A
NOTABLE
HIStorie
of
the
Saracens
.
Briefly
and
faithfully
descrybing
the
originall
beginning
,
continuaunce
and
successe
aswell
of
the
Saracens
,
as
also
of
Turkes
,
Souldans
,
Mamalukes
,
Assassines
,
Tartarians
and
Sophians
.
With
a
discourse
of
their
Affaires
and
Actes
from
the
byrthe
of
Mahomet
their
first
péeuish
Prophet
and
founder
for
700
yéeres
space
.
Wherunto
is
annexed
a
Compendious
Chronycle
of
all
their
yeerely
exploytes
,
from
the
sayde
Mahomets
time
tyll
this
present
yeere
of
grace
.
1575.
Drawen
out
of
Augustine
Curio
and
sundry
other
good
Authours
by
Thomas
Newton
.
Imprinted
at
London
by
William
How
,
for
Abraham
Veale
.
1575.
HONI
SOIT
QVI
MAL
Y
PENSE
¶
To
the
Ryghte
honorable
the
Lorde
Charles
Howarde
,
Baron
of
Effyngham
,
and
Knight
of
the
most
Noble
Order
of
the
Garter
.
RYghte
Honorable
:
Callinge
to
remembrance
what
streict
accoumpt
euerie
Man
particularlie
at
the
last
generall
Audite
,
is
enioygned
to
yeeld
for
time
here
bestowed
,
I
haue
somewhat
in
discharge
of
my
duty
that
waye
,
according
to
the
rate
and
measure
of
my
small
Talent
,
traueiled
to
bringe
to
light
for
the
benefite
of
my
Cuntreymen
this
historicall
Discourse
of
Saracens
,
Turks
and
other
Reprobates
of
the
same
stampe
and
Lyuerey
,
in
hope
that
the
same
to
your
Honour
and
others
of
rype
iudgement
thyrstinge
after
such
needefull
knowledge
,
shall
bee
deemed
labour
and
time
not
all
together
yll
spent
.
Which
matter
although
it
required
the
cunninge
hande
of
a
skilfuller
Woorkeman
,
for
the
better
polisshing
and
bringing
thereof
into
good
frame
and
order
,
yet
the
dilygent
endeuoure
of
suche
as
doe
their
vttermoste
seemeth
(
in
the
meane
whyle
)
not
to
bee
reiected
.
For
God
bestoweth
his
Gifts
and
Benefites
diuerselye
(
some
haue
more
and
some
lesse
)
whiche
although
by
Arythmeticall
proportion
they
seeme
very
vnequall
,
yet
beinge
Geometricallye
examyned
,
respected
and
waighed
,
they
iumpe
in
a
most
euen
equalyty
.
Herein
as
in
a
Myrrour
is
set
down
,
how
,
when
&
by
whom
,
this
pestilent
Generation
was
first
set
abroche
,
what
successe
in
their
Affaires
euer
synce
they
haue
had
,
and
if
wee
wyllnot
by
others
harmes
take
warning
,
what
curtesye
is
to
bee
looked
for
at
their
hands
,
when
and
wheresoeuer
they
can
espye
any
occasion
or
oportunitie
to
put
in
practise
their
bloudy
tyranny
.
They
were
(
in
deede
)
at
the
first
very
far
of
from
our
Clyme
&
Region
,
and
therefore
the
lesse
to
be
feared
,
but
now
they
are
euen
at
our
doores
and
ready
to
come
into
our
Houses
,
yf
our
penitent
heartes
doe
not
the
sooner
procure
at
the
mercifull
handes
of
God
,
an
vnytie
,
peace
and
concord
among
the
Princes
,
Potentates
and
People
of
that
litle
porcion
of
Chrystendome
yet
left
,
which
through
diuision
,
discord
and
ciuile
dissention
hath
from
time
to
time
enticed
and
brought
this
Babylonian
Nabugadnezar
and
turkish
Pharao
so
neere
vnder
our
noses
.
The
pitifull
state
wherof
although
your
L.
is
not
now
to
learn
yet
for
others
sake
,
not
so
rype
in
Turkishe
garboyles
,
I
know
your
Honour
according
to
the
wonted
generositie
of
your
noble
nature
wil
at
my
hands
cherefully
accept
,
as
an
earnest
peny
of
my
loyal
heart
to
your
L.
most
addicted
:
whom
I
besech
God
with
that
moste
vertuous
and
honorable
Ladie
your
wife
to
blesse
with
all
spirituall
benedictions
,
prosperous
health
and
daylye
increase
of
much
Honour
.
At
London
the
xii
.
of
May
.
1575.
Your
good
Lordships
most
humble
at
Commaundment
.
Thomas
Newton
.
The
Authours
Preface
.
MAny
a
time
and
often
,
considering
and
debating
with
my
felfe
,
the
acwarde
course
of
this
changeable
world
,
among
other
things
I
haue
bene
greatly
desyrous
to
know
,
what
the
very
&
chief
cause
should
be
,
of
the
subuersion
and
ruyne
,
from
time
to
time
,
of
al
mightie
kyngdomes
:
And
againe
of
the
setting
vp
and
aduancement
of
manie
obscure
persones
of
base
degree
and
parentage
to
most
high
honors
and
dignities
.
For
when
I
throughly
consider
and
call
to
remembrance
the
alteration
and
decay
of
the
Romane
Empire
,
and
the
manifolde
calamities
that
haue
happened
to
noble
▪
and
puyssaunt
Kingdomes
in
times
past
,
I
well
see
,
that
dissolute
life
,
ambition
and
discord
of
Rulers
amonge
themselues
hath
from
time
to
time
bene
the
chief
&
originall
cause
therof
.
Insomuch
that
by
reading
out
of
olde
Monumentes
and
Histories
,
thinges
long
agone
atchieued
and
done
,
I
perceaue
many
Empires
haue
ben
planted
and
constituted
,
many
Nations
subdued
,
many
Kingdomes
with
long
continuance
firmlye
established
and
most
assured
peare
and
tranquillytie
among
the
Communaltie
conserued
by
temperaunce
and
sobrietie
,
but
chiefly
and
specially
by
ciuill
concord
and
mutuall
amytie
.
Wherfore
,
both
reason
,
&
dayly
examples
enforce
me
to
think
,
that
Wealth
,
Ritches
,
strength
and
skilfull
pollicie
in
warlyke
affayres
without
concord
and
goodwyl
of
the
people
hurteth
many
times
,
but
profiteth
almost
neuer
.
Whereas
concord
and
beneuolence
(
euen
without
wealth
and
rychesse
)
be
of
great
force
and
of
themselues
able
to
doo
very
mutch
.
Therefore
,
they
which
neglected
the
sauegard
,
quietnesse
and
commoditie
of
their
subiectes
(
whereby
,
goodwyll
is
both
purchased
and
also
nourished
,
)
and
wholy
yeelded
themselues
to
Ambition
and
desire
of
souereignty
(
bestowing
al
their
studies
and
cogitations
onely
to
enrich
and
bring
themselues
to
hye
estate
among
their
owne
People
,
desiring
rather
to
be
feared
of
them
then
of
their
enemies
)
were
in
the
end
vnprofitable
to
themselues
and
pernicious
to
their
countrey
.
Contrarywise
,
they
that
so
arme
themselues
with
the
vnfayned
loue
and
goodwyll
of
their
owne
people
and
subiectes
,
that
they
might
both
be
tenderly
and
intirelye
beloued
of
them
,
and
also
bee
terrible
and
dreadfull
to
the
enemy
abroad
:
those
(
I
say
)
were
thei
,
which
notably
benefited
both
themselues
and
their
common
wealth
.
And
if
we
would
peruse
and
rip
vp
th●
auncient
beginnings
of
al
Kingdoms
,
and
throughly
consider
their
fyrst
originall
,
wee
shall
finde
that
so
many
of
them
as
long
florished
,
were
by
most
honest
Artes
and
wayes
at
the
fyrst
gotten
,
and
by
the
best
orders
of
gouerment
constituted
.
For
it
is
wel
inough
knowne
,
that
at
the
beginning
,
the
name
of
a
king
(
which
alwaies
was
a
name
moste
holie
and
venerable
)
was
geuen
and
attributed
to
those
that
had
done
best
seruice
and
been
most
meritorious
to
their
cuntrie
,
whom
the
people
for
their
common
profite
and
vtilytie
created
Kinges
and
Soueraignes
ouer
them
.
For
when
as
the
sacred
worde
of
God
was
not
yet
amonge
men
acknowledged
,
no
religyon
reuerenced
,
nor
any
ciuill
order
regarded
,
when
no
man
tooke
any
respect
to
lawfull
matrymonie
,
or
to
any
certaine
procreation
of
Children
,
and
the
due
administration
of
iustice
and
lawes
with
the
profites
therof
not
once
heard
of
,
much
lesse
executed
:
when
men
after
a
brutishe
sorte
lyued
abroad
in
the
woods
and
open
fieldes
,
wholy
drowned
in
errour
and
blind
ignorance
,
abusing
their
strength
and
power
onely
to
the
satisfyinge
of
their
owne
sensuall
affections
and
beastlye
lustes
:
what
mans
power
was
so
great
,
or
who
was
able
with
al
the
strength
he
had
to
gathertogether
these
sauage
and
rude
persones
lurking
in
woods
&
cabines
abrod
,
into
one
felowship
?
&
to
perswade
them
to
be
obedient
&
conformable
to
his
commandements
?
Certes
wee
muste
needes
confesse
,
that
this
reducing
of
them
from
their
fyrste
vnmannerly
rudenesse
,
to
honeste
order
and
comelinesse
,
was
not
brought
to
passe
by
force
and
violence
,
but
by
wisedome
,
equity
,
iustice
,
curteous
dealyng
and
liberall
benefites
bestowed
vpon
them
all
generallye
,
whereby
the
hartes
of
the
people
were
rauished
and
as
it
were
with
a
certain
bond
of
beneuolence
allured
to
haue
them
in
admiration
,
and
to
beare
vnto
them
an
earneste
zeale
of
dutyfull
good
wyll
.
And
although
at
the
fyrste
,
thei
semed
after
a
sort
(
because
of
the
strangnesse
thereof
)
to
be
halfe
vnwyllynge
,
yet
at
length
by
meanes
of
benefits
receaued
,
and
other
liberal
curtesies
,
together
with
an
vpright
equitie
in
euery
respect
obserued
,
they
brought
them
into
order
and
ready
to
consent
vnto
euerye
thinge
that
seemed
honest
and
profitable
.
By
these
politique
meanes
,
Saturne
the
aunciente●●
founder
of
Rome
reigned
firste
in
Armenia
,
and
escaped
the
conspiracye
and
force
of
the
mightiest
kings
of
Babilon
by
nothinge
so
much
,
as
by
his
iustice
and
equitie
and
the
assured
good
wils
of
his
owne
people
,
and
by
their
onely
help
,
fleeing
the
furie
and
crueltie
of
Iupiter
,
obtayned
and
wanne
a
new
kingdome
in
Italy
.
By
this
way
,
Romulus
the
other
founder
of
Rome
,
of
a
poore
and
beggarly
sheapherd
,
was
aduanced
to
the
degree
of
a
king
.
In
lyke
manner
were
Numa
and
Tarquinius
Priscus
of
straungers
and
priuate
persons
,
made
Kinges
in
the
same
place
.
By
such
good
will
and
affection
of
his
Souldiers
,
Alexander
the
Great
conquered
all
the
East
.
By
concorde
,
the
Greeques
victoriouslye
augmented
and
enlarged
their
dominions
:
by
concord
,
the
common
wealth
of
the
Carthaginians
grewe
to
bee
moste
mightye
:
the
same
concorde
made
the
Romanes
,
Lordes
ouer
al
Lands
,
and
conquerours
of
al
forraine
nations
.
In
this
bond
of
concord
the
Sarracens
a
weake
and
slender
rable
of
Peyzants
at
the
fyrst
,
being
ioyned
and
linked
together
,
ouercame
and
possessed
verye
many
prouinces
belonging
to
the
Romane
empire
:
&
by
this
meanes
the
power
of
the
Turks
at
the
fyrst
&
euer
since
hath
increased
.
But
Insolency
,
Ambition
and
Discord
hath
ben
the
subuersion
of
all
Kingdomes
,
mightye
Empires
and
populous
common
wealthes
.
For
when
princes
(
neglecting
and
forsaking
those
trades
and
waies
by
which
their
king
domes
were
at
the
fyrst
constituted
)
thinke
Money
and
wealth
,
to
be
the
chief
defence
,
and
as
it
were
the
Sinewes
and
stayes
of
their
kingdomes
,
when
any
secret
hatred
and
harte
burninge
enkindleth
betweene
them
and
their
people
,
then
do
they
hazard
and
endaunger
both
themselues
their
Royalmes
and
subiectes
to
the
spoyle
of
the
enemy
.
For
nature
hath
thus
ordayned
,
that
as
we
feele
&
perceaue
others
to
be
affected
towards
vs
,
we
also
ar
affected
towards
them
:
&
Plato
his
saying
is
well
known
concerning
the
same
matter
who
writeth
that
as
the
princes
&
rulers
in
a
common
welth
are
,
such
commonlye
bee
the
people
and
Citizens
of
the
same
.
Therefore
no
man
ought
to
marueile
,
why
those
Princes
which
set
more
by
their
own
priuate
lucre
and
gayne
then
by
the
publique
commodytie
of
their
Realme
,
are
many
times
but
slenderlye
beloued
of
their
subiectes
:
and
that
all
their
Officers
vnder
them
by
their
euyll
example
,
are
more
carefull
to
enriche
their
owne
Coffers
then
to
further
the
common
wealth
of
their
countrey
.
Thus
mens
harts
being
diuersly
bent
and
their
good
wils
alieuated
one
from
an
other
,
the
common
wealth
consequently
goeth
to
wracke
&
confusion
.
These
were
the
causes
,
why
the
Empyre
was
first
translated
from
the
Chaldayes
to
the
Assyrians
,
from
the
Assyrians
to
the
Medians
,
from
the
Medians
to
the
Persians
and
last
of
all
from
the
Persians
to
the
Macedonians
.
Discord
was
the
ouerthrow
and
disparcling
of
that
famous
and
large
Monarchy
left
by
Alexander
the
Great
,
while
his
successours
(
not
content
euery
man
with
his
owne
Territory
)
quarelled
among
themselues
for
the
whole
Monarchy
.
Discorde
abated
and
tamed
the
whole
power
and
common
wealthe
of
the
Greeques
:
by
discorde
and
ciuill
warres
,
the
Romane
state
was
destroyed
and
brought
almoste
to
nothing
:
and
agayne
the
ciuill
diuision
of
the
Greeques
amonge
themselues
was
the
only
cause
that
the
flourishing
empire
of
Constantinople
was
brought
vnder
the
miserable
yoke
and
slauerye
of
a
Nation
moste
barbarous
.
Discord
was
the
vtter
vndooyng
and
defacyng
of
the
Sarracens
Empire
,
as
in
this
History
it
shall
playnly
appeare
:
and
the
same
plague
doth
at
this
day
so
infest
and
trouble
all
Christendome
that
I
feare
(
and
I
beseech
God
my
feare
may
be
without
effect
)
least
wee
shall
to
late
rue
and
lament
either
the
vtter
subuersion
or
at
least
,
the
miserable
oppression
thereof
.
What
do
wee
meane
therfore
?
seeyng
Ambition
and
her
daughter
Discorde
haue
euer
bene
the
causes
of
so
great
calamyties
and
mischieues
,
why
doo
we
thus
runne
headlong
vpon
the
Swordes
poinct
,
and
cut
one
anothers
throat
?
why
haue
we
such
delyght
in
ciuill
warres
and
domesticall
murder
?
why
doo
wee
not
(
alas
for
pitie
that
our
mindes
should
be
somuch
blinded
and
bewitched
)
lay
asyde
all
priuate
grudges
and
controuersies
which
ought
rather
to
be
decided
by
equitie
and
the
infallible
lawe
of
God
,
then
with
war
and
effusion
of
Christian
bloud
?
why
doo
wee
not
rather
bende
all
our
force
and
power
against
the
professed
enemies
of
Christianitie
,
the
contemners
&
destroyers
of
all
humanitye
,
relygion
and
learning
?
These
warres
(
I
say
)
which
are
deuided
into
many
partes
and
factions
among
vs
,
one
conspiringe
an
others
bane
and
thyrsting
after
his
brothers
bloud
,
wil
in
the
end
bring
all
Christendome
to
vtter
ruine
and
wofull
desolation
.
Which
if
they
would
ioyne
in
one
and
liue
together
in
Christian
league
,
no
doubte
,
Constantinople
might
be
agayn
recouered
and
annexed
to
the
Romane
Empire
,
Grecia
and
a
great
nnmber
of
Christian
cuntries
now
lyuyng
in
perpetual
moorning
,
&
pitiful
slauery
might
bee
deliuered
out
of
the
thraldome
of
vnsufferable
tyraunts
,
that
Sathanical
crew
of
Turkish
lurdens
might
be
expulsed
and
driuen
to
trudge
out
of
all
Europa
,
and
the
sincere
profession
of
christian
religion
there
eftsones
planted
and
truely
acknowledged
.
Paraduenture
some
wyll
cast
doubtes
and
obiect
,
that
this
our
mortal
foe
is
not
neere
hand
,
but
must
be
sought
out
(
as
aforetime
)
in
farre
countryes
,
that
they
must
passe
sundry
aduentures
ouer
many
perilous
Seas
,
that
they
must
goe
a
great
way
beyonde
all
Europa
,
and
set
foote
into
ASIA
and
Syria
by
daungerous
places
,
vnknowne
waies
suspect
countreies
and
fierce
people
.
But
beholde
,
euen
at
our
dores
and
ready
to
come
into
our
houses
,
we
haue
this
arrogant
and
bragging
helhound
,
triumphyng
ouer
vs
,
laughyng
at
our
misfortunes
,
reioycinge
to
see
vs
thus
to
lye
together
by
the
eares
,
and
gapyng
in
hope
short
lye
to
enioy
our
goods
and
Scigniories
.
O
dolefull
and
daungerous
times
.
O
corrupt
and
wylfull
maners
.
In
times
past
,
one
Peter
an
Heremite
beyng
but
a
poore
seely
soule
,
was
able
with
exhortyng
wordes
and
orations
to
perswade
three
hundreth
thousand
men
to
put
on
armur
against
the
Sarracens
,
and
to
procure
innumerable
Gentlemen
&
Potentates
with
all
the
power
they
were
able
to
make
,
to
march
against
them
,
&
to
bring
them
as
far
as
into
Afia
,
where
they
valiantly
conquered
and
wanne
from
the
Sarracens
many
of
their
Kingdomes
and
Prouinces
.
For
the
people
in
those
daies
were
of
themselues
so
willing
to
adueuture
their
liues
in
Christes
quarell
against
the
blasphemers
of
his
name
,
that
without
any
stipend
or
wages
(
godly
zeale
so
pricked
them
forwarde
)
they
tooke
in
hand
such
long
Expeditions
and
weary
viages
:
and
while
Kinges
and
Rulers
were
geuen
either
to
rest
and
riotte
,
or
els
busyed
with
ciuill
and
domesticall
warres
,
they
caried
their
weapons
into
farre
Regions
to
fight
against
the
Infidels
and
miscreaunt
people
.
But
now
whereas
our
most
mightye
and
the
same
most
vnmercifull
Enemye
the
great
Turke
is
ready
euery
day
to
spyll
out
bloud
and
to
work
our
confusion
,
possessing
&
hauing
alredy
vnder
his
iurisdiction
many
of
the
Christian
Prouinces
,
to
some
others
laiyng
batterye
and
siege
:
and
hopyng
ere
it
be
long
,
to
spoyle
&
ouerrunne
the
rest
,
and
albeit
that
Christendome
hath
Maximilian
an
Emperour
moste
prudent
and
wyse
,
yet
neuerthelesse
,
by
the
sinister
perswasions
,
and
deuilish
counsailes
of
some
sedicious
personnes
w●slea
and
kill
one
an
other
.
Which
thing
I
considering
,
and
greatly
lamentyng
the
state
wherein
Christendome
presentlye
standeth
,
albeit
that
I
being
but
one
man
,
and
such
a
one
,
that
lackyng
both
strength
&
health
,
am
able
in
person
to
doe
no
good
in
the
exploites
of
martiall
affaires
:
yet
to
the
intent
I
might
stirre
vp
and
kindle
a
desire
and
go
dwyl
in
many
others
which
are
better
hable
,
to
repulse
this
our
common
daunger
,
by
such
examples
as
are
in
Histories
registred
and
writen
,
I
haue
heere
taken
vppon
mee
orderlye
to
describe
and
set
out
the
Actes
of
the
Sarracens
and
Turkes
,
buried
almost
in
the
rust
ye
dongeon
of
cankard
oblyuyon
:
that
we
seeyng
by
what
meanes
and
sleightes
they
haue
increased
,
and
by
what
folies
and
ouersightes
our
power
hath
diminished
,
may
now
at
length
decline
and
eschue
the
lyke
.
This
whole
Historye
breeflye
comprysinge
the
whole
Discourse
of
their
raignes
and
conquestes
,
collected
aswell
out
of
many
Greeque
,
Constantinopolitan
,
and
Latine
Authours
,
as
out
of
the
Chronicles
of
the
Arabians
&
Moores
,
is
deuided
into
three
Bookes
.
The
firste
containeth
the
natiuitie
,
education
,
raigne
and
continuaunce
of
dotynge
Mahomet
and
the
beginning
of
the
Saracens
,
with
the
successe
and
increase
of
their
Empire
euen
tyll
it
was
at
the
highest
,
for
two
hundreth
yeeres
space
.
The
seconde
is
contynued
from
the
fyrst
inclynation
tyll
the
beginning
of
the
destruction
and
laste
ende
thereof
,
contayninge
also
the
space
of
two
hundreth
yeeres
.
The
third
breefly
comprehendeth
the
finall
end
of
it
,
and
the
original
beginning
of
the
Turkishe
Empire
,
(
which
succeeded
the
Saracenical
Domination
)
till
Othoman
the
first
Emperour
of
Turks
which
intreateth
of
their
acts
,
for
the
space
of
three
hundreth
yeeres
.
So
that
this
Historye
taketh
his
beginning
at
the
byrth
of
Mahomet
,
which
was
fiue
hundred
&
sixty
yeeres
after
the
incarnation
of
our
Sauiour
Christ
,
and
reacheth
vnto
the
yeere
one
thousand
&
three
hundreth
.
As
for
the
seueral
Acts
of
Othoman
and
other
Emperours
that
succeeded
hym
,
we
haue
heere
omitted
,
because
they
be
seuerally
written
and
described
by
many
others
.
But
of
that
argument
which
wee
in
these
three
Books
declare
and
comprehend
,
there
is
none
,
neither
amonge
the
Latines
nor
yet
the
Greeques
(
that
I
know
)
which
hath
compiled
and
made
any
seuerall
Historye
.
Which
labour
of
mine
,
if
I
may
vnderstand
to
be
well
lyked
and
allowed
,
by
the
iudgment
of
the
honest
and
learned
sorte
,
I
wyll
heerafter
aduenture
to
take
in
hande
other
matters
of
greater
waight
and
importaunce
.
¶
The
first
Booke
.
Wherin
is
contained
their
first
beginning
and
originall
,
with
the
successe
and
encreasing
of
theyr
Empire
.
I
Am
purposed
to
write
an
Historie
concernyng
the
Actes
of
the
Saracens
,
atchieued
aswel
in
the
East
as
in
the
West
partes
of
the
world
:
first
because
they
were
greate
and
renoumed
ouer
the
face
of
the
whole
Earth
and
brought
all
things
out
of
good
state
into
tumultuous
broyle
and
confuse
disorder
,
and
also
because
this
power
of
theirs
encreased
,
through
the
discorde
and
dissention
of
the
Christians
:
that
we
thereby
taking
example
,
may
plainely
perceiue
and
learne
what
boldnes
and
strength
,
our
ciuill
warring
and
inward
variance
among
our selues
giueth
to
the
aduersaries
and
foes
of
Christianitie
.
And
that
we
no
longer
in
this
sorte
offer
our
throates
willingly
to
be
cut
by
them
,
which
desire
nothing
more
then
our
blood
and
destruction
.
For
first
of
al
,
this
is
well
ynough
knowen
,
that
the
Romane
Empyre
(
which
throughe
concorde
temperance
and
valiauntnes
surmounted
and
grew
to
such
high
Maiestie
and
estate
,
that
all
nacions
almost
in
the
world
were
obedienciaries
and
subiect
vnto
it
)
when
the
Citizens
being
once
lulled
in
to
much
ease
,
and
dronken
with
superfluitie
of
riches
and
wealth
began
to
addict
themselues
to
riot
and
ambition
(
the
verie
causes
that
ouerthrew
it
,
when
it
once
began
to
decline
with
his
owne
sway
and
bignesse
,
and
many
striued
for
title
of
the
Crowne
)
receiued
at
the
handes
of
none
,
such
annoyance
and
calamitie
as
of
the
Saracens
.
For
although
the
Gothes
most
vnmercifully
and
beastly
destroying
and
making
hauocke
of
the
auncient
Monumentes
of
the
Romane
valiaunce
and
worthinesse
,
were
the
first
that
triumphed
ouer
them
,
being
the
people
which
earst
had
vanquished
and
conquered
all
other
nations
:
Although
Attila
King
of
the
Hunnes
,
like
a
most
raging
swifte
streame
spoyled
,
ouerrunne
and
destroyed
all
where
euer
he
came
,
from
the
Riphaean
to
the
Pyrene
Mountaines
:
Although
the
Lumbards
occupyed
and
forcibly
enioyed
a
great
portion
of
Italy
,
as
the
Frankes
breaking
out
of
Germanie
into
Gallia
also
did
:
yet
their
raignes
and
dominations
in
straunge
Countryes
either
continued
not
long
,
or
else
at
least
wise
,
lyuing
vnder
a
more
gentle
and
reasonable
Clime
,
chaunged
their
former
conditions
,
acknowledged
religion
and
the
August
Empyre
of
the
soueraigne
Caesars
.
But
the
Saracens
because
they
woulde
séeme
to
be
subduers
and
ouerthrowers
both
of
the
Romane
Empire
and
of
all
Christian
religion
also
,
violently
breaking
and
issuyng
out
of
Arabia
,
despoyled
and
wasted
the
most
noble
parts
of
Asia
,
which
in
so
many
sharpe
stormes
and
troublesome
garboyles
of
most
fierce
people
euer
before
remained
frée
and
vntouched
,
quite
abolishing
in
the
same
al
the
studies
of
good
letters
and
liberall
Sciences
and
(
whiche
is
most
of
all
)
vtterly
defacing
and
inhibiting
the
true
worshipping
of
God
and
Christian
religion
.
And
not
only
infected
the
Prouinces
of
Asia
but
also
almoste
all
Affrica
and
the
moste
parte
of
Spaine
with
barbarous
rites
,
mystie
errours
,
blinde
ignorance
,
and
with
a
most
deuelish
,
absurde
and
detestable
religion
of
their
owne
.
And
from
thence
making
sundry
Roads
into
Italy
,
Greece
and
Fraunce
lamentably
afflicted
and
laid
wast
the
same
,
and
by
continuance
&
sufferance
haue
planted
such
a
huge
Empyre
,
that
at
this
day
(
beyng
in
Anno.
1575.
that
is
to
say
.900
.
yéeres
and
aboue
since
it
first
beganne
,
it
dayly
threateneth
our
confusion
and
is
dreadfull
to
all
Christendome
.
For
the
Turkes
who
nowe
enioy
all
their
dominions
,
haue
receiued
from
them
as
next
heires
vnto
them
,
both
their
Religion
and
Kingdomes
:
and
yet
to
this
day
in
Affrica
,
some
of
the
mere
lyne
of
the
Saracens
be
of
great
power
and
authoritie
.
But
before
we
go
any
further
to
the
declaration
&
discouerie
of
their
Acts
&
gouernment
,
we
must
firste
a
little
speake
of
the
originall
Pedagrew
of
the
first
founder
and
authour
of
their
damnable
Secte
.
Arabie
.
All
Arabie
is
deuided
into
thrée
partes
,
wherof
one
is
called
Petreia
,
hauing
his
name
of
an
olde
auncient
town
in
it
,
called
Petra
,
the
second
is
called
Deserta
,
and
the
thirde
Faelix
or
Sabaea
.
Petreia
hath
on
the
West
side
Aegipt
and
is
separated
from
it
,
firste
by
the
Mount
Casius
and
then
by
wast
wildernesse
:
on
the
North
,
it
hath
Iurie
and
Palestina
:
on
the
East
,
Arabia
,
Deserta
:
and
on
the
South
the
innermost
part
or
arme
of
the
Arabian
Goulph
called
Sinus
Arabieus
.
Deserta
,
wherin
the
Citie
Scene
(
otherwise
called
Scenitis
)
stoode
,
boundeth
on
the
South
vpon
the
Mountaines
of
Arabia
Faelix
,
on
the
North
,
it
hath
Mesopotamia
,
and
on
the
East
the
Riuer
Euphrates
.
Arabia
Faelix
runneth
a
long
betwéene
the
two
bosomes
of
the
Sea
,
the
Arabian
and
the
Persian
,
being
almost
on
euerie
side
enuironed
wyth
water
like
an
Iland
.
;
It
hath
on
the
North
Petreia
and
Deserta
,
on
the
West
of
the
Arabian
Gulphe
,
on
the
East
the
Persian
Gulphe
,
and
on
the
South
the
redde
Sea
.
I
finde
that
these
Regions
were
inhabited
by
foure
kindes
of
people
,
that
is
,
to
wit
,
by
the
auncient
Arabians
,
which
were
descended
from
Arabus
,
Sabus
and
Petreius
the
sonnes
of
Cures
and
the
Nephewes
of
Cham
,
of
whom
the
thrée
Arabies
had
their
names
as
Arabia
Deserta
of
Arabus
,
Arabia
,
Sabaea
(
which
is
also
called
Faelix
)
of
Sabus
and
Petreia
of
Petreius
(
as
witnesseth
Berosus
Chaldaeus
.
Arabians
are
the
ofspring
of
Ismael
.
)
Then
of
the
Ismaelites
,
which
were
descended
from
Ismaell
the
Sonne
of
Abraham
by
his
handmayde
Agar
,
of
whom
a
parte
of
the
Countrey
,
called
Agarena
and
the
Town
Agarenum
(
which
in
Strabo
are
corruptly
read
Ararena
and
Agranum
)
had
their
first
beginning
and
denomination
:
as
that
part
called
Petreia
was
called
Nabathaea
of
Nabath
,
&
the
people
Caedrei
of
Caedar
the
Sonnes
of
the
same
,
Ismael
.
The
thirde
people
came
and
descended
of
the
Sonnes
of
Ketura
,
Abrahams
second
wife
,
which
possessed
a
great
part
of
Arabia
Foelix
,
specially
that
portion
which
lyeth
toward
the
redde
Sea
.
They
also
made
Colonies
and
vnder
Cities
in
Lybia
,
and
peopled
the
same
with
inhabitauntes
of
their
owne
linage
and
nation
,
where
vpon
after
ward
(
as
Iosephus
witnesseth
)
the
Cuntrie
was
called
Affrica
,
Affrica
.
of
Ophre
the
Sonne
of
Mandanes
,
and
Nephew
to
Abraham
by
his
wife
Ketura
.
The
fourth
kinde
,
tooke
their
originall
beginning
of
Esau
the
Sonne
of
Isaac
,
Esau
inhabited
part
of
Arabie
.
who
inhabited
the
partes
of
Arabia
Petreia
next
vnto
Iurie
,
and
of
him
the
people
in
Arabia
Petreia
,
are
of
Plinie
and
Ptolomaeus
called
by
the
name
of
Saracens
.
For
Isaac
,
Esau
his
father
,
was
the
Sonne
of
Abraham
by
his
wife
Sara
.
And
they
were
called
Saracens
,
both
because
they
might
thereby
shew
and
testifie
,
that
they
were
descended
of
the
lyne
of
Sara
,
who
was
Mystresse
,
and
not
of
Agar
the
handmaid
as
the
Ismaelites
were
:
and
also
that
they
might
be
discerned
and
knowen
from
the
Iewes
,
who
also
had
the
verie
same
parentes
and
were
procéeded
out
of
the
same
stocke
and
Progenie
.
Among
al
these
,
the
people
Scenitae
which
inhabited
Arabia
Deserta
,
were
most
valiaunt
and
warlike
,
hauing
no
habitation
nor
houses
to
dwelin
,
but
wandred
abroade
&
lay
in
Tentes
in
the
open
fieldes
.
These
insolently
bragged
and
made
their
auaunt
,
that
they
were
of
most
auncientie
,
and
contended
with
all
others
for
the
nobilitie
of
their
race
.
There
aide
and
helpe
,
the
Romane
Emperours
in
their
warres
oftentymes
vsed
.
The
Arabians
euer
had
many
ordinaunces
and
Rites
,
such
as
the
Hebrewes
had
,
and
do
yet
to
this
day
retaine
and
kéepe
the
same
:
for
(
as
Herodotus
and
Diodorus
two
auncient
Historiographers
affirme
)
they
euer
vsed
circumcision
,
and
kept
the
same
order
of
their
Tribes
and
families
that
the
Iewes
did
:
and
accompt
it
a
heynous
offence
that
a
woman
should
be
maried
to
a
man
of
any
other
Tribe
and
familie
then
shée
her selfe
is
,
and
likewise
for
a
man
to
take
to
wife
a
woman
of
another
linage
.
They
inuiolablie
kéepe
the
nobilitie
of
their
race
and
Pedagrew
,
so
that
none
but
of
the
noblest
sort
should
raigne
ouer
them
.
Neither
hath
one
the
regiment
and
gouernaunce
ouer
all
,
but
euerie
Tribe
to
haue
their
proper
King
,
after
whom
,
his
owne
sonne
shoulde
not
succéede
in
the
kingdome
,
but
the
first
that
was
borne
of
the
séede
of
a
right
noble
man
and
woman
,
after
he
were
saluted
King
,
was
kept
and
brought
vp
as
heyre
apparaunt
to
the
Crowne
.
A
people
naturally
and
generally
geuen
to
thefte
and
robberie
,
as
all
others
commonly
are
which
dwell
in
hoate
Countries
.
Many
kindes
of
religion
was
vsed
among
them
:
for
some
worshipped
Christ
,
of
whose
nature
,
deitie
,
&
omnipotencie
at
that
time
,
whence
this
our
Historie
taketh
his
beginning
(
as
in
all
other
places
at
that
time
also
)
there
were
diuerse
sectes
and
opinions
.
Some
obserued
the
Rites
and
Ceremonies
of
the
Iewes
:
some
honoured
the
Sunne
and
Moone
,
some
certain
trées
,
some
Serpentes
,
some
a
Towre
called
Alcaba
,
which
they
beléeued
and
thought
was
builded
by
Ismael
,
some
one
thing
and
some
another
.
In
the
time
of
these
so
great
garboyles
and
diuersities
in
religions
,
and
among
suche
blockishe
and
rude
people
,
Mahomet
.
was
Mahomet
borne
at
Itraripe
a
towne
of
Arabia
Deserta
,
belonging
to
Mecca
,
being
by
his
fathers
side
of
the
auncient
line
of
Corah
the
sonne
of
Esau
,
or
(
as
some
say
)
of
Caedar
the
sonne
of
Ismael
,
in
the
moneth
of
Februarie
,
and
in
the
yéere
after
the
incarnation
of
Christ
(
as
they
say
)
560.
whose
father
was
named
Abedela
&
his
mother
Emma
a
Iew
borne
,
both
poore
folkes
and
of
base
parentage
.
By
meanes
whereof
(
his
father
beyng
an
Ismaelite
and
his
mother
a
Iew
)
he
was
in
his
tender
age
by
them
instructed
and
taught
both
the
rites
of
the
Hebrewes
and
the
manner
of
worshipping
that
the
Gentiles
vsed
.
His
Parentes
dyed
while
he
was
but
yet
a
tender
and
younge
ladde
,
so
that
then
he
was
committed
to
the
charge
and
custodie
of
one
Salutelib
,
his
vncle
by
the
fathers
syde
.
And
when
he
came
to
mans
stature
he
was
taken
prisoner
of
the
Scenites
,
which
were
(
as
before
was
shewed
)
the
fiercest
and
warlickest
people
in
all
that
Countrey
,
and
lyued
altogether
by
robberies
,
and
by
them
was
he
solde
to
a
ryche
Cobbe
one
Abdimoneples
,
an
Ismaelite
.
Who
quickly
perceiuing
his
prompt
wit
and
throughly
vnderstanding
his
impudent
nature
thought
him
to
bée
a
fit
instrument
to
make
his
factour
into
other
Cuntries
about
his
traffique
of
merchandize
,
and
so
vsed
oftentimes
to
send
him
out
of
Palestina
where
he
dwelte
,
into
Egipt
.
Which
trade
of
life
,
Mahomet
the
space
of
many
yeeres
exercising
,
gotte
great
acquaintance
and
crepte
highly
in
fauour
with
the
Hebrews
,
Christians
and
Gentiles
.
This
Mahomet
was
of
a
meane
stature
,
bigge
headded
,
somwhat
broune
complexioned
,
chéerefully
countenaunced
and
liuely
coloured
,
a
long
bearde
,
and
yet
not
hoare
:
because
alwayes
as
it
beganne
to
waxe
graye
,
with
oyntmentes
he
altered
it
:
his
visage
and
looke
was
graue
and
portly
,
pretending
a
kynde
of
Maiestie
ioyned
wyth
gentlenesse
and
curtesie
,
hys
legges
very
well
proportioned
,
his
bodie
in
goyng
or
mouyng
pleasaunt
and
gentle
,
and
lyke
(
as
they
terme
it
)
to
the
course
of
a
styll
runnyng
Ryuer
,
in
talke
verie
curteous
,
in
mynde
and
body
both
stoute
,
stronge
and
venturous
,
quicke
and
prompte
of
witte
,
but
the
same
(
as
Salust
writeth
of
Catiline
)
wicked
and
disposed
to
all
mischiefe
,
bolde
,
hardie
,
and
suche
a
one
that
cared
for
no
perilles
.
〈◊〉
Whereof
hée
gaue
once
a
manyfest
example
,
for
beyng
mounted
vppon
a
marueilous
fierce
and
vntamed
Horse
(
in
the
presence
and
sight
of
sundrie
his
friendes
)
he
so
spourred
and
galloped
him
,
that
all
the
beholders
,
seeyng
him
in
suche
great
perill
,
earnestly
desyred
him
to
alyght
.
Vnto
whom
wyth
very
amiable
countenance
and
pleasaunt
language
,
he
aunswered
,
that
the
Horse
was
lyke
vnto
the
Sea
,
dooyng
them
thereby
to
vnderstande
,
that
he
tooke
no
lesse
pleasure
and
delectation
in
that
prauncing
then
if
hée
were
in
a
Shippe
vppon
the
Sea
.
Also
hée
was
fickle
mynded
and
double
in
all
hys
doynges
,
as
the
infinite
rable
of
Lawes
one
cleane
contrarying
an
other
,
by
him
made
,
doe
manyfestly
witnesse
:
whiche
thyng
caused
great
varietie
and
diuerse
sortes
of
sectes
in
hys
Religion
:
hée
was
also
a
déepe
counterfeytor
and
dissembler
in
euerye
matter
,
but
by
nature
verie
eloquent
withall
.
Hys
ambicious
and
haultie
mynde
,
gaped
wythout
measure
.
after
promocion
and
authoritie
.
In
so
muche
that
consydering
in
hys
mynde
this
great
varietie
of
Sectes
,
hée
was
merueilously
enflamed
with
a
desyre
to
establishe
and
make
one
manner
of
religion
,
and
to
take
vnto
him
as
well
the
Soueraigntie
of
Empyre
,
as
also
of
diuine
honour
.
Whereof
he
was
put
in
greate
hope
,
by
reason
of
the
great
sedicion
and
discorde
of
the
Christians
,
the
corruption
of
manners
,
and
the
want
of
warlicke
discipline
.
Moreouer
hée
was
grealy
anymated
by
the
peruerse
and
Deuilyshe
Counsell
of
one
Sergius
a
Monke
,
who
béeyng
exiled
and
expulsed
oute
of
Constantinople
,
for
mayntainyng
the
Heresie
of
the
Arrians
fled
into
Arabie
,
and
vsed
oftentimes
to
come
to
the
house
of
Abdimoneples
,
Mahomets
maister
,
and
entirely
loued
Mahomet
for
the
singular
dexteritie
that
he
conceyued
to
bée
in
his
wit
and
towardnes
.
Therefore
assoone
as
his
maister
Abdimoneples
was
dead
,
leauing
behind
him
no
Children
,
his
wife
Hadigia
,
beyng
then
wedow
,
a
woman
of
fyftie
yéeres
of
age
,
and
lefte
sole
heyre
of
all
her
husbandes
Landes
,
Goods
and
Cattells
,
tooke
her
seruaunt
Mahomet
to
husband
.
Now
,
beyng
in
possession
of
the
wedow
and
all
her
substance
&
by
meanes
therof
growen
to
great
wealth
,
he
often
fell
grouelong
on
the
ground
,
foming
and
froathing
at
the
mouth
(
for
he
had
the
fallyng
sicknes
)
and
laye
in
a
horrible
extasie
or
distraction
of
minde
,
which
his
wife
tooke
very
heauily
and
cursed
her
fortune
,
in
that
shée
had
so
lothsomely
matched
her selfe
.
Hée
therfore
to
appease
her
griefe
and
to
make
her
from
great
agonie
to
leape
to
sodaine
ioye
,
tolde
her
that
the
same
happened
vnto
him
by
the
operation
of
the
Spirite
of
God
himselfe
,
who
appeared
vnto
him
and
reuealed
certaine
things
,
which
he
should
pronounce
and
shewe
to
the
people
,
touching
the
law
of
Moses
and
of
Christ
.
For
(
quod
he
)
our
mortall
bodyes
beyng
subiect
to
corruption
are
not
hable
to
sustaine
and
abyde
the
glorious
and
glittering
sight
of
God
,
whereby
his
bodie
was
in
a
manner
at
such
times
bereft
and
seperated
from
his
mind
.
Which
wordes
the
olde
trotte
beléeuing
,
as
she
that
tenderly
loued
him
for
his
lustie
corage
and
beautifull
age
,
begann●
now
not
to
loue
him
as
a
husband
,
but
to
worship
and
reuerence
him
as
a
holy
man
and
a
diuine
Prophete
highly
in
Gods
fauour
,
and
to
blaze
his
holines
abroad
among
her
Companions
and
Gossippes
.
In
so
much
that
when
she
dyed
,
she
not
onely
left
him
wealthie
in
goods
and
possessions
(
for
she
made
him
heyre
of
all
)
but
also
in
great
veneration
and
credite
among
the
common
people
for
an
opinion
of
sanctitie
which
was
thought
to
be
in
him
.
For
which
cause
,
Buback
the
chiefest
and
in
greatest
authoritie
among
all
of
that
parte
of
Arabie
,
and
of
the
same
Tribe
that
Mahomet
was
,
gaue
his
daughter
Aissa
to
him
in
mariage
,
when
he
was
but
yet
thirtie
yéeres
of
age
.
Puffed
vp
with
pryde
because
of
this
new
affinitie
,
and
for
the
great
abundance
of
wealth
left
vnto
him
by
his
other
wife
,
he
openly
professed
himselfe
to
be
the
messanger
of
God
and
a
Prophete
,
and
to
teach
the
people
a
new
kind
of
religion
,
patched
and
gathered
together
out
of
the
erronious
Schismes
and
hereticall
dreames
of
all
Sectes
.
For
he
taught
and
commaunded
Circumcision
,
Baptisme
,
and
abstinence
from
Swines
fleshe
&
wyne
.
He
instituted
a
generall
fast
to
bée
kept
one
whole
month
in
the
yéere
,
and
that
no
meate
for
that
space
shoulde
bée
eaten
in
the
day
tyme
,
but
onely
in
the
night
.
He
affirmed
,
that
there
were
but
thrée
Prophetes
,
that
is
to
wit
,
himself
,
Moses
and
Christ
,
and
that
Christ
was
not
God
,
with
an
innumerable
rable
of
most
blasphemous
opinions
contained
in
his
filthie
Alcorane
.
Alcorane
is
a
Booke
conteyning
Mahomettes
Law.
Which
assertions
and
opinions
were
of
many
at
the
first
deryded
&
flouted
at
,
in
so
much
that
they
accoumpted
him
no
better
than
lunatique
and
distraught
of
his
right
wittes
.
But
when
that
he
had
persuaded
and
allured
all
his
Allyantes
and
the
familie
of
Buback
which
bore
great
sway
and
authoritie
,
yea
and
many
of
the
common
people
also
to
credite
and
leane
to
his
Secte
,
the
Magistrates
of
Mecca
,
perceiuing
that
this
new
dotage
and
commotion
would
bréede
a
scab
in
the
common
wealth
,
if
the
inconuenience
like
to
ensue
therby
,
were
not
spéedily
preuented
,
and
the
impudencie
of
the
man
by
rigour
repressed
,
(
for
he
slaunderously
would
inueigh
and
openly
raile
vpon
Princes
)
determined
with
them selues
,
to
lay
handes
vpon
him
and
to
put
him
to
death
.
Mahomet
hauing
vnderstanding
of
their
intentes
and
mindes
,
fled
out
of
Mecca
:
whom
many
of
his
Kinsfolkes
,
Alies
,
Friends
and
Clientes
,
(
who
were
throughly
persuaded
that
he
was
such
a
one
in
déede
,
as
he
had
professed
and
woulde
séeme
to
bée
)
folowed
.
And
from
this
yéere
,
which
was
after
the
Natiuitie
of
our
Lorde
and
Sauiour
Christ
.
593.
yéeres
,
the
Arabians
do
recken
their
yéeres
:
calling
this
,
the
yéere
of
Legira
,
which
is
to
say
the
yéere
of
flight
or
transmigration
.
Mahomet
therefore
seeyng
such
a
great
multitude
to
fauour
and
sticke
to
him
,
putting
more
trust
in
his
power
then
he
did
before
,
made
vnto
them
an
Oration
,
in
effect
as
foloweth
.
How
earnest
I
haue
béene
and
what
desire
I
haue
alwayes
had
to
proclaime
,
Oration
of
Mahomet
.
aduance
and
publishe
that
law
which
hath
béen
vnto
me
reuealed
by
the
Archangell
and
Messanger
of
Almightie
God
Gabriel
,
with
commaundement
to
teach
the
same
to
all
mortall
wyghtes
,
both
God
himselfe
knoweth
and
you
most
deare
friendes
can
witnesse
.
For
I
neuer
spared
any
labour
,
neuer
refused
any
daunger
,
neuer
any
miseries
or
perillous
extremitie
,
where
I
thought
my
painfull
trauaile
might
be
auaileable
or
redound
to
the
benefite
and
soules
health
of
all
people
,
and
where
without
disturbaunce
and
molestation
I
might
conueniently
execute
the
charge
and
office
to
mée
committed
and
enioyned
from
the
mouthe
of
God
.
All
which
I
haue
done
to
this
ende
,
that
I
myght
reclayme
and
call
home
the
people
runnyng
a
stray
from
their
wicked
wayes
,
to
a
holy
&
syncere
integritie
of
life
:
and
out
of
the
dongeon
of
Hell
,
(
whither
they
runne
headlonge
,
)
bring
them
backe
into
the
ioyes
of
the
celestiall
Kingdome
:
following
herein
the
steppes
and
bountifulnes
of
God
him selfe
,
whose
message
and
ministerie
we
in
earth
do
execute
.
Who
when
as
all
mankinde
through
Adams
transgression
and
faulte
,
was
forfeyted
and
fallen
into
the
handes
of
the
Deuill
,
yet
of
his
méere
mercy
vouchesafed
to
deliuer
and
saue
his
people
,
as
before
he
had
promised
to
our
father
Abraham
:
that
is
to
wit
,
by
appoynting
vnto
them
a
law
,
whereby
they
might
obtaine
euerlasting
lyfe
and
saluation
.
And
therfore
first
he
sent
Moses
,
to
lay
the
first
foundations
and
beginnynges
of
this
doctrine
,
and
to
call
them
for
feare
of
euerlastyng
payne
and
damnation
,
to
a
newnesse
and
amendment
of
lyfe
.
But
when
the
Lawe
of
Moses
little
profyted
that
way
,
he
sent
Iesus
Christ
,
by
gentler
wayes
and
meanes
to
allure
and
wynne
them
,
and
to
persuade
them
to
lyue
in
the
seruice
and
obedience
of
God
.
Now
,
mankind
béeyng
againe
so
much
depraued
and
gone
a
straie
,
that
there
is
no
certaine
nor
constant
Religion
among
them
,
no
discipline
,
no
order
nor
honest
maners
,
but
all
out
of
square
and
forlorne
:
he
hath
enioyned
me
(
whom
euen
from
the
beginning
of
the
world
he
had
made
choyse
of
and
predestinated
for
that
purpose
)
to
this
office
and
function
,
that
I
should
recure
extréeme
euilles
with
extreme
remedies
,
and
with
fire
and
sword
cut
of
,
all
iniquitie
and
make
hauocke
of
all
them
that
once
should
dare
to
againe
say
or
open
their
mouth
against
this
law
:
&
that
I
should
enlarge
the
kingdome
of
God
&
constitute
a
more
sacred
&
a
more
imperiall
common
wealth
on
earth
,
then
euer
any
hath
heretofore
béen
,
for
who
is
so
blind
,
which
séeth
not
,
that
vnlesse
we
(
whom
God
hath
appointed
to
that
office
)
do
set
to
our
helping
handes
to
redresse
these
so
great
mischiefes
,
all
mankind
shall
shortly
perishe
?
for
mans
nature
withoute
a
Lawe
(
which
in
so
great
varietie
and
licenciousnes
of
life
can
be
none
nor
stand
in
any
force
)
must
néedes
most
greuously
sinne
and
offende
.
But
howe
shall
wée
make
and
constitute
any
holesome
Lawe
to
them
that
are
vnwilling
to
lyue
vnder
any
,
and
despise
all
godly
order
?
What
spightfull
reproches
and
slaunderous
reportes
,
wée
that
are
carefull
and
diligent
to
accomplishe
thys
Commission
and
commaundemente
of
Almightie
God
,
do
sustayne
at
theyr
hands
,
you
most
louing
friendes
and
companions
haue
séene
,
and
howe
they
pursue
after
vs
as
after
wylde
Beastes
to
haue
our
innocent
bloud
.
But
happie
are
you
and
blessed
,
whom
God
hath
chosen
to
bée
as
ministers
and
helpers
vnto
me
in
the
exploite
and
atchieuing
of
these
so
great
mysteries
and
affayres
,
whose
diuine
will
it
is
,
that
you
should
not
only
be
partakers
&
Coheires
with
mée
of
eternal
felicitie
in
the
lyfe
to
come
,
but
also
héere
in
this
world
shoulde
bee
enriched
with
great
wealth
&
possessions
,
the
which
vndoubtedly
if
you
shew
your selues
men
and
constantly
persist
in
faith
you
shall
shortly
enioy
,
by
subduing
innumerable
Nations
and
conquering
most
wealthie
Countries
.
For
(
vndoubtedly
)
it
is
the
good
will
and
pleasure
of
God
,
that
all
those
Countries
and
heapes
of
wealth
,
shall
be
yours
,
which
now
wicked
men
,
enemies
and
aduersaries
to
this
law
doe
wrongfully
possesse
.
That
all
these
things
shall
thus
happely
succéede
,
both
the
wickednesse
of
our
aduersaries
,
which
God
will
not
suffer
any
longer
to
escape
vnpunished
,
and
your
trustie
ayde
and
valiauntnes
(
most
worthy
friendes
and
felowes
)
yea
and
the
most
infallible
oracles
of
Almightie
God
do
put
vs
in
hope
most
assured
.
Therefore
if
you
desire
to
bée
partakers
of
the
kingdome
of
Heauen
,
and
of
so
great
rychesse
and
glory
vpon
Earth
,
it
is
méete
and
expedient
that
you
all
sweare
and
do
homage
vnto
me
,
that
must
be
your
Captaine
and
Ringleader
.
When
he
had
thus
made
an
ende
,
the
chiefe
Princes
and
Rulers
of
the
people
and
namely
Zaid
the
Sonne
of
Zuzara
,
Aomar
and
all
the
rest
one
after
an
other
with
their
swordes
drawen
,
promised
by
a
solemne
Oth
to
allow
of
none
other
law
,
but
that
which
Mahomet
should
make
:
in
the
defence
and
setting
out
wherof
,
they
then
and
there
protested
,
at
all
assayes
when
néede
should
require
,
to
spend
their
life
and
bloud
.
This
ended
,
Mahomet
againe
commaunding
them
to
kéepe
silence
,
knéeled
down
on
his
knées
a
pretie
while
,
as
though
he
had
pattered
ouer
som
mumbling
meditations
,
&
afterwards
with
a
loude
voyce
vttered
these
wordes
folowing
.
Now
(
most
couragious
champions
)
make
your
selues
readie
to
battaile
looke
that
you
want
neither
weapons
nor
stomacke
to
wynne
our
purpose
withall
,
wée
haue
the
victorie
most
sure
alreadie
in
our
handes
.
Behold
the
things
which
you
haue
often
desired
and
wyshed
for
,
Richesse
,
Glorie
,
Renowne
and
perpetual
felicitie
are
before
our
eyes
.
God
hath
set
them
before
you
as
rewardes
for
your
valiant
and
victorious
seruice
:
your
owne
valiaunce
,
the
excellencie
of
the
cause
,
and
all
the
things
aboue
named
ought
more
to
stirre
vp
your
hartes
and
pricke
you
forward
then
any
Oration
that
I
can
make
.
After
he
had
thus
spoken
,
he
appointed
tenne
Capitaines
ouer
the
people
,
chosen
out
of
the
noblest
in
byrth
and
chiefest
in
dignitie
among
the
rest
,
and
such
as
were
allyed
vnto
him
by
mariage
,
and
them
did
he
appoint
into
Ensignes
and
Bands
.
The
names
of
which
capitaines
were
these
:
Vbequar
,
Omar
,
Ozmen
,
Alifre
,
Talaus
,
Azubeir
,
Zadin
,
Zaedine
&
Abuobeid
,
&
so
he
marched
in
battail
aray
toward
the
Citie
of
Mecca
.
The
Magistrates
of
the
Citie
vnderstanding
thereof
,
made
out
a
power
against
him
,
which
encountring
with
Mahomet
his
Host
,
discomfited
and
put
them
all
to
flight
.
Wherefore
for
the
space
of
foure
yéeres
after
,
Mahomet
neuer
durst
make
any
profer
to
besiege
that
Citie
any
more
.
Notwithstanding
,
he
ceassed
not
continually
with
Orations
in
the
open
fieldes
and
Countrey
villages
,
to
mooue
and
stirre
vp
the
people
to
sedition
,
by
meanes
whereof
he
also
caused
certain
vprores
and
tumultes
among
the
Scenites
,
which
acknowledged
for
their
Lordes
and
Soueraignes
the
Romane
Emperours
.
Then
once
againe
he
marched
with
a
freshe
supply
of
moe
Souldiours
against
Mecca
,
where
he
was
againe
repulsed
and
myssed
his
purpose
:
and
two
yéeres
after
he
againe
the
thirde
time
attempted
the
same
and
sped
as
he
had
done
twise
before
.
In
this
meane
while
,
Heraclius
the
Emperour
perceiuing
the
youthfull
sort
of
the
Scenites
to
begin
mutyne
&
sedition
,
for
the
better
quieting
therof
,
dispatched
&
sent
a
great
number
of
them
(
vnder
the
coulour
of
warfare
)
into
far
Countries
.
There
raigned
at
that
time
in
Persia
a
King
named
Cosdroes
,
who
had
maried
the
daughter
of
Maurice
the
Emperour
called
Marie
,
at
whose
instance
&
persuasion
he
was
contented
to
be
Baptized
:
and
so
long
as
his
father
in
law
liued
,
vsed
himself
most
friendly
toward
all
the
Christians
&
was
vnto
them
very
curteous
&
liberall
.
But
after
that
he
was
traiterously
slaine
by
Phocas
,
who
succéeded
hym
in
the
Empire
,
Cosdroes
detesting
the
disloyal
treacherie
&
falsehod
of
them
which
had
elected
such
a
wicked
man
,
as
Phocas
,
polluted
with
the
bloudie
murther
of
his
liege
Lorde
and
Soueraigne
to
be
their
Prince
,
reputing
them
as
Accessaries
to
the
same
horrible
acte
and
conspiracie
,
prepared
a
great
armie
at
the
instigation
and
procurement
of
his
wife
to
reuenge
the
death
of
his
said
father
in
Law
.
And
the
more
was
he
emboldened
so
to
do
,
because
he
wel
ynough
perceiued
Heraclius
(
for
Phocas
was
slain
within
a
while
after
)
to
bée
altogether
lulled
in
securitie
and
to
lye
quietly
at
home
without
attempting
any
thing
against
the
Barbarous
Nations
which
with
fire
,
&
sword
on
euery
side
despoiled
Italie
and
the
Romane
Empyre
.
Wherevpon
with
a
huige
and
populous
armie
he
enuaded
the
frontiers
of
the
Empyre
,
and
subduyng
by
fyne
force
all
the
South
partes
of
Asia
,
entred
into
Aegipt
and
tooke
Alexandria
:
and
yet
not
contented
,
went
further
and
conquered
Carthage
,
withall
Affrica
.
And
when
he
had
taken
good
order
for
the
fortefying
of
that
Countrey
with
strong
garrisons
,
he
retyred
backe
to
Alexandria
,
wasting
Syria
and
Iurie
.
Heraclius
being
not
a
litle
netteled
with
these
iniurious
dealings
of
Cosdroes
,
sent
vnto
him
for
peace
:
which
when
he
coulde
not
obtaine
at
his
handes
,
rather
enforced
and
driuen
by
necessitie
,
then
drawne
to
it
by
any
goodwyl
in
himselfe
leuied
an
army
,
in
which
he
also
had
retayned
the
Arabian
Scenites
,
with
whom
some
say
that
Mahomet
was
,
and
that
in
a
battell
wherein
Cosdroes
side
was
discomfited
,
he
was
sore
wounded
by
a
common
Souldier
named
Turcus
.
And
when
Heraclius
had
many
times
ioyned
battell
with
Cosdroes
,
and
in
diuers
conflictes
put
him
to
the
foyle
,
at
length
he
so
much
crushed
his
power
that
he
was
glad
to
fly
beyonde
the
riuer
Tigranes
,
where
he
proclaymed
his
yonger
sonne
called
Medarses
,
Successour
and
heyer
apparaunt
to
his
Crowne
,
dishereting
and
not
regardinge
his
elder
sonne
Sirochis
,
a
younge
Gentleman
of
great
hope
and
towardnesse
.
Whose
heart
not
paciently
brookyng
this
contumelious
and
vnnaturall
dealyng
,
secretlye
conspyred
with
Heraclius
,
to
betray
both
his
Father
and
his
Brother
Medarses
,
(
whom
his
father
had
so
vnkindly
preferred
before
him
)
with
al
their
richesse
and
princelye
furniture
.
And
promised
further
,
to
discampe
and
remooue
out
of
all
the
Romane
Prouinces
such
Garrisons
as
his
Father
had
placed
there
,
conditionallye
that
hee
might
enioye
the
Kingdome
of
Persia
,
and
a
firme
peace
infringiblie
to
be
kept
betwéene
both
Empires
.
In
this
poyncte
,
Heraclius
beynge
a
Christian
Prince
was
nomore
ashamed
to
delyuer
the
Kingdome
of
Persia
to
a
wicked
and
rank
rebellious
person
,
Traytor
to
his
owne
Father
,
and
Brother
(
being
now
throughlye
weakned
with
the
losses
of
so
many
vnluckye
battailes
,
and
now
most
certainly
in
his
own
hands
,
specially
the
King
himself
trusting
to
his
leggs
and
fléeing
,
if
he
could
haue
vsed
his
good
fortune
&
victory
when
it
was
offred
vnto
him
)
and
to
buy
a
dishonorable
cowardly
peace
,
by
consenting
to
such
a
wicked
déede
:
then
that
wicked
Barbarian
&
disloyal
yonker
was
,
by
such
vndue
&
detestable
meanes
to
pul
the
kingdom
from
them
to
himself
.
Such
desire
of
principalitie
reigned
in
the
one
,
&
so
great
loue
slouthful
idlenes
in
the
other
.
Cosdroes
therfore
and
Medarses
with
their
wiues
being
aprehended
and
brought
backe
from
whence
they
were
fledde
,
were
cast
into
prison
,
and
within
awhile
after
,
by
the
commaundement
of
Syrochis
,
both
put
to
death
.
In
whom
appeared
a
cruell
example
of
Fortunes
variablenesse
.
Horrible
and
vnnaturable
murther
.
A
goodly
president
and
warning
for
Princes
,
to
marke
and
consider
vpon
,
in
nominating
their
Successoure
,
that
they
at
no
hand
reiectinge
the
stout
and
valyaunt
,
elect
and
choose
tender
weaklynges
and
effiminate
Meycokes
.
For
nothing
so
soone
moueth
a
noble
and
firce
heart
to
furious
impacience
and
indignation
,
as
(
beyng
stout
and
couragious
)
to
be
reiected
and
not
accompted
of
,
among
his
owne
friends
.
All
things
in
Persia
by
means
of
this
League
appeased
and
set
in
order
,
and
Syria
and
Ierusalem
with
the
other
Prouinces
restored
to
the
Romane
Empire
,
Mahomet
accompanied
with
a
pompous
traine
,
met
with
Heraclius
in
his
returne
whomwarde
from
these
warres
,
and
of
hym
desired
some
Countrye
for
hym
,
and
his
Souldiers
to
inhabite
in
,
which
sute
and
request
at
the
Emperours
hands
he
obtayned
.
Not
long
after
,
it
happened
that
when
the
Souldiours
were
paide
their
wages
,
the
Arabians
repyned
,
and
founde
themselues
agréeued
,
that
they
were
defrauded
and
cut
shorte
of
their
due
stipende
and
ordinarie
allowance
.
Whiche
comming
to
the
eares
of
the
chiefe
Paymaster
,
he
more
rashly
and
arrogantly
,
then
wisely
and
consideratly
answered
,
that
there
was
skantlie
innough
to
pay
the
Roman
and
Gréeque
souldiours
,
First
cause
of
grudge
between
the
Christians
and
Saracens
much
lesse
for
such
a
rascal
company
of
Dogs
as
they
were
.
Which
words
within
awhile
after
,
were
almost
the
subuersion
and
ruine
of
all
Christendome
,
insomuch
that
euen
tyll
this
day
they
beare
a
grudge
of
reuengment
for
this
iniurie
in
their
mindes
against
vs
.
Such
a
heape
of
mischieues
many
times
doth
the
ouerthwartinge
wilfulnesse
of
one
rashe
person
bréede
,
speciallie
when
stout
and
warlyke
fellows
shynk
themselues
apparantly
iniuried
.
For
the
Arabians
swellyng
with
anger
,
and
incensed
with
fell
disdaine
for
this
reprochfull
and
open
contumelye
,
departed
into
Syria
,
and
ioyned
themselues
to
Machomettes
traine
and
faction
.
Wherat
Mahomet
glad
to
see
his
power
thus
increased
,
went
the
fourth
time
against
Mecca
,
determining
with
might
and
maine
to
besiege
it
.
The
Magistrats
of
Mecca
perceiued
well
ynough
his
purpose
and
what
he
pretended
,
wherefore
with
greater
preparation
and
stronger
power
then
before
,
the
whole
body
almost
of
the
Citie
bent
themselues
to
repulse
his
inuasion
.
Betwéene
whome
there
was
at
the
riuer
of
Bredine
a
sore
and
terrible
conflict
,
wherein
Mahomet
got
the
victory
,
and
slue
of
the
nobilytie
and
chief
Citizens
of
Mecca
(
beside
a
very
great
number
of
the
Communalty
)
thrée
hundred
persons
:
Mahomet
beginneth
to
ruffle
.
in
somuch
that
at
this
battell
the
whole
nobillytie
of
Mecca
were
in
maner
all
slayne
.
And
so
Mahomet
like
a
triumphant
Conquerour
entred
,
and
tooke
possession
of
the
faire
Citie
of
Mecca
,
fortefiyng
the
same
with
a
garrison
of
his
owne
appoyntment
,
&
after
,
departyng
with
his
army
thence
,
he
layd
séege
to
Hunaimum
,
and
wanne
it
,
deuidinge
the
spoyle
thereof
(
which
was
very
great
)
among
his
Souldiers
.
After
that
,
he
besieged
Tarsus
,
which
Citie
after
he
had
all
in
vaine
battred
the
space
of
a
whole
month
,
he
raysed
his
séege
,
and
retourned
into
the
maigne
Countrye
of
Arabia
and
tooke
firste
Itraripe
otherwise
called
Ietripe
,
and
after
that
Medina
a
Mart
towne
well
peopled
with
wealthy
Iewes
.
And
grauntyng
the
spoyle
thereof
to
his
Souldiours
,
he
ranscaked
and
made
hauocke
of
the
towne
:
but
as
for
all
the
Iewes
which
partly
in
the
citie
and
partly
in
other
places
of
Arabi
(
because
they
being
skilfull
in
the
diuine
law
greatly
withstood
his
attempts
&
procedings
)
he
hated
deadly
,
&
in
the
ende
in.xi.
battailes
them
vtterlye
vanquished
,
and
destroyed
.
Thence
retourninge
to
Itraripe
,
he
appointed
Azeib
his
Lieutenant
of
Mecca
,
who
entred
into
the
Citie
with
a
great
route
of
Arabians
or
Saracens
.
For
Mecca
then
was
and
yet
is
,
as
well
because
of
an
opinion
of
great
auncientie
(
for
it
is
thought
to
be
builded
by
Ismael
or
else
by
Abraham
himselfe
)
as
also
for
,
the
bignesse
of
the
Citie
and
resorte
of
people
most
noble
and
famous
.
Then
againe
within
the
same
yéere
,
discharging
the
said
Azeib
of
his
office
,
he
appointed
Moad
the
Sonne
of
Gadel
Lieutenant
of
the
same
Citie
in
his
roume
:
with
this
commaundement
,
that
after
Mahomet
his
death
he
should
desend
and
maintayne
his
lawe
,
and
diligently
looke
that
the
same
should
of
the
people
be
reuerently
obserued
,
and
so
in
the
meane
season
to
minister
iudgement
and
execution
of
his
lawes
to
the
Mecchyans
.
Al
things
in
this
sort
beyng
set
in
good
frame
and
order
,
he
remooued
to
Tambicum
,
and
there
buylded
a
Temple
,
which
is
to
be
séene
at
this
day
.
Thence
he
sent
an
armye
vnder
the
conducte
of
Zalid
and
Malid
two
of
his
chiefe
Captaines
agaynst
Alozaid
the
Sonne
of
Almathaliph
,
King
of
Aliendel
,
whom
by
force
of
armes
they
ouercame
,
and
made
tributarie
.
And
thus
all
Arabia
being
brought
in
subiection
,
he
commaunded
Eubocar
with
parte
of
his
Hoste
to
go
to
Mecca
(
he
himself
lying
still
at
Itraripe
)
and
charged
him
that
he
should
leaue
neuer
a
mothers
Sonne
aliue
in
it
,
nor
suffer
any
forrayner
to
enter
sauing
only
such
as
willingly
would
obey
his
Law
and
beléeue
his
doctrine
.
For
his
meaning
and
entent
was
,
(
as
afterwarde
he
brought
it
to
passe
)
that
Mecca
should
be
the
Metropolitane
Citie
of
his
religion
and
Empire
.
And
thus
within
a
short
space
,
Mecca
was
replenished
wyth
none
but
Mahometanes
.
And
not
onely
Mecca
but
all
Arabia
besides
(
as
they
are
people
by
nature
lyght
of
beléefe
and
newfangled
)
embraced
his
pestilent
errours
.
And
from
that
tyme
,
all
they
whych
yelded
themselues
to
that
Secte
,
were
called
by
the
name
of
Saracens
,
both
because
that
errour
sprong
vp
and
was
first
begonne
by
the
Saracens
,
and
also
for
that
,
Mahomet
persuaded
them
that
all
the
promyses
,
in
the
Scriptures
promysed
to
the
Séede
of
Abraham
,
belonged
&
appertayned
to
them
.
Beyng
puffed
vp
with
arrogance
by
reason
of
thys
good
successe
in
hys
affayres
,
he
sent
Ambassades
to
Kinges
and
Princes
néere
adioyning
,
aduisyng
them
to
embrace
his
Religion
,
and
vnto
them
addressed
hys
letters
,
sealed
wyth
a
Signet
of
Syluer
,
wherein
were
engrauen
these
woordes
:
Mahomet
the
messanger
of
God
:
namely
to
the
Emperour
of
Constatinople
,
to
the
King
of
Persia
,
the
King
of
Egypte
and
to
other
Princes
.
Afterwarde
he
created
soure
Tribunes
or
chiefe
Capitaynes
in
warres
commonly
called
Admyralles
,
whyche
had
euerie
one
vnder
them
many
Peticapitaines
and
Centurions
:
and
these
foure
hee
woulde
commonly
vse
to
call
the
sharpe
Swordes
of
God
,
and
them
he
commaunded
to
goe
into
the
foure
partes
of
the
worlde
,
euerie
one
by
him selfe
a
seuerall
waye
,
and
to
kyll
all
suche
as
repugned
hys
Law
.
There
names
were
,
Ebubezer
,
Omar
,
Ozmen
and
Ali
the
Sonne
of
his
vncle
Salutelib
,
vnto
whom
he
also
ioyned
in
mariage
Fatema
,
hys
daughter
in
Lawe
by
hys
first
wife
.
Of
these
foure
,
Ebubezer
,
called
of
some
Vbequar
and
of
some
other
Buback
or
Eubocar
,
father
in
Law
to
Mahomet
tooke
hys
voyage
to
Palestina
,
and
there
layde
Siege
to
a
certayne
towne
called
Muchea
,
the
Capitayne
whereof
was
one
Theodorus
Begarius
who
had
the
rule
of
the
towne
in
the
behalfe
and
name
of
Caesar
.
Who
gathering
together
his
power
,
sodainly
set
vppon
the
Saracens
with
such
valiaunt
courage
and
force
,
that
many
of
them
beyng
slayne
,
the
residue
lyke
tall
fellowes
ranne
away
.
At
which
time
,
〈◊〉
thirde
Ides
of
March
,
Mahomet
dyed
,
in
the
yeere
of
our
saluation
.637
.
when
he
had
raigned
tenne
yéeres
,
in
the
house
of
Aissa
his
wife
,
in
the
Citie
Medina
,
and
in
the
very
same
bedde
wherein
he
was
wont
to
sléepe
and
take
his
rest
.
His
bodie
without
any
Princely
furniture
or
ceremonial
solemnitie
,
was
shrined
and
lapped
in
a
white
Shéete
thrée
tymes
double
,
and
so
beyng
chested
in
an
yron
coffin
,
was
after
a
homely
sort
buried
:
where
afterwarde
his
kinsfolkes
and
Allyes
edified
a
sumptuous
and
magnificall
Temple
of
bricke
worke
,
and
arched
the
same
wyth
a
vault
so
pargetted
with
Lodestones
(
whose
nature
is
to
draw
yron
vnto
it
)
that
the
yron
Coffyn
wherein
Mahomet
his
body
was
inclosed
,
was
drawen
vp
,
euen
vnto
the
toppe
of
the
Churche
and
there
hangeth
.
For
which
cause
that
place
is
yet
with
great
deuocion
and
Pylgrymage
worshipped
of
all
the
East
.
They
say
that
while
he
was
banished
his
Countrey
,
going
once
on
Pylgrimage
into
Mauritania
Tingintana
,
he
crossed
the
Seas
ouer
into
Spaine
.
But
when
he
vndestoode
that
Bishop
Isidore
laide
waite
to
haue
caught
him
,
he
immediatly
shifted
thence
and
conueyed
himselfe
away
.
Vpon
his
death
bed
,
he
appointed
Ali
his
sonne
in
lawe
to
bée
his
Successour
and
the
Caliph
(
that
is
to
saye
the
chiefe
Prelate
)
of
hys
Secte
and
vnto
him
togither
with
his
daughter
,
he
committed
the
whole
charge
of
his
body
.
But
Eubocar
his
father
in
law
stopped
them
a
tyde
,
in
that
matter
,
alledging
that
for
as
much
as
Mahomet
deceassed
in
his
house
,
and
by
his
only
meanes
had
stepped
vp
to
such
credite
,
welth
,
estimation
and
gouernment
,
as
being
bolstered
,
mainteyned
and
preferred
by
his
countenance
and
fréendship
,
none
other
by
good
reason
was
fitter
to
succéede
then
he
that
had
béene
his
chiefe
supporter
.
Against
whom
Ali
durst
not
once
open
his
mouth
to
reply
,
because
Eubocar
himselfe
was
a
●an
of
great
power
and
also
his
kinsmen
Omar
and
Ozmen
tooke
part
with
him
,
whiche
were
men
valiaunt
and
factious
,
whose
wordes
would
be
heard
and
whose
commaundements
before
his
,
would
be
obeyed
.
Who
forasmuch
as
by
good
right
they
iudged
the
kingdome
to
appertayne
vnto
them
,
being
Coadiutours
to
Mahomet
in
the
exployte
of
all
his
affaires
,
had
leifer
haue
Eubocar
succéede
,
beinge
olde
&
their
nere
Kinsman
then
Ali
being
young
and
in
his
lusty
yéeres
,
who
might
perchaunce
raigne
so
long
,
that
no
hope
euer
to
enioy
the
Kingdome
by
the
order
and
course
of
nature
shoulde
be
left
to
them
,
and
also
for
that
he
was
nothinge
of
kin
vnto
any
of
them
.
Wherefore
Eubocar
was
made
high
Bisshoppe
of
Mahomet
his
Sect
:
who
immediatly
after
his
creation
,
departinge
out
of
his
owne
Territories
with
a
great
Armye
,
discomfited
the
Roman
Garrisons
,
and
retourning
into
Arabie
with
victorye
,
dyed
,
not
without
some
suspition
of
poyson
,
when
he
had
raigned
not
fullye
three
yéeres
,
and
without
any
princely
funeralles
buried
néere
to
Mahomet
.
After
him
succéeded
Homar
,
who
(
as
we
before
shewed
)
was
his
Kinsman
.
Hesubdued
Bosra
the
chief
citie
of
all
Arabie
with
many
mo
,
and
conquered
all
the
country
as
farre
as
Gabata
.
At
which
successe
of
the
Saracens
,
the
Emperour
Heraclius
greatly
storming
sent
his
Brother
Theodorus
with
a
great
army
against
them
.
Who
encountring
in
a
bloody
battell
with
Homar
,
was
ouercome
and
fledto
Emessa
.
Heraclius
hearing
tydings
of
this
heauy
chaunce
,
furnished
out
Baanes
with
a
greater
power
against
them
,
who
incamped
himself
nere
Emessa
.
Where
the
Saracens
settinge
vpon
hym
with
great
force
and
violence
,
were
by
hym
vanquished
,
insomuch
that
they
were
fayne
to
trudge
into
the
borders
of
Damasco
,
and
lodging
their
campe
by
the
banke
side
of
the
riuer
Bardanes
made
such
outragious
roades
and
incursions
into
the
Countraye
adioynynge
,
that
no
man
was
hable
to
represse
their
furye
nor
withstand
their
invasion
.
Wherefore
Heraclius
mistrustinge
any
good
successe
in
the
pursute
of
further
warres
,
and
hauynge
great
diffidence
in
his
owne
power
,
fearynge
also
his
owne
lyfe
and
safetie
if
hée
should
any
longer
stay
within
that
Prouince
and
Countrey
(
for
hee
was
at
that
time
in
Hierusalem
,
out
of
which
,
since
the
League
and
composition
made
with
Persia
hee
had
not
departed
)
tooke
awaye
with
hym
all
the
precious
Shrines
and
snmptuous
Ornamentes
of
the
Temple
of
Hierusalem
,
least
the
barbarous
Enemies
should
despoyle
them
,
and
retourned
agayne
to
Constantinople
.
The
next
yéere
,
the
Saracenes
layde
siege
to
the
Citie
Damasco
,
wherewith
Baanes
(
who
defended
the
Citie
with
the
sayd
Emperours
Garrisons
)
being
greatly
moued
,
desired
Theodorus
Sacellarius
(
Lieutenaunt
for
the
Emperours
Maiestie
in
Assyria
)
to
come
to
ayde
and
assist
hym
.
Which
hee
making
hast
to
doe
,
was
by
the
way
surprised
by
the
Saracenes
and
discomfited
.
The
Souldiers
vnder
Baanes
,
not
willing
to
serue
vnder
a
Capitayne
of
small
credit
and
countenaunce
,
but
rather
desirous
to
haue
a
Gouernour
of
most
high
power
and
aucthorytie
,
saluted
hym
their
Emperour
.
But
they
which
came
with
Sacellarius
and
escaped
the
handes
of
the
Saracenes
in
their
laste
bickeringe
,
willynge
to
kéep
their
true
allegiaunce
to
Heraclius
,
departed
thence
,
and
would
not
in
any
wyse
consent
to
the
depriuation
and
deposing
of
their
lawful
Prince
and
Emperour
.
The
number
of
Baanes
his
Souldiours
was
4000.
And
Sacellarius
had
almoste
as
many
.
The
Saracenes
hauing
intelligence
of
this
variance
and
deuision
among
the
Romane
Souldiers
,
discamped
from
the
place
where
they
were
lodged
,
and
set
vppon
them
.
The
bickering
was
sore
on
both
sides
for
a
while
,
but
(
the
Wind
blowyng
ful
in
the
faces
of
the
Roman
Host
which
in
that
drye
and
sandye
Countrey
raysed
vp
the
dust
)
they
neither
could
sée
their
Enemies
,
nor
skantly
fetch
their
breath
.
Which
oportunytie
the
Saracenes
not
neglectinge
,
but
takeyng
the
same
to
their
most
aduantage
and
commoditie
,
put
the
Emperials
to
flyght
,
in
which
chase
,
they
fléeinge
through
thicke
and
thinne
by
daungerous
wayes
and
sleepe
places
did
almost
all
perishe
and
were
drowned
in
the
Riuer
Ermeta
.
Which
luckie
victory
so
puffed
vp
the
haultie
mindes
of
the
proude
Saracenes
that
they
aduaunced
theyr
Armye
agaynste
Damasco
,
Damasens
wonne
by
Saracenes
and
wynnynge
that
Cittie
,
subdued
and
brought
al
Phoenicia
vnder
their
subiection
.
Then
they
made
preparation
to
goe
into
Egipte
,
whiche
hearynge
the
Romanes
,
who
were
Lordes
and
possessours
of
that
Prouince
,
appoynted
Cyrus
Bysshoppe
of
Alexandria
to
be
Chieuetayne
:
who
sendyng
a
solemne
Ambassade
to
the
Saracenes
for
peace
,
obtayned
it
vppon
condition
that
he
should
pay
vnto
them
yéerely
a
Tribute
of
.200000
.
Crounes
.
And
so
for
the
space
of
thrée
yéeres
they
were
quiet
and
receiued
no
kind
of
molestation
at
their
handes
.
But
the
Emperour
Heraclius
vnderstandyng
this
geare
and
thinkyng
this
composition
greatly
sounded
to
his
dishonour
,
sent
for
Cyrus
home
agayne
to
Constantinople
,
and
in
his
stéede
made
Emanuel
an
Armenian
,
ruler
ouer
EGYPT
,
who
flatlye
and
playnelye
denyed
the
payment
of
anye
money
,
before
by
Cyrus
promysed
to
the
Saracenes
.
Wherefore
in
great
displeasure
they
inuaded
Egipt
with
a
buyge
power
,
and
Emanuel
with
a
small
compaignie
for
his
sauetie
wente
to
Alexandria
.
But
Heraclius
to
late
now
,
and
to
hys
coste
beynge
taught
,
that
promyse
and
faith
oughte
to
be
kepte
and
perfourmed
euen
to
the
Enemies
,
when
hée
well
sawe
that
hée
had
not
strength
ynough
,
to
match
in
battayle
against
such
mighty
foes
,
sent
Cyrus
agayne
to
the
common
supplications
should
bée
made
during
the
whole
moneth
of
September
,
and
after
the
same
ended
,
the
whole
volume
of
Mahomet
hys
lawe
shoulde
be
openly
redde
to
the
people
.
He
was
tall
of
stature
,
broune
coloured
,
balde
headed
,
thinne
bearded
and
the
same
som
what
enclining
to
whitenes
,
and
was
buryed
néere
to
Mahomet
.
But
before
he
dyed
,
feeling
himselfe
so
sore
wounded
that
he
despaired
of
recouerie
,
he
appoynted
for
his
Successour
Ozmen
:
who
also
had
béen
a
great
furtherer
and
fauourer
to
Mahomet
in
all
matters
,
and
had
twyse
beene
his
Sonne
in
Lawe
.
For
he
maryed
his
two
daughters
,
which
both
deceassed
wythout
children
,
in
the
life
time
of
Mahomet
,
which
dignitie
he
chiefely
attained
through
giftes
and
briberie
.
For
receyuing
at
the
handes
of
Homars
Treasurer
all
hys
money
and
goodes
,
hée
frankely
distributed
bothe
it
and
all
that
hée
himselfe
had
lefte
vnto
him
by
his
Parentes
among
his
Souldiours
.
