to carrie newes home Calibeius and Cherseogles the Bassaes were in that flight both taken prisoners and afterwards presented to Caitbeius the Sultan at CAIRE with eighteene ensignes of the Turkes Sanzackes which are great men amongst them hauing euerie one of them the regiment and commaund of some one prouince or other and are in degree next vnto the Bassaes. Neither was the fortune of Baiazet his nauie at sea better than that of his armie at land for as it lay at rode vpon the coast of SYRIA at the mouth of the riuer Orontes which runneth by the famous citie of ANTIOCHIA his gallies were by tempest and rage of the sea put from their anchors and in the sight of their enemies swallowed vp of the sea or else driuen vpon the main and there with the surges of the sea beaten in peeces Baiazet not a little troubled with these losses both by sea and land at length with much adoe by his embassadours concluded a peace with the Sultan vnto whom he restored all such places as he had before taken from him for which the â—ultan deliuered vnto him Calibeius Cherseogles Achmetes and Ishender with all the rest of the â—urkes prisoners which he had in great number in his keeping â—hortly after this peace was concluded betwixt these two great and mightie princes Caitbeiâ—â— the Sultan died who of a Circassian slaue by manie degrees of honour and by the fauour of the Mamalukes his fellowes obtained the rich kingdome of Aegypt which he right worthely gouerned to his immortall praise by the space of two and twentie yeares commaunding at one time the great and rich countrey of AEGYPT with all AFFRIKE as farre as CIRENE Westward and IVDEA with a great part of ARABIA and all SYRIA vnto the great and famous riuer Euphrates Eastward In the latter end of his raigne he ouercome with the importunitie of his wife Dultibe an Arabian borne a woman of an hautie spirit joyned his sonne Mahomethes a young man of about foure and twentie yeares old with him in the fellowship of his kingdome that so possessed of it his father yet liuing hee might the better enjoy it after his death Contrarie to the custome of the Mamalukes who of long time had not vsed to haue their king by succession but by their free election Who grudging to be thus defrauded of their wonted choise immediatly after the death of Caitbeius slew Mahomethes his sonne and in a few moneths after foure mo who one after another without their good liking had aspired vnto the kingdome neither could they be contented vntill such time as that they had according to their wonted custome set vp a Sultan of their owne choise About the same time that the aforesaid peace was concluded betwixt the two great Mahometane princes Baiazet and Caitbeius Charles the French king was making great preparation against Alphonsus king of NAPLES giuing it out That after he had recouered that kingdome he would forthwith from thence inuade the Turkes dominions in GRaeCIA Which great attempt the haughtie king was induced to take in hand by the persuasion of diuers of his nobilitie but especially by the solicitation of Lodouicus Sfortia duke of MILLAN whereby the whole state of ITALIE was in short time after sore shaken and Sfortia himselfe author of those troubles at last carried away by the French miserably ended his dayes as a prisoner in FRAVNCE Alphonsus the Neapolitane king doubting the greatnesse of the French king his enemie entered into a confederation with certaine of the states of ITALIE against the French but especially with Alexander the sixt then Bishop of ROME for the beter assurance whereof he gaue his base daughter in marriage to Godfrey Borgia the Bishops sonne and made him prince of CARINVLA his other sonne Francis he entertained also in great pay to serue him in his wars And by his embassadour Pandonius Camillus lately returned out of FRANCE gaue Baiazet to vnderstand what the French king had purposed against them both requesting him to aid him with six thousand horsemen and as many foot against their common enemie promising to giue them honourable entertainement during those warres And to further the matter Alexander the great Bishop sent George Bucciarde a Ligurian skilfull in the Turkish language embassadour to Baiazet to declare vnto him with what great preparation both by sea and land the young French king desirous of honour and the enlargement of his kingdome was about to inuade NAPLES and then with what great power after he had dispatched his warres in ITALIE he purposed to passe ouer into GRaeCIA and that hee had to that end earnestly trauelled with him to haue Zemes his brother deliuered into his hands whom he desired to vse as a most fit instrument for the troubling of his state and empire by reason of his many friends yet that his Holinesse hauing the French in distrust as a proud and ambitious people as also carefull for the danger of the citie of ROME and of the state of ITALIE in generall had entered into a confederation with Alphonsus king of NAPLES with their vnited forces to withstand that proud nation both by sea and land wanting nothing more for the accomplishment thereof than mony by which onely meanes Baiazet might as hee said prouide for the safetie of his kingdome in GRECIA if he would put to his helping hand to furnish them with mony for the entertainment of souldiors for as much as the citie of ROME and the kingdome of NAPLES were the surest wals of that side of the Othoman empire if hee not altogether refusing the charge would not spare for a little cost to maintaine the warre rather in that forraine countrey than to receiue it brought home to his owne dore concluding That it were much more commodious and easie with his treasures to represse his enemie in a strange countrey a farre off than by dint of sword and plaine battell in his owne A thing by experience well knowne that they which haue neglected and set at nought remote dangers for sparing of charge haue afterwards been enforced with greater danger to receiue the same into their owne bosomes when as they were become desperat and past remedie Baiazet who both by his espials and often letters and embassadours from Alphonsus knew all this to be true gaue great thankes to the bishop by his embassador for that he sitting in so high place did so friendly and in so good time admonish him both a stranger and of a contrarie religion of things of so great consequence yet for answere hee willed him to returne againe to his master with one Dautius his embassadour who should carrie with him both money and his other secret resolutions concerning those matters Amongst other things giuen him in charge was an Epistle written in Greeke wherein the barbarous king with great cunning persuaded the bishop to poyson Zemes his brother as a man of a religion altogether contrarie to his for indeed of
poisoned by Alexander bishop of Rome The euill life of Caesar Borgia The death of Caesar Borgia The French king inuadeth Naples Ferdinand departeth from Capâ—a to pacifie an vprore at Naples A most resolute fact of king Ferdinand Charles the French king receiued into Naples A great league made by dâ—uâ—rs Christian princeâ— agaiâ—st the French king Ferdinand recouereth his kingdome of Naples from the French and dieth The death of Charles the French king 1496 1497 The Turkes inuade Podolia Russia and in their returne are for most part lost 1498 1499 Friuly part of the Venetian territorie spoiled by the Turkes Fight at sea betwixt the Turkâ— and the Venetians Lepanto yeelded to the Turks 1500 Methone besieged both by sea and land by Baiazet Methone taken by the Turks Corone Pylus and Crisseum yeelâ—ed to the Turks 1501 Cephalenia taken by the Venetianâ— Pylos taken from the Turks and againe yeelded vnto them Dyrrachium taken by the Turkâ— Mytilâ—ne besiâ—ged The siege of Mytilene broken vp 1502 Nâ—ritos taken by the Venetians 1503 A peace concluded betwixt Baiazet and the Venetians Baiazet in danger to haue beene slaine by a Deruislar or Turkish monke Baiazet by nature peaceable The Turks and Persians differ not about the interpretation of their 〈◊〉 but about the true successor of their great prophet Mahomet Haider marrieth Maâ—tha the daâ—ghter of the great king Vsun-Cassanes Haider Erdebil sâ—cretly murdred The beginning of the Cuselbassas Hysmaell his behauiour in the time of his exile Hysmaell returneth iâ—to Armenia and recouereth his inheritance Sumaâ—hia taken by Hysmaell Hysmaell commeth to Tauris Hysmaell taketh the citie of Tauris and defaceth the tombe of his vncle Iacup Hysmaell goeth against the Persian king Eluan the Persian king slaine Hysmaell goeth against Moratchâ—mus Hysmaell exceedingly beloued and honoured of his subiects 1508 Chasan Chelife and Techellis inuade the Turkeâ— dominions â—â—smaell sendeth â—mbassadors vnto the Venetianâ— to â—oyne in league with them against Baiazet Orchanes and Mahometes two of Baiazet his nephewes ouerthrowne by Techellis The battell betweene Caragoses and Techellâ—s Techellis besiegeth Caragoses the Viceroy in the citie of Cuâ—aie Caragoses the viceroy with his wiues and children taken by Techellis in the citie of Cutaie Baiazet sendeth Alis Bassa against Techellis out of Europe The battell betwixt Alis Bassa and Techellis Chasan Chelife slaine Alis Bassa slain Ionuses Bassa sent by Baiazet Generall of his armie against Techellis Techellis burnt at Tauris 1509 A great earthquake at Constantinople The children of Baiazet Mahometes disguised as a seafaring man commeth to Constantinople and so to the court Mahometes poisoned by Asmehemedi Asmehemedi iuâ—â—ly rewarded for his treacherie 1511 Selymus aided by Mahometes his father in law riseth against his father Baiazet sendeth embassadours to Selymus Presents giuen to Selymus by his fathers embassadours Baiazet would appoint his successour whilest he yet liued Baiazet seeketh to preâ—er Achomates to the â—mpire Selymus marcheth with his armie towards Hadrianople Selymus his dissembling embassage vnto his father Selymuâ— ouertaketh his father The cheefe men about Baiazet secretly fauour Selymus and dissuade him from giuing him battaile Cherseogles Bassa the only great man faithfull to Baiazet persuadeth him to giue battel to Selymus The speech of Baiazet to the Ianizaries and souldiours of the court The common sort of the Ianizaries faithfull to Baiazet desire battell The battell betwixt Baiazet and Selymus Selymus his armie put to flight The estimation Selymus had of his horse wheron he escaped from his father Baiazet willing to preâ—er Achomates to the empire Achomates inciteth his two sons 〈◊〉 and 〈◊〉 to take part with him against their grandfather 〈◊〉 1512 Baiazet sendeâ—h embassadors to Achomates Achomates kiâ—leth his fathers embassadours Achomates proclaimed traitor The craftie oratiâ—n of the great Bâ—ssa Mustapha to Baiazet for the bringing home of Selymus Corcutus commâ—th to Constantinople Corcutus his Oration vnto his father Baiazet Baiazet comâ—â—â—â—eth Corcutus and promisâ—th to reâ—igne to him the empire afâ—er that Selymus a as passed euer into Asia The craftie speech of Baiazet vnto his sonne Selymus The craftie dissimulation of Selymus The blunt speech of Mustapha to â—aâ—azet persuading â—im to resigne the empire to Selymus The resolute answere of old Baiazet to Mustapha and the other Bâ—ssaes Corcutus 〈◊〉 Selymus practiseth with Hamoâ— a Iew Baiazet his phisition to poyson him Baiazet poysoned by the Iâ—â— The death of Baiazet Selymus causeth 〈◊〉 of his fathers pages to bee put to death for mourning for their master Hamoâ— the Iew â—â—stly rewarded for his trecherie Paulus Iouius Illust virorum Elog. lib. 4. Phil. Loâ—icer Turâ— Hist. lib. 1. 