¶A ioyfull new tidynges of the goodly vic­tory that was sent to the Empe­rour, from the noble Capitayne Marcquis delgasto, shewing how and in what maner all the Frēch­mē that were in Italy with all theyr Captaynes be ouer­come and destroyed of the valeāt Prince of Salerne.

¶ Yet another newe tidin­ges, shewyng howe that Barba­rossa the great Turkes Leueten [...] and Ad­miral of the see, is gone out of Fraunce wyth a great army, takyng many noble Lordes & Galleyes, as ye shall heate hereafter.

¶ Ieremye. ix.

THe LORDE sayth thus: Let not the wyse man reioyse in hys wysdome, nor the strong mā in his strengthe, nether the ritche man in hys rytches: But who so wyll reioyse, lette hym reioyse in thys, that he vnderstandeth, and knoweth me: for I am the LORDE which do mercy, equyte, and righteousenes vpon the earthe.

¶ Imprynted in Botulphe lane at the sygne of the whyte Beare by Ihon May­ler for Ihon Ghou­ghe.

❧ Cum priuslegio ad im­primendum solum.

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OUr Lorde Iesu Christe yt ordeyneth al thynges af­ter his godly wyl, punys­shynge the wycked, many and sundrye wayes, and preser­uethe them that feare hym, from all maner of perelles, pluckynge downe the proude men, and exal­tynge the meake and geueth to al men after ther worckes. Thys [Page]myghty Lord I saye hath now of late begonne to poure oute hys plages vpon the Frenche Kynge, as it dayly dothe appeare more & more, and all the cause thereof is synne & vnrighteousenesse.

For lyke as ye Israelites were plaged for ye synne of Dauid ther Kynge, wythe Pestilence. Also be the Frenchmen nowe destroyedde and punysshed of God the Lorde for ther synne, in despising of god and his word, for the light is now come into the worlde, but men ha­ue loued darkenes moore then ye lyght, because theyr dedes be euel neyther wyll they comme to the lyght lesse theyr deades should be reproued.

Nowe when ye Frenche Kynge consydered and marked wel that the Emperoure woulde set vpon [Page]hym wythe stronge hande of the borders of Artoyis and Loreyne. So hath he ymagined and practi­sed after his old vse and custome how & after what waye he should breake this his purpose & let hym from it, & to prolonge it as longe as he myght, to the entent that ye Sommer myght be spente or he shoulde haue anye power, so that the Wynter myght come, when ye colde and wette should dryue thē oute of the felde.

Now hath the Frenche Kynge thought that he woulde set vpon the Emperoure in another coun­trey farre of to make the Emper. with his armye to get them the­ther.

Whervpon the Frenche Kyng sente the Dolphyne into Italye, thorowe Sauoye wythe a verye [Page]great Armye.

And manye Earles, Lordes, & Knyghtes, as the eldest sonne of Mounsieur devendome, and the eldest sōne of Mounsieur deguise and suche other, with many Capitaynes, for to destroye the Duke­dome of Myliaene,

But God the gyuer of all vic­tory hath ordeyned it otherwyse. For as they wente towardes the Mountaynes of Italye, they had great lacke of vytayle so that for lake of foode, many of them dyed. And when they came into Italy, so dyd they destroye al afore them wherby the land sustayned great losse, & all thys was done to cause the Emperour to come thether & helpe the Italyans, & that in the meane tyme the Sommer should be spent and the Wynter to come [Page]on them or they shulde beginne to do any thyng. Now the Frenche­men beinge in Italy wrought all the meanes the [...]id to take tow­nes and Castells [...]. And so they beseged a towne called Caringi­ [...]en, the which they stormed then­kyng to wynne it and to destroye it. But when they marked that it colde not be wonne they thought to haue famyshed them. But the gentyll Lorde & noble Capitaine of the Emperoure called Marcquis delgasto, hath withe all spede gathered an Armye to defend the Emperoures countrye. And is come agaynst the Dolfine, to the same for to vittayle it, for ye frēch­men had layd seage to it afore his comynge the spare of .v. wekes so that all that whyle no vyttayle colde come to the towne.