Ozmen
therefore
béeyng
inuested
the
thyrde
Bishop
after
Mahomet
,
sente
the
nexte
yéere
following
a
huyge
armye
vnder
the
conducte
of
Hucba
into
Affrica
,
agaynst
the
Lorde
Gregorie
,
chiefe
and
supreme
gouernour
of
all
that
Prouince
.
He
béeyng
ouercome
in
battayle
,
and
Carthage
also
subuerted
,
he
vnyted
all
that
Prouince
to
hys
other
Saracenicall
Dominions
.
But
fearyng
to
bée
surprised
and
taken
nappyng
wyth
some
sodayne
Alarum
out
of
Europa
,
if
they
shoulde
lye
long
in
Carthage
,
they
dislodged
thence
and
remooued
to
Tunice
,
a
Citie
standing
within
the
Baye
of
Golet
,
and
there
rousting
themselues
for
a
season
,
greatly
enlarged
the
same
.
But
afterwarde
receyuing
a
commaundement
from
Ozmen
that
they
shoulde
not
dwell
in
any
Port
towne
or
other
places
vppon
the
Sea
Coaste
,
(
because
he
had
taken
suche
agréement
and
order
wyth
the
Emperour
,
they
departed
sixe
and
thirtie
myles
from
the
Sea
and
aboute
a
hundreth
from
Tunice
where
they
buylded
themselues
a
Citie
called
Cairoan
.
After
this
,
in
the
thirde
yéere
of
thys
mans
raygne
,
Muauias
(
who
was
wée
shewed
before
was
Lieutenant
of
Egypte
)
wyth
a
Nauie
of
a
thousande
and
seauen
hundreth
(
or
as
some
saye
)
wyth
seauen
hundreth
Shippes
onely
,
arryued
in
Cypres
,
and
takyng
by
force
the
noble
Citie
Constantia
,
spoyled
the
whole
Islande
.
But
béeyng
certefyed
that
Carcozir
one
of
the
Emperour
Constans
hys
Capitaynes
,
was
commyng
agaynst
hym
with
a
greate
fléete
,
for
feare
of
further
harme
,
he
departed
thence
and
planted
hys
Siege
before
another
Citie
in
the
same
Islande
named
Aradum
,
where
he
nothynge
preuayled
.
Séeynge
therefore
hys
purpose
to
quayle
,
hée
broughte
backe
hys
Hoaste
to
Winter
in
Damasco
.
In
the
meane
whyle
Ozmen
caused
the
odde
papers
and
Schedules
of
Mahomet
(
before
by
Homars
procurement
collected
together
)
to
bée
brought
into
a
better
order
and
to
bée
deuided
into
Chapters
,
makyng
of
them
a
Booke
whiche
is
called
the
Alcorane
,
wherin
all
the
opinions
and
Institutions
of
Mahomettes
Sect
are
contained
and
at
large
specifyed
.
The
nexte
Spring
after
,
Muauias
with
a
greater
Nauie
then
before
,
arryued
in
Cypres
,
and
assaulted
the
Citie
of
Aradum
,
which
at
length
after
many
battryes
he
wanne
:
and
permitting
the
Inhabitantes
to
go
whither
they
woulde
wythout
hurte
or
bodely
harme
,
he
rased
the
Citie
to
the
grounde
and
layde
all
the
Islande
waste
and
left
it
dispeopled
.
At
the
same
tyme
also
,
an
other
army
of
Saracens
vnder
the
conducte
of
Busurre
,
inuaded
Isauria
and
spoyled
the
whole
Countrey
wyth
fyre
and
sworde
,
and
retourned
home
from
thence
with
fiue
thousand
Prisoners
.
After
these
so
many
ouerthrowes
and
miserable
discomfitures
receaued
,
Constance
Caesar
desired
a
truce
for
.ij.
yéeres
of
Muauias
:
which
beinge
not
obtayned
,
while
Muauias
prepared
a
great
Nauye
at
Tripolis
a
Citie
of
Syria
,
to
inuade
the
Prouinces
and
Territories
belonging
to
the
Romane
Empire
,
his
purpose
by
the
worthynesse
and
valyaunt
demeanure
of
two
Brothers
was
for
a
litle
while
frustrate
.
A
valaunt
enterprise
.
Who
breaking
open
the
prisons
,
wherein
a
great
number
of
Christians
were
,
set
them
al
at
lybertye
:
insomuch
that
they
sodenly
geuing
an
onset
on
the
Saracens
,
killed
a
maruelous
number
of
them
,
and
putting
the
rest
to
flight
,
with
victorye
ran
to
their
ships
,
and
takeing
so
many
of
them
as
woulde
serue
to
transport
them
,
they
set
the
reste
on
fire
,
and
came
saue
into
Thracia
.
But
Muauias
nothing
dismayed
with
this
mischance
and
ouerthrow
,
A
lamentable
slaughter
.
prepared
a
greater
na●y
,
and
furnished
the
same
with
all
habilimentes
and
Municions
necessarye
,
with
whom
he
landed
at
Phoenice
a
Hauen
of
Lycia
,
where
Constance
with
his
Nauy
laye
:
and
geuing
the
charge
vpon
him
,
made
such
a
slaughter
of
the
Romanes
,
that
the
Sea
was
red
with
the
bloud
of
them
that
were
slayne
.
Constance
disguising
himselfe
in
the
habite
and
apparrell
of
a
poore
man
,
fled
in
a
Small
ship
with
a
fewe
others
in
his
company
to
Constantinople
:
Which
victory
set
Muauias
in
such
a
hoygh
and
conceipt
,
that
he
thought
nothing
inuincible
,
or
able
to
withstande
hym
.
Where
vpon
he
tooke
Rhodes
,
and
pulled
downe
the
huge
Image
of
the
Sun
called
Colossus
Solis
,
which
Chares
was
in
making
(
as
Plinie
sayth
)
.xij.
yéeres
,
Of
our
english
money
that
Sum
a
mounteth
to
,
40000
li.
and
the
charges
thereof
drewe
to
thrée
hundreth
Talentes
.
The
brasse
of
this
Image
beyng
bought
by
a
certen
Iew
of
Emessa
,
was
somuch
as
nine
hundred
Camels
coulde
carie
The
Saracenes
caryed
away
thence
not
onely
this
Image
which
was
in
height
.70
.
Cubites
:
but
innumerable
others
.
For
Plinie
writeth
that
in
that
I
le
there
were
beside
this
Colosse
of
the
Sunne
.73
thousand
Statues
or
Images
,
and
a
hundreth
lesse
Colosses
.
Hauinge
spoyled
Rhodes
,
they
cut
their
course
alonge
by
the
Sea
Agaeum
,
and
plagued
the
Cyclades
with
lyke
calamitie
.
At
this
time
also
laid
Generall
of
an
other
army
of
Saracenes
,
entred
into
the
borders
of
Armenia
,
and
wasted
al
,
farre
and
neere
tyll
he
came
to
Mount
Caucasus
.
And
Muauias
retourning
from
Rhodes
,
furnished
a
Nauye
with
all
thinges
necessary
to
inuade
Sicile
,
which
wasted
and
ruynated
the
Countrie
with
Sword
and
fire
without
mercy
,
tyll
Olimpius
the
Exarche
of
Italy
(
for
so
was
he
that
had
the
gouernaunce
ouer
Italy
at
that
time
for
the
Emperour
of
Constantinople
called
)
encountringe
with
them
in
a
bloudye
Conflicte
,
with
much
effusion
of
Christian
bloud
discomfited
and
expelled
them
.
In
which
battell
he
so
eagrely
fought
,
&
was
so
fore
wearied
that
he
tell
sicke
and
shortly
after
dyed
.
Muauias
himselfe
leuying
an
Armye
by
land
,
conducted
them
into
Cappadocia
to
besiege
Coesarea
the
head
Citie
of
that
Prouince
.
But
before
he
could
atchieue
any
notable
exploite
worthy
to
be
remembred
,
hearinge
that
Ozmen
the
Caliph
was
dead
,
in
hope
to
be
his
Successour
,
retyered
with
his
Host
back
agayne
.
This
Ozmene
in
the
twelfth
yéere
of
his
Pontificall
dignytie
being
in
his
owne
house
beset
and
besieged
with
a
company
of
Saracenes
which
would
haue
had
Ali
to
be
Caliph
,
slue
hymselfe
,
because
he
would
not
fall
into
their
handes
.
He
by
chaunce
lost
the
Ring
of
Mahomet
,
which
all
the
Caliphes
before
hym
wore
:
and
caused
an
other
to
be
made
of
Siluer
,
wherein
by
his
commaundement
were
ingrauen
these
wordes
:
O
PERTINACES
,
O
POENITENTES
.
He
was
white
of
coulour
,
graue
and
curteous
of
visage
,
a
long
Beard
and
of
a
meane
stature
highlye
and
dearelye
beloued
was
he
of
the
common
people
,
both
before
and
after
he
embraced
this
Secte
,
and
gotte
very
great
wealth
by
Marchaundize
.
Notwithstandyng
he
was
alwayes
verye
lyberall
,
yea
rather
magnificent
and
honourable
,
and
(
as
we
haue
shewed
)
disbursed
and
gaue
bribes
largelye
to
the
Souldiours
that
hee
might
obtayne
the
Pontificate
.
He
lyued
.lxxxvij.
yeeres
and
was
buryed
in
the
night
without
any
Funerall
pompe
because
he
slue
himselfe
.
Therefore
after
hys
death
there
arose
great
contention
amonge
the
Saracenes
,
aboute
the
election
of
a
newe
Bysshoppe
.
Some
woulde
haue
Ali
to
succéede
hym
,
some
Muamad
sonne
to
Ozmen
,
and
some
Muauias
.
But
Ali
raysed
warres
againste
Muamad
,
and
preuayled
agaynste
hym
,
so
that
he
was
installed
and
made
Bysshoppe
by
all
mens
consent
:
sauynge
onelye
Muauias
.
Who
reposinge
greate
truste
and
confidence
in
the
Aegiptian
and
Assyrian
Souldiours
,
(
whose
prowesse
and
magnanymytie
he
had
sufficientlye
tryed
aforetime
in
so
manye
Battayles
)
made
sharpe
warres
agaynst
hym
,
colourablye
pretendynge
that
hée
tooke
the
same
in
hande
onely
to
reuenge
the
death
of
Ozmen
.
When
both
the
Armyes
were
come
to
the
Riuer
Euphrates
,
Muauias
hauynge
more
skyll
in
warlyke
pollices
,
and
also
hauinge
olde
beaten
Souldiours
vnder
hym
,
so
fortyfied
and
entrenched
hys
Campe
néere
to
the
Riuer
side
,
and
the
Citie
Babylon
,
that
neyther
coulde
he
be
inforced
by
hys
aduersarye
to
fight
vnlesse
he
would
hymselfe
,
and
also
hys
Armye
shoulde
not
be
destitute
of
water
,
(
whereof
in
that
Region
there
is
great
scarsitye
)
nor
yet
be
vnprouided
of
victayles
,
and
moreouer
néeded
not
to
feare
anye
Alarmes
behynde
at
their
backes
.
Whereas
in
the
meane
whyle
Ali
his
Armye
,
was
extremely
pinched
for
lacke
of
water
.
And
so
for
the
space
of
eleuen
Monthes
keeping
his
Souldiours
within
the
Trenches
of
hys
Campe
,
he
weryed
hys
Enemye
and
lyngered
the
tyme
onely
now
and
then
with
Skirmishes
,
tyll
at
length
by
the
intercession
of
certayne
Priestes
and
others
skilfull
in
the
Lawe
of
Mahomet
,
order
was
taken
betwéene
them
,
that
the
whole
cause
shoulde
be
decided
by
the
iudgement
and
awarde
of
two
olde
men
.
On
Ali
his
side
was
chosen
Alascates
,
and
for
Muauias
parte
Alascius
.
These
two
comminge
to
a
Towne
called
Algendel
,
to
sit
vpon
this
waightie
matter
of
both
their
tytles
,
the
one
thought
it
necessarye
that
Ali
should
be
disgraded
and
deposed
from
his
pontificall
dignitie
,
and
the
other
stiflye
helde
opinion
that
he
was
a
man
moste
worthy
for
the
office
.
Thus
pleading
to
and
froe
,
neyther
absolutely
determyninge
nor
fully
concludinge
any
attonement
,
Ali
and
Muauias
retourned
agayne
either
of
them
to
his
owne
Campe
.
And
neuer
ceased
with
often
Skirmishing
to
molest
and
kill
one
an
other
,
spoylynge
and
wastynge
one
an
others
Countries
till
at
length
Ali
in
a
certayne
Temple
néere
Cufa
a
Citie
of
Arabie
was
by
the
insidious
driftes
and
Ambushes
of
Muauias
slayne
,
and
in
the
same
buried
,
for
which
cause
the
place
at
this
daye
is
called
Massadale
which
is
as
much
to
saye
,
as
the
house
of
Ali.
In
his
Ringe
hee
had
this
inscription
:
Corde
syncero
Deum
Dominum
veneror
.
Hee
was
shorte
and
lowe
of
Stature
,
his
Bearde
was
side
and
longe
,
his
Armes
and
Legges
full
of
haire
,
and
in
his
goynge
neuer
lyfted
vp
hys
Eyes
.
After
Ali
was
dead
,
the
Citizens
of
Cufa
and
Aratha
created
Alhaccem
(
his
eldest
Sonne
by
his
wife
Fatema
,
the
Daughter
of
Mahomet
)
Bysshope
:
a
man
in
all
poynctes
of
bodelye
feacture
and
comelye
shape
,
resembling
his
Graundfather
Mahomet
.
He
with
an
armie
,
marched
against
Muauias
,
but
when
both
the
Hostes
were
ordered
in
battaile
araie
readie
to
geue
the
onset
,
and
the
voward
of
the
one
standing
full
against
the
fronte
of
the
other
,
whether
it
were
because
he
feared
the
doubtfull
hazard
of
battaile
or
else
(
as
some
do
write
)
that
he
was
ouercome
with
the
goodnes
and
integrite
of
nature
,
vnwilling
that
so
great
effusion
of
bloud
and
destruction
of
men
shoulde
be
made
for
his
sake
,
he
voluntarilie
went
and
submitted
himselfe
to
Muauias
,
acknowledging
him
to
be
his
Superiour
.
Beyng
thus
reconciled
one
to
the
other
,
they
went
both
together
to
Cufa
,
and
there
finding
great
store
of
money
and
treasure
,
they
departed
thence
to
Ietrib
,
where
Muauias
with
his
owne
handes
crowned
Alhaccem
with
the
royall
Diademe
and
called
him
King
,
because
he
well
knew
that
he
shoulde
not
liue
long
.
For
within
sixe
monethes
after
his
Coronation
he
dyed
beyng
poysoned
by
the
same
Muauias
.
His
Poesie
engrauen
in
his
Signet
was
:
Solus
Deus
potens
est
.
Thus
Muauias
hauing
now
dispatched
and
ridde
out
of
the
way
all
his
aduersaries
,
raigned
alone
.
Hauing
thus
set
his
affaires
in
order
,
he
inuaded
the
frontiers
of
the
Romane
Empire
.
But
Constantius
sendyng
vnto
him
for
peace
,
had
the
same
graunted
,
condicionally
that
Constantius
should
pay
vnto
him
euerie
day
ten
poundes
of
gold
,
Peace
dearly
bought
.
and
a
Slaue
with
a
Horse
.
At
this
time
Damascus
was
the
chiefe
Seate
and
Metropolitane
Citie
of
the
Saracenicall
Empyre
.
But
in
this
their
so
great
successe
and
felicitie
,
there
arose
dissensions
among
themselues
for
theyr
religion
,
by
reason
of
the
varietie
and
repugnance
of
Mahomettes
scrowles
and
Schedules
.
The
Persians
,
béeyng
(
as
we
haue
shewed
)
now
made
Saracens
,
helde
opinions
muche
differing
from
them
that
folowed
Homars
Alcorane
in
Syria
.
Wherefore
Muauias
with
his
power
spéeding
him
into
Persia
,
suppressed
that
Sect
and
established
his
owne
faction
,
which
bore
al
the
swaie
in
Syria
,
and
appointed
an
order
,
Lustie
allowance
,
only
to
allure
men
to
his
Sect.
Ambitious
Traytor
.
that
the
Souldiours
of
his
Secte
should
haue
allowance
of
two
hundreth
pence
by
the
day
,
wheras
the
Persians
had
but
only
thirtie
.
Then
inuading
Cilicia
,
he
spoyled
all
the
Countrey
with
sword
and
fire
.
And
when
he
was
retourned
to
Damascus
,
Sapor
Pretor
of
all
suche
places
in
Persia
as
yet
acknowledged
the
Romane
Empire
,
now
traiterously
reuolting
from
the
Emperour
,
sent
vnto
Muauias
,
one
Sergius
master
of
the
horsemen
,
with
request
,
that
he
woulde
ayde
him
to
the
Empyre
of
Constantinople
.
Who
beyng
nowe
come
to
Muauias
his
presence
and
shewing
the
effect
of
his
Commission
for
which
he
was
sent
,
beholde
,
there
came
also
an
Ambassadour
from
the
Emperour
to
Muauias
,
whose
name
was
Andrew
,
promising
vnto
him
in
Caesars
behalfe
large
and
ample
rewardes
,
so
that
he
would
not
aide
nor
further
the
procéedinges
of
Sapor
.
Muauias
hearing
both
their
errandes
and
their
offers
,
aunswered
:
that
foras
much
as
he
accompted
both
of
them
for
no
better
then
his
enemies
,
He
that
hath
most
money
shall
haue
most
friendshippe
.
he
would
ayde
and
take
part
with
him
that
would
geue
most
.
And
so
Sergius
geuing
more
then
Andrew
woulde
,
Muauias
entered
into
a
league
with
him
.
Andrew
taking
hys
leaue
,
in
hys
waye
homewarde
intercepted
Sergius
as
he
was
retourning
into
Persia
and
hanged
him
on
a
gybet
:
hoping
and
persuading
himselfe
,
that
now
the
partie
to
whom
the
promise
was
made
beyng
ridde
out
of
the
way
,
Muauias
with
a
safe
conscience
(
retaining
&
kéeping
still
the
rewardes
alreadie
to
him
giuen
)
might
and
would
dodge
&
finde
cauillations
with
Sapor
that
he
was
discharged
of
his
promise
.
But
there
was
more
constancie
&
faithfulnes
in
the
barbarous
Infidel
,
then
the
Greekes
wit
could
conceiue
or
forsée
.
For
Muauias
,
meaning
to
kéepe
touch
and
promise
inuiolably
,
sent
a
bande
of
Arabians
to
ayde
hym
vnder
the
conducte
of
Fadala
,
who
being
kylled
by
a
fall
from
his
horse
,
he
appoynted
in
his
stéede
his
Sonne
Iazid
Capitaine
for
that
expedition
:
by
which
power
and
armie
,
Chalcedonia
was
miserablie
afflicted
and
Armaria
a
Citie
of
Phrygia
taken
:
and
leauyng
in
it
a
garryson
of
fyue
thousand
Saracens
(
because
Winter
approched
)
they
retourned
with
their
Hoste
into
Syria
.
In
this
meane
season
the
Emperour
althoughe
Winter
were
now
at
hand
and
all
places
couered
with
Snow
sent
Andrew
with
a
small
crew
of
Souldiours
to
expulse
the
garrysons
of
the
Saracens
and
to
recouer
Armaria
.
The
Greeques
therfore
sodainely
skaled
the
walles
and
brake
into
the
Citie
without
any
resistaunce
,
and
to
reuenge
their
many
ouerthrowes
and
discomfitures
before
time
receyued
slew
all
the
Saracens
within
,
who
suspecting
no
suche
thing
,
kepte
within
their
houses
,
cowring
ouer
the
fire
in
that
extreme
colde
weather
.
After
thys
victorie
gotten
by
the
Imperialles
,
Constantius
béeyng
now
come
into
Italie
out
of
Grecia
,
tooke
his
progresse
straight
towarde
Rome
,
where
he
taking
a
diligent
view
of
all
thinges
,
fell
to
the
spoyle
,
and
caryed
away
wyth
him
all
such
auncient
monumentes
and
workes
as
were
of
Marble
or
brasse
,
Rome
spoiled
.
and
generally
whatsoeuer
myght
delyght
and
content
the
eye
,
and
lading
his
Shippes
therewith
,
sent
it
firste
vnto
Naples
and
from
thence
to
the
Citie
Syracuse
in
Sicilie
.
So
that
he
tooke
awaye
from
the
Citie
more
ornamentes
in
seuen
dayes
space
,
then
so
many
barbarous
Nations
had
done
in
.
CClviij
.
yéeres
before
,
for
there
were
so
many
since
the
first
inclination
of
the
Romane
Empyre
.
During
his
abode
there
,
leadyng
his
life
effeminately
&
libidinously
and
looking
to
receiue
the
subsidie
and
tribute
that
he
had
with
much
rigour
and
crueltie
exacted
and
assessed
the
Cities
and
Islandes
of
Italie
to
pay
,
Emperour
murthered
.
in
so
much
that
many
were
spoyled
not
only
of
their
goods
but
also
of
their
wiues
and
children
,
he
was
by
his
owne
people
slaine
and
murthered
.
After
whom
succéeded
in
the
Empyre
his
Sonne
Constantine
,
whom
the
Saracens
perceiuing
to
be
a
Coward
and
vnwarlike
person
,
priuily
made
preparation
for
a
nauie
to
inuade
Thracia
and
Greece
,
if
any
tumult
or
seditious
vprore
should
fortune
to
kindle
in
Constantinople
.
But
because
al
things
were
there
quiet
,
they
sayled
into
Sicilie
,
wherin
the
late
spoyles
of
Rome
and
of
all
Italy
were
laid
and
hoorded
vp
:
and
with
sodaine
force
tooke
the
citie
Syracuse
which
was
not
defended
nor
kept
with
any
garrison
.
And
when
they
could
not
roust
there
in
safetie
by
reason
of
the
néerenes
of
Italie
,
they
shipped
all
the
ornamentes
and
treasure
that
was
in
Syracuse
,
and
with
incredible
richesse
retourned
into
Egypt
.
Albeit
there
be
some
which
write
that
Constantine
hearing
of
the
deathe
and
murther
of
his
father
Constanoius
,
sayled
into
Sycilie
and
caryed
the
Spoyles
from
thence
with
him
to
Constantinople
.
After
this
,
an
other
populous
armie
of
Saracens
entring
into
Affrica
,
had
suche
successe
that
they
destroyed
and
wasted
all
the
Countrey
néere
the
Sea
coastes
(
for
a
great
part
of
the
maine
land
and
middle
soyle
was
alreadie
in
their
subiection
)
and
haryed
away
with
them
into
slauerie
and
thraldome
.800000
.
Prisoners
.
And
on
an
other
side
Muauias
furnished
out
a
huige
Host
vnder
the
conduct
of
Muamades
and
Caises
,
whiche
subdued
Lydia
and
Cilicia
two
other
of
the
Romane
Prouinces
.
And
within
a
while
after
,
to
th
intent
he
might
conquere
&
subiugate
Constantinople
,
he
sent
another
armie
after
the
other
,
wherof
Saeuus
was
General
,
which
being
ioyned
to
the
other
,
marched
both
directly
toward
the
citie
Constantinople
&
girded
it
about
with
a
terrible
stege
.
Constantinople
besseged
seuen
yeeres
.
And
for
there
more
strength
,
he
appointed
a
nauie
to
help
them
,
which
stopped
all
the
passages
and
places
from
the
West
promontorie
of
Hebdomum
to
Cyglobium
.
With
al
this
force
they
oftentimes
gaue
terrible
assaultes
to
the
citie
,
but
their
attempts
were
all
in
vaine
.
This
siege
lasted
from
the
month
of
Aprill
till
September
.
fléete
left
,
which
then
vexed
Crete
,
vnder
the
guydaunce
and
conduct
of
Fadall
and
Cadall
.
Through
these
good
fortunes
and
prosperous
successes
,
the
Maiestie
of
the
Romane
Empire
séemed
eftsones
to
flourish
,
and
somewhat
to
reuiue
and
recouer
his
pristinate
glory
.
But
Muauias
hauynge
thus
concluded
a
peace
and
league
,
which
to
the
Christians
was
most
pernicious
(
because
the
Saracens
beinge
nowe
weake
and
without
force
mighte
haue
bene
vtterly
oppressed
and
easly
vanquished
if
Caesar
had
not
more
delighted
in
present
Idlenesse
and
quiet
reste
then
studying
for
the
long
tranquillytie
of
his
Common
wealth
,
which
by
no
meanes
is
made
more
longer
of
continuaunce
and
safer
with
barbarous
nations
then
by
perfect
victory
)
tourned
his
power
&
made
his
quarell
against
the
Mardaites
,
and
dispossessing
them
from
their
high
descrying
places
in
the
Mountaines
which
before
they
enioyed
,
he
studyed
and
bent
his
mind
to
appease
certayne
controuersies
and
Sectes
newly
sprong
vp
about
his
religion
.
Therfore
he
called
a
generall
Counsell
or
Synode
of
his
sect
,
vnto
whom
by
publique
proclamation
he
commaunded
all
the
learned
men
of
his
Empire
,
and
such
as
had
any
wryting
or
Schedule
either
of
Mahomet
or
of
any
his
predecessours
,
Bishoppes
before
hym
,
to
come
and
bring
the
same
writinges
with
them
.
This
Tartarical
Synode
was
holden
and
celebrated
at
Damasco
,
where
(
when
as
nothyng
coulde
be
determyned
by
reason
of
the
contrarietie
of
repugnaunt
sentences
)
hee
commaunded
sixe
of
the
wisest
in
the
company
by
the
common
consent
of
them
al
to
be
picked
out
,
&
so
there
were
chosen
Mulcine
,
Boari
,
Buor
,
Anoeci
,
Atermind
&
Dauid
.
These
six
being
shut
vp
together
into
one
house
,
with
all
such
writinges
as
were
thither
brought
,
hee
gaue
straight
charge
that
they
should
lay
their
heades
together
&
out
of
these
writinges
gather
into
one
volume
such
actes
&
sayings
of
Mahomet
as
shuld
some
to
haue
ani
likelihod
of
truth
.
And
when
they
had
made
sixe
volumes
,
the
residue
of
the
writings
be
caused
to
be
throwne
into
a
riuer
,
which
were
so
many
that
200.
Camels
were
laden
with
the
cariage
of
them
away
.
Then
he
apoincted
by
a
law
a
greuous
paine
&
punishement
to
as
many
as
in
thought
,
By
whome
Alcoran
was
clouted
together
.
word
or
déede
beléeued
otherwise
then
in
those
sixe
Alcoranes
was
prescribed
.
Of
the
which
six
volumes
,
afterward
procéeded
and
spronge
vp
soure
Sectes
of
Saracens
:
which
are
called
Melicians
;
Asafians
,
Alambelians
&
Buanifians
.
The
Aphrycans
were
Melicians
:
the
Arabians
and
Damascenes
,
Asafians
:
the
Armenians
and
Persians
,
Alambelians
:
the
Alexandrians
&
Assyrians
were
Buanifians
.
In
Cayre
the
greatest
Citie
of
Egypt
,
all
these
Sectes
(
no
man
agaynsaying
)
are
vsed
and
embraced
.
When
Muauias
had
finished
&
taken
this
order
in
his
matters
at
Damasco
which
was
the
head
seat
of
his
Empire
,
he
died
and
was
there
buried
.
He
was
the
first
of
the
Saracen
Capitaines
that
with
Ozmen
(
during
Homars
raigne
)
entred
into
the
Roman
prouinces
with
an
host
,
and
was
the
first
that
enlarged
&
amplyfied
the
limites
of
the
Saracenicall
Empire
as
far
as
Aegipt
and
Aphrica
westward
,
into
Mesopotamia
Eastward
,
and
into
Asia
northward
,
and
was
the
first
that
constituted
a
certen
seate
royall
at
Damasco
:
which
citie
for
the
fertilitie
of
the
soyle
and
pleasantnes
of
the
ayre
far
excelleth
any
other
.
He
vsed
firste
of
his
race
,
to
haue
Slaues
and
Eunuches
after
a
princely
state
&
guise
to
stand
bare
headed
before
hym
:
for
he
was
a
man
altogether
marcial
and
warlike
,
and
in
the
atchiuing
of
his
deuises
prudent
and
wise
.
His
coulour
was
white
,
his
face
pleasaunt
and
graue
,
his
eyes
of
diuers
coulours
,
his
stature
meane
,
his
Bearde
alwayes
blacke
,
for
euer
as
it
beganne
to
waxe
graye
,
hee
dyed
it
and
conserued
it
in
his
former
state
.
He
lyued
lxxvij
.
yeares
,
and
raigned
twenty
and
foure
.
His
Signet
which
he
caryed
about
with
hym
,
had
in
it
this
Posie
engrauen
:
O
Deus
ignosce
mihi
.
Of
learnyng
he
was
altogether
ignoraunt
,
in
so
muche
that
he
could
not
write
his
own
name
:
whereas
otherwise
he
had
by
nature
a
verie
profound
witte
.
Wherfore
it
is
reported
that
Mahomet
on
a
time
,
making
his
prayers
at
a
banquet
in
presence
of
many
(
as
his
custome
was
)
said
these
wordes
:
O
God
teach
Muauias
to
write
&
to
number
,
and
defend
him
from
all
daungers
.
By
which
words
,
that
craftie
Pseudoprophete
who
knewe
the
nature
of
Muauias
to
be
fierce
and
prompt
withall
,
shewed
and
signified
two
things
.
First
,
that
he
,
if
he
had
the
ayde
of
any
learning
,
might
greatly
helpe
and
furder
his
Secte
.
For
they
which
can
write
,
can
also
reade
and
thereby
become
wyser
.
Then
because
he
saw
him
to
be
of
suche
a
fierce
courage
that
he
was
lyke
to
aduenture
and
obiect
himself
to
many
perilles
and
hazardes
,
he
desired
of
God
to
teach
him
the
Arte
of
numbring
,
wherby
he
might
skanne
and
obserue
due
times
and
tempestiuities
,
and
to
haue
the
skil
to
take
the
occasions
that
shoulde
be
fittest
for
the
exployting
of
his
affayres
when
they
fell
:
and
for
the
same
cause
he
desired
of
God
to
protect
&
deliuer
him
from
all
daungers
.
But
he
being
a
man
craftie
ynough
of
himselfe
and
naturally
geuen
to
pollicie
néeded
not
these
helpes
.
After
that
Muauias
was
dead
,
immediately
his
sonne
Iezid
was
saluted
Bishop
and
King
,
who
atchieued
no
notable
acte
in
his
time
worthie
of
remembraunce
.
For
he
was
a
man
altogether
giuen
to
slouth
,
idlenes
and
riot
,
and
moreouer
was
sickly
and
of
a
body
nothing
lustie
:
sauing
that
he
put
many
of
the
nobilitie
of
Arabie
to
death
.
He
loued
his
owne
Sister
lividinously
,
and
was
greatly
delited
in
learning
and
Poetrie
,
and
made
many
verses
,
a
most
spightfull
contemner
of
Mahomets
Law
and
euerie
other
Religion
.
During
this
mans
raigne
,
Mutar
whom
he
had
made
President
ouer
the
Prouince
of
Persia
,
perceiuing
his
drowsie
sluggishnes
and
desire
of
eas●
openly
protested
himselfe
to
be
a
Prophete
,
&
practised
tyrannie
therin
:
and
of
the
line
of
this
Mutar
,
the
Kinges
of
Persia
which
at
this
day
are
called
Sophi
,
are
descended
.
Iezid
his
Poesie
was
:
DEVS
EST
MEVS
DOMINVS
.
He
raigned
thrée
yéeres
,
and
dyed
at
Arrane
,
being
of
the
age
of
fortie
yéeres
,
when
the
Citizens
of
Cufa
had
called
home
Hocem
the
Sonne
of
Ali
,
entending
to
create
hym
Byshoppe
:
but
Abdalam
the
Sonne
of
Iezid
in
the
fieldes
of
Carball
néere
Cufa
,
treacherously
lying
in
waite
,
slue
him
,
and
there
was
he
buried
.
In
remembrance
of
which
thing
,
there
was
at
his
graue
and
Sepulchre
afterwarde
builded
a
Citie
called
Carbala
,
called
so
of
the
name
of
the
field
wherin
the
fact
was
done
.
Hocem
lefte
twelue
Sonnes
behind
him
when
he
dyed
,
that
is
to
say
,
Zeinal
Abadine
,
Zeinal
Muamedes
,
Baguer
Muamedes
,
Giafar
Cadeneg
,
Giafar
Musa
,
Cazine
Musa
,
Hali
Muceratius
,
Alle
,
Muamedes
Taguin
,
Muamedes
Halinaguin
,
Alle
Haceme
Asquerine
,
Haceme
Muamedes
Mahadine
:
which
were
in
diuers
places
buryed
,
that
is
to
wit
,
some
néere
to
their
great
Graundfathers
father
Mahomet
,
some
at
Bagadat
,
&
some
at
Herine
:
but
as
for
Muamedes
Mahadine
,
Doting
beliefe
of
Persians
.
the
Persians
do
affirme
not
to
bée
yet
dead
,
&
do
hold
opinion
,
that
he
shall
come
mounted
on
horsebacke
to
declare
and
shewe
the
law
to
all
Nations
,
and
shall
conuert
all
people
,
and
that
all
this
shall
first
begin
in
the
citie
of
Massadale
where
the
body
of
his
graundfather
Ali
lyeth
buried
.
And
therfore
they
haue
alwayes
in
that
citie
a
horse
ready
to
receiue
him
,
whom
,
after
the
ende
of
their
praiers
and
orisons
,
they
lead
with
Torche
light
to
the
Church
:
and
vpon
one
certaine
day
which
is
among
them
kept
most
festiuall
and
solemne
they
bryng
thys
horse
to
the
Temple
where
Ali
is
buryed
wyth
as
muche
pompe
as
maye
bee
,
beseechyng
and
making
petition
vnto
the
same
Ali
,
that
he
would
as
spéedily
as
may
bée
,
send
vnto
them
this
his
Nephew
whom
they
looke
for
.
Vnto
the
which
feast
,
there
is
resort
of
people
from
di
-
together
with
the
opinion
that
was
conceiued
of
hym
and
his
Sect
,
so
incensed
and
swelled
his
ambitious
mind
,
that
he
first
of
all
others
tooke
vpon
hym
the
name
of
a
Miralmumine
,
which
worde
in
the
Arabian
language
signifieth
the
Prince
of
all
beléeuers
:
which
name
afterwards
our
Historiographers
depraued
&
corruptly
called
Miramuline
.
He
also
builded
the
large
and
most
e
noble
citie
of
Marocco
néere
to
the
foote
of
Mounte
Atlas
,
Marocco
builded
.
and
appointed
it
to
be
the
chiefe
Keye
and
Metropolytane
Citie
of
all
his
Kingdome
:
Notwithstandinge
many
doo
affirme
that
it
was
built
by
Iosippus
the
Sonne
of
Tesfine
,
and
some
say
by
an
other
.
Against
them
Abdimelick
(
partlye
for
that
he
sawe
him
to
procure
no
hurt
nor
attempt
any
hinderaunce
to
his
procéedinges
)
and
partly
because
he
was
wrapped
in
heapes
of
troubles
elsewhere
and
had
moe
yrons
in
the
fire
then
he
coulde
wel
temper
,
attempted
nothing
.
For
although
he
had
supplanted
Dadack
with
all
his
faction
and
adherentes
and
with
victory
retourned
to
Damascus
,
yet
could
he
not
long
enioy
that
victory
nor
brooke
it
quietlye
,
because
there
began
such
a
plague
and
pestilenciall
mortalytie
that
had
almost
quite
destroyed
all
the
Saracenicall
Nation
.
Beside
this
plague
,
the
people
were
greatly
pinched
with
famine
in
all
his
Countries
.
And
the
Mardaites
gettyng
agayne
the
possession
of
Mount
Libanus
,
enlarged
their
limites
as
farre
as
Hierusalem
:
and
morouer
the
principalytie
of
Persia
,
vsurped
by
Mutar
,
much
disquieted
his
troubled
minde
.
Abdimelick
weltringe
in
the
surges
of
this
froward
Fortune
,
and
fearing
to
bee
ouerwhelmed
with
some
greater
mischaunce
,
sent
a
solemne
Ambassade
to
Iustinian
then
Emperour
,
beyng
of
the
age
of
sixtéene
yéeres
,
for
a
confirmation
of
the
peace
and
League
that
Muauias
strake
with
Constantine
,
and
farther
to
request
hym
that
the
Mardaites
might
bee
dispossessed
and
driuen
out
of
Libanus
,
which
thinge
if
the
rour
would
graunt
,
he
promysed
that
he
would
euery
day
geue
vnto
the
Romanes
in
the
name
of
a
Tribute
,
ten
poundes
of
Golde
,
a
Slaue
and
a
goodly
faire
Horse
.
And
moreouer
in
consideration
of
the
confirmation
of
this
peace
which
he
so
earnestly
desired
,
Tribute
of
Saracenes
(
to
th
end
that
Caesar
might
the
better
expulse
and
rid
the
Mardaites
which
nowe
were
not
aboue
.xij.
thousand
in
number
out
of
Libanus
)
he
gaue
and
graunted
vnto
him
the
one
halfe
of
his
yéerely
Tributes
of
Cyprus
,
Armenia
and
Iberia
.
This
peace
beyng
confirmed
and
he
deliuered
out
of
the
feare
of
the
Mardaites
(
a
fierce
and
outragious
people
)
he
sent
Ciafa
with
a
great
Armye
againste
Mutar
,
who
vnder
the
pretext
and
coloure
of
Religion
practized
tyranny
and
extort
regiment
in
Persia
.
Which
expedition
and
voyage
had
very
vnluckie
end
:
for
Mutar
with
an
Host
marching
to
méete
him
,
vanquished
him
and
discomfited
al
his
power
,
whereby
he
wanne
a
greater
estimation
and
credite
then
euer
he
had
before
.
Abdimelick
to
th'
intent
he
might
from
a
néerer
place
surueigh
and
beholde
how
matters
prospered
in
Persia
,
goeth
into
Mesopotamia
:
where
he
was
againe
with
many
calamities
&
aduerse
bruntes
sore
crushed
.
For
the
Emperour
Iustinian
(
the
Sclauoys
partli
yéelding
themselues
vnto
his
mercy
and
partly
tamed
by
dent
of
Sword
)
picking
out
of
the
stoutest
Gallantes
in
all
that
Nation
,
a
crewe
of
.
30000
.
or
there
aboute
,
mustred
and
tooke
vp
Souldiours
apace
for
his
warres
:
and
so
trustinge
to
their
valyaunt
seruice
,
brake
the
League
lately
made
:
makyng
for
the
coulour
of
his
quarel
,
the
the
money
payable
for
his
yéerely
Tribute
had
not
the
Roman
stamp
,
but
was
of
a
new
Arabian
coigne
.
Sending
therfore
his
Lieutenaunt
Leontius
with
this
new
leuied
army
into
Asia
,
subdued
and
brought
vnder
his
subiection
Iberia
,
Abania
,
Hircania
and
Media
,
which
Regions
were
vnder
the
Saracenes
Empyre
.
At
the
same
time
also
one
Said
reised
sedition
and
rebelled
against
Abdimelick
:
against
whom
Abdimelick
spéedyng
hymselfe
with
an
Army
,
so
dismayd
and
terrified
hym
,
that
he
fel
downe
on
his
Marybones
and
craued
forgeuenesse
.
Whom
Abdimelick
with
dissimuling
countenaunce
pardoned
and
séemed
to
forgeue
:
but
within
awhile
after
he
commaunded
hym
priuelie
to
be
slain
.
At
this
same
time
also
there
arose
an
other
tyrantie
among
the
Saracenes
,
named
Abdala
Zubir
,
who
sent
his
Brother
Musub
into
Persia
against
Mutar
:
and
of
hym
Mutar
was
both
vanquished
and
slayne
:
albeit
he
enioyed
not
the
fruite
of
his
victory
long
.
For
Abdimelick
withall
his
power
igoynge
againste
hym
,
ouercame
and
discomfited
him
and
all
his
Hoast
:
and
from
thence
holding
on
his
way
into
Persia
,
brought
all
that
Prouince
vnder
his
subiection
.
Abdalas
Zubir
discouraged
with
the
good
successe
of
his
aduersarie
,
fled
vnto
Mecca
,
after
whome
,
Abdimelick
sent
Cagian
with
a
great
Armye
to
pursue
and
take
hym
,
who
by
force
winning
the
Citie
Mecca
,
slue
Zubir
,
and
set
the
auntientest
Idole
of
that
citie
with
the
Temple
also
on
fire
.
And
thus
,
Abdimelick
hauinge
recouered
Persia
,
and
dispatched
out
of
the
way
his
aduersaries
,
and
being
alone
in
possession
of
the
Saracenicall
Soueraigntie
,
(
after
hee
had
oftentimes
in
vaine
,
besought
the
Romane
Emperor
that
he
would
not
infringe
the
League
betwéene
them
concluded
,
)
at
length
bent
all
his
power
againste
the
Greeques
which
inferred
warre
vpon
hym
againste
the
Lawes
both
of
God
and
man
,
and
ouer
his
army
he
appoynted
for
Generall
one
Muamates
.
Who
findinge
the
Greeques
at
Sebastonople
,
hanged
the
Tables
of
the
League
vpon
a
Speare
poynt
,
and
caused
the
same
to
bee
borne
before
him
like
an
Ensigne
.
And
calling
vpon
God
to
reuenge
the
breaking
and
violation
therof
(
which
were
so
solēnelie
made
and
confirmed
by
taking
his
holy
name
●o
witnesse
)
he
in
good
order
of
battell
gave
the
charge
vpon
them
.
Albeit
first
he
had
corrupted
the
Sclauoy●
with
money
.
Of
whom
assoone
as
the
battell
was
once
begun
néerehand
xx
.
M.
reuolted
from
the
Emperour
&
went
to
the
Saracenes
:
which
thinge
so
appauled
the
Greeques
,
that
they
were
easely
ouercome
and
put
to
flight
,
and
in
the
chase
were
kylled
almost
euery
mothers
sonne
.
The
Emperour
Iustinian
(
for
he
was
present
himselfe
at
this
conflict
)
dishonorably
and
shamfully
by
flight
sauing
himselfe
with
a
few
others
in
his
company
,
Christians
instly
plaged
.
assoone
as
he
came
to
Leucas
,
caused
all
the
remnaunt
of
the
new
band
of
sclauonoys
to
be
put
to
death
and
their
dead
carkesses
to
bee
cast
into
the
Sea
,
Whervpon
,
the
saracenes
afterward
,
without
any
damage
not
only
recouered
their
owne
Territories
before
lost
,
but
also
inuaded
the
residue
of
the
Roman
Prouinces
.
Sabatius
also
a
noble
Senatour
,
and
Pretor
of
Armenia
,
vnderstanding
of
the
wrecks
and
ouerthrows
of
the
Romans
,
reuolted
to
the
Saracens
and
betraied
into
their
hands
the
whole
countrie
of
Armenia
.
Nether
did
they
yet
cease
to
ouerrun
the
whole
East
,
and
to
leade
away
the
christians
into
seruitude
:
for
the
part
also
of
Persia
,
which
yet
acknowledged
the
Roman
Empire
was
subdued
by
Cagian
,
and
Muamates
,
with
helpe
of
those
Sclauonoy
tourning
to
his
side
,
and
entring
into
the
Prouince
of
Thracia
,
spoyled
it
with
Sweard
and
fire
pitifully
:
the
Roman
Empire
being
in
the
meane
season
with
ciuile
discords
and
intestine
hatred
so
disseuered
and
torne
asunder
,
that
no
man
durst
set
in
foote
to
withstande
this
outrage
.
The
Lord
Leoutius
hauing
exiled
Iustinian
into
the
Ile
Cherson
,
vsurped
the
empire
:
and
straitwaies
sent
a
Lord
of
his
countrie
named
Iohn
,
with
a
nauie
to
inhibite
and
stop
the
violent
irruption
of
the
Aphricane
saracenes
,
which
not
content
with
the
midle
lande
that
was
graunted
vnto
them
by
league
for
their
habitation
,
inuaded
a
fresh
the
Countrie
néere
about
the
Sea
Coastes
.
This
man
vanquishing
the
Saracenes
in
battaile
,
draue
them
out
of
the
Romane
Territories
.
But
for
as
muche
as
their
power
and
wealth
was
dreadfull
and
terrible
in
Syria
and
all
the
East
,
and
newes
brought
by
sundry
rumours
that
there
was
more
ayde
comming
from
Abdimelik
,
to
the
ayde
of
these
Saracens
in
Affrica
,
Iohn
thinking
his
power
vnable
to
defend
and
kéepe
the
possession
of
the
prouince
,
went
to
Constantinople
to
fetch
more
ayde
from
Leontius
,
leauing
his
hoast
behind
him
in
Affrica
.
But
while
these
things
were
to
slowly
purueighed
and
prepared
by
Leontius
,
Abdimelik
vnderstanding
the
state
of
his
subiectes
in
Affrica
,
and
sore
mooued
wyth
the
late
losse
by
them
there
sustained
,
furnished
out
a
great
Nauie
to
recouer
the
Prouince
againe
.
With
whom
the
Romane
fléete
(
thinking
themselues
not
hable
to
make
their
part
good
)
departed
thence
,
into
Crete
.
Where
the
Chieuetaines
and
Princes
consulting
together
,
thought
it
much
sounded
to
their
shame
&
dishonour
to
returne
home
,
hauing
thus
lost
Affrica
and
left
the
same
open
to
their
enemies
:
and
partly
moved
with
displeasure
towarde
the
Emperour
which
did
so
dreamingly
prouide
for
the
furniture
&
supply
of
warlicke
affaires
,
egged
the
Mariners
to
reuolte
,
and
to
salute
Absimar
Emperour
,
The
Emperoure
shamefully
abused
by
his
owne
subiectes
.
whom
they
also
called
Tybarius
.
He
in
all
hast
speeding
himself
toward
Constantinople
with
an
armie
,
and
finding
Leontius
vnprouided
,
without
any
stop
wanne
the
Citie
,
and
taking
Leontius
,
cut
of
his
nose
and
cast
him
into
prison
.
The
Saracens
forciblie
enioyed
all
Affrica
,
and
draue
out
all
the
Romane
garrisons
.
The
most
part
of
them
that
then
inhabited
the
places
of
Affrica
néere
the
Sea
,
were
of
the
Gothes
lyne
.
This
Tyberius
immediatly
after
he
was
enthronyzed
and
made
Emperour
,
sent
his
brother
Heraclius
with
a
huige
armie
into
Asia
against
the
Saracenes
.
Who
inuading
Syria
pearced
into
the
countrey
as
farre
as
Samosata
and
wasting
al
the
places
néere
therabout
,
slue
néerehand
of
them
two
hundreth
thousande
,
Slaughter
of
Saracens
.
and
taking
there
many
prisoners
and
great
booties
,
brought
all
the
Countrey
in
great
feare
of
him
.
And
at
the
same
time
the
Princes
of
Armenia
,
in
a
sedition
killed
all
the
Saracenes
,
which
were
in
Armenia
:
and
sending
Ambassadours
to
Absimar
,
receiued
the
Romanes
againe
into
their
Prouince
.
Muamates
netteled
with
these
dealinges
,
with
a
great
power
set
vpon
them
,
brought
them
againe
vnder
the
Saracenicall
obeysaunce
,
and
burned
the
chi●fe
Princes
and
leaders
of
the
people
alyue
.
Then
he
also
inuaded
Cilicia
,
spoyling
and
ruynating
it
euerie
where
piteouslie
but
he
escaped
not
himselfe
scotfree
.
For
Heraclius
encountring
with
him
,
discomfited
a
great
part
of
his
hoast
and
tooke
the
rest
prisoners
,
whom
he
sent
bound
to
Constantinople
to
the
Emperour
.
At
which
time
Abdimelik
dyed
,
in
the
.xxi.
yéere
of
his
raigne
.
We
shewed
before
,
that
one
Abedramon
(
descended
of
the
Mauronion
stock
)
conueyed
himselfe
into
Mauritania
in
the
beginning
of
Abdimelik
his
Pontificate
,
and
was
there
in
suche
estimacion
among
his
people
and
Sectaries
,
that
all
the
Saracens
dwelling
in
that
Prouince
reuerenced
him
as
an
other
Caliph
or
rather
as
one
greater
then
a
Caliph
,
but
for
as
muche
as
he
entermedled
not
with
any
bellicall
insurrections
and
also
was
farre
of
,
Abdimelik
did
not
persecute
him
so
as
he
did
others
.
But
yet
notwithstanding
his
name
was
great
in
Arabia
.
He
dying
,
left
a
sonne
behind
him
,
named
Vlite
,
who
succéeded
Abdimelik
in
the
Pontificate
,
&
was
called
the
Muralmumine
,
in
the
yéere
after
the
incarnation
of
Christ
.708
.
During
whose
raigne
Armenia
was
once
againe
brought
vnder
the
Romane
subiection
,
and
the
Saracens
thence
expulsed
.
The
Arabians
making
an
irruption
into
the
Romane
Prouinces
,
tooke
by
force
the
citie
Mista
with
many
Castles
&
fortified
townes
and
with
great
booties
and
prayes
returned
home
.
Then
againe
vnder
the
conduct
of
Abatius
they
inuaded
Galatia
and
sacked
it
miserably
:
and
the
Emperour
Iustinian
being
againe
restored
to
the
Empyre
by
Trebellius
king
of
Bulgaria
,
the
Saracens
taking
occasion
by
reason
of
these
new
tumultes
&
commotions
,
issued
out
of
Aegipt
with
a
greater
preparation
&
power
than
they
did
before
,
and
debellad
all
Lybia
to
the
Ocean
Sea
.
I
call
it
now
Lybia
,
because
I
haue
alreadie
shewed
that
Affrica
was
before
by
them
taken
,
which
is
a
part
of
Lybia
:
to
th
ende
you
may
vnderstand
that
I
do
not
speake
of
a
part
only
,
which
was
already
conquered
,
but
of
the
whole
region
.
For
wheras
Lybia
or
the
whole
countrey
of
Affrica
being
almost
on
euery
side
compassed
about
with
water
like
an
Island
,
is
on
the
North
enuironed
with
our
Sea
,
on
the
West
and
South
with
the
Atlantique
Ocean
,
on
the
East
with
the
East
,
red
&
Arabian
Sea
,
and
is
ioyned
to
Asia
by
a
little
narow
part
of
dry
land
lying
betwene
the
vttermost
end
of
the.
Arabian
Gulph
&
our
Sea
:
yet
Egypt
(
which
Prouince
extendeth
from
the
Cataractes
and
fludgates
of
the
riuer
Nilus
to
the
mouth
of
the
same
)
together
with
Aethiopia
(
which
lieth
aboue
it
)
of
many
old
writers
,
yea
of
late
Authours
also
,
is
not
reckened
into
Affrica
.
And
as
the
riuer
Nilus
parteth
the
East
part
of
this
halfe
Isle
,
that
is
to
wit
,
Aegypt
&
Aethiopia
,
where
the
large
&
mightie
dominions
of
Presbiter
Iohn
lye
:
so
the
riuer
Nigir
,
springing
(
as
many
write
)
from
the
same
fountain
,
and
hauing
(
as
the
other
hath
his
course
from
the
South
into
the
North
)
so
this
from
the
East
into
the
Weast
,
and
falling
into
the
Athlantique
Ocean
,
parteth
and
separateth
the
most
wealthie
Kingdomes
of
the
Nigrites
from
it
,
So
that
,
the
Lybia
which
we
here
meane
,
is
contained
within
the
boundes
of
Nilus
and
Nigir
the
Athlantique
Ocean
and
our
Sea
.
All
which
as
farre
as
it
stretcheth
from
the
Weast
into
the
East
,
the
buyge
Mount
Athlas
cutteth
and
seuereth
a
sunder
:
béeyng
at
this
daye
diuided
into
three
partes
,
Barbaria
,
Numidia
and
Lybia
.
Lybia
which
in
the
Arabian
tongue
is
called
Sarra
,
that
is
to
say
Desert
,
is
bound
on
the
Southe
wyth
the
kingdomes
of
the
Nigrites
,
on
the
North
with
the
mount
Athlas
,
on
the
East
with
the
riuer
Nilus
&
on
the
west
with
the
Ocean
.
Numidia
called
in
the
Arabian
tongue
Biledulgerid
,
(
which
is
to
say
,
a
Countrey
wherein
groweth
great
store
of
dates
)
stretching
from
the
borders
of
Aegypt
to
the
Ocean
,
lyeth
South
from
the
mountain
Athlas
.
Barbarie
from
the
East
to
the
West
(
contained
within
the
same
limittes
and
borders
)
comprehendeth
all
that
which
lyeth
betwene
Athlas
and
our
Sea
.
And
this
is
also
diuided
into
foure
Prouinces
:
Mauritania
Tingintana
,
which
containeth
the
Kingdomes
of
Marrocco
&
Feze
:
Caesariensis
,
wherin
is
the
king
dome
of
Telensine
:
&
the
.iii.
part
both
in
th
old
time
&
now
is
properly
called
Affrica
,
wherin
in
auncient
time
the
Carthaginians
flourished
,
conteining
now
at
this
day
the
Citie
Affrica
,
Tunice
and
Tripolis
.
After
this
foloweth
Cirenes
,
which
is
comprehended
in
the
kingdome
of
Bugia
.
At
the
first
inuasion
and
irruption
made
into
this
Prouince
during
the
raigne
of
Ozmen
,
the
Saracens
swarming
out
of
Aegypt
wan
Cyrenaica
&
Affrica
.
But
making
peace
afterward
with
the
Emperour
,
they
were
commaunded
to
depart
from
al
the
places
néere
to
the
Sea
coastes
,
and
so
they
remooued
further
into
the
Confines
of
Numidia
and
Lybia
,
and
in
the
raigne
of
Muauias
they
againe
entring
into
the
Territories
of
the
Carthaginians
,
subdued
the
countrey
of
Affrica
,
all
about
the
Sea
coastes
.
And
nowe
auauncing
forward
their
Standards
they
inuaded
both
the
Mauritaines
,
&
appointed
for
the
limites
of
their
Empire
the
Ocean
&
the
riuer
Nigir
.
Ouer
which
prouince
Vlite
them
chief
Bishop
of
the
Mahumetane
sect
,
made
Mucas
high
deputée
,
&
appointed
vnto
him
a
strong
power
.
But
yet
the
part
of
Tingintana
that
lyeth
toward
the
straictes
of
Marrocke
was
vnder
the
rule
of
Roderike
Visigotte
king
of
Spaine
.
For
the
Gothes
expulsing
all
the
Romane
garrisons
were
lordes
of
the
whole
countrye
of
spaine
,
from
300.
yéeres
almost
passed
,
acknowledgyng
for
their
King
none
but
this
Rodericke
:
who
was
not
onely
King
of
both
the
Spaynes
,
the
néerer
and
furthér
,
but
also
possessed
all
that
laye
toward
the
straict
Sea
in
Mauritania
Tingintana
.
The
Straictes
in
Affrica
,
hath
thrée
Promontories
,
makyng
two
Bayes
or
Elbowes
into
the
landwarde
:
and
in
Spaine
as
many
Promontories
with
so
many
bosomes
or
Elbowes
of
the
Sea
.
The
famous
and
noble
Cities
by
the
Sea
,
in
Spayne
,
were
Carteia
situate
by
the
Promontorie
Calpe
,
which
afterwarde
was
called
Tarifa
:
in
Aphrica
,
Tingis
,
of
whom
Mauritania
Tingintana
hath
his
name
,
standyng
by
the
Promontorie
Abyle
:
and
Cepta
,
called
of
Ptolomaeus
,
Essilissa
.
The
Romanes
deuided
all
Spayne
into
two
Prouinces
,
and
sent
into
them
two
Proconsulles
,
or
Propretors
:
whereof
the
one
gouerned
the
néerer
and
the
other
the
furder
.
But
these
partes
were
not
alwayes
of
one
greatnesse
:
for
when
as
they
had
not
yet
the
whole
possession
of
all
Spayne
,
the
hyther
Spaine
was
contayned
within
the
riuer
Iberus
and
the
Pyrenee
Mountaynes
:
and
all
beyond
Iberus
was
of
the
further
Spayne
,
which
belonged
to
the
Carthaginians
.
But
after
that
they
had
driuen
out
the
Punique
Garrysons
out
of
euery
quarter
of
the
Countraie
,
and
had
got
the
possession
of
all
Spayne
,
they
called
that
which
on
the
East
and
south
is
enuironed
almost
Ilandwise
without
Sea
,
on
the
West
with
the
Athlantique
Ocean
,
on
the
North
with
the
Sea
Cantabricum
and
the
Pyrenee
Mountaynes
(
exceptinge
Lusitania
and
Betica
)
by
the
name
of
the
néerer
Spaine
:
and
those
partes
which
be
deuided
by
the
riuer
Anas
and
compassed
about
with
the
Ocean
as
far
as
to
the
Asturians
,
thei
called
the
further
Spaine
,
callyng
that
which
marcheth
vpon
the
straicts
,
Betica
,
which
now
contayneth
Vandalusia
&
the
Kingdome
of
Granado
,
&
the
which
extendeth
from
the
riuer
Anas
to
the
riuer
Duria
they
called
Lusitanie
and
al
the
hyther
part
,
Tarraconensis
.
Which
tripartite
diuision
Geographers
in
their
descriptions
haue
obserued
.
Ouer
these
thrée
Prouinces
and
also
ouer
the
Asturians
and
Cantabrians
which
be
on
this
side
the
Pyrenees
,
by
the
North
ocean
,
and
also
ouer
the
Prouince
called
Narbonensis
so
farre
as
the
Riuer
of
Rhone
,
which
was
then
called
Gallia
Gottica
,
this
Roderike
Visigot
was
(
as
we
haue
sayd
king
&
gouernour
at
that
time
,
when
the
Saracenes
extended
the
limits
of
their
Dominyon
in
Aphrica
to
the
ocean
,
which
was
in
the
yéere
of
our
Lorde
.712
.
This
Rodericke
made
Iuliane
Earle
of
Cepta
(
descended
of
the
bloud
of
Visigottes
,
a
man
of
great
power
and
wealth
in
Spayne
and
chief
ruler
ouer
a
certayne
Ilande
now
called
Viridis
,
lying
in
the
narow
Sea
,
and
many
other
places
aswell
in
Spayne
as
in
Tingintana
)
his
high
Deputie
and
warden
in
Betica
and
all
other
such
places
as
were
vnder
his
rule
in
Tingintana
.
Vnto
hym
hee
committed
the
whole
charge
,
to
defend
Spayne
on
that
side
from
the
inuasions
of
the
Saracenes
,
Beautye
of
a
Woman
.
causeth
much
mischief
.
and
to
kepe
the
narow
Seas
.
This
Iulyan
had
a
Daughter
named
Caba
,
a
beautyfull
young
Ladye
,
insomuch
that
for
her
parsonage
she
was
no
lesse
pernitious
to
Spayne
,
then
faire
Helena
was
to
the
Troyanes
.
For
Rodericke
fallynge
in
loue
with
her
,
whether
it
were
by
force
or
by
fraud
(
for
it
is
reported
both
waies
)
made
a
breach
into
her
virgynitie
.
Which
vnprincely
trick
she
(
as
soone
as
she
conueniently
could
)
vttered
and
discouered
vnto
her
Father
.
Who
dissimuling
as
though
he
had
knowne
nothyng
of
this
iniurie
done
to
him
in
his
Daughter
,
and
kéepyng
to
hymselfe
the
desire
of
iust
reuenge
till
a
tyme
for
his
purpose
conuenient
,
desired
leaue
of
the
Kinge
to
departe
the
Courtand
to
go
to
Cepta
,
because
being
there
(
as
he
said
)
he
could
much
better
defeat
the
Saracens
entended
enterprises
.
Which
request
obtayned
,
he
trussed
vp
al
his
furniture
of
houshold
&
with
his
wife
went
to
Cepta
.
When
he
was
come
thither
,
fayning
an
excuse
that
his
wife
was
sore
sicke
,
he
desired
the
king
to
geue
Caba
,
his
doughter
leaue
to
come
home
and
sée
her
languishing
mother
,
who
was
neuer
like
to
sée
her
any
more
.
For
Caba
with
other
Princes
and
Lordes
daughters
(
as
the
manner
was
)
at
that
time
waited
in
the
Court
.
Hauing
by
this
meanes
receiued
home
his
Daughter
,
he
went
to
Mucas
who
was
(
as
before
we
shewed
)
the
head
ruler
of
all
Lybya
vnder
Vlite
,
and
vnto
hym
he
opened
from
poynt
to
poynt
the
whole
cause
of
his
comming
away
from
the
Court
,
and
promysing
to
make
hym
Lord
of
all
Spayne
if
he
woulde
geue
the
aduenture
&
take
the
enterprise
in
hand
.
Mucas
shewed
the
whole
matter
vnto
Vlite
,
because
he
durste
not
deale
in
such
a
waightye
case
,
withoute
his
will
and
pleasure
first
knowne
.
Of
whom
he
receaued
this
answer
,
that
the
matter
propounded
was
of
great
importaunce
and
difficultie
,
and
that
it
were
not
best
in
such
a
doubtfull
matter
to
geue
rashe
credite
to
a
subtyle
persone
,
and
one
altogether
estraunged
from
their
Religion
.
Notwithstandinge
,
to
trye
the
trust
and
faithfulnesse
of
the
Earle
,
he
was
resolued
,
that
the
matter
might
be
best
assayed
,
by
deliuering
vnto
hym
a
small
crewe
of
Souldiours
at
the
first
:
and
if
he
sped
well
and
had
good
successe
at
the
beginning
,
afterward
more
ayde
and
greater
power
might
be
sent
.
Mucas
although
he
were
throughlye
perswaded
by
the
Earles
talke
and
motion
,
that
althings
would
sort
to
good
effect
,
yet
durst
he
not
passe
nor
goe
beyond
the
contents
of
his
Commission
,
prescribed
by
vlite
.
Wherefore
he
delyuered
vnto
Iulyan
,
one
of
his
Capitaynes
named
Tarife
Auenzarca
with
a
hundred
Horsmen
&
400.
footemen
.
Who
were
all
transported
in
foure
Ships
,
into
a
litle
Ile
lyinge
in
that
Elbow
of
Sea
that
the
Promontorie
Calpe
maketh
,
which
I
le
was
afterward
of
this
Capitayne
Tarife
,
called
Gelriza
Tarif
.
Vnto
this
place
Iulyan
called
and
by
gentle
meanes
allured
all
his
friendes
,
and
kinsfolkes
,
recomptinge
vnto
them
from
poynct
to
poynt
the
commodities
and
plesures
which
by
his
labour
,
industrie
and
perilles
the
King
had
receaued
,
for
recompence
whereof
,
he
forgat
not
to
tell
them
the
Kinges
vngratitude
,
and
the
spightfull
dishonor
doone
vnto
hys
house
by
the
rauishing
and
deflowryng
of
his
Daughter
,
telling
them
further
,
that
the
King
did
vniustly
vsurp
that
kingdome
,
whiche
by
rightfull
succession
of
inheritaunce
belonged
to
the
Sonnes
of
Vitiza
.
For
which
causes
he
desired
their
helpynge
handes
in
this
so
good
and
iust
quarell
to
assiste
hym
,
tellyng
them
that
the
next
yéere
he
would
come
with
a
conuenient
army
to
performe
asmuch
as
he
then
spake
.
He
so
much
perswaded
them
with
these
and
such
lyke
wordes
,
that
they
promysed
hym
when
time
shoulde
serue
their
best
seruice
and
furtheraunce
:
and
there
vpon
retourned
home
euery
man
to
his
owne
house
.
Iulian
because
he
would
make
a
beginning
of
his
purposed
warre
,
inuaded
the
Ile
Gades
liing
in
the
vtter
part
of
the
ocean
,
néere
to
the
narrow
sea
,
whiche
Ile
was
afterwarde
named
Alzira
Dalfrada
:
which
with
Sword
and
fire
he
spoyled
,
caryinge
the
Inhabitantes
awaye
with
hym
Prisoners
,
and
after
that
shewed
the
lyke
curtesie
to
Lusitania
and
Betica
,
and
beyng
laden
with
aboundaunce
of
spoyles
and
booties
returned
into
Aphrica
.
Mucas
séeing
this
good
successe
and
thinkyng
it
a
beginninge
good
ynough
,
delyuered
vnto
hym
twelue
thowsande
Saracenes
beside
them
before
,
vnder
the
conducte
of
the
same
Tarife
.
With
whome
hee
arriued
at
the
foote
of
the
Promontorie
Calpe
,
which
Mountayne
was
thereof
afterward
called
Gabel
Traife
,
which
is
as
much
to
say
as
the
Mount
of
Traif
,
and
now
it
is
called
Gibel
,
and
setting
his
Souldiers
on
land
,
tooke
by
force
the
citie
Carceia
,
which
afterwarde
euen
till
our
time
was
called
Tarifa
.
The
rumour
of
this
great
commotion
being
spred
throughout
all
Spaine
,
the
kinsfolkes
of
Earle
Iulian
gathering
together
all
the
power
that
they
were
able
,
and
feigning
that
they
went
to
repulse
this
Saracenicall
inuasion
,
went
straight
wayes
thither
and
ioyned
themselues
with
him
.
And
so
all
their
powers
being
linked
in
one
,
they
wasted
and
haryed
al
the
coast
about
the
Riuer
Betis
now
named
Guadolouir
,
and
commonly
called
Andalusia
or
of
the
Vandales
,
Vandalusia
.
Roderike
in
the
meane
season
,
with
as
much
spéede
as
he
coulde
,
gathered
a
very
great
Armie
,
and
appointing
his
Cosen
Germaine
Ignicus
to
be
Chieuetaine
thereof
,
sent
him
against
his
enemyes
.
Who
making
many
conflictes
and
skirmishes
with
them
was
at
length
with
all
his
Armie
discomfited
and
ouerthrowne
.
The
Saracens
hauing
made
great
pyllage
&
desolation
in
the
Countrey
,
and
laden
with
foyson
of
many
booties
,
and
carying
a
great
multitude
of
Prisoners
with
them
returned
into
Affrica
.
At
which
time
,
Vlite
beyng
in
Asia
,
and
making
preparation
to
warre
with
Constantinople
,
dyed
,
after
whom
Zulciminie
the
Sonne
of
Abdimelik
was
made
high
Bishop
,
during
whose
raigne
the
Saracens
the
seconde
time
besieged
Constantinople
.
For
immediatly
after
his
creation
,
he
sent
Malsana
with
an
armie
by
lande
,
and
Aumar
with
an
other
by
Sea
against
Constantinople
,
and
he
himselfe
with
a
great
power
folowed
after
.
But
this
his
strong
and
terrible
purpose
was
for
a
while
defeated
by
Leo
the
Praetor
of
Armenia
:
whom
they
(
séeking
meanes
to
entrap
and
deceiue
)
were
themselues
by
him
entrapped
and
deceaued
:
for
he
stopping
the
passages
&
conuenient
places
through
which
they
must
néedes
goe
,
hindered
their
reckening
.
Whilest
these
thinges
were
in
doyng
,
Mucas
comming
out
of
Affrica
,
to
congratulate
and
doe
his
duetie
to
Zulciminie
the
new
Byshop
,
declareth
vnto
him
the
state
of
their
affaires
in
Spaine
:
wherevpon
he
being
meruelous
desirous
to
enlarge
the
limittes
of
his
Empire
,
gaue
him
in
commaundement
,
to
send
Tarife
againe
into
that
Prouince
with
a
mightier
armie
then
any
he
had
before
.
Mucas
therfore
retourning
into
Affrica
,
the
next
yeere
folowing
transfreted
with
a
buige
armie
into
Spayne
,
kéeping
with
him
as
a
pledge
or
hostage
,
Richila
Counte
of
Tingis
,
and
cosen
to
Iulian
,
whom
he
halfe
mistrusted
.
Which
armie
being
once
landed
on
the
next
coast
,
Roderike
speedely
gathered
the
powers
of
the
Prouinces
néere
about
.
And
so
with
the
ayde
of
the
people
of
Gottalonia
(
now
called
Catalonia
and
in
th
olde
time
Lacetani
)
the
inhabitauntes
of
Iberia
now
called
Tarracon
or
Aragon
:
)
the
Cantabrians
béeyng
at
this
day
in
the
Kingdome
of
Nauarre
:
and
the
people
of
Gallia
Gottica
,
wherein
are
the
Cities
Tolosa
&
Nimes
vnto
the
Ryuer
Rhone
,
he
sodainly
and
vnlooked
for
,
encountred
with
them
at
the
Ryuer
Bedalaces
whiche
of
th
olde
wryters
was
called
Betis
,
néere
to
a
towne
called
xerez
.
The
Saracenes
at
that
tyme
had
encamped
them selues
on
that
side
of
the
Ryuer
where
Andalusia
standeth
:
and
the
King
wyth
hys
battaile
on
the
other
side
,
wherein
the
Kingdome
of
Castile
is
.
For
the
Ryuer
Betis
springing
out
of
mount
Ortospeda
in
the
borders
of
Aragon
,
and
runnyng
into
the
Ocean
nexte
to
the
Streightes
,
diuideth
Andalusia
and
the
Kyngdome
of
Granado
from
Castile
:
and
runneth
through
the
myddle
of
Betica
,
which
is
bounded
wyth
the
ryuer
Anas
,
sprynging
oute
of
the
same
Mountaine
.
Lusitanie
lying
West
from
Tarracon
,
by
a
straight
course
reacheth
from
the
mouth
or
entraunce
of
Anas
foorth
right
to
the
ryuer
Duria
:
and
the
ryuer
Pisguerra
seperateth
the
Castulonians
from
the
Asturians
.
In
this
place
,
the
.iij.
of
September
being
Sunday
,
in
the
yéere
after
the
incarnation
.
714.
he
aduaunced
hys
Standerd
and
committed
his
fortune
good
or
bad
,
to
the
hazard
of
battail
.
The
fight
was
most
fierce
&
deadly
for
the
passage
of
the
Riuer
,
whilest
the
one
part
woulde
néedes
passe
ouer
,
and
the
other
wold
not
suffer
them
.
This
continued
a
good
whyle
in
such
equall
match
,
that
hard
it
was
to
discerne
to
whether
partie
the
victorie
would
encline
:
which
was
much
to
be
merueiled
at
,
considering
how
sore
Spaine
had
for
two
yéeres
last
afore
,
béene
afflicted
with
dearth
of
victualles
and
the
Pestilential
plague
.
Wherby
the
souldiours
had
not
the
strength
and
courage
that
they
had
before
,
and
the
men
,
who
in
a
hundreth
&
fiftie
yeeres
space
had
not
bene
trained
vp
in
any
warres
,
cockered
and
effeminated
with
ease
,
had
lost
in
a
manner
all
warlike
discipline
and
right
vse
of
handling
their
weapons
,
&
were
moreouer
withoute
harnysse
armour
or
habilimentes
méete
for
the
warres
:
because
Vitiza
,
Roderike
his
Predecessour
,
a
most
cruell
and
bloudie
Tyraunt
,
had
caused
all
weapons
to
be
taken
away
from
the
people
and
to
bée
broken
.
A
most
blodie
battaile
continuing
a
whole
weeke
.
This
battaile
continued
not
onely
that
day
,
but
during
all
the
whole
wéeke
till
the
Sundaie
folowing
,
there
were
dayly
sharpe
and
terrible
conflictes
.
And
on
the
eyght
daye
which
was
the
.xi.
of
September
the
two
Sonnes
of
King
Vitiza
hauing
the
night
before
indented
and
conspired
wyth
Tarife
,
(
who
promysed
them
their
fathers
Kingdome
,
)
drew
backe
and
priuely
conueighed
themselues
with
their
retinue
out
of
the
battaile
,
by
meanes
whereof
Mucas
with
litle
a
doe
brought
al
his
armie
ouer
the
Ryuer
,
and
then
was
the
Gothes
araye
quickly
broken
and
they
themselues
vanquished
.
Roderike
the
first
day
of
the
battayle
,
obseruing
the
auncient
guise
of
his
countrey
,
How
kings
in
those
daies
came
into
the
field
,
with
what
apparell
,
&
for
what
cause
.
came
into
the
fielde
,
apparailled
in
a
gowne
of
beaten
Golde
,
hauing
also
on
his
head
a
Crown
of
gold
and
golden
Shoes
,
and
all
his
other
apparaile
set
with
rich
pearles
&
precious
stones
,
ryding
in
a
horselitter
of
Iuorie
drawen
by
two
goodly
horses
.
Which
order
the
Gothes
vsed
alwayes
in
battailes
for
this
consideration
,
the
the
Souldiours
well
knowing
their
king
could
not
escape
away
by
flight
from
them
,
shuld
be
assured
that
there
was
none
other
way
,
but
either
to
die
togither
in
that
place
or
else
to
winne
the
victorie
.
For
it
had
bene
a
thing
most
shamefull
and
reprochfull
to
forsake
their
Prince
and
anoynted
Soueraigne
.
Which
custome
and
maner
,
many
frée
confederate
cities
of
Italie
folowing
,
trimmed
and
adorned
for
the
warres
,
a
certaine
Chayre
of
estate
,
called
Carocio
)
wherin
were
set
the
Penons
and
Ensignes
of
all
the
confederates
.
This
Chayre
in
battaile
was
drawen
by
many
Oxen
,
wherby
the
whole
hoast
was
giuen
to
vnderstand
,
the
they
could
not
with
any
honestie
flie
,
by
reason
of
the
slow
pace
and
vnweldinesse
of
those
heauie
Beasts
.
In
this
sort
was
king
Roderike
pompously
caried
in
hys
horselitter
during
the
battailes
foughten
in
seuen
dayes
space
.
But
on
the
eight
day
,
séeing
things
brought
to
the
last
pushe
and
to
stand
vpon
sixe
and
seuen
,
of
or
on
,
he
him selfe
with
others
determined
to
fight
it
out
valiantly
:
and
therfore
mounted
vpon
an
excellent
couragious
courser
,
called
Orell
,
and
animating
his
Souldiours
with
a
most
vehement
and
pithie
Oration
boldly
gaue
the
charge
vppon
his
enemies
.
But
when
he
saw
the
fronte
of
his
battaile
to
shrinke
,
he
departed
aside
vnto
a
little
hill
harde
by
and
stripped
himself
out
of
all
his
royal
Robes
:
and
from
thence
beholding
the
mercilesse
slaughter
of
his
men
on
euerye
side
,
moued
with
repentance
,
because
he
knew
himself
to
be
the
cause
&
occasioner
of
all
this
mishap
,
chaunged
himselfe
into
another
wéede
and
fled
into
a
deserte
of
Lusitanie
,
where
he
found
a
certaine
holy
man
,
lyuing
solitarie
,
with
whom
he
passed
the
rest
of
his
life
.
Nowe
wheras
it
is
reported
and
written
that
he
folowed
a
Starre
or
a
messanger
of
God
which
conducted
and
guided
him
in
his
way
:
it
may
be
so
,
and
the
same
hath
also
happened
to
others
.
But
it
may
aswell
also
be
vnderstoode
of
a
certaine
secrete
Starre
mouing
and
directing
his
will
.
And
whereas
they
say
he
was
put
by
that
holy
man
into
a
Caue
or
hoale
and
a
Serpent
with
hym
that
had
two
heads
,
which
in
two
dayes
space
gnawed
al
the
flesh
of
his
body
from
the
bones
this
beyng
simplie
taken
and
vnderstanded
,
hath
no
likelihood
of
any
truth
.
For
what
sanctity
,
what
Religyon
,
or
what
pietie
,
commaundeth
to
kyll
a
penitent
person
,
and
one
that
séeketh
comfort
of
his
afflicted
mynd
by
amendent
of
life
,
with
such
horrible
torments
and
straunge
punishment
?
Wherefore
I
woulde
rather
thinke
it
to
be
spoken
mysticallye
,
and
that
the
Serpent
with
two
heads
signifieth
his
sinful
and
gylty
conscience
,
which
tormenteth
&
disquieteth
those
that
haue
perpetrated
any
heynous
offence
,
as
though
it
were
the
Furies
of
hell
,
as
the
Poetes
haue
feygned
of
Orestes
and
others
.
There
therfore
in
that
place
he
died
,
and
certaine
yéeres
after
,
his
Sepulcher
or
Tombe
was
founde
at
Viseo
in
Portugall
with
this
Epitaph
or
superscription
vpon
it
.
HEre
lyes
the
Corps
of
Roderick
,
late
King
Of
Gothes
,
accurst
and
fraught
with
furie
dire
▪
Whose
sensuall
raigne
brought
dule
and
deadly
sting
To
Spanish
soyle
:
because
of
Iulians
yre
,
Which
would
not
be
appeasde
till
he
had
wrought
The
Toyle
of
strife
,
and
brought
all
thinges
to
nought
.
All
mad
with
rage
and
spightfull
rancours
moode
By
deuilish
fate
incensde
,
Gods
heastes
despisde
,
His
faith
renounced
,
religion
eke
withstoode
,
A
foe
to
frindes
,
his
Countries
wracke
deuisde
:
Vnto
his
Lorde
an
arrant
traytrous
Elfe
,
A
murthrous
wight
,
and
cruell
toward
hymselfe
.
Embrued
with
guylt
,
for
sheading
Christen
bloud
Which
by
his
driftes
were
brought
to
fatall
end
,
An
Homycide
,
of
mangling
Butchers
broode
Did
ruyne
to
his
natiue
soyle
pretend
.
His
memorie
shall
dye
with
men
for
aye
,
His
name
shall
rotte
,
as
doth
his
Corps
in
clay
.
In
this
battayle
all
the
men
of
Armes
and
Gentlemen
of
the
Gothes
were
slayne
and
the
whole
power
of
Spayne
vtterlie
ouerthrowne
.
Of
the
Gothicall
Army
there
slayne
,
the
number
was
infinite
,
but
of
the
Saracenes
onely
twenty
thousande
:
which
happened
because
the
factious
rout
of
Iulian
which
had
al
the
Armour
and
defence
of
the
Realme
of
Spayne
tooke
parte
with
them
.
And
the
multytude
of
them
was
very
great
:
but
they
which
fought
on
the
Kinges
side
were
in
a
manner
all
vnarmed
and
naked
men
.
A
few
escaping
by
flyght
ranne
whither
fortune
lead
them
and
saued
themselues
.
They
which
were
comming
out
of
forreine
prouinces
to
ayde
the
King
,
hearyng
of
this
lamentable
discomfiture
,
ioyned
sydes
with
them
that
were
fled
to
Egicia
,
and
embattayling
themselues
againste
the
Saracenes
which
followed
the
chase
,
and
pursued
the
poore
vanquished
fléers
,
set
vpon
them
with
a
fierce
recharge
:
fighting
(
lyke
eigre
Lyons
robbed
and
bereft
of
their
whelps
)
&
manfully
discomfited
the
vauntgard
of
their
Enemies
Armye
.
But
beynge
not
hable
to
sustayne
the
force
of
Iulians
battayle
which
were
strong
men
and
wel
armed
,
they
were
faine
to
retyre
into
the
Citie
.
Tarife
encampinge
hymselfe
there
,
where
now
at
this
daye
the
Well
of
Tarif
is
,
and
thence
géeuing
assault
to
the
Citie
,
with
litle
a
do
wanne
it
.
Which
done
,
by
the
counsell
of
Iulian
,
he
deuided
his
host
into
many
braunches
,
assignynge
vnto
euery
parte
such
Capitaines
as
he
thought
fittest
:
ymagining
yea
not
doubtyng
but
the
Christians
before
they
coulde
take
any
counsell
what
way
were
best
to
follow
or
be
able
to
gather
anye
more
power
,
might
be
oppressed
and
all
at
once
dispercled
whersoeuer
they
could
be
founde
.
They
Sonnes
of
Vitiza
and
Byshoppe
Opasius
were
appointed
Capitaynes
ouer
them
.
One
Hoast
addressed
themselues
toward
the
conquest
of
Malacca
(
now
called
Malega
)
a
Port
or
hauen
of
Betica
by
the
midland
sea
,
which
to
be
spéedely
taken
,
was
much
for
their
behoofe
&
aduantage
.
An
other
marched
to
sack
Corduba
,
ouer
whom
was
Chieuetaine
,
a
certayne
christian
hauing
a
litle
before
renounced
his
Christianitie
and
Saracenyzed
,
whose
name
was
Mageitar
.
And
the
third
was
conducted
by
Tarife
himselfe
,
which
tooke
the
way
to
the
Citie
Mentesia
,
adioyning
to
that
part
of
Aquitania
,
which
lyeth
hard
by
the
Pyrenees
and
is
called
Guienne
or
Gascoigne
.
And
subuertyng
that
Citie
(
which
chose
rather
to
be
vtterly
ruynated
then
to
be
come
vassall
vnder
Saracenicall
slauerie
,
he
discamped
to
Toledo
,
wanne
it
,
and
after
that
,
Gaudalagiar
&
Medina
Almeide
,
which
Citie
was
so
named
of
a
pretie
big
Table
made
all
of
one
gréene
precious
stone
like
an
Emeraulde
,
found
in
it
.
Then
he
tooke
the
strong
citie
of
Amaia
,
wherin
was
kept
at
the
tresure
for
the
wars
.