1512 Selymus goeth into Asia against his brother Achomates Selymus mâ—rthereth fiue of his brothers sonis 1513 Selymus seeketh aâ—â—â—r the liues of Amurat and Aladin the sons of Achomates his brother Vfegi Bassa taken prisoner Mustapha Bassa shamefully murthered Vfegi Bassa pâ—â— to death Selymus taketh the spoile of his brother Corcutus taken The lamentable death of 〈◊〉 Treason against Selymus discouered Sinan Bassa dâ—â—comfited by Achomates Selymus with his armie passeth oâ—er the riuer Achomates Evangled Amurat and Aladin the sonâ— of Achomates â—lie the one into Persia anâ— the other into Aegipt 1514 Amurat spoileth Capadocia Selymus resolueth to inuade the Persian Câ—â—â—demus Bassa 〈…〉 from going â—â—ther against the Persians Chendemus Bassa by the commaundement of Selymâ—â— slaine Selymus sendeth out his scouts who returne with bad newes Selymus passeth 〈◊〉 Araxes Hysmael sendeth an herauld to Selymus Selymus his answere vnto Hysmael The order of Selymus his battell Hysmaell with thirtie thousand Persians giueth battell to Selymus with three hundred thousand Turkes The great and mortall battaile between Selymus and Hysmaell Vsta-ogli slainâ— The terrour of the battell betweene Selymus and Hysmaell The Persian tents taken by the Turkes The Ianizaries in mutinie agaâ—â—â—t Selymus Selymus in passing the riuer Euphrates receiueth great losse Selymus câ—â—â—meth to Amâ—sia The former historie as it is reported by Io. Ant. Maenauinus a Genoway present at the doing thereof Selymus and Hysmaell compared togither Hysmaell maiesticall Selymus tyrannicall Hâ—smaell courteouâ— Selymus Chuâ—lish The Persians better horsemen than the Turkâ— The cause why Hysmaell came with so small an armie against Selymus The countries subâ—ect to Hysmaell 1515 Selymus with a new armie enâ—â—eth into Armenia Aladeuleâ— hiâ— kingdome Selymus assaileth Alâ—dâ—ulâ—s Aladâ—ules flieth into the mountaines Aladâ—ules taken and in ougâ—t 〈…〉 tâ— put to death Selymus inuadâ—th Hungarâ—â— 1516 Selymus goeth to Iconium The causes mooâ—ing Campson to fall out with Selymus The Order of the Mamalukes The imperioâ—s gouernment of the Mamalukes in Aegypt Iudea and Syria The beginning of the Gouernment of the Mamalukes in Aegypt The moderat and happie gouernment of Campson Campson his answere to the imbassadours of Selymus Selymus conuerteth his forces from the Persians against Campson Selymus encourageth his souldiours to go against the Mamalukes The wholsome counsell of Gazelles for protracting the warre
CONSTANTINOPLE the other was lost Mahomet vpon this ouerthrow conceiued such displeasure against Pantogles his admirall who in that fight had lost one of his eyes that hee neuerthelesse thrust him out of his office confiscated his goods and was hardly by the great Bassaes entreated to spare his life Whilest Mahomet thus lay at the siege of CONSTANTINOPLE and had thereunto giuen many great attempts with more losse vnto himselfe than to the defendants a rumour was raised in his campe of great aid that was comming out of Italie by sea and out of HVNGARIE by land for the releefe of the besieged This report although indeed it was not true with the due consideration of the danger of the siege filled the Turks campe with feare so that the souldiors commonly murmured amongst themselues saying That to satisfie the ambitious humour of their young king they were led to fight against impregnable wals and fortresses yea against the barres of nature it selfe without all reason Whereupon Mahomet entered into consultation with the three great Bassaes his counsellors Whether it were best for him to continue the siege or not When Caly Bassa sometime his tutor a man of greatest authoritie amongst the Turks both for his long experience and high place and withall secretly fauouring the distressed emperour after hee had with long and graue discourse declared the difficultie or rather impossibilitie of the wished successe in the present warre and confirmed the same by producing the examples of Baiazet his great grandfather and of Amurath his father who had both in vaine made proofe of their strength against that citie at length concluded that in his opinion it were best for him to raise his siege and to depart before he had sustained any further losse or disgrace But Zoganus the second Bassa in great fauour also with Mahomet and secretly enuying the greatnesse of Caly Bassa persuaded the king to proceed in his honouble enterprise assuring him of the good successe thereof and with all the reasons he could deuise impugned that which Caly-Bassa had said And of the same opinion with Zoganus was also the third Bassa rather of purpose to crosse Caly-Bassa and withall to fit the kings humour than for any great hope he had in the good successe of that hee so much desired Howbeit the speech he and Zoganus deliuered so well agreed with the kings affection that he resolued to continue the siege and therevpon gaue full authoritie to Zoganus to appoint a day for a great and generall assault to be giuen resoluing at once to gage all his forces vpon the winning of the city Which charge Zoganus gladly took vpon him with his good liking appointed the 29 day of May for that generall assault being then the Tuesday next following In the meane time he sent one Ismael the sonne of Alexander prince of SINOPE embassadour vnto the emperour to offer him peace but vpon such hard conditions as were no lesse to be refused than death it selfe Which thing he did partly to satisfie the mindes of his Turks who are for most part of opinion that God will not prosper them in their assaults except they first make vnto their enemies some offer of peace how vnreasonable soeuer it forceth not and partly to make proofe what confidence the enemie yet had in himselfe for the holding out of the siege But that dishonourable peace so offered together with the intollerable conditions was by the emperour honourably refused who no lesse feared the Turkes faith if he should haue accepted thereof than he did the hardnesse of the conditions Three daies before this fatall assault was to be giuen the Turks according to their manner kept their solemne fast eating nothing all the day vntill night and then making the greatest cheare and joy they could deuise and in the winding vp of the same tooke their leaue one of another with such kissing and embracing as if they should neuer haue met againe At the same time Mahomet to encourage his souldiors caused proclamation to be made through his campe That he would freely giue all the spoile of the citie for three daies vnto his souldiors if they could win it and for confirmation therof solemnly swore the Turkes great oath By the immortall God and by the foure hundred prophets by Mahomet by his fathers soule by his owne children and by the sword wherewith hee was girt faithfully to performe whatsoeuer he had to them in his proclamation promised Whilest these things were in doing Caly-Bassa disdaining that his counsaile was rejected and the opinion of his aduersaries followed by secret letters aduertised the emperour of the day appointed for the generall assault together with all the preparation made against him persuading him not to be afraid of them who were themselues no lesse affraid of him but carefully to prouide to haue all things in readinesse for the defence of his citie and valiantly to withstand the rash and last attempt of his enemies This wofull emperour had alreadie done what he could to the vttermost of his power for defence of the citie all the time of the siege but such was the disloyaltie of the citizens his subjects that many times they could hardly be drawne from their priuat trades and occupations vnto the wals to withstand the enemie foolishly affirming That it was to no purpose for them to fight against the Turks at the breaches and to starue for food at home in their houses For which cause the emperour commaunded a view to bee taken of all the corne in the citie which then began to grow verie scarce but vpon diligent search made such store was found in many mens hands which was by them either altogether kept in to sell afterwards at vnreasonable prises or else so spâ—ringly vttered as if they had none to spare as that it appeared the death and scarsitie which then beganne to increase to proceed rather of the couetousnesse of men than of any true want of graine this store the emperour caused to bee proportionably diuided vnto euerie familie at reasonable prices according to their spending and so eased the great murmuring and grudging of the common people for bread The Grecian mercinarie souldiours also regarding more their owne priuate profit than the publique seruice refused any longer to goe to the wals than they were sure of their dayly pay which the poore emperour otherwise vnable to giue them was glad to conuert the church plate and jewels into money to content them For he had many times before with teares in vaine requested to haue borrowed monie of his couetous subjects to haue been emploied in defence of the citie but they would still sweare that they had it not as men growne poore for want of tradeâ— which in few daies after their enemies found in such abundance that they wondred at their wealth and derided their folly That possessing so much they would bestow so little in defence of themselues and their countrey But this had been
with age and liuing in the height of worldly blisse although he knew it fitter for him at those yeares to giue himselfe ease and quietnesse than to thrust himselfe into warres and other princes quarrels yet thought this expedition to be for many causes both good and necessarie First he deadly hated the man for his inhumane crueltie and therefore could neuer be persuaded to renew the league with him which he had in former time made with his father Baiazet Besides that he desired to abate and represse his audacious insolencie grown alreadie by his prosperous successe beyond the bounds of reason for Selymus hauing taken TAVRIS ouerthrowne the Persians and slaine Aladeules began now to seeme terrible to all the princes that bordered vpon him and there were many which said he was another Alexander who whilest other princes sate still as men a sleepe did in the meane time plot in his victorious mind the monarchie of the whole world But aboue all things the feare of the losing of SYRIA and consequently the losse of all his kingdome the quickest motiue for stirring vp of the suspitious minds of the greatest princes most enforced Campson to take in hand this warre For as much as the goodly kingdomes of AEGYPT IVDEA and SYRIA oppressed with the intollerable gouernment of the proud Mamalukes and therefore lesse faithfull to the Aegyptian kings were in danger to reuolt to the Turkes if the Persians should by any mischance or fortune of warre be of the Turkes vanquished For which cause Campson in the beginning of this warre solicited by the Persian embassadours had made a firme league and confederation with Hysmaell and also moued with the miserie of the wofull young prince Aladin the sonne of Achomates was in