Wherfore thys noble Capitai­ne Marcquis delgasto entending to socoure, helpe and rescue the towne with al his youre & strēgth and to vy [...]ple it.

Therfore he mente his awn [...] persone in the forwarde. And the mayne battel were the most part hye douchmen, whych played the men as hereafter shalbe declared.

Nowe when they were come neate to the towne & in the syght of the frencht Armey, so shot they at the frenche oost most fearsly, so that Marcquisdelgasto with his Sod yars (the which were moost part Spanyardes and Italians) ran fearsly vppon the frenchemē and fought longe with them, and at the laste the Frenchemen we­re putte to flyghte and all theyr fyrste Armye (that is to saye La­uangarde) [Page]be all slayne.

And when the mayne batayle of the Frenchemen were fled, then the Italians and Spaniardes begon to gather theyr spoyle amōge them that were slayne and so wēt cleane out of theyr araye, & thou­ghte of no nother thyng but eue­ry mā, for hymselfe seakyng after ryches, thynkynge that the felde was all wonne, wher vppon the Frenchemen seynge and percey­uynge the Italians and Span­yardes oute of ther araye and or­der, gatheryng the spoyle. So the mayne battell of the Frenchemē came on them withal the hast the cold, to sleye them as they dyd, for the Spanyardes and Italyans seyng them come on thē so fearsly dyd theyr best to come in theyr a­raye, and battayle agayne but ye [Page]Frenchmē came on thē so strōgly defendyng them that with great force the kept the Spanyardes & Italyans that they cold come in no aray, nor battayle & so the for­ward of Marcquis delgasto were conquered & ouercome, the cause ther of was theyr couetousenes & for lacke of better takinge hede. And Marcquis delgasto was sore wounded, and when he sawe that the Frenchemen had gotten the vpper hand, so recolde he backe wt his halbardes to his great Army ye whych were most part Douche men.

And the Frenchemen folowed hym but whē his Armye saw him comming, beynge theyr chefe Ca­pitayne and sore wounded, the o­pened theyr Leger and receaued him into them and closedde theyr [Page]Leger agayne, and sought forthe wythe agaynste the Frenchemen which assayled them fearslye, & so the recolde backe a lytyl and a ly­tyll syghtynge with the Frenche men tyl they were come to ye next towne, and lyke valyaunt men of warre spite of the Frenchemen, brought they theyr Capitayne in to it and so saued his lyfe.

Of thys feate the Frenchemen were not a lytyll glad, thynkyng that they welde ouer runne al I­taly & wyn the towne also of Ca­ringiaen by kepyng theyr vittai­les from them, and the Frenchmē dyd much myschefe in all parties wher they came. And ther is an Earle in Italy, called Picus Mi­randula which fauoureth ye frēchmen greatlye, and so he tooke vp many Souldiers to the nomber [Page]of .xxiiij. M. to helpe the Frenchemen with all, he thynkyng yt they shuld wyn all Italy.

Now when Marcquis delgasto hard yt they robbed, burnt, toke & destroyed the land, thē he caused a great nomber of men of warre to be made redye, and sent them, be­ynge of greate power wythe hys principal Capitaine of Salerne. Whē this great Armye was come in to the Dukedome of Myllaene for to fight with the Frenchmen, and to stoppe them of theyr mys­chefe & destrucciō yt they daily did to the countreye. And so it happe­ned yt on the .iiij. day of Iune last past at .v. of ye clock at after none came the Prynce of Salerne wt his people in goodly order, and be­ing all redy to fyght, set vpon the Frenchemen betwene two Cow­nes [Page]named Noule and Sarauair Now the chefe Capitayne of the Frenchemen, was one Peter De­strossy, brother to the wyfe of the Dolphyne of Fraunce this Cap­tayne made vnto his people afore they shuld fyght a great oraciō, in couraging thē after the best wyse he colde and holdened thē to fight manfullye thorowe whyche they were greatlye encouraged to the battayle. And when they came and mette together they foughte longe tyme so that moche people were slayne on bothe the sydes.

