if neede were to set vppon them and that by their sodaine comming they should be able both to disturbe the course of the enemies affaires and purpose and consequently to prepare a free passage for the army royall of his Maiesty According to this conclusion there were immediatly chosen sent away 40000. light horsemen whose ordinary armes were sword target lance a plate of maile and a mace of iron Their commission was to march on directly the next and shortest way towards Sfetigrade and there to begin the siege of that place according as they amongst them selues should aduise and deliberate Amurath after his counsell was ended commaunded the residue of his army to be mustered and to be raunged in order of battell Infinite
this stay of the assault was welcome to them all For their continuall labour and the heat of the day accompanied with extreame hunger and thirst had in a manner wholly spent them by reason that the suddennesse of the assault had preuented many from taking any repast The residue therefore of the day and the night following they consumed in refreshing themselues both with sleepe and victuals The same night tidings being brought to Scanderbeg of the victory of the Croians it gaue him good cause of ioy and gladnesse and he presently imparted these good newes vnto the Princes and peoples his next neighbours But on the other side the enemie was in great sorrow and discontentment and was seene for many dayes to be very sad and pensiue for the notable losse of that daies worke was very hard to be digested hauing lost in that seruice more then 8000. good souldiers but the Croians had verie little losse and without any great slaughter to speake of It is reported that Amurath kept himselfe close shut vp within his tent for two whole dayes together in debating vpon diuerse counsels and opinions with his Captaines and the Visirs his Counsellers But aboue all others young Mahomet shewed himselfe to be notably vexed and discontented his spirit boiling with fury and choller and his youthfull yeares being yet vnacquainted with crosse fortunes and aduersities had turned all his passions of griefe and anguish into meere rage and madnesse From thenceforth he tooke vpon him to deale in all the affaires of the campe with a carefull eye viewing and reuiewing all the seuerall companies he shewed himselfe so greedie of reuenge that he spared not to labour himselfe extreamely both night and day and was verie watchfull at all times to take the aduantage of any fit occasion but principally he had an eie to that side where the Albanois had lately endammaged their campe For there he placed a strong and puissant court of garde and dressed many ambushments and oftentimes would he watch there him selfe whole nightes in proper person to the intent if fortune did present him any good opportunitie to oppresse Scanderbeg he might not escape againe out of his handes But all these his deuises turned to nothing and vanished away as the smoake by the prouident and circumspect cariage of that expert Chiefetaine the Prince of Albany who being from day to day enformed of all thinges either by such as came to render themselues vnto him or by espials sent abroad of purpose he helde himselfe still and quiet in his campe for a season ordering and prouiding for the safetie of his affaires and drawing on his enemies with delayes Notwithstanding he could not endure to remaine long idle but being very desirous that his enterprises shold surpasse all others in glory reputatioÌ„ he aduised him self of a fine stratageme by which he purposed to surprise theÌ„ who were too intentiue to intrap him One night therefore trussing vp his baggage very secretly he remoued his army to a place called Monticlea from whence he might most coÌ„modiously trauel disturbe the enemy He left Moses Tanusee at Tumeâ—ista accompanied with 500. horse only and hauing set downe a certaine and prefixed time course and coÌ„municated his enterprise with them he willed them to set vppon the trenches of the enemy a litle after midnight next ensuing on the same side where he had last inuaded theÌ„ and that assoone as they had but giuen them a false allarme and made a shew of forcing the barriers of their campe they should suddenly and speedily make away without giuing the enemie any meanes to come to handiblowes with them and that himselfe in the meane time hauing set all things in good order and leauing 200. men for the guarde of his campe would on the other side breake in vpon the tentes of the enemie with the residue of his armie According to this conclusion there was little distance of time betweene the allarme made by Moses and the comming of Scanderbeg For assoone as he perceiued the sudden rumour and terrour of the allarme raised by the Dibrian on the other side he bare in with a full and strong carrer and charged them on that part where they litle doubted or suspected In this manner was the campe of the Infidels full of doubt feare and confusion some ranne here some there making great haste on all sides to oppose themselues against the violence of the Christians One of them wakened another crying that they were enuironned and rounde beset with the enemie But as for Moses he did indeede put them in a feare and that was all he did by reason that those souldiers which had beene lately placed in that quarter by Mahomet did easilie repulse them especially such as were most forward But the night hindered them froÌ„ pursuing after him for that they suspected some ambushment which they had good cause to be in doubt of and especially at that time But the dammage that Scanderbeg wrought them cannot be recounted For their campe was on all parts beaten downe and foully deformed and disordered both by sword fire and yet did not this inuasion continue any long time by reason of the sudden comming and readie arriuall of the Turkes whose presence in so great multitudes did soone determine and ende the conflict For the Christians making a retreate durst not hazarde and oppose themselues against so huge forces as were there vnited especially in a place that was so plaine and euen for it was in Tyranna where they gaue this charge vppon the enemie Neuerthelesse when the Christians beganne to retire the Infidels had no great desire to follow after and if they had it might be they should haue paid well for it for this warie and circumspect warrior had placed all his infanterie and 8000. horse neere at hand to the intent they should be as a gard vnto him behind at his backe and should serue against all such casualties as might befall him Of these companies was he receiued in his retreate with great ioy and high cries and clamors and so passing forward they spent the rest of the night in trauelling to their campe It is reported that Scanderbeg did neuer doe anie exploite vppon his enemie with lesse losse and bloudshed for he brought backe all his troupes safe and sounde without the losse of any one man not leauing vnto the Barbarians aniething saue woundes teares and lamentations as the testimonies of his being with them in such sort that this slaughter and foule discomfiture did make them in a manner quite to forget the calamitie of their late losse which they had had before Croy. No man durst from thencefoorth open his mouth vnto the Sultan or to aduise him to any enterprise for this accident hauing succeeded to their so notable infamie did seeme to reproue all their counsels and deliberations both in times past and at that present Wherefore they had recourse in this their
pitched and set battels and brought them vnder subiection who hauing slainc the King of Hungarie did more then once with his great good hap giue the chase vnto Hunyades that famous redoubted warriour through the conceipt and remembrance of which his glorious and haughtie exploites and by the successe of all which fauours bestowed vppon him by fortune his ambitious and proud heart did promise vnto it selfe the superioritie and conquest of all Empires and estates Christian and the entire dominion of the whole earth But ô how are his thoughts now changed ô how farre doe those his last speeches differ from the course of his forepassed life being now heard to powre forth such vile and base complaints to lament so shamefully euen in the view of an enemie of whom in time past he made so small reckoning and so little estimate where were then become the haughtie thoughts of his vndaunted spirit his arrogant and imperious voice which so many braue Chieftaines and Leaders so many troupes and legions so many thousands of armed souldiers were wont to heare with feare and trembling Oh how the case is now altered the man is now of another manner of visage of another kind of countenance of another aspect Where is that head adorned with so many trophees and goodly tryumphes where is that royall and princely hande that swayed so many Scepters where is the puissance the power the strength of his maiestie that commaunded ouer so many kingdomes nations and peoples Beholde he now lyeth full low vppon the ground a deformed a filthy and stincking carkasse with his hands closed his eyes shut and his feete stretched out which earst so gloriously did trample and tread vppon the earth and did triumph vppon the landes which he had vanquished and subdued And now of so many and so infinite riches of so vnmeasurable wealth and so huge treasures of so many honours and vaine glorious praises which he enioyed in his life time his fraile bodie retaineth nothing but hath left all behind him O the imbecilitie and weake condition of mans nature ô the vaine glorie of mortall creatures ô the blinded and peruerted thoughtes of foolish men why doe we so glorifie our selues why are wee so puffed vppe and exalted why doe wee so set our affections on the riches the authoritie and the pompous vanities of this life ô howe admirable is the chaunge of all humaine things howe fleeting is the glorie and ostentation of mortall Empires and howe great is the daliance of fortune deluding and deceiuing foolishe men with such vanities His bodie being embalmed with pretious oyntmentes and sweete odours was pompously and honourably kept and preserued to be afterwardes interred at Bursa aunciently named Prusa in Bithinia in the sepulcher of his auncestors Mahomet being immediatly saluted as their Lord and Soueraigne was aduised by the greatest and chiefest persons that the death of his father should carefully be concealed to the intent the report thereof might not come to the hearing of the enemie Afterwards when it was farre in the night trussing vp their baggage and all things prouided in arcadines for their discamping they departed before the dawning of the day The report is that Amurath deceased about the middest of Autumne fiue monethes after the siege laide before Croy. As touching his age there is some diuersitie of opinions yet it is generally agreed and