mind persuaded that the cruell Turkish tyrant might by his and the Persian kings forces easily be thrust out of his empire in ASIA and EVROPE For Aladin who after the death of Achomates his father fled to Campson the Sultan of AEGYPT as is before declared had liued three yeares as a forlorne and distressed prince in the Aegyptian court and by all meanes he could deuise incited the Mamalukes to reuenge the injuries and crueltie of his vncle Selymus The eldest sonne also of the late king Aladeules a goodly young prince hauing at once lost his father his kingdome and whatsoeuer he held else was in good time fled to the Aegyptian king and had so filled the minds of all men with the indignation and detestation of Selymus his exceeding crueltie that the princes of the Mamalukes of their owne accord came to Campson humbly beseeching him to take vpon him so just a warre and if by reason of his great yeares hee should thinke himselfe vnable to endure the trauell thereof it would then please him yet to giue them leaue of themselues to take the matter in hand for the repressing of the insolencie of that great and wicked tyrant These Mamalukes farre excelled the Turkes not onely in strength of bodie skilfull riding and goodly armour but also in courage and wealth Beside that they had not forgotten with what small power they had vnder the leading of Caitbeius their great Sultan ouerthrowne the Turkes great armies in CILICIA first at ADENA and afterward at TARSVS where they tooke prisoners Mesites Palaologus the great Bassa and Cherseogles Baiazet his sonne in law by which victorie they grew into such a proud and vaine conceit of themselues as if they had beene the onely souldiours of the world able of themselues to vanquish and ouercome whomsoeuer they should set vpon These so valiant souldiours were for the most part of the poore people called in auntient time Getae Zinchi and Bastarnae borne neere vnto the Euxine sea and the â—ens of Maeotis especially on that side where the riuer Corax falleth into the Euxine which countrie is of later time called CIRCASSIA of the people called CERCITae neere vnto CHOLCHIS These miserable and wretched people the Valachians Podolians Polonians Roxolanes and Tartars dwelling by TAVRICA puld from their mothers breasts or by other violent means surprised sold vnto merchants who culling out the best for strength of bodie or aptnesse of wit conuaied them by sea to ALEXANDRIA from whence they were continually sent to the great Sultan of AEGIPT and by his appointment were at CAIRE after the old manner of that people deliuered to masters of fence and such other teachers who carefully instructed them being shut vp in their schooles in all manner of feats of actiuitie where after they were become able to bend a strong bow and taught cunningly to shoot leape run vault ride and skilfully to vse all manner of weapons they were then taken into pay and receiued into the number of the kings horsemen or Mamalukes and such of them as proued cowardly or vnapt were made slaues vnto the rest So that they seeing all honour credit and preferment laied vp in martiall prowesse did with all diligence and courage employ themselues to militarie affaires and therein so well profited that oftentimes they which at the first were but bare and base slaues of the meanest of the Mamalukes by many degrees of seruice rise at length to the highest degrees of honour All these Mamalukes were the children of Christian parents from the time of their captiuitie instructed in the Mahometane superstition for no man borne of a Mahometane father or of a Iew could be admitted into the number of the Mamaluke horsemen which was so straightly obserued that the honour of a Mamaluke horseman neuer descended vnto the sons of the Mamalukes yet might they by law inherit their fathers lands possessions and goods by which reason the sonnes of the Sultans themselues neuer succeeded their fathers in the kingdome Hereby also it came to passe that many Christians of loose life or condemned for their notorious offences flying thither and abjuring the Christian religion and suffering themselues to be circumcised being men meet for the warres grew by degrees to great honour as did Tangarihardinus the sonne of a Spanish mariner who by his forwardnesse and industrie grew into such credit and authoritie with Campson the great Sultan that almost all things were done by his aduice and counsell and was diuers times by him employed in most honorable seruice being sent embassadour both to Baiazet the Turkish emperour and to the state of VENICE about matters of great importance Yet his impietie escaped not the hand of God for at length by the enuie of the court he was brought into disgrace thrust out of his place and cast into prison where he loaded with cold yron most miserably died Neither was it to be maruelled if the Mamalukes were growne to that excesse of wealth for as much as the Aegyptians and Syrians being miserably by them oppressed were not suffered to haue the vse either of horse or armour neither admitted to any matters of counsell but being impouerished and brought low with heauie impositions and dayly injuries
Petrus Perenus came and presented the auntient crowne of the kingdome of HVNGARIE which was in his keeping made after an homely fashion of pure gold with which the lawfull kings of HVNGARIE vsed alwaies to be solemnly crowned It is reported that it was the crowne of Stephanus first king of HVNGARIE and was by an auntient custome alwaies kept in the castle of VICEGRADE And so Iohn the Vayuod was orderly crowned and consecrated by the hands of Paulus bishop of STRIGONIVM lately chosen in steed of Ladislaus Salcanius slaine in the battell at MVGACE and by the hands of Stephanus Brodaricus bishop of VACIA whom he chose for his secretarie And vnto Americus Cibachus he gaue the honor of the Vayuod of TRANSILVANIA being but a little before chosen bishop of VERADIVM In his preferment he was greatly holpen vnto the kingdome by the nobilitie which followed him out of TRANSILVANIA men of great account both in peace and warre amongst whom descended of the Hungarian bloud were chiefe Stephanus Verbetius Paulus Antandrus Gregorius Peschenius Nicolaus Glessa and Ianus Docia But whilest this new king is in this sort busied in rewarding his friends and strengthening himselfe in his kingdome he was aduertised That Ferdinand his competitor of the Hungarian kingdome was chosen king of BOHEMIA who out of the old controuersie betwixt Mathias Coruinus and Fredericus the emperours great grandfather alleadged great claime vnto that kingdome deriued from the time of Ladislaus who was reported to haue beene poisoned at the time of the solemnization of his marriage through the ambition and malice of Georgius Pogibracius who affecting the kingdome of BOHEMIA shortly after obtained the same And now it seemed that the time was come wherein Ferdinand made greater with the kingdome of BOHEMIA and strengthened with the power of his brother Charles the emperour not forgetting his right might vpon good ground lay claime vnto the kingdome of HVNGARIE vnto him as he pretended of right belonging euer since the time of Albertus the emperour Neither did Ferdinand beside the strength of AVSTRIA BOHEMIA want the furtherance of diuers of the princes of HVNGARIE hauing in his court many of vnquiet spirit halfe fugitiues desirous of change which enuied at the Vayuods royall preferment as if it had been taken from themselues more worthie thereof than he by the rash and tumultuous fauour of the vulgar people For besides Bator who in most mens judgement might most worthely haue required and obtained the kingdome there were others also almost of like nobilitie and valour as Valentinus Turaccus Stephanus Maylatus Ianus Scala Gasper Seredius Baltasar Pamphilus and Ferentius Gnarius to whom also was joyned Paulus Bachitius borne in SERVIA a valiant gentleman who being entered into the Mahometane religion to auoid the Turkish slauerie got away vnto the Christians and hardly escaped from the battell of MOHATCHZ By the persuasion of these noble men Ferdinand of his owne disposition readie ynough to claime his right especially a kingdome and trusting vnto his strength in AVSTRIA BOHEMIA RHETIA STIRIA and CARYNTHIA marched directly towards BVDA With whose comming Iohn the new king being wonderfully troubled as a man beset with want of all things hauing neither sufficient strength whereupon to rest in his new got kingdome neither any great assurance of the fidelitie of his subjects like ynough either for feare or of their naturall inconstancie to fall from him determined not to abide the comming of his enemie to BVDA but exhorting his captaines to follow him although he were glad to depart and giue place to his euill fortune for a time with such power as he had brought with him out of TRANSILVANIA such other as he could otherwise leuie he passed ouer the riuer to PESTVM and not daring any where thereabouts to rest by long marches passed ouer the riuer Tibiscus and there encamped at TOCAI which was a strong castle vpon the further side of the riuer His departure being knowne Ferdinand marching on obtained BVDA without resistance where he staied a while and consulted with his captaines Whether he should pursue his flying enemie or not But it was quickly resolued That the discouraged enemy was to be speedily pursued before he should gather greater strength or enter into greater policies Wherefore Ferdinand committed all his armie vnto the nobilitie of HVNGARIE his friends whom we haue before named who marching with all speed possible came to the riuer Tibiscus where passing ouer vpon a bridge made of boats which they brought with them in waggons for that purpose they came with ensignes displayed vnto the castle of TOCAI where the king lay with his armie in order of battell But terrified with the suddaine comming of his enemies and debating with his captaines of the greatnesse of the danger took a course vnto himselfe rather safe than honorable For his captains desiring nothing more than to joine battell and in manner contemning their enemies persuaded him to withdraw himselfe a little out of the battell and to keepe him out of danger and if things fell out otherwise than well to reserue himselfe vnto his better fortunes as for themselues they would most resolutely fight against those traiterous fugitiues for as much as it were great dishonour for them being Hungarians a warlike people by nature to refuse battell being offered by the enemie Amongst the cheefetaines in the kings armie Ferentius Bodo an old captaine of great experience and courage was cheefe to whom the king deliuered his ensigne with his owne hands and he with great skill ordered his battell for the number of his souldiours he himselfe stood in the maine battell with the Hungarians placing the Transiluanians in the wings In Ferdinands armie Valentinus Turaccus led the maine battell with the Hungarians vnder Ferdinands ensigne strengthened on the one side with troupes of horsemen out of STIRIA and on the other with the horsemen of AVSTRIA But Paulus Bachitius according to the manner of the Turkish warres wherewith he was well acquainted with a companie of light horsemen lay close in ambush in a conuenient place for that purpose a good distance off against the left wing of the enemies armie readie as occasion should serue to take his most aduantage It was not greatly needfull for the captaines to vse any persuasions to encourage their souldiours readie ynough of themselues to fight The great ordinance once discharged the armies came fast on and joyned battell where the wings of both battel 's fought with diuers fortune The Stirian horsmen were not able to endure the force of the Transiluanians but were put to the worse and on the other side the left wing of Bodo his armie consisting for most part of raw and vnexpert souldiors was by the horsemen of AVSTRIA ouerthrowne At the same time both the maine battels being almost all Hungarians fought with equall courage and that so eagerly as seldome had been seene a more fierce or cruell battell But by
