After
dew
salutacion
I
commend
me
to
you
trusty
frend
,
letting
you
were
,
that
where
in
my
last
wrytinge
to
you
I
wrote
,
that
(
by
the
leaue
of
the
bountefull
grace
and
licence
of
the
Imperiall
maiestye
)
I
wolde
shortelye
be
wyth
you
,
wherfore
at
the
tyme
I
wrote
no
neweltyes
to
you
concerning
this
Imperiall
parlament
.
But
for
as
muche
as
thys
purpose
of
myne
is
hyndred
,
&
I
am
constrayned
to
tary
here
vntyll
the
returne
of
the
worshypful
in
god
father
the
Cardinal
&
byshop
of
Trident
which
is
sent
to
Rome
with
a
spedy
message
,
I
wolde
not
leaue
to
certify
you
of
some
newes
,
so
farre
as
I
may
do
&
becommeth
me
.
Fyrst
as
concerninge
the
articles
proposed
of
the
Imperiall
maiesty
to
the
estates
of
the
Empyre
,
I
trust
year
fully
certifyed
And
though
the
answere
vpon
them
hath
been
deferred
,
&
specially
that
concerning
the
Religion
,
yet
at
the
length
,
by
the
grace
of
god
,
haue
the
States
wyth
one
consente
agreed
and
requyred
,
that
the
ordinance
concernynge
the
Religion
that
is
in
controuersye
vndeterminated
,
maye
be
determined
in
the
generall
,
fre
and
christen
concell
that
alredy
is
poynted
,
begonne
and
continueth
at
Trident
.
The
whych
request
the
Imperours
maiestye
hath
also
thought
yt
moost
conuenient
,
christen
and
sure
way
to
alaye
all
debate
and
controuersye
:
specially
for
as
moche
as
the
sytuacyon
of
Germanye
is
not
greatly
onmete
for
the
purpose
,
nether
can
other
nacions
greatly
grudge
at
the
waye
and
distance
from
Trident
,
wherby
they
myght
pretende
incommodite
wher
vpon
the
Emperiall
maiestye
trusteth
that
euery
and
syngular
estate
of
the
Empyre
wyll
agre
to
suche
a
generall
councel
,
submytting
them
humbly
to
it
,
acceptyng
&
redressyng
them
after
the
ordinance
of
the
same
:
In
doynge
of
whyche
,
they
shall
folowe
the
footesteppes
of
the
auncient
fathers
,
which
haue
alwayes
in
doubtes
of
religion
or
fayth
,
hadde
theyr
recourse
to
the
councel
as
vnto
a
sentuary
,
&
redressed
them
wyllingly
after
the
ordinance
of
the
same
.
And
that
such
a
fre
general
councell
haue
the
better
progresse
&
continuance
,
&
that
noman
nedeth
to
feare
interruption
of
it
or
hynderaunce
:
the
Emperours
maiestye
as
a
maynteiner
of
the
churche
,
and
defendour
of
the
councell
wyl
godly
helpe
and
busyly
prouyde
,
that
such
a
councell
begon
at
Trident
haue
hys
quick
course
&
continuaunce
.
He
wylleth
also
that
it
be
visited
augmented
&
confirmed
by
the
presence
of
other
christen
princes
&
nations
,
specially
Archbysshops
.
Bishops
&
other
Prelates
of
Germany
(
as
than
that
are
&
haue
ben
chefe
aucthors
or
makers
of
thys
debate
,
)
or
in
theyr
lawfull
absence
,
by
theyr
wyse
,
learned
&
fully
aucthorised
deputyes
.
It
shal
be
lawful
also
for
the
States
of
the
Ausborowesh
confession
safe
conduted
to
come
to
remayne
&
returne
agayn
from
this
councel
,
&
ther
shal
be
graunted
to
them
dew
audience
.
By
these
meanes
shal
the
beginning
the
whole
treating
of
this
general
concel
&
conclusion
be
godly
and
Christenly
(
all
affections
and
parcialite
set
a
parte
)
accordynge
to
the
doctryne
of
holye
scripture
and
holy
fathers
,
whereof
maye
folowe
a
christen
reformation
,
by
the
whych
peruerse
doctryne
and
abuses
maye
be
rooted
out
.
As
for
the
pleatynges
of
the
Imperiall
chamber
or
hall
,
wyll
the
Imperiall
maiesty
continentlye
reforme
,
and
that
wyth
conuenient
Iudges
,
Presydentes
and
Extraordinare
persons
,
that
iustice
maye
be
comly
executed
,
and
ther
to
be
no
more
lackes
.
