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             Decemb.
             23.
             1663.
             
          
        
         
           Imprimatur
           .
        
         
           
             William
             Morice
             .
          
        
      
       
         
         
           
             FLORVS
             HVNGARICVS
          
           :
           OR
           The
           History
           OF
           HUNGARIA
           AND
           TRANSYLVANIA
           Deduced
           from
           the
           Original
           of
           that
           Nation
           ,
           and
           their
           setling
           in
           Europe
           in
           the
           Year
           of
           our
           Lord
           461
           ,
           To
           this
           Dangerous
           and
           Suspectful
           Period
           of
           that
           Kingdome
           by
           the
           present
           Turkish
           Invasion
           ,
           Anno
           1664.
           
        
         
           
             Iohn
             Chantry
             .
             sculp
          
        
         
           LONDON
           ,
           
             Printed
             by
          
           W.
           G.
           for
           Hen.
           Marsh
           
             at
             the
          
           Princes
           Arms
           in
           Chancery-Lane
           .
           1664.
           
        
      
       
         
         
         
           To
           the
           Right
           Honourable
           IOHN
           Earl
           of
           BATH
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           
             May
             it
             please
             your
             Lordship
             ,
          
        
         
           THIS
           History
           (
           Written
           Originally
           in
           Latine
           by
           a
           Noble
           Hand
           ,
           native
           of
           that
           Kingdome
           )
           was
           
           like
           a
           Treatise
           of
           that
           deserving
           quality
           ,
           addressed
           to
           the
           Hands
           of
           two
           Illustrious
           Persons
           ,
           whom
           the
           Translatour
           (
           sure
           of
           doing
           the
           Authour
           no
           injury
           in
           this
           particular
           )
           hath
           represented
           in
           your
           single
           SELF
           ,
           to
           what
           advantage
           of
           Lustre
           the
           World
           shall
           speak
           .
        
         
           For
           (
           my
           Lord
           )
           it
           is
           not
           the
           design
           of
           this
           Dedication
           to
           bring
           water
           to
           the
           Ocean
           ,
           (
           although
           the
           Ever-flowing
           Tribute
           that
           is
           due
           to
           Vertue
           is
           natural
           and
           necessary
           )
           both
           because
           this
           streight
           and
           shallow
           ,
           will
           not
           boast
           or
           
           presume
           to
           be
           proud
           of
           any
           Additament
           to
           Your
           Fame
           ;
           &
           for
           that
           this
           Candle
           in
           such
           Day-light
           will
           prove
           but
           a
           faint
           and
           unobserved
           Glimmering
           of
           that
           full
           Splendour
           .
        
         
           Actions
           and
           not
           Words
           ,
           have
           entertained
           the
           greatest
           part
           of
           your
           Life
           ,
           till
           the
           late
           blessed
           Change
           ,
           which
           shall
           never
           be
           mentioned
           but
           with
           Your
           Name
           ;
        
         
           Pax
           nescit
           COMITIS
           non
           memor
           esse
           sui
           :
        
         
           Insomuch
           that
           your
           Lordship
           
           is
           a
           living
           Epitome
           of
           our
           late
           War
           ,
           and
           is
           read
           by
           most
           men
           with
           Delight
           and
           Admiration
           .
        
         
           Vpon
           that
           account
           it
           is
           (
           my
           Lord
           )
           that
           I
           humbly
           present
           to
           You
           this
           
             FLORUS
             HUNGARICUS
          
           and
           Abridgement
           of
           their
           History
           ,
           not
           knowing
           with
           whose
           Sum
           of
           Glory
           this
           Compendium
           of
           so
           renowned
           a
           Nation
           would
           better
           sute
           ;
           for
           from
           the
           Founding
           of
           their
           Empire
           ,
           Time
           hath
           had
           few
           respites
           ,
           and
           but
           momentary
           vacations
           from
           Military
           Affairs
           .
        
         
         
           In
           which
           Speculation
           (
           my
           Lord
           )
           I
           am
           so
           much
           assured
           ,
           that
           you
           are
           frequently
           Conversant
           ,
           and
           familiarly
           please
           your Self
           in
           that
           Heroical
           Diversion
           ,
           that
           I
           could
           not
           restrain
           the
           Ambitious
           Tender
           of
           this
           COMMENTARY
           ;
           which
           although
           very
           uneven
           ,
           and
           abrupt
           of
           Stile
           (
           as
           could
           not
           be
           avoided
           in
           such
           a
           pent
           and
           narrow
           inconvenience
           of
           Expression
           )
           yet
           it
           hath
           plainly
           conveyed
           and
           continued
           the
           story
           .
        