the coast of DALMATIA out of which they caried away with them 1600 poore Christians into captiuitie These arch pyrats at their pleasure roming vp and downe the sea fortuned to light vpon a ship of the Christians bound from MESSANA to CORCYRA which they tooke and in rifling thereof found certaine letters directed to the Gouernour of CORCYRA certifying him of the league then but lately concluded amongst the Christian princes which letters they sent in post to Selymus to giue him knowledge thereof who therupon writ to his Admirals with all hostilitie to infest any of the dominions of the Christian confederats The Turks fleet thus raging and raigning in the Adriaticke brought a great feare not only vpon the coasts of DALMATIA ISTRIA and the islands thereabouts which were by them most afflicted but also vpon the sea coasts of APVLIA and all alongst that side of ITALIE yea vpon the citie of VENICE it selfe insomuch that they were glad to fortifie as well the citie as the frontiers of their dominions with new fortifications and garrisons as did also the king and the Pope in ITALIE for why no ship or gallie could now looke out of any port but it was presently surprised and taken by the Turks which with the sundry calamities before receiued so confounded the Venetians that they in their assemblies and consultations seemed rather to quake for feare than after their wonted maner grauely to consult how the enemy was to be repulsed Yet for the more safetie of their citie and for feare least the Turks fleet should forcibly breake in vpon them they strongly fortified the passages through the rocke or banke which defendeth the citie from the sea and kept continually 12000 men in readinesse in the citie for the more assurance thereof All the Turks fleet being againe met together Partau and Haly departed from AVLONA the 26 of August and sayled directly to CORCYRA which little island seemed to bee compassed in round with the great enemies fleet Partau Bassa at his first arriuall there landed eight hundred horsemen and a thousand foot who ranging vp and down the island did great hurt and burnt the very suburbs of the citie at which time the garrison soldiors sallying out vpon them with a thousand horsemen and fiue hundred foot slew a great number of them and amongst the rest one Paphus Rays a man of great name Thus the Turks fleet hauing done wonderfull harme in the Venetian territorie as well in the islands as vpon the frontiers of DALMATIA enriched with the spoyle of those countries and carrying away with them fifteene thousand most miserable captiues departing from CORCYRA arriued all in the bay of CORINTH now called the gulfe of LEPANTO where we will for a while leaue them to ride in safetie At such time as this great fleet the terrour of that part of Christendome first put into the Adriaticke Venerius the Venetian Admirall then lying with fiftie gallies at CORCYRA and fearing if he stayed there longer to be enforced with so small a power to fight against so strong an enemie or els so to be shut vp that hee could not joyne his forces with the Spanish fleet which was dayly expected vpon the comming of the fleet departed thence to MESSANA there more commodiously and more safely to attend the comming of Don Iohn of AVSTRIA Generall of the Spanish forces At his comming Columnius met him with twelue gallies which the great duke of FLORENCE had sent in the aid of the confederats and three gallies of MALTA who onely were yet come thither and with great honour receiued him Not long after M. Antonius Quirinus and Antonius Canalis came thither also with threeescore and two gallies before appointed by the Venetians for the releefe of FAMAGVSTA but now called backe againe to joyne with the rest of the fleet and in short time the gallies of SICILIE arriued there also At last after long expectation in the latter end of August came Don Iohn with the Spanish fleet a man then about foure and twentie yeares old in whom wanted no honorable parts his mothers blemish onely excepted who although he was most deere vnto his father Charles the fifth yet left he him nothing by his will but onely at his death commended him vnto his sonne Philip as his brother The Venetian and the Popes Admirals hearing of his comming went to meet him and that with such triumph and joy that all the former heauinesse before conceiued of his long staying was turned into gladnesse with most assured hope of triumphant victorie their doubled forces and two great fleets joyned in one encouraged them aboue measure filling all the West with the expectation of some great matter The Venetian fleet consisted of an hundred and eight gallies six galleases two tall ships and a great number of small galliots Vnto them were joyned twelue gallies of the Popes of whom Columnius was Admirall And with Don Iohn the Generall and Auria the Spanish Admirall came fourescore and one gallies of whom three were from the knights of MALTA In this fleet beside marriners were reckoned to be twentie thousand fighting men an armie not onely beautifull for shew as consisting of most choice bodies but indeed most strong and puissant old beaten souldiours almost throughout it in euery place intermixed with others of lesse skill many knowne to be men of great experience rich and lustie bodies were by name called forth to this so honourable seruice and diuers other of great nobilitie as well old men as yong and lustie gallants for the naturall hatred they bare vnto the common enemie came and as voluntarie men cheerefully thrust themselues into that religious war euery of which noble gentlemen as they were greater by birth or power so had they drawne after them a greater number of their fauourits and followers strong and able bodies of their owne charge brauely armed who sought after no other pay for their paines and danger but by some notable victorie to eternise their names or honourably to spend their liues in so just a quarrell as for the defence of the Christian faith and religion Amongst these most honourable and resolute men were three of greatest marke Alexander Farnesius prince of PARMA in time to be the honour and glorie of ITALIE his natiue countrey whose vntimely death in the low countries euen his honourable enemies lamented and being dead is not without cause and worthie desert accounted amongst the most politicke and famous leaders of our age The second was Franciscus Maria prince of VRBIN a yong man both honourably descended and of an inuincible courage and the third Pau. Iordanus Vrsinus an honorable gentleman of the family of the Vrsini in ROME All the power of the confederat princes thus met togither at MESSANA and all things now in readinesse a counsell was called by the Generall to resolue what course to take in those most dangerous wars against so puissant an enemy vnto which counsell
hard victorie so doe they propound vnto vs honour glorie fame and most honourable rewards and open vnto vs the way both for the defence of the present and recouerie of that hath been before lost What then stand we still looking for or why do we not in Gods name joine that battell which is vnto vs not only necessarie but profitable also Thus much said they began to intreat and beseech the Generall and the rest not longer to suffer the Christian common-weale to receiue losse vpon losse but to repose their only hope in the good successe of one worthie battell and neuer to looke for the like opportunitie if they let slip the present This matter of so great consequence thus throughly debated amongst the greatest commaunders they thought it good to heare also the opinions of other notable captaines of no lesse experience than themselues then in the fleet before they would conclude any thing Amongst the rest Anthonius Cornea and Gabriel Serbellio both Spaniards and for their great wisedome and valour had in generall reputation of all men being demaunded their opinions with most substantiall reasons declared the necessitie of giuing battell and that it was not so dangerous as to be therefore shunned or delaied For so much as that violent enemie was far easier to be dealt withall at sea than by land where he must fight without his huge multitude of men the Turks chiefe hope and only meanes whereby they haue obtained so many victories against the Christians And so concluded their opinions with an effectuall persuasion to set forward to CORCYRA and without delay as occasion serued to giue the enemie battell Which their opinion being generally well liked was shortly after by the Generall and the rest approued and a resolution set downe for the giuing of battell which was no sooner knowne but there was a generall rejoycing through the armie euerie man cheerfully preparing himselfe to lay downe his life in the publike defence of the Christian common-weale and that with such an earnest desire of battell that euerie day seemed now nothing else but a delay of a most assured victorie Yet before they should come into the sight of the enemie the three Admirals thought it good to bring forth the fleet into the sea and there to martiall the same in such sort as if they should euen then presently haue joyned battell to the intent that by such orderly disposing of their fleet and by appointing vnto euerie man his place he was to keepe they might so acquaint them with the order of the battell as that they should when time serued of themselues without farther direction martiall themselues and so more readily enter into battell The next day the Admirals brought foorth their fleets into the open sea in the right wing which consisted of three and fiftie gallies was Auria placed in the left wing was Augustinus Barbadicus with the like number of gallies also and in the middle battell stood the Generall with seauentie gallies on the right hand of the Generall stood Columnius and on the left Venerius his associats Thus with equall front the fleet set forward as if they should euen presently haue joyned battell Betwixt the wings and the middle battell was left no more space but for three gallies to row in the rearward behind the Generall followed Requisenius the great Commendor of CASTILE with his gallies after Columnius followed the Admirall gallie of GENVA wherein was Alexander Farnesius prince of PARMA and behind Venerius came the Admirall gallie of SAVOY and in her the prince of VRBIN in the space betwixt the middle battell and the left wing was placed Paulus Iordanus and betwixt the middle battell and the right wing was Petrus Iustinianus with the gallies of MALTA vpon the left wing attended Anthonius Canalis and Quirinus