After
this
he
inuaded
the
Region
called
Gottici
Campi
,
tooke
by
surrendrie
the
Cities
Asturica
&
Gigion
(
wherof
Mugnuza
a
Gothian
was
Captaine
)
and
subiugated
Gatalonia
,
being
ayded
by
Mugnoces
Prince
of
Cerdania
,
who
also
was
a
Gothian
borne
.
Wherefore
the
Saracenes
made
him
Ruler
of
all
the
places
confininge
to
Cerdania
.
An other
Army
,
hauinge
wonne
Granado
,
marched
to
subdue
Nurtia
and
Horihuela
,
where
there
was
a
bloudy
battaile
foughten
betwéene
the
Christians
and
the
Saracenes
in
the
plaine
Fields
which
are
to
this
day
thereof
called
sangonarij
:
in
which
conflict
(
the
Saracenes
gettinge
the
vpperhand
)
the
citie
yéelded
.
After
this
,
the
same
hoast
remoued
to
Valentia
,
and
discomfiting
the
Valentians
yssuing
out
of
the
towne
to
fight
when
they
saw
the
citie
strongly
fortefied
&
rampiered
with
wals
and
diches
they
tooke
it
by
surrendrie
,
with
this
condicion
,
that
the
Christians
should
be
permitted
to
haue
in
it
one
Temple
to
inhabit
,
which
was
Saint
Basil
his
Colledge
,
now
at
this
day
called
Sainct
Barptolomewes
.
All
the
rest
they
dedicated
to
that
Idolatrous
verlet
,
their
Prophet
Mahomet
,
sauing
onely
that
Temple
,
whiche
stoode
in
the
Figge
market
,
where
holie
Vincent
was
martyred
,
which
was
afterward
an
Hospital
of
christians
.
The
citie
was
pestered
&
peopled
with
Moores
,
albeit
the
Iews
were
suffred
to
remayne
still
in
it
,
and
a
few
christians
,
which
dwelt
in
S.
Basilles
colledge
.
Which
the
inhabitants
of
Puigum
,
a
towne
of
Enesa
,
hearing
,
wher
ther
was
an
other
colledge
of
S.
Basill
,
left
their
homes
&
fled
,
burying
their
great
Bell
&
a
certaine
Marble
Image
in
that
churche
in
hope
one
day
of
a
returne
.
Whither
the
saracenes
sent
people
of
their
owne
to
inhabit
vnder
the
conduct
of
Cebola
:
wherof
the
same
towne
Puigum
was
afterwarde
called
Cebole
:
who
also
builded
an
other
litle
towne
of
the
same
name
.
And
thus
Valentia
,
Sogorbes
,
Tortosa
,
Lerida
,
Barcinon
&
Sarragoza
with
al
Spayne
,
was
brought
vnder
the
power
and
iurisdiction
of
the
Saracenes
.
But
Tarracon
because
it
long
resisted
&
stoutlye
stoode
at
defiance
with
them
,
they
vtterly
subuerted
&
rased
,
which
was
afterward
new
builded
by
Bernhard
Metropolytane
of
Toledo
,
at
the
commandement
of
Vrban
the
second
of
the
name
pope
of
Rome
,
in
the
yéere
1090.
By
this
meanes
,
al
spaine
in
the
space
of
.xiiij
Monthes
was
subdued
:
All
Spayne
conquered
by
Saracenes
.
which
was
a
thing
easie
to
be
doone
,
considering
that
the
people
wer
cleane
without
armour
,
weapon
,
munition
or
Capitaine
,
&
Opasius
Metropolitane
of
Syuile
euer
exhortinge
them
to
yéeld
,
promysing
vnto
them
the
they
should
quietly
enioye
their
religion
&
lawes
as
they
had
before
doone
,
whiche
promise
was
not
obserued
,
nor
kept
sauing
in
a
few
places
,
as
at
Valencia
,
Siuile
,
and
Toledo
,
in
which
they
left
certaine
temples
for
the
Christians
to
inhabite
.
Wherevpon
yet
to
this
daye
,
in
the
chiefest
Cathedrall
Church
of
the
Citie
,
the
Rites
and
diuine
seruice
among
them
celebrated
,
is
Mozarabicall
,
that
is
to
say
,
mingled
with
Arabian
:
which
was
allowed
and
confirmed
by
the
Bishops
of
that
time
,
according
to
the
order
and
institution
of
Saint
Leandre
.
After
these
victories
,
the
number
of
the
Saracens
dayly
encreased
in
Spaine
,
in
so
much
that
the
Spanyardes
then
chaunged
not
onely
their
religion
and
maners
,
but
corrupted
their
language
,
and
the
names
of
their
Cyties
,
Townes
,
Hilles
,
Ryuers
and
all
other
places
were
likewise
altered
.
Albeit
many
of
them
fled
into
Fraunce
,
England
,
Italie
and
Grecia
,
to
craue
ayde
of
other
Christian
Princes
.
Some
others
planted
themselues
in
that
part
of
the
Pyrenees
that
lyeth
out
into
Asturia
and
reacheth
within
the
Aquitanicall
Ocean
.
And
they
whiche
remained
still
with
the
Saracens
,
had
in
euerie
place
,
their
Prelates
and
Pastours
,
men
deuout
and
holy
.
But
the
first
recouerie
and
helpe
of
Spaine
,
sprang
vp
among
the
Asturians
.
Which
Countrey
not
only
remayned
safe
and
vndemnified
of
that
Barbarous
Nation
,
but
also
was
the
first
that
stopped
their
lewde
inuasions
,
and
there
was
the
auncient
and
natiue
language
of
Spayne
conserued
.
Which
thing
that
it
maye
the
better
bée
vnderstoode
by
what
meanes
it
happened
,
we
must
briefely
describe
the
whole
tracte
and
situation
of
the
Pyrenees
.
Wée
said
before
that
Spayne
was
in
forme
of
a
Cherronese
or
almost
as
a
Islande
.
enuironed
with
Sea
on
euery
side
,
sauyng
onely
in
one
place
.
The
Northe
parte
whereof
,
ioyneth
to
Fraunce
by
a
narowe
porcion
of
lande
that
lyeth
betwéene
two
Seas
,
and
the
Pyrenee
Mountaines
lying
a
long
from
the
Sunne
rising
in
Winter
,
to
the
setting
of
the
same
in
Sommer
,
enuiron
it
about
lyke
a
wall
.
The
bredth
of
the
Isthmos
or
narow
trench
of
land
lying
betwene
the
two
Seas
,
being
one
distant
but
a
litle
from
the
other
is
about
CClxx
.
Myles
.
But
the
Pyrenee
mountaines
stretch
in
length
a
great
way
further
.
For
when
they
come
to
the
angle
and
as
it
were
into
a
Baye
of
the
Cantabrique
Ocean
,
which
lyeth
on
the
Northe
syde
of
Spayne
,
they
stretch
out
in
length
a
great
waye
into
the
Equinoctiall
West
:
and
kéeping
of
the
Sea
Cantabricum
from
the
Northe
part
of
Spayne
,
stretcheth
euen
into
the
plaine
Ocean
,
that
hemmeth
in
all
the
West
parte
of
Spaine
.
That
part
of
these
Mountaines
that
lyeth
toward
Fraunce
,
is
altogether
barraine
and
vnfruitful
:
but
that
part
which
is
next
Spayne
,
is
full
of
trees
,
and
well
peopled
wyth
many
townes
and
villages
.
We
will
therfore
beginne
our
description
of
them
,
at
the
Ocean
,
where
they
ioyne
in
Spayne
to
the
region
called
Guipuzque
,
but
in
Fraunce
they
border
vpon
the
confines
of
the
Vasconians
.
On
the
side
of
Spayne
there
is
Stephans
vallay
,
aboue
the
which
are
Besaca
and
Guciutha
,
townes
of
the
Vardulians
,
confinyng
vpon
the
region
of
Nauarre
&
containeth
Cantabria
and
Asturia
:
then
are
there
other
smaller
hilles
lying
out
from
the
Pyrenees
,
within
which
are
conteined
Basse
and
Squa
,
which
doe
make
the
vallayes
Rocida
or
Ronus
:
on
Fraunce
side
,
néere
to
the
confines
of
the
Vasconians
,
is
Iean
Pedeportesburie
,
a
strong
&
well
fortefied
place
.
Néere
to
the
valley
Rocida
,
the
arme
which
before
wée
talked
of
,
is
from
them
let
into
the
Ocean
,
reaching
and
extending
to
the
mayne
Sea
through
Gallicia
or
the
Gallecians
&
the
Asturians
.
But
from
the
valley
of
Rocida
,
Eastwarde
,
they
make
the
valley
called
Salazar
,
wherein
standeth
a
towne
called
Ociogauia
:
then
Ronceuall
wherein
is
Isaua
:
and
the
frontiers
of
the
King
domes
of
Tarraconensis
&
Nauarre
which
was
once
called
Nagiera
.
Next
Fraunce
are
the
townes
of
Bierne
.
Now
foloweth
the
hill
of
Camfrank
:
wherevnto
in
Fraunce
is
néere
ioyning
the
countrey
of
Peiraner
&
Vrdos
,
in
Spain
Villa
noua
,
an
auncient
&
noble
Citie
,
Iaca
,
Saint
Christinsburie
,
and
Iean
Pigniasburie
:
and
in
the
same
tract
,
lower
is
the
Mount
Aragon
.
Hosca
,
and
from
them
,
the
Occetanes
and
Caesaraugusta
now
at
this
day
called
Saragoza
.
Out
of
the
Mount
that
lieth
ouer
Saint
Christines
springeth
the
Ryuer
Aragon
:
and
because
out
of
the
mountaines
of
Ronceuall
there
springeth
an
other
little
Ryuer
of
the
same
name
,
called
the
lesse
Aragon
or
Subordam
,
therefore
thys
is
called
the
greater
Aragon
:
and
the
whole
region
lying
betwéene
them
,
was
of
them
called
Aragonia
.
There
followeth
in
the
Pyrenees
a
hill
named
Gauas
,
abutting
on
Fraunce
syde
,
vppon
Larount
a
countrey
of
the
Bigorians
,
and
on
Spaynes
syde
,
on
the
countrey
of
Tenia
.
In
which
Countrey
are
the
townes
Salent
,
Saint
Helens
,
and
Biesca
.
Out
of
the
hill
Gauas
,
springeth
a
Ryuer
named
Gallecus
,
whiche
hauing
hys
course
through
the
valley
Tenia
,
falleth
into
Iber
néere
to
the
Citie
Saragoza
.
Then
is
there
nexte
,
the
Cragge
of
Horca
,
the
stiepest
and
roughest
of
them
all
,
on
which
,
on
Fraunce
syde
confyneth
the
Countrey
of
Arne
,
and
on
that
side
towarde
Spaine
the
same
valley
Tenia
,
then
the
Cliues
of
Tarla
,
from
whom
springeth
the
riuer
Ara
,
which
afterwarde
runneth
into
the
ryuer
Cinca
néere
to
the
towne
Iuza
,
hauing
on
Spaines
side
the
valleyes
of
Brote
,
and
on
Fraunce
Voteia
a
valley
of
Guyenne
.
In
the
valley
of
Brote
are
these
towns
folowing
:
Torla
,
Brotum
,
Oto
,
Linares
,
Faulum
,
Bresse
,
Sarbise
,
Aierue
,
Laresitalla
,
Scartinum
and
Giasa
.
Then
foloweth
the
craggie
mount
of
Bielsa
,
from
which
a
part
of
the
Ryuer
Cinca
spryngeth
,
and
the
valley
of
Bio
:
and
belowe
,
in
this
same
very
tract
is
the
region
Sobarbria
:
then
in
the
Pyrenees
,
the
vale
Gistau
,
out
of
whose
Hilles
springeth
an
other
Braunche
of
the
ryuer
Cinca
,
whiche
hauing
hys
course
through
Sobarbria
,
is
augmented
by
receauing
into
it
the
ryuer
Segre
néere
to
a
towne
called
Scarpe
,
and
then
falleth
into
Iber
néere
Meschinentz
.
The
chiefest
townes
of
fame
in
the
valley
Gistau
are
these
:
Gistaine
,
Senias
,
Serbetum
,
Iean
Carauelsburie
,
Plannium
,
Poma
,
Gistaina
,
Cerquetum
,
Lamian
,
Catalauigna
,
Badaine
.
Then
is
there
moreouer
in
the
Pyrenees
the
valley
Bonasia
,
and
the
longe
region
of
Ribagorge
:
wherein
are
Gabaleria
,
Grausium
,
Benauarre
,
Peralt
and
Paniello
.
Then
are
the
Hilles
of
Castrum
Leonis
,
vnder
whome
is
the
valley
Aran
or
Fiscalia
,
which
hath
in
it
these
townes
:
Biolla
in
Fiscalia
,
Lardies
,
Vorastrium
,
Saint
Iustus
,
Ligarre
,
Aretiza
,
Sciabierre
,
Saint
Olalia
,
Acortum
,
Tricase
,
Abese
,
Planiell
,
Saint
Foelix
,
Sason
,
Silues
,
Spierle
,
Ascase
,
and
beneath
it
,
is
the
valley
named
Solana
.
Agayne
in
the
Pyrenees
,
there
followe
Petrae
Blaniae
,
Altalauaccae
,
where
there
is
a
passage
throughe
,
the
Hylles
of
Torre
,
and
of
the
Countie
Pimorent
and
Pallasium
.
Vnder
these
,
is
the
valley
of
Henui
,
wherein
standeth
the
Citie
Valentia
,
and
Palasia
:
then
the
Clyues
of
Andoria
,
where
there
is
a
passage
oute
of
Spaine
,
into
Fraunce
,
wyth
a
valley
of
the
same
name
,
ouer
agaynst
which
,
in
Fraunce
is
Arachsium
in
Aquitanie
.
Hitherto
the
places
of
Nauarre
.
Then
a
long
Cerdania
is
the
Mount
Bellamir
,
the
valley
Bibesia
,
the
Mount
Liuia
and
the
pitche
of
Persa
.
Then
they
enter
within
the
Countrey
of
Rocilion
,
ouer
against
the
townes
of
Puigiualed
,
Caudiese
,
Arotonie
,
Galamij
Fanum
,
Perapertuza
,
Eitor
and
Leocata
,
where
theyr
precinctes
&
boundes
end
by
the
Mediterranean
Sea
.
In
the
end
wherof
,
in
Spain
there
standeth
Salses
a
Castle
impregnable
,
hauyng
with
in
it
a
most
plentifull
fountaine
:
where
in
tymespaste
stoode
the
Citie
Gerunda
or
Girona
,
&
ouer
against
it
,
in
Fraunce
is
Templum
Veneris
now
called
Cap
de
Creux
.
Directly
on
the
other
side
in
Gottalonia
,
other
hilles
do
aunswere
vnto
it
,
which
may
be
called
the
lesse
Pyrenees
or
Antipyrenees
.
throw
of
Rodericke
,
and
what
hast
the
Saracenes
vsed
in
the
pursuite
of
their
victory
,
tooke
his
Sister
with
hym
and
departed
to
Gigion
,
supposing
that
place
to
be
surer
for
his
securytie
.
But
when
Mugnuza
duke
of
Gigion
,
contrarie
to
his
hope
&
expectation
had
entred
into
league
and
was
assistaunt
to
the
Saracenes
in
their
exploytes
,
Pelagius
dissimulyng
what
he
inwardly
thought
,
and
for
the
time
bearyng
two
faces
vnder
one
hood
,
remayned
styll
with
the
same
Duke
,
vntyll
Mugnuza
fallyng
sore
in
loue
with
his
sayde
Sister
,
and
deuisinge
whiche
way
to
frame
his
plat
to
enioy
his
desired
lust
,
sent
her
Brother
Pelagius
to
Corduba
,
to
consult
&
entreat
about
certaine
affaires
with
the
Saracen
Princes
.
In
whose
absence
,
(
bearyng
her
in
hand
that
he
would
mary
her
)
he
had
the
spoyle
of
her
maydenhead
.
Whereof
Pelagius
at
his
retourne
beynge
by
his
Sister
certefied
,
departed
thence
with
her
,
into
the
higher
Country
til
a
time
fitter
to
bring
that
to
passe
which
he
purposed
.
Mugnuza
greatly
mooued
with
his
departure
,
tolde
Tarifa
that
Pelagius
intended
somwhat
against
the
Maiestie
of
the
Saracenicall
Empire
.
The
great
daungers
and
aduentures
of
Pelagius
.
Wherefore
Tarifa
sent
one
of
his
Captaines
with
a
band
of
Souldiours
(
if
it
were
possible
)
to
apprehend
Pelagius
.
And
now
the
Souldiours
were
come
to
Brette
,
(
in
which
towne
Pelagius
was
then
resiaunt
)
who
being
priuelie
aduertised
by
a
Christian
,
(
one
that
was
with
them
and
knew
all
their
counsailes
)
tooke
his
Horse
,
and
ridinge
all
vpon
the
Spurre
tyll
he
came
to
the
great
riuer
Pionia
,
tooke
the
water
and
swamme
ouer
.
Whiche
they
that
pursued
hym
,
not
daryng
to
doo
for
dread
of
drownyng
,
hee
escaped
their
clutches
,
and
came
with
heauy
cheere
into
the
Vale
of
Canica
.
Where
by
the
prouidence
of
God
hee
mette
with
the
Magistrates
and
Péeres
of
many
Cities
of
Cantabria
and
Asturia
,
whiche
were
goyng
to
surrender
and
yéelde
themselues
and
their
Cities
to
the
Saracenes
.
And
when
hee
vnderstoode
the
errand
and
cause
of
their
iourney
,
it
is
reported
that
he
made
vnto
them
an
oration
in
these
words
followyng
.
Truely
I
cannot
but
greatly
bewayle
the
calamitie
of
these
times
:
His
pithye
Oration
to
his
Countreymen
.
&
if
it
were
not
vngodly
so
to
do
,
I
would
extreemly
poure
out
heapes
of
accusations
againste
the
sates
and
destynies
,
which
haue
differred
my
natyuytie
tyll
these
dayes
,
thus
to
sée
such
slaughter
and
lamentable
manquellyng
of
my
deare
Countreymen
and
(
which
is
more
)
such
despight
and
contempt
of
God
and
his
deuine
Lawes
.
For
of
whom
Gods
honoure
and
glory
is
now
adayes
more
contempned
and
deryded
,
I
cannot
easelye
iudge
:
whether
of
yonder
barbarous
Helhoundes
the
Saracenes
,
who
lyuinge
in
the
foggie
mistes
of
diuelyshe
darknesse
,
(
caste
before
the
eyes
of
their
mindes
by
that
damned
soule
Mahomet
)
not
knowyng
the
true
God
nor
the
honoure
due
to
his
holy
name
,
doo
prophane
the
holie
Temples
.
Wherein
his
praise
and
kacred
worde
was
wont
to
be
preached
,
trayning
vp
yonge
Babes
and
Infantes
whome
Christe
commaunded
to
be
brought
vnto
him
,
with
their
impious
rites
and
diabolicall
relygion
:
and
nouselyng
them
in
the
filthye
suddes
of
their
detestable
traditions
:
doo
perforce
rauish
and
lyke
deuilles
pollute
infinite
Christian
Women
and
Virgins
that
acknowledge
the
true
&
sincere
relygion
of
the
●mnipotent
God
.
Oppressing
so
many
as
they
may
once
get
into
their
h●ds
with
most
horrible
and
vnspeakable
slauerye
,
disp●ylyng
them
not
only
of
their
temperal
goodes
,
wyues
and
Children
,
but
also
takyng
away
from
them
their
faith
the
rock
of
their
saluation
,
&
finally
dimme
the
glory
of
God
with
a
patched
doctrine
of
most
Idolatrous
blasphemy
,
bringgynge
them
to
euerlastinge
perdition
both
of
bodye
and
soule
.
Or
els
rather
maye
I
iudge
the
same
of
you
,
who
(
despayringe
of
the
goodnesse
and
mightye
power
of
God
,
whom
you
know
to
haue
shedde
his
most
precious
bloud
for
your
redemption
,
by
whom
you
know
that
eternall
saluation
is
puchased
and
freely
geuen
to
you
and
through
whose
bounteous
gift
you
haue
so
many
sure
helpes
at
your
most
néede
,
putting
you
in
an
vndoubted
hope
of
victorie
ouer
your
blasphemous
enemies
(
yet
will
séeme
thus
shamefully
and
dastardly
vnasked
and
of
your
owne
accord
to
put
your
neckes
into
the
halter
,
as
though
there
were
no
more
hope
of
helpe
and
better
fortune
,
as
thoughe
you
had
no
God
of
whome
redresse
and
ayde
in
aduersitie
were
to
be
hoped
and
craued
,
or
as
though
you
had
no
fortefied
townes
and
strong
places
of
defence
to
repulse
this
present
hostilitie
.
As
though
it
were
not
a
great
deale
better
(
valiauntly
fighting
in
Gods
quarell
vnder
the
banner
of
Christian
faith
)
to
chaunge
this
shorte
and
transitorie
life
with
an
euerlasting
&
glorious
life
,
then
to
suffer
these
things
before
recited
.
And
now
behold
,
you
which
sometime
were
hable
to
encounter
with
the
Romanes
being
Lords
and
Conquerours
of
the
whole
earth
you
which
could
not
be
vanquished
and
subdued
by
them
that
were
the
warlickest
and
stoutest
men
in
the
worlde
to
whom
Germanie
,
Britayne
,
Fraunce
,
Spaine
,
Grecia
,
yea
Italie
also
the
Quéene
and
maistresse
of
all
the
world
,
all
Europa
,
all
Affrica
and
Asia
obeyed
:
you
which
in
no
wise
coulde
be
brought
to
liue
vnder
the
lawes
and
iurisdi●tion
of
that
very
well
gouerned
Empire
:
you
who
alone
remayned
vnconquered
of
the
Gothes
,
the
fiercest
wasters
and
crushers
of
the
same
Empyre
:
you
I
say
(
the
power
of
all
Europa
being
yet
whole
,
and
nothing
thereof
lost
but
the
open
places
of
Spaine
onely
,
which
also
myscaryed
partly
by
treason
and
partly
by
the
foolishe
wilfulnes
of
King
Roderike
,
whose
sinistre
fate
brought
him
to
a
destruction
and
end
agréeable
to
his
vicious
life
,
who
not
tarying
for
that
ayde
which
was
comming
hable
to
haue
scourged
and
discomfited
those
that
were
the
enemyes
of
our
Countrey
vnaduisedly
ioyned
battaile
with
his
foes
,
and
being
disloyally
circumuented
by
his
own
traiterous
subiectes
,
receiued
the
reward
and
hyre
due
for
such
rashnes
and
wickednes
,
which
wilfull
dealing
of
him
beyng
the
head
,
must
néedes
redound
to
the
generall
harme
of
al
the
inferiour
members
of
the
common
wealth
)
will
now
wilfully
enthrall
and
make
your selues
bonde
slaues
to
beare
the
intollerable
yoke
a
people
of
al
others
most
vyle
,
most
abiect
,
most
dastardly
and
wicked
.
If
God
for
our
manifolde
sinnes
and
offences
were
so
highly
displeased
and
so
much
tourned
away
from
vs
,
that
he
woulde
not
admitte
our
humble
prayers
and
requestes
(
which
I
will
neuer
be
persuaded
to
beleue
:
for
he
is
wont
neuer
to
forsake
such
as
be
vnfeinedly
penitent
,
and
tourne
vnto
hym
with
true
contrition
of
heart
and
newnesse
of
life
.
)
Or
if
all
the
rest
of
the
whole
world
were
obedient
to
the
Saracens
Lawes
,
and
that
wee
had
no
sure
places
or
walled
townes
for
refuge
and
succour
left
to
resorte
vnto
:
yet
were
it
much
better
valiauntly
to
die
vppon
them
then
to
sée
and
suffer
those
thinges
,
which
perforce
we
should
suffer
at
their
handes
.
Brute
Creatures
and
sauage
Beasts
,
if
their
whelpes
be
taken
from
them
,
most
egerly
and
impotuously
flie
in
the
faces
of
them
that
haue
taken
them
:
whom
if
they
may
finde
and
ouertake
,
they
obiect
themselues
into
the
extremitie
of
any
perill
,
contemnyng
the
sharpe
edges
of
naked
Swordes
,
yea
death
it selfe
,
for
the
rescue
of
their
sely
young
ones
.
And
you
which
are
men
,
to
whom
nature
hath
geuen
not
onely
the
procreation
of
children
and
a
care
to
bring
them
vp
,
which
she
hath
geuen
to
other
Creatures
aswell
as
to
you
,
but
also
hath
entirely
committed
to
your
charge
a
speciall
regard
to
their
education
,
who
ought
so
to
instruct
&
traine
them
in
the
true
feare
&
honour
of
Almighty
God
,
that
they
may
be
enfraunchysed
and
made
heyres
of
life
euerlasting
in
the
Kingdome
of
heauen
,
will
nowe
(
alas
the
while
)
humble
and
subiect
your selues
willingly
and
wilfully
vnto
the
obeysaunce
of
them
which
ere
it
bée
long
will
seduce
and
violently
pull
away
your
Babes
and
children
from
you
and
plucke
the
feare
of
God
cleane
out
of
their
hearts
.
Where
is
now
that
auncient
faith
,
godly
zeale
and
deuout
religion
that
was
wont
to
bée
,
when
younge
children
not
yet
passing
the
age
of
.xvj.
yeeres
,
and
holy
Virgins
had
leifer
to
suffer
all
kinde
of
Martirdome
and
punishment
then
to
worshippe
those
false
putatiue
Goddes
,
whom
(
notwithstanding
)
most
stoute
and
wyse
nations
worshipped
and
reuerenced
?
Where
be
they
,
which
haue
aduentured
their
liues
in
so
manye
mayne
battayles
for
their
libertie
and
fréedome
?
Hoat
sournesses
,
glowing
Plates
,
terrible
Rackings
,
sharpe
Swordes
,
bloudie
Axes
,
al
the
sortes
of
tortures
&
paines
that
could
be
deuised
,
in
times
passed
were
not
able
to
terrefie
and
turne
Children
from
the
true
religion
and
worshipping
of
God
,
to
Idoles
and
other
phantasticall
trumperies
of
Sathans
inuention
:
and
now
men
of
growen
and
rype
yéeres
,
men
of
all
others
most
stoute
and
valiaunt
,
yea
the
chiefe
Princes
of
cities
,
vpon
whom
the
lyght
of
the
sacred
Gospell
of
Iesus
Christ
hath
shyned
and
béene
opened
,
tremble
and
shake
for
feare
of
a
lousie
rable
of
Saracenes
,
and
are
goyng
to
submit
and
prostrate
themselues
before
them
,
wythout
eyther
hearyng
or
séeyng
any
weapon
,
or
receyuing
sommonce
of
any
warre
.
But
peraduenture
you
hope
to
spéede
the
better
,
and
that
they
will
shewe
more
clemencie
to
you
if
you
voluntarily
yelde
your selues
,
and
that
all
your
Religion
and
Lawes
shall
remayne
safe
and
in
suche
force
as
they
did
before
,
and
that
your
Wyues
and
Children
shall
not
bée
constuprated
,
harmed
nor
vncurteously
handled
.
For
wyth
suche
fayre
glosing
promyses
these
cutthroates
and
villanous
Traitours
to
theyr
Countrey
vse
commonlye
to
deceyue
and
enueigle
the
simple
people
:
as
thoughe
there
could
bée
any
faithe
in
them
which
haue
betrayed
their
Lordes
,
their
Countrey
,
their
friendes
,
and
kinsfolkes
,
yea
God
himselfe
their
Lorde
and
maker
.
Did
not
Valentia
a
most
strong
,
maritimall
,
and
famous
Citie
ye●elde
vnto
them
vppon
this
promyse
?
and
yet
as
soone
as
they
were
entred
and
had
possession
of
the
same
,
they
eyther
cast
out
all
the
inhabitauntes
,
or
kylled
them
,
or
else
by
compulsion
enforced
them
vnto
their
Secte
.
Did
not
Toledo
the
verye
same
,
and
Siuyle
and
a
greate
manye
of
other
noble
Cities
,
which
being
deceiued
with
this
hope
and
bewitched
with
these
flattering
charmes
yéelded
themselues
vnto
them
?
These
domesticall
examples
are
sufficient
to
teache
you
,
that
it
is
a
great
deale
better
,
valiauntly
to
dye
together
like
men
,
and
so
much
the
more
,
for
that
as
yet
thinges
are
not
so
farre
spent
but
that
they
maye
bée
recured
and
holpen
.
You
haue
hyghe
Craggie
Mountaines
for
refuge
,
and
in
them
some
places
inaccessible
,
you
haue
some
Townes
moste
strongly
fortefied
,
vppon
trust
wherof
many
times
a
smal
number
hath
discomfited
populous
armies
.
And
you
are
a
sort
of
tall
men
,
whom
the
nature
of
the
heauen
and
earth
hath
made
stoute
and
valiaunt
,
acquainted
with
labours
,
and
hitherto
inuincible
.
Also
there
lyue
a
great
sortevnder
the
Saracenes
,
whiche
(
I
put
you
out
of
all
doubt
)
will
come
from
all
partes
and
ioyne
them selues
to
you
if
they
once
sawe
you
péepe
vp
and
auaunce
your selues
in
this
your
so
iust
quarell
.
Behynde
at
our
backes
is
Fraunce
,
a
Region
at
this
daye
most
flourishing
bothe
in
Chyualrie
and
skilfull
Capitaynes
,
from
whence
(
no
doubte
)
wée
shall
haue
ayde
and
succour
.
For
the
Frenche
will
not
any
longer
suffer
this
cowardly
nation
whiche
hathe
alreadie
encroched
as
farre
as
the
Mediterranean
Sea
beyonde
the
Pyrenees
,
so
saucely
and
malapertly
to
plaie
these
cruell
Pageauntes
and
furious
prankes
against
the
borders
of
their
Kingdome
,
in
suche
sorte
as
they
haue
done
to
others
.
And
God
hymselfe
(
if
we
wyll
tourne
vnto
hym
with
amendement
of
lyfe
)
wyllayde
and
strengthen
vs
,
who
being
on
our
side
,
euerye
one
of
vs
néedeth
not
to
feare
a
hundred
thousand
of
these
blasphemous
Grynneagods
and
lewde
vyllaynes
.
This
oration
sank
so
déepely
into
their
braines
that
beyng
perswaded
with
the
pithy
force
therof
(
for
Pelagius
was
vehement
and
verye
earneste
in
his
matter
,
and
for
his
wisedome
and
sanctytie
of
lyfe
highlie
estéemed
among
those
people
)
they
returned
euery
man
to
his
home
and
callyng
their
neighbours
together
,
tolde
vnto
them
the
causes
of
their
retourne
:
to
wytte
,
how
that
Pelagius
(
whose
vertue
and
vnspotted
lyfe
was
well
knowne
vnto
them
all
,
because
as
before
we
haue
shewed
,
he
dwelled
long
among
them
,
myraculouslye
delyuered
out
of
the
cruell
handes
of
bloudy
tyrants
)
met
them
as
though
hee
had
bene
some
messanger
sent
downe
from
heauen
,
who
shewed
vnto
them
what
an
heynous
offence
they
shoulde
commit
,
and
what
a
pernicious
acte
they
had
purposed
to
doe
.
Wherfore
not
ceassing
as
well
in
open
Sermons
,
as
in
priuat
talke
to
perswade
the
people
to
constancye
and
godlynesse
,
he
was
by
common
assent
of
all
the
people
created
King
of
Cantabria
and
Asturia
in
the
yéere
after
Christ
.
717
Which
done
,
they
all
got
them
to
mou●
Anseua
.
When
the
fame
of
this
matter
was
blaset●-broad
and
knowne
throughoute
Spayne
,
all
the
Gothes
that
could
any
way
scape
or
by
any
meanes
shyft
themselues
out
of
the
handes
of
that
barbarous
nacion
,
conceying
great
hope
of
lyberty
&
good
luck
,
tooke
them
to
their
Weapons
and
ioyned
side
with
hym
,
and
such
as
coulde
not
do
the
same
out
of
hande
,
with
all
care
and
dillygence
sought
oportunitie
and
occasion
how
to
flée
to
hym
.
Tarifa
sent
against
hym
Abraem
Alcamack
with
a
great
Army
,
and
with
him
Byshop
Opasius
Sonne
of
the
king
of
Egica
,
and
Metropolitane
of
Syuyle
,
who
(
as
before
hath
bene
tolde
)
adhered
to
the
faction
of
Iulian
and
other
traitours
of
their
Countrey
.
Pelagius
hearing
what
great
preparation
was
made
against
him
,
&
séeing
himselfe
not
of
equall
power
to
repulse
so
great
a
multitude
,
entred
with
a
few
of
his
companie
(
but
of
the
valiauntest
among
his
whole
bande
)
into
a
certain
Denne
within
the
Mount
Anseua
,
appointing
the
rest
to
defend
the
narow
passages
and
Streight
wayes
.
Whither
when
the
Saracens
were
come
,
Opasius
went
about
with
many
glosing
termes
to
persuade
them
that
kepte
the
Streictes
,
to
yelde
them selues
vnto
the
Moores
,
but
when
he
sawe
his
labour
was
all
in
vaine
,
there
beganne
a
cruell
and
a
bloudie
bickering
.
The
Saracenes
shotte
so
many
Arrowes
and
Dartes
into
the
denne
,
that
they
séemed
to
rayne
from
Heauen
as
faste
as
droppes
of
water
in
a
stormie
shower
,
and
to
light
among
them
as
thicke
as
Hailestones
.
But
God
myraculously
making
their
dartes
to
rebutte
against
the
same
persons
that
shotte
them
,
A
miracle
of
God
in
deliuering
that
Christians
.
there
were
so
many
of
them
either
slaine
or
wounded
that
they
were
forced
to
recule
and
geue
back
.
Then
the
Christians
vndoubtedly
knowing
the
God
was
with
them
&
fought
for
them
,
yéelded
most
hartie
thankes
vpon
their
knées
vnto
his
diuine
Maiestie
,
that
it
had
pleased
him
,
thus
to
relieue
&
visit
his
poore
afflicted
people
:
which
done
,
they
boldly
issued
out
,
&
vtterly
repulsed
all
the
residue
.
There
were
slaine
of
the
Saracens
in
this
conflict
about
.xx.
M.
&
of
the
Christians
very
few
or
none
at
all
:
for
writers
make
no
mention
thereof
.
Those
Saracens
which
escaped
from
the
battaile
,
fled
into
the
top
of
the
hill
:
which
by
diuine
miracle
being
shaken
with
a
terrible
earthquake
,
and
falling
downe
into
the
Riuer
Iua
,
running
by
the
foote
of
the
same
hill
,
they
were
all
cast
awaye
and
perished
.
Traitours
cannot
prosper
long
.
Opasius
and
Mugnuza
two
Archtraitours
,
as
they
were
fléeing
(
for
they
went
not
vp
with
their
felowes
vnto
the
hill
)
were
taken
:
and
Mugnuza
in
a
place
called
Olaglias
was
straightwayes
by
the
Asturians
put
to
death
,
and
the
Citie
Gigion
vtterly
ruynated
to
the
perpetuall
ignominie
and
shamefull
reproche
of
the
said
Mugnuza
Prince
therof
.
What
was
done
with
Opasius
,
Authors
make
no
mention
.
When
Mucas
heard
hereof
,
suspecting
that
Iulian
&
others
of
the
same
conspiracie
,
were
priuie
to
the
counsells
of
Pelagius
,
he
straightwayes
commaunded
Iulian
and
Sisibertus
and
Ebasius
the
sonnes
of
king
Vitiza
to
be
put
to
death
,
and
thus
in
the
ende
they
receiued
a
iust
reward
of
their
treason
.
Which
example
so
terrefied
many
of
Iulians
retinue
and
faction
,
that
they
reuolted
from
Mucas
and
went
to
the
Asturians
:
and
those
whiche
liued
vnder
the
tyrannie
of
the
Saracens
,
dayly
by
stelth
and
priuily
flying
to
Pelagius
,
his
power
within
shorte
space
was
so
encreased
,
that
they
which
a
little
before
were
scantly
able
to
defende
their
owne
,
now
recouered
many
of
those
Regions
and
Cities
which
the
Saracens
before
had
brought
vnder
their
subiection
.
For
the
Citie
Legio
(
at
this
daye
called
Leon
)
was
immediatly
to
them
surrendred
:
so
also
was
Rota
,
Mansilia
,
Canicas
(
commonly
called
Cangas
)
Tineum
and
many
other
townes
of
that
Countrey
.
¶
The
Second
Booke
.
¶
Conteining
the
declination
of
the
Saracenicall
Empyre
,
till
the
beginning
of
the
Turkes
.
THe
Saracens
in
the
East
being
in
a
great
phrensie
that
their
Siege
certaine
yéeres
passed
layd
to
Constantinople
was
frustrate
,
Constantinople
again
beseiged
.
and
hearing
that
(
Leo
by
whose
only
meanes
their
attempte
was
repelled
)
was
now
Emperour
,
leuyed
a
mighty
armie
againe
and
deuiding
the
same
into
two
parties
tooke
in
hand
the
same
enterprise
afreshe
,
purposing
then
or
neuer
to
bring
their
desires
to
a
finall
effect
and
conclusion
.
Malsamas
the
Generall
of
th
one
armie
,
transfreting
with
his
companie
into
Thracia
,
spoyled
a
great
part
of
that
Prouince
and
geuing
a
sharpe
assault
vnto
the
chiefe
citie
and
Imperiall
Seat
therof
,
encamped
himself
on
the
West
side
of
the
same
Citie
néere
to
the
walles
,
where
there
is
an
Isthmos
or
narow
portion
of
land
hauing
Sea
on
either
syde
,
&
on
that
part
he
laid
battrie
.
Zulciminie
the
chiefe
Bishop
,
laye
before
the
citie
on
the
Sea
with
a
nauie
of
three
thousand
Sayle
,
as
many
do
affirme
.
For
the
citie
Constantinople
being
both
very
huige
and
beautifull
and
aswel
by
nature
as
Arte
most
strong
and
impregnable
,
standeth
at
the
mouth
of
the
Thracian
Sea
Bosphorus
,
(
where
Asia
and
Europa
do
almost
ioyne
together
,
hauing
no
more
but
one
small
streit
Sea
to
part
them
)
by
which
it
is
emptyed
&
hath
issue
into
the
Sea
Propontis
:
where
there
stretcheth
out
a
little
Cape
or
elbow
of
Sea
full
of
wyndings
&
turnings
in
,
as
though
they
were
Hauens
.
For
which
cause
the
place
is
called
by
the
name
of
a
Horne
,
because
by
reason
of
the
seuen
hilles
of
the
Citie
hanging
out
into
it
,
it
hath
as
it
were
many
boughes
or
braunches
like
the
hornes
of
a
Hart.
Along
betwene
this
Cape
and
Propontis
,
there
runneth
a
certaine
hill
,
in
forme
like
a
Cherronese
or
half
I
le
,
beyng
on
euery
side
almost
enuironed
with
water
,
contayning
in
length
from
the
west
into
the
East
aboute
thyrty
furlonges
,
howbeit
it
riseth
not
greatly
in
anye
height
,
but
the
ridges
and
clyues
thereof
do
runne
styll
a
long
Propontis
.
On
the
North
side
,
where
his
forme
is
lyke
a
Horne
(
which
a
litle
before
we
tearmed
a
Cape
or
Elbow
)
it
hath
seauen
Hylles
annexed
vnto
it
,
of
the
which
foure
,
do
hang
out
into
the
Cape
,
and
that
which
is
washed
with
Bosphorus
,
is
the
greatest
and
maketh
the
base
of
a
Triangle
:
for
the
forme
of
this
Citie
and
countrey
beyng
almost
a
perfect
I
le
is
thrée
cornerde
.
This
hath
two
Promontories
,
one
lyinge
towarde
Propontis
,
west
of
Hebdomum
,
the
other
Northward
,
which
defendeth
the
mouth
of
the
Baye
from
the
iniurie
of
wyndes
,
and
is
called
Chrysoceras
.
From
whiche
if
a
streigth
lyne
be
drawen
to
the
seauenth
and
innermost
Hyll
of
all
(
which
also
defendeth
the
Bay
from
the
west
wynde
)
you
must
néeds
include
the
plaine
champaine
of
Pera
(
now
called
Galata
)
within
the
compasse
of
the
Arche
,
made
by
reason
of
the
continuall
ridge
and
cliffe
of
the
Cherronese
.
The
length
of
that
Cape
or
Bay
is
about
lx.
furlonges
in
the
innermost
part
whereof
,
are
the
mouthes
of
the
Riuers
Cydrus
and
Barbysa
:
the
latitude
or
bredth
thereof
is
diuers
and
not
in
all
places
alyke
:
where
it
is
moste
,
it
passeth
not
sixe
furlonges
,
and
where
it
is
lest
,
not
aboue
thrée
.
The
streicts
of
it
ar
very
narrow
.
For
on
the
north
part
,
wherin
the
towne
Pera
standeth
,
there
hangeth
out
a
Promontory
into
the
South
named
Metopicum
and
Cyclobium
:
and
lykewise
an
other
on
Asia
side
,
direct
lye
abutting
vpon
the
middle
Streictes
of
the
Baye
,
named
Damalicum
.
This
Cherronese
on
the
west
side
,
where
the
mayne
Land
of
Thracia
lyeth
,
doth
seperate
this
Elbow
or
Bay
from
Propontis
with
a
narowe
porcion
of
land
lying
betwéene
the
two
Seas
.
The
bredth
of
that
same
Isthmos
or
narrowe
share
of
Land
,
where
it
toucheth
the
seauenth
Hill
and
inner
corner
of
the
Citie
,
is
fifty
paces
:
and
further
beyonde
,
it
is
greater
.
Thus
in
this
plot
of
ground
beyng
a
perfect
I
le
on
all
sides
sauing
one
,
is
situate
the
noble
Citie
of
Constantinople
,
once
called
Bizantium
,
ouer
againste
whom
,
on
the
other
shore
side
of
the
Streict
,
standeth
the
towne
Pera
,
once
called
Galata
,
whichalso
maketh
promontories
into
the
Horned
Bay.
And
in
Asia
there
is
directly
ouer
against
it
,
the
Citie
Chalcedon
.
The
entries
of
this
Créeke
or
Hauen
in
the
narowest
places
are
enclosed
and
fast
shut
vp
with
a
great
Cheyne
,
which
reachynge
from
the
Tower
Pharea
to
the
Promontorie
Chrysoceras
is
extended
and
drawn
in
length
ouer
to
the
Metopique
Promontorie
of
Galata
,
where
there
is
also
an
other
strong
fortresse
or
Blockhouse
.
The
Citie
it selfe
is
fenced
and
fortyfied
with
thrée
strong
walles
,
two
verye
broad
and
déepe
ditches
,
and
many
Towers
and
Bullwarkes
beside
.
It
hath
on
euery
side
a
playne
prospect
.
The
middle
part
of
the
Citie
ryseth
vp
a
litle
in
height
,
Constantinople
is
in
compasse
xiii
.
miles
.
by
reason
of
the
Hylles
whereon
it
standeth
.
The
whole
circuite
or
compasse
of
the
Citie
is
about
xiii
.
myles
.
This
so
noble
,
and
florishing
Citie
,
Constantine
in
the
place
where
before
Byzantium
stoode
(
vnaduisedly
ynough
as
the
sequele
proued
)
buylded
,
and
translated
the
Imperiall
Seat
with
all
the
riche
Ornamentes
of
the
Citie
of
Rome
thither
.
For
although
the
soyle
where
it
standeth
séemed
to
be
a
place
most
fit
for
an
Imperial
citie
,
yet
the
disposition
of
the
ayre
and
destenie
would
not
suffer
this
citie
to
be
the
head
seate
&
keye
of
the
Romane
empire
.
For
as
not
only
euery
Country
but
also
euery
citie
haue
their
proper
fates
,
maners
,
fashions
and
rites
:
so
they
may
not
safelye
be
translated
or
remooued
into
an
other
place
,
no
although
the
verye
same
persons
and
Lawes
bee
translated
and
remooued
thither
with
them
.
For
the
disposition
and
temperature
of
the
ayre
altereth
mens
manners
,
which
being
altered
their
destinies
and
Fortunes
are
also
chaunged
.
Which
to
be
true
,
the
ende
proued
apparantlie
.
For
the
Empire
being
translated
almost
into
the
borders
of
Asia
,
the
Emperors
themselues
and
the
Romane
Legions
were
afterwarde
chosen
out
of
that
Prouince
,
who
being
infected
with
their
Gréekishe
lightnesse
and
ambition
,
seditiously
practized
sundry
factions
amonge
themselues
,
and
effeminated
with
the
nyce
wantonnesse
of
Asia
,
were
not
of
power
to
repel
the
incursions
of
foraine
Barbaryans
:
when
as
in
the
meane
season
,
Italie
and
Rome
,
the
Maistresse
and
Castle
of
the
whole
earth
,
lacking
a
head
and
hauyng
lost
the
right
vse
of
warlyke
discipline
was
made
an
open
pray
for
all
nations
to
inuade
.
And
thus
that
Empyre
which
(
lyke
a
good
trée
)
in
his
owne
soyle
bare
very
good
fruict
,
beynge
transplanted
into
a
strange
aire
and
ground
,
within
short
time
perished
and
came
to
ruyne
.
But
to
retourne
agayne
to
our
purposed
narration
.
Malsamas
aduaunced
his
power
to
besiege
by
lande
,
that
part
which
we
sayde
stoode
in
the
Isthmos
or
streict
péece
of
grounde
,
betwéene
the
Horne
and
Propontis
,
whiche
could
be
oppugned
none
other
way
but
onely
by
land
.
He
because
his
purpose
was
,
vtterlye
to
disapoynt
the
Citizens
that
no
victuall
shoulde
be
conueighed
vnto
them
,
and
for
that
his
desire
was
to
encroche
as
néere
to
the
walles
as
could
be
,
so
politiquely
lodged
his
Garrisons
&
Host
on
euery
side
that
the
fronte
of
his
Armye
,
was
as
though
it
had
bene
a
Horhe
next
to
the
walles
,
&
thence
as
the
Féelds
farder
of
from
the
narrow
land
,
stretch
out
in
breadth
&
scope
,
raught
out
along
about
the
Cape
or
Bay
vnto
the
mouthes
of
the
riuers
which
we
sayd
had
their
yssu
es
&
fallynge
into
the
same
.
For
this
Host
was
merueilous
populous
,
and
formydable
,
and
therfore
required
greatground
&
elbow
roome
.
From
thence
making
many
roades
into
the
country
adioigning
,
he
lamentably
distressed
the
same
,
and
threatning
vtter
subuersion
to
the
Citie
laide
battrye
and
siege
to
it
with
Mynes
,
Bastiles
and
all
kinde
of
Engynes
that
might
any
way
further
his
pretence
.
On
thother
side
,
Zulciminie
with
his
Nauye
on
the
Sea
enuironed
the
whole
Citie
,
on
that
side
towarde
Propontis
and
Bosphorus
from
the
narowe
lande
to
the
Promontorye
Metopick
,
insomuche
that
to
them
that
looked
out
of
the
Citie
,
the
Seas
Propontis
and
Bosphorus
séemed
all
ouer
to
be
couered
with
wodde
lyke
a
Forest
.
He
slept
no
more
in
his
businesse
then
Malsamas
dyd
:
but
with
sea
skalyng
ladders
and
such
Gunnes
as
then
were
in
vse
,
assaulted
the
citie
and
most
fiercely
shooke
it
.
But
the
besieged
Citizens
were
so
vigilaunt
and
so
hardy
withal
,
that
all
their
attemptes
and
deuoyres
were
wholy
frustrate
.
Wherfore
seing
they
could
not
this
way
preuaile
,
they
thought
to
win
their
purpose
by
long
siege
and
tract
of
time
.
But
Zulciminie
in
the
meane
season
died
in
his
owne
Campe
,
whereby
there
arose
a
seditious
tumult
among
the
Saracenes
for
the
chosinge
of
a
new
bysshop
,
and
for
that
cause
the
siege
was
for
a
time
intermitted
.
At
length
Aumar
the
sonne
of
Abdimazid
was
created
Byshoppe
in
the
dead
mans
place
,
in
the
yéere
721.
The
wynter
was
then
so
extréemly
colde
,
that
all
the
riuers
were
hard
frosen
ouer
with
yce
.
And
also
they
had
victuall
dayly
brought
into
their
Campe
out
of
Egipt
,
yet
because
the
number
of
the
men
and
Beastes
was
excéedyng
great
and
the
winter
extreamely
colde
,
a
great
sorte
of
them
dyed
,
some
with
colde
,
some
for
famyne
and
some
of
diseases
,
&
a
great
rablement
of
them
thinking
to
get
some
booty
abroad
,
yssued
out
of
their
owne
Campes
and
made
incursions
into
the
frontiers
of
Bulgaria
,
where
they
were
of
the
Bulgarians
incountred
withall
,
and
in
manner
all
slayne
,
as
they
were
about
their
pyllage
.
At
which
time
,
there
were
(
as
some
affirme
)
of
them
slaine
xxx
.
thousand
.
Leo
the
Emperour
also
was
with
them
to
bring
,
by
an
artificiall
deuise
of
fireworke
,
wrought
by
a
Glasse
,
Burning
Glasses
.
as
Archymedes
of
Syracuse
aforetime
did
.
By
meanes
of
which
Glasse
he
set
on
fire
the
fléete
of
the
Saracenes
and
so
spoyled
them
that
few
of
them
escaped
vnburnt
and
they
which
escaped
were
taken
of
the
Greekes
,
by
reason
that
the
Captaines
of
them
for
feare
of
the
fire
,
yelded
themselues
&
fledde
for
succour
vnto
the
Gréekes
.
This
fine
inuention
●ounde
out
by
a
certaine
cunning
Architect
,
merueilously
appauled
their
spirites
:
for
the
verie
Sea
about
the
Shippes
séemed
to
be
al
on
a
light
fire
.
Such
another
kind
of
burning
glasse
as
this
,
wée
reads
was
at
Alexandria
in
Aegypt
in
the
watche
Tower
named
Pharus
,
wherewith
the
inhabitauntes
when
they
lysted
,
holding
the
same
ful
against
the
Sunne
Beames
,
set
the
Shippes
of
their
enemies
on
fire
a
great
way
of
.
During
this
while
,
Mucas
&
Tarifa
hauing
subdued
Spaine
,
began
to
bée
had
in
suspicion
by
Aumar
.
Whervpon
they
came
both
together
to
salute
their
new
Bishop
and
to
cleare
themselues
from
all
suspicious
crymes
that
coulde
be
obiected
against
them
.
Where
Tarifa
accused
Mucas
of
extortion
and
layde
to
his
charge
that
hée
had
purloyned
the
Princes
treasure
during
his
regiment
in
Spaine
:
of
which
crime
he
being
attainted
and
found
giltie
against
the
high
Bishop
,
tooke
such
inward
griefe
that
he
dyed
.
In
whose
place
,
Aumar
preferred
Gizid
to
the
Lieutenauntship
of
Affrica
,
and
Tarifa
he
appointed
Regent
of
all
Spaine
.
Wherefore
Gizid
with
a
well
appoynted
Nauie
of
thrée
hundreth
and
sixtie
Saile
,
wyth
the
supplie
of
the
other
Legions
and
victuall
,
made
hys
course
directly
toward
Constantinople
:
but
hearing
by
the
way
tidings
,
how
the
Constantinopolitanes
had
consumed
the
most
part
of
the
Saracenes
Ships
with
fire
,
he
durste
not
aduenture
any
further
,
but
stayed
vpon
the
coastes
of
Bithynia
,
robbyng
and
makinge
spoyle
of
the
Country
round
about
:
In
which
place
he
had
but
a
colde
welcome
géeuen
hym
by
the
Romane
Legions
beynge
there
in
Garrisons
,
who
setting
fiercely
vpon
hym
,
kylled
many
of
his
people
and
so
skarred
the
residue
that
they
were
glad
to
retire
.
Yet
neuertheles
the
terrestrial
army
vnder
the
conduct
of
Malsamas
,
Lothsome
famyne
amonge
Saracenes
desisted
not
their
Siege
before
the
Citie
,
and
yet
they
were
so
sore
pinched
with
famine
and
hungre
,
that
they
were
fayne
to
eate
the
dead
Carion
of
any
maner
of
Beaste
:
yea
they
eat
dryed
ordure
and
dung
,
and
are
reported
also
,
to
be
so
nere
driuen
that
for
very
néede
they
eate
their
owne
fellowes
fleshe
being
dead
,
such
an
excéeding
desire
had
they
to
conquere
that
Imperiall
Seate
and
Citie
royall
of
all
the
Romane
Empire
orientall
.
Constantinople
in
the
meane
season
escaped
not
frée
,
Great
plague
in
Constantinople
.
but
was
plagued
with
as
great
mortalytie
an
other
way
.
For
the
pestilentiall
plague
consumed
wel
néere
.
CCC
.
thousand
persons
.
When
tydinges
of
these
so
great
and
so
many
ouerthrowes
and
infortunate
calamyties
was
brought
to
Aumar
,
he
was
therewith
so
dismayd
that
hée
immediatly
addressed
his
letters
to
Malsamas
,
with
commaundement
foorthwith
vpon
the
receipt
thereof
to
retourne
home
with
all
his
Army
left
aliue
.
Wherevpon
Malsamas
shipped
his
Souldiours
and
departed
.
But
there
sodenlye
arose
such
a
vehement
tempest
and
boysterous
wynd
,
Shipwreck
that
all
their
Shippes
(
sauing
onely
tenne
)
perished
in
the
Sea
,
whereof
fiue
were
taken
by
the
Romanes
,
the
residue
retourned
home
to
bringe
newes
of
this
their
heauy
chaunce
&
mysfortune
.
But
Abdeluzite
the
Nephieu
of
Mucas
,
whome
Mucas
at
his
departure
out
of
Spaine
appointed
his
Deputie
,
marying
the
Quéene
Egilona
late
wife
of
Rodericke
,
by
her
counsell
proclaymed
,
himselfe
king
of
Syuyle
.
Whereat
the
Saracenes
greatly
fumyng
&
chafyng
,
kylled
both
him
and
his
wife
,
and
in
his
roome
substituted
an
other
of
Mucas
his
kinsmen
named
Aiub
,
tyll
such
time
as
their
high
Byshoppe
should
take
order
for
lendinge
some
other
.
This
Aiub
repayred
and
reedified
the
Citie
Bilbilis
(
wherein
the
noble
Poet
Martiall
was
long
before
borne
)
ruinated
and
much
defaced
durying
those
warres
,
and
many
other
Cities
in
Spaigne
:
and
named
it
by
his
owne
name
Calataiub
,
which
is
now
called
Calacaiud
.
But
he
coulde
not
perfourme
his
purpose
so
fullye
aboute
the
rest
,
because
there
was
diuers
in
sundrye
partes
of
Spaine
,
whiche
(
vsurpyng
the
Kingdome
)
were
obstacles
in
his
waye
.
For
whereas
Corduba
was
the
head
Citie
and
Seats
royall
of
all
Spayne
,
and
the
Captainshippes
or
gouernaunce
of
al
the
other
Cities
and
Prouinces
were
distributed
and
bestowed
vpon
the
noble
men
of
the
Countrey
,
euery
one
imitating
the
fact
of
Abdeluzite
,
called
themselues
Kinges
of
those
places
where
their
auctoritie
and
Iurisdiction
laye
.
Whereby
Spayne
was
deuided
into
many
Kingdomes
,
as
the
Kingdome
of
Syuyle
,
Granado
Giaen
,
Murtia
.
Denia
,
Sciatiua
(
whiche
was
once
called
Setaba
)
Valentia
,
Tortosia
,
Lerida
,
Fraga
,
Saragoza
and
mani
other
les
places
not
of
so
great
fame
as
these
.
which
Kinges
so
long
as
they
agréed
among
themselues
,
oftentimes
afflicted
Christendome
with
great
ouerthrowes
and
oppressions
:
but
after
that
they
fell
at
discord
and
intestine
variaunce
among
themselues
,
they
gaue
occasion
to
the
Christians
,
to
recouer
Spaine
againe
into
their
owne
rightfull
possession
.
Which
thing
was
first
attempted
(
as
before
we
haue
shewed
)
by
Pelagius
,
who
vsinge
his
valiauntnesse
,
wisedome
and
myracles
to
his
best
commoditie
,
and
happelye
takyng
occasion
by
this
dissention
and
discorde
of
his
Enemies
amonge
themselues
,
wanne
agayne
many
cities
and
deliuered
sundry
townes
out
of
the
miserable
thraldome
of
their
tyrannie
.
With
hym
did
Alphonsus
the
sonne
of
Peter
Duke
of
Calabria
ioyne
and
take
parte
,
being
descended
of
the
ancient
line
of
Richared
King
of
Gothes
,
vnto
whome
Pelagius
gaue
his
Daughter
Orismunda
in
mariage
:
and
they
two
atchiued
many
notable
victories
ouer
the
Miscreaunte
Moores
.
In
the
East
,
after
the
discease
of
Aumar
the
Caliph
,
Gizide
the
Sonne
of
Abdimelik
succéeded
and
was
installed
in
the
pontificate
in
the
yéere
of
our
Lorde
722.
In
whose
raigne
,
there
stepped
vp
an
other
Caliph
and
Gizid
in
Persia
,
whose
name
was
Moalabs
.
Against
whom
was
sent
with
a
great
army
Masabnak
,
who
vanquished
hym
in
battayle
and
subdued
all
Persia
:
and
thus
Gizid
the
sonne
of
Abdimelick
,
was
the
onely
Caliph
of
all
the
Saracenes
,
who
raigned
thrée
yéeres
and
then
died
.
After
whom
,
his
Sonne
Euelide
was
created
Caliph
,
who
entred
the
Romane
Prouinces
in
Asia
and
Europa
with
a
huge
power
:
but
within
a
short
while
,
without
perpetrating
any
notable
exployte
worthy
of
remembraunce
,
he
gaue
hymselfe
altogether
to
ydlenesse
,
slouth
and
voluptuousnesse
.
Notwithstanding
,
in
the
seconde
yéere
of
his
Empire
he
sent
Malsamas
with
an
Hoast
againe
into
Cappadocia
,
who
tooke
the
Citie
Caesarea
and
Euelite
he
sent
by
an
other
way
into
Thracia
,
who
hauing
wasted
and
spoyled
it
,
retourned
into
Syria
.
About
this
time
néere
the
Sea
coastes
of
the
lesse
Asia
,
the
earth
in
the
bottom
of
the
sea
burned
,
in
such
sort
,
that
at
the
first
there
appeared
nothynge
but
smoke
,
but
within
awhile
after
such
incredible
store
of
hoat
burning
Pumise
stones
(
as
though
they
had
bene
litle
hilles
in
the
Sea
)
swam
aboue
water
,
that
with
the
same
Pumyses
,
al
the
shoares
of
lesse
Asia
,
Lesbos
,
Abydos
and
Macedonia
were
full
,
and
the
Sea
it self
semed
all
couered
ouer
,
&
a
certaine
Island
at
that
time
appeared
and
was
discouered
néere
the
holy
Isle
.
After
this
,
Euelide
sent
one
Muauias
and
Amer
with
an
Hoaste
of
.90000
.
Saracenes
to
besiege
Nicaea
a
Citie
of
Bithynia
:
which
being
most
fiercely
and
strongly
with
all
arte
and
pollicie
by
them
assayled
,
the
Christians
most
valiauntly
defending
,
and
beating
them
alwayes
back
with
great
slaughter
and
effusion
of
bloude
,
at
length
they
raised
their
Siege
and
returned
home
without
any
harme
doing
,
sauing
that
in
their
retourne
they
tooke
a
little
Towne
called
Ateum
.
Afterward
the
Prince
of
Gazaria
,
sonne
to
Cagan
king
of
Bulgaria
,
warred
vpon
the
Saracens
in
the
borders
of
Armenia
:
and
(
Gradack
the
Pretor
of
Armenia
&
Media
a
Saracene
borne
,
being
in
battaile
vanquished
and
slaine
,
)
he
brought
those
two
Prouinces
againe
vnder
the
subiection
of
the
Romane
Empire
.
And
in
the
yéere
.
730.
Malsamas
with
a
huige
power
entred
into
the
Streightes
of
Caucasus
,
and
gaue
battayle
vnto
the
Turkes
(
who
at
those
dayes
were
called
the
Hunnes
Teutazites
which
is
to
saie
,
Gentile
)
a
fierre
&
terrible
people
dwelling
within
those
Mountaynes
.
This
blouddy
battaile
continued
a
whole
day
,
and
many
slaine
on
both
sides
,
till
night
came
and
brake
of
their
fight
,
vncertaine
as
yet
to
whether
side
the
victorie
woulde
incline
.
But
Malsamas
retired
into
Armenia
,
for
he
had
now
concluded
a
peace
with
the
sonne
of
King
Cagan
.
During
all
this
while
,
Pelagius
hauing
good
successe
in
his
Spanishe
affaires
against
the
Saracenes
,
the
Tarraconians
liuing
in
the
mountaines
,
by
the
example
of
the
Asturians
created
Garcias
Scimenecius
their
King
in
the
denne
of
Iean
Pignia
,
called
Panouio
.
And
within
a
while
after
Pelagius
when
he
had
raigned
.xiiij.
yéeres
dyed
,
in
the
yéere
of
our
Lord.
732.
After
whom
his
sonne
Fafila
succéeded
,
who
in
the
second
yéere
of
his
raigne
was
in
a
wodde
deuoured
of
wilde
Beares
,
leauing
no
children
behind
him
.
These
kings
appointed
the
chiefe
Citie
of
their
Kingdome
at
Legio
which
is
now
called
Leon
,
The
Armes
of
the
kingdome
of
Lyon.
and
bare
in
their
Coate
Armour
,
a
Lyon
purple
in
a
Shielde
Argent
.
Not
because
of
the
name
of
the
citie
where
their
Seate
royall
was
,
whiche
hath
his
name
not
of
a
Lyon
but
of
a
Legion
of
Souldiours
whiche
Cocceius
Nerua
placed
there
:
but
because
they
fought
so
couragiously
and
eigrely
for
the
sauegard
and
libertie
of
their
countrey
,
as
though
they
had
béene
most
fierce
Lyons
.
In
the
raigne
of
this
Fafila
,
the
Saracenes
passed
into
Fraunce
by
that
part
of
the
Pyrenees
that
was
in
their
possession
by
the
Mediterranean
Sea
.
Fraunce
was
then
possessed
of
the
Frankes
a
people
of
Germanie
,
who
about
400.
yéeres
after
the
incarnation
,
departing
out
of
their
natiue
Countrey
to
séeke
some
other
place
where
to
plant
themselues
,
had
that
part
of
high
Bourgoyne
next
to
Germanie
geuen
vnto
them
to
inhabite
,
by
Aetius
a
Romane
Senatour
who
then
was
Pretor
of
the
Prouince
of
Gaule
,
because
he
would
haue
some
strong
garrison
and
defence
against
the
Hunnes
(
who
were
then
issued
in
great
plumpes
out
of
their
owne
Countrey
,
and
vnder
the
conduct
of
Attila
,
spoyled
and
wasted
Europa
)
if
they
shoulde
fortune
to
inuade
Gaule
,
which
Realme
is
yet
of
their
name
called
Fraunce
.
How
Fraunce
was
first
named
.
For
the
Frankes
were
the
warlikest
&
stoutest
people
in
all
Germanie
,
inhabiting
(
as
I
thinke
)
that
region
or
portion
thereof
which
is
yet
called
Franconia
or
Frankland
:
who
afterward
by
little
and
little
enlarging
their
dition
,
obtained
at
length
the
regiment
and
Empire
of
all
Fraunce
,
in
so
muche
that
the
name
of
the
Frankes
extended
very
farre
.
But
when
the
Franke
or
Frenche
Kings
addicted
themselues
to
an
ydle
and
voluptuous
life
and
degenerated
from
the
former
stoutnes
and
valiaunce
of
their
Progenitours
,
not
executing
the
administration
of
their
affaires
in
their
owne
proper
persons
but
exployted
the
same
by
vnder
officers
of
their
Court
and
Graund
maisters
of
their
Houshold
,
Pipine
the
first
of
that
name
Sonne
of
Arnolph
Duke
of
Bauaria
first
attained
this
honour
and
dignitie
by
subduing
and
getting
the
vpperhand
of
the
Lieutenaunts
and
Captaines
of
the
kings
Prouinces
,
who
séeing
the
King
to
bée
a
weake
and
vnwarlike
man
,
tyrannically
ruled
the
Countrey
according
to
their
own
sensual
lustes
&
for
their
priuate
commodities
.
Then
in
the
raigne
of
Theodoricus
the
second
,
the
excellent
dexteritie
and
worthy
vertue
of
Charles
Martellus
second
Sonne
to
this
Pipine
was
in
that
office
very
conspicuous
and
renoumed
throughout
all
the
lande
of
Fraunce
,
in
so
much
that
he
was
accompted
and
taken
as
the
Prince
of
all
the
people
.
At
the
same
time
,
was
King
of
Aquitanie
(
then
called
Gallia
Gottica
)
one
Eudo
a
Gothian
borne
,
whom
king
Roderik
made
ruler
of
the
Prouince
,
but
hearing
of
the
discomfiture
of
the
King
his
Liege
Lord
,
he
made
himselfe
king
thereof
.
This
Eudo
whyle
Charles
Martellus
was
busied
with
other
warres
in
Germanie
,
began
to
surmise
certaine
quarelles
,
which
brake
out
into
open
warre
with
the
French
Capitaines
of
the
places
néere
adioyning
to
the
limittes
of
his
Territories
,
whom
(
going
about
to
defend
their
titles
&
rightes
)
he
afflicted
with
many
ouerthrowes
.
Wherfore
Martellus
tooke
the
matter
in
hande
and
warred
against
him
.
And
at
the
same
time
the
Saracens
passing
the
Pyrenees
,
had
taken
Narbon
,
and
in
it
shewed
all
kind
of
outragious
crueltie
,
because
they
woulde
by
that
example
make
the
countrey
afraide
any
more
to
withstande
them
.
Wherfore
Eudo
considering
with
himselfe
that
he
was
vnable
to
warre
at
one
time
both
with
the
Frankes
&
the
Saracens
,
and
for
the
Mugnoces
a
man
in
great
fauour
and
estimation
with
the
Saracens
was
his
Sonne
in
law
,
he
thought
it
better
for
him
to
make
a
league
&
amitie
with
the
Saracens
than
with
the
Christians
.
Which
after
he
had
by
Mugnoces
meanes
and
friendship
brought
to
passe
,
looking
big
vpon
the
matter
and
bearing
himselfe
stoute
by
reason
of
the
aide
and
succour
,
which
they
sent
to
him
,
he
inferred
much
harme
to
the
Franke
Nation
.
But
when
he
perceaued
,
that
the
Saracens
fortified
with
their
owne
garrisons
,
and
kept
to
their
owne
vses
,
al
such
Cities
&
townes
as
they
entred
into
,
he
began
when
it
was
to
late
to
beshrew
himselfe
and
wishe
that
he
had
neuer
attempted
any
such
enterprise
.
For
they
kept
Nimes
,
Mountpelier
,
&
Auinion
with
all
the
places
thereabout
in
their
owne
possession
.
Wherevpon
Eudo
gathering
all
his
power
together
to
profligate
and
driue
them
out
,
gaue
vnto
them
battayle
,
wherin
he
was
discomfited
.
Mugnoces
by
whose
meanes
and
procurement
the
league
and
amitie
was
concluded
,
greatly
complayned
of
the
iniurious
dealing
of
Eudo
in
falsefying
his
faith
&
infringing
his
promise
accordingly
as
he
had
vndertaken
for
him
.
Whervpon
Abderama
king
of
Gottalonia
marching
with
an
hoast
against
him
,
besieged
him
in
the
Castle
of
Cerdania
:
out
wherof
,
Mugnoces
for
scarcitie
of
water
escaping
,
&
fléeing
into
thickets
and
hillish
places
,
fell
into
the
hands
of
another
company
of
Saracens
,
who
tooke
him
prisoner
&
beastly
slew
him
and
sent
his
head
&
his
wiues
(
the
daughter
of
Eudo
)
to
Abderama
:
and
thus
all
the
traitours
of
their
Countrey
within
shorte
space
,
came
to
a
miserable
end
and
confusion
.
Then
Abderama
hauing
dispatched
and
ridde
out
of
the
way
all
enemies
that
were
to
be
feared
on
his
back
,
returned
into
Fraunce
,
passed
the
riuer
of
Rhone
,
and
destroyed
many
places
that
belonged
to
the
Christians
:
and
made
such
a
slaughter
at
Arle
,
that
a
heape
then
made
of
the
bones
of
the
deade
carkasses
remaineth
there
yet
to
this
day
in
a
place
called
Alies
Campi
.
Then
went
he
with
his
army
against
Eudo
who
began
again
to
gather
more
strength
&
make
a
new
commocion
.
He
besieged
Tolose
the
chiefe
Citie
of
Gallia
Gottica
:
Fraunce
inuaded
by
Saracens
.
in
which
siege
,
(
for
that
the
citie
was
very
well
rampyered
and
fortified
with
Ditches
&
walles
,
and
also
well
stored
with
Engins
and
munitions
of
war
and
with
all
sorts
of
weapons
beside
a
conuenient
Garrison
of
souldiours
with
all
other
thinges
necessarye
the●e
planted
for
defence
)
the
Saracenes
receiued
great
losse
and
were
well
payde
home
,
especially
by
meanes
of
certayne
Engyns
,
deuised
by
skylfull
arte
of
ingenious
Architectes
and
by
diuers
other
Stratagemes
of
warlyke
pollicie
.
Notwithstanding
,
Burdeaux
was
then
taken
and
sacked
of
the
Saracenes
,
and
all
the
Inhabitauntes
therein
both
man
woman
and
childe
vnmercifully
slayne
and
manquelled
,
Burdeaux
taken
and
diuers
other
Cities
and
Townes
.
and
the
Temples
razed
and
laide
euen
with
the
ground
.
Thence
by
the
confines
of
Perigot
beyonde
the
ryuer
Geronde
,
they
made
inroades
into
the
Country
of
Xantongue
and
destroyed
Angolisme
and
Blaye
:
From
thence
through
Limosin
and
Poytiers
they
russhed
into
the
Countrey
of
Tours
,
Where
they
spoyled
the
Churche
of
Sainct
Martine
,
wherein
was
great
foyson
and
plenty
of
gyftes
and
offeringes
that
had
bene
geuen
and
bequeathed
vnto
it
,
and
afterward
set
it
on
fire
.
Eudo
being
sore
afflicted
with
these
vnmanerly
dealyngs
,
and
driuen
to
great
extremytie
by
the
Saracenes
,
entred
into
league
with
Marcellus
,
and
they
two
(
with
both
their
powers
ioyned
in
one
)
gaue
battayle
vnto
Abderama
before
the
Citie
of
Tours
,
Great
slaughter
.
wherein
they
discomfited
hym
and
all
his
host
.
In
this
battayle
there
were
slayne
CCC
.
lxxv
thousand
Saracenes
,
and
of
the
French
no
moe
but
.xv
C.
And
if
the
night
had
not
come
vppon
them
ere
the
battayle
was
fully
ended
,
the
whole
route
of
the
Saracenes
had
bene
at
that
time
vtterly
destroyed
.
For
Abderama
in
the
night
season
,
perceiuinge
how
the
game
went
,
and
what
a
mortall
ouerthrow
he
had
receiued
,
had
no
lust
to
tarye
and
expect
the
hazard
of
the
next
daye
:
but
trudged
as
fast
as
he
could
,
by
long
iourneyes
,
with
those
fewe
of
his
companye
that
were
left
and
hable
to
folow
him
,
to
the
Pyrenees
,
entendinge
from
thence
to
retourne
into
Spaine
,
leauing
behinde
hym
in
his
Tents
all
his
carriage
and
stuffe
for
a
praye
to
his
Enemies
.
But
the
Nauarrians
hauyng
stopped
the
streight
passages
where
their
iourney
laye
,
killed
them
euery
one
.
The
next
day
assoone
as
the
Sonne
was
vp
,
Martellus
in
good
order
marshalled
his
army
and
tooke
the
Féeld
,
awaiting
the
commyng
of
his
enemies
.
But
when
he
perfectlye
vnderstoode
that
they
were
fled
,
his
Souldiours
fell
to
the
spoyle
,
which
they
found
in
the
Saracenes
Campe
most
aboundant
and
plentifull
.
After
the
death
of
Eudo
,
Martellus
added
that
parte
of
Eudo
his
Kingdome
,
to
his
Empyre
.
For
which
cause
Hunold
and
Vaifar
the
sonnes
of
Eudo
,
incensinge
that
part
of
Gaule
called
Narbonensis
Prouincia
(
containing
the
Countrys
of
Sauoye
,
Dolphinie
,
Prouance
and
Languedock
)
to
take
parte
with
them
,
renewed
the
warre
afresh
with
Martellus
.
And
passinge
ouer
the
riuer
of
Rhone
,
with
most
barbarus
cruelty
destroyed
,
burnt
and
killed
man
and
beast
,
makynge
hauock
of
all
Townes
,
Villages
,
&
Féelds
that
was
in
their
way
,
without
sparing
either
age
or
Sexe
.
The
chief
burnt
of
which
lamentable
storme
and
furious
immanitie
,
that
part
of
the
Allobroges
(
now
called
Dolphinie
)
specially
felt
,
before
Martellus
could
prouide
or
prepare
sufficient
power
to
go
against
them
.
But
when
he
was
come
,
Visigot
departed
into
the
wast
desert
and
wildernesse
whiche
hee
hymselfe
had
so
made
,
and
concluding
a
league
with
the
Saracenes
more
aduisedly
and
warely
then
Eudo
before
had
done
,
that
is
to
wit
,
by
geuing
and
receiuing
hostages
on
both
parties
,
he
eftsoones
procured
them
to
come
agayne
into
Fraunce
:
who
now
not
with
an
Host
of
bolde
&
tymorous
,
warlike
and
vnwarlyke
,
armed
and
naked
persones
,
one
mingled
with
an
other
as
before
,
but
with
army
of
lustye
Seruitors
and
picked
Souldiours
throughly
tryed
by
Sea
and
Land
,
well
appointed
and
furnished
with
victuall
and
all
thinges
necessary
for
such
an
enterprise
wherfore
was
cheife
Captaine
one
Atine
,
entred
into
the
Prouince
.
And
taking
Auignion
by
treason
of
Maurice
Capitayne
thereof
,
they
appoynted
that
Citie
and
Narbon
to
be
the
principall
holdes
and
fortresses
of
their
martiall
procéedings
.
Whom
as
they
were
boldly
swarming
&
straying
abroad
the
Country
,
as
men
fearing
no
daunger
,
Childebrand
(
sent
for
that
purpose
by
Martellus
with
a
great
power
against
them
)
immediatly
at
his
firste
commynge
compelled
to
kéepe
within
the
walles
of
Auignion
.
Auignion
is
a
Citie
standinge
by
the
riuer
Rhone
,
and
was
at
that
time
stronglye
walled
,
and
well
fortyfied
with
many
Bulwarkes
,
Castles
and
Pyles
,
insomuche
that
Atine
valyauntly
and
polytiquely
defendinge
it
,
Two
balyaunt
&
sailfull
Capytaynes
compared
together
,
Atine
the
saracen
and
Martellus
the
French.
(
as
he
was
a
man
both
couragious
and
stout
and
also
skilfull
in
the
arte
of
Cheualrye
)
thought
it
to
be
inexpugnable
and
not
able
to
be
wonne
.
For
he
had
placed
his
Garrisons
on
euery
side
where
he
thought
most
expedient
,
and
had
planted
the
walles
,
Bulwarks
and
Castles
full
of
weapons
,
Dartes
and
Engins
to
throwe
stones
into
the
throng
of
his
Enemyes
,
beside
wyld
fire
and
matches
to
kindle
Torches
and
brands
to
cast
in
their
faces
when
so
euer
they
should
assay
to
enter
.
He
had
also
manned
the
same
with
hardy
Souldiours
,
&
saw
sure
watch
&
warde
to
be
kept
at
the
Gates
,
neither
lackyng
stoare
of
victuall
nor
any
thing
els
that
for
the
defence
therof
was
néedfull
and
requisite
.
Euery
Capitayne
,
Centurion
and
decurion
had
their
places
and
offices
appoynted
vnto
them
accordingly
.
He
himselfe
in
person
went
about
and
viewed
the
watches
,
for
feare
least
any
thing
by
negligence
or
ouersight
of
his
officers
were
amisse
,
a
man
that
coulde
well
away
with
laboure
,
watching
and
hunger
,
and
such
a
one
as
kept
his
souldiours
in
due
order
and
dutie
by
his
owne
example
,
rather
then
for
feare
of
punishment
,
anymatyng
and
encouraging
them
valyaunt
enterprises
,
and
martiall
aduentures
.
Childebrand
lodging
his
camp
néerer
to
the
citie
,
gaue
assault
therevnto
:
whom
Atine
not
onely
repulsed
but
also
enforced
to
discampe
&
remoue
his
Armye
furder
of
.
But
when
Martellus
with
his
retinue
and
traine
was
come
&
both
the
hosts
ioyned
in
one
,
after
he
had
surueied
and
taken
view
of
the
situation
and
strength
of
the
citie
and
throughly
vnderstood
of
the
valiaunt
courage
of
the
defenders
within
,
he
spéedely
&
with
vndaunted
courage
setting
forward
his
matters
,
not
only
draue
them
as
they
issued
out
of
the
towne
within
the
walles
againe
,
but
also
wan
to
the
place
where
his
army
had
before
pight
,
&
there
stronglye
encamped
he
himselfe
.
For
Martellus
being
a
man
singulerly
wel
skilled
in
warlike
affaires
,
had
vnder
him
in
his
army
such
capitaines
and
souldiours
as
had
bene
in
many
bloudy
battailes
experienced
&
in
sundry
warres
vnder
him
practised
:
furthermore
very
precise
obseruers
of
martiall
discipline
wherin
he
himself
had
trained
&
instructed
them
.
Who
whether
the
Army
were
to
be
lodged
and
embattailed
or
the
camp
to
be
remoued
,
or
themselues
to
be
ranked
&
set
in
array
redy
for
the
fight
,
knewe
euery
man
hys
office
,
place
&
seruice
only
with
a
beck
or
a
signe
geuen
them
by
their
Generall
.
When
their
camp
should
be
fortified
for
feare
of
being
sodenly
surprised
by
the
enemy
,
immediatly
a
man
should
haue
séene
some
,
with
al
dillygence
busied
in
perusing
&
surueiyng
the
place
the
their
General
had
assigned
,
some
to
sée
souldiours
in
good
order
,
some
to
entrench
the
camp
,
some
to
pitch
their
tentes
,
some
to
place
the
watch
and
assigne
them
their
standinges
,
some
redy
marshalled
without
the
Trench
ready
to
repulse
the
Enemy
if
he
shoulde
make
any
sodaine
irruption
vpon
the
labourers
.
If
case
stoode
,
for
the
Campe
to
be
remoued
,
euery
man
semblablye
knewe
his
office
and
dutye
.
If
they
marched
out
to
fight
,
euery
one
knewe
at
his
Fingers
ende
,
where
and
in
what
Ranke
or
place
hee
shoulde
stande
so
that
the
forme
and
fashion
were
tolde
them
by
their
Chieuetane
,
how
he
would
haue
the
battayle
ordered
and
appointed
,
and
looke
where
they
stoode
and
set
their
foote
in
the
fight
,
there
would
they
rather
haue
dyed
then
to
haue
left
it
or
shronke
one
foote
backe
,
so
desirous
were
they
to
wynne
praise
and
glorie
.
If
they
should
besiege
any
towne
,
some
brought
the
scaling
ladders
,
some
Turrettes
,
some
Bastyles
and
clymling
bridges
surmounting
the
height
of
the
Towne
walles
,
striuing
who
should
first
goe
vp
and
mount
vpon
the
walles
.
When
they
had
got
the
Towne
,
they
neuer
brake
their
aray
for
any
pyllage
or
spoyle
,
nor
for
any
gréedines
of
bootie
and
praie
,
they
neuer
ceassed
to
occupie
their
blades
and
lay
about
them
with
their
falchions
,
till
they
had
throughly
ouercome
all
such
of
their
enemyes
as
would
not
deliuer
their
weapons
.
With
such
a
goodly
trained
host
,
Martellus
aduauncing
his
Standard
and
approching
his
enemies
,
while
the
anger
of
his
Souldiours
was
hoate
and
the
courage
of
their
mindes
yet
freshe
&
vnappaulled
,
as
one
that
well
knew
the
nature
of
his
Countreymen
,
who
at
the
first
brunt
as
long
as
an
iniurie
is
fresh
in
memorie
and
their
mindes
with
venturous
anymositie
and
hope
of
victorie
,
googled
are
most
fierce
and
hardie
:
but
within
a
shorte
while
if
the
warre
continue
any
thing
long
,
their
former
hoat
forwardnes
will
be
straightwayes
abated
and
tourned
into
such
keye
colde
quietnes
that
whereas
afore
they
séemed
Lyons
,
then
woulde
they
bée
as
méeke
and
tractable
as
Lambes
,
geuing
therefore
no
time
of
rest
to
his
Souldiours
,
but
onely
so
much
as
néedes
must
be
had
to
refreshe
their
bodies
,
with
meate
,
drinke
and
sléepe
,
he
sounded
the
bloudie
blast
to
the
battaile
,
and
gaue
them
a
signe
couragiously
to
giue
the
onset
but
first
he
whetted
them
and
stirred
vp
their
stomackes
with
this
Oration
folowing
.