Ther
are
also
other
causes
handeled
in
thys
parlament
Imperiall
,
as
are
of
peace
,
of
the
Coine
and
suche
lyke
,
which
are
come
to
suche
a
pointe
,
as
is
to
be
hoped
no
man
can
haue
a
iust
cause
to
complayne
.
We
do
hope
also
that
this
Imperiall
parlamente
shal
be
shortelye
ended
,
whych
myght
be
whan
the
worshypfull
Cardynall
and
Byshoppe
of
Trident
shal
be
returned
,
who
departed
hence
oute
of
Ausborowe
the
syxte
daye
of
Nouember
beynge
sent
to
Rome
vnto
the
Byshoppe
of
Rome
,
for
the
continuaunce
of
the
Counsell
of
Trident
,
and
to
approue
or
alowe
the
reformation
,
how
euery
man
shal
be
haue
hymself
,
during
the
tyme
of
the
generall
counsell
.
The
whyche
came
to
Rome
the
eyghtenth
day
of
Nouember
,
from
whence
he
hath
wrytten
:
he
wyl
be
shortelye
wythe
vs
agayne
,
and
bryng
wyth
hym
al
thynges
that
haue
ben
the
requestes
of
the
Emperiall
maiesty
,
and
the
States
.
Nother
can
I
wytholde
to
certyfye
you
/
that
the
maiestye
of
the
kyng
of
rome
Ferdinandus
sent
the
last
yere
an
embassadour
/
named
Lord
Gerarde
Veltwick
to
Constantinople
to
the
greate
Turke
/
for
to
demaunde
truce
for
.v.
yere
the
whych
request
the
Turke
dyd
easely
graunt
/
partly
for
drede
of
the
Emperiall
maiestye
/
whome
he
nameth
a
vanquysher
/
&
Lord
of
Europa
/
partly
because
of
the
Assaultes
of
the
Soldane
or
kinge
of
Perses
/
whych
combreth
hym
wyth
warres
:
but
vpon
that
condicion
:
yf
the
Imperiall
maiesty
wyll
holde
/
consent
&
agre
to
the
same
truce
.
The
Romane
kinges
Embassador
lord
Veltwick
hath
agreed
to
that
condityon
/
&
promysed
to
busye
hymselfe
to
cause
the
Imperiall
maiestye
consente
to
thys
truce
:
doutynge
not
/
but
trusting
,
the
emperial
maiesty
wold
not
refuse
it
for
the
tender
loue
he
oweth
to
his
brother
.
And
vpon
that
is
the
forsayde
lord
Veltwick
come
hether
wyth
the
Turkes
messangers
,
desyringe
to
know
,
whether
the
Emperiall
maiesty
wyll
agree
to
this
truce
of
fyue
yeres
,
or
not
:
that
these
forsayde
messangers
of
the
Turke
,
may
bringe
theyr
lord
an
answer
.
Vpon
that
whych
hath
the
Emperiall
maiestye
answered
on
this
wyse
:
Though
it
becommeth
not
our
maiestye
,
to
make
any
appoyntment
with
the
enemy
of
oure
religion
,
nother
hath
the
Godly
maiesty
euer
left
vs
aydelesse
hetherto
but
alway
prospereth
&
helpeth
vs
to
vanquysh
our
enemyes
:
so
that
noman
ther
is
,
whych
can
auaunce
and
say
:
I
haue
ouercome
Charles
in
battayll
.
For
so
much
also
as
almyghtye
God
hath
endued
vs
wyth
so
greate
puyssance
ryches
,
men
of
warre
&
captaynes
so
that
we
nede
not
to
be
afrayed
of
any
man
in
the
world
:
yet
for
the
tender
loue
that
we
owe
to
our
brother
the
king
of
the
romanes
,
Hongary
&
Bemes
we
condescende
,
alow
&
ratifye
the
truce
of
fyue
yeares
but
vpon
that
condicion
,
that
the
Turkysh
Emperour
do
sende
vs
hys
letters
&
specificayō
concerning
this
peace
.
Whan
the
Turkyshe
messaungers
had
receaued
thys
coragious
answere
of
the
Emperiall
maiestye
,
they
are
returned
to
theyr
Lorde
,
which
continently
sente
ouer
the
foresayde
letters
,
in
the
whyche
he
calleth
the
Emperours
maiesty
a
Lord
of
the
christen
worlde
.