on the right About halfe a mile behind all the rest followed Aluarus Bacianus Marquesse of SANCRACE and Admirall of the Neapolitane fleet with thirtie gallies a man of great experience in matters at sea and now so placed to be at all times readie to relieue this or that part of the fleet as the fortune of the battell or impression of the enemie should require The Christians had reposed great hope in six galeasses which furnished with great store of ordinance and certaine select companies of most resolute souldiors seemed rather like castles than ships These galeasses conducted by Franciscus Dodus a most expert captaine were placed about a mile before the fleet two of them before each wing and the other two before the middle battell so far distant one from another as that with equall space they answered the whole breadth of the front of the fleet which was almost the space of fiue miles and serued the same in stead of most strong bulwarks The gallies throughout the fleet kept not close togither but such a conuenient distance one from another as might serue for them at libertie to discharge their ordinance when time should require In the wings as also in the maine battell were the Popes the kings and the Venetian gallies indifferently intermixed that by the equalitie of the danger they should haue more care to relieue one another than if they had serued apart Ioannes Cardonius a most valiant captaine with eight gallies of SICILIE and two galiots was appointed to go ten miles before the fleet to descrie what he might of the enemies doings and in his returne to joine the one halfe of his gallies to the one wing and the other halfe to the other In this sort they departed from MESSANA with purpose to seeke out the enemie and not long after came to PAXO where of a small broile at the first was like to haue risen a great mischiefe for the next day whilest Don Iohn staied there to take a view of the Venetian gallies and how they were furnished both of men and munition he finding them but weakly manned for supplying of that want appointed foure thousand Spaniards and a thousand Italians to be put aboord into the Venetian gallies where most need was Amongst these souldiors was one companie vnder the commaund of Mutius Tortona their captaine a man of an vnquiet and furious nature who going aboord the gallie of Andreas Calergus first fell to words with the captaine of the gallie and after much stirre into plaine fight so that in a trice they were altogither by the eares as well the souldiours as the captaines of all which stirre Mutius was the onely author Venerius being not farre off and hearing of the matter sent the captaine of his owne gallie to appease the tumult who thrusting himselfe into the middest of the furious multitude was by Mutius in his furie fouly intreated and diuers of them that came with him shrewdly beaten Which thing Venerius himselfe also of an hoat nature taking as done in disgrace of the Venetians and therewith exceedingly moued to the terrour of others caused Mutius and his ensign-bearer
things should fall out well which were warily and aduisedly considered and resolued vpon The matter thus on both sides debated and nothing done they returned with the fleet into the port of NAVARINVM This proceeding as it diuersly mooued the Spaniards and the Venetians so brought it foorth diuers speeches euerie man speaking in fauour of his owne nation The Spaniard openly vaunted that he had most prouidently resolued for that how deere the counsell of the Venetian Admirall would haue cost if it had beene followed the thing it selfe as he said shewed by the extreame danger thereof presented not in the doubtfull opinion of men but laied open before their eies The Venetians on the other side more desirous of battell the neerer they had seene the opportunitie to haue preuailed vpon the enemie the more impatiently they endured so assured a victorie to haue beene let slip out of their hands and thereof spake accordingly The Christians lying at NAVARINVM consulted of many things what they were best to take in hand and resoluing at last by sea and land to besiege the castle of MODON which kept the passage into the bay and defended the Turks fleet they returned againe thither and landed seauen thousand of their best souldiors to besiege the castle And at the same time appointed the galeasses with certaine gallies to batter it also from sea which the more commodiously to doe they joyned two of their greatest gallies togither side to side which they made fast with masts and strong ropes and so bourded them cleane ouer whereon as on a platforme they placed gabions all afront filled with earth and great ordinance betwixt to haue battered the castle But when this engine in manner of a floating fort should haue performed the seruice for which it was deuised it prooued vnseruiceable after it had with much adoe been brought thither being readie to sinke with the waight of the great ordinance and other things wherewith it was ouercharged For which cause and for that they vnderstood a great number of horsemen to be come into the towne they gaue ouer the siege vainly begun and put againe with their fleet to sea It fortuned at the same time that a tall ship of VENICE departing from ZACYNTHVS and comming alongst the coast of PELOPONESVS with prouision for the fleet was descried by the enemie who thinking to doe the Christians a great dishonour if they could almost in the sight of their fleet surprise her they sent out certaine light gallies to haue taken her Vluzales in the mean time with the rest of his fleet lying in the verie mouth of the bay readie to come out if the Christian fleet should once stirre to relieue her Which the Christians perceiuing and well hoping that so the enemie would be drawne to battell sent out Columnius with his gallies to rescue the ship and others also which lying aloofe might get in betwixt the Turks gallies and the bay Don Iohn and the Venetian Admirall lying readie to haue giuen battell if Vluzales should haue come foorth But the Christians comming on with a small gale the enemie being afraid by shooting off of certaine warning pieces within the bay in time called backe the gallies that were alreadie gone out of the bay who all forthwith came in excepting Mahomet the nephew of Barbarussa a most famous captaine amongst the Turkes who as one of great courage and desirous of honour staied a little without the bay with greater courage than discretion expecting who should assaile him Him the Marques S. Crucis set vpon and had with him a great and terrible fight but in the end the Marques preuailing slew Mahomet with all his Turks and with honour carried away the gallie So the dishonor which Vluzales would haue done the Christians fell vpon himselfe hauing in his owne sight lost one of his best captaines with his gallie The next day because the yeare should not passe without something done nor the hope of so great a preparation come to nothing the Christians determined to besiege the castle of NAVARINVM which was in auntient time called PYLVS more famous for nothing than for that it was the natiue place of old Nestor The citie of NAVARINVM standeth vpon a rising ground stretching somewhat into the sea whereinto it hath a large prospect and a faire large hauen but subject to the Northwind It is defended with a point of the maine running compasse into the sea whereon standeth an old castle Some sent before to view the situation of the place brought word backe that the castle might in three daies be woon The performance of which exploit was committed to Alexander Farnesius prince of PARMA whom the Venetians furnished with munition and victuall He landing with two thousand Italians a thousand Spaniards and fiue hundred Germans began with twelue great pieces to batter the castle And albeit that the batterie was planted so farre off as that it did the enemie no great harme yet happily the enterprise had taken effect if by taking the straight and troublesome passages through a rough and thicke forrest the citie had been kept from reliefe but for as much as those passages were left free the enemie cunningly opposed policie against force for sallying out of the citie they gaue the Christians an hot skirmish and in the meane time whilest the Christians were so busied by a port toward the forrest on the other side of the citie receiued in great number both of horse and foot The report of this new come aid caused the prince to raise his siege and to goe againe aboord And now rested all the hope of the gaining of the towne in the strength of the fleet and that not small for that the Turkes not relieued with victuals by land were by the confederates kept from them also by sea for at that time the Turks were troubled with two great mischeefes the plague and famine For no prouision had there beene made as in a thing not feared and that little being spent that was in the towne they were enforced to seeke for victuals further off which comming but sparingly as in time of dearth was oftentimes by the way intercepted by the souldiors that lay about in the countrey villages wanting victuals no lesse than they in the citie And the moe men the Beglerbeg of GREECE brought down for defence of the sea towns so much the more the wants of all things dayly encreased So that no man doubted but that in short time all would be brought to extreame penurie What a death the mortalitie had made the want of men in the gallies well declared for many of the gallies for lacke of marriners and souldiors were sent away into EVBoeA or left at MALVASIA or carried away to CONSTANTINOPLE Those which stayed in the bay of MODON were scarce an hundred gallies and fortie galliots and they so slenderly manned that the greatest gallies had scarcely an hundred and twentie men left in them and they