Yet at the last God gaue the vic­torye to the noble Prince of Sa­lerne so that he wan the felde, and with force of Armes ouercame ye frenchemen, so yt the moost parte of them were slayne. And manye Lordes, Earles, Capitaynes and [Page]gentil men were taken presoners as hereafter foloweth.

¶ Fyrste of all the chefe Lord of the felde of the Frenchemen, yt is to sayz Peter Destrossy the Dol­phynes brother in lawe whiche is wounded in flyeng awaye wyth a halfe haecke & after that is taken.

¶ The Earle George Marti­ningo Bressiano a Capitayne of greate myghte is also taken and wounded in the face.

¶ The Earle Hercules his bro­ther is also taken the whiche had great rytches with him.

¶ The Earle Iohn Iacques Triulsio is also taken.

¶ The Lorde Camillo Triul­lio Capitayne of .iii. vanes or stā ­derdes of soldiers is also taken.

¶ The Lorde Cornelles, Ben­ [...]u [...]illa the chefe and Leuetenāt [Page]of Peter Destrossy is also taken.

¶ The Lorde Ipolitus Leue­tenant of the Earle of Mirandu­la is also taken.

¶ The Lorde Ipolito Gonza­ga Capiteine general of the Lord vnder Peter de Strossy is also taken.

¶ The Earle of Pitillano sōne is slayne.

¶ The Lord Vlisses Orsinos eldest sonne of Peter Colōna Ca­pitayne was slayne fyghtynge.

¶ The Lorde Charle his bro­ther is taken.

¶ The Lord Roberte Malate­sta Captayne is also taken.

¶ The Lorde Flaminio Orsi­no, Capitayne is also taken.

¶ The Lord Camilio, Orosino Captayne is also taken.

¶ The Duke of Somme is al­so [Page]taken and sore hurt in his face.

Yet also is ther taken a man of great personage of the house of yt Vistonce of Milaene.

Yet more .lx. Captaynes wyth .lx. stādarde bearers be also taken.

Itē yet more two hundred Gē ­tyllmen of the whych the pourest of them is able to brynge for hys Raunsome two. M. Crounes.

Here throw is it good to be merked yt a myghty Armye hath bene one wt another, where as al these gētlemē be takē beside those why­che beslaine, yt which be yet vnknowen. For there be of the Frenche­mē slayne to the nōber of .xxx. M. men besyde those whych be taken and those whyche be wounded the which is a greate nomber. Here by maye we well marke that God our Lorde is allwayes withe the [Page]righteous, and vnto the meke he sheweth his louinge kyndnes, bu [...] the proude & the vnrigteous wyl he brynge lowe: Therfore let all men geue thankes vnto the Lorde for al his benefites, which he she­wed to all them that feareth him, and that it woulde please hym to kepe and defende both the Empe­roure. With our moost excellente prince Kynge Henry the ryght of that name the which hathe also a great cōpany of people lyenge now among hys enemy­es the whych Iesu preserue saue and kepe from all euell. AMEN.

¶ The copye of the goyng away of the chefe Cap­tayne of the Turke called Barbarossa, onte of Fraunce.

AFter this Barbarossa, vnderstode how that the ali­antes and Leages of ma­ny Prynces, was broken, which helde with Fraunce, & they had forsaken to ayde the Frenche Kynge, as the Duke of Cleaue on the one syde, and the Duke of Lo­reyne of the other partye, whiche was neuer afore against the fren­che Kynge, but because the Kyn­ges desyre was to destroy his coū ­trey burnyng vyllages & townes and to bryng it in to great pouertye, because the Emperoure shuld [Page]haue no lodgise nor yet fynd any by talles there. Therfore ye Duke consyderynge all this, thought it better to holde wythe the Empe­rour, than to haue thus his coun­trey destroyed. And also that the Scots nowe on the other syde ha­uyng to theyr Leage. Now Bar­barossa hearinge al this, thought all men falleth of from the Fren­che Kynge, wherfore I wyll pro­uyde for my selfe be times and get me awaye. And so is Barbarossa departyd out of Fraunce & hathe taken hys vyage towardes Tur­kye, and takynge wyth hym per­force & wyth strengthe, verye ma­ny Galleyes once of nomber ladē with great rytchesse, Iewelles & all manner of treasurye, amonge whych were .vi. of ye best Galleyes [Page]that the Frenche Kynge had. And oute of the reste of the Gal­leyes that he woulde not haue wt hym, he tooke oute al the thynges that was in them, that wolde do him any seruyce, as Gonnes, gon pouder, gonstones, moryshspikes, harnes, Helmettes, Halbardes, & suche other lyke ordynaunce for warre of all maner sortes of wea­pons.