If
your
valiaunt
hearts
(
most
louing
Souldiours
and
felowes
in
Armes
)
were
not
sufficiently
already
to
mée
knowen
by
the
manifold
aduentures
and
perilles
in
my
companie
to
your
perpetuall
praise
exployted
,
A
pleasante
and
comfortable
Oration
of
Martellus
to
his
Souldiors
.
or
if
our
enemie
were
vnto
vs
straunge
&
vnknowen
then
would
I
go
about
with
many
wordes
to
incense
and
pricke
you
forward
:
but
sithens
I
haue
experimented
and
tryed
you
in
so
many
battayles
inuincible
,
&
that
of
late
yéeres
you
easely
vanquished
this
very
same
enemie
,
(
few
of
them
left
a
liue
)
at
what
time
they
inuaded
the
whole
Realme
of
Fraunce
with
a
farre
greater
armie
then
they
haue
now
,
in
hope
to
haue
enioyed
the
Empyre
&
Dominion
thereof
to
themselues
:
I
well
sée
that
I
haue
no
néede
to
stande
long
in
putting
you
in
hope
of
victorie
,
which
I
perfectly
know
to
be
alreadie
most
certain
in
your
hands
,
whereof
the
manifold
examples
of
so
many
famous
battailes
happily
and
victoriously
vnder
our
leading
&
conduct
by
you
atchieued
,
may
put
you
in
an
vndoubted
assuraunce
.
Vnlesse
peraduenture
some
will
thinke
it
to
be
a
harder
matter
for
vs
nowe
to
ouercome
these
fewe
(
which
like
fearefull
Hares
)
hyde
and
include
themselues
within
walles
:
then
it
was
for
vs
heretofore
in
the
Countrey
of
Tours
,
to
discomfite
the
whole
power
almost
of
all
the
Orient
.
Or
as
though
Walles
were
of
more
force
in
Warres
,
then
foure
hundreth
thousande
fighting
men
,
whose
swordes
and
armour
if
they
had
beene
layd
together
in
one
heape
,
had
béene
hable
to
haue
compassed
this
Citie
about
wyth
a
hygher
and
thicker
bulwarke
then
these
Walles
which
you
sée
are
.
Men
(
beléeue
mée
)
séeke
their
defence
not
in
Walles
but
in
theyr
weapons
.
Whereas
they
which
put
their
trust
in
Walles
,
when
they
be
dryuen
to
that
pushe
that
they
sée
themselues
ouercome
,
their
heartes
fayle
them
,
they
runne
away
lyke
the
fearefull
Deere
,
eyther
casting
downe
their
weapons
,
or
else
stand
stone
still
dismaide
and
amazed
lyke
sheepe
.
Addresse
your selues
therefore
to
the
assaulte
lyke
men
,
assuring
your selues
to
fynde
suche
great
plentie
of
spoyle
therein
,
that
you
shall
fare
the
better
all
the
dayes
of
your
liues
.
Daunt
and
oppresse
yonder
odious
and
vile
generation
the
are
included
in
hoales
&
dennes
like
birdes
in
a
cage
.
Take
your
former
vigour
and
accustomed
stomacks
vnto
you
,
and
know
ye
the
I
am
he
,
which
(
ouer
&
beside
their
share
and
bootie
of
the
spoyle
)
will
amply
with
my
owne
hands
reward
all
them
that
in
this
assault
shal
behaue
themselues
valiauntly
.
I
my selfe
will
not
start
one
foote
from
you
,
but
will
helpe
you
not
only
with
my
aduise
and
pollicie
,
but
also
with
doughtie
blowes
giuen
with
mine
owne
arme
as
I
am
wont
alwayes
at
a
pinch
to
do
where
I
sée
néede
.
I
wil
be
(
I
say
)
both
the
witnesse
bearer
and
the
Iudge
of
your
valiaunce
on
euery
side
,
and
wil
sée
you
to
suffer
no
worse
extremitie
,
and
wrong
,
than
I
my self
wil
be
content
to
participate
with
you
.
Auaunce
I
say
once
againe
,
mount
vp
liuely
vppon
yonder
wall
,
(
which
done
)
you
shal
be
sure
to
be
celebrated
and
renowmed
of
all
men
,
as
they
that
twyse
,
haue
deliuered
and
protected
their
Countrey
of
Fraunce
out
of
thraldome
of
a
blasphemous
True
of
cursed
Sathanistes
.
When
he
had
made
an
ende
,
the
Souldiours
al
together
gaue
a
great
shoute
,
and
then
began
the
assault
,
the
walles
were
couragiously
shaken
and
battered
,
ladders
,
turreties
&
bridges
set
vp
,
the
assault
geuen
in
thrée
seuerall
places
&
the
whole
army
diuided
into
iij
parts
,
wherof
one
was
lead
by
Childebrand
,
another
by
Charlemaine
the
sonne
of
Martellus
,
&
the
third
by
Martellus
himself
.
The
Saracens
rowlling
downe
great
stones
which
they
had
for
the
same
purpose
prepared
,
tumbled
downe
the
scaling
ladders
&
brake
them
a
sunder
,
shot
arrowes
among
the
Assaylaunts
as
fast
as
haile
,
&
threw
pots
of
scalding
pitch
vpon
them
that
approched
any
thing
néere
,
finally
no
kind
of
weapon
was
vnoccupied
.
Atine
himselfe
goyng
about
euery
corner
,
chéering
vp
his
Souldiours
on
euery
side
,
&
diligently
looking
the
nothing
were
amisse
,
played
the
part
both
of
a
skilfull
Captaine
&
also
of
a
valiaunt
souldiour
:
many
,
which
of
a
high
and
hautie
courage
first
skaled
the
walles
,
felt
the
smart
&
reward
of
venturous
audacitie
,
and
were
slaine
.
Martellus
seing
that
his
scaling
ladders
were
partly
by
his
enemies
&
partly
by
the
waight
of
his
owne
souldiours
climming
vp
thick
and
thréefold
broken
almost
all
in
péeces
,
purposing
to
detrude
and
driue
the
defendauntes
from
some
part
of
the
wall
,
erected
a
Tower
of
wood
,
out
of
which
,
he
shot
with
certaine
deuised
Engynes
,
great
waighty
stones
at
them
that
stoode
vpon
the
wall
and
in
it
he
had
placed
a
great
sort
of
Archers
,
which
with
arows
kept
the
Oppidanes
so
streict
,
that
they
durst
not
stand
to
their
tacklings
,
nor
abide
vpon
the
walles
.
This
Turret
had
a
bridge
which
with
a
certain
deuise
in
it
,
might
both
be
hoised
vp
on
high
&
let
downe
low
,
vp
into
the
which
none
could
ascend
that
stoode
on
the
ground
.
This
Engine
was
couered
all
ouer
with
raw
Oxe
hides
&
leather
,
that
no
fire
could
do
it
hurt
.
This
being
with
strength
of
men
set
hard
by
the
walles
(
for
it
went
vpon
whéeles
)
the
Bridge
was
set
to
the
top
of
the
walles
,
and
so
within
a
little
while
,
the
wall
was
ful
on
that
side
with
French
souldiours
.
Then
the
bickering
being
so
sore
&
terrible
on
both
parts
,
that
it
was
harde
to
decerne
who
shuld
haue
the
victorie
,
at
length
fine
force
and
puissaunt
manhod
of
the
Frankes
got
the
better
&
preuailed
,
who
making
a
great
shout
,
went
throughstitch
with
their
enterprise
,
some
ascending
&
mounting
vpon
the
walles
by
ladders
,
which
couered
&
saued
themselues
from
harme
by
holding
their
Targets
close
ouer
their
heades
,
till
they
were
gotten
vp
,
killing
or
els
throwing
downe
the
defendaunts
,
that
resisted
.
The
rest
being
without
all
hope
of
remedie
&
victorie
,
priuely
shifted
euery
man
for
himselfe
.
Atine
with
the
head
men
&
chief
officers
of
his
company
,
embarked
themselues
in
Shippes
readie
in
the
ryuer
Rhone
for
the
same
intent
,
&
sayled
away
with
the
streame
in
safety
.
Many
of
them
were
slaine
in
the
chase
,
many
crushed
to
death
with
fallyng
one
vppon
an
other
,
and
many
swimmyng
after
the
Shippes
that
were
now
departynge
and
goynge
awaye
,
were
drowned
and
ouerwhelmed
with
sourges
.
Atine
with
his
Shippes
takyng
the
sea
,
made
his
course
directly
to
Narbon
,
a
wealthy
Citie
and
well
fortified
,
standyng
very
commodiouslie
to
receiue
into
it
ayde
from
the
Sea
,
wherein
was
planted
an
other
Garison
of
Saracenes
.
Whereof
hearynge
Martellus
went
also
to
oppugne
and
besiege
it
.
So
that
now
there
was
no
lesse
bickering
&
contention
on
both
parties
for
the
oppugnation
and
propugnation
of
Narbon
:
the
one
side
meanyng
to
win
the
citie
,
the
other
not
intendyng
so
toloose
it
.
At
whiche
time
Amorreus
,
an
other
Saracen
Kinge
bringynge
a
bande
of
newe
ayde
to
succour
the
besiéeged
Narbonians
,
was
encountred
by
Martellus
,
at
the
ryuer
Illiberis
.
Where
betwene
them
was
fought
a
sharp
and
bloudy
battayle
:
but
in
the
end
the
victorye
fell
to
Martellus
,
and
Amorreus
valiantly
fightyng
in
the
vawarde
was
slayne
with
all
his
company
,
insomuch
that
not
one
was
left
aliue
to
carye
any
newes
home
of
their
vniuersall
mishappe
and
calamytie
.
When
Atine
vnderstoode
of
this
discomfiture
,
he
and
as
many
as
were
with
hym
at
Narbon
shipped
themselues
and
departed
out
of
the
French
Prouince
and
Countrey
.
At
this
time
,
when
the
Moores
were
thus
dryuen
out
of
all
Aquitanie
,
nyne
of
the
chiefe
Péeres
of
Martellus
his
Host
,
valyaunt
men
and
hardye
,
warred
vpon
the
Saracenes
in
Gotalonia
:
and
Martellus
dyed
in
whose
roome
his
second
Son
Pipine
succéeded
.
In
the
orient
Malsamas
spoylyng
and
depopulating
the
borders
of
Thracia
(
which
now
is
called
Romania
)
tooke
a
stronge
Towne
of
Cappadocia
named
Cursianum
.
From
thence
making
an
other
viage
with
an
Army
vnto
the
Streicts
of
Caucasus
,
found
the
same
so
wel
defended
and
fortified
by
the
Vnnes
or
Turkes
,
that
not
daring
to
meddle
with
them
,
he
retyred
back
agayne
.
And
two
yéeres
after
,
an
other
army
of
Saracenes
whereof
was
Generall
one
Euelit
the
Sonne
of
Maunias
inauaded
againe
the
Borders
of
Thracia
,
where
after
he
had
made
great
spoyle
,
he
retourned
againe
into
Syria
.
In
which
Prouince
many
thousands
of
Saracenes
dyed
of
sundry
diseases
.
Neuerthelesse
they
abstained
nothing
the
more
from
making
inuasions
into
the
Territoryes
that
belonged
to
the
Romane
Empire
.
For
Zulciminie
with
a
huyge
power
the
thyrd
time
pilfered
and
haryed
Armenia
and
Thracia
and
tooke
the
towne
called
Syderonium
:
afterward
he
went
into
Cappadocia
with
60000.
men
,
and
at
the
very
same
time
Melike
and
Batal
with
a
hundreth
thousand
Saracens
brake
the
fourth
time
into
Thracia
.
But
Leo
then
Emperour
,
marchyng
with
an
Host
against
them
that
wasted
Thracia
,
destroyed
and
slew
them
almost
euery
one
.
About
this
time
died
Euelid
,
in
whose
place
was
created
Bysshop
Gizit
the
seconde
,
in
the
yéere
of
our
Lorde
744.
Who
for
that
he
saw
the
Romane
Empire
to
be
deuided
intofactions
,
because
Constantine
Copronymus
the
Son
of
Leo
contended
with
Artabasdus
for
the
Garland
,
addicted
and
bent
his
whole
mind
to
dispose
and
set
order
in
the
Saracenicall
Empire
.
And
because
the
Ile
of
Ciprus
beyng
then
well
peopled
,
brued
seditious
motions
and
ruflynge
disturbaunces
,
he
sent
the
whole
people
thereof
into
Syria
and
left
the
Iland
without
Inhabitantes
.
And
when
he
had
raigned
one
yéere
,
he
deceased
.
After
him
,
Ices
obtayned
the
pontificate
,
who
also
dying
within
lesse
then
a
yéere
,
Maruane
was
installed
and
made
high
Bishoppe
.
Pipine
the
second
bearing
all
thesway
and
rulynge
all
the
rost
in
the
Realme
of
Fraunce
,
the
Saracenes
eftsoones
passinge
the
Pyrenees
were
by
him
surprysed
and
taken
tardy
,
and
payde
so
dearely
for
their
lustinesse
,
that
so
long
as
he
lyued
,
the
neuer
durste
any
more
attempt
any
inuasion
or
pillage
towarde
hys
land
,
Territory
or
domynion
,
for
which
valyance
and
magnanimitie
,
the
Frenchmen
,
by
the
assent
of
Zacharie
then
Pope
of
Rome
deposed
Childerick
to
whome
the
crowne
of
Fraunce
by
lineall
descent
of
inheritaunce
belonged
,
and
made
Pipine
their
King
:
and
with
him
annoynted
as
heyre
Apparaunt
to
the
Crowne
,
his
Sonne
Charles
,
who
was
after
surnamed
the
Great
.
Whom
(
afterward
doyng
many
things
of
his
owne
proper
will
and
authoritie
contrarye
to
his
Fathers
minde
and
contentment
,
Charles
as
though
he
had
bene
already
very
Kinge
and
in
reall
possession
of
the
Regall
Diademe
)
King
Pipine
his
Father
exiled
out
of
his
sight
and
commaunded
to
departe
out
of
all
the
limytes
and
boundes
of
his
Domynion
and
kingdome
.
Wherefore
he
not
darynge
to
disobey
the
kinge
his
Fathers
decrée
and
iudgement
,
tooke
with
hym
many
of
the
French
Nobilytie
which
folowed
hym
,
and
went
to
Galasie
Kinge
of
Toledo
,
a
Saracene
borne
.
Whiche
Galasie
vsed
his
helpe
,
aduise
and
ayde
in
the
warre
whiche
then
he
had
against
Marsilius
Kinge
of
Saragoza
,
a
Saracene
also
as
well
as
he
.
In
which
warres
Charles
,
being
Chieuetayne
of
all
the
King
of
Toledo
his
armye
,
behaued
hym selfe
like
a
worthy
Knight
,
and
many
waies
endamaged
King
Marsilius
.
Afterwarde
fallynge
in
loue
with
Galiana
Daughter
to
the
king
his
Master
,
aduentured
and
atchieued
many
worthy
enterprises
&
notorious
Actes
for
her
sake
,
namely
against
Bramantes
,
an
other
Saracen
King
.
Who
because
he
would
haue
had
Galiana
to
his
wife
,
maugre
her
Parentes
good
wyl
,
besieged
Toledo
,
and
discomfited
the
Souldiours
both
French
&
Saracene
which
serued
vnder
the
king
of
Toledo
,
tyll
Charles
yssuing
out
to
recharge
vpon
hym
,
coaped
with
him
and
slew
him
with
hys
own
handes
.
This
hoat
loue
continewinge
for
a
time
,
at
length
brake
out
so
far
,
that
vpon
a
certen
time
as
that
damsel
for
her
disport
and
solace
was
walkyng
in
the
gardens
or
baynes
by
the
bankside
of
the
riuer
Tagus
without
the
walles
of
the
citie
Toledo
(
whiche
are
at
this
day
called
the
Palaces
of
Galiana
)
Charles
no
longer
hable
to
qualefye
his
amorous
passion
,
stole
her
away
and
fled
with
her
to
Burdeaux
,
wher
he
buylded
for
her
a
sumpteus
palace
,
as
lyke
in
all
poyntes
to
the
paterne
and
situation
of
the
princely
Court
of
Toledo
,
as
he
could
gesse
,
which
palace
is
yet
extant
,
and
called
also
by
the
name
of
Galiana
her
Palace
.
Maruane
ruling
in
Syria
,
many
sedicious
mutines
and
factious
partakings
chaunced
among
the
Saracenes
,
&
many
Tyraunts
rebelliously
reuoulted
,
pretendynge
title
to
the
pontificate
.
Whose
names
were
Tebid
,
Dadack
,
and
Zulciminie
.
Whom
Maruane
as
traytours
to
him
pursued
,
&
toke
Tebid
and
put
hym
to
death
:
Zulciminie
hauing
an
ouerthrow
,
fled
into
Persia
.
But
fortune
smiled
&
fauored
Dadack
better
then
ether
of
the
other
twaine
,
for
he
ioyning
battayle
with
the
Sonne
of
Maruane
,
vanquished
hym
and
discomfited
his
whole
Hoast
.
Albeit
he
could
not
long
enioy
the
fruicts
of
this
victory
,
for
within
awhile
after
,
encountring
with
Maruane
,
himselfe
in
a
cruell
battell
was
ouercome
and
slaine
.
Constantine
Copronymus
taking
occasion
and
conceyuing
hope
of
future
good
lucke
by
meanes
of
the
Saracens
domestical
sedition
,
inferred
warre
vpon
Syria
,
&
wanne
a
great
part
of
that
Prouince
.
Wherfore
Maruane
hauinge
now
already
gotten
the
vpperhand
of
Dadack
with
al
his
Adherentes
:
tourned
his
conquerous
Armes
to
regayne
Syria
,
and
it
recouered
to
the
great
slaughter
&
smart
of
the
Christians
.
The
same
yéere
,
a
litle
before
the
Christians
receiued
this
great
ouerthrow
and
discomfiture
at
the
hands
of
Maruane
,
the
Countrey
Syria
,
Palestina
,
almost
al
Asia
,
Thracia
,
Grecia
and
Italie
with
many
other
Regions
were
terriblye
shaken
with
a
dreadfull
Earthquake
.
After
this
,
more
ruffling
and
commotion
kindled
in
Persia
.
For
Asmuline
Prince
and
kingleader
of
that
Sect
(
first
reised
and
excited
by
Mutar
,
of
whom
we
haue
before
made
mention
who
affirmed
Ali
to
be
greater
then
Mahomet
)
dwelling
and
liuing
among
the
Corasenes
,
a
people
of
Persia
,
through
the
counsaile
&
instinct
of
one
Cataban
,
incensed
and
mooued
all
the
Slaues
and
Peyzants
of
the
Countrey
either
priuely
or
apertly
,
by
secrete
conspiracie
or
by
open
force
,
to
quell
and
murther
their
Maisters
.
With
whose
wealth
,
the
Slaues
being
enriched
and
made
of
great
power
,
were
diuided
into
two
factions
,
whereof
th'
one
were
called
the
Caismores
,
and
th'
other
the
Lamonites
.
Now
,
Asmuline
being
Captaine
of
the
Lamonites
,
subdued
and
cleane
dispercled
the
Caismores
.
Then
beyng
accompanyed
with
his
Lamonites
and
hys
Counsellour
Cataban
,
marched
forth
into
Persia
:
ouer
which
Prouince
was
Lieutenaunt
for
Maruane
one
Ibline
,
who
with
an
hoast
of
one
C.
thousand
good
fighting
men
and
well
appointed
,
resisted
and
gaue
to
Asmuline
battayle
.
In
which
conflict
,
the
Lamonites
although
they
were
a
great
deale
fewer
in
number
,
yet
hauing
an
indubitate
confidence
in
the
promises
of
Asmuline
and
in
Cataban
,
whom
they
estéemed
as
men
holy
and
replenished
with
Propheticall
inspiration
,
fought
most
valiantly
,
in
so
much
that
they
discomfited
Ibline
and
put
hym
to
flight
.
Beyng
then
animated
with
so
many
victories
,
gloriously
and
happely
atchieued
,
they
were
not
afrayde
to
offer
battayle
vnto
Maruane
who
had
in
his
army
iij.
hundreth
thousand
fighting
Souldiours
ready
appointed
in
the
fielde
,
néere
to
the
Ryuer
Zaban
,
whom
also
with
all
his
army
they
discomfited
.
Maruane
with
foure
thousand
only
of
his
company
fled
into
Aegypt
,
cutting
downe
the
bridge
where
he
passed
ouer
,
that
his
enemies
should
not
pursue
and
chase
after
him
.
But
Saline
the
Sonne
of
Asmuline
persecuted
and
folowed
after
him
at
his
héeles
and
in
Aegypt
in
a
blouddy
battaile
ouercame
him
,
and
thus
was
all
the
Maraunian
Lynage
and
Pedagrew
expulsed
.
The
remnauntes
of
whose
lyne
and
Progenie
which
had
flourished
and
reigned
so
many
yéeres
were
dispersed
and
scattered
abroade
,
some
fledde
into
Mauritania
where
being
wearied
,
they
planted
themselues
,
and
some
went
into
Spaine
.
From
this
Asmuline
afterward
that
house
and
family
which
now
at
this
day
raigneth
in
Persia
,
called
Sophi
is
lineally
descended
.
After
the
death
of
Asmuline
and
Cataban
,
one
Abubalan
surnamed
Muamat
was
Prince
of
Syria
and
Persia
:
and
Saline
of
Aegypt
:
and
héere
began
the
first
Empyre
of
the
Sultanes
or
Souldanes
of
Aegypt
,
which
haue
their
imperiall
Seate
at
Cayre
.
For
by
that
name
the
Aegiptian
Caliphes
would
be
called
:
which
name
(
Sultan
)
by
interpretation
signifieth
the
highest
Soueraigne
Prince
and
King
of
Kings
.
About
the
same
time
,
dyed
Pipine
King
of
Fraunce
,
and
Charles
his
sonne
beganne
his
raigne
in
his
fathers
steede
.
And
among
the
Asturians
,
Alphonsus
the
sonne
in
Law
of
Pelagius
,
and
surnamed
Catholicus
succéeded
Fafila
.
This
King
recouered
from
the
Saracenes
in
Gallicia
,
Lucus
,
Tui
and
Asturica
,
in
the
Countrey
called
Campi
,
all
that
lyeth
within
the
Ryuers
Stola
,
Carrion
,
Pisquerra
,
and
Duerro
:
in
Castulonia
,
Simancas
,
Duengas
,
Amaia
,
Caniciares
,
Alesanium
,
Transinera
,
Supuerta
and
Carracia
:
in
Lusitanie
,
Bracha
,
Viseum
and
Portum
,
(
of
whom
&
Gallicians
compounded
together
,
whiche
are
a
people
of
the
same
Prouince
)
all
Lusitanie
is
at
this
day
called
Portugall
.
Hée
fortefied
many
places
,
as
Alaba
,
Ordugina
,
in
Cantabria
,
whych
Countrey
is
nowe
called
Biskaie
:
in
Nauarra
,
Rueonia
,
Sarracecasium
and
diuerse
other
places
as
farre
as
the
Pyrence
Mountaines
.
And
when
he
had
raigned
eyghtéene
●eeres
he
dyed
,
after
whom
his
Sonne
Froila
was
saluted
and
crowned
king
.
This
man
gaue
an
ouerthrow
to
the
Saracens
which
had
inuaded
Gallicia
,
wherein
he
slew
their
Captaine
Omar
with
fiftie
thousand
others
of
his
company
,
and
compelled
Ioseph
king
of
Corduba
to
flée
:
and
brought
al
the
region
of
Gallicia
into
his
owne
rule
and
iurisdiction
.
He
beyng
afterward
by
his
owne
Subiectes
murthered
,
Aurelius
his
brothers
sonne
obtained
the
kingdome
,
of
whom
we
reade
no
notable
exploite
done
against
the
Saracens
,
and
he
also
dying
within
short
space
after
his
Coronation
,
his
brother
Silo
was
made
king
.
Against
him
the
Gallicians
rebelled
,
wherfore
because
he
might
the
better
subdue
and
bring
than
to
reasonable
conformitie
,
he
concluded
a
peace
with
the
Saracens
.
He
raigned
eight
yéeres
and
then
dyed
.
After
whom
,
succéeded
Alphonsus
the
second
,
sonne
of
Froila
,
surnamed
Castus
,
which
was
in
the
yéere
of
our
Lord
God
.780
.
Against
him
,
by
the
counsaile
and
persuasion
of
his
vncle
Mauregate
,
the
Saracens
made
warre
.
Thys
Mauregate
had
promised
vnto
them
,
that
if
he
myght
by
their
meanes
and
helpe
obtayne
the
Kingdome
of
Lyon
,
which
hys
Predecessours
and
Auncestours
before
hym
had
enioyed
,
he
would
paye
vnto
them
yeerely
in
the
name
of
a
tribute
fyftie
persons
of
noble
race
,
and
as
many
Virgins
of
baser
birthe
,
with
many
other
execrable
and
impious
things
.
Wherevpon
,
by
the
ayde
of
the
Saracenes
whiche
furthered
his
pretence
and
quarell
,
with
all
their
myght
and
power
,
he
forciblie
got
Lyon
with
the
whole
Kingdome
thereof
and
it
intrusiuely
vsurped
by
the
space
of
fyue
yéeres
.
After
whose
deathe
,
Vermudeces
,
Sonne
to
hys
brother
Vimaran
succéeded
:
who
after
two
yéeres
,
voluntarily
and
of
his
owne
fréewyll
restored
the
Kingdome
to
Alphonsus
.
Whych
when
the
Saracenes
vnderstoode
,
they
sent
a
great
armye
agaynst
hym
,
vnder
the
leadyng
of
Mucas
:
betwéene
whom
,
néere
to
a
Towne
named
Lutum
or
Ledum
was
fought
a
terrible
and
sharpe
battayle
,
but
in
the
ende
the
Saracenes
were
ouercome
,
and
of
them
were
slaine
.lxx.
thousande
,
beside
a
great
number
which
were
taken
Prisoners
.
While
these
garboyles
were
in
doyng
in
Spaine
,
the
Saracenes
in
the
Orient
were
deuided
among
themselues
by
intestine
sedicion
and
ciuill
tumulte
.
For
Abubalan
ruling
in
Syria
,
many
commotions
and
vprores
were
reysed
against
hym
in
Arabia
,
by
the
faction
of
deade
Maruane
,
affirmyng
and
proclayming
abroade
that
Maruane
was
not
yet
deade
,
and
that
therefore
they
put
on
Armour
to
restore
him
againe
into
hys
rightfull
estate
and
regall
dignitie
.
By
reason
of
which
rebellious
stirre
,
many
were
slayne
on
both
sydes
,
and
great
depopulation
committed
.
After
the
deathe
of
Abubalan
,
his
brother
Abedela
succéeded
,
who
was
traiterously
and
insidiouslye
murthered
by
an
other
Abedela
,
which
aspyred
to
the
Byshopprike
,
hopyng
to
enioye
it
after
hys
decease
as
hee
dyd
in
déede
.
During
whose
Raigne
and
Empyre
,
the
Turkishe
broode
and
Nation
breaking
cat
of
the
Streictes
of
Caucasus
about
the
yéere
of
oure
Lorde
.800
.
made
roades
and
incursions
into
Armenia
,
and
when
they
had
piteously
spoyled
and
sacked
it
,
they
retourned
into
their
owne
Countrey
.
And
the
yeere
folowing
,
they
yssued
oute
in
great
Plumpes
,
and
fought
with
the
Saracenes
so
long
,
till
manie
béeing
slaine
on
bothe
parties
,
the
nyght
made
them
to
surceasse
and
make
an
ende
of
their
battaile
.
Abedela
the
seconde
of
that
name
,
in
the
eightenth
yéere
of
his
raygne
dyed
,
in
whose
place
succéeded
hys
Sonne
Madi
.
Who
without
any
notable
thing
in
al
his
tyme
atchiued
,
dyed
,
when
he
had
raigned
ix
.
yéeres
,
leauyng
behind
him
for
his
Heyre
and
successour
,
his
sonne
Moyses
.
Who
in
the
second
yéere
of
his
raigne
dyed
:
and
in
his
roome
was
created
Caliph
one
Aaron
.
But
now
to
retourne
to
the
affaires
of
the
Occident
.
Ibnabala
King
of
Saragoza
,
being
expulsed
and
dryuen
out
of
his
Countrey
by
the
other
Princes
of
the
Saracenes
in
Spayne
,
Charles
the
Great
.
came
into
Fraunce
to
King
Charles
,
to
implore
and
desire
ayd
of
hym
,
to
reuenge
the
iniurie
vnto
hym
done
:
and
at
the
same
time
also
,
Ambassadors
came
to
the
same
Charles
from
Alphonsus
surnamed
Castus
,
King
of
Asturians
,
to
incense
and
mooue
hym
to
warre
vpon
the
Saracenes
in
Spaine
and
to
set
the
Country
in
good
order
,
and
by
his
prowesse
to
deliuer
it
out
of
the
clutches
of
Tyrannicall
vsurpers
.
Charles
therefore
gathering
together
not
only
the
power
of
his
owne
kingdome
but
also
hauinge
a
supplye
of
forraine
aide
,
among
whome
were
certaine
younge
Gentlemen
of
the
Danes
(
which
profered
their
seruice
to
accompaignie
him
,
partlie
for
a
desire
that
they
had
to
bellicall
affaires
,
and
partlie
to
shewe
their
prowesse
and
couragious
stomackes
)
with
an
Host
not
very
huyge
and
populous
in
number
,
but
yet
competent
inough
and
such
as
were
skilful
Souldiours
and
expert
Capitaines
,
passed
ouer
the
Pyrenees
by
Ronceuall
without
resistaunce
or
stoppe
of
any
man
.
And
entring
within
the
frontiers
and
borders
of
Nauarre
,
pight
his
Pauilions
before
Pompelon
,
the
head
Citie
of
the
Kingdome
of
the
Cantabrians
.
Which
Citie
the
saracenes
had
strongly
fortified
with
a
mighty
Garrison
.
And
for
that
they
had
béene
alredy
sufficiently
schooled
in
the
auncient
tricks
and
feates
of
Spayne
,
they
would
no
more
commit
the
euent
of
their
good
or
ill
Fortune
to
the
hazard
of
one
entire
battaile
as
they
had
before
done
,
but
determined
to
protract
and
lynger
out
the
warre
with
delayes
,
tergiuersacions
and
sKirmishes
where
they
might
espie
their
best
aduauntage
.
Charles
dispatched
and
sent
an
Herauld
at
armes
to
sommon
the
Towne
,
&
to
know
whether
they
would
yelde
or
els
abide
the
doubtfull
hazard
of
war
.
They
first
,
asked
a
time
to
consult
among
themselues
what
were
best
to
doo
,
ere
they
woulde
resolutelye
answere
to
the
Sōmaunce
.
Vnto
whom
was
granted
the
space
of
one
day
,
wherein
they
demaunded
and
entreated
that
thei
might
haue
space
graunted
to
send
to
their
kings
Frends
and
Confederates
,
and
geue
them
to
vnderstand
of
their
distresse
,
so
that
if
they
were
not
rescued
and
the
siege
reysed
within
xv
.
dayes
,
then
they
would
wyllingly
yéelde
themselues
and
their
Citie
into
his
hands
.
Alleadgyng
,
that
it
should
be
much
for
the
auaile
and
commodytie
of
the
French
,
to
conquere
and
wyn
the
Citie
,
being
vnperyshed
and
neither
by
the
Conquerour
in
his
ragynge
moode
defaced
,
nor
by
the
conquered
defendaunt
,
through
desperation
blemished
and
disfigured
.
Neither
that
this
taryaunce
should
in
any
poyncte
hinder
his
Procéedinges
,
but
rather
be
greatly
beneficiall
for
hym
.
For
why
,
though
he
bent
all
the
force
he
was
able
to
make
against
the
Citie
,
yet
was
it
able
to
holde
hym
out
for
so
many
dayes
as
they
craued
.
And
furthermore
that
the
French
,
if
their
Fortune
were
to
get
the
vpperhande
in
fight
of
their
Fréendes
that
came
to
succour
them
,
should
with
a
worde
onely
commaunde
the
Portecullesses
and
strong
grated
Gates
of
the
Citie
to
be
broken
downe
&
openned
for
them
quietly
to
enter
,
whiche
shoulde
be
much
for
the
honour
,
Dignitie
,
and
profite
of
both
parties
:
least
otherwise
,
those
innocent
Cities
that
haue
committed
no
fault
,
for
whose
deliuerie
and
regaignynge
the
French
protested
themselues
to
be
come
,
should
suffer
such
ruthfull
and
iniurious
examples
of
warre
on
both
sides
,
as
the
nature
and
insolencie
of
a
Siege
necessarilye
bringeth
.
Charles
prudently
perceiuing
all
these
protestations
and
surmises
of
the
Saracenes
to
be
subtilly
and
craftelye
deuised
for
none
other
entent
,
but
onely
to
abate
the
heat
and
courage
of
his
Souldiours
(
being
now
most
sharply
set
to
haue
their
purpose
)
by
protracting
the
time
and
geuyng
longer
day
,
would
in
no
wise
agrée
to
graunt
them
any
respite
to
make
any
further
preperation
and
purueighaunce
for
war
,
which
mighte
peraduenture
tourne
hym
to
greater
inconuenience
afterwarde
,
but
immediatlye
sendeth
defiaunce
against
them
,
and
commaundeth
hys
Souldiours
to
prouide
and
make
ready
such
thinges
as
to
the
battrie
and
siege
of
the
Citie
were
requisite
.
The
Siege
of
this
Citie
continued
many
dayes
,
and
diuers
assaultes
fiercely
geuen
.
The
Assaylauntes
were
not
so
busie
without
,
but
the
Defendaunts
were
as
dylygent
within
many
times
yssuinge
out
of
their
Gates
,
not
after
the
Arabian
guyse
,
but
accordinge
to
the
Spanish
manner
,
armed
with
Sword
and
fire
,
quick
,
swift
,
nymble
and
sodaine
,
deluding
their
enemyes
,
with
many
stratagemes
and
subtyll
pollicies
,
facinge
and
shifting
from
place
to
place
,
pretermittinge
no
occasion
that
made
for
their
purpose
,
dealynge
euery
where
and
at
all
times
so
deceiueablye
,
that
when
the
other
partye
thought
themselues
surest
of
their
purpose
,
they
were
fardest
of
,
and
when
their
desires
were
likest
(
as
thei
thought
)
to
sorte
to
effect
,
then
were
they
soonest
beguiled
and
lykely
themselues
to
fall
into
the
lapps
of
their
enemies
:
so
secret
and
spéedy
,
that
they
were
many
times
in
the
middest
of
their
enemies
flashing
among
them
before
any
man
suspected
their
comming
,
killing
them
and
setting
fire
in
their
tentes
and
gone
againe
out
of
sight
,
ere
any
resistaunce
could
be
made
or
any
time
to
go
against
them
.
They
skirmished
&
ruffled
with
their
enemies
,
in
a
maner
within
their
owne
tents
.
And
although
there
was
a
band
apointed
at
the
gates
of
the
Citie
to
kéepe
them
from
comminge
out
,
yet
(
notwithstanding
)
they
could
not
be
so
pent
in
,
nor
debarred
from
their
purposes
,
but
with
lyke
bouldenesse
as
afore
,
they
would
often
set
vpon
them
,
and
by
no
meanes
wolde
be
brought
to
kepe
within
the
wals
of
the
citie
,
til
the
same
wer
throughly
entrenched
and
rampired
,
and
all
their
works
within
,
finished
to
their
minde
.
Then
did
they
stand
at
defiaunce
valiauntly
,
not
as
men
defending
their
manhood
with
walles
,
but
kéepyng
&
defending
their
walles
with
manhood
.
This
Siege
contynuing
somwhat
longe
,
the
other
kings
which
were
daily
looked
for
to
reyse
the
siege
,
came
in
deed
,
albeit
furnished
with
any
hoast
,
able
to
fight
a
maine
battaile
,
but
euer
as
they
espied
any
aduauntage
or
occasion
,
they
would
make
out
Dimilaunces
and
light
Horsemen
by
knowen
pathes
and
waies
,
to
annoy
King
Charles
.
Which
Horsemen
oftener
by
night
then
by
day
alitle
disquieted
his
Campe
,
and
made
some
disturbance
and
Outcries
therein
.
An other
crewe
of
them
killyng
the
watchmen
&
perforce
making
way
through
their
enemies
Bulwarkes
and
Fortifications
,
entred
the
citie
,
&
greatlye
relieued
them
within
,
whereby
thei
conceiued
great
hope
of
future
successe
.
Charles
with
a
courage
vnappauled
and
inuincible
exhorting
his
men
,
tolde
them
that
the
victory
was
to
be
obtained
with
paines
taking
&
vigilancie
,
that
martiall
prowesse
appeareth
not
only
in
the
encountrie
and
conflict
,
but
a
great
deale
rather
in
good
discipline
and
obseruance
of
martiall
orders
,
not
to
be
lulled
in
ease
and
securytie
,
bestowing
the
greatest
part
of
the
night
in
sléepe
and
bodely
rest
,
but
in
studie
and
deuise
for
the
atchiueaunce
of
their
waightye
businesse
,
&
in
the
day
time
incessantly
to
be
busied
,
abstaining
from
riot
&
libidinous
lustes
&
euermore
abandoning
werines
and
lingering
of
time
.
Geuing
them
further
to
vnderstand
,
that
the
cages
and
walles
wherin
those
Sathanistes
had
enclosed
themselues
for
their
sauegard
,
must
ether
perforce
be
broken
in
péeces
&
beaten
downe
about
their
eares
,
or
els
the
enemies
themselues
to
be
tamed
and
brought
vnder
awfull
obedience
.
Wherfore
he
had
them
to
aduance
their
standards
&
with
banners
displaid
,
to
march
against
them
,
&
not
suffer
them
to
rest
.
Then
was
ther
made
fortifications
&
habiliments
,
to
serue
ech
way
and
on
euery
side
,
wherby
their
Camp
was
kept
both
before
,
behind
and
on
either
side
.
Then
they
that
fisked
and
raunged
out
as
thei
did
before
,
were
faine
to
hyde
their
heades
within
their
Fortresse
,
or
els
were
shamfully
compelled
to
retire
,
and
so
the
matter
was
brought
to
a
perfect
Siege
.
Then
beganne
there
a
sharpe
and
terrible
battrye
whiche
contynued
day
and
night
without
intermission
,
fresh
Souldiours
euer
comming
in
the
places
of
the
weary
,
and
fighting
by
course
one
after
an
other
rounde
aboute
,
with
all
kinde
of
deuises
Engins
,
Ordinaunce
,
Ladders
,
Bridges
,
pollicie
and
valyauntnes
,
in
somuch
that
the
Saracenes
courage
being
wel
cooled
,
were
now
dismaid
&
at
their
wits
end
,
not
hable
to
hold
out
ani
longer
,
but
on
euery
side
(
do
what
they
could
)
were
by
the
valyant
French
Assaylaunts
throwen
downe
from
the
walles
or
els
slayne
out
of
hand
.
Within
the
Citie
also
there
was
a
great
slaughter
of
them
,
vntyll
the
King
had
made
proclamation
that
as
many
as
were
vnarmed
and
without
weapon
should
be
spared
.
Then
lo
,
the
Saracenes
,
euer
before
that
time
,
choosing
and
accustomed
rather
to
die
then
to
yéeld
as
long
as
they
had
weapon
&
Armure
,
Kinge
Charles
cooled
the
saracens
courage
threwe
downe
their
weapons
,
and
vpon
their
knées
holdyng
vp
their
vnarmed
hands
be
sought
pardon
.
Then
were
the
walles
rased
and
the
citie
sacked
.
From
thence
the
Campe
remooued
and
went
to
Saragoza
the
head
Citie
of
the
Prouince
Taraconensis
:
which
beinge
terryfied
and
feared
by
the
example
afore
,
straightway
condiscended
and
agréed
to
accept
the
offers
and
conditions
propounded
vnto
them
,
whiche
was
that
they
shoulde
admitte
and
receaue
into
their
Citie
such
as
preached
the
glad
tydinges
of
the
Gospell
of
God
,
and
receaue
againe
Ibnabala
their
King
,
and
hym
to
acknowledg
and
obey
as
their
Soueraigne
Lorde
.
After
this
,
he
went
into
Gottalonia
,
&
compelled
the
two
kings
of
the
Prouince
(
which
were
accused
to
haue
expulsed
Ibnabala
but
of
his
kingdome
)
Abu●am
&
Deui●feze
to
come
into
his
Paullion
with
Giftes
and
Presents
,
&
condiscend
to
become
Tributaries
.
Thus
his
name
was
had
in
feare
and
awe
throughout
all
Spaine
.
But
when
he
was
returned
home
agayne
into
Fraunce
,
some
write
that
there
came
out
of
Aphrica
,
one
Aigoland
,
sent
from
the
high
Duke
of
the
Aphrican
Saracens
,
who
kept
his
Seat
royall
at
Marrocco
)
with
a
mighty
army
,
to
recouer
all
such
Townes
and
places
as
Charles
had
taken
in
Spaine
:
with
whom
there
were
many
other
Princes
,
Potentats
and
valyaunt
personages
.
And
that
Charles
(
after
many
combates
,
darraigned
and
foughten
with
hym
hand
to
hand
beinge
thereunto
by
hym
chalenged
and
prouoked
)
fought
a
bloudy
battayle
with
hym
at
Baion
,
a
Citie
of
Vasconia
,
wherein
were
slayne
400000.
Christians
,
and
among
them
Myles
Anglere
Father
to
Rouland
,
a
stout
Gentleman
and
a
hardy
,
who
had
the
leadinge
and
was
Generall
of
the
whole
Army
.
Notwithstanding
,
all
was
regained
by
the
puyssance
and
prowesse
of
Charles
,
and
other
fresh
ayd
that
then
came
euen
in
the
nicke
out
of
Italy
to
succour
the
Frenchman
in
that
distresse
.
Insomuch
that
Aegoland
priuyly
fled
and
conueighed
himselfe
away
.
But
not
long
after
,
hauinge
repaired
his
army
with
a
supplie
of
moe
Souldiours
,
Aegoland
againe
prouoked
Charles
into
Vasconia
,
and
besieged
the
Citie
Gennum
now
called
Baion
the
space
of
seuen
Monthes
,
and
departing
thence
was
in
the
borders
of
Xantongue
in
a
cruell
battel
ouerthrowen
,
after
which
discomfiture
he
fled
back
againe
into
Spaine
.
And
how
that
Charles
(
because
he
would
at
length
bring
his
Spanish
warres
to
an
end
)
with
a
greater
army
then
any
afore
,
entred
into
Spaine
,
where
after
many
light
skirmishes
,
he
slew
Aegoland
in
a
notable
battell
:
after
which
victorie
he
brought
vnder
his
subiection
and
rule
almost
all
Spaine
:
with
many
moe
forged
reportes
and
mere
fables
of
some
aduoutched
,
all
which
,
for
the
vntruth
and
vnlykelyhood
therof
we
do
heare
pretermit
.
But
if
any
be
desirous
to
sée
them
,
let
them
reade
Turpine
Byshoppe
of
Rhemes
,
to
whom
also
I
do
referre
you
,
for
the
trueth
of
this
which
wee
haue
here
last
recited
.
For
we
doe
not
fynde
in
any
of
those
credible
and
approued
wryters
whych
wée
folowe
,
that
Charles
made
any
moe
voyages
against
the
Saracenes
into
Spaine
but
one
,
nor
that
they
euer
entred
into
Fraunce
during
his
Raigne
.
But
this
is
manifest
,
that
Alphonsus
Kyng
of
Asturia
,
mooued
with
the
famous
renowne
of
his
noble
Actes
and
inuincible
valiaunce
,
and
for
the
common
weale
of
his
Kingdome
and
Subiectes
,
because
he
had
no
Children
of
his
owne
,
and
saw
that
the
power
of
that
onely
Region
was
farre
vnhable
so
beare
out
and
maintaine
continuall
warres
wyth
the
Saracens
,
offered
vnto
him
secretely
by
trustie
Messengers
and
Ambassadours
the
Kingdome
of
Lyon
,
so
that
he
would
ayde
hym
against
the
King
of
Corduba
,
with
whom
he
had
then
waged
Warre
.
Charles
accepting
this
offer
and
condition
,
sent
ayde
vnto
hym
.
Which
composition
when
the
Nobles
and
Péeres
of
the
Realme
of
Lyon
vnderstoode
,
they
were
soore
displeased
and
tooke
the
matter
greuously
,
spighting
(
as
commonly
in
like
cases
it
falleth
out
)
to
haue
a
Nation
hard
vnder
theyr
noses
to
bée
rulers
ouer
them
,
and
therevpon
they
compelled
theyr
King
to
starte
from
his
Bargaine
and
vndoe
his
League
.
And
not
so
contented
to
leaue
,
purposed
also
and
deuised
which
way
to
dispatch
and
destroye
King
Charles
and
all
his
Army
:
fearing
,
least
he
séeing
himselfe
thus
deluded
and
mocked
would
,
reuenge
this
iniurie
done
vnto
him
.
Therefore
gathering
and
assembling
all
the
power
of
the
Asturians
and
Cantabrians
together
,
and
sendyng
also
for
ayde
to
the
Saracenes
(
in
secrete
wise
preuenting
Charles
)
tooke
and
kept
the
narow
Streights
of
the
Mountaines
where
the
passage
&
way
lyeth
into
Spaine
by
Ronceuall
.
For
Charles
was
retourned
into
Fraunce
,
and
was
now
againe
in
his
way
going
into
Spaine
,
to
reuenge
this
wrongfull
dealing
.
The
Armie
of
King
Charles
was
then
at
the
foote
of
the
Pyrence
Mountaines
on
that
side
next
Fraunce
,
in
the
valley
(
yet
called
Hospita
)
when
there
came
newes
vnto
them
,
that
the
Spaniardes
were
comming
in
warlike
maner
against
him
along
by
the
valley
called
at
this
day
Charles
Valley
,
which
was
a
faire
plaine
Champaine
.
Therfore
diuiding
his
hoast
into
thrée
Battailes
,
by
the
fraudulent
&
traiterous
counsaile
of
Galerō
(
or
as
some
cal
him
Gane
)
whom
the
enemies
had
corrupted
with
money
,
he
appointed
Rouland
his
Nephew
by
his
Sister
,
(
commonly
called
of
the
vulgar
sort
Orland
)
Duke
of
little
Britaine
,
a
valiaunt
Gentleman
and
a
hardy
,
to
leade
the
Vauwarde
,
wherein
he
placed
al
the
noble
States
&
Péeres
of
Fraunce
:
in
the
second
battaile
,
he
placed
innumerable
Gentlemen
and
noble
Personages
:
and
he
himself
with
the
third
(
wherin
was
the
traitour
Galerō
)
taried
stil
in
the
campe
,
commaunding
Orland
with
the
vauntgard
to
aduaunce
himself
forward
.
The
Spanish
army
was
embattailed
in
Ronceuall
,
expecting
their
comming
.
Vpon
,
whom
the
fronte
of
the
French
hoast
geuing
the
onset
,
was
at
the
first
brunt
so
handled
(
for
the
Spanyardes
had
gotten
the
vpper
ground
and
al
the
strait
passages
)
that
they
were
in
worse
case
which
escaped
their
hands
,
than
they
which
were
slain
outright
in
fighting
:
for
they
dyed
&
were
quickly
out
of
pain
,
but
the
other
●léeing
through
thicke
&
thinne
among
the
stones
and
craggy
Cliues
&
falling
down
from
high
Rockes
,
had
their
limmes
broken
,
&
so
continued
for
a
longer
season
in
extreme
tormente
and
agonies
.
Thus
,
Rouland
&
all
his
traine
being
wearied
,
what
with
climing
vp
the
hill
,
and
what
with
the
waight
of
their
armour
were
easely
killed
and
brought
to
confusion
.
xii
.
Peeres
of
Fraunce
.
After
the
same
maner
also
was
the
second
battaile
handled
,
wherin
were
the
12.
Péeres
of
Fraunce
,
in
whose
power
it
is
to
create
the
king
&
decide
al
waightie
causes
of
the
Realme
.
Charles
still
abode
in
the
Valleye
,
which
for
this
cause
is
to
this
day
called
Charles
Valley
,
whyther
he
had
remoued
his
Campe
out
of
Hospita
.
Who
vnderstandinge
of
the
great
ouerthrow
and
losse
of
his
Men
,
retyred
with
al
spéede
againe
into
Fraunce
.
Alphonsus
excused
himselfe
by
Ambassadours
vnto
him
,
that
all
these
thinges
were
attempted
and
done
without
his
consent
and
knowledge
,
with
whome
Charles
renewed
the
former
amytie
and
league
betwene
them
stroken
and
concluded
.
Then
deuisinge
in
his
minde
to
procure
an
atonement
and
vniuersall
peace
to
the
whole
world
,
sent
his
Ambassadours
into
Syria
and
Aegypt
,
to
conclude
an
amytie
and
peace
with
the
Princes
and
Chiefe
Rulers
of
the
Infideles
,
to
the
ende
that
they
should
the
better
vse
and
entreate
the
Christians
liuing
vnder
their
subiection
.
Which
he
obteined
,
insomuch
that
Aaron
the
high
Caliph
of
Persia
and
Arabia
)
who
not
longe
afore
,
rufflingly
inuadyng
the
Prouinces
of
Asia
that
were
vnder
the
Constantinopolitane
Empire
with
CCC.M.
men
,
had
enforced
and
by
compulsion
dryuen
Nicephorus
the
emperour
to
redéeme
and
(
as
it
were
)
to
fer●●e
peace
at
his
hands
,
by
paying
yéerely
an
annuall
fée
in
gold
)
from
thenceforth
not
onely
not
infested
and
vexed
the
Christians
,
but
also
gaue
yéerely
a
great
Masse
and
summe
of
moneye
to
the
reliefe
of
those
poore
Captiues
that
liued
vnder
his
rule
,
and
also
sent
his
Ambassadours
with
great
rewardes
to
King
Charles
.
For
when
Aaron
had
with
many
ouerthrowes
and
pillages
miserably
afflicted
and
frusshed
the
Romane
empyre
,
surpryzed
and
taken
Tyana
where
he
erected
and
dedicated
a
temple
vnto
Mahomet
&
an
infinite
numbre
of
townes
moe
:
Nicephorus
séeinge
his
matters
goe
to
wrecke
,
and
distrustinge
any
better
fortune
,
sent
his
Letters
to
the
Arabian
to
obteyne
and
request
a
peace
accordinge
to
the
tenour
folowinge
.
Why
tho●
shouldest
thus
vniustlie
warre
againste
me
and
my
dominions
sythens
I
haue
not
wronged
nor
offended
thée
,
or
who
they
be
that
counsaile
thee
therunto
I
know
not
,
neither
do
I
se
any
cause
reasonable
to
moue
thée
,
vnles
it
be
peraduenture
,
because
thou
hast
a
delight
and
pleasure
in
murther
,
robberie
and
rapine
.
For
that
thou
doest
it
for
religion
sake
,
thou
canst
not
pretend
a
ny
excuse
,
sithens
Machomet
thy
high
Prophet
,
commaundeth
you
to
vse
and
accoumpt
al
Christians
as
Brothers
.
Doest
thou
thinke
that
Almightie
God
the
creatour
of
all
thinges
and
the
staie
of
both
the
People
,
whome
he
hath
created
and
made
after
his
owne
similitude
and
lykenes
,
is
delighted
with
effusion
and
shéeding
of
innocent
bloud
?
God
forbid
.
For
your
Prophet
Mahomet
did
not
commaund
you
to
offre
vnto
him
any
such
sacrifice
or
satisfactorie
exp●ation
.
Or
else
perchaunce
doest
thou
inuade
the
territories
and
prouinces
belonginge
to
other
men
,
for
some
néede
and
want
of
Syluer
,
Golde
and
such
other
thinges
?
But
alas
,
there
is
no
such
store
of
these
thinges
with
vs
?
yea
all
precious
iewelles
and
wares
that
are
rare
and
hard
to
be
gotten
,
are
among
you
in
great
plentie
.
But
if
there
be
any
thinge
in
our
Countreys
that
may
do
thee
pleasure
,
why
doest
thou
not
aske
it
fréendly
,
and
we
will
bestow
the
same
vpon
the
without
delaye
moste
louingly
.
If
thou
care
not
for
man
nor
any
force
the
mortall
man
can
annoye
thee
with
all
,
yet
know
thou
that
there
is
a
God
,
which
séeth
and
remembreth
right
and
wronge
.
For
sythens
we
be
mortall
,
it
is
not
comely
nor
fitte
for
vs
to
beare
immortall
grudge
and
endlesse
enemitie
one
toward
an
other
,
&
in
that
poinct
to
resemble
&
imitate
the
Diuell
,
which
euer
spighteth
at
mans
felicity
and
soulehealth
and
is
at
perpetuall
warre
with
all
mankinde
.
With
these
lettres
,
sent
not
without
rewardes
and
sumptuous
presentes
Aaron
being
appeased
,
sent
agayn
many
presentes
and
gyftes
to
Nicephorus
,
&
concluded
a
peace
with
hym
vpon
a
condition
,
that
the
Emperour
should
pay
yéerely
vnto
hym
xxx
.
M.
Crownes
,
and
thrée
for
his
owne
head
,
and
as
many
for
his
Sonne
and
that
he
should
not
reedifie
nor
repayre
such
Townes
as
were
rased
and
wasted
by
the
saracenes
.
But
in
the
perfourmance
of
this
agreement
,
there
was
les
faith
in
the
Greke
then
in
the
Barbarian
.
For
Nicephorus
after
the
departure
of
the
Saracenes
out
of
those
townes
,
immediatly
reedified
and
fortyfied
them
.
Which
dealyng
when
Aaron
vnderstood
,
he
furnished
out
an
other
Armye
into
Grecia
,
which
tooke
Thebes
:
and
sendinge
a
Nauy
into
Cyprus
,
subuerted
the
Churches
and
expulsed
the
Cyprians
.
And
when
Aaron
had
raigned
xxiij
.
yéeres
he
payed
his
debte
to
Nature
,
after
whom
succéeded
in
the
Pontificate
his
Sonne
Muamat
.
Who
fallynge
at
mortall
debate
with
his
Brother
Halad
,
and
with
him
coapynge
in
conflicte
wherein
his
side
went
to
wrack
(
Fortune
more
fauoring
his
Brothers
part
)
grew
to
a
composition
with
hym
,
that
they
twaine
should
ioyntly
with
egal
authoryty
(
hauing
both
one
and
the
same
tytle
or
style
)
enioy
the
Empire
.
Then
ther
were
created
foure
Tyrauntes
whereof
one
had
for
his
share
Spayne
,
an
other
Aphrica
,
the
third
Aegipt
and
the
fourth
Syria
and
Palestina
.
Wherevpon
,
the
Saracenical
power
began
to
decline
,
&
for
awhile
the
affayres
of
the
Orient
were
indyfferently
quiete
among
the
Saracenes
.
And
Muamat
the
Caliph
of
Syria
woulde
not
now
haue
his
imperiall
Seat
at
Damasco
,
but
buylded
a
newe
citie
néere
where
olde
Babilon
once
stoode
,
and
called
it
Bagadat
,
and
it
constituted
the
Pontificall
Sea
of
Syria
and
all
the
Orient
:
For
the
Persians
were
yet
vnder
his
rule
&
iurisdiction
.
The
Aegiptian
kept
his
residence
at
his
Metropolitane
Citie
of
Cayre
:
whiche
was
(
as
before
wee
haue
shewed
)
buylded
néere
the
place
where
olde
Memphis
earst
stood
.
Which
after
the
Sea
royall
was
in
it
appoyncted
and
kepte
,
so
encreased
,
that
at
this
daye
it
is
thought
to
be
one
of
the
greatest
Cities
in
the
whole
Worlde
:
the
chiefe
Sea
of
Aphrica
was
accounted
by
Elagleb
to
be
at
Caioran
,
whiche
Citie
was
builte
in
Affrica
when
Ottmen
had
the
regiment
and
gouernaunce
of
the
Empyre
,
and
is
distaunte
from
the
Citie
of
Tunice
about
an
hundreth
Myles
,
and
from
the
Sea
thyrtie
and
sixe
.
Spaigne
although
it
obeyed
&
had
in
it
many
kings
,
yet
they
all
acknowledged
the
Byshop
of
Marrocco
for
their
Diocesan
:
whiche
is
a
Citie
of
Mauritanie
Tingitana
.
He
that
gouourned
Assyria
was
called
the
Caliph
,
whiche
name
signyfieth
a
successoure
:
because
he
boasted
and
bragged
himself
to
be
the
Successoure
of
Mahomet
.
The
Aegiptian
Byshoppe
was
called
the
Sultane
,
and
hee
of
Caioran
,
(
lyke
as
the
Assyrian
dyd
)
named
himselfe
a
Caliph
:
and
hee
of
Marrocco
by
the
auncient
name
of
the
Founder
and
buylder
of
that
Citie
,
was
named
a
Miralmumine
.
Vnder
these
,
there
also
arose
certayne
other
lesse
Kingdomes
in
Affrica
:
as
the
Kyngdome
of
Tunice
,
of
Tripolis
,
of
Algeria
,
of
Oran
,
of
Fess
:
and
an
innumerable
sorte
moe
,
lesse
then
these
.
For
as
euerye
one
was
Ruler
ouer
anye
Citie
or
Prouince
.
So
he
called
hymselfe
Kinge
of
the
same
,
and
possessinge
the
Stile
and
name
thereof
,
as
due
by
inheritaunce
,
lefte
and
delyuered
the
same
as
it
were
by
hand
to
his
Succession
and
posterytie
.
But
yet
notwithstandinge
all
these
Kinges
agnized
and
acknowledged
some
of
these
forenamed
Byshops
:
and
as
euerie
one
fauoured
thys
Byshoppe
or
that
,
so
in
hys
quarrell
dyd
he
make
Warre
with
the
Kings
of
the
other
faction
.
Which
sedicious
discordes
and
multitude
of
Tyrantes
so
appaired
&
weakened
the
power
of
the
Saracenes
that
after
the
regiment
of
the
aforesayde
Byshoppes
,
they
so
decreased
and
theyr
force
so
was
enféebled
,
that
at
length
the
name
of
Saracenes
gaue
place
and
was
almost
cleane
eaten
vp
of
the
Turkes
:
and
the
state
of
their
Empyre
was
at
this
time
through
the
perturbation
and
burlyburly
about
the
soueraigntie
,
so
obscured
and
vnknowen
,
that
no
certaintie
in
the
succession
of
their
Empyre
can
be
had
,
no
not
among
their
owne
writers
.
Neuerthelesse
,
wee
obseruing
the
due
order
of
tymes
,
will
as
briefely
as
may
be
,
comprehende
all
such
thinges
as
are
confusedly
written
by
diuerse
Authors
,
concerning
the
actes
and
gestes
by
them
atchieued
.
In
the
tyme
that
this
Muamat
the
Sonne
of
Aaron
ruled
Assyria
,
and
Michael
the
Sonne
in
law
of
Nicephorus
(
expulser
of
Leo
out
of
Armenia
)
was
Emperour
of
Constantinople
,
one
Thomas
brued
a
great
garboyle
and
commotion
.
Thomas
a
ranke
sedicious
traitor
and
filthy
villain
.
Of
whom
the
report
and
fame
is
tolde
after
two
wayes
.
Some
saye
he
came
of
a
very
poore
and
base
Parentage
,
and
that
he
lyued
long
tyme
in
much
pouertie
and
indigence
,
faine
to
get
his
lyuing
with
his
handie
labour
,
and
sometyme
with
seruile
drudgerie
.
Afterward
,
abandoning
his
natiue
Countrey
and
comming
to
Constantinople
,
was
retained
in
the
seruice
of
an
Alderman
of
the
Citie
where
the
gracelesse
verlet
so
much
abused
himselfe
with
carnall
lust
and
vicious
life
,
that
he
committed
adultrie
with
his
Mistresse
,
and
dubbed
the
Alderman
his
maister
,
Knight
of
the
common
Hall.
Which
lewde
pranke
being
detected
and
come
to
light
,
Thomas
partly
for
starke
shame
and
ignominie
and
partly
for
feare
of
the
paynes
and
punishment
appoynted
by
Law
for
suche
as
he
was
,
fledde
to
the
Saracenes
:
for
whose
Diuelishe
deuises
he
was
as
fit
an
Organe
and
Instrument
as
any
in
the
worlde
:
with
whom
,
he
was
had
in
a
great
credite
,
speciallye
after
that
his
conuersation
and
behauiour
a
long
tyme
contynued
and
shewed
among
them
(
for
he
had
nowe
dwelled
among
them
.xxv.
yéeres
)
had
geuen
sufficient
testimonie
&
put
them
in
an
assured
opinion
of
his
fidelitie
towarde
them
.
Insomuch
that
renouncing
and
apostating
his
Christianitie
and
abiuring
the
holy
Religion
of
the
Christians
,
he
embraced
the
horrible
doctrine
of
Mahometicall
Religion
.
And
beyng
by
them
appoynted
Capitane
of
a
competent
Crew
of
warlike
Souldiours
was
sent
against
the
Christians
.
For
he
had
promised
vnto
them
,
that
if
they
would
furnishe
him
out
with
some
competent
power
,
he
woulde
vndertake
to
subdue
the
Romane
Empyre
into
their
handes
.
And
least
the
Christians
should
haue
any
mistrust
&
diffidence
in
him
thus
working
and
contriuing
the
Toyle
of
their
confusion
,
or
peraduenture
taking
him
as
a
straunger
&
forayner
giue
no
credite
to
his
wordes
,
he
named
himself
Constantine
,
the
sonne
of
Irene
.
Which
Constantine
in
very
déede
(
for
his
crabbed
nature
and
peruerse
maners
)
his
mother
long
before
had
bereft
of
both
his
eyes
and
of
the
Empire
also
,
and
was
then
dead
.
Some
others
there
be
,
which
do
affirme
that
this
Thomas
was
whilome
in
the
house
of
one
Bardanius
surnamed
Turcus
,
together
with
Michael
and
Leo.
At
what
time
soiourning
at
a
place
called
Philomelium
,
&
seeking
by
all
meanes
how
to
make
himselfe
Emperour
,
he
discouered
his
counsaile
and
opened
the
very
bottome
of
his
stomacke
to
a
certaine
Monke
skilfull
in
the
prediction
of
fortunes
and
things
to
come
,
to
which
deuise
and
plat
he
made
Leo
Armenus
priuie
.
Vnto
whome
the
Monke
tolde
,
that
if
he
first
aspired
to
the
Empyre
,
he
should
loose
both
hys
eyes
and
his
worldly
dignitie
:
but
of
them
,
that
brought
hym
his
horse
,
the
first
and
second
should
enioy
the
Diademe
,
and
the
thirde
should
bee
proclaymed
Emperour
:
but
not
hable
to
compasse
and
throughly
bring
about
,
his
desired
purpose
,
he
should
shortly
perishe
and
be
brought
to
confusion
.
The
first
was
Leo
,
the
second
Michael
,
and
the
third
this
Thomas
whom
Leo
the
Emperour
made
Colonell
ouer
the
Band
of
his
Confederates
.
Which
Leo
,
when
Thomas
vnderstoode
to
bée
slaine
by
Michael
,
he
partly
to
reuenge
the
death
of
him
through
whose
beneuolence
&
goodwill
he
had
bene
promoted
to
diuerse
dignities
,
and
partlie
to
ease
his
owne
Stomacke
and
bringe
about
the
effect
of
his
malicious
mynde
(
for
Michael
and
he
coulde
neuer
agrée
but
maligned
one
an
other
euen
from
their
Adolescencie
)
raysed
warre
agaynst
Michael
,
and
first
found
the
meanes
to
inueigle
and
rayse
vp
the
Orientall
power
(
among
whom
he
lyued
)
to
take
part
wyth
hym
.
Thus
he
gathered
together
an
armye
not
of
weaklings
and
vnexpert
Souldiours
,
or
of
a
fewe
in
number
,
but
huyge
,
Populous
and
hardie
,
of
Saracenes
,
Moores
,
Indians
,
Medes
,
Persians
,
Assyrians
,
Armenians
,
Chaldees
,
Iberians
,
Zigians
,
Cabirians
and
diuerse
other
Nations
.
Of
whom
,
some
by
compulsion
accompanied
hym
in
that
Warre
,
some
for
good
will
,
some
in
hope
of
spoyle
,
and
some
for
a
rooted
malice
and
hatred
against
Michael
,
who
for
his
froward
nature
and
peruerse
manners
was
generally
hated
of
all
men
.
For
Thomas
although
he
was
lame
on
one
of
his
féete
,
and
a
Barbarian
borne
,
yet
for
his
gray
heares
and
auncient
age
he
was
reputed
among
them
venerable
and
worshipfull
,
in
famylier
talke
and
conference
very
curteous
and
affable
(
whych
are
the
thinges
that
most
of
all
wynneth
the
heartes
of
Souldiours
)
and
for
bodely
strength
not
inferiour
to
any
.
He
thus
furnished
with
an
armie
of
Saracenes
,
to
whom
he
had
promysed
the
Constantinopolitane
Empyre
,
and
also
with
a
great
power
of
Christians
which
ventured
life
limme
and
goods
with
him
,
violently
inuaded
and
forcibly
got
the
possession
of
the
Orient
.
And
bringing
vnder
his
obedience
the
exacters
of
publique
tributes
with
great
statelynesse
of
minde
,
folowed
the
chase
of
good
fortune
now
seruing
his
turne
and
smyling
vppon
hym
,
Within
a
while
,
of
a
low
Haskerd
became
a
great
Ruler
and
of
a
weake
mungrell
Pezaunt
a
mighty
Potentate
,
by
whom
all
Asia
was
with
spoiling
and
pillage
miserably
afflicted
.
Some
Cities
for
feare
ioygned
syde
with
him
,
and
conformed
themselues
to
his
humour
.
Some
because
they
would
not
reuolte
from
theyr
true
Liege
the
Emperour
,
were
spoyled
and
the
inhabitauntes
caryed
awaye
Captyue
.
So
that
there
were
none
in
all
Asia
but
only
the
Opsicians
and
Armenians
which
continued
in
their
true
allegiance
.
For
which
gratuitie
&
constant
obedience
,
the
Emperour
released
and
frankly
remitted
vnto
them
their
publique
tribute
called
Fumarium
.
But
Thomas
was
so
puffed
vp
with
this
successe
,
that
he
presumptuously
tooke
vpon
him
the
name
of
Emperour
:
&
was
crowned
with
the
Diademe
at
Antioche
,
by
Iob
Pastour
or
Bishop
at
that
time
of
the
Antiochene
Congregation
:
whom
he
(
to
requite
one
good
turne
for
another
)
adopted
for
his
Sonne
,
and
made
as
his
fellowe
and
Coadiutour
in
the
administration
of
the
Empyre
,
and
then
chaunging
his
owne
name
called
himselfe
Constantine
the
Sonne
of
Irene
the
Empresse
.
The
Emperour
knowing
of
this
new
stirre
and
commotion
made
preparation
for
warre
:
and
sent
one
of
his
Lordes
with
an
Army
nothing
equall
(
God
wot
)
nor
of
power
to
match
and
encounter
with
his
enemies
:
which
was
by
Thomas
discomfited
and
cleane
ouerthrowen
.
After
this
,
méeting
with
the
Romane
Fléete
,
tooke
the
same
,
and
with
.lxxx.
M.
men
tooke
his
way
to
Abydus
,
which
is
a
Citie
of
Asia
the
lesse
,
standing
vpon
the
Sea
syde
,
spoyling
and
destroying
all
where
he
went
,
&
burning
to
ashes
not
only
poore
vplandish
villages
,
but
goodly
towns
and
stronge
Cities
.
And
from
thence
in
a
very
darke
nyghte
transfreted
into
Thracia
,
where
many
of
the
Emperours
Souldiours
reuoulted
and
fled
dayly
vnto
hym
.
He
put
to
flight
and
draue
downe
all
the
Emperors
power
sent
against
hym
.
Wherof
were
chief
Capitaines
Olbian
and
Catacella
,
and
(
lyke
a
ragyng
Streame
,
violently
runnyng
downe
from
a
Hyll
)
profligated
both
by
Sea
and
Land
and
bore
downe
before
him
,
an
other
wel
apoynted
Nauy
,
manned
out
lykewise
by
the
emperour
against
him
.
He
burst
asunder
the
yron
chayne
that
went
ouerthwart
the
Hauen
&
so
layd
siege
to
the
citie
both
by
Sea
and
land
.
But
preuailyng
nothing
that
way
,
he
determyned
to
winne
his
purpose
by
long
siege
,
and
fortifiyng
his
Campe
in
very
good
order
,
sent
parte
of
his
army
to
subdue
the
Townes
lying
by
the
Coast
of
Euxine
.
This
doone
,
with
the
rest
of
his
power
(
which
was
very
great
)
he
on
euery
side
beclipped
the
citie
with
a
mighty
oppugnation
and
gaue
thereto
a
terrible
battery
.
But
by
the
valyaunt
courage
of
the
Defendauntes
,
all
his
attemptes
were
frustrate
.
And
his
Nauy
on
the
Sea
by
force
of
tempest
was
dispersed
and
disseuered
,
so
that
he
was
fayne
to
brynge
his
hoast
back
agayne
into
Asia
tyll
the
wynter
were
passed
.
The
Spring
folowyng
,
he
agayne
retourned
to
the
same
siege
:
but
Michael
being
now
better
furnished
and
prouided
then
hee
was
before
both
with
a
Nauy
of
tall
Shippes
to
scowre
the
Coastes
and
kéepe
the
Seas
,
and
also
with
an
army
of
lusty
souldiours
by
land
,
first
assaied
by
diuers
slights
to
vndermine
Thomas
his
souldiours
&
to
sollicite
them
to
renownce
and
forsake
their
Capitaine
but
al
was
in
vayne
.
Wherfore
setting
all
the
Gates
of
the
citie
open
,
he
sodenly
with
all
his
company
issued
out
and
set
vpon
Thomas
suspectyng
no
such
pretence
and
matter
,
and
him
there
discomfited
,
and
his
whole
Fléete
on
the
Sea
also
.
There
was
one
Gregory
,
Cosen
to
Leo
late
Emperor
,
who
with
a
crew
of
good
fighting
Souldiours
ayded
Thomas
,
but
now
séeinge
the
worlde
thus
tourned
,
separated
foorthwith
his
Souldiours
aparte
from
the
residue
,
in
hope
thereby
to
wynne
the
Emperours
fauour
and
set
vpon
Thomas
behinde
.
Whiche
when
Thomas
espyed
,
beyng
nothing
therewith
discouraged
,
nor
yet
therefore
remoouing
his
stronglye
lodged
Campe
from
the
Citie
,
set
vpon
Gregorie
with
parte
of
hys
Army
and
him
discomfited
,
who
for
his
sauegard
flying
away
,
he
caught
in
the
chase
and
put
to
death
.
Then
spéeding
himselfe
into
his
Camp
agayne
,
he
addressed
his
letters
abroad
into
all
quarters
,
vntruly
makyng
report
that
he
had
gotten
the
vpperhand
against
Michael
in
battayle
:
and
sent
for
the
Nauy
that
lay
at
Berytum
,
wherein
were
of
Gallayes
and
Hulkes
to
the
number
of
CCC.L.
Sayle
,
with
all
expedition
to
come
vnto
him
,
as
though
the
matter
should
foorthwith
be
tryed
likewise
by
Sea
.
Which
drifte
and
commaundement
when
the
Admyralles
and
Capitaines
of
the
Romane
Nauy
vnderstoode
and
knew
,
they
set
vppon
them
at
vnwares
by
night
in
the
roade
,
when
they
lay
at
Anker
,
and
with
their
sodayne
comming
,
so
scarred
and
affrayed
the
Mariners
that
they
were
at
their
wittes
ende
and
knewe
not
how
vpon
such
a
sodayne
to
defend
themselues
:
so
that
there
many
of
them
were
by
the
Imperials
taken
,
and
many
burnt
,
and
very
few
escaped
,
which
beyng
quicke
of
sayle
gott
away
and
ioyned
themselues
to
the
other
Army
that
was
on
the
land
.
While
this
terrestriall
army
lay
before
Constantinople
,
without
any
notable
battayle
sauing
only
manylight
skirmishes
,
and
small
bickeringes
,
wherein
somtimes
Fortune
smyled
and
somtime
frowned
vpon
either
part
,
the
same
and
reporte
thereof
was
spread
and
bruted
throughout
the
Worlde
.
In
somuche
that
Mortago
King
of
Bulgarie
,
(
notwithstandinge
the
Emperoure
for
gréedinesse
and
miserable
sparing
of
his
money
as
he
was
by
nature
most
couetous
and
a
néere
Prince
,
thankyng
hym
for
his
good
wyll
,
had
before
refused
his
ayde
offeryng
to
assist
him
,
saying
that
he
had
no
néede
therof
)
partlye
because
hee
was
desirous
of
Warre
and
spoyle
of
his
enemies
,
and
partly
to
confirme
the
former
thrée
yeeres
League
made
with
Leo
Armenus
,
marched
with
an
Armye
agaynste
Thomas
,
and
him
in
a
place
called
Cedocto
,
not
farre
from
Constantinople
where
the
two
armyes
met
,
in
Battayle
ouercame
&
vanquished
,
wherin
many
a
man
was
slayne
,
and
after
the
ende
thereof
retourned
home
with
many
Prisoners
and
rich
Booties
.
When
the
Nauye
that
Thomas
had
left
at
the
Siege
heard
of
this
notable
discomfiture
and
ouerthrowe
,
they
all
reuoulted
from
Thomas
and
submitted
themselues
to
the
Emperour
.
Thomas
gatheringe
together
the
remnaunt
of
his
Armye
that
escaped
vnkylled
at
the
last
conflict
with
Mortago
,
conducted
them
into
a
playne
Féelde
called
Diabasis
,
distaunt
certayne
Furlonges
from
the
Citie
,
a
place
verye
commodious
and
fit
for
excursions
,
and
for
plentie
of
water
very
profitable
.
Where
hee
anew
encamped
.
From
thence
makinge
vagaries
and
roades
,
he
wasted
and
despoyled
al
the
Emperours
sumptuous
buyldings
and
banqueting
houses
of
pleasure
standing
in
the
Suburbes
of
the
Citie
.
The
Emperoure
hauinge
his
Armye
euery
daye
more
and
more
encreased
,
strake
vp
Alarme
and
gaue
the
charge
vpon
him
in
thrée
seuerall
parts
,
whereby
he
throughly
put
al
Thomas
his
Armye
to
flight
.
For
Thomas
before
had
geuen
commaundemente
to
his
men
,
that
at
the
firste
onsette
,
they
should
retyre
and
make
a
shewe
as
though
they
fled
,
and
afterward
vpon
the
sodayne
tourne
agayne
and
recharge
vpon
their
enemies
.
After
this
discomfiture
many
of
his
men
fledde
to
the
Emperour
.
Thomas
with
a
few
of
his
adherents
came
in
safetie
to
Adrianople
and
his
adoptiue
Son
Anastasius
escaping
also
by
flight
,
tooke
for
his
sauegarde
the
Castel
of
Byzia
.
After
whom
the
Emperour
without
delay
making
pursuite
,
went
firste
to
Adrianople
where
Thomas
was
.
And
least
the
Scythians
dwellyng
thereabout
,
should
learne
the
knowledge
of
such
engyns
and
Arrtyllerie
as
serue
for
Battery
and
oppugnation
of
Cities
,
he
determyned
by
famine
to
driue
them
to
surrender
and
yéelde
,
and
so
beclipped
it
rounde
aboute
with
a
strong
Siege
.
The
Citie
was
well
walled
and
beside
that
,
surely
entrenched
and
fortefied
with
Bulwarkes
.
But
they
were
so
pinched
with
Famine
,
that
all
their
victualles
beinge
spent
,
they
secretly
had
conference
with
Michael
and
being
at
a
poyncte
and
composition
with
him
for
pardon
of
this
their
rebellyous
conspiracie
,
deliuered
Thomas
into
his
handes
.
The
Emperour
now
hauinge
in
his
possession
his
deadly
enemie
,
Ende
of
Traytours
obseruing
the
auntient
custome
of
other
Emperors
in
lyke
cases
,
first
made
him
to
prostrate
himselfe
vpon
the
Pauement
and
Stones
,
whiche
done
,
he
set
his
féete
vpon
his
necke
,
and
trodde
vpon
hym
.
Then
he
caused
his
Féete
and
handes
to
be
cutte
of
,
and
so
setting
him
vpon
an
Asse
,
commaunded
him
to
be
caryed
about
the
Campe
,
for
euery
man
to
wonder
at
.
Whereat
the
miserable
caytife
said
in
howling
sort
these
words
:
Haue
mercie
&
compassion
vpon
me
thou
that
art
the
true
King
.
And
when
he
was
about
,
vpon
the
Emperours
interrogatories
&
motions
to
haue
bewraied
&
accused
certen
of
his
famyliers
,
as
pryuie
and
of
counsel
with
him
in
this
ruffling
rebellion
,
the
Emperour
being
aduised
by
Exambulius
one
of
his
Nobles
,
that
no
credite
ought
in
such
cases
to
be
geuen
to
a
professed
enemie
,
accusing
the
approued
fréendes
of
his
Maiestie
,
would
not
heare
him
.
And
so
geuing
order
for
his
execution
,
caused
him
,
(
longe
languishing
in
terrible
forments
)
to
be
put
to
death
.
They
that
fled
to
Byzia
,
folowing
the
example
of
the
Adrianopolitanes
,
tooke
Anastasius
and
deliuered
hym
bounde
to
the
Emperour
,
who
also
was
put
to
execution
.
This
end
had
Thomas
,
whose
historie
(
although
he
were
no
Saracen
)
we
thought
good
not
héere
to
omit
,
because
he
chiefely
atchieued
and
perpetrated
the
same
by
the
aide
and
power
of
the
Saracens
,
insomuch
that
he
might
right
well
séeme
to
haue
bene
the
Emperour
and
Ringleader
of
the
Saracens
.
While
these
things
were
in
doing
in
the
Orient
,
the
Saracens
in
Spaine
,
most
arrogantly
by
their
Ambassadours
demaunded
of
Ramire
King
of
Asturians
(
who
succéeded
Alphonsus
Castus
)
the
Tribute
which
king
Mauregat
was
wont
to
pay
.
Vnto
whom
Ramire
by
the
aduise
of
his
priuie
Counsell
aunswered
,
that
he
had
leifer
dye
a
hundreth
deathes
then
so
to
doe
.
And
forthwith
leuying
an
armie
marched
against
them
wasting
and
destroying
their
Territories
and
Countreyes
,
as
farre
as
Nagiera
.
Betwene
whom
and
the
Saracens
was
fought
at
Aluelda
a
sore
battayle
,
and
sorer
had
bene
if
the
night
had
not
made
an
ende
of
the
same
for
that
daye
,
wherein
forasmuch
as
the
Saracenes
were
lyker
to
haue
the
victorie
:
Ramire
by
night
with
his
companie
retyred
vnto
a
certaine
hill
néere
Clauigium
:
and
there
greatly
fearing
the
doome
of
Fortune
the
next
day
,
and
what
woulde
befyde
on
him
and
his
,
after
so
vnluckie
a
beginning
,
sought
his
onely
refuge
at
Gods
handes
,
bestowing
(
both
he
and
all
his
retinue
)
the
whole
night
almost
in
watching
and
prayer
to
Almightie
God
for
his
assistaunce
in
that
theyr
gréeuous
extremitie
.
Then
and
there
(
as
some
do
saye
)
Saint
Iames
the
Apostle
séemed
personally
to
appeare
vnto
him
,
promysing
him
his
helpe
and
furtheraunce
,
wherevpon
Ramire
the
next
day
comming
into
the
field
in
good
aray
of
battaile
,
against
his
enemies
,
with
an
assured
confidence
of
Diuine
helpe
and
assistance
,
the
sayde
holy
Apostle
Saint
Iames
was
sene
in
the
battayle
,
sitting
vpon
a
white
horse
and
bearing
in
his
hande
a
redde
Crosse
,
and
that
in
the
same
Battaile
were
slayne
of
Saracenes
.
lxx
.
thousand
.
Then
were
Albaida
,
Clauigium
,
Calagurra
,
and
many
other
townes
thereabout
regained
by
the
Christians
:
In
token
and
remembrance
of
which
victorie
by
the
Diuine
assistance
of
Celestiall
presence
atchieued
,
By
whom
&
whervpon
the
Knightes
of
the
order
of
S.
Iames
were
first
instituted
.
the
Noble
order
of
the
Knightes
of
Saincte
Iames
was
by
the
King
instituted
.
The
Saracenes
inhabyting
the
West
parte
of
Spayne
where
Valentia
standeth
,
pestred
with
multitude
of
people
,
and
considering
that
the
Countrey
which
was
vnto
them
for
their
habitation
allotted
,
was
neither
fruitfull
nor
wealthye
,
desired
their
highe
Prince
of
Marrocco
in
Mauritania
Tingitania
whose
name
was
Amerumen
,
to
permit
and
lycense
them
to
séeke
some
other
place
of
dwelling
,
where
they
might
more
commodiously
rouste
:
and
whyther
they
might
cary
theyr
people
,
and
famylie
and
plant
themselues
more
to
their
contentacions
.