These
letters
came
here
to
Ausborowe
the
.xxi.
day
of
Nouember
,
whyche
I
haue
both
handeled
and
sene
.
These
be
wrytten
wyth
greate
and
vnsemely
letters
,
and
on
the
top
sygned
wyth
the
great
Turkes
armes
of
gold
.
I
doubte
whether
I
euer
haue
sene
any
suche
lyke
,
they
be
nother
Chalde
nor
Hebrue
letters
,
the
Lord
Gerard
veltwick
sayth
they
be
Arabyck
letters
.
Ther
is
also
tydynges
come
oute
of
Hungary
that
a
Lorde
of
the
Kynges
counsell
,
called
locētz
whych
fauoured
more
the
Turkyshe
partye
than
hys
own
lyege
Lordes
,
nether
hearde
gladly
the
truce
made
:
for
his
enterpryses
in
manye
poyntes
were
hyndered
.
This
same
as
he
sat
vpon
a
tyme
at
hys
table
,
and
hys
seruauntes
about
hym
,
one
of
them
began
sodenly
to
crye
:
Come
death
&
haue
me
awaye
.
And
sodenlye
he
caste
an
horrible
syght
wyth
turnynge
of
hys
eyes
,
raygynge
and
crying
hugly
with
a
loud
voyce
:
The
deuyll
is
in
me
,
and
hath
possessed
me
,
nother
wyll
he
leaue
wyth
me
,
but
more
of
you
must
daunce
this
daunce
.
The
other
seruantes
wold
haue
bounde
hym
,
but
he
spewed
frome
hym
,
and
behaued
hym
so
woodlye
:
afterward
cast
he
out
at
hys
mouth
the
stomack
,
bowele
,
lyuer
,
harte
,
and
all
hys
entrayles
by
peces
.
After
that
began
an
other
of
the
seruauntes
to
rage
and
waxe
woode
,
cryenge
&
howlynge
piteously
&
hugly
:
I
am
possessed
of
the
deuyl
.
The
same
dyd
they
binde
,
&
Lozentz
sent
continently
for
his
parson
to
coniure
the
euyl
spryt
.
But
before
the
priest
came
,
the
thyrde
seruaunt
began
to
rage
also
,
which
was
bounde
as
the
other
.
With
that
began
Lozentz
to
be
greatly
afrayed
:
&
though
the
priest
prayed
moch
ouer
hym
,
yet
began
he
to
rage
lyke
the
other
&
crye
,
so
that
he
also
was
constrayned
to
be
bound
.
And
lay
of
this
wyse
in
his
house
with
his
two
seruauntes
(
for
the
fyrst
dyed
)
xiiii
.
dayes
before
.
In
the
meane
whyle
swaged
the
woodnest
,
&
he
was
lowsed
of
his
bandes
:
but
hys
countenaunte
is
yet
so
horrible
&
dredeful
,
that
noman
dare
approche
hym
.
Whan
the
foresayde
truces
were
in
hande
/
a
shyp
was
spoyled
vpon
our
borders
&
soncked
which
passed
in
valure
.xx.
M.
gold
gylden
/
and
al
they
that
were
in
her
were
drowned
:
but
the
dede
doers
are
yet
vnknowen
whether
thei
be
christen
or
Turkes
that
ioyne
vpon
the
borders
.
Cattians
brother
in
lawe
hath
slayne
two
hundreth
Turkes
that
passed
the
borders
,
and
inuaded
oure
men
,
wherwyth
he
hath
apeaced
&
stylled
the
other
.
These
tydynges
came
here
to
Ausborowe
the
.xix.
daye
of
Nouember
,
but
ther
was
no
credence
geuen
to
them
,
vntyl
ther
came
more
surer
certification
from
the
Kynges
Maiestye
and
other
Lordes
.
The
.xxvi.
daye
of
Nouember
last
past
came
hether
thre
wedowes
,
namelye
my
lady
Mary
quene
of
Hungary
and
Regente
,
the
Duchesse
of
Loren
,
and
the
ladye
Princesse
of
Orenge
of
Brabant
:
whome
met
the
Kynges
grace
of
Rome
,
the
Archduke
of
Austriche
hys
sonne
,
and
the
electours
,
namelye
of
Colens
Saxonye
and
Braundeborowe
,
be
syde
a
greate
nombre
of
Byshops
,
Dukes
,
and
Lords
,
so
that
they
entred
at
Ausborow
syxe
hundreth
on
horsebak
They
of
Ausborow
also
haue
made
peace
wyth
theyr
Lorde
the
Byshop
,
whereof
the
condicions
be
,
that
for
the
force
,
spoyling
and
iniuries
they
haue
done
him
,
shal
in
recompence
therof
geue
him
fyue
&
nyntye
thousande
golde
gyldens
and
for
the
spiritual
rentes
that
they
haue
receaued
thyrtye
thousande
golde
gyldens
.