And aboue this also this Bar­barossa hath taken with hym many prysoners Lordes & other Gē ­tyll men of great byrthe amonge whyche .viij. were men of greate power, and hath also taken many Captaynes prysoners with hym perforce and agenst theyr wylles for ye whych ther was made great lamentacion on the borders, and many a heuy hart hathe he made [Page]there. And a boue this he hathe robbed .vij. Vyllages and taken away with him into Turkaye al the people Prysoners that was therein. Whē al this newes came to ye Prince of Doria, how ye Barbarus was gone to ye see after this maner, he sent in al the hast after hym, hys neve Iohn Doria with xxx. Galleyes, whych were ordeyned and appoynted wyth all ma­ner of Artyllarye, gonneshot and other weapons great plenty, and also men of Armes, to make that he shuld not do any hurte or mys­chese on the borders of Christen­dome whych they manfully defended. For Barbarossa had taken his course and iourney thorow ye kyngdome of Cecilie.

Thus this Noble Capieayne Doria letted the Turke from do­ynge [Page]any more hurt to Christen­dome, and hath also taken parte of hys Galyes, and chased diuers of them, wher of the Emperoure was very glad with al his Lordes and people.

Of thys it is euydentlye to be marked that our Lord fyghte the all wayes for all them that feare hym, and turne from al ther wic­kednes. For to them that feare ye Lorde, maye no maner yll chasice but whan they come into temptacion they shalbe delyuered. But the wycked and vngodly whyche hath hardened theyr hertes as an Adamant stone and stopped theyr eares because the wolde not hea­re the wordes of God theyr Lord, whiche he hathe sente into all the world so plenteously, vnto al such I saye he sendeth his plages and [Page]some he scattereth among the He then where they be solde and en­treated lyke as they were beastes and haue great scarsenes both of meate, drynke, and clothe. &c.

And some he destroyeth withe the swerd, some with honger, some wt Pestilence, and after this world, they he tormented, wythe euerla­stynge fyre, as we may se by euy­dent tokens, of gods fearse wrath how that he destroyed the Sodo­mytes, and destroyed al the world wythe water saue Noe and hys chyldren whych shuld be an example to all them that lyue vngodly and wythoute the feare of God, lest they perishe and be destroyed as other haue bene bothe of olde tyme and now of late dayes in I­taly as you haue harde, wher the Frenche kynge hath lost the most [Page]part of the nobles of hys Realme wyth a great nomber of hys peo­ple and Artyllary and other ordy­naunces perteyning to warre, wc hys Galleyes and other treasury taken awaye by Barbarossa so ye the Frenche kynge hath loost the moost part of his power, thorowe which he may wel mark that god is angry wyth hym, and hath pu­nyshed hym for hys despysyng of hys word and for hys wycked ly­uynge, for what a poyntmēt lege peace other wyse that he maketh wyth any prynce is neuer on his party hold nor yet kept. As apart you shal heare. For whā the Em­perour began his rayne in the ye­re of our Lorde a M.CCCCC .xvi. the Emperour sent his legat to the Frenche Kynge for to make an euerlastynge Peace betwene [Page]them, the which was done cousented and fully made on bothe par­tyes and a strong lege was made on bothe sydes, whyche was not longe kepte of the Frenchekynge as his maner is, to breake all his couenauntes & to performe none as neare as be can, but went and destroyed the Emperous lande & Townes within short space after & desroyed his countreyes wher he myght or colde, & seased not to worke such myschefe tyll that the Emperoure had taken hym prysoner a foore Pauien, wher many a man lost ther lyfe and moost py­tyously murdered and drowned, among which the chefe Captayne of Fraunce loste his lyfe namedde Laydowycus Dela Truuoille wt many other.