Whose
requestes
their
Prince
,
as
one
desirous
of
new
alterations
and
chaunges
of
the
world
graunted
:
and
furnishing
them
out
of
hande
wyth
a
Hauie
of
Brigandines
and
Gallayes
,
partlye
because
he
woulde
staunch
their
gréedie
appetites
wyth
other
mennes
goods
,
and
partly
because
he
woulde
by
this
meanes
trie
and
séeke
out
whether
there
were
any
fruitefull
Soyle
and
fertile
Island
,
whereinto
he
might
conueniently
deryue
a
Colonie
of
his
owne
people
,
sent
them
to
the
Isles
of
the
Orient
.
They
landed
first
in
Corsica
,
but
thence
they
were
repulsed
and
dryuen
awaye
by
Abdemar
,
whom
Pipine
the
Sonne
of
Charles
the
Great
Kyng
of
Italie
,
had
sent
wyth
the
Genaway
fléete
agaynst
them
.
In
which
conflicte
,
Abdemar
most
valiauntly
and
manfully
fighting
was
slayne
.
From
thence
saylyng
to
the
Isles
of
Grecia
(
whych
were
spoyled
and
disfurnished
of
the
Hauie
appoynted
to
kéepe
them
,
through
the
meanes
of
the
Garrison
that
tooke
parte
with
Thomas
)
they
sacked
and
robbed
almost
euerye
one
of
them
vnmercifully
.
Among
all
the
rest
,
lyking
Creta
best
,
both
for
fertilitie
of
the
Countrey
,
and
holesomenes
of
Ayre
,
they
laded
theyr
Shippes
with
pillage
and
retourned
for
that
yéere
home
againe
,
and
in
the
Springe
folowing
,
with
.xl.
tall
Shippes
well
manned
and
appoynted
for
the
Warres
,
they
hauyng
a
prosperous
gale
of
wynde
came
straight
agayne
to
Creta
.
And
setting
theyr
men
on
lande
at
a
Promontorie
called
euer
after
Carax
,
set
theyr
Shippes
on
fire
,
and
there
pitching
their
Tentes
,
strongly
entrenched
them selues
,
callyng
the
place
by
the
name
of
Caudax
.
Against
whom
,
the
Emperour
with
all
expedicion
sent
a
power
vnder
the
conduct
of
Photinus
Liuetenaunt
of
the
Orient
,
and
one
Damianus
who
in
a
certaine
skirmish
against
them
,
was
slaine
,
whose
death
so
much
,
astonned
and
discouraged
the
residue
,
that
they
trusted
to
then
legges
and
ranne
awaye
.
Then
there
came
vnto
them
a
certaine
Monke
out
of
the
mountaines
of
that
Island
,
who
tolde
them
that
the
place
which
they
had
chosen
to
builde
a
Citie
vpon
,
was
nothing
fit
for
such
a
purpose
:
and
withall
,
shewed
vnto
them
a
place
,
named
Candaces
,
in
all
poinctes
farre
more
commodious
.
Where
they
builded
a
Citie
,
which
should
be
as
the
Castle
and
fortresse
of
the
whole
Isle
,
and
called
it
Candie
.
Out
of
which
they
made
Roades
and
inuasions
into
the
whole
Isle
,
insomuch
that
within
a
shorte
space
they
brought
the
same
wholly
into
theyr
subiection
,
dispossessing
the
inhabitauntes
and
carying
the
Citizens
away
into
Captiuitie
.
At
which
time
,
Cyrillus
Bishop
of
Gortyne
,
suffred
Martirdome
for
the
profession
and
testimony
of
Iesus
Christ
,
our
only
Sauiour
.
An other
nauie
of
them
about
the
same
time
,
attempted
once
againe
the
winning
of
Sardinia
&
Corsica
:
the
which
was
encountred
and
vanquished
about
Sardinia
by
the
power
of
Charles
,
the
brother
of
Pipine
,
being
vnder
the
conduct
of
the
Countie
Bucharede
,
&
v.
M.
of
the
saracens
slaine
,
&
all
the
rest
of
them
afterward
by
him
cleane
driuen
out
of
Corsica
.
Pipine
hauing
warres
with
the
Venetians
,
the
Saracens
in
Spaine
,
taking
occasion
by
the
discorde
and
dissensions
of
the
Christians
to
bring
their
own
matters
to
desired
effect
,
sodainly
inuaded
Sardinia
,
from
whence
not
long
afore
,
they
had
bene
repulsed
with
a
notable
slaughter
&
losse
of
their
people
.
But
staying
not
long
there
,
they
sodainely
departed
thence
:
cutting
their
course
directly
to
Corsica
.
And
sacking
the
Citie
Aleria
,
beside
the
Bishop
and
a
few
other
old
men
,
all
the
other
multitude
&
common
sort
they
caried
thence
away
with
them
.
The
Emperour
Michael
,
sent
out
another
Nauie
wherof
was
Captain
Craterus
the
Lieutenant
of
Cyberetes
,
against
the
Saracenes
which
rousted
&
nestled
in
Crete
.
Who
with
.lxx.
Sayle
of
his
owne
and
an
infinite
number
of
Galleys
of
other
Islandes
,
well
manned
&
appointed
,
couragiously
landed
in
Crete
:
where
he
found
the
Saracens
neuer
a
whit
abashed
of
his
arriuall
,
neither
refusing
by
dent
of
sword
and
stroke
of
battaile
to
darraigne
their
quarell
.
Whervpon
,
they
mette
together
in
a
place
méete
for
such
a
purpose
:
where
betwene
them
was
fought
a
sharpe
and
cruell
Battaile
,
lasting
from
the
dawning
of
the
day
till
Noone
,
in
such
doubtfull
fortune
that
hard
it
was
to
iudge
,
whether
part
in
th'
end
would
cary
away
the
victory
.
But
at
length
toward
Euening
the
Saracens
were
ouercome
and
fled
:
wherof
many
were
slain
in
the
fielde
but
moe
,
throwing
away
their
weapons
were
taken
:
insomuch
that
that
daye
theyr
Citie
was
lyke
to
haue
beene
taken
and
wonne
,
if
it
had
not
béene
so
néere
nighte
.
Which
night
and
victorie
was
the
destruction
and
ouerthrow
of
the
Greekes
as
afterward
shall
appéere
.
For
being
now
in
their
iolitie
and
pryde
,
hopyng
the
next
day
folowing
with
small
labour
or
none
at
all
,
to
bring
those
fewe
of
theyr
enemyes
yet
left
aliue
into
their
power
)
gaue
themselues
to
bi●ynge
,
ryot
and
bellychere
as
though
they
had
not
bene
in
their
enemies
precincte
and
daunger
but
at
home
in
their
own
houses
,
taking
no
regard
to
set
heir
watch
kept
,
or
any
other
expedient
order
obserued
:
Insomuch
that
minding
no
other
thing
but
sléepe
,
ease
and
stouth
(
the
vtter
ouerthrowers
of
al
goodnes
)
they
were
set
vpon
in
the
dead
time
of
the
night
,
Dronkenes
the
cause
of
a
generall
mishap
and
slaughter
.
snortinge
with
their
dronken
nowles
,
by
the
Saracenes
(
who
espyed
the
aduantage
and
oportunytie
)
and
were
slayne
euery
Mothers
sonne
,
not
somuch
as
a
Messenger
left
aliue
to
carry
home
newes
of
their
yll
spéede
.
Onely
Craterus
the
Captaine
,
embarkinge
himselfe
in
a
Marchauntes
Craer
,
sought
to
saue
his
life
.
But
when
the
Chieuetayne
of
the
Saracenicall
Armye
after
longe
séekinge
and
tumblinge
among
the
dead
Carkasses
and
Prisoners
could
not
finde
him
,
knowing
him
then
to
be
escaped
and
fled
,
sent
in
all
post
hast
to
pursue
and
hunt
him
out
.
Who
being
taken
and
apprehended
in
the
Ile
of
Coo
,
was
hanged
vpon
a
Gibbet
.
The
Emperour
Michael
hearing
these
newes
commanded
Orypha
a
wiseman
and
verie
skilfull
in
Martiall
affaires
to
gather
together
the
Praetorian
Legion
(
which
because
euery
souldiour
of
that
Legion
had
for
his
wages
xl
.
Crownes
was
then
called
Quadragenaria
)
and
with
them
he
spedde
himselfe
against
the
saracenes
,
whome
he
greatly
endamaged
,
somtimes
killinge
them
as
they
raunged
licentiously
and
excursiuely
abroad
into
other
Ilandes
for
spoyle
,
partly
breaking
out
vpon
them
out
of
Stales
and
Ambushes
,
layd
for
the
nonce
to
intrap
them
;
and
partly
by
open
conflictes
&
pitched
battailes
.
He
also
cooled
the
courage
and
abated
the
pride
,
&
●●moderate
audacitie
of
them
that
vsurped
the
Countrey
of
Crete
.
At
this
time
,
there
was
one
Euphemius
,
Capitayne
of
a
certayne
Band
of
Souldiours
in
Sicilie
who
not
hable
to
master
the
lasciuious
passions
of
inordinate
loue
,
perforce
tooke
a
virgin
out
of
the
Cloyster
wher
she
was
professed
Nun
,
and
had
vowed
chastytie
from
her
tender
age
,
Inferiours
take
example
of
their
Superiors
and
her
by
the
example
of
his
Lorde
and
Maister
the
emperour
(
who
also
had
aforetime
perpetrated
the
lyke
enormity
)
rauished
and
carnally
knew
against
her
consent
and
wyll
.
For
whiche
impyous
acte
,
her
Brothers
made
complaynt
to
the
Emperour
with
humble
request
the
this
detestable
example
might
not
escape
the
penalty
&
punishment
due
for
such
a
villanye
.
Whereupon
the
Emperour
sent
Commaundement
to
the
Regent
of
Sicilie
,
that
if
this
were
true
)
he
should
slitte
and
cut
of
Euphemius
his
nose
.
Euphemius
vnderstanding
what
sentence
and
iudgment
the
emperour
had
geuen
against
him
,
entred
into
a
conspiracie
with
his
owne
Souldiours
and
other
Capitaynes
besides
,
and
they
altogether
fled
to
Ambulak
Bysshop
of
the
Saracenes
in
Mauritania
.
Promysing
vnto
him
that
if
he
might
by
his
help
and
meanes
be
proclaymed
Emperour
of
Romanes
,
he
would
delyuer
and
bring
all
Sycile
in
subiection
vnder
him
,
and
woulde
moreouer
paye
vnto
hym
a
great
Tribute
.
Whiche
offer
and
condition
Ambulak
not
refusing
,
inuested
hym
with
the
tytle
of
Romane
Emperour
,
and
furnished
him
with
a
great
Armye
,
by
meanes
whereof
he
wan
the
possession
of
Sicile
:
but
Euphemius
making
his
progresse
and
walkes
about
Sicile
in
the
habit
and
stately
gesture
of
Emperour
,
was
at
the
Citie
of
Syracuse
slaine
.
Then
began
the
Saracens
to
set
foote
into
Calabria
and
diuers
other
partes
of
Italye
,
making
therin
great
hauock
and
spoyle
:
of
whom
,
one
Nauy
perished
and
was
cast
away
about
the
Coastes
of
Sardinia
,
the
other
(
for
there
were
two
sent
out
)
in
fléeinge
wyse
retourned
home
.
Whiche
caused
Ambulak
to
conclude
a
peace
with
the
french
Kinge
.
But
within
a
while
after
,
Bernard
the
Sonne
of
Pipine
raigning
in
Italy
,
the
Saracens
despising
and
reiecting
the
peace
that
Ambulak
had
made
,
inuaded
Corsica
:
who
in
their
returne
homwarde
beinge
laden
and
full
fraught
with
booties
and
great
store
of
Pyllage
,
were
in
the
mayne
Sea
encountred
by
one
Ermengarius
,
a
man
of
great
power
in
the
greater
of
the
Baleare
Ilands
,
&
to
the
behoofe
of
the
king
of
Italy
maintained
a
garison
ther
,
by
whos
prowesse
the
Saracenes
at
the
first
onset
were
cleane
discomfited
and
put
to
flight
,
and
diuers
of
their
Shipes
intercepced
and
taken
,
beside
500.
Christian
Prisoners
in
them
,
which
were
rescued
and
saued
.
Notwithstandinge
all
this
misfortune
and
discomfiture
,
the
Saracens
would
rest
,
but
coasting
about
Italie
with
their
Fléet
sodaynely
landed
and
surprised
a
towne
,
in
the
Coast
of
Hetruria
,
named
Centumcel
,
whiche
nowe
is
called
the
olde
Citie
.
Which
being
so
taken
,
they
sacked
and
with
Sword
and
Fire
defaced
most
rufully
.
From
thence
holding
on
their
vioage
toward
Narbon
they
destroyed
,
haryed
and
spoyled
the
Country
al
about
,
and
that
doone
inuaded
Sardinia
where
they
practised
all
kinde
of
wast
and
robbery
.
But
as
they
fetched
their
vagaries
and
licencious
roades
,
Ermengarius
agayne
with
the
power
of
the
Ile
by
hym
assembled
,
vpon
a
sodayne
gaue
the
charge
vpon
them
,
put
them
to
flight
,
and
with
great
slaughter
on
their
side
,
draue
them
to
the
Sea
,
where
for
hast
as
they
thicke
and
thréefolde
striued
,
who
might
first
get
a
boorde
they
were
killed
downe
right
at
the
pleasure
and
full
desire
of
their
Enemies
.
Being
thus
gréeuously
afflicted
and
hauynge
lost
a
great
part
of
their
Nauy
,
they
waighed
vp
their
Ankers
and
sayled
into
Africa
.
And
they
which
were
in
Sycile
,
hearinge
that
the
Venetians
(
to
gratyfie
the
Constantinopolitan
Emperoure
)
vnto
whom
that
Ile
was
subiect
)
purposed
to
send
a
Nauy
against
them
,
filled
their
Bagges
and
stuffed
their
powches
with
such
spoyle
and
pray
as
they
lyked
and
went
their
way
.
After
this
,
Haido
whom
Lewes
Kinge
of
Fraunce
and
the
Emperour
had
made
Ruler
of
Aquitanie
by
treacherye
and
guylefull
dealinge
surprysed
and
ruffled
the
Citie
Ausonia
,
and
because
he
was
not
of
power
hymselfe
to
keepe
the
same
,
he
procured
ayde
from
the
Spanish
Saracens
,
by
whose
helpe
he
spoyled
farre
and
néere
both
Aquitanie
and
the
hither
part
of
Spayne
.
Whose
purpose
and
pretence
,
Lewes
within
shorte
space
repressed
.
And
Alphonsis
surnamed
Magnus
,
Kinge
of
Asturia
and
Lyon
,
néere
to
the
riuer
Duerro
vanquished
two
Armies
of
the
Saracenicall
King
of
Toleto
,
whiche
were
thyther
sent
to
besiege
and
oppugne
the
Citie
of
Lyon.
Moreouer
hee
raysed
the
Siege
that
the
Saracenes
had
bent
agaynste
Coimbra
,
and
set
the
same
frée
from
their
dreadfull
oppugnation
.
And
when
hee
was
in
buyldinge
the
Citie
of
Zamorra
,
the
same
Saracenes
vnder
the
conducte
and
leadinge
of
a
Prophet
of
theirs
,
named
Alchama
,
came
agaynst
hym
,
whom
he
vanquished
,
and
of
them
slew
a
great
number
,
and
among
the
rest
their
Capitayne
Alchama
:
and
tooke
Abboaline
prisoner
,
A
Churche
buylt
with
the
money
the
a
Saracen
payde
for
his
raunsome
.
a
Capitayne
of
great
fame
ann
estimation
among
them
,
who
raunsomed
himselfe
for
two
C.M.
Ducates
and
so
was
delyuered
.
With
which
money
the
Kinge
newe
buylded
the
famous
Temple
of
S.
Iames
in
Ouiedo
of
Marble
,
whiche
was
before
but
of
Bricke
.
But
in
Italie
the
Saracens
had
taken
Palermo
the
most
famous
and
noble
Citie
in
all
Sicile
,
neyther
was
there
any
man
that
woulde
take
vppon
him
to
resiste
their
furious
attemptes
or
once
goe
about
to
preuent
or
represse
their
malycious
deuoyres
,
sauynge
onely
Boniface
Countée
of
Corsica
,
who
accompaignied
with
his
Brother
Beatrius
and
a
fewe
other
of
the
Barons
and
Lords
of
Hetruria
sayled
into
Aphrica
and
landynge
betwéene
Vtica
and
Carthage
slewe
so
manye
of
his
Enemyes
in
foure
cruell
Battayles
,
that
like
as
the
Carthaginians
whilome
were
enforced
to
call
home
Anniball
out
of
Italie
,
so
the
Saracenes
were
faine
to
call
home
their
people
that
were
then
in
Sicile
:
and
so
Sicile
was
deliuered
from
the
pestiferous
oppression
and
extreme
daunger
of
Saracenicall
Hostilitie
.
After
which
victories
gloriously
by
Boniface
atchieued
,
he
with
great
foyson
and
plenty
of
pray
and
riche
booties
retourned
home
with
his
victorious
Nauie
out
of
Africa
.
But
the
Saracens
could
not
in
any
sauce
abyde
to
be
long
quiet
,
but
within
a
while
,
with
a
greater
power
and
puyssaunce
then
at
any
time
before
,
they
inuaded
Italie
,
and
againe
tooke
the
Citie
Centumcell
.
Rome
spoyled
by
the
Saracens
.
From
thence
in
post
hast
with
a
running
Campe
they
spedde
them
toward
Rome
,
and
with
little
labour
got
the
possession
of
Vaticanum
,
and
after
they
had
spoyled
the
goodly
Church
of
S.
Peter
(
which
standeth
in
that
place
)
and
taken
away
the
Doores
of
Syluer
which
it
had
,
of
price
and
valew
inestimable
,
they
prophaned
it
with
fire
and
sworde
most
sacrilegiously
.
And
tarying
there
certaine
dayes
they
were
fully
bent
to
haue
layd
Siege
to
the
Citie
,
but
hearing
that
an
armie
was
leuyed
and
in
comming
against
them
out
of
Lumbardie
they
departed
and
ruthfully
wasted
al
the
Suburbes
and
villages
néere
the
Citie
that
laye
betwéene
the
two
wayes
Appia
and
Latina
.
They
spoyled
and
robbed
the
Cathedral
Church
of
S.
Paule
in
the
way
called
Via
Ostiensis
,
and
consumed
the
most
part
of
it
with
fire
:
from
thence
turning
into
Latina
Via
,
they
spoylingly
rushed
into
the
precincte
and
Chase
of
Cassinum
,
and
robbed
the
Temple
of
Cassinum
of
all
the
holy
Ornamentes
,
Vestures
,
Reliques
,
and
Gyftes
whereof
it
had
marueilous
great
store
,
and
vtterly
ruynated
a
great
part
therof
.
Then
kéeping
their
way
by
the
right
side
of
the
riuer
Leire
,
they
spedde
them
apace
toward
the
Sea
,
in
such
populous
Plumpes
,
that
they
were
like
vnto
a
violent
swifte
storme
or
terrible
whirlewinde
:
and
fraughting
their
Shippes
with
their
spoyles
and
booties
,
which
lay
there
ready
,
they
hoysed
vp
theyr
Sailes
and
launched
into
the
maine
Sea
.
And
in
Hispaine
,
Abduramen
King
of
Corduba
entring
into
the
borders
of
Biskaye
,
fought
most
valiauntly
and
fiercely
the
space
of
a
whole
day
with
the
Armies
and
power
of
Ordonius
King
of
Lyon
and
Gartias
&
Ignigenius
of
Biskaye
:
and
fortune
séeming
for
that
daye
to
dispose
and
enclyne
the
victorie
to
neither
party
,
departed
the
Battaile
.
Ordonius
meaning
to
requite
&
pay
home
Abduramen
,
entred
into
his
Countrey
,
and
subuerted
the
Towne
of
Cintilia
,
which
is
now
called
Santiliana
.
But
in
Asia
,
Imprael
the
Caliph
of
Syria
,
succéeding
Muamat
,
with
a
huige
power
brake
into
the
confines
and
limittes
of
the
Romane
Empyre
.
Against
whom
,
the
Emperour
Theophilus
marched
with
his
royall
Army
,
and
hauing
in
his
company
two
most
valiaunt
Capitaynes
Theophobus
and
Manuel
,
in
whose
prowesse
and
dexteritie
in
armes
he
reposed
his
whole
trust
and
confidence
,
was
fully
resolued
and
determined
to
giue
vnto
him
battayle
:
of
whose
approche
and
comming
,
Imprael
béeyng
certefied
whether
he
did
it
vpon
an
arrogance
&
disdaine
,
or
that
he
feared
the
euent
and
fortune
of
Battayle
,
leauing
behinde
him
one
Abuzachar
with
.lxxx.
thousande
good
fighting
and
well
appointed
men
to
try
the
quarell
by
stroke
of
mortall
conflicte
,
departed
and
went
hys
way
with
part
of
hys
Armye
.
The
battayle
béeyng
ioyned
and
clasped
together
,
and
the
Saracenes
getting
the
vpperhande
,
Theophilus
wyth
his
Praetorian
bande
and
two
.
M.
Persians
and
Theophobus
,
escaped
and
attayned
into
the
toppe
of
a
little
Hill
,
which
being
fiercely
assayled
and
beset
wyth
Saracenes
,
whose
onely
desire
was
to
take
the
Romane
Emperour
Prisoner
,
the
Romane
Souldiours
most
valiauntly
fighting
for
the
sauegarde
and
incolumitie
of
theyr
Lorde
and
Maister
the
Emperours
sacred
Maiestie
,
defended
.
The
conflicte
continued
,
sharpely
and
desperately
foughten
on
both
sides
tyll
the
Euening
.
But
as
soone
as
night
was
come
,
Theophobus
by
a
pretie
sleight
and
Stratageme
deluded
the
Saracenes
and
brought
themselues
out
of
that
present
daunger
and
extremitie
.
For
he
commaunded
his
Souldiours
,
as
loude
as
they
coulde
to
shoute
and
make
a
noyse
,
and
to
sounde
theyr
Trumpettes
and
play
vpon
their
Harpes
and
musicall
Instrumentes
,
as
thoughe
there
had
come
some
freshe
ayde
and
succour
to
releeue
and
rescue
them
at
that
present
pynche
of
distresse
.
Which
deuise
fell
out
accordyng
to
his
first
imaginacion
.
For
the
Saracenes
surely
thinking
that
more
ayde
was
come
,
and
fearing
leaste
they
should
bée
entrapped
and
on
euery
syde
enclosed
by
their
enemyes
,
discamped
and
remooued
sixe
Myles
further
of
,
and
so
the
Emperour
with
all
hys
retinewe
and
Hoast
being
delyuered
out
of
daunger
,
came
safe
to
the
residue
of
hys
Armye
,
whiche
saued
themselues
by
flight
at
the
last
conflicte
.
For
which
politique
Stratageme
and
wyse
shifte
,
the
Emperour
made
Theophobus
chiefe
Generall
and
Lieutenaunt
of
the
whole
Armie
.
And
the
yeere
folowing
,
makyng
another
voyage
and
expedition
against
the
Saracenes
,
vanquished
them
in
a
notable
Battayle
at
Charsianum
,
and
so
wyth
twentie
and
fiue
thousande
Prisoners
he
retourned
home
.
Agayne
,
the
thyrde
yeere
he
leuyed
his
power
and
marched
against
them
and
ioyning
Battayle
with
them
was
so
circumuented
and
beset
with
his
enemyes
that
he
had
almost
fallen
into
theyr
handes
.
Which
daunger
of
the
Emperour
,
Manuel
chiefe
Capitaine
of
the
Army
vnder
him
perceyuing
,
encouraged
and
incensed
the
mindes
of
his
Souldiours
with
a
vehement
Oration
and
made
a
way
perforce
to
the
place
where
the
Emperour
was
distressed
,
A
pitifull
state
.
and
hym
(
béeyng
nowe
wearied
and
vtterly
dispayring
of
any
escape
or
remedie
,
yet
mynding
to
abyde
the
vttermost
hazarde
,
rather
then
he
woulde
dismaye
and
leaue
his
Souldiours
comfortlesse
through
hys
departure
,
saying
that
he
woulde
not
by
flight
betray
the
lyues
of
his
poore
vassalles
into
the
mercylesse
talauntes
of
that
wicked
generation
)
deliuered
and
brought
out
of
that
daunger
,
not
without
,
threates
and
menaces
that
he
woulde
kill
him
vnlesse
he
woulde
consent
to
folow
him
openyng
the
way
and
passage
for
him
to
escape
.
And
the
fourthe
tyme
,
both
the
Armyes
wyth
all
theyr
powers
comming
into
the
fielde
without
any
notable
thing
done
worthie
of
remembraunce
,
retourned
home
.
The
fifte
yeere
,
Theophilus
leadyng
his
Armye
farre
within
Syria
,
wasting
and
spoyling
all
the
Countrey
in
hys
waie
,
wanne
and
Conquered
Zozopetra
the
Countrey
and
Seate
of
Impraell
,
which
so
nettled
and
chaufed
Imprael
,
that
he
assembled
all
the
power
hee
was
hable
to
make
wyth
intent
to
inuade
Amorium
the
Countrey
of
Theophilus
.
His
Armye
mette
all
together
at
Tharsus
:
whither
when
Imprael
himselfe
was
come
,
he
sent
hys
Sonne
with
parte
of
his
Armye
before
,
to
skirmishe
and
dallye
(
as
it
were
in
the
waye
of
an
assaye
)
with
the
Romane
Hoaste
,
whiche
was
lodged
and
emcaped
at
Dorylaeum
thrée
dayes
iourney
from
Amorium
.
And
vnto
hym
he
appoynted
tenne
thousande
Turkes
and
all
the
power
of
Armenia
.
Who
beyng
thus
furnished
and
appoynted
wyth
men
and
armour
and
encamped
at
Drazymenum
,
Theophilus
went
against
him
and
lodged
his
Hoaste
in
a
place
called
Auzin
,
purposing
before
he
woulde
ioyne
anye
Battayle
to
espie
and
discouer
the
multitude
and
number
of
his
enemyes
.
Armye
(
for
that
the
Saracenes
as
though
they
had
bene
afrayde
,
kept
their
heades
within
the
walles
of
their
citie
)
was
lulled
in
securitie
,
geuynge
no
regarde
to
orderly
behauiour
,
nor
to
the
good
keeping
of
their
watch
,
the
Saracenes
all
in
armure
vppon
the
thirde
day
after
the
Siege
was
planted
,
when
al
the
Romane
Souldiours
were
assembled
&
congregated
together
to
héere
diuine
seruice
(
for
it
was
vppon
a
Sundaye
)
setting
open
their
Gates
and
issuing
out
sodaynlye
,
kylled
and
manquelled
the
Romans
on
euery
side
:
insomuch
that
the
Emperoure
himselfe
had
much
a
doo
to
escape
,
loosing
and
leauyng
behinde
him
all
his
carriage
and
prouision
.
And
agayne
within
two
yéeres
next
after
,
the
Saracenes
entred
within
the
di●ion
and
lymites
of
the
Romane
Empire
with
xxx
.
M.
men
,
wherefore
Michael
meaning
to
wynne
his
Spurres
againe
&
to
be
euen
with
the
saracens
for
the
foyle
lately
taken
at
their
handes
,
leuied
an
Army
of
xlv
.
M.
Thracians
and
Macedonians
,
and
marched
against
them
.
Which
when
they
knew
,
by
daungerous
iourneyes
and
compendious
pathes
they
preuented
his
purpose
,
settinge
vpon
him
sodaynly
and
at
vnawares
being
in
his
iournay
and
out
of
order
.
Wherby
he
was
discomfited
and
compelled
to
flée
.
And
at
that
time
,
they
saye
that
Michael
had
fallen
into
the
handes
of
his
Enemies
,
if
Manuel
had
not
venturously
entred
and
violentlye
broken
into
the
breast
of
the
Enemies
Armye
and
disturbinge
their
araie
delyuered
him
from
daunger
.
Two
yéeres
after
this
,
Mamume
the
Son
of
Imprael
beinge
Caliph
of
Syria
,
the
Saracenes
with
an
Armye
of
xl
.
thousand
men
spoyled
and
ouerrunne
Armenia
and
all
the
Sea
coastes
cruelly
.
At
whiche
time
,
the
Caliph
is
reported
to
haue
done
as
Xerxes
longe
afore
did
,
commaunding
the
Sea
to
be
whipped
and
beaten
with
Scourges
,
because
it
stopped
his
intent
,
that
he
could
not
haue
his
will
to
go
any
further
.
Michael
who
could
not
with
pacient
minde
brooke
and
digest
these
iniuries
,
sent
his
Vncle
Petrona
(
Lieutenaunt
of
Thracia
)
with
a
great
power
against
Mamume
.
Who
encamped
hymselfe
in
a
certayne
place
called
Lalacaeon
,
and
settinge
Stales
and
Ambushes
on
euery
side
to
surprise
and
entrappe
his
foes
when
aduantage
should
be
offered
,
prouoked
Mamume
to
the
encountrie
and
battayle
.
Mamume
being
thus
beset
,
and
on
euery
side
circumuented
by
his
Enemies
,
lyke
vnto
a
Byrd
in
a
Cage
,
or
a
Déere
in
a
Buckstall
,
was
at
his
wittes
ende
,
not
knowynge
how
to
escape
or
shift
hymselfe
out
of
that
imminent
perill
.
And
demaunding
of
one
of
the
Romane
captiues
(
whom
he
had
taken
Prisoner
)
the
name
of
that
Countrey
and
place
wherein
he
had
pight
his
Pauilyons
and
Campe
,
and
by
what
name
the
riuer
there
harde
by
,
was
called
,
answere
was
made
by
the
Prysoner
,
that
the
Countrey
was
called
Lalacaeon
,
the
place
Ptoson
,
and
the
riuer
Gyris
.
Whereby
he
presaged
and
by
the
appellacions
of
the
same
places
(
for
hee
was
a
man
well
séene
in
the
Greeque
and
Latyne
Tongues
,
and
earnestlye
geuen
to
the
study
of
Philosophy
)
immediatly
coniectured
the
those
names
portended
his
confusion
and
some
notable
ouerthrowe
of
his
people
,
and
signified
that
hee
and
his
retynew
should
be
on
euery
side
beset
and
caught
lyke
Fishes
in
a
Net
by
the
Romanes
.
Notwithstandinge
,
he
encouraged
his
men
not
to
quayle
and
despayre
,
but
to
stande
lustelie
to
their
tackelynge
and
to
determyne
with
themselues
to
withstand
their
Enemies
.
Therfore
the
next
morning
,
as
soone
as
the
day
appeared
,
well
perceiuing
himselfe
to
be
hemmed
in
on
euery
side
,
he
determined
to
séeke
a
way
and
egresse
by
that
part
and
place
which
Petrona
guarded
,
and
therevpon
geuing
vnto
his
men
a
watchword
and
token
to
geue
aloude
shout●
all
at
once
,
A
Saracen
Prince
and
all
his
host
slayne
.
there
set
vpon
his
enemies
.
But
séeing
his
attempt
and
purpose
to
be
all
in
vayne
,
he
a
litle
retyred
,
&
after
a
small
breathing
,
gaue
a
sharpe
and
freshe
onset
agayne
,
and
vsing
this
order
sundry
tymes
by
startes
geuyng
a
blow
and
away
agayne
,
at
length
desperatly
with
a
vehement
violence
and
force
rushed
into
the
middes
of
his
enemyes
,
and
was
there
slayne
,
both
he
and
all
his
Hoast
vtterly
.
His
Sonne
whom
he
had
sent
on
rouing
and
spoyling
with
parte
of
his
Armye
,
hearinge
of
his
Fathers
death
and
confusion
,
retyred
in
hast
to
Melitena
.
But
he
was
pursued
and
taken
by
the
Capitaine
of
the
Charsian
streicts
,
and
presented
to
Petrona
.
This
Mamume
was
surerly
a
man
garnished
and
endued
with
many
excelent
qualities
and
notable
vertues
.
An
example
of
great
loue
and
liberalitie
toward
learninge
in
a
saracene
.
For
beyng
himselfe
singulerlie
well
learned
,
he
cherised
and
entyerlye
loued
all
them
that
were
learned
,
estéemyng
and
entertayning
them
very
honorable
,
as
by
that
example
following
shal
appeare
,
which
for
the
worthynesse
and
commendacion
thereof
,
I
haue
thought
good
héere
to
disciphere
.
There
was
in
Constantinople
(
somtime
called
Byzance
)
a
certayne
Philosopher
named
Leo
,
somtime
byshoppe
of
Thesalonica
,
and
now
depriued
from
the
Pr●lacie
and
Bysshoprich
therof
by
reason
of
a
deuision
and
controuers●e
touching
the
hauyng
and
worshipping
of
Images
,
which
at
that
time
merueilouslye
frushed
and
disturbed
the
Latine
and
the
Greeke
Church
.
Beinge
for
this
cause
thence
exiled
,
hee
came
to
Constantinople
,
where
he
hyered
a
poore
Cotage
,
and
set
vp
a
Schole
,
professing
to
traine
and
instructe
such
Scholers
as
resorted
to
him
,
in
what
Arte
soeuer
euery
one
was
best
disposed
to
learne
.
Insomuch
that
out
of
his
pryuate
Schoole
ther
came
many
notable
Clarkes
,
very
skilfull
in
the
studies
of
Artes
and
Philosophy
,
and
among
the
rest
,
it
so
chaunced
about
this
time
that
a
certayne
young
man
one
of
his
Scholers
,
hauinge
by
his
Maisters
industrious
labour
and
diligence
attayned
to
an
exact
knowledge
and
skyll
of
Geometrie
,
was
taken
Prisoner
in
the
warres
by
the
Saracens
,
&
chaunced
into
the
seruice
or
rather
seruitude
of
a
noble
man
of
great
estemacion
and
name
amonge
them
.
Whom
Mamume
by
report
and
common
bruite
hearing
to
be
well
séene
in
the
Mathematicall
Disciplines
commaunded
to
be
brought
before
him
.
And
causinge
hym
in
a
disputation
to
be
throughly
apposed
,
found
,
that
he
so
farre
passed
&
surmounted
the
Arabian
Geometricians
,
that
of
those
thinges
whereof
they
alone
thought
themselues
to
haue
the
vse
and
experience
,
he
was
well
hable
to
alledge
and
bringe
the
proper
reasons
and
causes
.
Mamume
greatly
wondring
at
his
precise
and
profound
knowledge
(
for
he
had
thought
that
no
nacion
had
had
the
skill
of
that
Arte
but
the
Arabians
onely
)
asked
him
of
whom
he
had
learned
his
Arte
,
and
whether
his
maister
were
yet
liuing
.
The
younge
man
aunswered
,
that
his
Maisters
name
was
Leo
,
a
poore
man
,
and
as
yet
vnluckie
to
the
worldly
goodes
of
Fortunes
giftes
and
disposicion
,
but
geuen
altogether
to
his
Booke
and
Studie
.
Wherevpon
Mamume
straightwaies
addressed
his
Letters
to
Leo
in
effect
as
foloweth
.
Euen
as
the
Trée
is
knowne
by
his
fruict
,
so
we
by
the
Scholer
doo
well
know
the
exelencie
of
the
Maister
.
These
therefore
shal
be
to
requeste
thée
,
that
(
forasmuche
as
God
hath
blessed
thée
with
a
gyft
so
incomperable
,
and
sithence
thou
lyuest
there
in
poore
estate
,
vnknowne
or
at
least
vnregarded
of
thy
Citezens
and
Countreymen
,
reapyng
no
fruicte
of
thy
rare
wisedome
and
supernaturall
speculation
)
thou
wouldest
daigne
to
come
vnto
vs
,
and
make
vs
pertakers
of
thy
admirable
learninge
.
This
doing
,
make
thy
sure
accoumpt
,
that
all
the
Saracenicall
nacion
shall
submit
themselues
vnto
thée
and
be
readie
at
thy
hest
and
commaundement
,
and
thou
shalt
bée
enryched
with
such
rewardes
,
rychesse
and
reuenues
,
as
neuer
yet
any
man
hath
béene
.
These
letters
he
delyuered
vnto
the
young
man
to
carie
to
Constantinople
,
setting
him
frée
at
libertie
and
rewarding
hym
most
honorably
.
When
Leo
had
receiued
these
letters
,
he
opened
and
tolde
the
whole
matter
to
certayne
of
the
Emperours
familiers
.
And
by
this
meanes
bee
became
knowne
to
the
Emperour
,
who
appointing
vnto
him
a
competent
stipend
and
pencion
commaunded
him
to
teache
publikly
.
Mamume
dispairing
of
Leo
his
comming
,
sent
vnto
him
certayne
Geometricall
and
Astronomicall
questions
and
some
of
the
other
Sciences
,
desiring
him
therein
to
haue
his
resolution
.
The
which
beyng
cunningly
by
Leo
assoyled
he
sent
backe
againe
to
Mamume
,
wherevnto
he
had
also
annexed
certaine
tokens
and
Signes
touching
the
prediction
of
future
thinges
.
Which
Letters
when
Mamume
had
read
,
it
is
sayde
,
that
he
was
rauished
with
suche
an
ardent
desire
and
zeale
toward
Leo
,
that
he
exclaymed
in
thys
sort
:
O
happie
and
thrise
happie
are
they
I
saye
,
(
O
Diuine
Leo
)
which
haue
the
compaignie
and
fruition
of
thy
presence
.
Then
foorthwith
he
sent
a
solemne
Ambassade
with
great
rewardes
and
ryche
presentes
vnto
the
Emperour
,
and
wrate
hys
Letters
also
vnto
him
as
foloweth
:
I
was
fully
determyned
(
as
it
becommeth
an
vnfeigned
friende
)
to
haue
come
my selfe
vnto
thée
:
but
sithens
the
waightie
affaires
of
our
Empyre
and
the
gouernaunce
of
a
most
fierce
and
wylde
people
,
by
God
committed
vnto
my
charge
(
from
whom
all
power
and
superioritie
floweth
)
wil
not
so
permitte
:
I
am
faine
in
my
stéede
to
sende
vnto
thée
my
Ambassadours
with
request
,
that
it
may
please
thée
to
sende
vnto
mée
Leo
,
a
man
endued
wyth
great
singularitie
in
the
knowledge
of
Philosophie
and
other
Sciences
,
soiourning
and
makyng
his
abode
wythin
thy
Citie
of
Constantinople
.
That
he
dwelling
a
while
wyth
mée
,
may
geue
mee
instructions
and
make
me
partaker
of
his
doctrine
,
〈…〉
feruently
enamoured
and
as
it
were
〈…〉
.
Doe
not
(
I
pray
thée
)
deferre
the
〈…〉
my
request
because
of
any
diuersitie
〈…〉
or
for
any
vnkinde
dealings
between
〈…〉
deale
with
me
herein
like
a
friende
.
For
〈…〉
and
curtesie
wée
will
giue
vnto
thée
a.
M.
It
in
〈…〉
and
wil
enter
into
an
infringible
league
and
perpetuall
amitie
with
thée
and
al
thy
Dominions
.
Which
request
the
Emperour
would
not
graunt
,
least
the
Sciences
(
for
which
the
Romanes
were
renowmed
and
had
in
admiration
among
al
Nations
)
should
be
communicated
&
discouered
to
the
Barbarous
people
.
Wherin
he
being
a
Greeque
and
a
Christian
,
might
full
well
haue
learned
at
the
handes
of
a
barbarous
person
and
Idolatrous
Infidel
to
reuerence
and
condignely
estéeme
verrue
:
which
thing
would
God
,
Princes
and
noble
men
in
this
age
,
admonished
by
this
goodly
example
would
doe
.
For
euer
afterward
,
he
had
Leo
in
great
honour
,
and
promoted
him
to
great
wealth
and
dignitie
,
and
restored
him
againe
to
his
See
and
Byshopprike
of
Thessalonica
,
where
he
was
highly
honoured
and
of
al
men
reuerenced
for
that
through
his
forecasting
wyt
&
surpassing
knowledge
he
conuerted
and
brought
the
land
and
grounde
of
Thessalonica
from
barainnesse
&
sterilitie
,
to
fruitfulnes
and
fertilitie
.
But
nowe
it
is
time
for
vs
to
retourne
to
discourse
of
Occidentall
matters
.
The
Saracenes
of
Mauritania
,
transfreting
out
of
Sicile
(
wherein
they
had
taken
and
of
longe
tyme
vsurped
manye
Townes
)
into
Italie
,
vnder
the
guyding
and
conducte
of
Saba
,
besieged
Taren●o
.
The
Greeke
and
Venetian
Nauies
ioyning
in
one
,
arriued
in
Calabria
,
to
reise
the
Siege
and
to
rescew
the
Citie
.
Wherefore
hearing
Saba
,
seyning
as
though
he
had
beene
afraide
,
to
th'
intent
he
might
the
rather
allure
and
prouoke
the
enemie
to
coape
with
him
,
reysed
his
Siege
and
discamped
,
and
like
as
though
he
had
bene
loath
to
meddle
,
retyred
into
the
region
of
Crotona
:
where
béeing
afterward
assayled
and
set
vpon
,
at
the
first
brunt
he
discomfited
and
put
to
flight
the
Greekes
,
Victory
of
saracens
,
ouer
the
Greekes
and
Venetians
.
and
then
the
whole
puyssaunce
of
the
Saracens
was
all
bent
&
turned
against
the
Venetians
fighting
and
defending
themselues
manfully
:
and
a
few
of
them
in
number
being
by
a
Nauie
so
strong
and
mightie
circumuented
,
were
partly
slain
,
partly
drowned
,
but
the
Venetians
in
that
conflict
perished
and
were
brought
to
confusion
euerichone
,
which
victory
set
Saba
so
a
flote
&
ingenerated
in
him
such
haultinesse
and
pride
,
that
spedely
coasting
ouer
the
Ionian
Sea
,
he
arriued
in
the
coast
of
Illyria
,
practising
therin
along
the
prouinciall
borders
great
pillage
and
robberie
,
and
hearing
that
the
Venetian
fléete
was
retourning
homeward
,
laden
with
Wares
out
of
Syria
,
be
brought
about
his
Nauie
with
all
expedicion
into
the
Bay
of
Trieste
,
and
from
thence
insidiously
and
sodainly
setting
vpon
them
,
spoyled
and
killed
the
Marchauntes
and
Mariners
,
and
all
the
Rowers
,
their
rooted
hatred
and
spightfull
rancour
toward
the
Venetian
name
was
so
vnappeaseable
.
Lewsing
thence
,
he
cut
his
course
toward
Aucon
a
noble
Citie
of
Picene
,
where
there
is
a
goodly
hauen
,
and
it
forcibly
tooke
and
being
taken
,
sacked
and
last
of
all
consumed
it
wyth
fire
,
and
a
few
of
the
Oppidanes
or
Townesmen
which
taried
still
,
were
taken
.
For
the
rest
being
brought
into
sodaine
feare
and
amazednes
through
this
violent
irruption
were
fledde
almost
all
into
the
mayne
land
and
mediterranean
region
.
Within
a
litle
while
after
,
an
other
Nauie
of
Saracens
landed
in
the
coast
of
Hetruria
,
with
purpose
and
full
intent
to
besiege
and
take
the
Citie
of
Rome
.
Whose
sodayne
arriuall
and
terrible
approche
filled
all
the
Citie
with
terrour
and
dread
.
Wherfore
Pope
Leo
the
fourth
of
that
name
assembled
the
people
together
,
and
vnto
them
made
this
Oration
folowing
.
What
is
the
matter
my
Children
whereof
you
are
somuch
affraide
?
Oration
of
Pope
Leo
the
fourthe
,
to
encorage
his
Romans
against
the
saracens
.
or
why
are
your
mindes
thus
troubled
and
appaulled
?
Certes
there
happeneth
nothing
vnto
vs
without
the
prouidence
and
wyll
of
the
almightye
God
,
neither
is
it
sent
vnto
vs
vndeseruedlye
on
our
partes
.
Then
ought
we
to
feare
&
dread
their
tyrannie
,
when
we
fall
at
ciuill
strife
and
goe
together
by
the
eares
amonge
our selues
,
when
one
Brother
conspireth
his
Brothers
death
and
destruction
.
For
all
they
whiche
do
beléeue
and
confesse
Christe
to
be
their
Sauiour
and
Redéemer
,
are
Brothers
.
Then
I
say
when
the
Brands
of
these
mischiefes
are
kindled
amonge
vs
,
we
ought
to
feare
,
leaste
God
being
highly
displeased
with
vs
therfore
,
should
send
these
or
rather
worse
plagues
vppon
vs
.
For
if
you
think
that
these
impious
and
barbarous
people
are
sent
vnto
vs
without
the
will
and
pleasure
of
almighty
God
,
you
are
far
deceiued
.
For
holy
Scriptures
do
in
many
places
testif●e
&
dayly
examples
euery
where
teache
&
confirme
the
same
.
God
saying
by
his
owne
mouth
,
that
he
wyll
vse
the
wicked
blasphemers
and
the
enemies
of
his
sacred
name
as
whippes
to
scourge
,
and
meanes
to
pursue
hys
vnfaithfull
,
wylfull
and
disobedient
Children
.
And
we
do
know
,
that
the
ciuile
discord
and
flagitious
dissolutenes
of
the
Greekes
gaue
first
occasion
to
this
pestiferous
and
diabolicall
nacion
,
to
extend
their
rage
and
practise
their
first
cruell
inuasion
vpon
the
Christians
.
Did
not
the
lewde
lying
of
the
Gothes
and
Kinge
Rodirick
,
allure
them
to
set
foote
into
Hispaine
.
Whome
although
these
bellish
Impes
discomfited
and
condinglye
punished
,
yet
when
they
once
conuerted
their
force
and
moued
warre
againste
good
and
godlye
men
,
they
were
repulsed
,
put
to
flight
and
slaigne
euen
of
a
few
.
What
?
do
we
feare
this
most
dastardly
rable
and
lows●e
nacion
more
then
we
do
Almightye
God
?
for
we
doubt
not
a
whit
,
euery
howre
and
euerye
mynute
of
an
howre
to
offend
his
Diuine
Maiestie
,
to
prouoke
his
wrath
and
anger
againste
vs
,
to
reuile
and
blaspheme
his
holy
name
:
to
shewe
our selues
wilfull
,
disobedient
and
stubbourne
to
the
lore
of
his
swéet
word
and
commaundment
and
by
our
owne
phantasticall
deuises
to
heape
vnto
ouer
selues
the
greeuous
sentence
of
his
heauy
displeasure
:
but
at
the
onely
hearinge
of
this
reprobate
generation
,
wee
tremble
and
quake
for
feare
,
as
though
humane
force
and
mortall
Armes
were
more
to
be
feared
,
then
euerlasting
paynes
and
eternal
damnation
.
Wher
is
the
auncient
puyssance
and
knightly
prowes
that
was
wont
to
be
in
the
vndaunted
Romanes
?
What
is
become
of
their
valiauntnes
,
paynfulnesse
,
trauaile
and
courage
that
in
all
extremytie
and
aduersitie
was
euer
inuincible
?
Our
Auncestors
and
forefathers
,
before
Christianitie
was
embraced
,
or
Christ
to
the
world
notyfied
and
beleeued
on
,
beyng
yet
blinded
and
noseled
in
Idolatrye
and
supersticious
Religion
,
feared
no
force
,
no
violence
,
no
multytude
of
Enemies
,
but
oftentimes
with
a
small
handfull
and
power
,
vanquished
the
mightie
&
populous
armies
of
their
Enemies
.
The
Gaules
&
French
,
being
a
people
and
nacion
most
fierce
and
at
that
time
by
reason
of
the
huygenes
of
their
bodies
formidable
and
dreadfull
(
the
limytes
of
the
Romane
Empire
being
yet
but
streict
and
narrow
,
&
the
Citie
nothing
so
great
as
now
it
is
,
mens
courages
also
through
the
sodayne
irruption
and
coming
of
such
a
firce
and
big
nacion
marueilouslie
abbashed
)
tooke
in
déede
(
I
cannot
deny
)
this
Citie
,
hauing
in
it
at
that
time
no
forte
of
defence
nor
commodius
place
made
by
art
for
resistance
:
but
yet
the
Capitoll
,
they
were
neuer
hable
to
take
.
And
not
suffered
long
there
to
roust
,
were
by
the
valiaunce
of
one
banished
Romane
thence
repulsed
and
driuen
away
with
notable
slaughter
of
a
great
maigny
of
their
people
.
And
beholde
,
the
Romane
empire
was
not
of
such
power
and
strength
at
that
time
as
it
is
now
.
For
the
limytes
of
the
empyre
extended
no
further
but
to
the
Romane
Terrytory
.
Now
whereas
the
greatest
part
of
Italy
is
subiect
to
the
Romane
State
,
and
the
Citie
with
people
well
replenished
,
hauing
now
not
the
Capitoll
onely
for
your
fortresse
,
but
a
whole
Towne
also
by
our
industrie
and
procurement
annexed
and
vnited
to
your
Citie
,
fortyfied
and
strengthened
with
all
maner
of
Artificiall
deuise
and
pollicie
,
hauyng
(
I
say
)
so
many
noble
Personages
and
approued
Capitaines
both
for
skill
&
courage
renowmed
,
and
the
Sea
of
the
most
Catholique
Relygion
héere
resiaunt
,
you
now
stand
in
dread
and
feare
not
of
the
Gaules
,
which
be
a
worthy
and
noble
nacion
not
of
the
huyge
and
populous
armyes
of
the
Gothes
,
nor
yet
of
the
Hunnes
the
Subuerters
and
destroyers
of
many
moste
flourishyng
and
noble
cities
:
but
of
the
most
cowardly
and
rogish
nacion
of
all
Asia
,
a
pilfring
rable
of
Mauritanian
,
thieues
and
Vagarantes
.
The
Mannes
head
that
was
founde
in
the
ground
where
the
Capitoll
standeth
,
gaue
such
a
destinie
and
fate
thervnto
,
that
no
nacion
shoulde
be
hable
by
conquest
and
force
to
take
it
.
Doo
you
think
that
the
Capitoll
was
earst
more
safe
and
holie
▪
beinge
the
Seate
of
Saturn
,
then
it
is
now
,
being
employed
to
a
Castle
of
sincere
and
true
religion
?
Beléeue
me
,
beléeue
mee
,
neyther
the
Saracenes
nor
anye
other
wicked
Nacion
whiche
are
the
professed
Enemies
of
Christes
name
and
Relygion
shall
euer
buylde
their
Bowre
&
plant
themselues
in
this
Citie
.
Rome
was
buylded
vnder
such
a
lucky
Constellacion
,
that
the
Empyre
thereof
shall
neuer
quayle
but
continue
perpetuallye
:
and
vnder
this
same
destenie
is
this
Towne
therevnto
annexed
and
adioyned
that
it
should
be
the
See
of
Religion
,
which
thing
the
most
emperiall
and
Cathedrall
Church
of
him
that
is
chiefe
of
the
Apostles
assuredly
promiseth
.
But
peraduenture
you
thinke
,
that
God
béeing
prouoked
and
mooued
to
wrathe
by
reason
of
our
manyfold
sinnes
&
offences
,
hath
gyuen
them
leaue
thus
to
extend
and
shew
their
villanous
rage
against
vs
.
I
graunt
,
we
haue
demerited
these
and
farre
greater
Plagues
,
and
that
this
ruffling
stirre
is
sent
vpon
vs
not
without
the
speciall
foresight
and
prouidence
of
God
,
that
taking
warning
and
occasion
by
these
aduersities
and
oppressions
,
to
amende
our
naughtie
liues
,
wee
may
the
better
renounce
our
former
haunt
of
licentious
lustes
,
and
with
penitent
hearts
turne
vnto
him
.
And
so
long
shall
they
haue
power
ouer
vs
,
as
we
persist
&
wilfully
wallow
in
the
stinking
puddle
of
our
vngratious
wayes
.
But
if
we
truely
repent
and
implore
his
mercy
,
this
wicked
Nation
shall
straightwayes
geue
place
and
flee
before
vs
lyke
shéepe
,
whom
wee
shall
kill
and
slea
down
right
before
vs
,
and
reuenge
the
iniuries
that
they
the
yéeres
passed
haue
done
vnto
vs
and
vnto
the
Maiesty
of
Almighty
God
,
whose
Temples
and
consecrated
houses
,
they
haue
wickedly
polluted
and
most
horriblie
prophaned
.
Hereof
may
you
make
your
full
accoumpt
,
vnlesse
peraduenture
you
thinke
that
the
Asturians
,
the
Cantabrians
and
French
(
who
haue
oftentimes
vanquished
and
with
notorious
calamities
discomfited
them
)
to
haue
béen
better
and
more
valiaunter
men
then
you
your selues
be
.
But
they
were
not
(
beléeue
me
)
and
God
is
no
lesse
mercifull
to
the
present
state
and
inward
mindes
of
men
nowadayes
,
then
he
was
in
the
age
and
life
passed
.
For
at
the
godly
Sermons
and
zealous
admonitions
of
Pelagius
and
other
holy
men
,
they
renounced
their
vic●ous
wayes
and
turning
vnto
God
besought
his
helpe
to
assist
and
deliuer
them
out
of
thraldome
.
He
is
so
mercifull
,
and
so
readie
to
heare
the
peticions
of
the
faithfull
that
he
neuer
forsaketh
nor
leaueth
destitute
and
comfortlesse
them
,
that
vnfeignedly
and
hartely
craue
ayde
at
his
handes
.
Amende
your
lyues
therefore
,
and
well
thinke
with
your selues
that
you
must
wyth
tooth
and
nayle
,
so
endeuour
your selues
,
that
you
may
not
in
any
wise
for
godlynes
and
faith
geue
place
to
any
Nation
in
the
worlde
.
Call
to
memory
the
pristiuate
valiaunce
,
of
the
Romane
name
,
couragiously
aduaunce
forward
,
handle
your
weapons
manfully
and
deale
your
puyssaunt
blowes
doughtily
among
yonder
miscreaunt
people
,
I
my selfe
will
be
your
Capitaine
and
goe
before
you
,
and
participate
wyth
you
what
euent
soeuer
Fortune
sendeth
.
I
doe
assure
you
,
the
victorie
is
most
certainely
in
your
handes
,
if
you
will
doe
as
before
I
haue
directed
you
.
They
whose
chaunce
shall
be
to
dye
in
this
most
godly
quarrell
and
Battayle
,
shall
not
onely
wynne
in
this
worlde
,
a
glorious
fame
&
renoumed
praise
,
but
shal
be
afterward
transported
into
the
Kingdome
of
euerlasting
lyfe
and
haue
theyr
names
registred
in
the
Booke
,
of
lyfe
among
the
electe
of
God
for
euer
.
;
]
After
he
had
made
an
ende
,
as
many
as
were
hable
and
fitte
for
warfare
,
tooke
weapon
in
hande
,
and
folowed
hym
to
Ostia
.
There
meanyng
to
receyue
at
pushe
of
the
Pyke
,
the
enemie
,
so
soone
as
he
shoulde
set
any
foote
on
lande
.
When
they
euidently
descryed
the
enemyes
approche
,
and
in
sight
perused
their
order
,
the
Byshoppe
eftsoones
commaunding
his
Souldiours
to
bowe
the
knees
of
their
heartes
and
earnestly
to
pray
vnto
God
,
implored
the
diuine
assistaunce
and
mercyfull
ayde
of
hym
that
is
the
geuer
of
all
victorye
,
whose
woordes
and
Prayer
were
in
effecte
as
foloweth
.
O
almightie
and
most
mercifull
father
which
against
the
victorye
vnto
Gedeon
wyth
a
small
number
ouer
the
huyge
multitude
of
hys
enemyes
,
A
prayer
.
then
which
neuer
yet
But
perceuing
that
the
same
was
not
possible
to
be
taken
but
by
long
Siege
,
he
thence
discamped
and
passed
the
ryuer
Euphrates
by
a
bridge
of
Shippes
.
And
spoyling
the
the
Countrey
and
places
there
aboutes
,
assaultynge
and
battering
many
strong
holdes
,
whereof
some
he
tooke
by
surrender
,
he
retourned
againe
to
the
citie
.
Wher
he
rested
not
long
,
but
agayne
making
a
warlyke
voyage
&
expedition
into
Siria
agaynst
the
Saracens
,
bent
his
whole
force
to
winne
Germanicia
and
wanne
it
.
From
thence
he
remooued
to
the
Citie
Adata
,
which
he
fiercely
besieged
and
burnt
the
Suburbes
.
Whiche
Citie
albeit
the
Citizenes
and
Inhabitantes
defended
very
slackly
and
negligently
,
yet
could
not
he
wynne
and
take
it
.
Basilius
wondring
to
sée
them
so
secure
and
negligent
in
such
iminent
danger
,
demaunded
of
them
the
cause
thereof
,
vnto
whom
an
ancient
man
of
the
Citie
aunswered
:
that
it
was
decréed
by
destynie
that
he
should
neuer
winne
their
Citie
maugre
all
his
force
and
battary
,
notwithstandinge
there
shoulde
come
one
of
his
lygne
and
race
called
Constantine
which
should
obtayne
the
same
by
conquest
,
but
it
should
not
be
his
Sonne
Constantine
,
who
was
with
him
in
his
camp
at
that
present
.
At
whiche
aunswere
Basilius
so
stormed
and
fumed
that
he
gaue
the
assault
farre
more
fiercely
,
and
violently
then
at
any
time
before
he
had
done
.
But
when
he
saw
he
could
nothing
preuaile
,
he
raysed
his
Siege
and
went
his
way
,
but
before
his
departure
,
he
commaunded
all
his
Prisoners
to
be
slayne
,
least
they
should
stir
vp
some
disturbaunce
and
commotion
&
also
because
he
would
be
out
of
feare
and
not
néede
to
appoynte
kéepers
vnto
them
.
Shortlye
after
,
the
Saracens
of
Tharsus
infesting
the
Romane
Prouinces
,
he
sent
one
Andrew
surnamed
Scytha
against
them
,
who
acquiting
&
behauing
himselfe
against
them
very
honorably
&
knightlie
,
their
courage
was
alaid
and
their
malicious
attempts
well
bridled
.
Whereat
the
King
of
Tharsus
so
stamped
and
stared
,
that
in
most
horrible
and
blasphemous
tearmes
he
belched
out
words
full
of
threates
and
spightfull
contumelies
againste
God
,
A
reuilinge
Blasphemer
.
in
his
Letters
addressed
and
sent
vnto
Andrew
:
Wherein
be
wrate
,
the
if
he
had
inuaded
and
come
in
person
against
hym
,
it
was
not
the
Sonne
of
Mary
that
should
haue
holpen
or
deliuered
him
.
But
it
was
not
long
before
he
felt
the
deserued
smarte
and
due
guerdon
of
his
odible
myscreauncye
.
For
comming
himselfe
with
more
ayde
to
his
Hoast
,
Andrew
on
the
other
side
in
good
order
marshalled
his
Campe
and
gaue
vnto
him
battayle
:
Where
betwéene
them
was
fought
a
cruell
conflict
,
but
in
th'
end
the
Saracenes
tourned
theis
backes
and
fled
,
in
which
Chase
,
most
of
them
were
slayne
,
and
among
the
rest
the
Kinge
himselfe
,
was
there
bereft
of
lyfe
and
limme
.
It
chaunced
within
awhile
after
,
that
by
the
sinister
meanes
and
enuious
rancour
of
some
backfrindes
which
spighted
at
his
good
successe
and
valyaunt
prowesse
,
this
Andrew
was
accused
to
the
Emperour
his
maister
,
that
when
he
well
might
,
he
woulde
not
take
and
wynne
the
Citie
of
Tharsus
:
vnto
whiche
surmised
accusation
,
such
credit
was
geuen
,
that
Audrew
was
discharged
of
his
generalshippe
,
and
one
Stypiota
placed
in
his
Roome
The
Saracens
which
fors●owed
no
time
nor
ocasion
that
might
further
their
Affayres
and
procéedings
,
perceiuing
&
vnderstanding
the
through
this
priuie
gruge
&
new
chaunge
,
the
watch
was
nothing
at
al
looked
vnto
,
in
the
night
time
set
vppon
them
and
slew
of
them
very
many
,
and
the
rest
put
to
flight
.
On
the
other
side
,
the
Affricane
Saracens
besieging
Ragusium
(
whiche
is
a
Citie
standinge
in
the
borders
and
coastes
of
Illyria
)
and
the
Ragusines
sending
to
the
Emperour
for
ayde
and
rescue
,
Basilius
furnished
out
a
hundreth
tall
Shippes
of
Warre
for
their
reliefe
and
sauetie
.
Whereof
the
Saracenes
hauing
intelligence
,
reysed
their
Siege
and
tooke
their
iourney
into
Italy
,
and
takyng
the
Citie
of
Barry
,
most
lamentably
afflicted
and
in
a
maner
vniuersallie
destroyed
with
fier
murther
and
rapine
the
Calabrians
,
Apuliana
Lucanes
and
Salentines
.
And
being
now
in
minde
to
deuide
Rome
and
the
Empire
of
all
Italy
,
share
and
share
lyke
among
themselues
,
beholde
Pope
Iohn
,
greatly
mooued
with
pitie
and
compassion
to
sée
his
Countreye
in
such
extreeme
perill
,
imployed
ayde
and
besought
Alberick
(
whose
power
was
greate
in
all
Hetruria
)
to
assist
and
ioyne
side
with
hym
,
for
the
repulse
of
this
daungerous
inuasion
.
Whiche
Alberick
with
a
mighty
armie
that
he
had
leuied
in
his
owne
Countrey
and
partly
also
mustered
and
taken
vp
in
and
about
Rome
,
Italians
discomfired
the
Saracenes
.
encountred
them
,
after
they
had
set
foote
within
the
Romane
Terrytorie
:
and
at
the
firste
not
far
from
the
Citie
,
in
Battaile
them
vanquished
:
but
afterwards
at
the
riuer
of
Leyre
about
the
Citie
Minturne
he
so
notably
discomfited
them
,
that
they
were
now
resolued
,
and
fully
purposed
altogether
to
depart
quight
out
of
Italy
.
Wherfore
burning
all
alonge
the
Sea
coaste
as
they
went
,
they
departed
into
Apulia
,
and
buyldinge
a
Castle
vpon
Mount
Gargan
.
and
vnder
the
rydge
of
the
same
Mount
a
Towne
strongly
fenced
and
fortyfied
for
the
warres
,
they
continued
there
for
many
yéeres
,
sore
infesting
and
spoyling
Italye
.
Then
they
tooke
Beneuent
and
it
ransacked
and
after
fiered
.
Whiche
terrible
example
so
amazed
and
astonned
the
other
cities
adioining
,
that
without
resistaunce
,
they
receiued
the
Garrisons
of
that
nacion
within
their
walles
.
But
ayde
beinge
sent
by
the
Pope
,
the
barbarous
Mawmettes
doynge
all
rather
with
pyllage
and
robberie
,
then
with
any
iust
war
,
departed
without
any
battaile
out
of
the
Romane
limits
and
dominions
.
And
an
other
fléete
of
the
same
nacion
comminge
out
of
Affrica
,
after
long
and
cruell
Siege
tooke
the
citie
of
Geane
,
and
at
their
first
entree
slue
all
the
defendants
,
but
the
Maydenes
,
Damoselles
,
Matrones
and
younge
boyes
they
shipped
and
caried
away
with
them
into
Africa
.
But
Dandulus
Venetus
writeth
,
the
al
of
the
Male
sexe
retourned
afterwarde
home
againe
into
their
Countrey
,
but
how
and
by
what
meanes
that
came
to
passe
,
is
by
none
declared
nor
written
.
Geane
was
wonne
and
taken
in
the
yeare
after
the
incarnacion
935.
And
the
Saracenes
being
first
dispossessed
of
the
Castle
of
Mount
Gargan
by
the
Dalmatians
,
Geane
take●
and
afterwards
in
many
ouerthrowes
weakened
and
vanquished
by
the
Pannonians
,
were
lastlye
by
Otho
Emperour
of
Germaines
in
the
yéere
of
our
Lorde
969.
quight
expulsed
and
driuen
out
of
Italy
.
The
Greekes
,
doo
héere
make
their
auaunt
,
that
Italy
was
deliuered
and
rid
out
of
the
seruitude
and
dreadfull
oppression
of
the
Saracens
through
the
aide
and
helpe
of
their
Constantinopolytane
Emperoure
,
in
that
the
French
succoured
and
relieued
them
,
for
the
good
wyl
and
friendshippe
that
they
bare
to
their
Emperoure
.
For
they
say
,
that
the
Italyans
hearinge
Rhagusium
to
bee
rescued
and
deliuered
from
the
Siege
by
the
Greekish
Nauy
,
submitted
themselues
vnder
the
obeisaunce
of
the
Empyre
,
and
requested
ayd
also
for
themselues
.
Whervpon
,
Basilius
by
his
Letters
directed
&
addressed
vnto
the
Frenth
King
,
treated
with
him
to
aide
them
,
and
by
him
was
the
Sultane
taken
and
brought
to
Capua
:
who
afterwarde
by
the
fauorable
meanes
of
the
Commons
of
Capua
(
with
whom
he
had
conspired
against
the
)
King
was
set
at
liberty
,
and
the
King
being
thence
expulsed
,
he
inferred
warre
vpon
the
Capuans
,
but
by
the
ayde
of
the
Greekes
which
came
against
him
,
he
packed
and
went
away
.
This
French
King
of
whom
they
surmise
this
talke
and
Historye
,
I
thinke
should
be
Carolus
Crassus
the
fifte
Emperoure
of
Germaines
,
but
for
the
trueth
thereof
,
I
referre
you
to
my
Authours
the
Greekes
,
whom
I
wyl
,
shall
shifte
for
themseues
touching
the
credit
of
the
premisses
.
a
most
noble
victorye
.
He
wasted
and
subuerted
Berraea
al
sauing
the
Castle
,
where
he
found
great
store
of
riches
and
treasure
,
and
taking
innumerable
of
them
prisoners
deliuered
many
Christians
out
of
thraldome
Afterward
this
Nicephorus
Phocas
being
aduaunced
to
the
Empire
,
Duke
Manuel
,
the
Bastard
sonne
of
Leo
,
was
sent
with
a
mighty
Nauie
against
the
Saracens
into
Sicile
,
where
through
negligence
&
want
of
skill
he
with
all
his
hoast
was
slaine
.
And
at
the
very
same
time
,
Iohn
Zimisca
(
afterward
Emperour
)
being
sent
into
Cilicia
,
had
the
vpperhand
of
the
Saracens
at
the
Citie
of
Adana
.
Then
Nicephorus
himself
in
person
,
with
a
great
power
entred
into
Cilicia
and
tooke
Anabarza
,
Rosa
and
Adana
thrée
proper
Cities
of
that
Prouince
,
with
many
other
stronge
holdes
and
Castles
:
which
done
,
he
returned
into
Cappadocia
and
there
wintered
.
In
the
beginning
of
the
nexte
Spring
he
went
thither
againe
,
and
sent
his
brother
Leo
with
a
part
of
his
army
to
Tharsus
,
&
himselfe
laid
siege
to
Mopsihestia
,
through
the
middle
wherof
,
there
ranne
a
riuer
named
Sarus
.
While
the
Emperour
layde
harde
siege
and
sore
distressed
the
one
side
thereof
,
the
Saracens
seeing
no
remedie
set
fire
in
that
part
,
and
departed
vnto
the
other
part
,
which
being
also
conquered
and
wonne
he
slew
of
them
euery
man
.
When
the
Tharsians
hearde
thereof
,
they
submitted
themselues
to
the
Emperoures
grace
.
And
within
thrée
daies
after
,
a
Nauie
was
sent
out
of
Aegypt
to
ayde
the
Tharsians
,
which
could
not
attaine
to
land
,
and
in
their
returne
homeward
,
what
with
force
of
weather
and
blustering
windes
,
and
what
with
incursions
of
the
Romane
Gallayes
,
they
were
for
the
most
parte
all
lost
and
cast
away
.
When
the
Emperour
was
retourned
home
to
Constantinople
,
he
caused
the
brasen
gates
which
he
had
brought
from
the
winning
of
Tharsus
&
Mopsihestia
,
of
excellent
workmanship
&
curious
art
,
to
be
set
on
the
East
&
West
side
of
the
Castle
with
other
new
ornaments
&
garnishments
of
his
owne
cost
added
therto
.
Then
he
inuaded
Syria
and
hauing
partly
beaten
downe
and
partly
wasted
the
Cities
about
Libanus
&
the
Sea
coast
,
he
came
before
Antioch
,
which
Citie
standeth
vpon
the
riuer
Orontes
.
But
the
Antiochians
standing
at
resistaunce
,
and
also
victual
in
his
Camp
waxing
very
scant
beside
such
continuall
raine
,
that
the
ground
was
all
ouerflowen
&
couered
with
water
,
he
was
faine
to
builde
a
Bastyle
on
the
Mount
Taurus
,
which
is
at
this
day
is
called
Maurus
,
leauing
there
behind
him
to
infest
&
skirmish
with
the
Antiochians
,
Michael
Burze
whom
he
had
aduaunced
to
be
one
of
his
chief
Nobilitie
,
&
inuested
with
the
tytle
of
the
Capitaine
of
Mount
Taurus
.
And
appointed
one
of
his
Eunuches
named
Peter
,
a
valiant
,
constant
&
skilful
warriour
,
master
of
his
Tentes
and
Pauilions
to
sée
order
taken
&
prouided
for
the
wintering
of
his
host
in
Cilicia
,
after
which
order
●o
taken
,
he
returned
to
Constantinople
.
Burzes
with
many
venturous
R●ades
&
excursions
laid
sore
to
the
charge
of
the
Antiochian
Saracens
,
and
them
greatly
molested
,
studying
by
all
meanes
to
wynne
honour
and
glorie
by
déedes
of
Armes
and
to
take
the
Citie
.
Vppon
a
time
he
priuily
measured
out
the
altitude
and
height
of
the
Tower
of
the
same
,
and
preparing
scaling
Ladders
equall
in
height
therewyth
,
in
a
very
darke
and
snowye
Winter
nyght
,
he
came
secretely
and
without
making
any
noyse
vnder
the
walles
of
the
Citie
:
Antioche
taken
.
where
setting
vp
his
Ladders
,
with
.
CCC
.
men
that
he
had
brought
thyther
with
him
for
the
same
purpose
,
he
mounted
vp
,
and
kylled
the
watchmen
and
keepers
of
the
Tower
and
as
manye
as
hee
could
méete
withall
:
and
straightwayes
dispatched
a
Currour
to
the
Maister
of
the
Tentes
and
Pauilions
to
aduertyze
him
,
how
the
case
stoode
and
what
he
purposed
to
do
,
willing
him
spéedily
to
come
with
more
power
to
ayde
him
and
be
partaker
of
that
glorious
&
noble
enterprise
.
The
Antiochians
knowing
their
chiefe
Tower
to
be
taken
,
ranne
couragiouslye
to
repell
and
dispossesse
the
Romanes
out
of
the
same
.
Now
the
Maister
of
the
Tentes
had
in
charge
from
the
Emperour
,
that
he
should
not
in
ani
wise
inuade
Antioch
,
because
the
common
brute
went
,
that
the
captiuitie
of
that
Citie
did
portende
within
awhile
after
,
the
Emperours
confusion
,
whiche
bred
in
him
such
doubtfull
cares
,
that
he
knew
not
what
to
doo
in
that
case
,
nor
which
way
to
take
.
Neuerthelesse
loath
,
that
so
manye
valiaunt
men
should
through
his
default
perysh
,
&
thinkyng
it
no
poynt
of
humanytie
to
sée
them
thus
fall
into
the
lapse
for
want
of
a
small
ayde
,
marched
with
all
his
power
and
inuaded
Antioche
:
at
whose
comming
the
Saracenes
were
so
dismayde
that
their
hartes
fainted
and
their
stomackes
immediatly
quayled
.
Burzes
&
his
company
which
before
dispayred
of
any
help
or
remedye
,
looking
for
nothing
but
present
death
,
tooke
new
hart
agrace
and
were
reuiued
,
and
bursting
open
the
Gates
with
his
battayle
Axe
,
made
frée
passage
and
ingresse
for
the
ma●ster
of
the
Tentes
and
his
traine
to
enter
.
Thus
was
Antioche
one
of
the
noblest
Cities
in
the
world
,
brought
into
the
power
of
the
Romanes
,
whiche
shortly
after
,
in
the
time
of
the
Emperoure
Iohn
Zimisca
,
the
Saracenes
with
all
their
ioynt
powers
and
forces
both
of
the
Orient
and
occident
attempted
to
recouer
.
And
so
vnder
the
conduct
of
the
Caliph
of
Cairoan
in
Affrica
,
(
because
the
power
of
the
Caliph
of
Syria
was
now
sore
weakened
and
brought
to
a
lowe
ebbe
)
they
planted
their
Siege
about
it
.
Whose
inuasions
and
malyce
the
Citezins
and
Inhabitauntes
manfullye
and
constantlye
withstoode
,
tyll
the
Emperour
might
hereof
be
certyfied
.
Who
hauing
intelligence
of
this
generall
conspiracie
of
the
Gentiles
,
commaunded
his
Prouost
of
Mesopotamia
to
ayde
his
besieged
Fréendes
and
Subiectes
.
Who
according
to
his
charge
and
commission
in
a
pitched
battaile
(
wherein
the
Saracenes
were
in
number
farre
moe
then
the
Romanes
)
them
disparcled
,
chased
and
discomfited
.
Now
because
I
sée
the
empire
of
the
Saracens
to
draw
apace
towarde
an
ende
and
finall
ruyne
,
we
must
before
we
procéede
any
further
,
briefelye
and
compendiouslie
wryte
of
the
remnauntes
and
reliques
of
them
that
yet
lurked
in
Africa
and
Spayne
:
and
firste
wee
wyll
speak
of
Spayne
,
then
afterward
of
Africa
.
In
Spayne
therefore
Ramire
Kinge
of
Lyon
in
the
yéere
of
our
Sauiour
Christ
901.
making
war
vpon
the
Saracenes
,
destroyed
a
Towne
of
theirs
named
Madrite
and
put
them
to
flight
néere
vnto
Osma
and
made
Benaiam
King
of
Saragoza
Tributary
vnto
hym
.
Whom
(
afterward
rebelliouslye
ioyninge
in
league
with
Abduramen
King
of
Corduba
and
tourning
to
his
olde
vomyt
agayne
)
Ramire
eftsoones
vanquished
and
tooke
Prisoner
in
battayle
néere
to
a
Towne
called
Syn●ncas
,
wherein
there
were
slayne
of
the
Saracenes
thyrtye
thousande
,
and
many
other
annoyances
and
harmes
did
hee
vnto
them
:
Afterwarde
lying
at
the
Siege
of
Talau●ra
,
he
ouercame
the
Toletane
Saracenes
whiche
came
to
reyse
the
Siege
and
to
rescue
the
Citie
,
of
whom
.
vii
.
M.
were
taken
and
xii
.
M.
slayne
.
After
this
Sancius
kinge
of
Lyon
beinge
depriued
and
driuen
out
of
his
kingdome
by
his
owne
people
came
to
Abduramen
king
of
Corduba
to
be
cured
of
a
certayne
disease
by
the
help
of
his
Phisicions
,
whom
for
conning
and
knowledge
he
had
heard
to
be
the
expertest
and
skilfullest
that
were
then
in
al
the
world
.
Whom
the
king
of
Corduba
did
not
onely
cause
to
be
healed
,
but
also
with
his
power
and
help
(
maugre
all
his
foes
)
restored
him
to
his
Roome
and
dignitie
.
But
after
that
hee
was
dead
,
the
Saracenes
wanne
Symancas
,
Duengas
Sepulueda
and
Gormas
,
Townes
belonginge
to
the
kingdome
of
Lyon
and
rased
Zamorra
.
And
within
awhile
after
,
destroyed
and
euerted
Portugall
the
head
of
all
Lusitanie
and
Compostella
.
After
the
death
of
Abduramen
,
Alliagib
his
Successoure
in
that
kingdome
,
naming
him selfe
Almansor
(
which
is
as
much
to
say
)
as
the
Protectoure
of
king
Mansor
his
Lorde
and
maister
,
because
bee
hoped
therby
the
rather
to
allure
the
peoples
goodwils
,
and
vnder
that
coloure
to
insinuate
himselfe
into
their
fauoures
(
for
at
that
time
Mansor
raigned
at
Marrocco
.
Which
Citie
(
as
we
haue
afore
shewed
)
was
the
Seate
royall
of
all
the
Saracenes
Empire
Occidentall
,
vnder
whose
iurisdiction
and
rule
all
the
inferiour
kinges
of
the
Saracenicall
nacion
in
Spayne
lyued
)
gathered
a
mighty
power
and
inuaded
the
Territories
of
the
Castulonians
,
Lyon
and
B●●kaye
.
The
Citie
of
Lyon
he
almost
vtterly
defaced
,
the
Towers
and
Bulwarkes
thereof
,
which
were
all
of
Marble
,
he
rased
and
heat
downe
to
the
grownde
,
leauinge
onelye
one
,
vntouched
and
vnblemished
,
to
the
intent
that
the
memorye
of
the
beautye
and
gorgeousnes
of
that
Citie
might
appeare
and
remayne
to
posterytie
.
He
tooke
Asturia
and
Coiaca
which
is
now
called
Valen●ja
(
not
that
Valentia
which
standeth
vpon
the
midland
Sea
,
but
an
other
in
the
kingdome
of
Leon
by
the
Pyrenes
)
and
Sansagnium
with
many
other
Townes
.
And
in
the
Precinct
of
the
Castulonians
,
he
destroyed
Osma
,
Alcobetla
,
Berlanga
and
Atienza
:
and
of
the
Gallycian
Townes
,
he
tooke
S.
Iames
,
and
commaunded
the
Belles
to
bee
caryed
away
thence
to
Corduba
,
where
he
vsed
them
in
stéede
of
Lampes
in
his
prophane
Temples
,
&
in
this
sorte
he
continued
outraging
and
kéeping
sharpe
warres
for
the
space
of
twelue
yeares
.
Tyll
at
length
Bermudes
King
of
Lyon
with
the
powers
of
the
Castulonians
,
the
Byskayes
and
his
owne
bad
vnto
hym
battayle
in
a
place
called
Calataicor
.
This
battayle
was
fiercely
foughten
on
both
sides
for
the
space
of
a
whole
daye
,
where
were
slayne
of
the
Saracenes
many
thousandes
,
and
in
th'
end
Almansor
with
all
his
retinew
and
Adherents
fled
and
shortly
after
died
for
sorow
of
his
ouerthrow
.
The
Spaniardes
ruffling
and
spoiling
their
camp
,
found
therin
great
booties
&
prayes
which
they
at
their
flight
had
left
behind
them
.
Abdimelick
greatly
mooued
with
his
fathers
misfortune
,
and
purposing
to
recouer
and
haue
amendes
for
the
same
,
was
also
vanquished
.
But
afterward
in
the
reigne
of
Alphonsus
the
Son
of
Bermudes
,
the
Saracenes
agayne
inuading
the
borders
&
frontiers
of
the
Castulonians
,
destroied
Auila
&
tooke
Ormetum
with
any
other
townes
.
And
Alphonsus
reedifled
the
citie
of
Lyon.
After
al
this
,
there
sprang
vp
ciuile
warres
among
the
Spanish
Saracenicall
Kinges
and
Princes
,
whereby
the
power
of
the
Christians
in
that
prouince
dayly
encreased
,
Granado
wonne
from
the
Saracenes
&
Infideles
by
King
Ferdinando
Granfather
to
Charles
the
fift
Anno
D.
1492.
insomuch
that
Mahomet
Enas●r
Bishop
of
Marrocco
being
vanquished
in
Gottalonia
néere
to
Valentia
and
ix
.
M.
Saracenes
slaine
with
him
in
the
yéere
of
our
redémption
1150.
the
Christians
within
xxx
.
yéeres
folowing
,
recouered
Valentia
,
Deuia
,
Alicante
,
Muria
,
new
Carthage
,
Corduba
,
Syuile
,
Iaen
and
Vbeda
,
and
the
Saracenes
had
no
more
in
their
possession
but
onely
the
Kingdome
of
Granado
,
from
whence
at
length
they
were
vtterlye
expulsed
and
driuen
out
by
Ferdinando
the
last
king
of
the
Tarracomans
,
(
or
Aragon
)
Grandfather
by
the
Mothers
side
to
Charles
the
fift
late
Emperour
.
In
Africa
a
newe
Prophet
vaunting
himself
to
be
one
of
the
right
ligne
&
race
of
Mahomet
whose
name
was
E●mahelis
,
a
man
both
borne
&
brought
vp
in
the
Mountains
,
about
the
yéere
of
our
Lord
1000
brued
a
new
broyle
and
set
abroch
certayne
quaynte
fashions
about
Religion
.
He
expulsed
out
of
their
Kingdomes
,
the
high
Bishop
of
Cairoan
(
which
Citie
before
we
shewed
was
not
farre
of
from
Carthage
,
&
was
the
head
Citie
in
the
mayne
land
of
Africa
)
l
also
Abraem
the
king
of
Marocco
:
which
done
,
he
subdued
both
the
Mauritanies
,
all
Africa
,
all
Numidia
,
and
Lybia
vnto
the
borders
of
the
Negroes
and
Aegypt
,
constituting
his
royall
and
Pontificall
Seate
at
Marocco
.