in the territories that lay vnder ALTVNCHALA or Golden castle the princely widowes pallace where they had all manner of reliefe for all the miseries they had endured since their departure from CHIVRCHALA by the space of six daies which if it had been a faire common trauelled way might haue been performed in one onely daies journey The widow with Alexander her eldest sonne came downe from her castle and went vnto the pauillion of Mustapha offering him diuers presents and promising vnto him all faithfull obedience Whom Mustapha courteously receiued declaring vnto her what honourable entertainment he had giuen to Manucchiar her yonger sonne there present who had been with him in all the expedition into SIRVAN And for the present dissembling the priuie displeasure he bare against Alexander whom he thought to haue been one of them that spoiled the Sorians in their returne from the campe he embraced him courteously and praied her to be content to leaue him also there with him giuing her farther to vnderstand that he would send both her sons to CONSTANTINOPLE to Amurath with letters of credence for their yeelded obedience for their fauour shewed to his armie in giuing it so secure passage and so many helpes and lastly that for their good deserts they might be of the said great Sultan both honourably entertained and rewarded The aged ladie although her mind was herewithall sore troubled yet outwardly in her countenance shewed her selfe pleased and seemed courteously to yeeld what she was of necessitie constrained to grant as well for that he was alreadie possessed of one of her sonnes as also for that both her selfe and her whole state were now in his power and as it were at his deuotion And therefore leauing both her sonnes behind her she returned her selfe heauie to her castle In this place Mustapha hauing refreshed his armie two daies departed thence toward CHARS and after many dayes trauell at last arriued at ERZIRVM to the great rejoycing of the whole armie which was there presently discharged by the Generall without any mustering at all leaue giuen for euery man to returne into his countrey Mustapha setling himselfe in ERZIRVM dispatched postes with letters of plentifull aduertisements to his great lord and master of all things that had passed not forgetting to magnifie his owne exploits aboue measure He certified him of the battels he had had with the Persians the obedience he had receiued of the Georgians and Siruanians the mutinie of his owne souldiors the fortresse he had built at ERE 's the garrisons left in that citie with Caitas Bassa and in SVMACHIA with Osman Bassa and in breefe whatsoeuer els had passed and whatsoeuer he had taken from the enemie Neither did he faile to propound vnto Amurath what he thought conuenient to be attempted the next yeare for the strengthening of those places he had alreadie conquered and for preparing the way for new enterprises And principally he put him in mind of a fortification to be made at CHARS a place very fit for any passage into GEORGIA or ARMENIA by situation fruitfull and commodious both for men and cattell And withall he sent vnto him the widdowes two sonnes Alexander and Manucchiar the Georgian princes certifying him of their submission and that he had receiued in their country all good entertainment and friendly welcome and withall declaring his opinion That Manucchiar was the meeter man for gouernment than his brother Alexander and the readier to doe him seruice Greatly did Amurath commend the valour and diligence of Mustapha and highly pleased himselfe with this conceit That of these beginnings might grow mightie conquests to the enlargement of his empire and that by this meanes he should be able to surpasse the glorie of his predecessours And the more his ambitious thoughts were occupied about these wars the lesse he troubled himselfe with thinking how to annoy EVROPE with his forces It was not long after the departure of Mustapha from ERE 's but that the Tartarians hauing left the fennes of MEOTIS and the vnmountable shores of the Blacke sea and hauing passed ouer the rockes vpon CHOLCHIS and surueyed the frosen crags of the mountaine CAVCASVS were now arriued vpon the confines of SIRVAN and there attended the commaundement of the Turkes These Tartarians being of them that are called Praecopenses to the number of thirtie thousand conducted by their lord and captaine Abdilcherai a young man of great valour and fame and of a comely personage were come according to the faithfull promise of Tatar Chan with a full resolution to attempt whatsoeuer should be commaunded them in the name of Amurath Now Osman Bassa vnderstanding of their approch according to the charge before giuen him by Mustapha the Generall enuited them to enter into SIRVAN and by encreasing of the Turkes forces to further these beginnings of Amurath his glorie and these his conquests or more truly to say these magnificall famous tearms of victorie All which was most diligently put in execution by Abdilcherai who hauing entred the yron gates where DERBENT standeth which by the Turks at this day is called Demir Capi and signifieth the gates of yron and so from thence passing into the countrey of SIRVAN there stayed and thereof gaue aduertisement to Osman as was by him appointed Ares Chan late gouernour of SVMACHIA who for feare of the great armie of the Turkes had abandoned the citie the cheefe place of his charge and betaken himselfe to the safegard of the mountaines hearing of the departure of the Turkish Generall resolued with the other Gouernours of ERE 's and SECHI who following his example had in like manner fled now to returne againe to their forsaken countrey and to make proofe if he could by any meanes take reuenge of the injurie done vnto him by the Turkes So passing vnder SVMACHIA and hauing put to the sword certaine of Osmans stragling victuallers that were gone out of the citie he encamped with all his people a little from SVMACHIA and by good fortune surprised certaine messengers sent from Abdilcherai the Tartar to certifie Osman Bassa of his arriuall and to know his pleasure what he should put in execution These Tartarians brought before Ares after much torture disclosed the letters they carried which the Persian captaine read and considering the great number of the Tartarians that were come for the letters made mention of thirtie thousand he resolued not to stay any longer in those quarters but presently raised his campe and retired towards Canac meaning from thence to certifie the king of these nouelties and vpon the bankes of the said riuer to attend the kings answere The Tartarian captain comming to SVMACHIA was appointed by the Bassa to passe ouer the riuer of Canac into GENGE the countrey of Emanguli Chan with the spoyle thereof to enrich himselfe and by all meanes to make his arriuall vnto the Persians most terrible With this charge the Barbarian departed thirsting now for nothing more than for the bloud
of Sultan Aladin in the lesser Asia 204 k. inuadeth Valachia ouerthroweth the Vayuod and causeth him to become his tributarie 205 a. besiegeth Constantinople eight yeares c. in a great battell at Nicopolis ouerthroweth Sigismund king of Hungarie with his confederats 206 g. returneth againe to the siege of Constantinople k. marrieth Despina the faire daughter of Lazarus the Despot 207 a. pretily reprooued by his ieaster d. in battell ouercommeth Aladin the Caramanian king and deliuereth him prisoner to Temurtases his lieutenant 208 m. subdueth the Caramanian kingdome 209 a. hath the great cities of Amasia and Sebastia yeelded vnto him a. oppresseth the Mahometane princes of the lesser Asia d. vnciuilely entertaineth the embassadours of Tamerlan sent vnto him in the behalfe of the poore princes by him oppressed 211. accounteth a shepheard more happie than himselfe 216 k. ioyneth a great and mortall battell with Tamerlan 219 b. forsaken of his owne souldiors c. ouerthrowne and taken prisoner by Axalla d. brought to Tamerlan 220. shut vp in an yron cage like a wild beast m. dieth miserably 227 b. his issue as also his immediat successour vncertaine 231 c. his true posteritie 232 g Baiazet the second excluded from the succession in the Turkish Empire by his sonne Corcutus commeth to Constantinople 437 e. by the mediation of the great Bassaes obtaineth the kingdome of Corcutus 438 g. goeth against his brother Zemes vp in rebellion against him i. in doubt to haue been betraied by his souldiors 441 c. reuiled by the Ianizaries 444 h. putteth some of them to death 445 a. purposeth their vtter destruction b. glad to dissemble his purpose and to reconcile himselfe vnto them f. sendeth Dautius his embassadour to Alexander bishop of Rome 451 d. glad to heare that diuers of the Christian princes had combined themselues against the French king 456 i. in danger to haue been slaine by a Deruislar or Turkish Monke 463 c. Baiazet by nature peaceable d. his children 476 k. sendeth embassadours with presents vnto his sonne Selymus 480 i. seeking to preferre Achomates his eldest sonne to the empire himself yet liuing is mightily withstood by the souldiors of the Court before corrupted by Selymus 481 b. he forbiddeth Selymus to come vnto him and threateneth him 482â— fearing to loose Constantinople departeth from Hadrianople i. his resolute speech vnto the Ianizaries and other souldiors of the Court. 484 l. in plaine battell ouercommeth his son Selymus at Tzurulum 485 d. willing the second time to haue resigned his Empire vnto Achomates is againe withstood by his men of warre 487 b. his resolute answer vnto Mustapha and the other traiterous Bassaes after that Selymus was by their practise by the souldiors of the Court saluted Emperour 494 k. poysoned by Hamon his phisition a Iew. 495 f. dieth 496 g. Baiazet Solyman his younger sonne seeketh to aspire vnto the Empire his father yet liuing 768 h. setteth vp a counterfet Mustapha to make an head to his intended rebellion k. the subtile and craftie dealing of the supposed Mustapha to deceiue the people l. forsaken of his followers is taken and brought to Solyman at Constantinople 770 g. secretly with his complices drowned h. Baiazet sent for by his father goeth vnto him in feare l. in few words comforted by his mother 771 a. sharply for his disloyaltie reprooued by his father and so by him pardoned b. returneth againe to his charge d. after the death of Roxolana his mother raiseth new stirs e. admonished of â—his dutie by his father 772 h. vnwilling to go to Amasia the prouince appointed him by his father seeketh delaies 773 k. by a Chiaus requesteth his father not to intermeddle betwixt his brother and him 774 h. making shew as if he would go to Amasia stayeth at Anâ—yra and there raiseth his forces l. his quarrell generally fauâ—ured of the souldiors 775 b. his purpose d. he goeth against his brother towards Iconium e. fighteth a bloudie battell with his brother Selymus wherein were fortie thousand Turks slaine 776 g. put to the worse retireth and so goeth to Amasia h. more commended by the souldiours in his ouerthrow than was his brother in his victorie i. seeketh againe for his fathers â—auour 777 f. dispairing thereof flieth into Persia deceiuing by the way the Bassaes of Sebastia and Erzirum 778 k. at the first well entertained by the Persian king 779 e. his followers by the cunning of the fearefull Persian dispersed and slaine 780 k. he himselfe with his sonnes imprisoned l. his miserable estate in prison 781 f. with his foure sonnes at the instance of his father by the Persian strangled 782 h Baiazet Bassa sent by Amurath against Mustapha the rebell forsaken of his souldiors yeeldeth 255 e. vpon a false surmise executed f. Baldwin Countie of Edessa and brother to Godfrey second king of Ierusalem 25 a. winneth Casaria from the Infidels b. ouerthroweth the Turks hard by Rama c. besiegeth Ptolemais and in retiring thence is mortally wounded e. besiegeth it againe hath it by composition yeelded vnto him e. after many sharp assaults winneth Berythus 26 h. taketh Sidon by composition and in vaine besiegeth Tire i. maketh an expedition into Aegipt and neere vnto Laris dieth m. Baldwin surnamed Brugensis countie of Edissa besiegeth Carras and there taken prisoner after fiue years captiuitie redeemeth himselfe 25 d. after the death of Baldwin the first chosen king of Ierusalem and called Baldwin the second 27 a. ouerthroweth the Turks and ioyneth the principalitie of Antioch to his owne kingdome d. by Balac the Persian Sultan ouerthrowne and taken prisoner after eighteene months captiuitie for the ransome of an hundred thousand duckats set at libertie 28 l. in three notable battels ouerthroweth the king of Damasco 29 a. dieth h. Baldwin the third of that name crowned king of Ierusalem 31 a. hardly distressed by Noradin the Turke b. he fortifieth Gaza and taketh Ascalon by composition 34 i. in a set battell ouer throweth Noradin the king of Damasco at the castle of Sueta 35 f. falleth sicke and dieth 36 h Baldwin the fourth of that name seuenth king of Ierusalem 58 l. with a great slaughter ouerthroweth Saladin inuading his kingdome 59 d. putteth him with his great armie againe to flight 60 k. resigneth the gouernment of his kingdome to Guy Lusignan countie of Ioppa and Ascalon 61 b. sendeth embassadours vnto the Christian princes of the West and immediately after dieth 62 i Baldwin the â—iâ—t of that name yet but a boy was crowned eight king of Ierusalem and within seuen months after dieth 62 i Baldwin countie of Flaunders and Haiâ—nault chosen by the Latins Emperour of Constantinople and so solemnely crowned 83â— subdueth Thracia and besiegeth Hadrianople 85 a. ouerthrowne in battell by the Scythians and taken prisoner is by the commandement of their barbarous king most cruelly put to death d. Baldwin the second of that name â—iâ—t and last Emperour of the Latines in Constantinople 97 a. pawneth his sonne vnto the Bruges