And not withstandynge that [Page]the Emperoure hadde hym Pry­soner, yet wold he not go forth to wyn and destroy his lande which he might wel haue done yf he had would, and had therto good occasion geuen hym of the Frenche Kynge, to haue taken in much of hys countrey, the which was thā easye for hym to do, the lād being without a heade and gouernoure

Butte the Emperoure was so good that he (after that he come­ned of the matter) was contente to heare the treatye of peace the .xiii. daye of Ianuarye the which was concludedde at Madryll in Spaine, and aboue that to make the frendshyp more greater) hath gyuen hym hys owne syster to be his wife, trusting that after that he shulde haue euerlastynge peace betwene them durynge theyr ly­ues.

But al this notwythstanding he was not longe in Fraunce a­gayne but he brake his couenasi­tes of peace and would not keaps hys promes, althoughe he hadde bound hymselfe so stronge therto as any man myghte, whych was that he shuld delyuer to the Em­perour all the Emperours Lord­shippes townes and lande that he with held in Apulia, Cecilia, Lō ­bardie, Burgon, Flaunders, Ar­toise and Dornicke, vpon al why­che couenauntes he receaued the Sacramente and made a solom oothe, that he shuld performe thē and suffer euery prynce to enioye hys owne lande by hym peceably all which he neuer performed, but shortlye after in the yeare of oure Lorde a M.D.xxviij. the .xxij. [Page]day of Ianuary ye frenche Kynge sente hys Legate to Burgois in Spayne where the Emperours was that same tyme & hath made hym there desyaunce proclaming open warre agaynste the Empe­roure bothe to fyre and sword, wt moost spytefull and prowde wor­des thretenynge hym greuouslye to the which the Emperoure me­kelye aunswered as here after fo­lowethe.

It doth not make me a lytel to maruel, but moch aboue measure to wōder yt your lord my prisoner somtyme was wyl thus begynne a newe warre agenst me, the whi­che I thoughte full lytell that he woulde haue done. It is also a straunge thynge to me, to heare nowe thys defyaunce, seyng that he warred vpō me moore then .vj. [Page]yeares continually without any defyaunce sendynge. Also he kno­wethe what aunswere I sente to him by his Legat that was with me and how I aunswered to him so reasonable that all men maye perceaue that no faulte is in me.

For after the consyderacion of the conclusion and agreemente yt we made at Madryl, is very ma­ny of my subiectes taken Priso­ners and set them in his Gallyes agaynst all truthe and promyses made to the contrary, for whyche causes sake I haue taken agayne of hys people prysoners, nowe yf he wyll delyuer my people free, I shall also delyuer hys wythoute any fayle & led thē home ageyne.

Let your Kyng are his Legat what aunswere I made hym at Granaten, and he shal well fynde [Page]that I haue done muche better, than I had promysed to hym at Madrylen.

And after that the Emperour had spoken these wordes he com­maunded to hys Secretary that he shulde be we [...]l entreated, and yt they shoulde be broughte to theyr lodgyng and that they shuld tary for theyr aunswere, whych thyng they dyd. Now to consider the gē ­tle answere of so noble an Empe­rour, to hys enemyes spiteful and proude wordes, manye men maye learne to refrayne themself from folyshe hastynes and rashe iudge­ment, by thys man beyng so hy in degre & mightye of poure, hauing so great a cause, and yet doth recō pence good for yll but no doubte therbe many men that be muche [...]oore prouder of hart then thys [Page]noble Emperoure, whych wyl be avēged for euery trifle, the Lord gyue to all suche better grace.

Now whyle that the Legat tary­ed for hys aunswere, came vnto hym the Emperours chefest Se­cretary named M. Iohn Aleman and delyuered to hym in wryting hys full and sufficient aunswere sayeng heare is the ful aunswere, go and showe it to youre Kynge where in he shall playnlye se that he doth fare otherwyse wyth hys workes, thē he dyd promis wt hys wordes at Toleten and Madryll And shewe hym that from the be­gynnynge of hys Kyngedome he neuer ceased from warre to shed the Christen bloud moost vnrigh­teouslye.