The
King
of
Marocco
,
fléeing
from
Habdulmumen
who
pursued
after
him
with
part
of
Elmahelis
Army
,
arriued
and
came
to
Oranum
,
a
Citie
situate
vpon
the
midland
Sea
in
Mauritania
Caesariensis
.
But
the
Citizens
not
receiuing
him
,
the
poore
wretched
King
being
comfortlesse
and
without
all
hope
of
better
fortune
,
A
miserable
king
deposed
from
his
kingdome
,
by
desperation
brake
his
owne
necke
and
his
wyues
.
with
hys
wife
,
who
for
want
of
better
store
roade
behind
him
(
both
on
one
horse
)
went
vp
into
the
toppe
of
a
very
high
mountaine
lying
into
the
Sea
and
there
dashing
the
Spurres
into
the
horse
sides
,
cast
himself
,
his
wife
and
horse
down
headlong
from
a
Eraggie
rocke
,
and
so
al
thrée
dyed
together
at
one
instant
,
and
were
found
in
the
Shore
all
bruised
and
dismembred
.
And
Habdulmumen
retourning
back
to
Marocco
,
found
Elmahelis
dead
,
and
was
creafed
King
and
Byshop
in
his
place
.
Whose
posteritie
and
Successours
,
that
is
to
wit
Iosippus
his
Sonne
,
Mansor
his
Nephieu
and
Machomet
Enasir
,
of
whom
we
made
mencion
before
,
his
Nephieus
sonne
,
enioyed
&
possessed
that
Kingdome
.
But
when
the
tenne
Sonnes
after
the
death
of
Mahomet
their
father
,
contended
and
bickered
among
themselues
for
the
Garlande
,
the
house
of
the
Marines
popped
into
the
Kingdome
of
Fess
,
and
the
Habduluadean
familie
inuaded
the
Kingdome
of
Telensine
,
and
displacing
there
the
Tunetane
Magistrate
,
created
and
made
there
a
King
.
And
all
the
other
Kings
&
Princes
of
Africa
renounced
their
homage
and
reuolted
from
the
Kings
of
Maroco
:
wherby
the
power
of
the
Saracens
decreased
in
Africa
aswell
as
in
other
places
and
the
name
of
their
Empyre
vtterly
extinct
.
¶
The
Thirde
Booke
.
Wherein
is
expressed
and
plainly
declared
the
euersion
of
the
Saracenicall
Empire
and
the
originall
beginning
,
continuaunce
&
increase
of
the
Turkishe
domination
,
till
the
first
yeere
of
the
raigne
of
Ottomanne
,
from
whom
,
louius
and
diuerse
others
both
Greeke
and
Latine
Turcographers
begin
their
Histories
:
also
the
first
originall
of
the
Tartarians
,
Mamalukes
,
Assassines
,
and
Sophians
:
Containing
a
true
and
perfect
discourse
of
Turkishe
Affaires
for
three
hundreth
yeeres
space
before
Ottomanne
,
for
pleasure
and
varietie
very
delectable
.
BVt
now
must
I
procéede
in
a
newe
kind
of
order
,
Saracenes
were
as
the
right
children
of
Mahomet
and
Turkes
in
comparison
but
Bastardes
.
and
discourse
vpon
matters
most
worthy
to
be
remembred
:
for
we
haue
already
so
orderly
&
successiuely
treated
of
Saracenicall
affayres
,
that
now
we
be
come
by
order
of
Historie
,
to
speake
of
those
times
,
wherin
(
the
auncient
and
true
Saracene
Empire
decaying
and
as
it
were
the
lawfull
Stocke
and
ofspring
of
Mahomet
excluded
and
dispossessed
)
Bastards
and
vpstartes
of
an
other
ligne
stepped
in
and
vsurped
the
principalitie
,
A
people
(
I
saye
)
shuffling
in
for
the
best
game
,
and
bearing
themselues
,
not
(
as
the
other
)
vnder
a
painled
shewe
and
coulorable
glose
of
gaie
Religion
and
holines
,
but
planted
themselues
in
a
more
firme
and
harde
Empyre
,
mainteining
and
amplifying
the
same
by
force
of
Armes
and
violence
.
Whose
State
differeth
as
much
from
the
former
Empire
,
as
the
hardnesse
of
Yron
from
the
softnesse
of
Leade
.
For
albeit
the
huygenes
of
the
Saracenicall
dominion
were
great
and
mighty
,
(
insomuch
that
vnder
the
patched
cloake
and
pretence
of
false
doctrine
and
diabolicall
Religion
,
it
ouerflowed
and
almost
drowned
the
whole
world
)
yet
the
violent
rage
therof
was
by
the
valiaunt
encountrie
of
couragious
Souldiours
and
Martiall
knightes
from
time
to
time
either
brydled
and
repressed
,
or
at
least
,
brought
vnder
such
awe
,
that
many
times
they
were
faine
to
kéepe
bill
vnder
wing
,
and
to
be
pent
within
narrower
roome
then
they
were
before
.
Yea
many
times
,
such
flames
of
ciuil
discord
among
themselues
burst
out
,
that
the
same
being
dispersed
into
sundry
partes
,
&
farre
disseuered
from
the
fire
where
it
was
first
forged
about
Babilon
and
Arabie
,
waxed
in
processe
of
time
so
keyecold
&
frostbitten
,
the
they
were
not
able
to
wagge
&
bestirre
themselues
as
they
did
before
.
And
so
béeyng
distract
and
pulled
from
the
whole
Masse
,
and
consequently
made
weaker
,
were
either
cleane
vanished
and
buryed
in
the
pit
of
Obliuion
,
or
else
wyth
an
other
Fire
in
some
other
place
newly
kindled
,
were
consumed
and
quite
burnt
euen
with
their
owne
flame
:
which
thing
hapned
vnto
this
aforenamed
Forge
,
till
such
time
that
new
and
stronger
Smithes
tooke
that
office
in
hand
,
&
forged
a
harder
mettall
vppon
the
Anuill
,
to
harden
and
strengthen
the
softnes
of
this
Leade
,
&
throughly
to
beare
out
the
dignitie
of
the
Shop
.
For
although
(
as
it
euidently
appeareth
by
the
which
hath
bene
alredy
declared
in
the
two
first
Bookes
)
our
Auncestors
&
Predecessors
haue
continually
warred
with
the
Saracens
welnigh
400
yéeres
space
,
with
diuers
fortune
and
doubtfull
victorye
,
in
so
much
that
although
their
power
euen
from
their
firste
beginning
were
very
mightie
and
great
,
and
Christendome
all
that
tyme
neuer
quiet
,
but
continually
floted
in
ciuil
discorde
,
beside
the
often
incursions
of
Barbarous
Nations
,
the
Emperours
of
Constantinople
shewing
themselues
(
that
while
)
no
better
then
Meycockes
&
effeminate
persons
:
yet
dyd
they
oftentymes
plague
them
with
manye
great
ouerthrowes
,
and
recouered
out
of
theyr
possessions
sometyme
Syria
,
sometyme
Armenia
,
nowe
a
part
of
Persia
and
nowe
some
other
Prouinces
:
but
yet
alwayes
and
styll
they
kept
in
their
possession
all
Europa
,
sauyng
a
peece
of
Spayne
onely
,
Asia
the
lesse
,
Media
,
and
the
Kingdomes
of
Parthia
Bithynia
and
Cappadocia
with
many
other
Realmes
and
Kingdomes
.
But
the
power
of
the
Turkes
encroching
and
wynning
vpon
vs
now
almost
for
the
space
of
.600
.
yéeres
,
they
neuer
could
represse
,
neyther
hinder
the
course
and
procéeding
of
their
Empyre
,
neither
yet
expel
and
driue
them
out
of
such
places
as
they
had
once
gotten
.
Of
such
force
is
warlike
discipline
and
so
much
differeth
the
fiercenes
of
the
Northren
people
from
the
tendernes
and
effeminacie
of
the
Southren
.
How
,
wherof
and
by
what
occasion
,
they
brake
out
,
we
shall
now
declare
.
Basilius
Porphyrogenitus
being
Emperour
of
Constantinople
about
the
yéere
of
our
Lord
1000.
many
Tyrannes
wrestled
for
the
Garland
and
diuided
among
them
,
the
Empire
of
Saracens
,
as
before
in
the
last
Booke
was
shewed
,
wherof
foure
alwayes
contending
for
the
Supremacie
,
&
kéeping
deadly
warres
one
with
another
for
the
tryal
of
their
titles
,
there
began
great
diuision
&
hartburning
betwene
Mahomet
Prince
of
Persians
,
Corasmiorians
&
of
diuerse
other
people
on
the
one
part
,
and
the
Caliph
of
Syria
whose
royall
Seate
&
Metropolitane
Sea
was
at
Bagadet
.
Antioche
taken
.
In
which
wars
,
Mahomet
being
put
to
the
wors
and
by
the
Babilonian
(
through
helpe
and
ayde
of
Sclerus
and
the
Roman
captiues
)
vanquished
,
sent
to
the
Turks
for
aide
,
whose
helpe
and
furtheraunce
at
a
pinche
(
as
afore
hath
beene
specified
,
the
Saracenes
for
certayne
yeeres
passed
were
accustomed
in
theyr
Warres
too
vse
and
ioygne
vnto
them
,
and
the
rather
because
they
professed
and
embraced
euen
at
the
firste
eruptions
,
swaded
that
they
were
begotten
and
dyd
come
of
the
wylde
Faunes
.
But
the
Turkes
and
Tussagetes
discendynge
of
their
race
and
inhabityng
the
Northside
of
Mount
Caucasus
as
before
wee
haue
shewed
,
differed
muche
from
them
as
well
in
lyfe
,
as
manners
and
Lawes
:
beinge
(
notwithstandynge
)
so
lyke
amonge
themselues
and
so
lynked
together
in
League
one
with
an
other
,
that
they
were
taken
and
accompted
for
one
People
,
and
peraduenture
they
were
all
one
,
and
were
so
called
and
named
(
as
prophane
Persones
)
by
the
Armenians
their
Neighbours
,
from
whome
they
receiued
their
Rites
,
and
whiche
were
called
Sagae
(
as
muche
to
saye
)
as
holie
.
For
this
worde
Teutazites
(
as
in
the
Seconde
Booke
was
shewed
)
signifyeth
in
their
language
Gentiles
or
a
prophane
People
.
For
these
names
are
of
many
Writers
so
mingled
and
taken
together
,
that
the
one
seemeth
to
be
theyr
name
,
the
other
their
Surname
.
Procopius
saieth
,
these
People
were
nothing
néere
to
the
other
Hunnes
,
neyther
had
any
thinge
to
doo
with
them
:
but
that
they
brodered
vppon
the
Northe
partes
of
Persia
,
that
is
to
witte
Armenia
.
For
Armenia
was
euer
lyghtlye
subiect
to
the
Crowne
of
Persia
.
Neyther
were
they
Wanderers
from
place
to
place
,
(
as
hauynge
no
habitation
sauynge
there
,
where
their
Cattayle
stayed
and
grazed
,
as
the
other
Hunnes
or
Scythians
were
)
:
but
had
in
their
Possession
and
inhabyted
the
beste
Plottes
and
moste
fertil●
Regyon
that
was
amonge
the
Dounes
and
Mountaynes
rounde
aboute
,
and
amonge
the
Hunnes
,
they
onely
were
white
of
complexion
and
coloure
,
and
not
so
ouglye
nor
so
sterne
visaged
,
neyther
lyuing
so
sauagelye
and
beastlye
as
the
others
dyd
:
but
lyke
true
Subiectes
liued
orderly
in
due
obedience
and
humble
subiection
vnder
one
Prince
,
whome
they
accepted
as
their
head
and
King
:
hauing
also
a
well
ordered
Common
wealth
,
with
due
execution
and
imbracynge
of
Iustice
and
other
politicall
Lawes
,
both
at
home
amonge
themselues
,
and
abroade
with
other
forraine
Nacions
borderynge
vppon
them
,
as
the
Greeques
,
Romanes
and
dyuers
other
ciuile
and
well
gouerned
Nacions
dyd
also
.
The
chiefe
Citie
of
all
their
Kingdome
was
called
Gorga
.
The
noblest
sorte
and
wealthyest
persones
amonge
them
,
had
contynuallye
seiourninge
at
their
Houses
as
Gestes
,
twenty
or
moe
of
their
famylier
Fréendes
,
accordinglye
as
their
Substaunce
and
Rychesse
extended
,
with
whom
,
both
wealth
,
authoritie
and
power
was
in
common
:
as
the
same
Procopius
sheweth
,
and
as
their
institution
and
manner
of
lyuinge
to
this
day
witnesseth
.
Some
there
be
,
whiche
referre
the
firste
originall
of
the
Turkes
,
to
those
tenne
Tribes
of
Israell
:
whiche
(
as
wee
reade
in
Iosephus
)
were
translated
into
Media
.
For
proofe
and
Testimonye
whereof
,
they
alledge
the
likenesse
and
similitude
of
their
maners
and
conuersation
.
Some
referre
their
pedagrew
to
Gog
and
Magog
,
of
whome
there
is
mencion
made
in
the
holie
Scriptures
:
from
whom
,
we
rather
be
of
opynion
that
the
Tartarians
yea
and
peraduenture
also
the
Gothes
be
lineallye
descended
.
And
some
there
bee
whiche
doo
deriue
the
ofspringe
and
Progenie
of
them
:
from
the
auncient
Troians
.
Whose
seuerall
opinions
by
waye
of
Argument
,
either
to
confirme
and
allowe
or
confute
and
disprooue
,
is
no
parte
of
our
purpose
and
intent
in
this
place
,
sythince
our
onely
meanyng
is
not
to
reason
vppon
probabilities
,
but
to
bringe
such
certainelye
knowen
truthes
,
as
are
in
the
histories
and
Chronologies
of
auncient
writers
aswell
of
Greekes
and
Thracians
as
of
the
Turkes
themselues
and
other
Nations
confining
vnto
them
,
published
and
mencioned
which
is
euen
so
as
before
we
haue
declared
.
Muchumet
therfore
desired
ayde
of
their
Prince
in
his
warres
against
the
Caliph
of
Babilon
,
throughe
whose
helpe
and
valiaunce
(
sent
vnto
him
vnder
the
conducte
of
Tangrolipix
Mucalet
,
)
he
encountred
with
Pisasire
the
Babylonian
Caliph
,
and
him
with
litle
labour
and
lesse
daunger
discomfited
,
by
reason
that
the
Arabians
were
not
hable
to
abyde
the
thicke
shotte
of
the
Turkishe
Arrowes
.
Beyng
from
this
warre
retourned
home
wyth
victorie
,
he
mynded
also
to
vse
the
ayde
of
the
same
Turkes
in
his
Warres
against
the
Indians
.
At
which
season
the
Turkes
weary
of
that
seruice
,
desired
leaue
of
Muchumet
,
not
onely
to
retourne
home
,
but
also
that
a
garr●son
might
be
appointed
to
wafte
them
in
safetie
ouer
●●e
bridge
that
stoode
vppon
the
Riuer
Araxes
.
Which
request
he
tooke
in
suche
disdaine
and
impacience
that
with
frowning
looke
he
charged
them
from
thenceforth
not
to
vrge
him
any
more
with
that
sute
.
The
Turkes
had
no
other
way
in
their
retourne
homeward
,
but
must
néedes
passe
the
said
Riuer
Araxes
,
which
is
the
limite
and
Border
of
the
kingdome
of
Persia
:
ouer
the
which
there
was
no
other
Bridge
but
onely
this
,
which
was
on
bothe
sides
merueylous
strongly
garded
and
fortified
with
Blocke-houses
,
Turrettes
and
Garrisons
.
The
Turkes
dreading
further
daunger
priuily
shranke
away
&
as
closely
as
they
could
,
departed
into
the
desert
of
Carbonitis
.
For
considering
their
number
was
not
aboue
three
thousande
men
,
they
durst
not
aduenture
to
fight
and
buckle
wyth
such
a
great
multitude
.
Béeyng
in
those
desertes
,
they
made
many
vagaries
into
the
Saracenes
Territories
,
and
wasted
theyr
Countrey
terriblye
.
Whereat
Muchumet
merueilously
stomacking
and
storming
,
sent
an
Armye
of
30000.
men
against
them
,
committing
the
charge
and
conducting
of
the
whole
Armie
vnto
tenne
Tribunes
of
the
noblest
,
stoutest
and
wisest
in
his
traine
.
They
beyng
come
néere
to
their
enemies
,
would
not
aduenture
to
enter
into
the
desert
,
for
feare
they
should
be
distressed
for
lacke
of
water
and
victuall
,
but
encamped
themselues
euen
in
the
verye
entraunce
into
the
same
desert
.
The
Captaine
of
the
Turkes
,
hauing
intelligence
by
his
Espialles
,
of
the
Persians
approch
,
called
his
Souldiours
together
,
and
making
them
priuie
to
his
deuise
,
purposed
sodainly
to
set
vpon
them
and
vnawares
to
surprise
,
both
the
Saracenes
and
Persians
,
while
they
were
yet
secure
and
mistrusted
nothing
.
And
spéeding
apace
toward
them
by
great
iournayes
,
within
two
dayes
was
come
néere
vnto
them
,
The
thirde
night
he
set
vppon
them
beyng
in
their
Tentes
carelesse
and
quiet
,
suspecting
nothing
lesse
then
any
such
matter
:
whom
he
put
to
flight
euen
at
the
first
onset
.
After
this
discomfiture
of
his
enemies
,
hee
fell
to
spoyle
and
ransacke
their
Tentes
,
where
finding
great
store
of
Wagons
,
Horses
,
and
Money
,
lyued
no
longer
by
Robbery
and
Thefte
lyke
a
Vagabonde
or
fugitiue
(
as
afore
)
but
from
thence
forthe
pitched
hys
Tentes
and
encamped
himselfe
abroade
in
the
open
playne
.
When
the
report
of
his
victorie
and
good
fortune
was
blowen
abroade
,
there
resorted
vnto
him
from
all
quarters
thereaboute
,
all
suche
Cutthroates
and
Villaines
as
for
their
vngracious
demerites
feared
punishment
,
wyth
a
great
route
of
Slaues
and
pylfering
Roges
lyuing
of
the
spoyle
of
others
,
insomuch
that
within
a
whyle
hys
Armye
grewe
to
the
number
of
50000.
Tyrannye
of
Muchumet
toward
his
owne
men
.
men
.
Muchumet
stormyng
marueilouslye
at
this
ouerthrowe
and
discomfiture
of
hys
Hoaste
,
caused
the
eyes
of
those
tenne
whom
he
had
appoynted
Capitaines
to
bée
pulled
out
,
and
threatened
the
rest
of
the
Souldiours
which
fledde
out
of
the
Battaile
,
that
so
soone
as
he
had
vanquished
his
fees
,
he
woulde
cloathe
them
all
,
in
womans
apparell
,
and
leade
them
as
gazing
stockes
in
Triumph
before
him
.
This
done
he
himselfe
in
person
marcheth
against
his
Enemies
.
His
men
,
who
before
had
bene
vanquished
of
the
Turkes
,
considering
the
threates
and
shamefull
handling
that
was
ment
towarde
them
,
reuolted
from
Muchumet
and
fledde
to
Tangrolipix
.
Who
now
hauing
his
Armie
encreased
with
such
a
warlike
Crewe
of
freshe
Souldiours
,
with
all
his
whole
power
together
,
came
against
Muchumet
,
by
dinte
of
mortall
battaile
to
trie
and
finally
determine
the
cause
of
controuersie
betwene
them
.
Muchumet
with
hys
power
of
Saracenes
,
Persians
,
Arabians
and
Cabirians
well
appoynted
and
armed
,
to
the
number
of
fyue
hundreth
thousande
,
and
a
hundreth
Elephantes
wyth
Towers
on
theyr
backes
,
mette
his
Enemye
at
a
place
called
Aspacha
:
where
betweene
them
was
fought
a
cruell
and
bloudie
Battayle
and
many
slayne
on
bothe
partes
.
In
this
conflicte
,
Muchumet
,
as
hee
rode
vnheedely
from
ranke
to
ranke
,
chéeryng
his
Souldiours
and
exhorting
them
to
doe
valiauntly
,
by
meanes
of
the
foltering
and
stumbling
of
hys
horse
,
fell
downe
and
brake
his
necke
.
He
béeyng
once
deade
,
his
Armye
fell
to
a
Parley
and
composition
wyth
the
Turkes
,
and
so
wyth
one
consente
and
wyll
of
all
sides
,
Tangrolipix
was
proclaymed
King
of
Persians
.
Who
immediately
opened
a
waye
and
passage
for
his
people
into
Persia
.
Of
whom
a
great
multitude
went
thyther
,
and
oppressing
the
Persians
and
Saracenes
,
What
a
Souldane
signifieth
.
perforce
possessed
all
the
Countrey
of
Persia
.
They
also
honoured
Tangrolipix
by
the
stile
or
tytle
of
Sultane
,
whiche
is
asmuch
to
saye
as
a
most
Soueraigne
Emperour
or
Kyng
of
Kinges
.
He
displaced
the
Inhabitauntes
of
the
Countrey
out
of
theyr
Offices
,
Roomes
and
Dignities
,
and
placed
his
owne
Nation
and
people
in
the
same
,
and
amonge
them
(
empouerishing
and
vtterly
oppressing
the
Countrey
borne
persons
)
diuided
and
parted
the
whole
Region
of
Persia
.
Also
Daber
,
Prince
of
Aegypt
,
béeyng
in
League
and
amitie
wyth
the
Romanes
,
falsefyed
hys
othe
and
promise
whiche
before
hee
had
condiscended
vnto
,
and
destroyed
the
Temple
at
Hierusalem
wherein
was
the
Sepulchre
of
our
Sauiour
Chryst
,
and
all
the
other
holie
places
in
the
same
.
For
Hierusalem
at
that
tyme
was
vnder
hys
obedience
and
dominion
.
And
wythin
a
whyle
after
,
hee
sent
a
Nauie
into
the
Isles
called
Cyclades
to
trie
some
maistries
there
:
which
Nauie
was
encountred
and
mette
wythall
,
by
the
Duke
of
Samos
,
who
tooke
.xii.
of
them
as
Pryzes
with
all
the
men
and
Capitaines
therein
,
and
the
rest
to
hys
hyghe
laude
and
glory
dispersed
and
scattered
.
After
this
,
Argyropylus
béeyng
Emperour
of
Constantinople
,
the
Arabians
wanne
all
suche
Cities
as
Nicephorus
and
Iohn
Zimisca
had
taken
in
Syria
and
slewe
the
Garrysons
that
were
lefte
to
keepe
them
.
And
the
Prynce
of
Chalep
wyth
continuall
incursions
infested
Antioche
and
dyuerse
other
Cities
and
Countreyes
confyning
vppon
Syria
,
that
were
subiecte
to
the
Romane
Empyre
.
By
whom
also
the
Capitayne
of
Antioche
(
Constantine
béeyng
yet
alyue
)
was
shamefullye
vanquished
,
and
hardly
escaped
wyth
the
losse
of
manye
of
hys
men
.
In
whose
office
and
roome
the
Emperour
appoyntyng
another
,
went
himselfe
wyth
a
competent
number
of
well
furnished
Souldiours
to
snaffle
the
pretenced
outrage
and
insolent
demeanure
of
the
same
Prince
of
Chalep
.
The
Chalepians
hauing
vnderstanding
of
his
approche
,
sent
Ambassadours
with
giftes
and
rewardes
to
meete
him
on
the
way
and
to
desire
pardon
for
their
former
temerytie
and
vndutifull
behauiours
towardes
him
,
offering
agayne
to
submit
themselues
and
from
thencefoorth
to
become
his
true
Vassalles
and
liege
people
.
Whiche
submission
and
peace
,
although
manye
of
his
Lordes
and
Capitaines
exhorted
him
to
accepte
,
yet
hee
hoping
easely
to
subdue
the
Saracenes
and
thereby
to
purchase
vnto
himselfe
a
great
name
and
glory
,
would
néeds
march
on
,
and
continue
his
voyage
into
Syria
.
And
when
he
had
strongly
encamped
himselfe
néere
to
Chalep
,
the
Arabians
beinge
bolde
and
nimble
fellowes
,
and
naked
,
with
good
swift
Horses
vnder
them
,
lyke
Dimylaunces
,
planted
themselues
in
euery
corner
in
Ambushes
.
So
that
if
any
of
their
enemies
went
out
on
forraging
or
to
fetch
water
they
sodenly
brake
out
and
either
slew
or
tooke
them
prisoners
.
By
reason
whereof
both
the
Souldiours
and
their
Horses
fainted
for
thirste
and
were
not
hable
to
doe
any
seruice
.
Thus
they
being
better
acquainted
and
enured
with
these
incursions
and
skirmishes
tooke
heart
a
grace
,
accusing
the
Romanes
of
Slouth
and
cowardyse
,
and
sheweing
themselues
in
great
plumpes
,
descending
sodenly
from
the
Hylles
with
great
shoutes
and
cryes
,
so
terryfied
and
dismayed
the
Romane
Hoast
,
Emperoure
in
great
danger
.
that
they
tourned
their
backs
&
fled
.
The
emperour
himself
being
there
in
great
danger
of
his
lyfe
and
forsaken
of
his
Pretorian
Souldiours
which
for
feare
shifted
for
themselues
and
left
hym
alone
,
had
fallen
in
the
Lapse
and
bene
taken
Prisoner
,
yf
one
of
his
company
had
not
set
him
vpon
his
Horse
and
aduised
him
to
saue
him selfe
by
flight
.
The
Saracenes
supposinge
this
their
fléeinge
to
be
done
but
for
a
pollicie
and
for
the
nonce
pursued
not
the
chase
,
but
entred
into
the
Emperours
Tentes
,
where
taking
a
few
noble
personages
and
spoylinge
his
rych
Pauilion
wherein
was
great
foyson
of
Treasure
and
princely
furniture
,
departed
thence
and
retyred
back
lading
their
Horses
with
as
much
as
they
could
cary
away
.
In
their
retourne
back
they
ouercame
the
countrey
of
Mesopotamia
.
And
the
Aegiptian
Fléet
wasted
the
coast
of
Illyricum
,
but
they
could
not
goe
cleare
away
.
For
the
Greekish
Fleet
encountered
with
them
and
burnt
many
of
them
,
the
rest
which
escaped
by
flight
,
by
tempest
were
drowned
in
the
Sicillian
Sea
.
Also
an
other
Nauy
of
a
thousand
Sayle
or
there
about
,
being
sent
out
of
Aphrica
,
spoyled
many
Islandes
and
places
bordering
vpon
the
sea
Coastes
.
But
the
Romane
gallayes
chaunceing
vpon
them
tooke
certayne
,
sonke
many
,
and
sent
500.
of
them
prisoners
to
the
Emperour
.
And
George
Maniaces
,
prouost
of
all
the
Cities
along
the
Riuer
Euphrates
,
lying
at
Samosata
,
conquered
and
rased
a
citie
called
Edessa
,
wher
he
finding
an
Epistle
of
our
Sauiour
Iesus
Christ
written
with
his
owne
hande
,
he
sent
the
same
vnto
the
Emperoure
.
This
Citie
afterwarde
in
the
Empyre
and
raigne
of
Michael
Paphlagon
was
besieged
by
the
Arabians
,
and
had
bene
wonne
if
Constantine
Capitaine
of
Antioch
,
and
Brother
to
the
Emperour
had
not
succoured
and
relieued
the
poore
Defendauntes
that
were
within
it
.
After
that
the
Prince
of
Aegypt
was
dead
,
the
Quéene
his
wyfe
being
a
Christian
and
her
son
concluded
a
truce
with
the
Romanes
,
to
endure
for
xxx
.
yéeres
,
and
caused
the
Temple
and
other
holie
places
at
Ierusalem
to
be
restored
and
newe
reedified
.
About
this
time
two
Brothers
both
Saracenes
,
iounctlie
and
with
equall
authorytie
raigning
in
Sycilie
,
fell
at
discorde
and
variaunce
betwéene
themselues
,
wherevppon
the
one
of
them
desired
ayde
and
assistance
of
the
Emperoure
.
Who
immediatlie
sent
George
Maniaces
a
noble
Counsaillour
and
expert
Warriour
with
a
tall
companye
of
Men
to
ayde
hym
.
But
before
he
could
come
into
Sycile
,
the
two
Brothers
were
reconcyled
and
made
Fréendes
and
ioyninge
bothe
their
powers
together
to
repulse
,
Maniaces
from
landing
in
the
Islandes
,
sent
also
for
ayde
to
Carthage
.
But
when
both
the
armies
were
clasped
together
in
battayle
,
the
victorie
fell
vnto
the
Romanes
,
who
gaue
vnto
the
Saracenes
a
notable
ouerthrow
and
slew
of
them
a
great
number
.
Which
done
,
the
Generall
rased
and
destroyed
xiii
Cities
:
and
from
thence
marching
styll
forwarde
,
recouered
and
restored
againe
all
Sycile
to
the
Romane
Empyre
.
But
in
the
Orient
,
it
was
a
fayre
hap
,
that
the
Citie
of
Edessa
had
not
bene
surprised
by
the
Saracenes
.
A
pollicie
of
the
Saracens
to
haue
taken
the
citie
Edessa
▪
For
twelue
of
the
chiefe
Princes
or
Nobles
of
them
brought
fiue
hundreth
Camelles
to
Edessa
,
euery
one
laden
with
two
Chestes
a
péece
,
and
in
euery
Chest
an
armed
souldiour
,
pretending
and
saying
that
their
comming
was
,
to
present
the
Emperoure
with
certaine
rewardes
and
giftes
.
Their
intent
was
,
if
they
might
haue
bene
let
in
,
the
next
night
with
their
armed
Souldiours
in
the
Chestes
to
haue
taken
the
Citie
.
But
their
subtile
stratageme
and
crafty
conueighance
missed
of
hoped
effect
by
this
meanes
.
There
was
a
certayne
Begger
,
A
Begger
saued
the
Citie
.
an
Armenian
borne
,
whiche
could
well
vnderstande
and
speake
the
Arabian
language
.
This
poore
Armenian
begging
the
charitable
almes
of
the
Arabians
which
lodged
abroad
without
the
Citie
,
chaunced
to
heare
one
of
them
in
the
Chestes
asking
an
other
of
his
fellowes
where
they
were
,
and
immediatlye
departinge
from
them
went
into
the
Citie
,
and
discouered
this
trecherous
traine
to
the
Prouoste
.
Who
by
this
meanes
hauing
ynckeling
and
intelligence
thereof
,
left
the
Princes
of
the
Arabians
banquetynge
and
making
good
chéere
in
the
Citie
,
and
with
a
conuenient
number
of
Citezens
issued
out
of
the
Gates
,
and
openinge
the
Chestes
,
kylled
all
the
armed
men
in
the
same
.
And
comming
back
againe
into
the
Citie
,
killed
also
all
the
Princes
and
Capitaines
of
them
,
sauing
onely
one
,
whose
two
handes
he
chopped
off
,
and
curtaylyng
his
nose
and
eares
,
sent
him
away
packinge
with
a
Flea
in
his
eare
,
to
carry
news
home
of
their
good
spéede
and
aduenture
.
On
the
other
side
,
when
the
Caliph
of
Cairoan
in
Aphrica
vnderstoode
of
the
losse
and
destruction
of
his
Armies
,
he
went
himselfe
in
person
with
a
greater
Armye
into
Sycile
.
Against
whom
,
Maniaces
came
with
a
maine
power
,
commaunding
the
Admyrall
of
his
Nauy
dilygently
to
looke
to
his
charge
and
so
narowly
to
scoure
the
Coastes
and
kéepe
the
Sea
,
that
the
vanquished
Carthaginians
should
by
no
meanes
escape
.
And
then
both
the
Armies
grapeled
together
in
a
terrible
and
moste
sharpe
conflicte
,
wherein
were
slaine
so
many
of
the
Saracenes
,
that
they
could
by
no
meanes
be
numbred
.
But
their
Prince
escaping
out
of
the
Féelde
,
embarked
himselfe
with
all
spéede
possible
in
a
Brigandine
and
retourned
home
in
safetie
.
Now
,
Tangrolipix
Kinge
of
Persia
hauynge
set
all
the
affaires
of
his
Kingdome
in
good
staye
and
order
,
made
Warre
vppon
Pisasirye
chiefe
Gouernour
of
Babilon
and
ouercame
him
in
many
battayles
and
last
of
al
flewe
him
.
And
so
the
Babylonians
being
subdued
and
annexed
to
his
Domynions
,
he
sent
Cutlume
his
Nepheu
with
an
Armye
againste
Carbese
Kinge
of
Arabie
.
Of
whom
Cutlume
being
ouercome
,
desired
by
his
Ambassadours
of
Stephan
Regent
of
Media
(
which
countrey
is
now
called
Baas
Prachan
)
to
geue
him
leaue
with
hys
people
to
passe
throughe
the
borders
of
his
Countrey
and
iurisdiction
.
Which
request
,
Stephan
did
not
onely
flatly
denie
,
but
also
armed
himselfe
and
went
againste
him
.
Notwithstanding
he
left
many
of
his
men
,
and
was
himselfe
taken
Prisoner
.
And
so
Cutlume
retourning
home
to
Tangrolipix
,
recompted
vnto
him
his
successe
in
the
Median
warre
,
and
highly
extolled
the
fertilitie
and
fruitfulnes
of
that
region
,
affyrming
that
the
same
was
verie
easie
to
be
wonne
.
But
Tangrolipix
being
sore
offended
with
him
for
his
late
discomfiture
,
went
himselfe
against
the
Arabians
.
Cutlume
for
feare
fled
away
with
his
company
,
and
taking
a
Citie
of
the
Chorasmiorians
named
Pasar
,
reuolted
from
the
Sultan
.
But
the
Sultane
winking
at
this
matter
and
letting
it
slippe
for
a
whyle
,
helde
on
his
voyage
with
his
whole
Hoast
against
the
Arabians
,
by
whom
he
also
was
put
to
flight
,
and
so
comming
home
with
more
losse
then
gaine
,
with
the
greatest
part
of
his
Hoast
besieged
Cutlume
.
But
Cutlume
reposing
great
trust
and
assuraunce
in
the
naturall
situation
and
strength
of
the
place
,
long
time
resisted
him
.
In
the
meane
season
,
Tangrolipix
sent
Asan
his
other
Nephew
surnamed
Surdus
with
.xx.
M.
wel
appointed
Souldiours
into
Media
.
Turkes
goe
to
wrake
.
Who
rushing
with
his
inuasiue
power
into
the
Prouince
,
and
ioyning
Battaile
with
the
Romanes
was
with
his
whole
Hoast
(
excepting
a
very
few
)
slaine
.
The
Sultan
vnderstanding
therof
,
and
minding
to
winne
his
honour
againe
for
so
notable
a
losse
and
ouerthrowe
,
sent
one
Alim
Abramie
with
a
hundreth
thousand
fighting
men
into
the
same
Prouince
againe
.
The
Regent
of
the
Countrey
sent
to
the
Emperour
for
aide
,
&
thought
it
best
for
him
not
to
fight
with
the
Turkes
till
Liparites
,
Prouost
of
a
part
of
Iberia
were
come
with
his
Iberians
to
ayde
him
.
The
Romanes
kept
themselues
within
theyr
fortes
&
strong
Holdes
,
wherfore
Alim
,
séeing
that
they
minded
not
to
trie
matter
with
him
by
force
of
battaile
,
assaulted
a
small
vnwalled
village
called
Arzen
,
where
innumerable
wealthy
Merchauntes
dwelled
,
supposing
the
same
would
haue
bene
got
and
surrendred
vnto
hym
at
the
first
brunt
,
&
in
a
maner
without
resistance
.
But
it
happened
not
altogether
according
to
his
expectation
.
For
the
Townesmen
stopped
his
wayes
and
passages
,
with
great
Timber
logges
&
threw
dartes
and
other
weapons
at
them
from
the
toppes
of
their
houses
,
and
slew
many
of
them
.
Alim
after
that
he
had
giuen
the
assaulte
vnto
it
by
the
space
of
sixe
continual
dayes
,
&
saw
the
stoute
hearts
of
the
Citizens
in
defending
,
and
that
he
could
not
conueniently
lye
any
longer
at
the
Siege
therof
,
threw
wilde
fire
into
the
houses
,
which
flamed
,
and
in
euery
place
so
raged
that
the
Inhabitants
to
laue
their
liues
,
fled
.
And
by
this
meanes
the
Turkes
wanne
the
village
,
wherein
they
found
much
Gold
and
store
of
rychesse
which
the
fire
had
not
consumed
.
From
thence
they
discamped
&
sped
them
toward
the
Romane
Armye
,
vnto
whose
ayde
Liparites
was
now
come
with
the
power
of
Iberia
.
Both
the
Battayles
ioygnyng
together
a
lyttle
before
nyghte
,
the
Turkes
were
discomfited
and
put
to
flight
,
whom
the
Romanes
chased
and
pursued
till
farre
in
the
nyght
.
Albeit
in
this
conflicte
Liparites
(
who
ledde
the
one
wing
of
the
Battayle
)
was
taken
Prisoner
and
brought
to
the
Sultan
.
For
whose
raunsome
and
redeliuerie
the
Emperour
sent
a
great
masse
of
money
and
other
rewardes
to
the
Sultan
,
desiring
him
also
that
a
peace
and
league
might
bée
concluded
betwéene
them
.
But
the
Sultan
sending
backe
all
the
money
and
Giftes
,
frankely
delyuered
Liparites
without
any
panie
:
aduising
him
after
that
tyme
,
neuer
to
beare
armour
against
the
Turkes
.
And
beside
this
,
hee
sent
an
Ambassadour
vnto
the
Emperour
,
one
of
the
worthyest
in
degree
in
all
his
Courte
called
Seriphes
:
which
Dignitie
is
so
high
among
them
,
that
after
the
deathe
of
the
Caliph
,
the
Seriphes
succéedeth
in
his
roome
.
For
the
Turkes
euen
at
the
firste
,
embracing
the
doctrine
of
Mahomet
,
reuerenced
and
had
in
great
honour
and
estimation
their
Caliphas
as
Priestes
and
Byshoppes
of
their
Lawe
:
notwithstanding
they
debarred
them
from
wearing
the
Imperiall
Crowne
or
entermedling
with
any
iuridicall
power
in
prophane
matters
within
their
Empyre
.
This
stately
Ambassadour
,
comming
to
Constantinople
was
brought
before
the
Emperour
,
before
whom
he
proudely
shewed
his
Commission
,
which
was
,
to
demaunde
a
Tribute
to
bée
payde
by
the
Emperour
to
the
Sultane
.
But
he
was
fayne
to
retourne
without
spéeding
hys
errand
.
Wherefore
the
Sultane
takyng
Pepper
in
the
Nose
,
made
Warre
and
went
himselfe
agaynst
the
Romanes
.
And
when
hee
was
come
as
farre
as
Comium
a
Citie
of
Iberia
,
because
the
Inhabitauntes
of
the
Countrey
had
included
themselues
and
theyr
goodes
wyth
all
thinges
necessarie
in
Holdes
and
Castles
(
whereof
the
number
at
that
tyme
in
Iberia
was
great
)
and
hearing
that
the
Romanes
mustered
and
assembled
a
great
power
about
Caesarea
,
to
come
agaynst
him
,
hee
retyred
without
doyng
any
notable
exployte
,
worthy
of
remembraunce
backe
agayne
into
Media
:
where
lykewyse
fynding
all
places
walled
and
Bulwarked
,
hys
full
determination
was
to
wynne
his
purpose
by
Siege
.
And
first
of
all
hee
attempted
the
wynning
of
Mantzichierte
,
a
Citie
standyng
in
the
playne
champion
Countrey
,
vaumured
and
strengthened
wyth
three
stronge
Walles
,
hauing
wythin
it
many
Fountaynes
and
lyuely
Springes
of
Water
,
whiche
Citie
by
the
foresight
and
prouision
of
the
Townesmen
was
verye
well
victualled
.
And
encampyng
hymselfe
néere
to
the
Walles
,
gaue
an
assaulte
vnto
the
same
.xxx.
continuall
dayes
without
any
ceassing
,
with
all
kynde
of
Engynes
and
Warlike
Instrumentes
.
But
in
the
end
,
perceyuing
hys
attempte
to
bée
in
vayne
,
and
hauyng
no
hope
of
better
successe
,
raysed
hys
Siege
and
departed
wyth
the
losse
of
many
of
his
people
.
Then
he
pursued
his
Nephewe
Abramie
,
who
was
nowe
confederate
and
tooke
parte
wyth
his
Cosen
Cutlume
,
and
him
in
Battayle
néere
to
the
Citie
of
Pasaris
ouercame
and
slew
.
But
Cutlume
wyth
sire
thousande
in
his
companye
,
(
among
whom
was
Melech
the
Sonne
of
Abramie
,
saued
himselfe
by
flighte
,
and
by
hys
Ambassadours
sued
to
the
Emperour
Constantine
Ducas
to
bee
receiued
into
his
fauour
and
protection
,
and
that
a
League
myght
bee
confyrmed
betweene
them
:
staying
for
an
aunswere
in
Persarmenia
at
the
Citie
Charse
.
But
because
the
Sultane
folowyng
at
hys
heeles
,
was
commyng
wyth
a
power
into
Iberia
,
Cutlume
fledde
into
Arabia
Foelix
.
The
Sultane
spoyled
and
wasted
all
as
hee
went
in
Iberia
:
but
hearyng
that
Michael
was
commyng
wyth
an
Armye
agaynst
hym
,
and
thinking
it
muche
dishonorable
for
him
to
deale
wyth
the
Emperours
Seruaunt
,
retyred
agayne
into
his
owne
Territories
,
leauyng
behinde
hym
,
one
of
his
Captaynes
named
Samuch
,
a
man
of
base
parentage
and
lowe
hyrthe
,
but
in
Martiall
affaires
a
ryght
excellent
Capitayne
.
This
Samuch
remayning
styll
hehynde
,
with
3000.
men
,
coasted
and
strayed
about
the
playne
Countrey
of
the
greater
Armenia
,
and
wyth
many
sodayne
incursions
infested
the
frontiers
of
the
Romane
Empyr●
.
After
this
Diogenes
being
Romane
Emperour
the
Sultan
againe
with
a
great
power
entred
within
the
precinct
and
limytes
of
the
Romane
dominions
:
But
the
Emperour
comming
with
an
Army
against
hym
,
hes
retyred
backe
:
and
deuiding
his
Hoast
into
two
partes
,
sent
the
one
into
South
Asia
&
the
other
into
north
Asia
,
which
spoyled
all
as
they
went
,
and
sodaynly
surprising
the
citie
of
new
Cesaria
:
sacked
it
and
being
full
laden
with
bootie
and
pray
departed
thence
.
But
the
Emperoure
when
he
heard
of
it
,
takinge
with
him
a
Bande
of
lustier
and
nimbeler
Souldiours
,
coasting
the
néerest
way
ouer
hill
and
dale
,
through
thick
and
thinne
,
to
get
betwéene
his
enemies
and
home
,
so
vigoriouslye
and
sodaynly
set
vpon
them
and
therewitall
so
teryfied
and
dismayed
them
that
they
trustinge
to
their
Legges
,
lea●t
all
their
pray
and
cariage
behinde
them
.
Notwithstanding
their
was
no
great
number
of
them
slain
,
because
the
Romanes
(
being
with
their
long
iournaie
weared
)
were
not
hable
to
folowe
the
chase
farre
,
but
they
rescued
and
delyuered
manye
Prisoners
whiche
before
had
bene
taken
.
From
thence
making
his
voyage
into
Syria
,
where
hee
sent
out
part
of
his
Army
to
Melitena
,
he
brought
home
from
Chalep
great
Booties
both
of
men
and
beastes
,
and
tooke
Hierapolis
in
Syria
by
surrendrie
.
After
this
,
the
Emperour
(
lying
at
Hierapolis
)
hearing
newes
that
the
Turkes
had
vanquished
part
of
the
Romane
Armies
,
sped
himselfe
thitherward
in
all
hast
to
succoure
his
distressed
Souldiours
and
afflicted
Subiectes
.
The
Capitayne
of
Chalep
,
hearing
of
this
ouerthrowe
geuen
to
the
Romanes
,
renounced
his
allegiaunce
and
fled
with
all
his
trayne
to
the
Turkes
.
And
when
the
Enemies
had
enuironed
the
Romane
Campe
round
about
,
the
emperoure
without
geuing
any
knowledge
to
them
that
hee
woulde
fight
,
brought
ought
his
Armie
and
without
the
sounde
either
of
Trumpet
or
other
manyfest
token
,
gaue
the
charge
and
onset
vpon
them
,
and
put
them
to
flight
ere
they
had
warning
or
time
to
resist
.
Then
he
buylte
and
erected
a
Castle
at
Hierapolis
,
and
after
he
had
taken
many
other
Townes
,
he
came
to
Alexandria
a
citie
of
Cilicia
.
And
takinge
order
for
the
winteringe
of
his
Hoast
,
where
they
shoulde
not
be
pynched
with
famyne
nor
scarcitie
of
victuall
retourned
home
to
Constantinople
.
In
the
beginning
of
the
next
spring
,
the
Emperour
making
an
other
voyage
to
Caesarea
,
was
certaynly
enformed
that
a
great
company
of
Turkes
forraged
and
spoyled
that
prouince
:
whom
after
he
had
either
slayne
or
taken
,
hee
tooke
his
iournay
to
Euphrates
:
and
there
leauing
parte
of
his
Army
,
vnder
the
conduct
of
Philaretus
,
he
himselfe
went
northward
.
The
Turkes
putting
Philaretus
his
Souldyours
in
great
feare
&
ieoperdie
,
got
all
their
trinketes
and
cariage
,
and
marching
forwarde
into
Cappadocia
(
wasting
and
making
hauocke
as
they
went
)
came
to
Iconium
.
a
Citie
at
that
time
moste
flourishinge
and
renowmed
.
The
Emperoure
hauinge
intelligence
hereof
at
Sebastia
,
spedde
him
thitherward
.
But
hearing
by
the
way
,
that
his
Enemies
had
destroyed
and
rased
the
Citie
,
and
vpon
the
brute
and
report
of
his
coming
and
approche
to
be
departed
,
he
delyuered
parte
of
the
Romane
Legions
to
Cathagurio
Capitaine
of
Antioch
,
commaunding
him
foorthwith
to
repayre
to
Mopsihestia
,
where
the
Turkes
shoulde
passe
,
and
there
to
set
vpon
them
.
But
ere
they
could
come
so
farre
,
the
Turkes
were
bidde
to
a
colde
breakefast
by
the
Armenians
in
the
plaine
of
Tharsus
,
and
distrussed
in
a
manner
of
all
they
had
:
&
hearing
further
that
the
Romanes
were
planted
at
Mopsihestia
to
receiue
them
,
if
they
passed
that
way
,
fledde
by
night
.
After
this
,
in
the
beginning
of
the
Spring
,
the
Turks
●ftsoones
inuadinge
and
infestinge
the
Romane
Prouinces
,
were
vaunted
and
ouercome
by
Mychael
Comnenus
,
Generall
and
Chieftaine
for
the
Emperoure
:
and
within
awhile
after
,
the
same
Michael
being
sent
by
the
Emperoure
into
Syria
with
a
lesse
power
,
for
certayne
spight
and
hartburning
borne
agaynst
hym
,
was
vanquished
and
taken
of
the
Turkes
.
After
this
the
Emperoure
in
person
with
a
great
power
went
into
the
orientall
Prouinces
,
and
entamping
at
a
place
called
Criapega
,
in
a
battayle
whiche
hee
fought
with
his
Enemies
(
wher
the
Scythians
that
were
in
his
Army
forsoke
him
and
fled
to
the
Turkes
)
most
manfully
fightinge
was
taken
and
brought
before
the
Sultane
whose
name
then
was
Axan
,
Emperour
taken
Prisoner
.
for
Tangrolipix
was
now
dead
.
This
Axan
as
he
was
a
most
precise
man
and
of
great
moderation
and
prudence
,
when
hee
certainlye
knew
that
it
was
the
Emperour
(
for
he
would
not
beléeue
it
was
he
,
till
the
Ambassadours
,
(
vnto
him
before
sent
,
)
affirmed
it
was
he
indéede
,
and
certayne
Greeke
Capitaines
whiche
hee
had
in
Prison
(
being
brought
before
him
)
fel
downe
and
prostrated
themselues
at
his
féete
)
curteously
lifted
hym
vp
from
the
ground
,
lying
prostrate
and
knéelynge
at
his
Feete
,
as
the
custome
and
manner
is
for
them
that
acknowledge
themselues
vanquished
:
Great
cur●esse
of
the
Sultane
.
and
so
louinglye
embraced
him
as
though
he
had
bene
his
owne
Brother
,
speakinge
vnto
hym
these
comfortable
wordes
folowyng
.
I
would
not
wish
you
(
moste
noble
Emperour
)
to
lament
and
sorow
for
this
your
present
chaunce
and
miserie
.
For
such
is
the
state
and
course
of
this
worlde
,
that
the
fortune
of
Warre
sometime
allotteth
victorie
to
one
,
sometime
to
an
other
,
humbleth
one
and
aduaunceth
an
other
.
Your
Maiestie
hath
moste
puissauntlye
quitte
your selfe
in
many
notable
Battayles
,
your
valiaunt
courage
and
inuincible
prowesse
in
warlyke
affaires
shall
euer
be
renowmed
and
spoken
of
,
yf
you
now
shew
your selfe
to
be
no
lesse
pacient
and
stoute
in
aduersitie
then
you
were
prudent
and
wise
in
prosperitie
.
Albeit
at
my
handes
you
shall
not
be
vsed
as
a
Captiue
and
prisoner
,
but
lyke
an
Emperour
and
as
is
most
sitting
for
one
of
your
estate
.
And
immediatly
he
apointed
vnto
him
a
most
Princelye
and
rych
Tabernacle
,
with
seruauntes
to
await
and
geue
attendaunce
vppon
his
Person
,
and
all
other
furniture
méete
for
an
Emperour
.
And
caused
him
to
sit
at
his
owne
table
next
vnto
himselfe
,
&
for
his
sake
set
at
lybertie
as
many
Prisoners
as
he
would
demaunde
.
Which
Princely
curtesie
argued
that
he
had
regarde
to
humane
mutabilitie
and
fickle
state
,
considering
the
same
missehappe
might
as
well
haue
happened
vnto
hym
.
Thus
these
two
mighty
Princes
keping
company
famylyerly
together
for
certayne
dayes
,
&
talking
most
fréendly
one
to
an
other
,
at
last
established
and
concluded
a
perpetuall
and
infringible
peace
for
euer
to
continue
betwene
them
,
and
vpon
promise
of
affinitie
by
Mariage
betwéene
their
Children
to
be
solempnised
,
hee
franklie
delyuered
and
fréely
dismissed
Diogenes
with
a
great
traine
of
honorable
Personages
awaighting
vppon
him
,
and
gaue
vnto
hym
a
riche
sute
of
Princelye
Apparaile
.
But
after
that
Diogenes
was
at
Constantinople
murthered
by
his
owne
People
,
Axan
the
Sultane
hearinge
thereof
and
greatlie
lamentinge
his
death
,
for
reuenge
thereof
sent
out
his
Armies
,
not
now
to
pylfer
and
robbe
as
before
,
but
to
subdue
and
vtterlie
to
reduce
the
same
vnder
his
subiection
.
Against
whom
,
Michael
Ducas
the
Emperour
,
sent
Isaac
Comnenus
with
a
great
power
,
who
was
ouercome
and
taken
of
the
Turkes
and
payde
a
great
Summe
of
Money
for
his
Raunsome
.
After
this
,
Cutlume
Nepheiu
to
Tangrolipix
(
as
before
hath
béene
declared
)
leuyinge
a
great
Power
some
the
Citie
of
Hierusalem
and
some
with
muche
labour
and
effusion
of
bloude
regained
other
Cities
and
there
constituted
a
Christian
Kingdome
.
Nowe
,
this
while
,
the
Emperour
of
Constantinople
was
in
league
with
the
other
Sultan
of
the
Turkes
,
was
Lord
of
the
Prouinces
confyning
and
bordering
next
vnto
Constantinople
:
for
wée
shewed
before
,
howe
that
those
Prouinces
were
alotted
and
geuen
to
Cutlume
,
the
which
hys
Heires
after
him
enioyed
,
and
Tangrolipix
his
Successours
had
the
regiment
ouer
the
Persians
and
Babylonians
:
and
in
Aegypt
there
were
yet
remayning
the
remnauntes
and
residue
of
the
Saracenes
.
But
after
the
death
of
Cutlume
and
his
Sonne
(
Sultanes
of
the
Occident
and
Lordes
of
all
Cappadocia
)
one
Tanismanye
succéeded
.
Of
these
Christian
Capitaines
when
they
were
arryued
in
safetie
in
Asia
,
the
Turkes
gaue
a
great
ouerthrowe
vnto
Raymund
,
watching
him
at
a
vauntage
,
when
he
was
entred
into
the
Countrey
about
Nice
vnaduisedly
without
searche
,
and
hym
compelled
to
flie
vnto
a
poore
desert
towne
called
Exorgum
:
where
after
he
had
bin
a
certain
space
besieged
&
throughly
wearied
,
with
a
sewe
others
yelded
to
his
enemyes
.
The
rest
which
would
not
yelde
and
submit
themselues
,
after
long
Siege
,
were
partly
consumed
in
skirmishes
and
partly
perished
by
famyne
:
and
such
as
were
taken
alyue
,
were
slaine
euerie
one
.
So
many
as
were
leste
,
departed
first
to
Nicomedia
,
and
from
thence
remooued
to
Nice
a
Citie
of
Bithynia
.
Whiche
Citie
while
they
fiercely
assaulted
,
Tanismany
or
Solyman
with
.
lx.
thousande
Turkes
,
yssued
out
and
bent
his
full
force
agaynst
that
part
of
the
Christian
Campe
which
was
ledde
by
the
Byshoppe
of
Podie
:
but
the
Frenche
,
stoode
so
stoutly
at
the
receipt
,
that
the
enemyes
were
easely
repulsed
,
and
so
at
length
the
Citie
of
Nice
was
taken
.
After
this
there
was
a
sharpe
bickering
and
conflict
with
Solyman
,
at
the
fourth
Tent
pitch
from
Nicaea
.
For
he
had
gathered
together
the
power
of
the
whole
Orient
,
and
had
procured
as
much
aide
from
else
where
as
he
could
.
Then
●conium
a
Citie
standing
by
Mount
Taurus
,
the
Seate
Royall
and
Metropolitane
Citie
of
Solyman
,
(
which
at
this
day
is
called
Cogni
)
and
the
Pallace
of
the
Princes
of
Phrygia
(
now
called
Caramania
)
and
Heraclea
were
wonne
.
Afterwarde
Baldwyne
diuiding
hys
Armye
into
two
partes
tourned
into
Cilicia
,
and
tooke
Tharsus
,
Edessa
and
Manussa
:
the
greater
Hoaste
wynning
Armenia
,
delyuered
the
regiment
and
rule
thereof
to
Palmurus
an
Armenian
.
After
this
good
successe
,
they
tooke
Cappadocia
,
Caesarea
Sororgia
and
Sura
in
the
Straicts
of
Mount
Taurus
.
When
they
had
passed
the
Mount
Taurus
,
the
Turkes
aduaunced
themselues
in
a
faire
plaine
,
but
they
were
easely
and
with
litle
adoe
discomfited
and
put
to
flight
by
the
Latines
,
and
from
thence
marched
straight
to
Antioch
,
a
noble
and
strong
Citie
in
Phaenicia
,
by
which
the
riuer
Orontes
runneth
(
for
there
is
another
of
the
same
name
in
Pamphilia
,
néere
vnto
Seleucia
)
and
tooke
the
same
by
surrendre
,
by
reason
that
the
Turkes
were
afore
vanquished
in
battaile
and
yelded
themselues
.
In
which
battaile
were
slaine
of
the
Tu●ks
a
hundreth
thousand
,
and
xv
.
M.
Camelles
taken
.
During
these
broyles
,
the
Venetian
Fleete
beynge
CC.
sayle
and
sent
to
ayde
the
Latynes
,
wanne
a
Citie
in
the
Coast
of
Ionia
called
Smyrna
:
and
the
Latines
after
they
had
taken
Antioch
,
wanne
Rugia
and
Albaria
and
there
Wintered
.
In
the
Spryng
folowing
,
departyng
thence
,
they
layde
Siege
fyrst
to
Tortosa
and
Tripolis
.
The
king
of
Tripolis
submitting
himselfe
was
receiued
vnder
Protection
,
but
Tortosa
was
verye
stoutely
defended
by
the
Inhabitants
.
Wherfore
raysing
their
Siege
and
passing
ouer
the
Riuers
of
Zebul
,
Zabar
and
Brai
,
they
came
by
priuie
wayes
and
vnhaunted
places
before
Berytus
a
Citie
standing
vpon
the
Sea
coast
,
and
from
Berytus
to
Sagitta
,
and
from
thence
the
tenth
day
after
,
they
came
to
Caesarea
,
afterward
to
Rama
and
so
at
length
they
pitched
their
Tentes
and
planted
their
Siege
before
the
noble
Citie
of
Hierusalem
,
whiche
with
most
cruell
bloudsheading
and
incredible
labour
was
wonne
,
about
the
yéere
of
our
redemption
one
thousand
and
one
hundreth
,
&
Godfroye
crowned
King
therof
.
The
streates
in
this
assault
stood
full
of
congeled
bloude
the
thicknes
of
a
foote
.
But
the
Turkes
&
Aegiptians
leuying
a
fresh
power
,
renued
warre
.
Against
whom
,
Godfrey
with
his
Christian
army
marched
,
and
finding
them
encamped
at
Ascalon
,
gaue
them
battaile
and
slew
of
them
100000
(
or
as
some
say
)
50000
and
discomfited
all
the
rest
.
But
before
that
Hierusalem
was
taken
,
the
Venetian
Nauy
coastinge
alonge
Lycia
,
,
Pamphylia
,
Cilicia
and
Syria
,
lay
at
Road
in
the
Hauen
of
Ioppa
,
being
then
in
the
French
Hoastes
subiection
,
because
thei
might
helpe
the
Christians
with
victual
and
necessary
prouision
:
&
waighing
vp
their
Ankers
they
departed
thence
,
&
tooke
Ascalon
,
Porphyria
(
a
Citie
néere
to
Ptolemai●
〈◊〉
Tyberias
,
Cities
standing
vpon
the
Sea
side
.
After
the
death
of
Godfroye
who
departed
this
lyfe
within
the
Citie
of
Hierusalem
,
his
Brother
Baldwine
was
made
King
,
and
the
rest
of
the
Princes
retourned
home
.
He
through
the
aide
and
helpe
of
the
Venetians
,
Genoways
and
Boemund
King
of
Antioch
tooke
Ptolemais
,
with
Sydon
and
Bery●us
cities
of
Phaenicla
.
But
when
that
Boemund
was
dead
and
Tancrede
his
Brother
sucéeded
in
the
Crowne
and
Kingdome
of
Antioch
,
(
the
Turkes
&
Aegyptians
againe
inuading
the
frontiers
of
the
Ierosolymitane
Kingdome
,
Balwine
sente
for
Tancrede
so
come
and
ayde
hym
,
and
then
gaue
vnto
them
battayle
,
but
the
Turkes
discomfited
him
and
all
his
Hoast
,
wherevpon
with
great
losse
of
his
men
he
retyred
to
Hierusalem
and
Tancrede
to
Antioch
:
and
the
Turkes
got
into
their
handes
the
possession
of
Mount
Sinai
.
Within
a
while
after
Baldwine
dyed
,
and
in
his
steade
an
other
Baldwine
surnamed
Burgensis
was
made
King.
Afterward
in
the
raigne
and
Empire
of
Alexius
Emperour
of
Constantinople
,
An other
voyage
to
Ierusalem
.
because
Baldwine
the
seconde
,
sent
for
ayde
to
the
Latines
to
withstand
the
malignaunt
enterprices
of
the
Turkish
Rakehelles
,
an
other
voyage
was
made
into
Syria
.
Therein
went
Wylliam
duke
of
Aquitanye
,
Hugh
the
Great
,
Brother
to
Philip
the
French
King
,
Stephen
Earle
of
Chartiers
(
lately
retourned
home
from
the
other
expedition
before
)
Stephen
earle
of
Burgundie
,
and
Tholouse
.
The
Venetians
also
sent
thither
a
great
Nauye
.
The
Christian
Champions
and
Latine
Capitaines
with
their
Hoast
after
many
afflictions
,
labours
and
sharp
stormes
sustayned
by
the
miscreaunts
,
insomuche
that
they
were
almost
dispearsed
and
scattered
,
came
at
length
to
Hierusalem
.
But
Baldwine
inconsideratelie
fightinge
with
the
Turkes
before
the
comming
of
the
other
christians
,
was
taken
prisoner
,
his
Host
discomfited
,
and
he
himselfe
brought
to
Carras
,
and
after
a
time
,
payinge
his
Raunsome
was
deliuered
and
set
at
lybertie
.
But
the
Venetian
Nauye
encountringe
with
700.
Sayle
that
belonged
to
the
Caliph
of
Aegipt
,
whiche
laye
at
the
Siege
of
Ioppa
,
ouercame
them
&
tooke
the
Citie
of
Tyre
.
During
the
time
that
they
lay
before
that
Citie
geuing
sundrie
Battries
and
assaultes
there
vnto
,
there
was
a
Doue
séene
,
flyinge
ouer
their
Campe
and
Tentes
(
for
the
Venetians
had
set
parte
of
their
men
on
shore
)
carying
the
Letters
of
the
King
of
Damasco
tyed
aboute
her
neck
,
the
contentes
wherof
was
,
that
he
with
a
great
power
,
would
shortlye
come
to
rescue
them
.
The
Souldiours
séeing
her
flying
ouer
their
heades
towards
the
Citie
,
Polycie
.
at
one
instant
all
together
,
showted
and
cryed
,
which
shout
so
deuided
&
cut
the
Ayre
,
that
the
Doue
fell
downe
to
the
ground
.
Then
the
Venetian
Capitaynes
perusing
and
reading
ouer
the
letters
,
forged
others
,
like
vnto
them
in
preportion
and
wrighting
,
but
cleane
contrary
in
effect
and
meaninge
,
the
tenor
whereof
was
,
that
the
besieged
parties
should
shift
for
their
sauegarde
as
well
as
they
coulde
,
and
onely
trust
to
themselues
:
for
of
him
the
could
haue
no
ayde
nor
rescue
.
Wherevpon
they
immediatelye
surrendered
themselues
and
their
Citie
to
the
Christians
.
At
this
time
,
The
firste
beginninge
of
the
Assassines
.
there
raigned
among
the
Saracenes
or
Turks
a
certaine
kind
or
Sect
of
men
called
Assassines
:
which
killing
whomsoeuer
they
lifted
(
lyke
théeues
&
Murtherers
)
wrought
much
skath
and
harme
to
the
Christians
in
Syria
.
And
hereof
it
came
,
that
afterwarde
among
the
Italians
,
al
théeues
&
murtherers
were
called
by
the
name
Assassines
.
Which
Sect
first
sprong
vp
(
as
it
is
reported
)
in
this
sort
.
One
Aloadine
a
Saracenist
raigned
in
that
parte
of
Persia
,
whiche
lyeth
nexte
the
Riuer
Indus
,
not
farre
from
the
borders
of
the
Prouince
of
Arriana
,
vnder
the
Mount
Caucasus
(
which
Region
at
this
day
is
called
Mulehet
.
In
the
which
in
times
past
the
Asacenes
inhabited
,
of
whom
Arrianus
speaketh
in
his
historie
of
the
Actes
of
Alexander
the
great
,
placing
them
betwéene
the
riuers
of
Cophe
and
Indus
:
which
Cophe
(
as
I
think
)
is
that
,
whiche
is
called
of
Iosephus
in
his
Iudaicall
Antiquities
Cuthus
,
&
that
into
this
Region
those
ten
Tribes
of
Israel
were
translated
.
This
Aloadine
hauing
an
intent
to
inueigle
and
perswade
his
people
,
that
hee
was
hable
to
bringe
all
such
to
the
fruition
of
a
blessed
lyfe
,
as
obserued
and
kept
his
Lawes
and
commandements
,
had
trimmed
and
planted
in
a
right
pleasant
valley
betwéene
two
very
high
Hils
moste
goodlye
Gardaines
of
solace
,
replennished
with
all
kinde
of
fragraunt
Floures
and
beautiful
Trées
yéelding
smel
&
fruite
most
delectable
,
which
gardains
,
were
most
finely
contriued
,
and
on
euery
side
enuironed
with
notable
gorgeous
buildinges
,
garnished
with
Golde
and
other
colours
,
and
stored
with
precious
furniture
and
rich
householde
stuffe
of
value
inestimable
.
In
diuers
places
of
the
same
,
were
Fountaines
and
riuers
of
Milk
,
Honey
,
Wyne
and
swéet
waters
.
Within
the
same
,
also
were
fine
Damoselles
and
beautifull
Pucelles
,
which
with
Melodies
,
Songes
,
musicall
Instrumentes
,
mincing
daunces
,
and
all
other
allurementes
of
Femynine
flattereies
,
delighted
and
fed
the
tender
eares
of
such
as
were
brought
thither
.
Moreouer
there
were
other
she
Seruantes
and
housewifelie
Trulles
,
which
being
kept
close
within
dores
,
dressed
all
thinges
that
could
be
deuised
or
thought
necessarie
aswel
for
meate
&
drinke
as
for
the
pleasure
and
delectacion
of
the
Ghestes
and
Straungers
therein
.
All
the
place
without
was
most
curiously
strengthened
both
by
nature
and
arte
.
When
this
delightfull
Gardaine
of
pleasure
was
fully
ended
and
made
perfect
,
Aloadine
preached
and
professed
himselfe
to
those
downish
people
to
be
the
felow
and
Mate
of
Mahomet
,
and
that
he
had
power
geuen
vnto
him
,
to
dispose
and
bestow
the
benefit
and
fruition
of
Paradice
and
blessed
lyfe
vpon
such
as
should
be
to
his
lawes
and
hestes
obeysaunt
.
And
of
them
he
chose
out
certayne
yong
Stripelinges
aboute
the
age
of
twelue
or
fouretéene
yéeres
,
such
as
séemed
to
be
of
the
best
towardnesse
and
disposition
for
Warres
in
time
to
come
,
whome
he
brought
vp
in
his
Hall
or
Courte
.
And
because
they
should
with
the
more
willing
myndes
obey
his
commaundementes
and
stirre
at
his
becke
,
his
fashion
was
with
some
confectioned
Potion
to
bring
them
into
a
dead
sléepe
:
which
done
,
his
custome
was
then
to
transport
&
carye
them
into
the
place
or
Gardaine
:
where
being
awaked
,
they
solaced
themselues
and
had
the
fruicion
of
all
kynd
of
pleasures
for
two
or
thrée
dayes
space
,
and
then
agayne
beyng
with
the
same
drinkes
brought
on
sléepe
,
(
as
before
they
had
bene
)
were
caryed
out
,
themselues
knowing
nothing
at
all
thereof
.
And
by
this
meanes
it
came
to
passe
,
that
afterward
they
refused
neither
perils
nor
Daungers
to
fulfill
his
mynde
and
commaundemetes
,
but
were
willing
and
ready
to
slea
and
kil
whom
he
would
commaunde
,
yea
thoughe
they
dwelled
in
places
distant
farre
of
.
And
the
number
of
them
which
he
had
there
,
were
about
lx.
thousand
.
Wherby
his
power
and
his
Successours
after
him
(
called
Sexmountes
)
grew
and
in
such
sorte
encreased
,
that
he
instituted
the
same
order
also
in
Syria
,
and
had
a
Lieutenaunt
vnder
him
at
Damasco
.
For
there
was
of
them
as
it
were
a
certaine
order
of
Knightes
,
whereof
the
chiefe
President
and
Maister
was
called
Sexmount
,
and
had
diuerse
officers
of
the
order
of
this
Knighthode
in
sundry
other
places
.
The
Castle
wherein
these
Gardaines
were
,
was
named
Tigad
.
These
Cutthroate
Souldiours
,
with
murthers
and
robberies
,
made
euery
place
in
Asia
daungerous
and
vnpassable
to
the
Christians
.
But
this
Castle
being
afterward
assaulted
and
besieged
ful
seuen
yéeres
space
by
the
Tartarians
,
was
in
th'
end
by
them
taken
,
and
they
within
vtterly
destroyed
.
This
is
the
Historie
of
them
,
whom
some
by
mistaking
do
call
Essenes
,
and
some
Arsacidas
,
as
we
haue
found
in
the
most
credible
and
approued
Authours
.
After
the
death
of
Tanismanye
,
the
Occidentall
Turkishe
Empyre
began
to
be
diuided
.
For
one
Muchumet
succéeded
Tanismanye
,
betwene
whom
and
Masute
President
of
Iconium
,
was
kindled
certaine
displeasure
and
priuie
heartburning
.
But
the
Emperour
Iohn
Comnenus
entred
into
league
and
linked
in
amitie
with
Masute
,
whose
both
powers
ioyned
together
went
agaynst
Muchumet
.
At
length
for
spight
borne
to
the
Emperour
there
was
meanes
found
for
a
reconciliation
and
agreement
betwene
the
two
Turkishe
Potentates
,
Masute
,
and
Muchumet
:
which
béeing
brought
about
and
concluded
,
Masute
abiured
his
former
league
and
reuolted
from
the
Emperour
.
Notwithstanding
,
the
Emperour
rased
two
noble
Cities
of
Pontus
in
the
Turkes
possession
,
the
one
called
Castamon
and
the
other
Gangre
.
But
within
a
while
after
,
Muchumet
recouered
them
again
,
and
subdued
Iberia
also
,
with
sundrye
places
in
Mesopotamia
.
And
Masute
wanne
Iconium
with
other
places
in
Syria
.
But
making
an
enroade
into
Thracia
,
hee
was
talked
wythall
to
hys
coste
,
and
put
to
flight
by
Manuel
Comnenus
.
The
Emperour
glad
aboue
measure
for
this
victorie
,
layde
Siege
to
Iconium
,
but
the
Turkes
set
theyr
Stales
so
couertly
,
and
brake
out
of
an
Ambushe
so
sodainely
,
that
they
discomfited
his
Hoast
,
and
he
hymfelfe
escaped
very
hardly
.
The
Christians
in
Hierusalem
béeyng
sore
distressed
by
the
Miscreauntes
,
A
thirde
voyage
toward
the
holy
land
.
there
was
a
thyrde
Voyage
and
expedition
made
thyther
,
whereof
was
chiefe
Captayne
and
leader
Conrade
Duke
of
Franconia
,
who
with
a
great
Armie
of
Germanes
,
Italians
and
Frenchmen
relieued
them
:
and
méeting
wyth
the
Turkes
(
wyth
whom
the
Greeques
had
also
conspired
)
néere
by
the
Ryuer
Meander
gaue
vnto
them
Battayle
.
In
which
terrible
conflicte
there
was
a
merueylous
greate
slaughter
of
Turkes
.
After
that
Masute
was
deade
,
his
thrée
Sonnes
parted
the
Kingdome
among
them
,
and
afterward
Iagupasanes
and
the
Sultane
of
Iconium
fell
together
by
the
eares
for
their
moyties
.
In
th'
ende
Iagupasanes
got
the
victorie
,
and
the
Sultane
fledde
for
succour
to
the
Emperour
,
who
caryed
him
to
Constantinople
with
him
,
for
a
Triumph
.
And
heere
by
the
waye
,
I
may
not
omyt
to
declare
a
pretie
Iest
of
a
Sarracene
Icarus
.
One
that
:
toke
vpon
him
to
flie
in
the
aire
.
This
merie
felow
,
attending
vpon
the
Sultane
,
and
bearing
the
countenaunce
of
a
Iuggeler
,
at
a
certaine
solemne
Iustes
or
Tyltrunnyng
,
voluntarily
went
vp
to
the
toppe
of
a
Turret
standyng
in
the
Tyltyeard
at
Constantinople
,
vnder
the
which
Turret
was
the
Tylte
it selfe
,
where
the
Horse●
tooke
their
races
and
courses
,
and
aboue
,
were
those
foure
couragious
and
praunsing
gilt
Coursers
which
now
stand
on
the
toppe
of
the
Church
of
S.
Marke
in
Venice
,
directly
opposite
,
&
standyng
ful
but
one
against
another
.
He
standing
on
the
toppe
of
this
Turret
craked
and
bragged
that
he
would
flie
in
the
Ayre
the
space
of
a
furlong
.
And
hauing
on
,
a
large
white
garment
,
down
to
his
foote
,
ful
of
plaites
,
knotted
and
gathered
round
to
hoouer
in
the
ayre
withall
,
he
stoode
fluttering
for
winde
with
his
handes
in
steede
of
winges
,
and
hauing
(
as
he
thought
)
sored
long
ynough
,
at
length
committed
his
body
to
the
curtesie
of
the
wind
,
but
falling
downe
headlong
on
the
grounde
,
hee
bruised
and
brake
all
his
bones
wyth
the
fall
,
and
there
lyke
a
vaine
Cockscombe
yelded
vp
the
Ghost
and
dyed
.
Nowe
,
Manuel
to
th'
intent
he
would
bee
reputed
and
thought
of
the
Sultane
to
be
a
Prince
liberall
,
magnificent
and
mightie
,
dismissed
and
sent
him
away
not
wythout
honourable
rewardes
,
besyde
a
huyge
Masse
of
money
and
other
most
precious
Wares
:
vppon
condition
,
that
hee
shoulde
redeliuer
and
restore
vnto
him
the
Citie
of
Sebastia
,
wyth
the
Suburbes
of
the
same
.
But
when
the
Sultane
was
retourned
to
Iconium
wyth
hys
money
he
retourned
to
hys
former
vomite
,
What
trust
is
in
the
promise
of
a
Turke
.
spoyling
Sebastia
and
all
the
places
neere
aboute
it
,
and
tooke
vppon
hym
the
chiefe
Soueraigntie
and
preheminence
of
all
that
Territorie
:
and
dryuing
hys
other
brother
Dadune
out
of
the
Countrey
,
and
getting
by
force
the
Citie
of
Caesarea
,
he
went
about
also
to
supplant
and
ouerthrow
Iagupasan
.
Dadune
got
into
hys
possession
the
Countrey
of
Amasia
béeyng
wythout
any
possessour
:
but
it
was
not
long
ere
he
was
agayne
expulsed
and
dryuen
oute
by
Clizastlan
the
Sultane
,
who
bore
all
the
swaye
in
Cappadocia
.
A
good
Childe
.
This
Clizastlan
albeit
he
called
the
Empeperour
,
father
:
yet
he
euer
incroched
vppon
his
Prouinces
and
spoyled
hys
Countreyes
.
Wherevppon
,
within
a
whyle
after
,
a
newe
garboyle
and
hatred
was
kindled
betweene
them
:
for
that
the
Sultane
likewise
charged
the
Emperour
with
breache
of
promyse
,
in
sundrye
Articles
and
couenauntes
before
condiscended
vnto
.
The
Emperour
purposing
with
all
hys
myght
to
bée
auenged
of
his
Aduersaries
,
and
alreadye
conceyuing
in
his
mynde
the
destruction
and
vtter
subuertion
of
the
Turkishe
Nation
,
leuyed
together
al
his
olde
beaten
Souldiours
,
mustered
newe
Legions
,
and
procured
all
the
forayne
ayde
that
hee
coulde
from
any
place
,
made
a
firme
League
with
Baldwine
King
of
Hierusalem
,
and
retained
in
wages
the
Scythians
confyning
vpon
the
Ryuer
Ister
,
and
thus
hauing
a
mightie
and
populous
Army
,
wyth
all
thinges
in
good
order
and
readines
decently
purueighed
,
(
after
he
had
made
hys
prayers
to
Almightie
God
the
gyuer
of
all
victorye
for
his
diuine
assistaunce
)
marched
foorth
in
good
order
against
them
:
His
iourney
lay
through
Phrigia
and
Laodicaea
Chonas
S.
Archangel
,
Lampis
and
Celenas
where
the
head
Spring
of
the
great
Meander
is
,
into
whiche
the
Riuer
rashlie
then
aduisedlie
,
chopped
hardilye
into
the
same
streicts
hauing
his
battel
apointed
in
this
order
folowing
.
The
Voward
was
led
by
the
two
Suns
of
Angelus
Constantine
whose
names
were
Iohn
and
Andronicus
,
with
Macroduca
Constantine
and
Lapardus
Andronicus
,
with
their
Ensignes
and
Bands
,
and
was
marshalled
in
Lunare
ranks
or
Mooned
araye
.
The
right
wing●
was
led
by
Baldwine
King
of
Hierusalem
,
and
the
lefte
by
Maurozomes
Theodorus
.
After
them
folowed
the
Drudges
,
Skullions
,
Woodcarters
,
Cartes
and
all
the
other
bagage
and
Trinketrie
of
the
Hoast
.
After
them
came
the
Emperoure
himselfe
with
the
maine
Battaile
,
where
in
was
a
valyaunt
Crew
of
chosen
fellowes
.
The
Rerewarde
was
conducted
by
Andronicus
Contostephanus
.
Assoone
as
they
were
entred
within
the
Streights
,
where
there
was
no
starting
hoales
nor
yet
elbowroome
for
the
Hoast
,
and
the
Bandes
of
Angelus
Macroduca
,
and
Lapard
ordering
themselues
into
a
thrée
square
battaile
,
(
small
before
and
thick
behinde
like
vnto
a
wedge
)
gaue
the
charge
vpon
the
barbarous
Turkes
and
by
fine
force
draue
them
backe
from
the
Hilles
and
higher
places
where
they
fought
,
into
the
Mountaines
,
and
so
perforce
,
A
lamentable
slaughter
of
Christians
by
negligence
.
made
for
themselues
a
through
passage
without
ani
hurt
or
daunger
.
But
the
residue
of
the
Legions
,
folowed
after
them
nothing
couragiouslie
:
neither
did
they
set
their
Archers
in
the
flankes
of
their
Battayle
to
gall
and
kéepe
of
the
Turkish
force
as
they
should
haue
done
,
neither
held
they
their
Targetts
close
together
ouer
their
heades
like
a
vault
,
to
beare
of
their
shotte
and
blowes
.
Wherefore
the
Turkes
in
thick
plumps
and
with
great
violence
brake
out
on
euery
side
vpon
them
from
the
higher
places
into
the
lower
grounde
and
from
the
bankes
where
before
they
sought
,
into
the
plaine
,
and
boldely
encroched
,
still
more
and
more
vpon
the
Romanes
till
they
had
pearced
and
broken
their
araye
.
And
firste
put●inge
Baldwine
his
winge
to
flight
,
wounded
and
flew
many
.
Which
when
Baldwine
perceued
,
with
an
intent
to
rescue
and
ayde
his
men
in
that
distresse
,
taking
with
hym
a
picked
Troupe
of
expert
Horsemen
,
rushed
in
amonge
the
thickest
of
his
Enemies
.
Of
whom
he
was
so
beset
and
on
euery
side
circumuented
that
hee
himselfe
was
there
slaine
,
and
all
his
men
most
valyauntlye
fightynge
,
likewise
there
dyed
.
This
good
successe
set
the
Turkes
on
such
a
glorious
hoigh
,
that
they
stopped
all
the
wayes
where
the
Romanes
should
passe
,
meaning
that
day
so
to
plague
the
Christians
,
that
they
should
neuer
after
he
hable
to
attempt
the
lyke
enterprise
against
them
:
for
now
being
enclosed
in
those
perillous
Streightes
,
and
one
hindring
an
other
,
they
wer
not
hable
to
endamage
nor
hurt
their
Enemies
by
any
kinde
of
meanes
,
but
rather
hindred
and
disturbed
one
an
other
,
and
were
cause
of
one
an
others
slaughter
and
lamentable
destruction
.
So
extreemely
cooped
in
and
pounded
were
they
,
that
they
neither
could
haue
any
help
of
the
Emperoure
neither
yet
of
the
Rerewarde
,
neyther
coulde
they
goe
backe
or
decline
on
any
syde
,
because
the
Cartes
and
carriage
that
were
placed
in
the
middle
like
a
Bulwarke
or
Rampire
,
letted
them
.
Their
Horses
and
men
were
kylled
lyke
Shéepe
,
and
with
Turkes
Falchions
gored
and
foyned
through
.
The
Vallayes
laye
full
of
dead
Corses
,
the
wayes
stenched
with
grisly
sightes
of
slaine
persons
,
the
Downes
couered
ouer
with
dismembred
bodies
,
the
waters
of
the
Riuers
were
coloured
and
ranne
with
bloude
of
Men
and
Beastes
mingled
together
:
and
to
be
shorte
,
such
lachrimable
slaughter
was
in
this
place
made
vpon
the
poore
Christians
,
that
the
wofulnesse
thereof
cannot
with
Penne
accordinglye
be
expressed
.
And
beside
all
other
outrages
and
vnspeakeable
calamities
,
the
Turkes
pitched
the
head
of
Andronicus
Bataza
the
Emperours
Nephew
(
which
had
leuied
an
Army
out
of
Paphlagonia
and
Heraclea
Pontica
and
was
sent
against
the
Amasene
Turkes
in
Amasia
)
vpon
a
Speare
poynt
,
and
caryed
it
before
them
for
a
mockage
in
derision
.