gainesaied by none that he had fully attained to fourescore and fiue yeares Nothing is more certaine then that Mahomet was highly aggrieued and displeased to leaue the siege and to abandon the warre which had brought them so great dishonor but necessitie enforced him thereunto and made him hasten his returne to Andrinople there to take the inuestiture of his crowne and Empire according to the ancient custome of their kings as also to represse and extinguish the tumults which might happen and are vsuall to be raised vpon the change and alteration of estates Scanderbeg at his departure did not cease to follow him sometimes pressing vpon his maine forces and sometimes gleaning vp those that were hindmost and so still continued he troubling their armie till he saw them cleane gone out of the boundes and limits of his countrey and then triumphing with a double occasion of ioy and gladnesse both because Amurath was departed this life with shame and infamie and for that the reliques of the enemies forces were cleane ridde out of Epire he returned to his companies and so tooke his way directly towardes Croie By this time was Vranocontes the Croians issued out of the town in great troups and they went wandering vp and downe the fieldes which were yet moist with the blood of the Turkes In all places they made some stay and ouerseeing and visiting all things with an incredible pleasure and delight Scarcely could they beleeue themselues in that which they had seene and searched with their eies in such sort were the hearts of this people lately possessed and seized with feare and horror that their perplexed and doubtfull spirits could not yet forget their former terror The king of Albanie was receiued with a maruellous concourse of people and Vranocontes was the first that entertained him with infinite embracements who after he had kissed him as the fashion is the others according to their degrees and callings did likewise welcome him There was not any of the common people but did testifie their ioy and gladnes of his comming sometimes prostrating themselues according to their maner at the feete of their Prince and sometimes handling the skirtes of his robes and vestiments they would embrace and kisse them with great desire affection Then began they to expresse and make shew of their exceeding ioy with all kinds of acclamations melodies and instruments of musicke with ringing of belles with bonfiers with feasting and banqueting and whatsoeuer else which in the comentment of their hearts they could any wayes imagine or bethinke themselues The Croians were highly commended and extolled with many praises and good commendations both in publique and in priuate for their deuoire and dutie so faithfully and valiantly performed The garrison likewise besides their appointed pay had great and large sums of money giuen them for a recompence with many good and rich garmentes Touching the gouernour besides great store of gold and siluer Scanderbeg gaue him two coate armours of purple and one other richly wrought in gold and foure goodly manours for the reward and recompence of his vertue and good seruice and last of all beyond his expectation though not vndeseruedly he honored him with a higher title and created him Duke of Emathia giuing him the present inuestiture and possession of that dignitie These things thus accomplished Scanderbeg tooke especiall care to dispatch away messengers of this victorie on all sides to the Princes and peoples his neighbours and confederates the rumor and report whereof being dispersed abroad was the occasion that infinite numbers
Turkes Moses and others sent to draw the Turkes sorth to fight A shirmish betweene certain Turkes and Epirots The Turks put to flight The Turkes campe in a tumult vpon the discomfiting of their fellowes Alarme in the campe of Scanderbeg Turkes pursus Moses and hit companie Turkes fall into the Ambuscado of the Epirots Conflict betwene the Turkes and the Epirots Peic Manuel The victorie of the Epirots against 4000. Turkes before Sfetigrade The griese and trouble of the Turkish campe vpon the ouerthrow of their forces Amurath commeth to the siege of Sfetigrade 1449. Asappi footmeÌ„ commaunded vpon the Prouinces at three duckats a moneth Ambassadors of Amurath admitted into Sfetygrade deliuer their message in an open councell The worthie answere of Perlat to the Turkish Embassadour The Turke his messengers returne in raine from the town Policie of Perlat The Princes of Epire offer Scanderbeg their aid and furtheran e for the repulse of the Turke Scanderbeg secretly disguised goeth about visiting comforting all the places of his prouince Scanderbeg encourageth Vranocontes the Croians Answer of Vranocontes to Scanderbeg Ambassadours from the Princes of Epire to Scanderbeg offering him aide against the Turkes Answere of Scanderbeg to the Ambassadors of the Albanian Princes Sfetigrade battered by the Turkes Scanderbeg approcheth nearer to the Turkish camp Sfetygrade assaulted A stratageme vsuall amongst the Turkes Turks repulsed from the assault of Sfetigrade Feribassa sent with a new sâ—pplie to renué the assault Scanderbeg goeth to inuade the campe of the Turke before Sfetigrade Amurath his pollicy and great prouidence Conflict of ScaÌ„derbeg with the Turkes Speeches of Amurath reproching his souldiers flying from Scanderbeg Garrison within Sfetigrade sallie out vpon the Turkes Number of Turkes slaine and hurt at the first