the Turkâ— 1464 The great 〈◊〉 betwixt Mâ—homâ—t and Scanderbeg are at large written by Marinus Barletius in 13 books De vita gestis Scanderbegi from whence this Historie is taken and wâ—re done betwixt the yeares 1450 and 1467. Vide Marinum Barâ—etium lib. de vita gestis Scanderbegi Debreas sent with 14000 horsemen tâ— inuade Epirus A skirmish betwixt the Christians and the Turks The battell betwixt Scanderbeg Debreas Debreas slain by Scanderbeg and his armie ouerthrowne A pleasant contention betwixt Musachius and a Turke for his ransome The craftie procâ—eding of the Turâ—â— messenger Moses corrupteâ— Scanderbeg crâ—ueth aid of Alphonsus king of Naples Alphonsus sendeth aid vnto Scanderbeg Scanderbeg besiegeth and â—istresseth Belgrad Musachius slain and the Epirots put to â—â—ight Scanderbeg seeth his men slain and is not able to releeue them Scanderbeg flieth by night into Epirus Mahomet sendeth Moses with fifteene thousand seiâ—ct men to inuade Epirus A combat betwixt a Turke and a Christianâ— The battell betwixt Scanderbeg and Moses Moses contemned of the Turkâ— Moses flieth from Constantinople Amesa his first speech vnto Mahomet Amesa honourablâ— entertained by Mahomet A notable speech of Scanderbeg vnto his captainâ— how the Turks were to be withstood aâ— their comming into Epâ—uâ— The Eâ—iroâ—s remoâ—e all their 〈◊〉 â—ut of the 〈◊〉 into the 〈…〉 Turks Amesa is by the Bassa created king of Epirus The Turks camp 〈…〉 Scanderbeg suddenly assaileth the Turkes A notable victorie of the Christians The sâ—eeâ—h of Amâ—sa to Scanderbeg The answere of Scanderbeg to Amesa The death of Amesa A peace for a yeare concluded betwixt Mahomet and Scanderbeg The letters of Scanderbeg to Mahomet The answere of Scanderbeg to the former letters of Mahomet The letters of Mahomet to Scanderbeg for the concluding of a perpetuall peace betwixt them A peace câ—â—cludâ—d betwixt Maâ—omet and Scanâ—erbeg The notable speech of Victor Capella to persuade the Venetians to take vp armes against Mahomet The Venetians take vp armes against the Turk The Venetians enter into confederation with other Christian princes against the Turke The letters of Mahomet to Scanderbeg Scanderbeg his answere to the letters of Mahomet Ten thousand Turkes slaiâ—â— The Venetianâ— attempting to win Patras receiue great losse 〈◊〉 of a 〈◊〉 â—hosâ—n king of Hungaâ—â—e Mahomet sendeth Balabanus to inuade Epirus Balabanus goeth against Scanderbeg The battell betâ—ixt Balabanus and Scanderbeg Moses and other 〈◊〉 captaines cruellâ— exâ—cuted by Mahâ—met The battell of Sfetigrade betwixt Balabanus and Scanderbeg Scanderbeg his 〈◊〉 traiâ—â—â—â—â—ly flâ—e to Balabanus Iacup slaine by Scanderbeg and his armie discomfited 1463 Mahomet commeth to the siege of Croia Scanderbeg surpriseth Ionima the brother of Balabanus and Hedar his sonne 1466 Scanâ—erbeg falleth siâ—ke The death of Scanderbeg Scanderbeg buried at Lyssa The bodie of Scanderbeg digged vp by the Turkes and of them greatly honoured Mathias king of 〈…〉 â—ingdome of 〈◊〉 from the Turke 1470 Chalcis the chiâ—fe citie of Euboea besieged by the Turkâ— Treason in the citie Chalcis taken by the Turkes The fruitfull island of Euboea taâ—en by the Turkes 1471 1472 The Venetianâ— aided by king Ferdinand the bishop of Rome and the great master of the Rhodes doe the Turks great harme all alongst the coast of the lesser Asia 1473 Mahomet no 〈◊〉 troublesome vnto the Mahometaâ—e princes than to the Christian Vsun-Cassanes in a great battell ouerthroweth the Persian king 1474 Two huge armies of the Turkâ— and Persians in 〈◊〉 together The death of the noble Mustapha Mahomet his eldest sonnâ— 1475 Solâ—man Bassa besiegeth Scodra with an armie of eightie thousand men Mattâ—ias â—ing of Huâ—gaâ—ie 〈◊〉 the Turks to â—orsake the siâ—ge of Scodra 1476 1477 Croia besieged by the Turke Contarenus the Venetian Generall slaine The Turkâ— shâ—w themselues at the riuer of Sontium The countrey of Friuli spoiled by the Turkes 1478 1479 Vide Marinum Barletium de expug Scodrensi The poore countrey people flie for feare of the Turks Two oâ— the Turkâ— attempting to touch the wals of 〈◊〉 are both slâ—ine and one of their heads set vp vpon the wal Mahomet in person himselfe commeth vnto the siege of Scodra The order of Mahomets campe Mahomet purposing to giue a generall assault encourageth his captaines and soldiors therunto The cittie of Scodra assaulted by the Turks the fourth time A most terrible assault Twelue thousand Turkes slaine in the last assault The Turkâ— superstitiously reuerence the new Moone Scodra againe most furiously assaulted by the Turkes The assault fiercely againe renued by the Turks A wofull sight A doubtfull fight A notable speech of the great Bassa Achmetes Lyssa taken by the Turks and the bones of Scanderbeg dâ—gged vp by them and had in great reuerence A hard choice Scodra yeelded vnto the Turks 1480 Mahomet longeth after the Rhodes A death right worthy such a traitour The oration of the Great Master to the rest of the knights and souldiors to encourage them valiantly to with sâ—and the Turks Eight hundred Turks slaine Treason against the great Master dâ—scâ—â—ered and the traitours executed Two thousand fiue hundred Turks slaine in the assault The resolute answer of the great Master A faire breâ—â—h made by force of the Turkes batterie The Bassa raiseth his siege Achmetes landâ—th his army in Apulia neere to Otranto and spoileth the countrey Otranto taken by the Turkes 1481 Mahomet dieth at Geiuisen in Bythinia not without suspition of poyson He is buried aâ— Constantinople The description of Mahomet The sonnes of Mahomet Mustapha Baiazet and Zemes. Otranto yeelded vp by the Turks vpon composition Phil. Loâ—icer Turc Hist. lib. 1. Dissention amoÌ„g the Turks about the succesâ—ion Baiazet commeth to Constantinople Zemes riseth against his brother Baiazet Bâ—iazet gâ—eth agaâ—â—sâ— Zemes. Achmetes made Generall of Baiazet his armie Zemes flieth into Syria 1482 Zemes his speech vnto Caytbeius Sultan of Aegypt Caytbeius the Aegiptian Sultan sendeth embassadors to Baiazet 1483 The king of Caramania solliciâ—eâ—h Zemes toâ—â— take vp armès against Baiazet Zemes flieth tâ— sea Zemes his letters to his brother Baiazet Zemes flieth to the Rhodes The description of Zemes. 1484 Achmetes his death contriued Achmetes his son stirreth vp the Ianizaries to help his father Baiazet for feare deliuereth Achmeâ—es to the Ianizaâ—ies Achmetes slaine 1485 Baiazet purposeth to destroy the Ianizaries Baiazet inuadeth Moldauia Many great princes sue to the Master of the Rhodes for Zemes. 1486 Baiazet inuadeth Caramania Tarsus in Cilicia yeelded to Baiazet A long and terrible battell betwixt Baiazet and the king of Caramanâ—a 1487 1488 Achmetes Bassa discomâ—iâ—ed and taken prisoner and sent to Caiâ—e 1489 A long and terrible battell betweene tâ—e Turks and the Mamalukes The Turks flie away by nighâ— 1492 A peace concluded betwixt Baiazet and Caitbeius Alphonsus king of Naples and Alexander Bishop of Rome craue aâ—d of Baiazet against Charles the French king Baiazet sendeth Dautius his embassadour to Alexander bishop of Rome Io. Rouereus robbeth the Turkes embassadour 1495 Zemes dieth
taken The Turks sharp answere to the Spaniard The Turks armie retâ—â—neth with the bodie of Solyman to Belgrade Selymus saluted emperour of the Turkes in the yeare 1566. Solyman buried 1567 Troubles in Hungarie The Bassa of Buda desirous to further the peace Maximilian and Selymus both desirous of peace Maximilian the emperor sendeth embassadours to Selymus The embassadors come to Buda Presents giuen by the emperours embassadours vnto the Bassa of Buda The emperours embassadours honourably receiued by the Turks at Constantinople Presents giuen by the emperours embassadours to the great Bassaâ—â— Presents sent vnto Selymus by the emperour The emperours embassadors honourably conducted by the Turks vnto the Court. The first Gate of the Great Turks pallace The second Gate A homely feast giuen to the embassadors followers in the Turkes Court The third Gaâ—e The embassadors brought in vnto Selymus with the manner of the entertainment of them and their followers Itinerario Di Marc Antonio Pigafetta ca. 5. The principall point whereupon the embassadours differed from the Turkes in the treatie of peace 1568 The cheefe capitulation wheron a peace was concluded betwixt Maximilian the emperour and Selymus Embassadours sent from Tamas the Persian king to Selymus * Schach Culi Soltan was not the proper name of this embassadour but a title of honour and signifieth as much as a prince seruant to the king * Sayms are soldiors of greater honour than the Spahi hauing for their stipend yearely 2000 Aspers at the least out of the reuenues of certaine townes and villages * A Mescali is foure 〈◊〉 * Tumenlich is in vaâ—â—e as much aâ— the Turkes Asper * December The Persian embassadours honorably entertained by the Turkes aâ— Hadrianople The Persian embassador in going to visit Muhamet the Vâ—sier Bassa indangeâ— to haue beene slaine The rich present sent by the Persian king vnto Selymus The embassadors present to Sâ—lymus An honourable allowance 1569 Muhamet Bassa dissuadeth Selymus from the inuading of Cyprus Selymus sendeth Cubates his embassadour to Venice Hard to trust vpon confederations The Turks embassadour homely entertained at Venice Cubates the Turks embassadours speech in the Senat at Venice The effect of Selymus his letters to the Venetians The answere of the Venetianâ— to the Turks demaunds The Turkes embassadour sent away in secret to Venice The resolution of the Senat for war diuersly liked disliked of others The Emperour the French king and the king of Polonia entangled with their leagues refuse to aid the Venetians against the Turks What Christian princes promised to and the Venetians The description of Cyprus King Richard in Cyprus How the kingdome of Cyprus came to the Venetians Sabellic Eâ—nead 10. lib. 8. 