Which
heauie
spectacle
and
daungerous
plight
so
vexed
and
inwardly
gréeued
Manuel
,
that
his
minde
was
wonderfully
perplexed
,
insomuch
that
he
was
euen
at
his
wittes
ende
and
wist
not
what
to
doe
nor
which
waye
to
tourne
him
.
But
the
Romane
Legions
in
the
Voward
,
(
as
before
was
declared
)
hauing
passed
those
pykes
&
deadly
trappes
helde
themselues
close
together
and
for
their
sauegarde
senced
in
their
Campe
,
vpon
the
toppe
of
a
little
Hill
very
conuenient
and
commodious
(
as
the
time
then
fell
out
)
for
their
purpose
.
The
Turkes
with
might
and
maine
striued
to
ouerrunne
and
beare
downe
the
Emperours
battaile
,
because
it
they
mighte
once
throughly
disperse
and
subdue
the
greatest
and
strongest
part
of
the
Army
,
they
thought
the
residue
would
easely
and
with
small
adoe
bée
vanquished
,
like
as
a
Serpent
when
the
head
is
bruysed
and
crushed
to
powder
,
all
the
other
partes
of
the
bodye
(
which
before
by
themselues
mooued
,
being
cleane
cut
of
)
do
straightwayes
die
.
The
Emperour
fought
valiauntly
that
day
and
oftentimes
assayled
the
Turkes
fiercely
to
driue
them
out
of
the
Staightes
and
to
open
the
waye
for
his
men
to
passe
through
,
but
perceiuing
the
power
and
force
of
the
Turkes
(
which
fought
from
the
higher
ground
)
still
to
encrease
,
and
making
his
full
accoumpt
,
that
whether
he
taried
or
went
forwarde
,
there
was
none
other
way
for
him
and
his
company
but
present
death
,
he
exhorted
his
men
first
of
all
to
repose
all
their
hope
in
Almightie
,
God
and
next
in
their
weapons
and
handes
,
and
that
they
should
either
saue
their
lyues
by
hardy
blowes
and
valiaunt
déedes
or
else
by
honest
and
glorious
death
wynne
to
themselues
perpetuall
fame
and
renoume
:
for
he
plainely
tolde
them
that
he
saw
none
other
way
for
than
to
escape
cleare
and
harmelesse
,
but
by
such
a
famous
aduenture
.
And
the
God
would
not
vtterly
forsake
nor
leaue
succourlesse
them
that
beare
armour
and
fight
in
the
quarel
of
his
holy
Catholique
Religion
,
for
the
aduauncement
of
his
glorious
name
,
against
the
impious
contemners
and
blasphemers
of
all
religion
,
godlines
,
vertue
and
honestie
,
so
that
they
would
prostrate
themselues
before
hym
and
with
deuoute
mindes
(
crauing
his
diuine
assistance
)
valiantly
vse
the
courage
and
power
which
his
diuine
Maiestie
gaue
,
&
inspired
into
their
stomackes
.
And
although
their
chaunce
were
then
to
be
slaine
,
yet
should
they
(
hauing
a
most
iust
cause
and
quarel
)
for
this
their
short
and
transitorie
life
,
gaine
and
winne
a
double
life
:
the
one
,
euerlasting
and
most
blessed
in
the
heauenly
kingdome
,
promised
and
prepared
by
our
Lord
and
Sauiour
Christ
for
all
such
true
Christians
as
sincerely
worship
and
vnfeynedly
beléeue
on
his
name
,
but
namely
and
specially
for
such
as
spend
their
bloude
and
life
for
the
loue
of
his
holy
word
and
setting
forth
of
his
glory
.
And
the
other
is
,
a
perpetuall
fame
and
a
worthye
memoriall
in
this
worlde
among
all
posteritie
,
which
would
most
assuredly
for
euer
extoll
&
celebrate
this
their
prowesse
and
constancy
.
But
such
as
threw
away
their
weapons
,
should
for
euer
be
ill
reported
of
and
reuiled
in
the
mouthes
and
speaches
of
al
men
,
as
fugitiues
,
forsakers
,
&
Traitours
,
of
their
Liege
Emperour
&
as
villaines
vnthankfull
&
vnmyndfull
of
God
his
benefites
,
and
which
is
more
,
should
by
God
his
own
mouth
be
accurst
and
adiudged
to
endlesse
paines
&
sempiternal
tortures
.
Wherfore
he
aduised
them
to
plucke
vp
their
heartes
,
and
by
his
example
,
euery
one
to
make
for
himself
a
way
&
passage
with
his
sword
.
When
he
had
finished
these
his
spéeches
with
those
few
that
he
had
left
,
be
made
streyght
into
the
middest
of
his
enemies
,
and
after
many
woundes
geuen
and
taken
on
either
side
,
Valiauntnes
of
the
Emperour
.
breaking
through
the
Turkes
araie
,
and
being
so
slashed
and
hewen
in
all
his
body
that
thirtie
Arrowes
or
the
rabout
,
stacke
fast
in
his
Target
,
and
not
able
to
take
vp
his
own
Bassenet
or
headpéece
that
was
stroken
of
,
yet
(
maugre
their
heades
)
hee
escaped
and
went
throughe
the
thickest
crowde
of
them
.
The
other
Legions
were
on
euery
side
slaine
and
brought
to
their
bane
,
and
troden
down
one
of
another
.
Such
as
escaped
alyue
and
were
passed
these
perillous
Streictes
in
safetie
,
were
neuerthelesse
slayne
and
quelled
by
their
enemies
in
the
other
vallay
,
beyond
.
For
the
passage
in
that
place
was
diuided
into
.vij.
déepe
vallayes
néere
one
to
another
:
and
beyng
at
the
first
entraunce
somewhat
broade
and
roumye
,
was
(
the
further
a
man
went
in
)
streicter
and
narrower
.
All
which
places
the
Turkes
had
fortified
&
planted
with
their
Ambushmentes
and
garrisons
.
Moreouer
,
there
sodainely
arose
such
a
terrible
gale
of
blusterous
and
tempestuous
windes
,
which
tossed
&
raised
vp
such
habundance
of
Sand
(
wherof
those
places
are
full
)
that
both
the
Armies
most
fiercely
clasping
together
,
bickered
in
the
darke
,
as
though
it
had
bene
at
midnight
,
and
killed
all
such
as
came
in
their
reach
without
any
respect
whether
they
were
friendes
or
foes
.
And
in
the
same
place
,
(
were
they
Turkes
or
Romanes
,
horses
or
other
cattel
)
it
skilled
not
,
for
they
dyed
in
heapes
together
one
with
another
.
And
the
valley
where
this
conflicte
was
,
séemed
to
bee
nothing
else
but
a
common
&
a
large
Sepulchre
or
buriall
place
for
them
all
.
But
yet
at
this
time
,
there
died
moe
of
the
Romanes
then
of
the
Turkes
,
&
specially
of
the
nobler
sort
&
such
as
were
the
Emperours
néere
Cosens
&
kinsmen
.
And
many
being
there
left
halfe
aliue
,
lay
so
buried
&
couered
ouer
with
heapes
of
dead
Carkasses
the
they
were
not
hable
by
any
meanes
by
strugling
to
get
themselues
out
:
neither
was
there
any
at
hand
to
help
them
,
for
euery
one
had
ynough
adoe
to
labour
&
sweate
for
his
owne
life
and
saluetie
.
In
this
ougly
sort
,
they
long
languishing
in
that
kind
of
horrible
&
lothsome
torment
,
wer
in
th'
end
enforced
there
to
geue
vp
the
Ghost
by
a
death
most
stinking
,
lothsome
and
lamentable
.
The
Emperour
himself
panting
and
out
of
breath
,
was
got
al
alone
vnder
a
wilde
Peare
trée
to
take
aire
&
recouer
his
faint
powers
,
hauing
with
him
neither
Page
,
Henxman
,
yeman
of
his
Gard
nor
kéeper
.
Whom
a
poore
common
Souldiour
or
horseman
of
his
owne
troupe
(
being
likewise
thither
escaped
out
of
the
battaile
)
finding
in
such
miserable
plight
,
breathlesse
and
comfortlesse
,
dutifully
pitied
and
bewailed
:
and
offering
in
that
his
calamitie
,
A
freend
at
neede
.
to
minister
vnto
his
Maiestie
the
best
seruice
that
hée
was
able
,
raught
him
vp
his
Helmet
&
buckeled
on
hys
other
Armour
that
lay
héere
and
there
dangling
about
him
.
Which
while
he
was
in
doing
,
a
certaine
Turke
ranne
hastely
vnto
him
,
&
séeing
no
man
there
to
defend
nor
rescue
him
,
tooke
the
Emperours
horse
by
the
bridle
,
meaning
likewise
to
haue
caried
away
the
Emperor
himself
as
prisoner
.
Whom
the
Emperour
with
a
péece
of
his
broken
Speare
that
he
had
yet
left
,
so
blessed
and
humbasted
about
the
pate
,
that
he
laid
him
there
on
the
ground
to
sléepe
.
Then
ranne
the
other
Turkes
fiercely
vpon
him
,
to
haue
taken
him
aliue
.
Which
he
séeing
,
tooke
the
same
horsemans
Speare
of
whom
before
we
spake
,
and
with
the
same
run
one
of
his
enemies
cleane
through
:
while
the
said
Souldiour
with
his
naked
sword
,
dubbed
another
of
them
shorter
by
the
head
,
and
so
repulsed
&
kept
them
of
,
at
the
swordes
point
,
till
tenne
other
of
the
Roman
souldiors
came
running
to
assist
them
.
Then
was
he
very
desirous
to
haue
ioyned
himselfe
to
the
other
Legions
,
and
most
coragiously
gaue
the
aduenture
through
his
enemies
:
but
the
heapes
aswel
of
dead
Carkasses
as
of
Turkes
encountring
with
him
in
euery
corner
as
he
went
,
much
hindered
and
preiudiced
his
pretence
.
Horse
in
suche
a
pace
as
hee
was
hable
.
Him
had
fifty
Turkes
espied
,
and
on
ech
side
enclosed
to
haue
taken
,
but
he
no
more
stirred
nor
amended
his
pace
for
them
,
then
if
no
man
at
all
had
pursued
him
.
When
they
were
clustered
about
him
,
he
drew
his
sword
,
and
slyced
one
of
them
so
cleane
in
the
middle
,
from
the
head
downe
to
his
backe
,
together
with
the
Sadle
of
the
Horse
also
,
that
the
residue
for
feare
to
be
serued
with
the
same
sauce
kept
aloofe
and
durst
not
meddle
.
Friderick
drowned
.
And
after
that
this
Frederick
was
drowned
in
a
riuer
,
the
Germaines
retourned
home
agayne
.
About
this
time
there
sprong
vp
great
discord
and
sedition
among
the
Turkes
.
For
Clizastlan
the
mightie
Sultan
of
Iconium
,
when
he
dyed
,
left
foure
Sonnes
behind
him
,
Masute
,
Coppatine
,
Rucratine
and
Chaichosroes
.
Vnto
Masute
he
bequeathed
the
principalitie
of
Amasia
,
Ancira
,
Dorylaeum
and
certaine
other
cities
of
Pontus
.
Vnto
Coppatine
,
hee
gaue
Melitene
,
Caesarea
and
the
Colonie
nowe
called
Taxara
.
Vnto
Rucratine
,
hee
allotted
Amisa
,
Docea
and
the
other
Cities
vpon
the
sea
Coastes
.
Chaichosroes
possessed
Iconium
,
the
regall
seat
of
the
Sultans
,
and
with
it
Lycaonia
and
Pamphylia
and
all
as
far
as
Cottyanium
.
Coppatine
being
dead
,
Rucratine
and
Masute
fell
together
by
the
eares
and
stroue
for
his
Segniorie
and
enheritance
.
But
Rucratine
for
that
he
was
a
wittie
and
skilfull
man
in
martial
affaires
,
got
the
victorie
and
wyped
Masute
his
nose
cleane
from
all
the
principalitie
of
Coppatine
their
late
Brother
.
And
being
now
all
in
his
iolytie
and
ruffe
for
this
his
good
successe
&
victorie
,
&
hauing
a
monthes
mind
to
catch
into
his
hands
Iconium
also
,
denounced
open
warre
and
sent
his
deffaunce
vnto
his
Brother
Chaichosroes
whose
Mother
was
a
Christian
,
vnlesse
he
woulde
resigne
his
Crowne
&
geue
place
vnto
him
ouer
all
his
Soueraigntie
.
Whervpon
Chaichosroes
fled
for
his
refuge
and
ayd
to
the
emperoure
Alexius
Angelus
as
his
father
had
done
before
him
,
albeit
not
with
so
good
Fortune
and
spéede
as
his
father
,
for
hee
was
sent
home
agayne
thence
without
his
purpose
.
He
was
scantly
come
to
Iconium
,
but
hee
was
expulsed
by
Rucratine
and
driuen
to
flie
to
Lebune
king
of
Armenia
:
of
whom
he
was
freendlie
receiued
and
courteouslie
entertayned
:
but
as
for
reléefe
and
ayde
he
gotte
none
,
wherefore
hee
retourned
to
Constantinople
and
there
in
poore
estate
passed
out
the
rest
of
his
dayes
.
During
the
Empyre
of
this
Alexius
Angelus
,
the
Venetians
tooke
Constantinople
and
Angelus
being
thence
disthronyzed
,
the
Greekes
in
Asia
created
Theodorus
Lascaris
his
Sonne
in
Law
,
Emperoure
,
who
had
vnder
his
Empire
and
obedience
not
onely
Bythinia
and
the
Regions
along
the
Sea
,
Emperonte
deposed
by
his
Sonne
in
law
.
but
also
extended
the
Lymittes
of
his
Dominions
very
farre
into
the
maine
Lande
,
and
had
vnder
him
all
from
Caria
and
the
riuer
Meander
Southwarde
,
to
the
Sea
Galaticum
and
Cappadocia
Northward
,
and
constituted
his
Imperial
Seate
at
Nice
.
Which
so
tickeled
and
fretted
Alexius
,
that
he
passing
the
Sea
Aegaeum
entred
into
Asia
,
and
priuily
went
to
Iathine
the
Sonne
of
Rucratine
(
being
now
Sultane
)
in
pitifull
plight
&
poore
rayment
:
before
whom
he
in
suppliant
words
opened
his
state
&
fortune
,
&
humbly
besought
him
of
aide
&
succor
to
restore
him
to
his
lawful
Empyre
and
Crowne
,
vniustly
by
an
vsurper
detained
&
withholden
:
not
forgetting
to
put
him
in
remembrance
of
the
former
frendship
which
afore
time
he
had
shewed
&
horne
to
him
while
he
was
in
prosperitie
,
and
further
promised
hym
great
Summes
of
money
.
Insomuch
that
Iathine
taking
compassion
vpon
him
and
mooued
greatly
with
his
large
promises
,
forth
with
dispatched
Ambassadours
to
Theodorus
,
threatning
warre
and
destruction
vnto
him
,
vnlesse
he
gaue
place
to
his
father
in
law
&
suffred
him
quietly
to
enioy
his
rightfull
Diademe
and
Imperiall
authoritie
.
them
out
of
that
poore
plot
and
beggerly
region
,
which
affronteth
Persia
and
the
Caspian
Sea
(
almost
Islandwise
)
and
is
enuironed
on
ech
side
with
the
Scythian
Ocean
,
and
ioyneth
vnto
Asia
by
one
onely
Isthmus
or
narrow
porcion
of
land
lying
betwene
the
two
Seas
,
the
which
is
compassed
and
enclosed
with
the
highe
and
inaccessible
Mountaines
called
Riphaei
as
it
were
with
a
Wall
or
Rampier
:
the
waues
of
the
Sea
(
sayeth
Hayton
the
Armenian
)
going
backe
,
and
making
way
for
them
to
passe
betwene
the
Mountaines
and
the
Sea
.
And
therfore
all
those
Scythians
afterward
,
of
that
Tribe
wherof
their
first
Emperor
was
descended
,
were
called
Tartarians
:
whose
auncient
descent
and
beginning
many
(
as
before
we
haue
sayde
of
the
Turkes
)
doe
referre
vnto
the
tenne
Tribes
of
Israell
,
whose
opinion
I
doe
not
see
howe
it
standeth
with
reason
nor
wherevpon
it
is
grounded
.
This
am
I
persuaded
and
this
séemeth
vnto
me
most
like
and
probable
,
that
the
Scythians
be
descended
of
Magog
the
sonne
of
Iapetus
,
of
whom
the
Scripture
in
many
places
maketh
mention
:
and
that
those
tenne
Tribes
were
by
the
King
of
Persia
translated
not
into
Scythia
but
into
Media
.
But
howsoeuer
the
matter
goeth
,
the
Tartarians
in
such
sort
as
we
haue
declared
,
yssuyng
and
in
great
companyes
departyng
from
the
Hyperboreans
vnder
the
conduct
of
Cangio
,
(
whom
for
honours
sake
they
called
Cham
,
which
is
as
muche
to
say
as
a
most
high
and
Soueraigne
Emperour
)
tooke
their
way
downe
along
to
the
Sea
Caspium
.
In
the
meane
season
,
Cangio
the
Cham
departing
this
lyfe
,
his
Sonne
Hoccota
succéeded
in
his
place
,
a
man
ryght
wyse
and
valiaunt
,
and
the
eldest
of
twelue
brothers
.
Hée
sendyng
out
Gebesabada
with
a
huyge
power
to
subdue
and
conquere
the
regions
of
the
Occident
,
and
himselfe
in
person
passing
the
Caspian
Streictes
,
Sogdiana
,
Bactrian
,
Oxo
and
the
ryuer
Sogdus
(
whiche
is
encreased
wyth
many
and
the
same
great
Springes
flowing
and
running
into
it
)
wyntered
at
the
foote
of
Mount
Taurus
,
solacing
himselfe
and
enioying
the
fruictfulnesse
of
that
region
and
suche
bootie
as
he
had
before
taken
.
This
Mount
Taurus
is
the
greatest
Mountaine
in
all
the
world
,
whose
ridge
&
top
hanging
still
together
without
any
particion
,
hath
his
beginning
Westward
néere
the
Sea
Aegaeum
and
stretching
a
long
to
the
Ocean
Orientall
,
diuideth
all
Asia
into
two
parts
.
This
Hill
is
also
called
Caucasus
.
The
next
Spring
when
the
ground
was
new
clothed
&
decked
with
the
fresh
attyre
of
greene
grasse
&
pleasant
floures
,
they
discamped
from
the
foote
of
Caucasus
,
&
like
an
innumerable
sort
of
Sheepe
,
mounted
to
the
toppe
of
the
Mountaines
,
inuading
the
Countreyes
vnderneth
them
:
and
after
they
had
there
,
made
great
pillage
and
taken
their
pleasure
,
they
pearced
into
India
,
all
about
the
Bankes
of
the
noble
ryuer
Indus
on
either
side
:
Cambalu
a
noble
citie
of
India
.
constituting
the
Ocean
,
for
the
limitte
of
their
Empyre
.
And
there
building
a
Princely
Citie
called
Cambalu
most
beautifull
sumptuous
and
large
,
and
for
all
pleasure
of
man
the
most
delectable
and
pleasauntest
Citie
in
all
Asia
,
appointed
it
to
be
their
chiefe
Pallace
and
Seate
Royal.
Afterward
,
exployting
his
warres
by
Deputies
and
Lieutenauntes
whom
he
made
Chieftaines
and
Generalles
ouer
hys
Armyes
,
choosing
therto
such
as
were
eyther
hys
brothers
or
else
of
the
bloude
Royall
:
some
of
them
went
Northwarde
,
some
Westwarde
,
and
some
Southwarde
:
and
after
they
had
subdued
the
Arachosians
Caramanians
&
sundry
other
Nations
,
wonne
Persia
and
thence
expulsed
the
Turkes
:
they
then
came
to
the
Chaldees
and
Arabians
.
From
thence
they
marched
agaynst
the
Babylonians
,
and
Assyrians
and
conquering
Mesopotamia
,
brought
vnder
their
subiection
the
Persians
,
Parthians
and
Medians
.
After
this
,
going
vp
by
the
greater
Armenia
,
with
incredible
celeritie
they
ouercame
Colchis
northward
,
and
Iberia
that
confineth
hard
vpon
it
,
insomuch
that
their
state
surmounted
,
and
flourished
in
same
and
honor
excéedinglye
.
Now
,
this
mightie
Tartarian
Prince
was
purposed
to
make
the
Sea
on
euery
side
the
limits
and
bounds
of
his
Empire
,
but
the
pleasaunt
delicacies
and
amyable
soyle
of
the
Countrey
of
India
,
so
mollified
and
effeminated
his
mind
,
that
beinge
loath
to
departe
thence
,
he
setled
&
staied
there
,
and
distributed
the
Prouinces
,
Cities
,
Houses
,
fat
Farmes
and
Tenements
amonge
his
souldiours
and
people
,
and
receiued
the
Rites
,
Ceremonies
and
Customes
of
the
Assyrians
,
Persians
and
Chaldees
.
Therefore
as
soone
as
these
Tartarians
hauinge
passed
the
Caspian
Mountaines
,
had
sodainly
and
forciblie
surprised
Alexandria
,
a
citie
standing
néere
the
Streicts
now
called
the
Yron
Gates
:
the
Imperiall
Sultane
of
the
Turkes
greatly
terrified
and
dismayd
with
this
sodayne
irruption
of
a
new
and
most
fierce
people
and
fearing
lest
if
he
should
be
driuen
and
enforced
to
enter
into
Warres
with
the
Tartarians
,
his
olde
Enemies
the
Romanes
would
be
readie
to
set
on
him
behind
at
his
backe
,
sent
his
Ambassadours
with
full
authoritie
and
commission
to
the
Emperour
,
to
confirme
and
strike
an
vnitie
and
peace
betwéene
them
:
which
thing
the
Emperoure
as
being
encoumbred
with
Europian
Warres
)
was
very
glad
of
,
and
willinglye
therevnto
condescended
,
because
the
Turks
should
be
as
a
strong
Rampier
and
Wall
in
Asia
for
him
,
against
the
inuasion
of
the
Tartarians
.
This
League
therfore
with
the
Turkes
was
of
al
handes
gladlie
embraced
,
and
to
the
Greekish
Empire
most
conducible
.
For
whereas
men
(
being
so
long
time
afflicted
with
the
lamentable
calamyties
of
long
Warres
)
bad
neither
occupied
tillage
,
nor
bred
vp
Cattayle
,
it
fell
out
in
th'
end
(
as
néedes
must
)
that
great
dearth
and
scarsitie
was
in
all
the
countrey
,
and
their
Treasuries
also
with
the
charges
and
costes
of
so
long
continuance
were
in
maner
emtied
and
cleane
exhausted
.
Wheresore
beinge
now
by
this
newe
attonement
and
League
ridde
out
of
the
same
and
brought
to
quietnesse
,
Peace
bringeth
plentie
.
he
bent
his
whole
minde
an
other
while
to
the
feats
of
peace
,
the
swéet
Nource
and
Storehouse
of
plentifulnesse
and
aboundaunce
.
And
because
he
would
by
his
example
prouoke
and
stirre
vp
the
rest
of
his
subiectes
to
doe
semblablit
,
he
(
like
a
good
Householder
&
one
fit
to
be
a
Prince
among
the
people
)
vndertooke
to
procure
&
cause
so
much
of
the
vnhusbanded
ground
as
was
neither
fit
to
beare
corne
nor
good
to
plant
Vines
,
to
be
tourned
vp
and
tylled
:
and
manured
so
much
thereof
,
as
he
thought
woulde
be
sufficient
for
the
expences
of
his
owne
Table
,
&
for
the
maintainance
of
all
them
whom
of
his
méere
liberalitie
and
bountifull
goodnesse
he
had
retayned
and
taken
into
hys
charge
to
kéepe
and
sée
cherished
,
that
is
to
witt
,
the
poore
,
diseased
,
&
impotent
people
,
vnto
whom
he
assigned
houses
and
Hospitalles
,
and
appointed
also
certaine
Granaters
and
ouerseeers
such
as
were
trained
vp
&
had
the
skil
of
Tillage
and
Vine
planting
.
The
good
example
of
the
Prince
doth
muche
good
in
a
Realme
.
Which
officers
layed
vp
yéerely
in
his
Storehouses
and
Graners
great
prouision
and
store
of
the
ouerplus
of
the
corne
.
He
also
had
aboundantly
store
himselfe
with
Oxen
,
Kyne
,
Horses
,
Shéep
Swine
and
with
diuers
kindes
of
same
Byrdes
,
by
whom
he
yéerely
receiued
great
encrease
and
profyte
.
This
not
onely
did
he
himselfe
,
but
also
by
his
example
,
occasioned
others
of
the
Péeres
and
Nobilyty
,
his
Cosins
and
Allyes
to
doe
the
lyke
,
so
that
euery
one
,
hauinge
of
his
owne
competentlie
whereon
to
liue
,
the
Communaltie
should
not
be
oppressed
,
nor
the
inferiour
sort
by
sorce
and
extortion
of
the
richer
impouerished
,
with
any
intollerable
Tributes
,
Assessements
and
Paymentes
.
By
this
means
,
the
Romane
weale
publique
was
scowred
and
cleane
purged
from
all
notable
exactions
,
and
bribing
pyllages
insomuch
that
within
fewe
yéeres
space
,
euerye
man
had
his
Barnes
and
Cellers
full
stored
and
stuffed
with
Corne
and
Wine
:
and
such
encrease
of
cattel
Hens
and
other
homish
Foules
,
that
the
high
waies
and
strets
,
Stables
and
Shéepe
cotes
,
Houses
and
Gardens
were
vneth
hable
to
holde
them
.
This
golden
state
and
blessed
felicitie
was
héereby
also
the
more
augmented
,
A
blessed
plentie
of
al
things
caused
through
peace
and
good
gouerment
.
for
that
the
Turkes
were
within
themselues
merueilouslie
pinched
and
afflicted
with
great
hunger
,
dearth
and
penurie
of
Corne
,
whereby
it
came
to
passe
,
that
all
their
Golde
,
Syluer
,
Iuelles
and
precious
Wares
through
this
godlye
forcaste
and
diuine
wisedome
of
the
Emperour
,
came
into
the
hands
and
possession
of
the
Romanes
,
for
then
might
a
man
haue
séene
them
faine
to
choppe
and
chaunge
their
rich
Wares
for
a
litle
bread
Corne
,
to
sustaine
themselues
withall
:
and
euery
Byrde
,
Oxe
,
Cow
or
Kidde
was
solde
at
an
excessiue
price
.
All
the
wayes
were
pestered
full
of
Turkysh
Women
and
Children
of
the
Turkish
Nacion
comminge
to
and
going
from
the
Romane
Prouinces
.
The
Empresse
also
of
the
ouerplus
of
Hennes
egges
(
for
they
were
not
possible
to
be
all
spent
in
her
house
and
Famylie
)
at
that
time
solde
at
a
very
high
price
daylye
to
the
Turks
,
I
Crowne
Imperiall
for
the
Empresse
boght
with
the
money
that
was
had
of
the
Turks
for
Egges
in
the
time
of
dearth
.
had
got
together
in
short
space
such
an
incredible
Masse
of
Money
as
was
sufficyent
to
pay
for
a
most
rych
Crowne
of
Goulde
set
full
of
orient
Pearles
and
precious
Stones
,
whiche
for
that
cause
the
Emperours
called
and
tearmed
Ouata
,
because
it
was
bought
with
Egge
Money
&
so
in
short
time
the
Emperour
enriched
himself
and
all
his
Subiectes
with
Wealth
excéedinglie
.
During
this
while
,
the
Tartarians
vnder
the
leadinge
of
their
Capitaine
Baydo
,
marching
and
making
impressions
into
the
frountiers
of
the
Turkishe
countries
,
the
Sultan
of
Iconium
,
leuying
as
great
a
power
as
hee
was
able
of
all
Nacions
(
for
he
had
then
with
him
of
Greekes
and
Latines
,
that
is
to
wit
,
of
Italians
,
Germaines
and
Frenchmen
,
two
Cohortes
or
Bands
.
Ouer
the
Gréekish
band
was
Capitaine
one
Iohn
Liuitnada
a
Cyprian
borne
(
or
as
some
say
,
one
Paleologus
)
who
earst
had
reuolted
from
the
Emperoure
:
and
ouer
the
Latines
was
Boniface
Moline
one
of
the
nobilitie
of
Venice
)
euerie
man
being
braue
in
apparell
&
well
apointed
with
Penons
and
flages
of
their
owne
Armes
.
With
these
couragious
personages
,
marching
against
the
Tartarians
,
he
met
with
them
in
a
place
neere
to
the
Citie
Arscor
in
the
great
Armenia
called
Cosdrach
.
The
Tartarians
so
sone
as
the
espied
this
straung
Army
apparailed
contrarie
to
the
guise
and
fashion
of
that
countrey
,
supposing
some
greater
ayd
and
succour
had
bene
sent
vnto
them
,
were
merueilously
dismayd
&
astonied
,
and
if
one
of
the
Sultane
his
Kinsmen
,
for
an
olde
gruge
,
had
not
in
the
beginning
of
the
battaile
fled
vnto
their
side
with
a
great
crew
of
pertakers
,
thei
wold
haue
tourned
their
backes
and
fled
,
But
the
occasion
therof
was
the
cause
at
that
time
of
the
Turkes
ruyne
and
ouerthrow
,
&
afterward
almost
brought
al
their
kingdom
&
principalytie
in
subiection
to
the
Tartarians
.
For
the
Tartarians
obtaining
the
vpperhand
&
victorie
in
this
conflict
,
neglected
not
the
oportunitie
&
good
chaunce
that
Fortune
now
offered
them
,
but
passed
the
riuer
Euphrates
and
subdued
Syria
as
far
as
Palestina
&
Arabia
.
Wher
after
thei
had
assessed
yéerely
tributes
vpon
the
remnaunts
of
the
Syrians
,
Arabians
,
&
Phaenicians
,
they
laded
themselues
with
many
rich
booties
&
spoyles
,
&
returned
againe
into
the
orient
.
But
the
next
yéere
folowing
,
thei
passing
Euphrates
againe
tooke
their
way
Northwarde
into
Cappadocia
,
&
went
as
far
as
the
riuer
Thermodoon
:
and
taking
Iconium
the
chiefe
Citie
that
belenged
to
the
Turkes
,
Azatine
the
Sultane
beynge
banished
with
his
Brother
Melecke
fled
for
succour
to
the
Emperour
Michael
Paleologus
,
whom
not
long
before
(
in
like
case
and
respect
fléeing
vnto
him
for
comforte
and
aide
)
he
had
pleasured
honorably
and
entertained
with
all
poinctes
of
princely
curtesie
.
And
putting
him
in
remembraunce
of
his
former
fréendship
shewed
vnto
him
in
his
néede
&
distresse
,
and
vnfolding
before
him
the
pitifull
plight
of
thys
hys
present
state
and
calamitie
,
instantly
requested
him
,
eyther
to
ayde
him
against
his
Capitall
foes
the
Tartarians
,
or
else
to
assigne
him
some
péece
of
ground
or
odde
corner
(
as
it
were
a
colonie
)
where
he
&
his
people
might
repose
themselues
in
some
more
ease
and
securitie
:
for
he
had
brought
with
him
his
Wyues
and
Children
and
many
Seruauntes
,
with
much
wealth
and
Richesse
.
The
Emperour
,
for
that
he
was
on
euery
side
encombred
and
wrapped
in
Warres
,
would
in
no
wise
diminishe
anye
part
of
his
own
power
,
Pollice
in
Princes
.
and
as
for
the
assignement
of
any
part
of
his
Countrey
,
to
such
a
great
Potentate
as
had
beene
a
mightie
Monarch
and
Prince
ouer
many
Prouinces
,
and
also
from
his
tender
age
euer
brought
vp
in
Princely
pompe
and
stately
preheminence
,
he
iudged
a
thing
very
daungerous
.
For
he
considered
,
and
wysely
imagined
that
the
Lordes
and
nobilitie
which
were
vnder
his
rule
and
authoritie
,
would
séeke
their
Lorde
and
Maister
where
euer
he
should
be
,
and
that
his
people
being
scattered
and
dispersed
in
diuers
places
,
like
the
wandring
Planetes
in
the
night
,
would
flocke
together
and
concurre
to
him
that
goeth
before
them
with
a
Linke
and
leadeth
the
way
.
So
would
they
come
running
to
theyr
King
,
and
so
perchaunce
in
th'
ende
,
worke
vnto
the
Romanes
some
myckle
woe
and
disturbaunce
.
And
therfore
●ooding
him
out
with
faire
wordes
and
noseling
hym
in
good
hope
,
he
kept
him
at
a
doubtfull
staie
,
without
geuing
any
resolute
aunswere
to
his
requestes
.
Azatine
,
for
that
his
Parentes
were
Christians
and
he
himselfe
also
Christened
&
washed
in
the
Sacrament
of
holy
Baptisme
in
his
infancie
,
resorted
dayly
with
the
Emperour
to
Sermons
and
hard
the
holy
Scriptures
,
dayly
preached
and
remained
so
long
with
the
Emperour
,
till
at
length
by
the
meanes
&
helpe
of
the
Lucion
Scythians
,
he
made
an
escape
and
fled
with
his
Sun
Melecke
out
of
the
towne
Aenum
and
passed
the
ryuer
Ister
and
within
a
while
after
dyed
,
and
Melecke
by
Sea
passed
into
Asia
to
the
Tartarians
,
and
of
them
obtained
the
Kingdome
of
the
Turkish
Nation
,
as
his
fathers
enheritance
.
But
a
certayne
Duke
named
Amurie
with
a
Warlike
power
him
encountred
and
ouerthrew
,
so
that
he
was
faine
to
flie
vnto
Heraclea
,
a
Citie
of
Pontus
:
and
within
a
while
after
again
returning
to
his
natiue
Cuntry
&
recouering
his
fathers
kingdome
,
within
short
space
was
trayterously
murthered
.
Thus
was
the
Turkishe
Empire
subuerted
and
brought
to
finall
ruyne
,
and
from
a
State
of
well
ordered
discipline
and
magnificence
,
fell
to
vtter
decay
and
extreeme
confusion
:
the
cause
whereof
was
,
for
that
,
not
onely
the
Nobilitie
and
higher
Powers
dyuided
the
Kingdome
into
many
sections
and
partes
,
but
many
also
of
baser
degrée
and
obscurer
Parentage
,
(
associatyng
vnto
them
the
rascall
Peazauntes
and
vulgar
sort
)
practised
pylfering
and
robberie
,
carying
nothing
with
them
but
their
Bowe
and
Quiuer
of
Arrowes
:
and
taking
vp
their
Rowst
in
the
Streictes
of
the
Mountaines
,
made
many
roades
into
the
Countreys
about
,
and
the
Cities
belonging
to
the
Romane
Empire
.
For
it
happened
a
little
before
,
that
the
garrisons
defending
the
Castles
&
fortresses
of
the
Empyre
,
for
want
of
payment
of
their
féees
,
&
yéerely
stipendes
at
the
Emperours
handes
,
woulde
serue
no
longer
but
departed
thence
,
whych
being
at
the
first
(
as
a
thing
of
small
waight
and
moment
)
neglected
,
was
in
the
ende
the
cause
,
that
the
Romane
Empyre
sustained
and
incurred
most
gréeuous
daungers
and
calamities
.
For
when
the
Turkes
were
displaced
and
expulsed
by
the
Tartarians
,
they
displaced
and
expulsed
the
Greekes
,
and
looke
howe
weake
they
were
in
comparison
of
the
Tartarians
,
so
stronge
were
they
against
the
Greekes
:
insomuch
that
at
length
the
matter
was
decided
with
open
warre
and
dent
of
Sworde
.
For
the
Emperour
vnderstanding
that
a
great
power
of
Turkes
were
vp
in
Paphlagonia
,
leuyed
a
very
competent
Armye
,
to
represse
and
(
as
much
as
might
he
)
to
inhibite
their
violent
insolencie
,
least
if
they
shoulde
bee
still
suffered
impunely
to
raunge
&
spoyle
without
resistaunce
,
it
might
breede
further
daunger
and
inconuenience
.
And
therfore
when
Bee
had
assembled
his
power
together
,
he
sent
the
same
being
wel
appointed
against
them
,
who
encountring
the
Turks
,
had
of
them
the
victory
.
But
whilest
they
disorderly
and
ouerfarre
in
chase
beyond
the
ryuer
pursued
them
,
they
fell
into
the
bandes
of
an
Ambushe
which
the
Turkes
the
night
before
had
there
layd
for
them
.
By
meanes
wherof
they
being
on
th'
one
side
beset
with
an
Haost
of
freshe
Souldiours
well
appointed
in
battle
aray
,
and
on
th'
other
side
pent
in
and
enclosed
with
the
ryuer
,
they
were
slaine
almost
euery
man
.
The
Turkes
triumphing
for
thys
successe
and
victorie
,
enroaded
afterward
within
the
Roman
Territories
,
and
came
as
farre
as
the
ryuer
Sangarius
,
and
subiugated
vnder
their
obesaunce
.
,
all
from
the
Pontique
Sea
and
Galatia
to
the
Sea
Lycium
and
Carium
and
the
ryuer
of
Eurymedon
.
At
this
time
also
,
Mamalukea
.
the
Mamalukes
(
which
worde
by
interpretation
signifieth
Seruauntes
or
Slaues
)
obtained
the
Kingdome
in
Aegypt
,
and
aduaunced
the
limittes
of
theyr
Empyre
into
Aphrica
&
Lybia
as
farre
as
Gades
:
and
subdued
Phaenicia
and
Syria
and
all
the
Countrey
ioyning
vpon
the
Sea
coastes
.
Nowe
,
how
this
came
to
passe
,
we
wyll
declare
.
The
Caliphes
and
all
the
Saracenes
,
lulled
in
case
and
noseled
in
effeminate
nycenesse
,
(
engendred
by
the
delicious
and
tender
allurementes
of
that
pleasaunt
Clime
and
region
)
became
so
slouthfull
,
that
althoughe
they
possessed
a
most
wealthy
and
fertile
kingdome
,
yet
were
they
easie
to
bée
vanquished
and
subdued
by
any
:
and
the
Caliphes
béeyng
all
geuen
to
lust
,
Sensualitie
and
pleasures
,
tooke
no
care
to
any
thing
,
neyther
attempted
any
enterpryses
themselues
,
but
executed
and
administred
all
their
Affaires
by
a
Vicegerente
which
was
called
an
Admyrall
.
Therefore
when
as
Baldwine
King
of
Hierusalem
had
made
the
Kingdome
of
Aegypt
tributarie
vnto
him
(
which
tribute
Almericke
his
brother
and
Successour
claymed
as
due
and
payable
vnto
him
,
and
the
Aegyptians
flatly
denying
the
same
:
)
Almericke
with
an
Army
entred
into
Aegype
and
in
the
deserie
vanquished
in
battayle
Dargan
the
Admirall
of
the
Kingdome
wyth
all
his
power
,
and
compelled
him
to
flye
for
his
sauegarde
into
the
Citie
Bilbis
.
This
was
about
that
time
of
the
yéere
,
when
the
ryuer
Nile
,
by
course
had
his
yéerely
incremente
and
ouerflowed
his
Bankes
,
whose
Dammes
and
Scluses
the
Aegyptians
of
purpose
brake
downe
,
because
they
would
stoppe
Almericke
from
further
pursuite
and
victoryewherefore
laden
wyth
spoyle
and
ryche
boofyes
of
hys
enemyes
hée
retyred
backe
agayne
into
hys
owne
Countrey
and
Kingdome
,
for
feare
least
hee
wyth
hys
whole
Hoast
if
they
had
longer
raryed
,
should
haue
bene
drowned
and
swallowed
by
with
the
mercylesse
water
.
Thys
ouerthrow
and
aduerse
fortune
of
Dargan
,
gaue
occasion
to
Sanar
(
whom
the
same
Dargan
a
lyttle
before
perforce
had
displaced
and
put
out
of
the
office
and
dignitie
of
Admyrallship
,
and
caused
to
flye
for
succour
to
the
Arabians
,
hys
Tribe
fellowes
)
to
go
to
Norandine
the
Sonne
of
Sanguin
the
most
mighty
King
of
Damasco
,
by
him
to
be
shrowded
from
the
malice
of
hys
aduersary
.
that
Realme
and
Countrey
,
eftsoones
inuaded
Aegipt
and
tooke
by
force
the
Citie
Bilbis
,
shewinge
much
crueltie
with
fire
and
Sword
to
all
sortes
of
people
,
sparing
neyther
age
nor
Sex.
Wherfore
Sanar
desired
ayd
of
Norandme
,
&
vpon
promise
of
great
Summes
of
money
,
so
long
staied
and
repressed
the
impetuous
course
of
Almerick
his
victory
,
till
such
time
that
his
ayde
came
,
of
whose
comming
when
Almerick
had
vnderstandinge
,
he
raised
his
Campe
and
departed
out
of
Egipt
.
Therfore
Syracon
who
had
the
leading
and
conduct
of
Norandines
men
finding
Egipt
without
any
foraine
ayde
or
succour
marched
straight
to
Cayr
the
chéefe
&
royal
Citie
of
the
whole
realme
,
●nd
slew
Sanar
comming
out
to
parle
and
confer
with
him
.
And
when
he
had
got
the
possession
of
the
Citie
he
went
to
do
his
dutie
and
exhibit
honour
to
the
Caliph
,
of
whom
hee
was
created
Admirall
of
the
Lande
,
which
dignitie
he
enioyed
a
yéere
and
then
died
:
leauing●
behinde
him
for
his
Successoure
Saladine
his
Brothers
Sonne
,
a
man
of
a
surpassing
and
polytique
wit
,
stoute
,
valyaunt
,
Egipt
when
it
first
came
into
the
possession
of
the
Turkes
.
and
of
nature
most
franck
and
lyberall
.
Who
immediatlie
murthered
the
Caliph
with
all
his
bloud●
and
Progenie
,
to
th'
intent
he
might
alone
haue
both
the
Authorities
and
roomes
.
Thus
was
that
most
wealthye
Kingdome
brought
vnder
the
obedience
of
the
Turkes
in
the
yeere
of
our
Lorde
.
1150.
Afterward
Saladine
(
as
he
was
a
man
verye
prudent
and
wise
)
perceiuing
how
tenderlie
and
effeminately
the
Egiptians
liued
,
insomuch
that
when
any
invasion
of
foreyne
hostelitie
approched
or
were
like
to
grow
,
the
kings
were
euer
glad
and
faine
to
craue
foreygne
ayde
to
support
and
helpe
them
,
determined
with
himselfe
to
institute
some
kinde
or
order
of
warfare
and
to
trayne
vp
a
troupe
of
such
Souldiours
as
should
be
hable
at
al
brunts
and
assayes
to
be
as
a
rampire
,
or
stronge
Bulwarke
to
the
whole
kingdome
.
Perceiuing
therfore
that
the
people
bred
and
borne
in
the
Northren
quarters
were
both
a
pter
and
also
stouter
for
the
Warres
then
the
Southerne
borne
were
,
entred
into
League
with
certayne
people
inhabiting
about
Maeotis
and
Pontus
,
called
Circassians
(
of
Plinie
and
olde
writers
,
Zigians
)
and
bartered
with
them
for
an
entercourse
of
Merchaindize
betwéene
them
&
him
,
namely
that
they
should
serue
him
of
Boyes
and
young
Striplinges
at
a
certaine
price
.
Who
beynge
brought
into
Egipt
and
from
their
youth
trayned
vp
in
feates
of
chieualrie
and
warlyke
discipline
,
should
do
nothing
but
handsomely
practise
the
handeling
of
their
wepons
and
artilery
,
&
when
time
required
serue
in
warres
and
should
haue
the
ordering
of
all
honours
and
dignities
bellicall
.
For
the
Zigians
are
a
people
of
nature
verye
fierce
,
accustomed
euen
from
the
Cradle
to
abide
all
maner
of
labour
,
hardnes
and
trauell
,
inhabitinge
that
parts
of
Pontus
and
Meotis
which
is
about
the
riuer
Phasis
which
riuer
is
the
bounder
and
méere
of
Colchis
,
and
the
mouth
of
Tanais
,
which
Countrey
or
region
containeth
welnéere
500.
myles
.
These
people
dwell
not
in
Cities
and
Townes
,
These
people
were
after
called
Mamalukes
.
but
wander
and
are
dispearced
héere
and
there
without
any
certayne
habitation
from
Village
to
Village
.
Christians
they
are
by
their
profession
and
religion
,
albeit
they
vse
many
rites
vnlyke
vnto
ours
:
their
Infants
as
soone
as
they
are
borne
(
yea
though
it
he
in
the
middest
of
winter
)
they
cary
vnto
a
riuer
and
there
washe
them
.
They
are
for
the
moste
part
faire
of
complexion
and
of
comely
stature
,
the
countrey
is
fenny
and
full
of
réedes
,
whereof
they
doo
make
Houelles
and
Cotages
to
dwell
in
,
they
be
at
continuall
Warres
with
the
Tartarians
and
other
Nacions
aboute
them
.
The
Nobles
and
Gentlemen
amonge
them
neuer
goe
but
in
Armour
and
Coates
of
Fence
,
and
alwayes
ryde
Lieuetenaunt
and
chiefe
Captaine
vnder
the
Emperour
of
Tartarians
hym
ouercame
and
tooke
Prisoner
in
the
yeere
of
our
Lorde
God
.
1258.
and
caused
Mustacene
Munibila
(
who
at
that
tyme
had
that
office
and
dignitie
,
among
the
huyge
and
inestimable
heapes
of
treasure
and
ryches
which
he
had
hoorded
vp
and
miserably
scraped
together
)
to
bée
famyshed
.
After
this
,
almost
for
.
200.
yeeres
space
the
Saracenes
had
no
high
Byshoppe
,
till
at
length
in
Persia
the
lynage
and
ofspringe
of
Mahomet
beganne
againe
to
raygne
in
the
yeere
.
1480.
whyche
how
and
by
what
sort
it
came
to
passe
,
resteth
heere
to
be
shewed
and
described
.
There
was
a
certayne
Prynce
among
the
Persians
,
Lorde
of
a
Towne
called
Ardenel
,
and
his
name
was
Sophi
who
greatly
gloried
,
and
bore
himselfe
very
loftie
and
high
for
that
he
was
as
he
saide
descended
of
the
rac●
and
Pedagrewe
of
Ali
the
Sonne
in
lawe
of
Mahomet
by
Musa
Cazine
hys
Nephewe
,
of
whom
we
spake
in
the
first
Booke
.
This
felowe
nowe
séeyng
the
Babylonian
Caliphe
to
bée
slayne
,
and
the
contrarie
faction
which
the
Turkes
maynteyned
and
kept
to
bée
depressed
and
tryumphed
ouer
by
the
Tartarians
,
beganne
frankely
and
boldly
to
vtter
hys
mynde
and
opynion
concernyng
Religion
.
And
because
Hoceme
the
Sonne
of
Ali
from
whom
he
made
his
auaunt
to
bée
lineally
descended
,
had
.xij.
Sonnes
,
therefore
he
willing
to
geue
some
difference
and
token
wherby
his
Sectaries
might
be
discerned
and
knowen
from
all
others
,
commaunded
and
ordeyned
that
so
many
as
woulde
embrace
and
folowe
hys
Lore
and
Doctrine
shoulde
weare
a
purple
Rybon
or
Labell
hanging
downe
from
theyr
wreathed
Veyle
which
all
Turkes
weare
aswel
as
they
vpon
their
heades
,
called
Tulibante
,
and
the
same
in
the
middle
to
bée
reysed
vp
into
.xij.
toppes
or
heightes
wythoute
the
Tulibante
.
After
he
was
deade
,
his
sonne
Guines
succéeded
in
hys
roume
,
who
for
learnyng
and
sanctitie
gotte
suche
estimation
and
fame
throughout
the
whole
Orient
,
that
the
most
mightie
Emperoure
of
the
Parthians
,
named
Tamburlane
(
euen
he
which
tooke
Ba●azete
the
King
of
Turkes
Prysoner
)
leading
his
Army
&
passing
through
Persia
,
daygned
to
tourne
out
of
his
way
and
to
visite
as
a
man
of
most
holy
life
and
vnspotted
sanctitie
.
At
the
request
of
which
Guines
,
the
same
Tamburlane
fréely
deliuered
out
of
hys
captiuitie
.xxx.
M.
Prisoners
which
he
had
taken
in
hys
Warres
and
as
then
had
with
him
in
his
Campe
:
whom
afterward
Guines
instructed
and
trained
vp
in
hys
Sect
and
discipline
,
whoseseruice
and
helpe
Secaidar
his
Sonne
in
his
warres
afterward
vsed
.
For
he
after
the
death
of
his
father
Guines
,
reposing
his
speciall
trust
&
chiefe
strength
in
them
,
warred
vppon
the
Georgians
a
people
of
Scythia
beyng
Christians
bordering
vpon
his
Countreyes
,
and
by
their
help
afflicted
and
put
them
to
many
foyles
,
ouerthrowes
,
and
distresses
.
There
raygned
in
Persia
a
certayne
Turke
named
Mirza
Geunda
,
who
warred
wyth
Hacembecke
(
whom
some
doe
call
Assambey
)
Kyng
of
the
greater
Armenia
which
is
of
them
called
Diarbeck
,
béeyng
also
a
Turke
aswell
as
hée
:
in
whiche
Warres
Acembeck
gotte
the
vpperhande
,
and
stewe
hys
enemye
Mirza
in
Battayle
,
and
hauyng
wonne
Persia
,
because
hée
was
but
of
a
base
stocke
and
obscure
familie
and
wythout
Kinsmen
and
Allies
,
hee
meant
to
make
and
establishe
the
state
of
hys
Kyngdome
the
surer
by
linking
in
affinylie
with
some
puyssaunt
house
and
thereuppon
gaue
hys
daughter
whych
he
begat
vppon
hys
wife
the
Emperour
of
Trapezunte
hys
daughter
(
who
was
a
Christian
)
in
mariage
vnto
Secaidar
.
Beg
in
the
Turkishe
language
signifieth
a
Lorde
.
After
the
deathe
of
Hacembeck
,
succeeded
Iacob
Beg
,
whyche
worde
signifyeth
a
Lorde
.
This
Iacob
fearinge
the
great
power
of
his
Brother
in
lawe
Secaidar
(
partlye
gotten
by
his
new
Sect
,
and
partlye
by
his
Warres
with
the
Georgians
)
priuely
sent
ayd
to
his
Enemies
,
and
caused
him
to
be
slaine
.
But
his
two
sonnes
Ismahel
and
Solyman
,
he
committed
in
charge
to
one
of
his
famylyer
and
assured
Fréendes
to
carye
and
conueyghe
a
farre
of
,
vnto
Mansor
Deporna
,
Constable
of
the
Citie
of
Siracia
:
willing
and
streightlie
charging
him
to
kéepe
them
in
sure
warde
and
custodie
within
the
strong
Castell
of
Zalgah
,
which
standeth
vppon
a
high
and
inaccessible
Rock
,
till
such
time
as
by
expresse
certificate
he
should
otherwise
countremaunde
him
.
But
Mansor
taking
remorse
and
pitie
on
them
,
for
the
honor
of
Ali
(
of
whose
auncient
bloud
they
were
deriued
)
kepte
them
like
Princes
and
vsed
them
most
honourablie
,
causing
them
to
be
trained
vp
and
instructed
in
learninge
with
his
owne
Children
.
And
after
certaine
yéeres
,
An
example
of
pitie
toward
them
that
were
fatherlesse
.
falling
into
a
gréeuous
sicknesse
and
maladie
,
insomuch
that
he
saw
himselfe
not
like
any
longer
to
liue
,
and
fearing
least
his
Sonne
Caceme
beinge
a
younge
man
,
woulde
after
the
death
of
him
,
deliuer
these
young
Orphans
and
fatherlesse
Children
to
Rocene
(
which
raigned
after
his
Father
Iacob
)
furnished
them
with
money
,
Horse
and
Guides
néedfull
for
their
iourney
,
and
sent
them
home
againe
to
their
Mother
and
Kinsfolkes
.
These
Orphans
being
enformed
of
their
state
and
noble
byrth
,
and
by
what
meanes
they
had
béene
preserued
(
which
thing
before
that
present
thei
knew
nothinge
of
)
their
Kinsmen
,
Adherents
and
fauorers
,
for
their
fathers
sake
flocking
in
from
euery
part
vnto
them
.
Ismael
the
elder
of
the
twaine
,
whose
wit
was
both
more
pregnant
and
déeper
then
his
Brothers
,
(
drawne
therto
by
destiny
&
naturall
zeale
)
openlie
before
his
fréends
protested
that
he
would
neuer
rest
,
till
he
had
reuenged
the
murder
and
death
of
his
father
,
and
after
he
had
made
certaine
roades
into
the
Marches
and
Precinctes
of
the
Georgians
(
his
power
also
daylie
encreasing
)
he
named
himselfe
Protectoure
of
Ali
his
doctrine
and
defendour
of
all
his
authorities
;
and
therwithall
denounced
open
Warre
vpon
Rocene
King
of
Persia
and
all
his
pertakers
.
And
because
he
had
xij
Brothers
,
which
contended
with
him
for
the
succession
of
the
Crowne
,
he
flew
him
and
al
the
rest
,
sauing
only
Marabeck
.
This
Marabeck
fledde
to
Solyman
Prince
of
Turks
,
and
requested
his
ayde
,
wherupon
ensued
much
trouble
and
great
Warres
betwéene
the
Othomannians
and
Sophians
.
But
before
he
had
obtained
any
ayde
of
the
Turkes
to
succour
him
,
Ismael
had
wonne
not
onely
al
Persia
,
but
also
atchieued
and
won
many
notable
victories
of
the
Tartarians
.
The
kinges
of
Persia
be
right
saracenes
.
And
thus
the
Saracenes
expulsing
the
Turks
,
began
agayne
to
raigne
in
Persia
,
in
the
yéere
after
the
natiuitie
of
our
Sauiour
Christe
1500.
and
there
do
raigne
tyll
this
day
.
And
the
Turkes
with
all
their
powers
together
hauing
conquered
all
the
Romane
Prouinces
in
Asia
as
farre
as
the
Sea
,
distributed
and
cast
lottes
for
the
same
among
themselues
,
in
which
distribution
and
Lotterie
,
the
maigne
countrey
of
Phrygia
as
far
as
Philadelphia
,
and
néere
to
Antioch
(
situate
vpon
the
riuer
Meander
)
fell
vnto
Carman
Alisure
,
whereof
the
Countrie
was
afterwarde
named
Caramania
.
All
from
thence
to
Smyrna
and
the
inner
Coast
of
Ionia
,
happened
vnto
one
Sarcane
.
Magnesia
,
Priene
and
Ephesus
were
allotted
vnto
Sasan
.
From
Lydya
and
Aetolia
to
Mysia
situate
by
Hellespont
,
Calames
and
his
Sonne
Cerasus
enioyed
.
From
the
riuer
Sangar
to
Paphlagonia
,
the
Sonnes
of
Armurius
parted
among
them
.
All
within
Olympus
and
the
whole
Countrey
of
Bythinia
,
fell
vnto
Atman
,
otherwise
named
Othoman
,
(
of
whose
race
the
Emperours
of
Turkes
which
euer
since
and
now
at
this
day
raigne
in
Turkye
and
lineally
descended
)
in
the
yéere
of
our
saluation
1300.
Albert
the
firste
of
that
name
,
descended
of
the
house
of
Austrich
being
then
Caesar
and
Emperour
of
Germanie
.
And
from
this
Othoman
,
Laonicus
Chalcondyla
an
Athenian
,
Paulus
Iouius
and
other
both
Gréeke
and
Latine
Turcographers
doo
beginne
their
Histories
:
wherfore
to
auoyd
tediousnes
,
least
after
Homere
,
wee
shoulde
seeme
to
write
an
other
Ilias
,
héere
we
make
an
ende
.
FINIS
.
¶
A
Summarie
or
breefe
Chronicle
of
Saracens
and
Turkes
,
continued
from
the
birthe
of
Mahomet
,
their
first
péeuish
Prophet
and
Founder
,
till
this
present
yeere
.
1575
MAhomet
the
Sonne
of
Abedela
and
Emma
,
of
the
ligne
of
Ismael
,
was
borne
at
Itraripe
in
Arabia
,
in
the
time
that
Maurice
was
Emperoure
and
Gregory
the
first
,
Pope
of
Rome
.
Mahomet
patched
together
his
Alcorane
,
(
a
Booke
containing
his
pestilent
doctrine
&
grosse
opinions
)
through
the
instinction
and
procurement
of
two
hereticall
Monkes
.
Iohn
of
Antioch
and
Sergius
of
Italy
.
And
therewith
seducing
the
light
brayned
Arabians
and
other
fickle
minded
people
of
Asia
,
called
them
Saracens
.
At
the
age
of
xl
.
yéeres
he
dyed
,
and
was
burried
in
Mecha
a
Citie
of
Persia
.
Hierusalem
after
it
had
bene
besteged
by
the
Saracens
the
full
space
of
two
yéeres
,
was
taken
and
spoyled
.
All
Syria
ouerrunne
and
wasted
by
the
Saracenes
.
The
Saracenes
reuolted
from
the
Emperoure
of
Romanes
.
Antioch
destroyed
by
Saracenes
,
Damascus
taken
,
Phaenicia
inuaded
,
and
Egipt
subdued
.
The
Saracenes
wanne
the
greatest
part
of
Africa
and
layed
it
to
their
Empyre
.
The
moste
Noble
I
le
of
Rhodes
inuaded
by
the
Saracenes
and
taken
:
out
of
whiche
they
caryed
awaye
with
them
great
abundaunce
of
Golde
,
and
a
Noble
Image
of
the
Sunne
,
called
a
Colosse
,
whiche
was
in
height
.
110.
foote
.
The
Brasse
therof
being
solde
to
the
Iewes
,
was
as
much
as
900
Camelles
coulde
carye
away
.
They
practyzed
outragious
Pyracie
on
the
Aegean
Sea
,
and
did
much
harme
to
the
Isles
called
Cyclades
.
The
Saracens
discomfited
Olympius
the
Exarch
of
Italy
with
all
his
Hoast
in
Sicilie
.
Constantine
the
fourth
,
entred
into
league
with
Muchamed
King
of
Saracens
vpon
condition
that
the
Saracens
shuld
pay
a
great
Summe
of
Gold
to
the
Romanes
,
with
a
goodly
Horse
and
a
Childe
of
noble
byrth
.
The
Saracens
rushed
into
Sicilie
,
and
after
they
had
taken
Syracuse
and
wasted
the
whole
Countrey
,
they
returned
backe
to
Alexandria
.
Constantinople
was
besieged
by
the
Saracens
,
vnto
which
,
they
gaue
sundry
assaultes
but
al
in
vaine
:
wherefore
they
shipped
themselues
entending
to
haue
returned
home
,
but
the
greater
part
of
them
through
Shipwracke
perished
by
the
way
.
The
Romanes
ouercame
the
Saracens
,
and
slewe
of
them
.
30000.
Peace
the
second
time
was
made
betwene
the
Romanes
and
the
Saracens
for
xxx
.
yéeres
,
vpon
condition
,
that
the
Saracens
should
pay
yéerely
to
the
Romanes
.
3000.
li.
of
Gold
,
50.
noble
Prisoners
and
as
many
Horses
.
The
Saracens
in
the
reigne
of
their
King
Ammirath
,
inuaded
Africa
and
Lybia
,
&
caryed
away
many
spoiles
.
After
the
death
of
Constantine
,
the
Emperour
Iustinian
entred
into
league
with
the
Saracens
vpon
these
conditions
,
that
they
shoulde
restore
vnto
the
Empyre
,
Africa
and
Lybia
,
and
pay
euery
day
for
the
space
of
ten
yéeres
,
a
thousande
Crownes
,
a
Horse
,
and
a
Childe
of
noble
byrthe
,
in
the
name
of
a
Tribute
.
Iustinian
breaking
this
League
,
and
ioyning
battayle
with
the
Saracens
,
receyued
at
theyr
handes
much
harme
and
great
ouerthrowes
.
The
Saracens
putting
the
Romanes
to
flight
,
greatly
enhaunced
their
name
and
authoritie
:
contrariwise
,
the
dignitie
of
the
Romanes
therby
greatly
decayed
.
Abimelech
King
of
Saracens
,
inuading
Africa
,
enioyed
not
his
victory
there
long
.
The
Romans
spoyling
Syria
,
discomfited
.
200000.
Saracenes
.
While
Iustinian
and
Leontius
were
striuing
for
the
Empire
,
the
Saracens
againe
inuader
〈◊〉
The
Saracens
sayling
out
of
Lybia
,
thus
yéere
set
first
foote
into
Spaine
,
wasting
Aragon
,
Betica
and
Lusitanie
.
The
Saracens
of
Asia
,
landed
at
Constantinople
with
300.
Saile
,
and
fiercely
besieged
the
same
both
by
Sea
and
lande
.
The
same
yéere
in
Bulgaria
there
were
slaine
.
22000.
Saracens
.
Zulcemō
King
of
Saracens
,
dyed
in
his
Camp
before
Constantinople
,
in
whose
place
succéeded
Amirath
.
During
this
Siege
of
Constantinople
,
many
of
the
Saracens
dyed
of
famyne
,
plague
and
colde
.
They
that
remained
alyue
meaning
to
retourne
home
,
by
tempest
on
the
Sea
and
Lightening
,
perished
,
being
partly
consumed
by
fire
and
partly
drowned
in
the
waters
:
insomuch
that
of
their
whole
fléete
which
was
.
3000.
Shippes
more
and
lesse
,
there
escaped
but
only
fiue
.
This
Siege
lasted
fully
two
yeeres
.
The
same
yeere
the
Saracens
thinking
to
recouer
some
of
theyr
former
losses
,
wyth
a
huyge
Army
entred
into
Spayne
,
and
spoyled
all
the
Countrey
sauing
onely
Gallicia
.
Abidimar
Capitaine
of
the
Saracens
in
Africa
,
sacked
and
spoyled
Burdeaux
a
Citie
of
Fraunce
,
and
remoouing
thence
to
Poytiers
,
was
mette
withall
and
repressed
by
Charles
Martellus
.
Their
Captaine
and
Prince
Abidimar
being
slaine
,
the
Saracens
for
a
while
were
quiet
and
medled
not
with
any
moe
warres
.
The
Saracenes
bringyng
wyth
them
theyr
wyues
,
Children
and
whole
Householde
,
entred
a
freshe
into
Fraunce
,
as
thoughe
they
had
meant
there
continuallye
to
haue
dwelled
,
and
planted
themselues
for
euer
.
Wyth
them
,
Charles
the
Great
ioyned
Battayle
,
hauyng
the
ayde
of
the
Frenche
Nation
,
and
slewe
of
them
.
380000.
and
loste
of
his
owne
men
onely
1500
Souldiours
.
Charles
King
of
Fraunce
,
by
hys
valiaunt
Knyghthood
delyuered
out
of
the
handes
of
the
Saracens
,
the
noble
Citie
of
Auinion
,
whyche
they
had
before
guilefully
surprized
.
Charles
restored
many
other
Cityes
to
peace
and
libertie
,
expulsing
out
the
Saracens
:
slaying
Amorrheus
one
of
their
Captaines
,
&
putting
Athine
another
of
their
Guydes
to
flight
.
The
same
Charles
by
helpe
of
Luitprand
Kinge
of
Lumbardie
,
draue
and
expulsed
all
the
Saracens
out
of
Fraunce
.
Constantinus
Copronymus
Emperour
of
Constantinople
furnished
out
a
Nauie
against
the
Saracenes
in
Aegypt
.
The
Saracens
in
the
East
were
euer
wynning
somewhat
that
belonged
to
the
Romans
and
layed
it
to
theyr
owne
Empyre
,
by
meanes
that
the
Romanes
disagreed
among
themselues
,
and
bent
themselues
only
against
the
French
Kings
.
Charles
the
Great
,
had
a
noble
victorie
agaynst
the
Saracenes
in
Spaine
.
Rowlande
in
combate
ouercame
a
Saracen
that
often
chalenged
the
Christians
.
Through
which
Victorie
and
vpperhande
,
he
made
the
waye
the
easyer
for
the
rest
of
his
fréendes
and
Countreymen
to
wynne
the
victorie
.
Leo
the
fourthe
Emperour
made
a
voyage
against
the
Saracens
in
Syria
.
Aaron
Prince
of
Saracens
wyth
300000
lyght
Horsemen
inuaded
Nicephorus
Emperour
of
Constantinople
,
and
made
hym
glad
to
become
Tributarie
,
and
to
accepte
such
offers
as
greatly
mislyked
and
diseased
hym
,
but
there
was
no
remedy
.
Sardinia
and
Corsica
two
Islandes
,
were
spoited
by
the
Saracens
.
The
Saracens
wanne
the
Ile
of
Crete
,
and
ouercame
the
Gréekes
in
two
Battayles
.
The
Saracens
of
Asia
rushed
into
Palestina
,
and
they
of
Africa
into
Sicilie
.
Boniface
Countee
of
Corsica
,
hauing
no
helpe
of
the
Chrystians
sauyng
onely
the
Hetrurians
,
sayled
into
Africa
:
and
in
foure
Battayles
,
betweene
Carthage
and
Vtica
,
had
of
them
the
Victorie
and
vpperhand
,
and
so
feared
the
Saracenes
wyth
the
terrour
of
his
onely
name
,
that
they
were
faine
to
depart
out
of
Sicilie
,
and
get
them
home
to
defend
theyr
owne
.
Many
Countreyes
receyued
greate
damage
at
the
handes
of
the
Saracenes
,
and
manye
Cyties
for
feare
,
in
euery
quarter
fledde
and
submitted
themselues
vnto
them
.
Saba
Kynge
of
Moores
and
Capitayne
of
the
Saracenes
wasted
Sicilie
and
all
the
Countrey
about
Crotona
,
and
tooke
Tarento
:
agaynst
whom
,
Theophilus
the
Emperour
and
the
Venetian
fleete
stoode
at
resiststaunce
,
but
all
in
vaine
.
The
Saracenes
inuadyng
Hetruria
and
Latium
,
spoyled
and
sacked
Rome
:
but
before
theyr
retourne
home
,
the
greatest
parte
of
them
perished
by
Shypwrecke
.
Hauyng
wasted
Illyrium
and
Dalmatia
,
they
coasted
alonge
the
Adrian
Sea
,
and
burned
Ancona
a
Citie
of
Picene
,
after
they
had
taken
the
spoyle
thereof
.
Leo
the
fourth
,
Pope
of
Rome
,
compelled
the
residue
of
the
Saracens
to
packe
oute
of
the
Hauen
of
Ostia
,
and
strengthened
all
the
Countrey
beyonde
Tyber
againste
them
.
The
Saracens
agayne
(
onely
for
bootie
and
spoyle
)
brake
into
Italie
,
and
wasted
with
fire
and
sword
all
the
Countrey
aboute
Beneuent
by
the
Samnytes
.
But
by
King
Ludouick
and
Kinge
Lotharius
they
were
put
to
flight
.
The
Saracens
renewed
Warres
with
the
Persians
:
The
Persians
through
the
help
of
the
Turkish
Souldyours
(
at
that
time
the
Turkes
inhabited
Mount
Caucasus
and
were
called
Tartarians
)
ouercame
them
.
Euer
after
from
that
time
,
the
Turkes
neuer
left
Asia
,
and
not
onely
encroched
vpon
the
Domynions
of
the
Saracens
,
but
also
were
called
by
the
same
name
as
they
were
.
After
the
Saracenes
had
enioyed
Sicilie
xlvii
.
yéeres
,
they
were
thence
cleane
expulsed
.
Charles
surnamed
the
Thicke
,
repulsed
the
Saracens
breaking
into
Italy
.
Nicetes
one
of
the
Capitaines
of
the
Constantinopolitane
Emperoure
,
had
a
notable
victorie
ouer
the
Saracens
The
Saracens
inuaded
Puell
and
Calabria
.
At
Lyris
a
riuer
of
Campania
,
the
Saracens
as
they
were
spoylynge
the
Cities
belonginge
to
the
Romans
,
were
ouercome
.
The
Saracens
breaking
out
of
Fraxinete
,
came
as
far
as
Aquisgrane
where
encountringe
with
the
Inhabytantes
,
they
were
vtterly
destroyed
and
Sagitus
theyr
Capitaine
slayne
.
The
Saracens
spoyled
Geane
a
Citie
of
Liguria
,
and
with
great
booties
retourned
into
Afryca
.
Hugh
King
of
Italie
wanne
Fraxinete
,
and
burned
the
Nauie
of
the
Saracens
.
Ramyre
King
of
Gallyce
,
discomfited
a
great
Armye
of
Saracenes
in
Spayne
.
The
Saracenes
committing
many
murthers
and
firyngs
in
Calabria
,
Puell
and
Lucania
,
by
the
Knightlye
prowesse
of
Alberick
Marquesse
of
Hetruria
were
repressed
,
and
néere
to
Minturne
in
Campania
by
the
Ryuer
Lyris
vanquished
.
There
intentes
were
to
haue
come
to
Rome
.
The
Saracenes
by
force
kéeping
the
Mount
Garganus
made
out
of
it
many
Roades
into
the
Countrey
néere
adioyninge
,
and
burned
Beneuent
.
Otho
the
first
,
Emperour
of
Germanes
,
draue
the
Saracenes
out
of
Italie
,
and
dispossessed
them
cleane
out
of
their
holde
in
Mount
Garganus
.
The
Saracenes
recouered
Consentia
,
out
of
the
which
a
litle
before
they
were
throwen
out
by
the
Hungarians
.
The
I
le
of
Crete
taken
from
the
Saracenes
.
Otho
the
seconde
,
receiued
a
great
ouerthrowe
at
the
handes
of
the
Saracenes
,
in
a
battayle
fought
with
them
in
Calabria
the
Ides
of
Iulie
,
with
whom
the
Greekes
had
stricken
a
League
and
ioyned
powers
.
His
stoutest
souldiours
and
Capitaines
being
in
this
conflict
slaine
,
he
himselfe
had
much
a
doo
by
flight
to
saue
himselfe
.
Alphonsus
King
of
Spaine
,
besiedging
a
stronge
holde
of
the
Saracens
called
Viseum
,
was
wounded
with
an
Arrowe
and
therof
dyed
.
The
Saracens
deuidinge
their
hoast
into
two
partes
,
landed
in
Italie
,
tooke
Capua
and
besieged
Barum
.
The
Saracenes
of
Asia
tooke
Hierusalem
.
Henry
the
second
Emperour
of
Germanes
,
draue
the
Saracens
out
of
Capua
,
and
persecuted
with
gréeuous
Warre
certayne
Capitaines
which
fauored
their
side
.
The
Egiptian
Caliph
,
through
the
ayd
of
an
army
of
Saracens
and
Turks
(
which
then
ruled
all
the
roast
in
Persia
)
spoyled
the
Temple
of
our
Lord
at
Hierusalem
.
Baldwyne
after
.xviij.
monthes
Imprisonment
,
deceyued
his
kéepers
and
escaping
out
of
Prison
,
retourned
to
his
owne
people
.
Dominicus
Michael
Duke
of
Venice
with
a
well
furnished
Nauie
,
greatly
annoyed
the
Saracenes
in
Syria
.
To
the
Venetians
for
their
worthy
seruice
and
valiauntnes
were
graunted
sundry
great
Priuiledges
.
An
Army
of
400000
men
set
vpon
the
Christians
and
were
encountred
withall
by
3000.
Christians
:
who
thorow
the
goodnes
of
God
,
slew
of
their
Enemies
with
the
sworde
7000
,
and
5000
drowned
,
so
that
the
victorye
fell
to
the
Christians
.
In
Syria
the
Christians
discomfited
the
Saracens
in
two
notable
ouerthrowes
:
in
the
first
conflict
2500
of
them
were
slaine
.
In
the
other
,
although
both
Armies
were
afflicted
,
yet
the
Christians
obteined
the
victory
.
The
king
of
Ascalon
was
by
Baldwine
repressed
,
and
the
king
of
Damascus
in
thrée
battailes
ouercome
.
After
the
death
of
Baldwine
the
third
king
of
Hierusalem
,
Fulco
was
made
the
fourth
king
.
The
Erle
of
Tripolis
by
treason
was
slaine
,
king
Fulco
was
put
to
flight
by
his
Enemies
and
condiscended
to
very
hard
conditions
,
to
be
clearely
deliuered
from
siege
.
The
Christians
coaped
in
fight
with
the
Egyptians
and
were
superiours
.
Ascalon
was
recouered
by
the
Christians
.
Fulco
the
fourth
king
of
Hierusalem
in
hunting
the
Hare
and
ryding
fast
after
the
game
,
through
a
fall
from
hys
horse
dyed
:
after
whom
succéeded
his
Sonne
Baldwine
who
was
the
fift
king
.
The
Citie
Edessa
and
almost
all
Mesopotamia
was
wonne
by
the
Saracens
&
Alaph
Captaine
of
the
Turks
,
which
now
were
of
great
name
and
power
in
the
East
:
where
they
kylled
without
all
mercy
a
wonderfull
number
of
Christians
,
rauishing
mens
wiues
in
the
Church
of
Saint
Iohn
Baptiste
,
&
in
despight
of
Christianitie
euen
vpon
the
Alter
.
Baldwine
the
thirde
of
that
name
,
and
the
fifte
king
of
Hierusalem
,
conquered
Gaza
and
Ascalon
and
cast
out
al
the
Saracens
.
And
at
Hierico
he
ouercame
and
put
to
flight
Norandine
Maister
of
the
Chiualry
of
Damascus
and
slue
5000.
of
his
enemyes
.
Manuel
Emperour
of
Constantinople
with
muche
ouersight
and
negligence
led
through
daungerous
wayes
and
desert
places
his
Christian
Hostes
against
the
Saracens
,
insomuch
that
for
scarcitie
of
vittayles
and
other
necessaries
,
they
could
atchiue
no
notable
enterprise
against
the
myscreaunt
people
.
Roger
King
of
Sicilie
and
Normannes
,
made
the
Africane
Saracens
tributarie
to
him
for
.xxx.
yéeres
,
and
tooke
their
king
Prisoner
.
This
yéere
Conrade
the
second
,
Emperour
,
leuyed
a
great
power
against
the
Saracens
,
against
whom
he
had
in
battaile
but
ill
successe
.
Lewys
King
of
Fraunce
,
assembled
a
mightie
Armie
to
go
against
the
Infideles
.
Out
of
England
,
Flaunders
and
Loraine
were
furnished
out
200
saile
against
the
Saracens
.
This
yéere
Conrade
the
Emperour
passing
ouer
Bosphorus
without
anye
resistaunce
,
came
néere
to
his
enemies
:
but
for
want
of
victuals
and
(
as
some
say
)
his
corne
being
corrupted
and
mingled
with
lyme
and
plaister
,
he
was
glad
to
stay
himselfe
and
go
no
further
and
to
bring
backe
his
Armye
.
The
Saracens
vnderstanding
hereof
,
set
vpon
them
behind
and
slue
of
them
certain
thousands
.
The
same
yéere
the
French
king
came
to
the
Emperour
to
aide
him
:
but
by
reason
that
his
Army
was
greatly
distressed
and
pynched
with
famine
,
he
could
bring
no
notable
atchieuaunce
to
passe
.
The
same
time
,
the
Venetians
with
a
well
furnished
Nauie
went
into
Asia
,
to
aide
the
Emperour
against
the
Saracens
.
The
Spanyardes
expulsing
the
Saracens
,
recouered
Almaria
and
Tortosa
,
two
goodly
embattailed
Cities
.
The
same
yeere
,
Damascus
was
besieged
by
the
Syrians
,
Frenchmen
,
and
Hierosolymitanes
,
and
the
Vamures
thereof
defaced
.
And
when
they
were
euen
at
the
poynt
to
haue
wonne
the
Citie
and
subdued
the
Saracenes
,
the
chiefe
Princes
and
Capitaines
disagreyng
and
fallyng
out
amonge
themselues
,
called
theyr
owne
Souldiours
euery
man
together
,
and
departed
thence
,
leauing
the
siege
.
Raymund
King
of
Antioch
with
hys
whole
Hoast
was
discomfyted
by
the
Saracens
,
who
spoyled
all
hys
Countrey
.
Antioch
it selfe
by
the
Kinge
of
Hierusalem
was
hardly
rescued
and
saued
.
Baldwine
King
of
Hierusalem
,
discomfited
the
Aegiptians
and
Babilonians
.
The
Saracenes
draue
the
Spanyardes
by
force
of
Armes
out
of
Almaria
.
Baldwine
set
at
libertie
and
restored
many
Cities
,
expulsing
thence
the
Saracens
.
Baldwine
dyed
,
and
in
his
stéede
reigned
hys
brother
Almericke
,
the
fixt
king
of
Hierusalem
.
Almericke
in
Aegypt
obteined
a
noble
victorie
.
The
same
king
besieged
Damiata
:
but
in
th'
ende
he
agreed
to
a
peace
vppon
conditions
neither
honorable
nor
profitable
.
The
Saracenes
of
Africa
made
manye
Roades
into
Spaine
.
Almericke
King
of
Hierusalem
dyed
of
an
Ague
:
And
his
sonne
Baldwine
was
annoynted
the
seuenth
king
.
Baldwine
in
two
battailes
vanquished
Saladine
Kyng
of
Aegypt
,
and
brought
much
treasure
into
Hierusalem
.
The
Daughter
of
the
king
of
Saracens
being
maryed
to
Prince
Pagane
,
was
taken
prisoner
on
the
Sea
,
by
the
King
of
Sicilie
,
in
hir
voyage
and
iourney
homewarde
to
hir
husband
.
Thys
yeere
,
the
Christians
in
Hierusalem
were
ouercome
.
Mausamunth
king
of
the
Saracens
with
great
costes
and
charges
repayred
Carthage
.
Baldwine
the
.vij.
king
of
Hierusalem
,
beyng
infected
with
Leprosie
dyed
.
His
Nephew
Baldwine
,
his
Sisters
sonne
was
elected
king
after
him
,
but
by
frouning
destenies
he
was
kepte
backe
from
his
dignitie
.
After
whom
succéeded
the
.viij.
king
Guye
of
Lesingham
.
Betweene
this
Guye
kyng
of
Hierusalem
and
Raymund
Earle
of
Tripolis
,
there
arose
dissension
and
hartburning
whiche
was
the
cause
,
that
the
Christians
were
brought
into
extreme
daunger
.
The
Christians
ioyning
battayle
with
the
Armye
of
Saladine
,
had
a
lamentable
ouerthrow
.
In
this
battayle
were
slaine
20500.
Christians
.
King
Guye
was
taken
Prisoner
,
and
the
Erle
of
Tripolis
,
dyed
sodainly
.
Hierusalem
hauing
now
bene
enioyed
and
possessed
by
the
Christians
.
lxxxbiij
.
was
this
yéere
by
surrendrie
deliuered
vp
to
the
king
of
Saracens
,
and
the
Christians
there
expelled
,
the
second
day
of
October
.
This
yéere
all
Iurie
was
wonne
from
the
Christians
by
the
Saracens
:
the
Cities
of
Tyre
,
Tripolis
and
Antioche
being
with
much
a
doe
and
hardly
kept
.
Fridericke
Emperour
of
Romans
with
his
sonne
Fridericke
,
Philip
king
of
Fraunce
,
Richarde
king
of
England
with
manye
other
Princes
and
Nobles
,
assembling
their
Parliamentes
,
decreed
&
throughly
determyned
to
ayde
the
Christians
in
Iurie
.
Great
preparation
was
made
for
this
voyage
.
Fridericke
leadyng
hys
Armie
into
Syria
,
and
wynning
the
lesse
Armenia
,
went
in
the
hoate
time
of
Sommer
,
into
the
Riuer
Selephus
to
bathe
&
washe
himselfe
,
where
by
misfortune
he
was
drowned
.
Lewes
Kinge
of
Fraunce
,
went
with
an
Armye
toward
the
holy
Land
,
with
entent
,
to
supplant
the
Saracenes
and
relieue
the
Christians
.
The
sayd
King
Lewes
,
ioyning
battayle
with
the
Saracenes
,
brought
vnder
his
subiection
Damiata
a
populous
citie
and
curiouslye
embatteyled
.
The
same
King
Lewes
,
in
a
terible
conflict
at
Faramia
was
taken
prisoner
by
the
Saracens
,
with
his
two
brethren
Charles
and
Alphonse
.
Wherevpon
Damiata
was
redeliuered
into
the
hands
of
the
Saracens
,
whereby
he
saued
his
owne
lyfe
and
his
fréendes
,
and
was
delyuered
out
of
Prison
.
This
kinge
was
taken
the
fifte
day
of
Aprill
.
The
Saracens
lost
the
Ile
called
Baleares
,
which
the
Duke
of
Aragon
subdued
.
The
kinges
of
Spaine
fallynge
at
variaunce
and
discord
,
the
one
brother
fled
into
Fraunce
to
craue
ayde
,
the
other
into
Africa
to
desire
assistaunce
of
the
Saracens
against
his
owne
brother
,
whereby
they
wrought
much
scath
both
to
themselues
and
to
their
countrey
.
Deadly
hatred
and
grudge
fell
betwéene
the
Venetians
and
the
Genoways
,
whereby
the
Christians
inhabyting
Ptolomais
and
Tyre
were
gréeuously
afflicted
.
The
Saracens
draue
the
christians
cleane
out
of
Siria
.
Antioch
was
sacked
by
Bodegar
the
Sultane
.
Yet
againe
,
Lewes
the
french
kinge
with
his
thrée
Sonnes
sayled
into
Africa
against
the
Saracens
with
a
great
power
.