         
           The
           Endevour
           ,
           what
           it
           is
           ,
           is
           most
           humbly
           submitted
           
           to
           Your
           Lordships
           Iudgement
           ,
           and
           most
           submissively
           begs
           Your
           Protection
           and
           Patronage
           ,
           under
           which
           it
           doubts
           not
           to
           find
           acceptance
           with
           the
           World.
           
        
         
           
             (
             My
             Lord
             )
          
           I
           am
           Your
           most
           Humble
           and
           Obedient
           Servant
           
             J.
             H.
             
          
        
      
       
         
         
           To
           the
           READER
           .
        
         
           THE
           Affairs
           and
           History
           of
           Hungary
           variously
           agitated
           under
           several
           mutations
           and
           Revolutions
           ,
           are
           now
           presented
           to
           the
           World
           in
           an
           Epitome
           ,
           which
           neverthelesse
           Comprehends
           most
           of
           the
           Transactions
           in
           Europe
           ,
           and
           may
           intitle
           it self
           to
           be
           its
           Remembrancer
           .
           This
           Nation
           some
           Ages
           before
           ,
           not
           seen
           and
           unheard
           of
           ,
           did
           out
           of
           its
           Ruins
           rise
           to
           a
           Mighty
           Kingdome
           ,
           and
           as
           it
           did
           so
           wonderfully
           increase
           ,
           so
           did
           it
           with
           the
           same
           Urgencies
           of
           Fate
           ,
           decline
           
           as
           fast
           ,
           and
           again
           recover
           it self
           ;
           and
           so
           by
           the
           inconstancy
           of
           its
           Fortune
           either
           added
           Terrour
           or
           Hope
           to
           its
           Neighbours
           :
           For
           while
           this
           People
           struggled
           for
           Empire
           ,
           intending
           to
           heap
           up
           their
           Glory
           in
           the
           Splendor
           of
           one
           Day
           ,
           and
           would
           allow
           no
           futurities
           to
           their
           Felicity
           ,
           the
           Justice
           of
           Providence
           decreed
           them
           a
           laborious
           race
           ,
           wherein
           their
           speed
           and
           Strength
           hath
           been
           tired
           ;
           and
           by
           many
           uneven
           Ascents
           and
           Descents
           ,
           almost
           wearied
           out
           of
           Breath
           :
           in
           which
           time
           notwithstanding
           (
           the
           space
           of
           Twelve
           hundred
           years
           and
           upwards
           )
           it
           hath
           effected
           so
           many
           great
           things
           both
           in
           War
           and
           Peace
           ,
           that
           it
           seemeth
           to
           have
           dared
           and
           accomplished
           things
           far
           beyond
           either
           its
           Fortune
           or
           Ability
           ,
           Commanding
           and
           extending
           its
           Power
           so
           far
           over
           the
           adjoyning
           Nations
           ,
           that
           while
           its
           Actions
           and
           story
           is
           read
           ,
           both
           Asia
           and
           Europe
           are
           concerned
           ,
           and
           are
           again
           subjected
           in
           the
           review
           ,
           as
           Tributaries
           to
           the
           Renown
           of
           this
           Empire
           .
        
         
           I
           must
           confesse
           that
           so
           many
           Vicissitudes
           ,
           and
           the
           Grandeur
           of
           the
           subject
           do
           much
           discompose
           the
           Contexture
           ,
           
           but
           so
           that
           the
           shape
           of
           the
           Majesty
           hereof
           will
           sufficiently
           appear
           ,
           although
           it
           have
           not
           its
           full
           Proportions
           .
        
         
           We
           consider
           therefore
           the
           Hungarian
           Nation
           according
           to
           these
           Intervals
           or
           Distances
           ,
           The
           first
           Age
           was
           most
           fierce
           and
           Sanguinous
           ,
           while
           they
           were
           under
           the
           darknesse
           of
           Paganisme
           ,
           which
           lasted
           almost
           600
           years
           ,
           during
           which
           time
           they
           exceeded
           the
           very
           Beasts
           in
           all
           savage
           and
           barbarous
           Cruelty
           .
           The
           following
           Age
           under
           Geysa
           and
           Stephen
           ,
           Christian
           Princes
           ,
           until
           the
           Reign
           of
           Charles
           Son
           of
           Lewis
           ,
           in
           which
           time
           passed
           340
           years
           ,
           was
           afflicted
           and
           sore
           put
           to
           it
           ;
           yet
           it
           made
           a
           shift
           to
           rear
           it self
           &
           raise
           its
           Glory
           out
           of
           the
           Dust.
           Thence
           to
           our
           Times
           have
           run
           330
           years
           ,
           in
           which
           its
           Glories
           have
           been
           retrograde
           ,
           and
           have
           verged
           to
           a
           decrepit
           and
           feeble
           estate
           ,
           save
           that
           under
           K.
           Matthias
           the
           Kingdom
           mov'd
           its
           Arms
           with
           some
           vigour
           ,
           and
           seemed
           to
           be
           renewed
           to
           a
           Fresh
           and
           active
           Youth
           and
           Virility
           .
        