1570 Selymus inuadeth the Venetians Piall Bassa sent against the Venetians Mustapha Bassa his letters vnto the Venetians Mustapha Bassa goeth for Cyprus The Turkes fleet descried in Cyprus The Turks land in Cyprus Mustapha Bassae marcheth towards Nicosia Nicholaus Dandulus Gouernour of Nicosia The description of Nicosia The Turks beâ—ore Nicosia Nicosia battered and assaulted and by the Christians valiantly defended The Venetian fleeâ— of an hâ—ndred and seauenteene saile aâ— Corcyra The Christian fleet setteth forward toward Cypâ—us The Christianâ—â—allie out of the citie vpon the Turkes Scouts sent out of the citie taken by the Turks and executed Letters shot into the citie Mustapha Bassa in vaine persuadeth them of Nicosia to yeeld Mustapha encourageth his souldiors Nicosia most terribly assaulted by the Turks The Turks gainâ— the bulwarks wals of Nicosia Nicosia taken by the Turks A great slaughter Cyrene yeelded vnto the Turkes Famagusta besieged Mustapha raiseth his siege The Turks at sea aduertised of the comming of the Christian fleet prepare theÌ„selues for battell The commaunders of the Christian fleet of dâ—uers opiâ—ions for giuing of the Tâ—rks battell The Christian fleet returneth vpon the foule disagreement of the commanderâ— Zanius the Venetian Admirall discharged of his office and sent in bonds to Venice A desperat fact of a woman The strong castle of Chymera taken by Venerius Quirinus taketh a castle of the Turkes in Peloponesus Quirinus a valiant gentleman 1571 Negligence seuerely punished by Selymus Muhamet Bassa a secret friend vnto the Veneâ—â—ans putteth them in hope of peace The Venetianâ— send an embassadour to Selymuâ— to entreat with him of peace Ragazonius the Venetian embassadour commeth to CoÌ„stantinople The conference betwixt Muhamet the great Bassa and Ragazonius The Pope and the king of Spain feaâ—ing least the Venetians should make peace with the Turke hasten the confederation The Venetians resolue to accept of the league with the Pope and the king A perpetuall league concluded betwixt the Pope the K of Spaine and the Venetians The proportioning of the charge of the warres against the Turkeâ— and the other capitulations of the lâ—ague The league proclaimed The Venetians the more to trouble the Turke seeke to stirre vp Tamas the Persian king to take vp armes against him Alexander the Venetian embassadour hath audience with the Persian king The answere of Tamaâ— the Persian king vnto the Venetian ambassadour Mustapha Bassa returneth to the siege of Famagusta The description of Famagusta The number of the defendants of Famagusta Famagusta assaulted and notably defended by the Christians Famagusta againe assaulted by the Turks Bragadinus encourageth the defendants Baleonius a valiant captaine The Turks seeke to vndermine the citie The breaches notably defended They of Famagusta blow vp one of â—heâ—â— owne battered bulwarkes with six hundred Turkes thereon Famagusta hardly assaulted The citisens of Famagusta request the Gouernour in time to yeeld vp the citie A parley betwixt them of Famagusta and the Turks Bragadinus shamefully and horribly murthered by the faithlesse Bassa The forsworne Bâ—ssa tyranniseth vpon the dead bodie of Bragadinus Theupolus hanged Nestor Martinengus by good fortune escapeth Cyprus lost The Turkes arriue in Crete with a great fleet The description of Crete The Turks driuen out of Crete A faire occasion let slip Dulcigno Antiuari and Budâ—a strong towâ—es of the Venetians vpon the coasts of Epirus and Dalmatia yeelded to the Turke Cowardise punished Curzola forsaketh by the men is defended by the women Selymus adâ—ertised of the league lately concluded betwixt the Christian princes The Turkes put into the bay of Lepanto The forces of the confederat princes meet together at Messana Don Iohn of Austria Alexander Farnesius prince of Parma The Venetians vrge battell Cornea and Serbellio persuade the giuing of battell The confederats put their fleet in order of battell Six galeasses The Christian fleet departeth from Messana to giue the Turkâ— battell Mutius Tortona a Spaniard raiseth a mutinie in the fleet at Paxo Tortona and his antient hanged Discention betwixt Don Iohn and Venerius the Venetian Admirall Don Iohn still beareth a grudge against Venerius Barbadicus the Venetian Prouiditor a notable man The Christian flâ—et at Cephalenia Chiroche dissuadeth the Bassaes from giuing battell vnto the Christianâ— Partau Bassa standeth indifferent for
Mustapha at Chars Mustapha cunningly encampeth his armie at Cheilder Tocomac Generall of the Persians Mustapha commeth with his battell to relieue his distressed people A bulwark made of the heads of the slaine Persians The speech of Manucchiar to Mustapha The answere of Mustapha A terrible raine and tempest Mustapha surueyeth his armie at Archichelec and lacketh fortie thousand of his men The Turkes victuallers cut off by the Georgians Alessandro the Georgian sendeâ—h embassadors to Mustapha Alessandro courtâ—ously entertained by Mustapha The Turks army afflicted with hunger Ten thousand of the Turks forragers slaine The Persians â—lie and in flying are many of them drowned in Canac The resolute answere of Mustapha to his tumultuous souldiors Eight thousand Turks drowned in passing the riuer Famine in the Turks hoast The Turks army refreshed Mustapha returneth out of Siruan Mustapha relieueth his distressed garrison at Teflis The miseriâ— of the Turks armiâ— in passing the straiâ—â— of Georgia The Georgian widow submitteth her selfe with her sonne Alexander to Mustapha Mustapha commeth to Erzirum and dischargeth his armie Mustapha magnifieth his owne exploits to Amurath Ares Chan hanged at Sumachia Emanguli Chan taken Genge sacked by the Tartarians Ere 's recouered by the Persians Sumachia besieged by the Persian prince Sumachia yeelded vnto the prince Abdilcherai beloued of the Persian queene Abdilcheraâ— slaine in the Court. The Tersian queene 〈◊〉 away Sahamal slaine by Osman The consultations of Amurath Mustapha carefâ—ll to put â—n excâ—tion Amuraâ—h his commaund Manucchiar â—urneth Turke Alexander constant in his religion Emanguli Chan taketh vpon him the defence of Siruan Simon with Aliculi Chan sent for the defence of Georgia 1579 The meeting together of the Turks armie at Erzirum Chars fortified in 23 daies space Snowes at Chars in August Hassan Bassa sent with 20 thousand to the succouring of Tefliâ— The Persians assaile the Turks and make of them a great slaughter The Persians ouerthrowne and Aliculi Câ—an taken The miserie of the Turks in garrison at Teflis Simon destroied the rearward of Hassanâ— armie and taketh from him his treasure Mustapha returneth to Erzirum and there dischargeth his armie Hassan Bassa for his good seruice rewarded by Amurath Mustapha discharged of his Generalship and called home to Constantinople A comparison bâ—twixt Sinan Bassa and Mustapha two antient enemies both to themselues and the Christian common â—eale Sinan accuseth Mustapha to Amurath Io. Leuncla in supplement Annal. Turcicorum pag. 79. Mustapha by the mediation of certaine great ladies appeaseth the displeasure of Amurath The strange death of the great Visier Bassa Muhamet 1580 Sinan Bassa chosen Generall for the Persian war The Persian king sendeth Maxut Chan his embassadour to Amurath The admoâ—iâ—ion of Sinan to the Persian embassadour The preparations of the Persian king against the Turkes Sinan mustereth his armie at Erzirum Maxuâ— Chan reporteth vnto the king what he hath done and is for his good seruice by him rewarded Maxut Chan flâ—eâ—h vnto the Turkes Sinan commeth to Tellis Sinan departeth from Teflis Seuen thousand Turkes slaine by the Georgianâ— and Persians Sinan deâ—idâ—d of his souldiors Sinan commeth to Erzirum and there breaketh vp his armie 1581 Amurath circumciseth his eldest sonne Mahomet Io. Leuncl suppl Annal. Turâ— pag. 82. Mahamet Bassâ— refuseth battell offered by the Georgians and and Persians The Turkes discomfited and the treasure and corne taken by the Georgians and Persians Mahamet with his discomfited armie commeth to Teflis The Oration of Mahamet Bassâ— in the castle of Teflis The Turkes among themselues make a purse of 30000 duckats for the releefe of the garrison of Teflis Mahamet deuiseth how to betray Mustaffa the Georgian Mustaffa notably reuengeth himselfe of the treâ—herie intended against hâ—m by Mahamâ—t the Generall The proud answere of Sinan to Amurath Sciaus Bassa made Visier in Sinaâ— place 1582 Mahamet the Persian king resolueth to go to Heri against his sonne Abas Mirize Mahamet commeth to Herâ— Abas Mirize by his embassadours purged of treason The embassadors of Abas accuse Mirize Salmas the Visier Mirize Salmas the Visier found guiltie of treason and beheaded Ferat Bassa chosen Generall of the armie in Sinans place 1583 Generall Ferat dâ—parteth from Constantinople He commeth to Reiuan Ferat in the space of fifteene daies buildeth a â—orâ— at Reiuan 750 yaâ—dâ— abâ—ut Ferat commeth to Erzirum and there breaketh vp his armie The death of Hama Cadum Amurath his mother 1584 Ferat raiseth a new armie The Persian king with a great armie commeth to Tauris For at cutteth downe a thicke wood at Tomanis and biuldeth a fort vpon the strait The compasâ—â— of the castle buiâ—t aâ— Tomanis by Ferat Simon in danger to haue been taken escapeth by a strange chance A wonderfull dearth in the Turks army at Triala The insolent speech of the mutinous souldiors against Ferat their Generall The mutinous souldiors againâ— threaten their Generall The stout answere of Ferat The souldiours ouerthrow the Generals tents and threaten to kill him Ferat at Ardachan breaketh vp his armie The dangerous passage from Reinan to Teâ—liâ— secured vnto the Turkes Emir Chan hauing his eies puâ— ouâ— dieth miserably in prison Amurath sendeth for Osman into Shuan The Tartar king sendeth twelue thousand Tartars to lie in wait for to kill Osman Osman assaulted by twelue thousand Tartars Osman ouercommeth the Tartarâ— Osman strangleth Mahomet the Tartar king with his two sonâ— and placeth Islan his brother in his sâ—ead Amurath demaundeth Osmans opinion concerning the enterprise of Tauris Osmans resolution Osman Bassa made cheefe Visier and Generall of the armie Io. Leunel sup Annal. Turcicorum pag. 91. A most barbarous outrage comitted by Petrus Emus a Venetian The villanie discouered Amurath sendeâ—h a messenger to Venice to â—xpostulat the iniâ—â—ie done vnto his subâ—â—ctâ— Petrus Emus beheaded Io. Leunel sup Annâ—l Turcicorum pag. 92. Ramadan Bassa slaiâ—e by thâ— insâ—leâ—â— Ianizaries Achmetes Bassa Gouernouâ— of Ciprus slaine by the Ianizaries Another insolencie of the Ianizaries Busbequius legationis Turcicae epist. 3. 1585 Hassan Bassa the queenes Eunuch sent to Caire to gouerne there Ebrain Bassa in speech to marrie Amuraths daughter The warinesse of the craftie Eunuch The Eunuch cast in prison aâ— Constantinople and his euill gotten goods confiscated The Drusian people what they are The countrey which the Drusians inhabit Fiue chiefe rulers or gouernors among the Drusians Three of the Drusian lords meet Ebrain aâ— Ierusalem with rich presents and a great 〈◊〉 of men Serafadin coâ—meth with presents to Ebrain A letter of Man Oglies â—o Ebrain Bassa Ebraim burneth 24 townes of Man-oglies Veis Bassa and his sonne discomfited by the Dâ—usians Ebrain sendeth for aâ—cubuses to Man-ogli The notable dissimulation of Ebrain Bassa Emir Ebne-frec antiseth Man-ogli his Macademo or lieutenant to come to Ebrain The Macademo by the commandement of Ebrain â—laine quicke Ebrain notably dissembleth with Ebne-mansur Ebne-mansur in chaines sent to the gallies The rich presents giuen to Amurath by Ebrain Io. 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