Ther
is
here
such
a
nombre
of
Lordes
and
Princes
/
as
neuer
hath
ben
sene
in
any
parlamente
imperiall
.
The
moost
worshypfull
in
god
father
and
Lord
Adolyshe
archebyshoppe
of
Colen
&
hath
yesterdaye
whych
was
Saynte
Nicolas
euen
receaued
of
the
Imperiall
maiestye
hys
dignitye
.
Muche
were
to
be
wrytten
of
the
takyng
of
the
Duke
of
Saxony
elector
was
,
and
the
Landtgraue
,
but
the
shortenesse
of
thys
letter
,
and
also
the
tyme
wyll
not
admytte
it
.
Yet
can
not
I
wytholde
you
that
Landtgraues
wyfe
with
her
chyldren
,
haue
delyuered
a'great
byll
or
supplication
to
the
States
of
the
Empyre
,
wherein
they
sygnified
,
that
those
articles
whych
were
delyuered
at
the
yeldyng
of
the
Landtgraue
,
were
fulfylled
,
expyred
and
accomplyshed
:
requyred
al
the
States
of
the
Empyre
to
make
sute
for
the
Landtgraue
to
the
Emperyall
maiestye
that
he
myght
be
delyuered
.
Some
of
the
Princes
gaue
consent
therto
,
but
some
toke
deliberation
vppon
it
.
In
the
meane
whyle
as
thys
was
in
hande
:
was
the
Emperiall
Maiestye
aduertysed
of
thys
.
And
whan
the
Princes
were
nowe
consultynge
and
takyng
theyr
aduyse
,
dyd
the
Emperiall
maiestye
sende
them
a
farre
other
certyfycation
of
the
matter
,
than
that
of
the
Landtgraue
specyfyēg
the
causes
why
it
were
not
expediente
,
nether
for
the
commune
peace
,
nor
the
contry
,
that
he
shulde
be
released
and
set
at
liberte
.
It
declared
also
playnly
,
that
the
articles
of
the
Landtgraue
submyssion
or
yeldyng
,
were
not
proposed
aryghte
nor
lawfullye
:
yea
were
not
executed
nother
of
the
Landtgraue
.
The
Emperoures
maiestye
also
answered
so
euidently
,
and
wyth
so
manyfest
demonstratyons
to
these
thynges
that
were
proposed
the
Princes
by
the
Landtgraue
,
that
they
all
ceased
of
makynge
sute
for
hym
,
but
were
of
a
contrarye
mynde
.
Wherfore
he
was
remoued
from
donwerte
,
to
Norlinges
,
wyth
duble
warde
whych
thynge
doth
greatly
greue
and
displease
hym
,
complaynyng
bewayling
and
lamentyng
to
be
so
remoued
from
place
to
place
.
Duke
noritz
of
Saxony
elector
is
departed
from
hence
nowe
of
late
,
of
whome
the
fame
goeth
,
that
he
is
gone
to
take
vp
men
of
warre
in
the
name
of
the
Emperours
maiestye
,
the
truth
wherof
,
I
cannot
wryte
for
a
certaynte
.
Thys
is
of
a
truth
,
that
here
are
many
doughty
captaynes
,
&
that
moche
artillery
is
sent
towarde
the
costes
to
Switcherland
.
They
of
Berne
are
afrayed
,
and
haue
ofte
sent
to
the
Duke
of
Sauoye
,
requyrynge
to
haue
peace
with
him
What
ende
these
matters
shal
haue
,
can
I
not
shew
at
this
tyme
.
I
trust
your
gentlynesse
wyll
take
thys
wrytynge
in
worth
,
as
I
shall
come
by
you
,
(
the
which
I
trust
shal
be
shortely
)
I
shall
shew
you
more
newes
by
mouth
Fare
well
¶
Wryten
from
August
the
syxt
daye
of
December
.
The
yeare
of
oure
Lorde
.
M.D.Xlviii