         
           But
           Matthias
           being
           taken
           away
           by
           the
           envyous
           Destinies
           ,
           the
           Hungarians
           soon
           lost
           their
           ancient
           Courage
           and
           
           Vertue
           ,
           suffering
           the
           Turks
           to
           possesse
           themselves
           of
           the
           greatest
           part
           of
           their
           Country
           (
           which
           they
           are
           now
           like
           wholly
           to
           subdue
           )
           while
           they
           were
           divided
           betwixt
           the
           Interests
           of
           Ferdinand
           the
           Emperour
           ,
           and
           
             Iohn
             Zapolyai
          
           Vayvod
           of
           Transylvania
           ,
           pretenders
           to
           that
           Crown
           ;
           so
           that
           Hungary
           is
           to
           be
           sought
           in
           it self
           .
           For
           while
           the
           Kingdome
           was
           insociable
           and
           coveted
           by
           many
           ,
           it
           became
           burdened
           with
           more
           weight
           then
           it
           could
           bear
           ;
           and
           that
           Government
           which
           might
           have
           been
           well
           supported
           and
           maintained
           by
           one
           ,
           being
           shouldred
           by
           so
           many
           ,
           fell
           with
           ruine
           to
           the
           Ground
           .
        
         
           It
           is
           now
           redevable
           to
           the
           Reader
           ,
           that
           I
           give
           an
           account
           of
           what
           Authors
           have
           been
           consulted
           in
           the
           Compiling
           of
           this
           Treatise
           ;
           Many
           Hungarian
           Writers
           being
           waived
           because
           of
           their
           Flattery
           and
           fondnesse
           of
           their
           own
           Nation
           ,
           or
           Fabulous
           Untruths
           ;
           of
           which
           sort
           are
           
             Ranzanus
             ,
             Ritius
          
           ,
           and
           others
           ;
           but
           one
           for
           all
           is
           Bonfinius
           ,
           who
           hath
           loaded
           the
           Original
           of
           the
           Hungarians
           with
           a
           multitude
           of
           Fictions
           .
           Thur●●zius
           hath
           done
           something
           better
           ;
           in
           
           the
           whole
           six
           hundred
           Authours
           have
           been
           conferred
           ;
           but
           those
           to
           whom
           Credence
           was
           due
           are
           onely
           these
           ;
           First
           
             Nicholas
             Istuamfi
          
           ,
           a
           man
           conversant
           in
           the
           story
           who
           wrote
           his
           Rationale
           from
           the
           life
           of
           Matthias
           the
           first
           ;
           but
           because
           of
           his
           propense
           affection
           to
           the
           Caesars
           (
           for
           which
           teason
           he
           either
           neglects
           Truth
           or
           conceals
           their
           Vices
           )
           fome
           rare
           ,
           more
           Ancient
           and
           modern
           Writers
           have
           been
           contra-examined
           against
           him
           .
           Next
           to
           him
           ,
           
             Flavius
             Ascanius
             Centorinus
          
           ,
           who
           Composed
           his
           History
           of
           the
           Dacian
           Wars
           out
           of
           the
           Manuscript
           Commentaries
           of
           Ferdinand
           ,
           and
           Castaldus
           (
           his
           General
           )
           themselves
           .
           Lastly
           ,
           
             Iohn
             Michael
             Brutus
          
           ,
           who
           wrote
           of
           this
           matter
           by
           the
           Command
           of
           
             Stephen
             Bathori
          
           King
           of
           Poland
           ,
           together
           with
           Thuanus
           and
           some
           few
           not
           so
           Eminent
           .
        
         
           The
           Reader
           ,
           it
           is
           presumed
           ,
           will
           be
           hereby
           satisfied
           of
           the
           veracity
           and
           Authority
           of
           this
           Discourse
           ,
           whose
           Subject
           (
           being
           so
           much
           a
           stranger
           )
           needed
           a
           very
           ample
           Certificate
           ,
           for
           that
           Impostures
           of
           these
           distant
           Regions
           are
           very
           rife
           and
           frequent
           .
        