Now when al thys came to the Frenche Kyng and had redde the [Page]aunswere of the Emperoure, he was exceadyngelye full of wrathe and angery therat, so that incon­tinent he begon a newe to warre vppon the Emperour in the yea­re of oure Lorde a M.D.xxvij. causing his see robbers and other to do all the myschefe the coulde both by water and by lande.

And when the Emperour saw this he dyd his best to wythstand hym & to preserue his poure sub­iectes and because he wold stoppe hys tyrany that ye Christen bloud shuld not be shedde, he sente to the Frenche Kyng to haue peace and truse, saieng he had spilt the chri­stens bloud long I noughe, wherfore he prayed him of truse, which the Frenche kynge graunted at ye laste, and so the truse was procla­med the fyrst daye of Iuly. Anno. [Page]Dn̄i. M.D.xxvij. for .viij. yeres Not longe after thys the French Kynge made alyaunce withe the Veneciās; to the entēt they shuld also be hurtefull and noysome to the Emperour; & had consented, & agreed together, to be seage Na­ples, whiche was in the yeare of our Lorde a M.D.xxix. because they wolde dryue the they wolde dryue the Emperour Emperour oute of Italye. But God dyd or­deyne it other wyse, for theyr hole Armye was destroyed; some tho­rowe Pestilence dyed, another part were stayne among whyche was the Lorde Lotrechte theyr Chiefest Captayne and Lorde of the hoale Armye, wythe many o­ther gētyl mē so that very few es­caped ageine in to Frasice: Thus was the frenchemen with al them that toke tyer partes, moost sha­mefullye [Page]destroyedde, where by menne maye well marke it was no nother but the verye plage of God for theyr wycked Imagina­cions.

When the Frenchekynge sawe thys he held hym more styller thē to foore, and consentedde to haue peace and quietnes, wher vpon ye frenchekynges Mother came to Camerike. An. Dn̄i. M.D.xxix. Whose name was Ludouica, and met ther wythe the Emperoures Aunte Lady Margrit, and ther was moued on both sydes manye wayte and difficultye matters & so at the last the cōcluded on both sydes to haue peace, whyche was proclamed in Camerycke, the .v. daye of August a M.D.xxix.

Now men hoped that this pea­ce shuld continew and not be bro­ken, [Page]for as moche as the Frenche Kynges Mother had consented therto and was partly cause therof. But with in shorte space therafter that is to saye in Anno. M.D.xxxv. When the Emperoure was purposed to go warre vpon the Turke, he thinkyng yt the peace shuld neuer be broken agayne betwene the frenche Kynge and hym, and also preparyng all thynges for his Iourney the therward to syght agaynste the Turke the vtter enemye of al Chrinstendōe, and to delyuer the Christen Pry­soners whych were in his handes moost cruelly handeled, wher vpō the Emperour takynge his Iourney from Spayne towardes A­fryka, for to putte the Turke to flyght and so he dyd and wan the hoole Kyngedome of Tunis and [Page]put Barbarossa to flyght ye which is the moost Tyraunte that euer was to the Christen people.

The frenchekynge markynge that the Emperour was farre of out of hys lande, hys falshed and disceyte to declare that laye hyd within him, raysed a great Army and toke his iourneye towardes Italy and toke the towne Genua with much land, and many other townes he destroyed with the coū treyes rounde aboute them, and burnte Sauoye. The Emperour hearyng thys, is incontynente wt all spede come backe into Italy & draue the kynge out wyth all his Armey. And he made all his wip­pes in a redynes with all other or­dinaunce redy agaynste the next Sommer, to set ageane vpon the Turke, the which the frenchkyng had [Page]letted many tymes to sore for the Emperoure knew well that there was a great leage betwen ye frēch-Kynge and the Turke, agaynste hym and all Christendome.