Where
by
his
knightly
prowesse
he
had
the
victorie
of
them
and
besieged
Carthage
:
but
by
reason
of
the
vnholsome
countrey
and
chaunge
of
ayre
,
the
pestilence
infected
his
Hoast
,
wherof
the
king
himself
dyed
,
and
his
sonne
Iohn
also
,
and
then
brake
vp
the
siege
.
The
Armenians
and
Scythians
at
Gamala
a
citie
of
Iurie
were
destroyed
by
the
Saracens
,
with
the
citie
also
.
The
citie
Tripolis
was
taken
&
fiered
by
the
Sultan
of
Aegipt
,
and
the
Christians
in
most
cruell
wyse
slayne
,
or
els
caryed
away
captiue
.
The
cities
of
Tyre
,
Sydon
,
Tripolis
and
Bericus
,
by
the
same
Sultan
,
were
fiered
&
rased
euen
with
the
ground
.
Ptolomais
also
being
afore
a
place
of
refuge
for
the
dispearsed
christians
,
was
taken
without
any
resistance
and
destroyed
,
and
the
very
foundations
digged
vp
.
The
christians
which
fled
away
and
for
sooke
the
citie
,
in
their
way
toward
Crete
perished
by
shipwrack
and
were
drowned
.
And
thus
were
the
Christians
vtterly
chased
out
of
syria
190
yéeres
after
they
wan
it
vnder
Godfrey
of
Bolleine
.
The
kingdome
of
Turkes
.
OThoman
a
man
of
obscure
byrth
&
very
ambicious
,
growing
in
great
wealth
&
riches
by
spoyle
and
robberie
,
was
the
first
that
tooke
vpon
him
,
the
name
of
Kinge
of
Turks
.
He
within
x.
yéeres
space
subdued
to
his
seigniorye
a
great
part
of
Bythinia
&
other
countreis
about
the
Euxine
Sea
,
whose
generation
since
,
hath
wrought
much
mischiefe
to
Christendome
.
The
I
le
of
Rhodes
was
won
from
the
Sar.
by
the
hospitelers
.
Alphonse
King
of
Castile
in
a
notable
conflict
ouercame
the
Saracens
,
and
tooke
two
mighty
cities
.
Othoman
king
of
Turks
dyed
and
after
him
succéeded
Orchanes
his
Sonne
,
the
second
king
of
that
Nacion
.
While
Cantacuzen
&
Paleologus
contended
for
the
Empire
of
Constantinople
,
Orchanes
by
force
wan
the
most
noble
citie
of
Prusia
.
Orchanes
in
a
battayle
against
the
Tartarians
(
for
so
ar
the
Scythians
called
)
lost
the
féeld
and
was
with
many
of
his
army
slaine
.
After
him
succéeded
Amurathes
the
third
kinge
of
Turkes
.
Amurathes
through
the
couetousnes
and
treason
of
the
Genowais
(
lending
their
ships
vnto
him
)
passed
the
streicts
of
Hellespont
to
Abydus
,
where
he
conquered
the
cities
of
Philippople
and
Hadrianople
vnto
his
subiection
.
This
Ammurathes
inuaded
Seruia
and
Bulgaria
,
conquered
them
from
the
Christians
,
and
at
the
same
tyme
tooke
and
slue
Lazarus
King
of
Seruia
.
Ammurathes
inuading
the
higher
Mysia
,
was
thrust
into
the
flanke
with
a
Dagger
,
by
one
that
was
a
faithful
seruaunt
to
the
aboue
named
King
Lazarus
,
(
whose
pretence
was
to
reuenge
his
maisters
death
)
of
the
whiche
wound
he
dyed
.
After
Ammurathes
thus
slaine
,
Baiazeth
his
sonne
,
obteyned
the
kingdome
,
&
was
the
fourth
king
of
Turkes
,
and
slue
his
owne
brother
.
Marke
Cratenique
king
of
Bulgaria
,
with
all
the
nobilitie
of
his
realme
,
was
vanquished
in
battayle
by
Baiazeth
.
He
spoyled
Bosna
Croacia
,
Illyria
,
Albania
and
Walachia
,
kyllyng
many
thousandes
of
Christians
,
being
partly
slaine
and
partly
caryed
into
captiuitie
.
Constantinople
was
afflicted
and
besieged
fully
.viij.
yéeres
by
this
vnmercifull
Tyraunt
the
Turkish
king
.
The
Lordes
of
England
and
Fraunce
at
the
instance
of
the
Genowayes
ioyning
with
them
,
made
a
voyage
into
Africa
against
the
Saracenes
and
compelled
them
to
restore
and
set
at
liberty
the
Christian
Prisoners
liuing
among
them
,
and
to
pay
10000
Crownes
.
The
Walachians
craued
ayde
of
the
Turkes
against
the
Hungarians
,
whom
(
notwithstanding
)
the
Hungarians
vanquished
and
put
to
flight
.
The
Christians
and
the
Turks
mette
and
ioyned
battayle
at
Nicopolis
,
vpon
the.
28
day
of
September
.
But
the
victorie
fell
to
Baiazeth
who
had
there
300000.
stoute
fighting
men
well
appoynted
,
wherof
60000
were
horsemen
.
The
Army
of
the
Christians
(
being
French
&
Hungarians
)
was
not
aboue
.
lxxx
.
thousande
,
among
whom
there
were
about
.xx.
M.
Horsemen
.
The
French
Capitaines
were
in
a
maner
all
taken
Prisoners
,
Sigismund
the
king
of
Hungarie
himselfe
escaped
hardly
by
flight
.
In
this
battaile
were
slaine
of
Christians
20000.
and
of
Turkes
60000.
This
lamentable
ouerthrowe
happened
throughe
the
discorde
of
the
Christian
Host
among
themselues
,
by
reason
that
one
whyle
the
Frenche
and
another
while
the
Hungarians
claimed
the
first
onset
and
the
leading
of
the
Vauntgard
.
After
this
battaile
the
Turke
retyred
backe
to
the
siege
of
Constantinople
.
Tamburlane
Kyng
of
Scythia
,
a
man
of
obscure
byrthe
and
Pedagrew
,
grew
to
such
power
,
that
he
maynteined
in
his
Court
daily
attending
on
him
,
a
thousand
and
CC
,
Horsemen
.
This
Prince
inuadyng
the
Turkes
dominions
in
Asia
with
an
innumerable
multitude
of
armed
Souldiours
,
in
the
confynes
of
Gallitia
and
Bithynia
,
néere
to
Mount
Stella
,
gaue
to
the
Turke
a
sore
battaile
,
in
the
which
,
he
slew
of
them
two
hundreth
thousand
.
He
tooke
Baiazeth
the
Great
Turke
Prisoner
,
and
kepte
hym
in
a
Cage
,
tyed
and
bounde
wyth
golden
Chaynes
.
When
so
euer
hee
tooke
Horse
,
he
caused
the
sayde
Baiazeth
to
be
brought
out
of
hys
Cage
,
&
vsed
his
necke
as
a
Styrrope
:
and
in
this
sorte
caryed
hym
throughout
all
Asia
in
mockage
and
derysion
.
He
vanquished
the
Persians
,
ouercame
the
Medians
,
subdued
the
Armenians
,
and
spoiled
all
Aegypt
.
He
built
a
Citie
and
called
it
Marchantum
,
wherein
he
kept
all
his
Prisoners
,
and
enriched
the
same
with
the
spoyles
of
all
such
Cities
as
he
conquered
.
It
is
reported
in
Histories
,
that
in
his
hoast
he
had
an
incredible
number
of
thousands
,
he
vsed
commonly
to
haue
xij
.
hundreth
thousand
vnder
him
in
Campe
.
When
he
cam
in
sight
of
his
enemies
,
his
custome
was
to
set
vp
thrée
sortes
of
Pauylions
or
Tentes
:
the
first
,
was
white
,
signifying
therby
to
his
Enemyes
,
that
if
at
that
shew
,
they
would
yelde
,
there
was
hope
of
grace
and
mercye
at
hys
handes
:
the
next
was
redde
,
whereby
he
signified
bloude
and
flame
:
&
lastly
blacke
,
which
betokened
vtter
subuersion
&
mercilesse
hauocke
of
all
things
for
their
contempt
.
The
same
yéere
Walachia
,
Transyluania
,
Moldauia
and
all
the
Region
beyonde
the
ryuer
of
Danowe
,
by
procurement
of
Stephan
Vaiuoda
their
Captaine
,
sediciously
mutyned
and
stirred
vprores
,
against
Sigismund
.
Whereby
all
men
might
perceiue
and
vnderstande
,
that
the
same
Vaiuoda
was
the
very
Authour
of
the
late
discomfiture
,
in
procuring
the
Turkes
to
come
thither
.
Cyriscelebes
(
whom
some
do
call
Calepine
)
after
that
the
Great
Turke
his
father
was
taken
prisoner
and
his
Host
vanquished
by
Tamburlane
the
Scythian
King
,
saued
himself
by
flight
,
&
tooke
vpon
him
to
be
king
of
Turkes
,
being
the
fyst
from
Othoman
.
The
Turkes
(
after
their
king
was
thus
taken
&
their
power
daunted
)
atchieued
nothing
worthy
of
any
remembraunce
vnder
this
Cyriscelebes
.
Cyriscelebes
the
kinge
,
this
yéere
dyed
,
leauing
behind
him
two
Sonnes
,
Orcannes
and
Mahomet
.
Orcannes
throughe
the
great
fauour
of
the
Nobles
of
Thracia
,
was
appointed
Successour
to
the
Crowne
,
béeing
yet
a
very
young
man
:
but
in
a
conflict
at
Gazar
,
not
farre
from
the
ryuer
Hebrus
he
was
slaine
chiefly
by
the
villanie
of
his
owne
vncle
Moses
.
Mahomet
the
sixte
Kyng
of
Turkes
,
when
his
brother
was
thus
rydde
out
of
the
way
,
enioyed
the
Crowne
alone
.
This
Mahomet
subdued
Seruia
,
Walachia
,
and
a
great
part
of
Sclauonie
.
Sigismund
king
of
Hungarie
,
in
a
battaile
against
the
Turkes
foughten
in
the
fieldes
of
Salumbeze
(
whyche
were
somtimes
called
Philadelphia
)
was
put
to
the
worse
,
and
fledde
.
Mahomet
imposed
gréeuous
and
intollerable
tributes
vpon
the
Walachians
.
He
translated
the
Seate
royall
or
chiefe
Citie
of
his
Empire
out
of
Bythinia
into
Thracia
,
and
gaue
prerogatiue
to
Adrianople
,
preferring
it
before
Prusia
.
He
was
the
first
king
of
that
race
that
passed
the
ryuer
of
Danowe
,
he
subdued
Macedonie
,
and
came
as
farre
as
the
Ionian
Sea
.
Ammurathes
the
seuenth
King
of
Turkes
,
vanquishing
Mustapha
the
sonne
of
Baiazeth
by
force
of
Armes
,
obteined
his
fathers
kingdome
.
This
Turke
made
his
first
voyage
against
George
the
king
of
Seruia
,
otherwyse
called
Rascia
,
from
whom
after
foure
yeeres
siege
hee
wanne
Newmound
and
Scopia
,
and
myserably
afflicted
Synderouia
.
The
kinges
ij
.
sonnes
whom
he
tooke
in
battaile
,
he
berest
of
their
eyes
and
cutte
of
their
priuie
members
.
But
he
maryed
and
tooke
to
wife
his
daughter
for
her
rare
beautie
and
comely
personage
.
Thessalonica
a
famous
Citie
belonging
to
the
Seigniorie
of
Venice
was
won
by
the
Turkes
,
who
left
there
no
kinde
of
villanie
and
spightfull
dealing
agaynste
the
Christians
vnpractyzed
.
Amurathes
besieging
Belgrade
in
Hungarie
,
loste
10000
of
his
men
and
was
faine
to
retyre
into
his
owne
Countrey
after
he
had
in
vayne
and
to
his
great
shame
,
continued
his
siege
vij
.
monthes
.
Iohn
Huniades
encountred
with
the
Turkes
spoyling
Hungarie
,
and
them
discomfited
.
Ladislaus
king
of
Polonie
and
Hungarie
,
sending
out
a
power
against
the
Turkes
vnder
the
guydaunce
&
leading
of
the
same
Iohn
Huniades
had
ouer
them
a
noble
victorie
in
the
fieldes
of
Haemus
,
and
draue
the
Turke
to
such
a
streict
,
that
he
was
faine
to
condiscend
to
a
peace
.
This
peace
made
with
the
Turke
,
(
contrary
to
league
and
othe
)
was
violated
and
broken
by
the
vnabuised
procurement
and
exhortation
of
Pope
Eugenius
,
whiche
breache
to
the
Chrystians
was
verye
pernicious
and
hurtful
.
For
first
,
the
Christians
in
the
Streicts
of
Hellespont
lost
lxx
.
Gallyes
.
Afterward
in
a
battaile
foughten
at
the
féeld
,
aboue
xxx
.
thousand
of
them
slaine
,
belinde
a
great
number
drowned
in
the
Bogges
.
In
that
battayle
was
slayne
Iulian
Caesarine
a
Cardinal
&
Legat
for
the
pope
,
who
came
thither
to
procure
and
incense
the
Princes
to
violacion
of
their
League
and
Oth
,
and
warranted
them
from
daunger
:
the
king
Vladislaus
himself
was
ther
slaine
who
was
merueilous
desirous
to
enterprise
this
War
.
Huniades
with
much
adoo
escaped
by
flight
and
saued
himselfe
.
The
Turke
could
not
haue
brought
his
Nauy
through
the
Streictes
of
Bosphorus
in
Thracia
to
do
this
mischief
,
had
not
the
couetous
Genowayes
winked
at
the
matter
and
suffered
them
,
hauing
in
bribe
and
rewarde
,
for
euery
Turke
,
a
péece
of
Golde
payed
vnto
them
.
Ammurathes
wanne
the
Isthmos
of
Corynth
,
and
vanquished
the
Gréekish
Garrysons
,
together
with
the
emperours
Brother
of
Constantinople
,
and
ouercame
with
pitifull
spoyle
all
Peloponesus
.
The
Kinge
of
Polonie
encountred
with
the
Turkes
as
they
inuaded
Hungary
,
and
obtayned
the
victory
.
The
Turkes
desirous
of
reuenge
,
assembled
a
huige
power
afresh
,
and
renewed
Warre
.
Wherin
both
parties
were
lamentably
damnyfied
,
loosing
welnéere
800000
men
betwéene
them
.
Notwithstanding
,
the
number
of
the
Turks
there
slayne
,
was
farre
greater
then
of
the
Christians
.
But
the
Generall
of
the
Christian
Armye
was
there
slayne
and
his
head
brought
to
the
Kinge
of
Turkes
.
In
the
same
battayle
also
was
slayne
the
sonne
of
the
sayd
King
of
Turkes
.
The
Hungarians
vnder
the
leadinge
of
Huniades
to
the
number
of
600000
entred
into
the
Turks
Countries
,
and
ioyning
battayle
with
them
,
at
the
firste
conflict
,
they
had
the
victorye
:
but
in
the
seconde
,
they
were
slayne
in
maner
euery
one
,
except
1000.
or
ther
aboute
which
by
flight
saued
themselues
.
The
great
Turke
besieged
Croia
a
citie
of
Aemathia
,
many
Monthes
,
but
by
the
worthy
prowesse
of
Scanderbeg
,
he
was
defeated
from
his
purpose
,
and
with
losse
of
many
of
his
men
was
sent
away
packing
with
a
Flea
in
his
eare
.
Amurathes
Emperoure
of
Turkes
dyed
,
bequeathing
his
Crowne
and
kingdome
to
Mahomet
his
Son
,
the
8.
King
of
Turkes
.
Who
(
least
his
Father
should
be
buried
alone
without
company
)
slew
at
his
first
entraunce
,
his
owne
Brother
,
and
commaunded
them
to
be
buried
both
in
one
graue
.
The
first
Warre
that
this
Mahomet
tooke
in
hande
,
was
against
Scanderbeg
.
Besieginge
Croia
with
lxxx
.
thousand
men
,
but
he
departed
away
without
his
purpose
to
his
great
shame
and
reproche
,
leauing
behinde
him
at
the
sayde
Siege
Ballabano
one
of
his
chiefe
Bassaes
.
The
famous
and
renowmed
Citie
of
Athens
,
the
Vniuersitie
and
Nurce
of
all
worthy
Artes
&
Disciplines
,
was
conquered
and
rased
to
the
ground
by
this
most
cruel
Tyrant
the
Turk
,
who
in
some
places
therof
digged
vp
the
very
foundacions
,
for
extreeme
hatred
that
he
bare
to
learning
.
He
threw
all
the
Bookes
and
Monuments
that
he
could
finde
,
into
dyrtie
Sinkes
and
filthiest
places
in
the
citie
,
and
to
be
put
to
the
vilest
vses
that
could
be
.
And
if
any
man
séemed
to
lament
it
,
the
same
partye
was
streight
wayes
put
to
death
.
The
Castle
of
Pyruaem
and
Munychia
was
also
most
furiously
rased
to
the
grounde
.
This
Tyraunt
the
xxix
.
day
of
May
,
after
a
continuall
assault
geuen
thereto
from
the
ix
.
of
Aprill
afore
,
that
is
to
say
,
50.
continual
daies
,
by
his
innumerable
multytude
of
Turks
,
conquered
the
noble
citie
of
Constantinople
,
to
the
vnspeakable
hindraunce
of
all
Christendome
and
high
aduancement
of
the
Turkes
Domynion
.
At
the
taking
of
this
citie
,
most
horyble
prophanacion
of
the
Temples
was
vsed
.
As
for
Imags
which
the
Turks
themselues
cannot
abyde
,
in
great
scorne
and
contempte
were
throwne
downe
.
Among
others
,
Mahomet
himself
laughing
at
the
supersticious
Citezens
,
in
great
be
rysion
gaped
and
laughed
at
the
Crucifix
,
and
caused
it
in
scornfull
maner
to
be
caryed
about
the
Stréetes
with
Trumpettes
,
and
wrat
vpon
the
head
of
the
said
Picture
these
wordes
Hic
est
Christianorum
Deus
.
This
is
the
God
of
the
Christians
.
Thrée
dayes
together
he
gaue
leaue
to
his
outragious
Souldiours
,
to
kill
spoyle
and
rauishe
both
Wyues
,
Matrons
and
Maydes
without
any
reuerence
of
nature
.
The
citizens
some
they
murthered
,
some
they
rosted
vppon
Spits
,
some
they
steyed
the
skinnes
,
and
afterwarde
hanged
them
vp
to
consume
with
fainyne
,
of
others
they
put
Salt
into
their
woundes
the
more
to
encrease
theyr
payne
,
contending
amonge
themselues
who
could
deuise
most
straungest
kind
of
new
torment
,
insomuch
that
the
Citie
was
no
Citie
,
but
rather
a
Slaughter
House
or
Shambles
of
Christian
bodyes
.
The
Emperoure
hymselfe
being
there
slayn
,
his
head
was
pitched
vpon
a
speare
and
caryed
about
.
At
euery
dinner
and
Supper
,
some
of
the
Emperours
Cosens
and
Nobles
of
the
Countrey
were
put
to
death
,
so
longe
as
anye
remayned
of
that
ligne
.
Of
the
inferior
sorte
,
no
day
passed
wherein
he
caused
not
to
be
put
to
execution
aboue
CCC
.
persons
,
the
residue
he
gaue
to
his
Sauldiours
.
The
excéeding
crueltie
that
they
vsed
at
the
winninge
of
this
Citie
,
towards
al
sort●
of
Men
,
Women
&
Children
,
and
their
spightfull
demeanour
towarde
Christian
religion
,
it
would
me
any
mans
hart
to
heare
or
read
of
.
Mahomet
besieged
Belgrad
(
of
some
called
Alba
Greca
)
with
a
hundred
and
fiftye
thousand
men
.
The
Christians
assembling
their
powers
together
,
at
the
exhortation
of
Iohn
Capistrane
,
Huniades
their
chiefe
Capitaine
and
Ringleader
slue
aboue
xl
.
thousande
of
his
Enemies
and
put
to
shamfull
flight
all
the
reste
of
them
,
in
whiche
encountre
Mahomet
himselfe
was
wounded
with
an
Arrowe
.
This
battaile
was
fought
vpon
the
22.
day
of
Iuly
.
This
Turke
ioyninge
battaile
with
Assimbey
kinge
of
Persia
,
whom
they
call
by
the
name
of
Vsuncassane
(
signifiing
a
worthy
&
drad
prince
)
in
the
first
conflict
at
Euphrates
,
lost
x.
M.
men
,
but
in
the
second
he
obtained
the
victorie
.
Corynth
was
taken
by
Mahomet
.
The
Turke
wan
from
the
Christians
the
Empyre
of
Trapezunce
,
beheading
Dauid
the
Emperour
therof
and
beside
the
sayd
Empire
and
Constantinople
also
,
he
tooke
from
the
christians
xii
.
kingdomes
&
conquered
200.
cities
.
The
I
le
of
Malta
conquered
by
Turkes
.
The
Venetians
furnished
out
a
great
nauy
well
apointed
into
Grecia
,
to
recouer
Corynth
,
but
they
retourned
without
bringing
their
purpose
to
passe
.
The
same
yéere
the
king
of
Hungarie
recouered
Geisa
a
citie
of
Bosnia
,
the
which
the
Turk
had
now
the
second
time
besieged
,
and
hearing
of
the
approche
of
the
Christians
,
he
cast
4.
great
Gunnes
or
Cannons
into
the
riuer
Drina
,
&
fled
trusting
better
to
his
legs
then
to
his
hands
.
Mahomet
requiringe
the
Prince
of
Mysia
to
come
to
speake
with
him
vnder
coulorable
speaches
and
pretence
of
peace
,
when
he
had
him
within
his
daunger
,
he
fleyed
and
pulled
his
skinne
ouer
his
eares
,
and
caryed
his
brother
and
Sister
about
with
him
in
triumph
.
The
Turke
wan
a
very
strong
holde
in
Epyre.
George
Castriot
(
otherwise
surnamed
Scanderbeg
)
king
of
Epyre
,
discomfited
&
put
to
notable
foyles
the
Turks
in
sundry
skirmishes
.
It
is
testified
of
this
Scanderbeg
the
being
prouoked
,
he
neuer
denied
to
fight
,
and
in
fighting
neuer
tourned
his
back
,
neither
yet
was
he
euer
wounded
but
once
with
an
Arrow
in
the
foote
,
neither
did
he
euer
set
vpon
the
Turks
with
moe
then
6000
horsmen
&
3000
footemen
.
He
is
constantly
said
to
haue
slayne
with
his
owne
handes
of
Turkes
2000
whome
with
such
violence
he
strake
,
that
many
of
them
he
clefte
a
sunder
from
the
head
to
the
middle
.
Mahomet
discomfited
the
Syrians
and
Aegyptians
,
tooke
the
Cities
of
Narrantana
&
Scandolora
and
fiered
them
,
killing
all
the
Inhabitantes
most
rufully
,
and
throwing
downe
the
Nobles
and
Gentlemen
from
the
toppes
of
Turrettes
and
high
places
to
breake
their
neckes
.
The
same
yeere
he
entred
into
League
with
Cisime
King
of
India
,
to
whom
he
gaue
in
mariage
a
noble
Damsell
,
out
of
his
owne
brothelhouse
or
Nurserie
,
with
royal
giftes
and
noble
magnificence
.
Mahomet
was
put
to
many
afterdeales
by
the
power
of
King
Vsuncassane
.
The
same
yéere
Nicolas
Canalis
,
Admyrall
of
the
Vetian
fléete
,
gaue
a
mightie
ouerthrow
to
Mahomet
on
the
Sea
,
and
slue
two
thousand
Turkes
.
At
the
same
time
many
Christians
were
taken
and
led
into
captiuitie
by
the
Turkes
out
of
diuerse
quarters
.
The
Turke
sent
400
Sayle
and
120000
men
into
the
the
Ile
of
Euboea
vnder
the
leading
of
Omar
one
of
hys
Bassaes
,
in
which
enterprise
and
inuasion
he
lost
almost
40000
of
his
men
:
notwithstanding
,
after
xxx
.
dayes
he
tooke
it
,
pytching
the
Italian
Souldiours
vpon
Poales
&
stakes
,
and
shewing
all
kind
of
horrible
crueltie
and
violent
rape
vpon
the
Inhabitauntes
.
The
same
yéere
the
Turkes
army
entred
into
Hungarie
spoyling
and
robbing
as
farre
as
Zagabria
,
and
caried
away
with
them
.
10000.
Prisoners
.
In
the
same
yéere
also
they
inuaded
Dalmatia
,
Foriulij
,
and
Styria
,
and
haried
great
booties
of
men
and
Cattell
.
The
King
of
Portugall
,
passing
the
Gaditane
Sea
,
recouered
many
Cities
in
the
borders
of
Mauritania
from
the
Turke
,
and
laid
them
to
his
owne
dominions
.
King
Vsuncassane
hauing
the
vpperhand
of
the
Turks
,
wonne
from
them
sundry
Cities
,
whereby
he
purchased
to
himselfe
a
perpetuall
fame
ouer
all
the
East
.
Nicholas
Throne
the
same
yéere
ioyned
the
Venetian
fléete
with
the
Armie
of
the
Kyng
of
Parthia
against
the
Turke
.
Vsuncassane
in
a
skirmish
vanquished
and
put
to
flight
3000
of
the
Turkes
Army
.
The
same
yéere
the
Turke
entring
into
Hungarie
with
a
maine
power
,
spoyled
al
the
Cities
néere
the
water
side
.
The
Persian
kyng
and
the
Turke
ioyning
battayle
néere
to
the
Ryuer
Euphrates
:
the
Turke
had
the
victorie
,
and
tooke
of
his
Enemyes
6800
of
whom
in
his
retourne
homewarde
at
euery
staying
place
and
Tent
pitching
,
he
commaunded
euery
day
fiue
hundreth
to
be
cut
in
peeces
with
a
sword
,
and
then
cast
them
out
(
like
dogs
)
vnburied
,
filling
all
the
Countrey
of
Armenia
with
thys
loathsome
spectacle
of
dead
Carkasses
.
In
a
part
of
the
Countrey
that
lyeth
by
the
ryuer
Ister
called
Muldauia
and
Walachia
,
the
Turks
had
an
ouerthrow
and
were
slayne
by
Stephan
the
Palatine
of
Muldauia
,
Foure
Turkishe
Bassaes
were
heere
taken
and
xxxvj
.
Ensignes
.
Matthias
king
of
Hungarie
,
at
the
Ryuer
of
Saue
wan
a
strong
Forte
from
the
Turkes
to
his
high
praise
and
commendation
.
The
same
yéere
Capha
,
a
Colonie
of
the
Genowayes
in
the
coast
of
the
Sea
Euxine
,
was
by
treason
delyuered
vp
to
the
Turke
.
This
yeere
dyed
Kyng
Vsuncassane
,
who
had
vnder
his
gouernment
the
Persians
,
Parthians
,
Medians
and
almost
all
the
East
beside
.
After
whom
,
succéeded
his
eldest
sonne
:
who
puttyng
his
other
brothers
to
death
,
reigned
alone
.
The
same
yéere
the
Turkes
practyzed
much
Pyracie
in
Nicosia
,
to
the
great
blemishing
and
detriment
of
that
Citie
.
A
great
multitude
of
Turks
were
ouercome
in
Mysia
.
The
Venetians
made
league
with
the
Turke
:
Chalcis
was
by
force
of
Armes
subdued
,
and
Scodra
by
subtile
practyze
gotten
and
persuaded
to
yeelde
.
They
promysed
to
paye
hym
,
yeerely
8000
Crownes
,
condicionally
that
their
Nauigation
and
traffique
ouer
Pontus
myght
bee
open
for
their
Marchauntes
as
before
it
had
bene
.
Mahomet
sent
a
great
Nauie
into
Puell
,
and
he
himselfe
went
with
an
Armye
into
Hungarie
,
and
brought
out
of
both
places
a
great
multitude
of
Christian
Prisoners
.
And
afterward
by
force
subdued
the
Iles
Leucadia
,
Neritus
,
Cephalenia
and
Zacynth
.
Mahomet
went
with
an
Armie
into
Aegypt
to
conquere
Alexandria
and
at
home
made
preparation
for
all
things
néedefull
for
his
expedition
to
Rhodes
,
which
he
nowe
mindedout
of
hande
to
besiege
,
and
had
framed
his
plat
which
way
to
attempt
it
.
This
Mahomet
by
Mesich
his
Generall
(
a
Bassa
)
besieged
Rhodes
,
and
beate
the
same
with
iiij
.
Nauyes
most
terribly
.
But
the
same
was
so
manfully
defended
,
that
hee
was
fayne
to
his
great
reproche
and
shame
to
departe
and
leaue
his
Siege
,
which
he
had
there
continued
lxxxix
.
dayes
,
in
which
while
he
loste
of
his
men
which
were
slaine
out
of
hande
ix
.
thousande
beside
.xv.
thousande
whiche
were
wounded
.
The
Maister
of
the
Rhodes
at
this
Siege
for
the
Christians
was
the
valiaunt
Peter
Dabuson
.
The
same
yéere
the
Turke
with
a
great
Nauie
inuaded
Puell
and
by
Acomate
one
of
his
Capitaines
,
wanne
Otronto
,
a
goodly
large
and
populous
Citie
standyng
vppon
the
Sea
,
and
put
all
the
Inhabitauntes
to
the
Sworde
.
In
this
yeere
also
6000
Turkes
were
slaine
at
the
Citie
Mantinea
in
the
kingdome
of
Lacedemon
.
In
this
yeere
also
,
this
raging
Helhounde
Mahomet
the
Great
Turke
,
first
of
all
others
tooke
vpon
him
the
name
of
Emperour
.
Hee
wanne
from
the
Christians
two
flourishing
and
Noble
Empyres
,
Constantinople
,
and
Trapezunce
,
twelue
Christian
Kingdomes
,
and
CC.
cities
.
After
which
sundry
conquestes
he
yéelded
vp
his
blasphemous
soule
,
and
payed
his
debt
to
nature
,
to
the
great
relaycing
aswell
of
his
enemies
as
of
his
owne
people
,
because
of
the
horrible
&
vnspeakeable
iorueltie
,
without
respecte
aswell
to
fréendes
as
foes
,
most
rigorouslye
shewed
.
Baiazeth
the
viij
.
Emperour
of
Turkes
,
appeasing
all
ciuile
dissensions
and
domesticall
discorde
at
home
,
chased
his
brother
Zizime
out
of
all
Turki●
,
and
was
himselfe
enstalled
in
the
Empire
.
The
same
yeere
Ferdinando
King
of
Naples
,
sent
his
Sonne
Alphonse
with
an
Armye
,
who
recouered
from
the
Turkes
the
Citie
Otronto
,
before
wonne
by
Mahomet
.
Also
this
yéere
Iohn
Castriotte
the
Sonne
of
Scanderbeg
assembled
a
power
and
recouered
his
enheritaunce
that
was
by
force
taken
from
his
father
by
Mahomet
.
The
same
yéere
also
Stephan
Vamoda
and
King
Matthias
,
wanne
from
the
Turke
the
higher
countrey
of
Mysia
,
which
now
is
called
Bosna
.
Baiazeth
often
ioyning
battaile
with
the
Sultan
of
Aegypt
had
the
worse
,
and
in
the
ende
was
glad
to
make
a
league
with
him
.
The
Turkes
inuaded
and
wanne
Walachia
.
〈◊〉
Brother
to
this
Baiazeth
the
Great
Turke
liuing
an
exile
in
(
Rhodes
whither
he
fled
for
scare
of
the
sayd
Turke
his
brother
,
)
was
this
yéere
sent
to
Rome
to
Pope
Innocent
the
viii
.
And
after
a
certeyne
time
of
abode
there
,
was
poysoned
together
with
Alexander
the
Pope
his
Sonne
.
Ferdinando
king
of
Spaine
with
x.
M.
Horsemen
and
fifty
thousand
footemen
,
wan
from
the
Saracen
Moores
,
the
kingdome
of
Granado
,
and
chased
them
vtterly
out
of
that
Countrey
beyond
the
Sea
.
This
Turke
Baiazeth
with
a
great
power
both
by
Sea
and
Land
inuaded
the
Inhabitaunts
of
the
Hils
in
Greece
called
Ceraunij
,
and
all
the
frée
Corporacions
of
Epyre
,
and
them
subdued
to
his
Turkish
Empyre
.
The
same
yéere
Matthias
Kinge
of
Hungary
,
conquered
a
strong
Holde
from
the
Turkes
called
Sabatrum
,
whereby
his
Countrey
lyued
in
more
quietnesse
and
out
of
●eare
.
A
mightye
Armye
was
sent
into
Hungarie
vnder
the
leading
of
Cadume
Bassa
,
by
whom
were
slayne
vii
.
M.
Hungarians
:
and
for
testimony
of
this
spoyle
and
ouerthrow
géeuen
to
the
Christians
,
they
sent
many
Christian
mens
Heades
with
their
noses
cut
of
and
in
lothsom●
wise
disfigured
,
to
Constantinople
.
The
Turks
rushing
into
Croacia
,
were
put
to
flight
by
Maximilian
.
The
Turke
warred
against
the
Venetians
,
spoylinge
with
fire
and
Sword
the
Countrey
Dalma●ia
,
●●aryed
away
with
him
great
prayes
.
In
Foriulij
also
he
commanded
aboue
4000.
men
to
be
beheaded
,
because
he
coulde
not
cary
them
away
with
him
by
reason
of
a
great
deluge
of
the
riuer
there
.
The
Citie
of
Venice
for
dread
of
hym
was
in
great
perplexitie
and
feare
.
The
Turkes
wanne
this
yéere
,
Modona
and
Corona
,
two
cities
of
Peloponese
.
The
Citie
Methon
was
by
the
Turkes
wonne
from
the
Venetians
vpon
S.
Laurence
daye
.
Baiazeth
commaunded
the
Byshop
of
that
place
to
be
beheaded
in
hys
sight
,
and
killed
the
Townesmen
euery
one
,
and
for
the
most
part
consumed
all
the
Houses
with
fire
.
By
lyke
misfortune
also
,
the
sayd
Venetians
lost
Naupactum
and
Dyrrhachium
.
Certayne
Kings
&
Princes
of
Christendome
,
fréends
and
fauorers
of
the
Venetian
state
,
ioyned
their
Nauye
with
the
Venetian
Fléete
(
ouer
the
which
Benedict
Pisaure
was
Admirall
)
and
spoyled
the
Iles
of
Aegina
and
Zacynth
,
inuaded
Leucas
and
Cephalenia
,
tooke
the
Ile
of
Neritus
(
at
this
day
called
Sainct
Maures
Ilande
)
and
reskued
Nauplia
.
The
Turke
greatly
fearing
his
owne
state
,
by
reason
of
the
brute
and
rumour
that
went
vpon
Elias
the
Prophet
of
Persia
,
commaunded
aboue
CC.
Houses
in
Constantinople
with
all
the
Inhabitauntes
therein
to
be
burnte
.
This
Prophet
was
in
such
credit
and
estimation
among
the
People
,
that
aboue
CL.
thousande
men
leaned
to
his
Sect
and
folowed
after
hym
in
Campe
.
His
Tentes
were
excéeding
rich
and
gorgeous
,
and
all
thinges
among
them
were
common
.
The
same
yéere
,
the
Turke
entred
into
League
and
concluded
peace
with
the
king
of
Hungary
and
the
Duke
of
Venice
.
The
King
of
Spaine
in
Mauritania
Caesariensis
,
wan
Mayneport
from
the
Saracenes
.
The
Sophie
of
Persia
,
vanquished
,
chased
,
and
slew
the
Turkes
in
Asia
.
Grane
a
populous
and
wealthy
citie
of
Africa
this
yere
was
wonne
by
the
Spaniardes
.
The
Spaniardes
by
force
of
Armes
conquered
Bugia
in
Africa
.
Zelime
youngest
Sonne
to
Baiazeth
the
great
Turke
rebelliously
and
most
vnnaturally
lay
in
wayt
to
kill
his
olde
Father
,
expelled
him
out
of
his
kingdome
in
his
olde
dayes
,
with
all
his
Brothers
and
Kinsmen
.
At
length
he
caused
his
Brothers
and
their
Children
to
be
strangled
and
by
a
certayne
Iew
,
whom
for
that
intent
he
had
hyred
,
he
caused
his
sayd
father
to
be
poysoned
.
This
Zelime
by
the
factious
election
of
his
disordered
doultiours
and
affectionate
Rakehelles
,
was
chosen
and
annoynted
the
ix
.
Emperoure
of
Turkes
.
Acomathes
the
brother
of
Zelime
,
being
ayded
by
the
Persians
,
warred
against
his
Brother
,
but
Fortune
so
frowned
on
him
,
that
he
was
strangled
.
Zelime
concluding
a
peace
&
renewinge
League
with
the
Venetians
and
Hungarians
,
made
sharpe
Warre
vppon
Ismael
the
king
of
Persia
,
&
him
neere
to
a
towne
called
Chalderan
,
vanquished
and
put
to
flight
:
And
tooke
Taurum
the
chiefe
Citie
of
his
kingdome
(
somtime
called
Artaxata
)
without
any
resistaunce
or
bloudshed
.
Hee
waged
fresh
warres
against
Aladule
Kinge
of
Cappadocia
,
and
taking
his
chiefe
Capitaine
in
the
chase
,
cut
him
shorter
by
the
head
,
and
sent
his
head
to
Venice
for
a
Trophée
or
signe
of
his
victory
.
This
bloudy
Zelime
discomfited
Campsor
the
Sultane
of
Aegypt
with
all
his
power
,
and
slue
the
Sultane
hymselfe
in
the
chase
.
And
folowing
his
good
fortune
and
prosperous
successe
in
this
battayle
,
conquered
and
annexed
to
his
Empyre
,
Alkaire
,
and
Alexandria
two
goodly
embatteled
Cities
,
and
all
Aegipt
beside
.
He
also
wanne
Damascus
,
the
large
and
renowmed
Citie
of
Syria
.
Hee
made
a
passage
or
a
Brydge
of
Shippes
ouer
the
riuer
Nilus
,
to
the
intent
hee
might
pursue
and
coape
with
Tomombey
the
new
Sultan
of
Aegipt
.
Whom
by
treason
hee
tooke
and
after
all
kindes
of
most
cruell
tormentes
and
spightfull
contumelies
,
commaunded
hym
to
be
hanged
.
Charles
Kinge
of
Spayne
draue
out
of
his
Realme
the
Marranes
,
which
were
a
remnaunt
of
the
Saracens
and
slue
welnéere
of
the
Barbarians
.40000
.
Zelime
the
Great
Turke
was
this
yéere
(
as
he
had
well
deserued
)
murthered
in
that
place
,
where
before
he
had
moste
vnnaturallye
and
rebelliouslye
persecuted
hys
Father
.
After
him
succéeded
his
Sonne
Solyman
,
the
xii
.
Emperour
of
Turkes
.
This
Solyman
conquered
the
Citie
Belgrade
,
a
moste
strong
Buttresse
and
Garrison
for
Christendome
,
and
wan
diuers
other
Castles
and
strong
Holds
in
Hungary
.
He
also
besieged
the
Ile
of
Rhodes
with
a
Nauye
of
foure
hundreth
Sayle
and
a
mightie
multytude
of
men
.
He
beganne
the
siege
in
the
later
end
of
Iune
,
and
tooke
it
vpon
Christmas
day
next
folowing
to
the
great
shame
&
dishonour
of
al
christian
Princes
.
The
knights
of
the
same
I
le
valyauntly
a
great
while
defended
it
,
&
often
skirmisshed
with
hym
,
but
in
th'
ende
after
many
notable
ouerthrowes
for
want
of
ayde
and
power
they
yéelded
.
Lewys
Kinge
of
Hungarie
desired
by
his
Ambassadours
,
aid
of
the
Princes
of
Germany
,
against
the
Turke
inuading
his
Countrey
and
Kingdome
,
whiche
they
appoynted
to
sende
,
but
it
came
to
late
.
For
the
Turke
was
already
come
,
wherefore
king
Lewys
in
his
owne
person
,
leading
his
whole
power
against
hym
,
encountered
with
hym
in
battayle
,
wherein
hes
was
ouercome
,
and
thinking
to
haue
saued
himselfe
by
●light
,
was
drowned
in
certayne
Bogges
or
Fennes
both
Horse
and
Man
.
Many
worthy
Gentlemen
in
this
Battayle
were
slayne
to
the
great
weakeninge
of
that
noble
Kingdome
.
The
chiefe
Citie
of
the
Realme
called
Buda
,
was
sacked
and
spoyled
:
and
the
noble
Librarie
,
of
Kinge
Matthias
vtterly
consumed
with
fire
.
The
Knights
of
the
Rhodes
planted
themselues
against
the
Turkes
in
the
Ile
of
Malta
.
The
same
yéere
Solyman
came
agayne
into
Hungary
,
besieged
the
second
time
the
strong
fortresse
of
Bude
,
but
séeing
he
could
not
according
to
his
minde
by
force
win
it
,
he
perswaded
the
Defendauntes
by
certayne
offers
and
conditions
to
yelde
it
into
his
handes
.
From
thence
he
marched
to
Vienna
a
noble
Citie
of
Austrich
,
and
vppon
the
xxij
day
of
September
gyrded
the
same
about
with
a
most
terrible
Siege
,
beate
it
with
Ordinance
and
shooke
the
walles
with
most
hydeous
noyse
of
roaring
Canons
.
But
through
the
courage
of
the
defendauntes
,
he
lost
many
of
his
Souldiours
,
and
being
brought
into
a
vtter
despaire
of
any
good
successe
,
he
trussed
vp
his
trinkets
and
in
flying
maner
trudged
away
toward
his
owne
Countrey
with
all
spéede
that
coulde
be
,
fearing
least
the
Emperour
and
other
Princes
had
folowed
at
heeles
after
him
.
During
this
siege
,
he
haried
great
booties
out
of
the
Countrey
thereabout
,
and
caryed
away
many
thousande
Prysoners
.
He
cast
out
young
Virgins
&
auncient
Matrones
starke
naked
,
and
pitched
little
Children
vpon
stakes
and
poales
.
In
his
Armie
he
had
a
hundreth
and
fortye
thousand
men
:
whereof
(
partly
in
this
Siege
of
Vienna
and
partly
in
their
flight
)
perished
for
famine
and
colde
,
the
number
of
.lxxx.
thousand
.
The
Citie
was
most
valiantly
defended
by
Philip
of
Bauary
Earle
Palatine
of
the
Rhine
brother
to
the
Palsgraue
;
a
young
Gentleman
in
yéeres
but
of
noble
courage
,
with
the
Lord
William
Rogendorf
and
Nicolas
Erle
of
Salme
and
with
them
onely
xx
.
M.
Almeynes
and
two
M.
horsemen
.
In
his
iourney
,
through
Austrich
,
the
Turke
vsed
vnspeakeable
crueltie
,
of
some
he
cut
of
their
noses
,
some
he
put
out
their
eyes
,
of
some
he
cut
of
their
priuy
members
,
of
women
they
cut
their
pappes
,
Virgins
they
rauished
,
and
of
women
great
with
childe
they
rypped
their
bellyes
and
brent
the
children
:
beside
this
,
all
along
as
they
went
,
they
brent
Corne
,
Trees
,
Houses
and
all
that
was
combustible
,
to
make
the
countrey
desolate
.
Solyman
with
CC.M.
armed
souldiours
assaulted
the
Castle
of
Guntz
in
Hungarie
,
geuing
thereto
.
xii●
.
terririble
assaultes
.
Which
Castle
was
valiauntly
defended
by
a
noble
Gentleman
named
Nicolas
Iuryze
.
At
length
it
was
surrendred
vnto
him
,
not
as
wonne
by
force
,
but
as
yeelded
by
composition
.
The
great
T●rke
himselfe
hearing
that
the
Emperour
Charles
was
comming
agaynst
him
wyth
.
lxxx
.
thousande
footemen
and
.30000
.
well
appoynted
horsemen
,
of
Germaines
,
Italians
and
Spanyardes
,
beside
the
Horsemen
of
Hungarie
,
thought
the
Countrey
woulde
bée
too
hoate
for
hym
to
staye
anye
longer
,
and
therevppon
fledde
homewarde
through
the
Hillishe
Downes
of
Norica
and
wyth
great
booties
retourned
home
,
wythout
dooyng
any
thing
worthye
of
memorie
.
Solyman
yet
againe
meant
to
haue
an
other
flinge
at
Hungarie
,
and
to
scourge
the
Kingdomes
of
Africa
.
Wherevppon
he
sent
one
Corradine
Barbarossa
Capitayne
of
his
Nauie
into
Africa
against
the
King
of
Tunice
.
Whom
he
draue
out
of
his
Kingdome
,
and
deposed
from
hys
Crowne
.
And
into
Hungarie
he
sent
Lewys
Gritte
,
Bastard
sonne
of
Andrew
Grytte
Duke
of
Venyce
,
to
expulse
and
dryue
out
thence
Vaiuode
.
But
Meilane
Vaiuode
wynninge
the
Cytie
of
Medeuisch
,
which
the
saide
Lewys
Grytte
before
had
gotte
into
hys
possession
,
slewe
both
hym
and
all
his
Armie
:
And
cutte
hys
Children
into
pieces
,
before
theyr
fathers
eyes
.
Charles
the
fifte
with
a
great
Nauie
sailed
into
Africa
,
and
restored
the
king
of
Tunice
to
his
Crowne
againe
,
and
deliuered
out
of
miserable
captiuitie
about
the
number
of
.xx.
thousand
Christian
Prisoners
.
The
same
yéere
Taurus
a
Citie
of
Persia
was
taken
by
the
Turke
.
Where
the
Turkishe
Souldiours
lyuing
in
carelesse
securitie
,
were
sodainly
set
vpon
by
Tahames
king
of
Persia
,
and
.xx.
thousande
of
them
slayne
.
The
Persians
caryed
thence
manye
spoyles
and
the
Great
Turkes
Concubines
,
to
the
great
shame
and
reproche
of
their
Enemies
.
Solyman
assembled
out
of
the
Countreyes
of
Pontus
&
Propontis
,
C
l.
Gallyes
.
lxxx
.
Brigandines
,
&
Foystes
,
and
CC.
lxx
other
vesselles
of
diuers
sortes
wherwith
he
inuaded
Corsica
an
Ile
belonging
to
the
Seigniorie
of
Venice
,
and
it
besieged
the
space
of
.x.
dayes
.
Then
setting
the
Suburbes
on
fier
,
&
making
great
spoyle
of
the
countrey
beside
killing
or
else
taking
Prisoners
,
many
of
the
Inhabitauntes
,
he
departed
thence
,
and
wasted
the
Ile
of
Zacynth
and
Cythera
.
Hee
conquered
and
layde
euen
with
the
grounde
,
the
Ile
of
Aegina
,
subdued
Paros
,
and
make
Naxos
Tributarie
.
He
sent
into
Puell
,
the
greater
and
better
part
of
his
Nauie
,
which
were
in
number
ten
thousand
picked
footemen
and
M
M.
of
his
stoutest
Horsemen
,
which
haryed
and
spoyled
all
the
Coast
of
the
Tyrrhene
Sea
.
The
fléete
of
the
Emperour
,
the
Pope
,
and
Venetians
ioyning
together
at
the
first
,
through
discorde
and
ambition
of
the
Captaines
among
themselues
were
disseuered
and
scattered
a
sunder
.
Inuasion
and
Roades
were
made
into
Styria
by
the
Martyloys
,
a
rude
sort
of
Peyzauntly
Lurdens
,
altogether
geuen
to
Pylfery
and
Theft
:
but
by
the
valiantnesse
of
the
Countrey
Inhabitauntes
they
were
repulsed
.
The
same
yéere
throughe
Treason
of
Duke
Calcian
the
Christians
had
an
ouerthrowe
at
the
handes
of
the
Turkes
in
Sauia
.
The
Venetians
entred
a
Truce
with
the
Turke
,
by
paying
vnto
him
thrée
hundreth
thousand
Crownes
,
and
yelding
vp
into
his
handes
the
Townes
of
Neapolis
and
Maluasia
in
the
borders
of
Macedonia
.
The
Towne
of
Newcastle
in
Dalmatia
(
wherein
was
a
Garryson
of
Spanyshe
and
Germaine
Souldiours
)
was
this
yeere
conquered
and
sacked
by
the
Turks
and
all
the
Inhabitauntes
and
Souldiours
therin
(
according
to
their
vsuall
custome
)
put
to
the
Sword.
The
Venetians
all
this
while
wynked
at
the
matter
,
in
whom
it
lay
to
haue
holpen
this
outrage
.
After
the
death
of
Iohn
Vaiuoda
,
who
committed
the
ouersight
and
tutorship
of
his
young
Sonne
to
his
Cosen
Georgius
Monachus
,
it
chaunced
the
Ferdinando
leuied
an
Army
to
recouer
his
Landes
&
right
in
Hungarie
.
Whom
Monachus
in
the
behalfe
of
the
Infant
resisted
.
At
length
the
matter
betwéene
them
beyng
brought
to
a
Parle
and
conuention
,
for
the
quieting
of
all
stryfe
,
it
happened
among
Ferdinando
his
men
,
sodainely
a
Dagge
to
be
hard
goe
of
,
which
by
the
hea●e
of
the
daie
(
as
it
is
thoughte
)
discharged
of
it
owne
accorde
.
But
Monachus
iudging
that
it
was
shotte
at
him
,
charged
Ferdinando
with
great
iniurie
,
saying
that
from
that
time
,
he
woulde
neuer
beléeue
the
promyses
of
Christians
.
And
vppon
thys
rashe
suspicion
,
sent
to
the
Turke
,
desiring
hym
to
come
into
Hungarie
with
hys
power
to
ayde
him
,
who
glad
to
haue
this
occasion
,
came
spéedely
with
a
great
Army
and
discharging
the
Hoaste
of
Ferdinando
from
the
Siege
of
Buda
,
seyzed
the
Cytie
into
hys
owne
handes
and
to
hys
owne
vse
,
commaundyng
the
young
Infant
and
his
mother
to
folowe
after
his
Campe
.
Then
entred
he
himselfe
and
tooke
possession
of
the
Castle
,
and
wanne
also
Pestum
a
Citye
ryght
ouer
agaynst
Buda
,
well
stored
wyth
Ordinaunce
and
Munition
.
At
the
same
time
he
also
won
Stridon
,
and
the
Towne
called
Quinquecclesiae
or
Fynffenkyrken
he
rased
and
made
l●auell
with
the
grounde
.
At
the
wynnynge
of
Buda
,
two
Ensignes
yéeldinge
themselues
to
the
Turke
vppon
promyse
of
lyfe
and
limme
,
were
first
by
him
commaunded
to
put
of
their
Armor
,
them
to
put
it
on
again
,
&
to
ranke
themselues
in
battaile
aray
,
after
the
Christian
fashion
which
they
readily
accomplishing
according
to
his
commaundment
,
&
he
riding
about
the
bankes
to
view
and
behold
them
,
at
length
hadd
them
put
of
their
Armure
againe
:
whiche
done
,
certaine
of
the
tallest
and
strongest
he
picked
out
,
the
residue
he
commaunded
his
Souldiours
comminge
behinde
,
to
hew
in
péeces
with
their
Swordes
.
Of
the
other
which
he
had
chosen
out
,
some
he
set
for
Marks
,
or
Buttes
to
be
shott
at
:
and
some
he
appointed
to
his
two
Sonnes
to
slashe
with
their
Falchions
,
and
to
trye
their
strength
,
whether
of
them
coulde
geue
the
déeper
wounde
,
or
(
as
they
tearmed
it
)
strike
the
fayrer
blowe
,
that
most
bloud
might
flow
and
gush
out
of
their
bodies
.
Ioachim
Marques
of
Brandeburge
Prince
Electour
,
was
appoynted
with
a
great
power
to
goe
into
Hungarie
to
recouer
Buda
and
other
péeces
from
the
Turke
.
At
the
first
,
he
séemed
so
forward
and
couragious
,
as
though
he
woulde
haue
conquered
the
whole
World.
But
his
great
heate
in
shorte
space
so
slaked
that
he
was
full
glad
to
be
discharged
of
his
office
againe
,
before
any
wronge
were
offered
him
,
and
with
shame
ynough
retourned
home
agayne
.
Whose
cowardise
the
Turkes
perceiuing
,
thought
to
shew
hym
some
cast
of
their
office
before
hys
departure
,
and
set
vpon
the
right
Winge
of
his
Armye
,
and
thence
tooke
500.
Duchmen
prisoners
.
Whom
in
derision
they
horriblye
mangled
and
disfigured
:
and
so
sent
them
through
Grecia
to
bee
witnesses
of
their
victorie
.
The
kinde
of
their
punishment
was
this
:
first
,
they
thrust
them
cleane
through
the
right
Arme
,
with
an
yron
redde
hoat
,
to
make
them
euer
after
vnhable
to
laboure
and
warfare
,
secondly
their
heades
were
shauen
to
the
verye
Sculles
lyke
Monkes
or
Friers
,
and
thirdlye
their
pryuye
members
were
cut
of
,
to
make
them
vnfrutefull
for
propagacion
of
Children
.
Notwithstandinge
Maurice
Duke
of
Saxonie
in
his
expedition
,
shewed
himselfe
a
gentleman
of
haultye
courage
and
was
lyke
to
haue
bene
taken
prisoner
.
This
yéere
the
Emperoure
Charles
,
spéeding
hymselfe
somwhat
late
in
the
yéere
with
a
goodly
Nauy
into
Mauritania
Caesariensis
against
Barbarossa
to
recouer
Argiers
,
&
staying
(
as
some
say
)
somwhat
long
at
Luke
,
to
conferre
with
the
Pope
,
by
force
of
tempest
&
contrary
Windes
,
suffred
a
lamentable
Shipwrack
,
and
loste
a
great
number
of
his
goodly
Shippes
with
the
Ordinaunce
and
Habyliments
of
Warre
that
were
within
them
.
The
Emperoure
himselfe
by
force
of
weather
was
cast
vpon
the
Baleare
Islands
.
In
this
expedition
the
Germaines
valyantly
quitte
themselues
in
skirmysh
against
the
Barbarians
in
the
Emperours
behalfe
,
but
the
Italyans
recuyled
and
fled
back
.
Truce
was
for
a
certeyne
time
taken
with
the
Turke
which
to
both
parties
with
longe
warres
wearied
,
was
welcome
and
very
acceptable
.
Sigismund
King
of
Poleland
,
by
Breuitz
one
of
his
Capitaynes
,
conquered
and
rased
a
stronge
Fortresse
which
the
Turke
had
buylt
néere
to
the
Marches
of
his
Realme
and
Kingdome
.
Mustapha
the
Turkes
eldest
Sonne
,
thought
he
taryed
too
longe
,
if
he
shoulde
be
kept
from
the
Crowne
tyll
his
father
were
dead
,
wherefore
he
incensed
the
Egiptians
to
take
part
with
him
,
and
stirred
vp
the
Persians
to
make
sharpe
Warre
vpon
Solyman
his
father
.
Solyman
the
Turke
with
a
huge
army
,
marched
against
Tolcha
▪
King
of
Persia
,
where
the
Turke
in
battayle
had
a
great
ouerthrow
and
lost
many
of
his
men
in
Persia
.
The
Tartarians
which
were
comminge
to
ioyne
their
powers
with
him
for
his
defence
,
were
slayne
and
spoyled
in
the
lesse
Armenia
.
The
same
yéere
,
one
Curculey
a
Turkishe
Pyrate
with
twenty
Galleyes
and
Foystes
,
contrarye
to
the
League
and
truce
practized
muche
Pyracie
and
rouerye
about
the
Coastes
of
Sicilie
and
Campania
,
sodaynlye
surprisinge
the
Inhabytantes
,
and
thence
caryed
away
incredible
spoyle
.
The
same
yéere
the
Saracenes
in
Barbaria
bruynge
newe
sedicious
vprores
,
were
by
the
valyauntnesse
of
Sestian
and
Albane
two
of
the
Emperours
Capitaines
repressed
:
who
also
delyuered
Portugall
and
Spaine
from
their
malicious
inuasion
.
The
Turke
intending
to
make
amendes
for
the
late
ignomynie
and
foyle
that
he
had
receiued
,
leuyed
a
newe
Armye
againste
the
Persians
:
and
firste
,
he
inuyted
hys
Souldiours
by
augmenting
their
wages
,
and
afterward
,
by
his
Ambassadours
,
insinuated
himselfe
to
all
his
confederates
and
confirmed
such
Leagues
as
were
betwéene
them
.
But
he
lost
of
this
is
very
well
appoynted
Armye
in
this
iourney
by
famine
and
plague
a
great
multytude
.
The
plague
also
beinge
very
hoate
and
raiginge
in
Constantinople
(
which
Citie
in
his
absence
,
he
had
strengthned
with
a
Garrison
of
a
hundreth
Galleyes
)
consumed
well
néere
lxx
,
thousand
persons
.
In
the
beginning
of
this
yéere
,
(
whiche
was
a
yéere
of
Iubylie
)
Solyman
was
reported
(
but
vntruelye
)
to
bee
dead
:
which
mercilesse
Tyraunt
sore
afflicted
the
people
of
God
,
the
space
of
xxx
.
yéeres
.
The
same
yéere
the
Emperoure
Charles
the
fifte
,
by
the
Viceroy
of
Sicile
,
conquered
and
wan
the
Citie
Affrica
,
from
whence
he
brought
8000
prisoners
,
and
draue
out
the
Archpyrate
Dragute
,
King
therof
,
who
fled
to
the
Turke
.
The
Turkes
after
they
had
in
vaine
for
a
time
besieged
the
Cas●le
of
Malta
,
tooke
the
Citie
of
Tripolis
a
Porte
of
Barbarie
.
Solyman
at
this
time
caused
his
eldest
Sonne
Mustapha
to
be
strangled
with
a
Bowstringe
,
by
his
dumbe
men
ministers
of
Murther
a
vizured
,
he
himself
being
present
and
looking
on
,
for
suspition
of
treason
layd
to
his
charge
.
And
there
was
a
truce
taken
betwéene
hym
and
Ferdinando
king
of
Romanes
.
After
which
act
committed
,
he
woulde
haue
geuen
to
an
other
of
his
sonnes
named
Gianger
,
the
Treasure
,
horse
,
Armur
Ornament
and
Prouince
of
his
slayne
Brother
:
but
Gianger
for
very
sorrowe
of
his
Brothers
death
raging
against
his
Father
,
callyng
hym
wycked
dog
,
traytoure
and
murtherer
,
and
bidding
pby
vpon
him
,
refused
his
offers
and
drawinge
out
his
owne
Dagger
presently
thrust
himselfe
through
the
body
and
dyed
.
The
Turkes
Army
came
into
Styria
,
and
wanne
the
townes
of
Coppa
,
Capenisuar
,
and
Baboza
.
And
atempting
to
winne
Sigetum
,
they
could
not
with
all
their
power
bring
it
to
passe
.
Wherevpon
they
departed
homewarde
,
but
first
,
they
fyered
Baboza
,
Sanmartine
,
Gerosgall
,
Selia
,
San
Laurence
and
Caliange
.
Philip
Kinge
of
Spaigne
furnished
out
an
Nauye
to
conquere
Tripolis
,
or
the
Ile
Gerbe
:
which
Fléete
aryuing
in
Gerbe
and
ioyninge
battaile
with
the
Turkes
,
was
put
to
a
shrewde
afterdeale
&
ouerthrow
.
For
there
were
slaine
of
them
out
of
hande
to
the
number
of
xviii
.
thousande
persons
.
The
Turkes
in
this
conflicte
tooke
xxvii
.
Galleyes
,
one
Foyst
of
force
,
and
fouretene
great
Hulkes
.
In
the
beginning
of
the
same
yéere
the
Turkes
wanne
a
strong
Holde
in
Hungary
named
Filech
:
and
afterwarde
a
Truce
was
taken
betwene
the
Emperour
Ferdinando
and
Solyman
the
great
Turke
so
long
as
Ferdinando
lyued
.
The
great
Turke
,
sent
his
Ambassadour
to
Ferdinando
,
who
from
the
great
Turke
his
Maister
presented
vnto
the
said
Emperour
a
goodly
Ienet
richlye
trapped
and
4.
Camelles
with
sundrye
Christian
Prisoners
.
Maximilyan
now
Emperoure
,
by
the
Lorde
Lazarus
Swendy
his
Generall
,
conquered
&
beat
downe
a
strong
holde
&
Fort
called
Tochay
,
belonging
to
Iohn
Vaiuoda
which
was
eigerly
defended
by
the
Turkes
.
King
Philip
sent
Garzias
Captaine
of
his
Gallyes
and
Admyrall
of
those
Seas
with
a
goodly
.
Nauie
to
wynne
a
stronge
Castle
belonging
to
the
Turkes
called
Del
Peuol
di
Velez
,
standing
vpon
the
coast
of
Africa
,
from
whence
Turkish
Pyrates
were
often
wont
to
infest
the
Spanishe
Seas
and
take
suche
as
traueiled
that
waye
.
Which
in
.vj.
●ayes
they
tooke
,
for
that
the
Turkes
defending
it
,
in
the
still
time
of
the
night
fled
away
.
Solyman
besieged
the
Ile
of
Malta
,
wonne
the
Castle
of
S.
Helme
,
but
not
able
to
winne
the
rest
,
he
left
all
and
departed
with
great
losse
of
his
men
.
Solyman
with
a
huige
power
entred
into
Hungarie
,
and
besieged
Sigeth
and
Iula
.
And
there
dyed
,
the
iiij
.
of
September
,
leauing
behinde
him
for
Heyre
to
all
his
dominions
and
Kingdomes
,
his
sonne
Selyme
,
now
Emperour
of
Turkes
.
Whose
tyrannie
and
rage
God
for
his
mercyes
sake
,
inhibite
and
qualefie
,
that
he
vse
not
his
power
to
the
destruction
and
ouerthrowe
of
Christendome
,
which
with
ciuile
discord
within
it selfe
is
at
this
present
piteously
rent
asunder
and
most
daungerously
dismembred
.
In
this
Siege
the
rather
to
allure
his
Souldiours
to
valiaunt
enterprises
,
he
made
Proclamation
,
that
whosoeuer
,
brought
to
him
or
to
his
Sonne
in
law
Mechmet
Bassa
the
head
of
a
Sygethian
Souldiour
should
haue
in
reward
.x.
Duckattes
,
and
after
that
rate
accordingly
for
so
many
heades
as
they
brought
.
Beside
diuerse
other
causes
the
vehemently
mooued
him
to
conquere
this
strong
Piece
,
this
was
one
,
&
none
of
the
leaste
,
for
one
of
the
Turkes
Captaines
named
Begen
comming
out
of
Turkie
toward
Fynfenkyrken
or
Quinquecclesiae
into
Hungarie
with
.1000
.
freshe
Horsemen
,
was
encountred
by
the
Erle
Seryne
Captaine
of
Sygeth
in
the
night
,
who
tooke
from
him
8
Camels
50
Moyles
60
Horses
,
and
fire
Wagons
laden
with
Treasure
and
also
gotte
ij
.
redde
Guydons
,
with
a
whole
piece
of
riche
clothe
of
Golde
,
and
a
goodly
Iewell
.
This
Captaines
Horse
was
betrapped
most
richly
.
The
Pomell
of
the
Sadle
&
backe
part
was
couered
ouer
with
plate
of
fyne
Arabicke
work
,
and
the
rest
of
the
sadle
beside
the
sitting
place
was
plated
with
Siluer
and
gylt
.
The
Seate
of
the
Sadle
was
couered
with
purple
Veluet
,
the
Trappers
and
brydle
beset
with
small
Turkeys
and
Rubyes
.
Which
horse
and
furniture
,
was
sent
by
Earle
Seryne
to
the
Emperour
to
Vienna
.
The
Captaine
Begen
(
although
the
Erle
Serine
would
faine
haue
saued
him
and
taken
him
aliue
,
yet
because
the
Ianitzaries
fought
so
eigerly
to
deliuer
him
,
he
was
forced
to
kill
both
him
and
them
.
From
this
Begen
,
the
Erle
got
.xv.
thousand
Turkishe
&
Hungarish
Duckates
,
which
should
haue
payd
the
Turkishe
Souldiours
in
Fynfenkyrken
.
This
valiaunt
Gentleman
at
the
Siege
of
this
Fortresse
was
slaine
,
whose
death
greatly
discoraged
all
hys
company
.
The
Turke
himselfe
althoughe
he
dyed
in
the
Campe
at
this
Siege
,
certaine
dayes
before
the
fortresse
were
taken
,
yet
by
the
subtyle
pollicie
and
wonderfull
silence
of
Mechmet
Bassa
his
Sonne
in
lawe
,
his
death
was
kept
secrete
and
vnknowen
till
the
Hold
was
taken
for
discoraging
his
Souldiours
.
Insomuch
that
the
sayde
Mechmet
Bassa
,
priuely
caused
Solymans
Doctor
of
Phisicke
to
be
executed
and
put
to
death
,
least
he
shoulde
haue
blabbed
out
his
death
.
At
this
Siege
were
slaine
thrée
or
foure
Bassaes
&
18000.
Turkes
.
The
Arabians
and
certeyne
other
Countreyes
began
in
the
beginning
of
the
raigne
of
this
Selyme
to
rebell
against
him
,
whom
he
quickely
appeased
&
brought
vnder
obedience
.
And
made
a
league
wyth
the
King
of
Persia
.
After
this
,
althoughe
the
Turke
had
entred
in
league
with
the
Venetians
,
yet
now
laying
title
&
chalenge
to
the
Ile
of
Cypres
,
he
sent
his
Ambassadour
to
Venice
stately
and
malapertly
to
demaund
surrendry
of
the
same
vnto
him
.
Which
saucy
request
being
not
graunted
,
he
contrary
to
league
,
othe
,
&
promyse
,
first
sent
out
Hali
Bassa
with
80
Gallyes
thither
to
transport
Souldiours
,
Munition
,
freshe
victuall
&
other
necessaryes
.
Then
were
appointed
as
chiefe
Generalles
two
Lordes
of
his
Priuie
Councell
,
Mustapha
Bassa
,
and
Piali
Bassa
,
whiche
with
their
mayne
power
landing
in
Cypres
first
wonne
the
Citie
Nicosia
but
not
without
greate
slaughter
and
effusion
of
bloude
on
both
partes
.
The
Citie
Famagosta
was
most
terrible
besieged
and
sixe
times
cruelly
assaulted
and
righte
valiauntly
by
the
Christians
defended
so
long
as
their
power
,
victuall
,
pouder
and
Shot
remayned
.
But
the
want
of
these
thinges
&
the
state
of
their
Vaymures
being
by
Canon
shot
beaten
downe
&
perished
,
caused
the
right
valiaunt
&
honorable
Sig.
Bragadino
Lord
Gouernor
of
the
Citie
&
others
of
the
Venetian
Nobilitie
there
,
to
yeld
vp
themselues
and
the
Citie
vpon
some
honorable
condicions
.
That
is
to
wit
,
that
they
might
depart
with
their
lyues
Armour
&
goods
,
fiue
pieces
of
Ordinaunce
,
thrée
of
their
best
Horses
and
safe
passage
from
thence
to
Candye
with
theyr
own
Gallyes
:
and
last
of
all
that
the
Grecians
inhabiting
in
that
Island
,
might
dwell
there
quietly
and
enioy
their
goods
and
possessions
peaceably
and
still
reteyne
their
Christian
Religion
without
either
hurt
or
contradiction
.
Al
these
requests
and
Articles
,
Mustapha
the
Turkish
Generall
graunted
and
subscribed
vnto
with
his
own
hand
,
but
the
cursed
Caytif
spake
one
thing
with
mouth
&
thought
an
other
in
heart
,
for
the
15
of
August
,
the
said
Sig.
Bragadino
(
vpon
trust
of
this
Bassa
his
promise
)
accompanyed
with
sundry
other
Lordes
Gentlemen
and
Souldiours
came
foorth
of
their
Holde
and
went
vnto
the
Pauilion
of
Mustapha
,
with
the
keyes
of
the
Citie
:
of
whom
at
the
first
they
were
curteously
enterteyned
and
caused
to
sit
downe
by
him
,
discoursing
with
them
of
sundrye
matters
and
drawing
them
from
one
tale
to
another
,
till
at
length
picking
a
surmysed
quarel
and
specially
to
Sig.
Bragadino
sodainly
commaunded
them
all
to
be
pynyoned
and
to
be
layde
bounde
one
by
one
in
the
market
place
,
and
in
hys
presence
there
to
be
hewen
in
péeces
.
As
for
Sig.
Bragadino
,
he
first
commaunded
his
eares
to
be
cut
of
,
and
most
vilely
to
be
stretched
a
long
vpon
the
grounde
,
while
Mustapha
talked
and
blasphemously
demaunded
of
him
,
where
his
Christ
was
that
he
helped
him
no
better
.
Then
he
led
him
to
all
the
breaches
of
the
Citie
,
making
him
to
carie
at
once
two
baskettes
of
rubbish
and
earth
,
th'
one
on
hys
backe
and
th'
other
in
his
hand
slauelyke
to
euery
sundry
battry
,
being
enforced
also
and
commaunded
to
kysse
the
grounde
as
often
as
he
passed
by
him
.
After
this
,
he
was
ledde
to
the
Sea
side
where
being
set
in
a
Chayre
,
he
was
wynched
vp
and
fastened
to
the
maineyard
of
a
Galley
,
and
hoysed
vp
with
a
Crane
so
high
that
al
the
Christian
Souldiours
and
Slaues
in
the
Hauen
alreadye
shipped
might
behold
,
and
was
afterward
let
downe
againe
,
and
vpon
the
Pyllorie
in
the
market
place
most
cruelly
fleyed
quicke
.
After
which
most
sauage
tyrannie
,
his
skinne
was
stuffed
with
Straw
and
hanged
vpon
the
Bowsprit
of
a
foyst
to
be
caryed
along
the
coastes
of
Syria
,
that
al
the
Port
townes
might
behold
and
vnderstand
who
he
was
.
The
Turkish
Army
at
this
Siege
of
all
sortes
were
in
number
200
thousande
persons
.
In
79
dayes
(
all
which
time
the
Battry
still
continued
)
140
thousande
yron
pellettes
were
shot
into
the
Citie
,
numbred
and
séene
.
The
Christian
Nauy
being
in
number
207
Gallyes
,
6.
Galeazes
beside
a
great
number
of
Pynnesses
and
other
Shippes
,
and
20.
thousande
●all
Souldiours
,
of
Spayne
,
Italy
and
Germanie
beside
the
Labourers
and
Rowers
,
wherof
was
chiefe
General
Don
Iohn
de
Austria
tooke
the
Sea
at
Messana
from
thence
sayling
to
Coreyra
,
&
so
to
Cephalenia
séeking
the
Turkes
:
where
being
out
of
Candy
enformed
of
the
miserable
taking
and
cruell
dealyng
at
Famagosta
,
were
further
geuen
to
vnderstande
,
that
the
Turks
lay
at
Anker
in
the
Gulph
of
Velapan̄t
.
Spéeding
themselues
thytherward
,
the
Turkes
were
in
a
ioly
ruffe
,
marueilyng
that
the
Christians
curste
so
fondly
hazard
themselues
vnto
certayne
death
,
and
makyng
full
reckenyng
so
to
afflict
and
crush
the
Christian
power
at
that
time
,
that
they
should
neuer
be
able
afterwarde
to
withstand
then
more
.
But
they
reckened
before
their
Host
,
and
God
gaue
the
victorie
.
For
there
were
taken
,
burnt
,
and
sunk
of
the
Turkish
Gallyes
,
Galiots
and
Brygandines
230.
There
were
slayne
of
the
Turkes
30.
thousand
,
beside
a
great
number
taken
prisoners
:
and
about
xiiii
.
thousand
Christians
that
had
bene
kept
in
lothsome
captyuitie
,
were
set
at
libertie
,
breaking
their
chaynes
to
be
reuenged
of
their
extréeme
slauerie
,
to
helpe
the
Christians
when
the
Turkishe
side
began
to
goe
to
wreck
.
The
chiefe
brunt
of
this
conflict
was
vpon
the
6.
day
of
October
,
and
lasted
foure
houres
,
but
the
slaughter
and
chase
continued
all
day
from
morning
tyll
night
,
insomuch
that
the
Sea
séemed
redd
with
bloud
:
for
none
escaped
thence
aliue
sauing
40.
Gallyes
which
fled
at
the
first
beginning
.
The
Christians
lost
seauen
Gallyes
and
were
slayne
betwéene
the
number
of
vi
.
or
vii
.
thousande
.
The
wind
and
Sunne
was
on
the
backs
of
the
Christians
,
and
full
in
the
faces
of
the
Turkes
,
whiche
greatlye
helped
them
at
this
pinch
,
and
furthermore
the
Stemmes
of
the
Turks
Gallies
were
so
high
,
that
they
ouershotte
our
men
,
which
made
them
to
vasten
to
grappling
&
there
beside
a
great
sort
of
Ianyzaries
and
common
Turkes
,
their
Bassa
was
slaine
.
This
yéere
the
seauenth
of
October
,
the
noble
and
valyaunt
Prince
Don
Iohn
De
Austria
with
105
Gallyes
and
40.
great
Shippes
was
sent
by
Phylip
King
of
Spayne
to
take
and
set
order
in
the
kingdome
of
Tunice
,
where
was
great
ruffling
and
hurly burly
for
the
State.
He
therfore
takyng
Ship
at
Iauagnana
,
had
the
wynd
so
fauorable
,
that
by
noone
the
next
day
he
arryued
at
Goletta
.
Afterward
there
folowed
and
came
to
him
Marcellus
Auria
with
29.
well
trimmed
Foysts
,
and
the
Duke
of
Sessia
with
14.
of
the
Popes
gallyes
.
The
Turkes
in
Tunice
for
dread
of
his
puissaunce
(
whom
to
their
cost
not
long
before
they
had
tryed
)
fled
out
of
Tunice
,
some
to
Carauana
and
400.
of
them
to
Bisana
,
sometime
called
Vtica
:
whom
the
Bisanes
would
not
receiue
nor
succour
:
whervpon
after
many
hoat
wordes
on
either
party
,
they
fell
together
by
the
eares
among
themselues
.
The
Bisanes
(
to
be
the
stronger
in
that
byckeringe
)
vnclogged
and
vnchayned
150.
Christian
Prisoners
whom
the
Turkes
had
vsed
for
Gallye
Slaues
,
and
them
furnished
with
Weapon
and
armure
.
By
whose
help
and
meane
specially
,
the
Bisanes
got
the
vpperhande
and
slue
many
of
the
Turkes
.
Which
done
,
Don
Iohn
(
hauing
the
goodwyl
of
the
Townesmen
)
sent
thither
Sig.
Salazara
the
Spaniarde
,
to
take
possession
of
the
Towne
,
and
to
sweare
the
A●●habitauntes
to
be
true
obedient
Subiectes
to
Kinge
Philip.
Then
landing
his
Army
within
foure
miles
of
Tunice
,
he
sent
2500.
Footemen
to
the
citie
,
where
they
found
no
body
to
resist
them
but
onely
200
Moores
in
the
Castle
,
who
sayde
that
they
kept
the
same
to
the
vse
of
Amidas
their
Kinge
.
Whom
Don
Iohn
sent
Prisoner
with
his
Wife
and
Children
into
Sicile
,
because
he
had
bene
cause
of
great
discorde
and
faction
in
that
Countrie
,
and
(
dispossessing
the
lawfull
heyres
thereof
)
had
violentlye
vsurped
the
same
and
procured
the
Turkes
to
come
thither
.
In
whose
roome
be
appoynted
young
Muleasses
,
who
sware
to
be
true
Vassall
vnto
Kinge
Phylip
and
to
holde
his
Crowne
of
hym
by
Homage
,
whom
the
Citezins
with
a
goodly
peale
of
Ordinaunce
receiued
&
gladlye
séemed
to
admit
for
their
Souereigne
.
Ouer
the
Castle
or
chiefe
Fort
of
the
Citie
he
appoynted
.
Sig.
Serbellane
Captaine
.
The
iiij
.
of
February
200
footemen
and
150
Horsemen
of
the
Garrison
of
the
sayd
Sig.
Serbellan
,
ioyning
also
vnto
them
for
helpe
4000
Moores
,
yssued
out
of
their
.
Fort
and
encountred
with
1500
Turkes
and
3000
Arabians
,
which
robbed
and
spoyled
the
goods
of
the
Tunicians
and
gréeuously
molested
them
.
In
which
conflict
,
the
false
harted
Moores
reuolting
and
refusing
to
fight
,
there
was
taken
150
Christians
and
two
Gunnes
.
Still
the
Turkes
stamping
and
staring
for
rage
to
see
the
Spanyardes
beare
rule
and
authoritie
in
those
quarters
,
priuely
in
the
night
the
21
of
Februarie
surpryzed
Canisum
,
killing
therein
and
slaying
aboue
a
thousande
persons
,
and
after
they
had
vtterly
burnt
the
towne
euen
to
the
Castle
gate
,
they
retyred
backe
whence
they
came
.
The
Garrison
in
the
Castle
to
their
great
griefe
all
thys
while
beholding
this
outragious
dealing
,
&
durst
not
once
aduenture
to
coape
with
them
for
frare
of
loosing
all
,
because
they
were
in
number
farre
fewer
their
they
.
This
yéere
the
Venetians
entred
into
league
with
Selyme
the
Great
Turke
,
for
confirmation
whereof
,
they
sent
Sig.
Francesco
Barbero
to
Constantinople
,
the
conditions
wherof
were
,
that
eyther
partie
should
stil
kéepe
&
enioy
so
much
as
they
had
alredy
in
their
seueral
possessions
,
sauing
that
the
Venetians
promised
the
deliuery
of
Sapotum
and
resignation
of
all
their
tytle
in
the
Forte
of
xemenicum
into
the
Turkes
handes
:
and
againe
,
the
Turke
resigned
and
graunted
vnto
them
,
two
miles
euery
way
about
the
Territory
of
Zara
and
other
their
Iurisdictions
therabout
,
and
that
the
Venetians
for
Dalmatia
and
certeyne
other
péeces
about
Zara
,
should
yéerely
answer
on
certaine
tribute
to
the
said
Turke
.
In
March
this
yéere
the
Moores
whom
Don
Iohn
de
Austria
permitted
vpon
their
humble
sute
still
to
inhabite
in
Tunyce
,
by
the
egging
and
procurement
of
Radamane
Viceroy
of
Algiera
,
entred
into
conspyracie
and
deuise
,
how
to
surprise
and
winne
the
new
Fort
that
the
Spaniardes
had
there
lately
made
,
against
whom
Salazara
was
commaunded
by
Sig.
Serbellane
to
go
with
a
thousand
footemen
,
which
put
the
Moorish
Drudges
to
flight
,
and
slue
of
them
1200.
Thrée
Shippes
were
sent
to
Charles
the
ix
.
Kinge
of
Fraunce
,
laden
with
great
Horses
,
Lyons
,
Lyberds
,
and
other
Presentes
.
Whiche
colourable
curtesie
vnder
the
cloake
of
glosing
flatterie
,
it
is
thought
the
Turke
vsed
,
the
rather
to
obteyne
the
Kinges
goodwyll
and
consent
that
he
might
winter
his
Gallyes
in
the
Port
Tolonensis
.
But
hearing
that
the
King
was
departed
this
lyfe
before
their
comming
,
one
of
them
retourned
to
Constantinople
with
spéede
,
to
intimate
to
the
Turke
their
Maister
,
the
French
Kinges
death
,
and
further
to
know
his
pleasure
what
they
should
doe
.
In
Iune
the
Emperour
and
the
Turke
concluded
a
peace
for
fiue
yéeres
to
come
.
In
Iul●e
,
300
Turkes
landing
in
Calabria
to
fetche
fresh
water
and
filch
some
other
booties
,
were
snatched
vp
euery
one
and
either
slaine
or
taken
.
Vppon
the
Seas
about
Tunyce
were
seene
350
Saile
of
the
Turkes
,
whose
intent
and
meaning
was
(
as
very
shortly
after
they
brought
it
to
passe
)
to
recouer
and
wynne
the
new
Fort
which
Sarraglion
builded
,
together
with
Goletta
and
other
Péeces
there
.
With
whom
also
a
mighty
rablement
of
traiterous
Moores
about
Algiera
,
Tripolis
&
Zerbite
ioyned
side
:
which
dispossessed
thence
the
Spanish
garrisons
,
to
the
great
furtherance
of
their
deuelish
purposes
a●d
to
the
lamentable
griefe
of
all
Christendome
,
considering
what
a
small
way
they
haue
from
thence
into
Spaine
&
so
into
the
rest
of
other
Christian
Realmes
,
vnlesse
the
good
and
gracious
prouidence
of
our
God
quales●e
and
as
with
a
Snaffle
reine
this
raging
Beaste
and
bloudy
Tyraunt
,
the
common
robber
of
all
the
world
from
further
inuasion
,
which
he
graciously
graunt
for
his
mercye
sake
through
the
mediation
of
his
Sonne
Christ
our
Lord
and
onely
Sauiour
Amen
.
FINIS
.
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IMPRINTED
AT
London
by
William
How
,
for
Abraham
Veale
,
dwelling
in
Paules
Churchyard
,
at
the
signe
of
the
Lambe
.
1575.