assault of Sfetigrade Stratageme of Scanderbeg in often remouing of his campe Sfetigrade again battered Sfetigrade her naturall strength and situation Amurath resolueth to consume the garrison of Sfetigrade by often and light skirmishes Turkes thinke to surprize Sfetigrade Scanderbeg scoureth the countrey Scanderbeg goeth to viewe the armie and demeanour of the Turkes before Sfetygrade Speeches of Scanderbeg to his souldiours touching the securitie of the Turkish army Scanderbeg his order and policie in marching with his arme Saying of Scanderbeg Moses with two other souldiours goeth as aspie into the campe of Amurath Scanderbeg went as spy into the Turkes campe lying at the siege of Croy. Generall of an army not to be commeÌ„ded for aduenturing his person ouer hardily A rare thing to see fortune and vertue in one maÌ„ to be alwayes ioyned together Oration of Scanderbeg to his army being to giue a canuazado to the Turkish campe Scanderbeg giueth a canuado to the Turkish campe Number of Turkes slaine in the canuazado The fayre valley Scanderbeg returneth to his Campe. Scanderbeg encampeth in Emathia Sfetygrade assaulted for 3. dayes together by the Bassa of Romania Speeches of Amurath to his souldiors encouraging theÌ„ to a new assault of Sfetygrade Turks fly from Amurath to Scanderbeg Feribassa appointed with an army to resist the inuasioÌ„s of Scanderbeg during the assault of Sfetygrade Feribassa his praises and coÌ„mendations Sentence Assault to Sfetigrade Scanderbeg commeth to inuade the Turkish campe The battell betweene Scanderbeg and Feribassa Stratageme of Feribassa to enclose Scanderbeg Encouragement of Feribassa to hu souldiers in the battell against Scanderbeg Feribassa chalengeth Scanderbeg to the combat Sentence Ferybassa disswaded from the combat by his owne men The office of a Generall to consult and to command rather then to fight Scanderbeg prepareth him selfe to the combat with Ferybassa Speeches of Scanderbeg by his Nobles entreating him not to combat with Ferybassa Answere of Scanderbeg to his Nobles disswading him from the combat with Feribassa The combat betwene Scanderbeg and Feribassa Feribassa slain by Scanderbeg Victorie of Scanderbeg against the armie of Feribassa Amurath fortifieth his campe against future inuasions of his enemie Number of Turkes slaine in the battell betweene Scanderbeg and Feribassa Turkes flee to the Christians Number of Turkes slaine at the 2. assault of Sfetigrade The returne of Scanderbeg to his campe Scanderbeg goeth to discouer vpon the enemy Scanderbeg holdeth councell for his proceedings against the enemie Scanderbeg in great perplexitie for doubt of treason in Sfetigrade Amurath consulteth vpon his proceedings against Sferygrade Counsellers of Amurath are in diuerse opinions for his proceedings against Sfetygrade Answer of Amurath to the reasons and aduise of his Councellors Amurath seeketh to corrupt those of Sfetigrade with giftes Answer of the Citizens of Sfetigrade to the enticements of Amurath Amurath corrupteth one of the garrison of Sfetigrade to betray the towne The cause and ground of the treason bringing the losse of Sfetygrade Description of the Prouince of Dybria in Epyre. Base Dybria inhabited by Epyrots Tribullians of Bulgarians inhabitants of the vpper Dibria bordering vpon Macedonie Tribullians or vpper Dibrians hold of the Greeke church The manner of the treason causing the losse of Sfetigrade The notable superstition of the Dibrians The Dibrians are determined to surrender the towne to Amurath because their water was polluted Oration of Perlat gouernor of Sfetigrade to the Dibrians disswading theÌ„ from yeelding them selues to Ottoman Perlat and the citizens of Sfetigrade drunke of the polluted water to draw the Dibrians to do the like who refuse it Hereâ—ie and superstition neare of kinne each to other The Sclauoniâ— tong very large and ample Sfetigrade yeelded to Amurath The traitour who betraied Sfetigrade rewarded by the Turks The end of treason Treasâ— loued by Princes yet traitors hated of theÌ„ Speechees of Mahomet the yong prince to his father perswading him to violate his faith with them of Sfetigrade Answer of Amurath to the speeches of his sonne Mahomet Amurath fortifieth Sfetigrade Perlat and the citizens of Sfetygrade their comming to Scanderbeg Dibrians craue pardon of ScaÌ„derbeg for yeelding Sfetygrade to the Turke Speech of Scanderbeg to the Dibrians whoÌ„ he pardoneth Perlat his good desertes and prayse for the defence of Sfetygrade Perlat coÌ„n enmended and rewarded by Scanderbeg Perlat made an Abbot Proto-sengeli Abbots in Epyre Perlat his integritie of life his eloquence and learning Amurath determineth to leaue Epyre to returne to Andrynople The cause of Amurath his suddaine departure out of Epyre. Amurath with his armie departeth out of Epire. The manner of march obserued by Amurath with his campe Number of Turkes lost in the iourney of Amurath into Epire. Scanderbeg pursueth the armie of the Turkes Amurath leaueth the Bassa of Romania to repulse the inuasion of Scanderbeg A prouerbe vsed by ScaÌ„derbeg vpon his retiring froÌ„ the enemie The Bassa of Romania marcheth away after Amurath Scanderbeg perswaded to mariage by the nobles and Princes of Epire Speeches of the Princes nobles of Epire perswading him to mariage Aunswere and speeches of ScaÌ„derbeg concerning the maried life Mariage both troublesome and the hinderance of a maÌ„s good fortune Scanderbeg