What shuld a man saye to this wycked Kynge, whome the Bys­shop of Rome callethe the mooste Christen Kynge, but hys deades declare hym to be the mooste vn-Christen Kynge, lyke as the Bys­shoppe of Romes worckes declare hym to be very Antechriste. For these two, that is to say the frēch-Kynge and the Bysshop of Rome hath taken vpō them the name of Christen Rulers, but yet ther be nomen moore agaynste Christes doctrine and his flocke then these men are. But the booke of wysdō say the. Eccle .xlj. The chyldren of the vngodlye are abhomynable [Page]chyldren; and so are they that ke­pe company with the vngodlye. Thus the french-kinge hath done wyckedly to forsake his God, and hath vaynely Imagyned to trust vnto the Turke for helpe & ayde, and hath not rather turned hym from hys wycked wayes and dea­des, vnto the almyghty God, for the man is blessedde in deade that hathe his hope and trust onely in God the Lorde of all Lordes, and kynge of all kynges, for a kyng is not helped onely by his great po­wer, & a strong man is not delyue red by hys strēgthe. For it is god yt geueth ye victory. Therfore cur­sed in any mā or ī any creature. But blessed & happy is ye mā, whose helpe is ye God of Iacob, and whose hope stādeth vpō ye Lord his god.

Nowe to proceade forthe. The Emperour wtin shorte spare after in the yeare a M.D.xxvi. came to Rome in Lent, where he recea­ued the holy Sacramente, & was­shed the feate of .xii. poure men a also gaue them foode and rytche gyftes both golde a syluer, wher­at his enemyes marueled, to le ye goodnes of the Emperoure. And the morow after the Emperoure came before the Frenche Embassadoure and Legat and hath spokē these wordes followynge openly that all men myght heare them.

I beleue and know of a [...] that it is not knowen, howe that I haue alwayes is spoken and labo­red for peace, and quietnes that we shuld be of one mynde al Chri­stendome together, and that ther soulde be no warre amonge the [Page]Christen, but that we shulde al together warre vpō the Turke the enemy of our Lorde Iesu Christ. And it is also well knowen howe that this Fraunces the Frenche king, hath bene alwaies froward and ouertwart, vsynge allwayes no nother against me nor against my forefathers, but craft and dis­simulaciō, as agaynst Marimiliā & lykewyse Fardināders, to whom he neuer kept any promes that he made to thē. For Marimilianus last wordes were these, when that he made peace the last tyme wyth the frenchekynge: Behold (sayth he this is now ye leauenth tyme yt I haue made peace wyth him, the whyche neuer kepte anye of hys promyses.

Also it is wel knowē, how that he dyd breake his promes at Na­ples [Page]and at Nauerne contrarye to hys oothe and couenauntes. and what confederacion and aly­aunce that he hath made wyth ye Turke, and howe he ayded hym when we were withe oure greate Army in Hungry, where as God byd gyue vs great vyctory, forwe put to flyght an excedyng greate nomber of Turkes, and also flew manye of them. And so I desyred thre tymes of hym prayenge him earnestly, that he wold helpe and ayde me, as all Christen Princes dutie is. To dryue the Turke out of Christendome, and help and defende the poore Christen, from his cruel tyranny. And so he made me an aunswere that it was not pos­syble for hym to helpe or ayde me any thynge, because of his greate mysfortune that he hath had.

The second tyme, I haue desyred him of his ayde and helpe against the Turke, to the whiche he made aunswere agayne, that he coulde not in so short tyme delyuer such a great Armye. The thyrd tyme, yet ones agayne when I shoulde tourney to Tunis I prayed hi to lēd me some of his shyps, & he ma­de aunswere ye he mighte not do so because he was at peace & vnyed wt Barbarossa & become together frēdes. And aboue this I gat cer­teyne letters ye was taken, which came frō Barbarossa to ye Frēche king ye which I haue yet in store.

And all thys hathe he done be­cause he woulde haue Myllaene. Yet neuer thelesse I deliuered his Chyldren that were pledges for hym, francke and free because he shulde neuer desyre agayne anye [Page]tytyll to Myllane but be conten­ted that I myght quyetly kepe it wyth Italy and Florence.

And because nomā shuld thin­ke that I haue consentedde to do this out of any feare, he knoweth how that I sent moore than. L. thousande men of warre befoore Tunis, for to helpe a king to hys kyngdōe againe which was dry­uen perforse the route, & shuld not I haue bene able to haue brought forth twyse so manye men of Ar­mes to defende my selfe wythe all thoro we goddes helpe. And far­ther I saye. If it be so that the frenche Kynge wyl poynt to ma­ke Campe agaynste Campe wepened or vnwepened by lande or by see that we may try it together I am and shalbe alwayes troye to performe it, because that for hys [Page]vnryghteousenes sake no moore symple & innocente Christē blood shuld be spylte. And because he shulde take heare in good counsaile, & make his aunswere discrete­ly, therfore I gyue hym .xx. dayes truse. And withe thys I make an ende sayeng ones, twyse & thryse, peace, peace, peace I desyre. From that tyme forth the frenche kyng began agayne to burne, robbe, & destroye the Emperoures land & pryncipally ye Dukedome of Sa­uoye, & so sone as the Emperoure harde that, he sente hys warryers forth withal, agayne into hys lā ­de, & hath almoost marred and destroyed al Pykardye, and toke & wonne Guisen, and He sdyne and lykewyse burnte the Cowne of sint Poule, and murtheredde all that was therin. And lykewyse [Page]got the Emreroure Monstrust & burnt all the Towne, and wende from those to Terwin, to gyue as­saute therto but when the french kynge perceyued that his lande wente thus to wracke & was de­stroyed, knowynge that the Em­petoure was a gentyl prynce and easy to entreate, desyred of hym truse, because ye warre shulde sea­se incontinent, the whyche be ob­tayned, for the Souldyars were sent home incontynent and truse proclamedde, thorowe the whych many noble men desyrynge and prayenge that ther myghte a peace be made, whyche was conclu­ded at Genua so strong that men thought it would neuer haue be­ne broken, but a contynued for e­uer, wher vppon the Emperoure made and prepared al thinges re­dye [Page]to set a freshe vpon the Turke both by water and by lande, thyn kyng now that he had surely pea­ce for euer wyth the frenchkyng.

But the wynd turnedde yet a geane contrarye, for the frenche­kynge sought with great dylygē ce to begyn a newe warre agayne and secreetly concluded wyth dyuers prynces and specially with ye Duke of Cleaue agaynst the Emperour whō he had brought therto with his flatterye & fayre pro­myses, and made hym to brynge in suddenlye hys warryars into Braband, which dyd there much harme thorowe a Captayne that they had named Martyne of Rossen, whyche thoughte to destroye muche of the Emperours lande. But God whych defēdeth alwayes the ryghteous, hath broken al [Page]the aliances that was made and conspyred against the Emperour so that nowe they that were the frenchekynges frendes haue lytil poure to helpe hym and somme be become hys enemyes.

Of the which nōber the great Turke was one, wt whome he had made the moost wycked & vngod­lyest cōsedaraciō ye euer was hard beyng betwene an Heathen Ty­raunt & one ye hath takē vpō him to be the moste Christen Kynge.

Therfore I feare ye the curse of God hange the ouer hym and hys realme which is spokē by the pro­phet (sayeng.) Wo be vnto them that go downe into Egypte, sea­kynge for helpe of the Heathen, & trust in horses, and confort them selues in Charettes, because they be many, and in horsemē, because [Page]they be lusty & stronge. But they regard not the holy one of Israel nother do they seake helpe & com­fort of hyme ye is ye almyghty god.

Therfore set vs al that wyl be Christen people, pray together to our Lord God, ye he wyll preserue the noble Emperour & our moost victorius Kyng, wt all ther noble Captaynes and Soldiars wt all other theyr subiectes that it wyl please yt lyuynge God to gyue thē [...]ctory ouer ther enemyes, ye we may haue a spedy ende of ye warre and ye we maye lyue in peace & rest al the dayes of our lyfe after, and also al Christendome the whyche graunt to vs the Father, Sonne and holy Ghost. So be it.

¶ Imprinted at London in Botulphe lane & translated out of Doutche into Englyshe or Thou Mayler.

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