         
         
           All
           that
           is
           to
           be
           Apologised
           and
           Excused
           ,
           is
           the
           style
           ,
           which
           pretends
           to
           nothing
           but
           understandible
           English
           ,
           shut
           up
           by
           such
           rigid
           clauses
           and
           restraints
           of
           matter
           ,
           that
           it
           could
           not
           breath
           any
           free
           Language
           .
           And
           when
           the
           Reader
           shall
           have
           perceived
           how
           this
           Volume
           is
           crowded
           to
           render
           it
           a
           Manual
           acceptable
           to
           the
           diversion
           of
           curious
           and
           inquisitive
           men
           ,
           he
           will
           no
           doubt
           vouchsafe
           a
           Pardon
           to
           this
           Endevour
           .
        
         
           Vale.
           
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           THE
           HISTORY
           OF
           HUNGARIA
           AND
           TRANSYLVANIA
           .
        
         
           
             THIS
             Nation
             ,
             
             not
             seen
             nor
             known
             in
             Europe
             ,
             before
             the
             decrepit
             Estate
             of
             the
             Roman
             Empire
             ,
             had
             their
             formidable
             Extract
             from
             the
             extremest
             part
             of
             Maeotis
             ,
             inhabited
             by
             the
             Massagetes
             ,
             next
             neighbours
             to
             the
             Dahi
             ,
             as
             
               Plinius
               ,
               Mela
            
             and
             Ptolomy
             do
             report
             ,
             though
             some
             Authors
             have
             derived
             them
             from
             the
             Parthians
             ,
             both
             seated
             betwixt
             the
             Rivers
             Oxus
             and
             Iaxarta
             .
          
           
             Former
             Times
             call'd
             all
             that
             Tract
             of
             ground
             
             lying
             North
             and
             North-east
             ,
             by
             the
             Name
             of
             Scythia
             ,
             and
             under
             that
             general
             Appellation
             the
             Inhabitants
             were
             notified
             to
             the
             world
             ,
             which
             now
             is
             distinguished
             into
             the
             different
             Tribes
             of
             the
             present
             Tartarian
             Empire
             ;
             who
             at
             this
             day
             continue
             that
             vagrant
             ,
             incursive
             ,
             and
             predatory
             disposition
             ,
             that
             brought
             these
             necessitous
             Huns
             in
             vast
             multitudes
             into
             fertiler
             though
             never
             so
             distant
             Regions
             .
          
           
             It
             will
             be
             therefore
             requisite
             to
             give
             some
             breif
             account
             of
             this
             Nursery
             and
             source
             of
             so
             many
             Martial
             Nations
             ,
             
             and
             particularly
             of
             this
             of
             the
             Huns
             ,
             because
             of
             this
             singular
             remarque
             ,
             that
             none
             of
             her
             swarms
             besides
             ,
             were
             ever
             blest
             with
             the
             Christian
             Faith
             ;
             and
             arrived
             to
             ,
             and
             persisted
             in
             the
             Glory
             of
             a
             Kingdome
             and
             Empire
             under
             the
             Ensigne
             of
             the
             Crosse
             ,
             intire
             ,
             separate
             and
             unmixt
             from
             other
             Nations
             ,
             in
             all
             the
             Fortunes
             of
             War
             ,
             and
             the
             variation
             of
             their
             Estate
             .
          
           
             Scythia
             by
             the
             Ancients
             was
             divided
             into
             the
             European
             and
             Asiatick
             ;
             
             the
             former
             made
             stretching
             it self
             from
             the
             Springs
             of
             Tanais
             by
             the
             Banks
             of
             the
             Lake
             Maeotis
             and
             the
             Euxine
             Sea
             ,
             to
             Ister
             (
             so
             named
             when
             swelled
             with
             the
             Confluence
             of
             the
             
               Danow
               ,
               Savus
            
             and
             Dravus
             ,
             3
             great
             Rivers
             by
             the
             City
             of
             Belgrade
             )
             the
             reason
             of
             which
             mistake
             was
             ,
             for
             that
             they
             falsly
             supposed
             Asia
             to
             be
             divided
             from
             Europe
             by
             the
             Tanais
             :
             For
             from
             Taenarus
             the
             Extreme
             promontory
             of
             Peloponesus
             to
             the
             Springs
             and
             rise
             of
             Tanais
             ,
             not
             more
             than
             half
             the
             Line
             
             extending
             to
             the
             Northern
             Ocean
             ,
             is
             Comprehended
             ;
             that
             River
             arising
             in
             the
             Confines
             of
             the
             greater
             Russia
             ,
             and
             the
             lesser
             Tartary
             ,
             from
             a
             Lake
             called
             
               Ivanowo
               Iezcier
            
             ,
             not
             out
             of
             the
             Riphaean
             Mountains
             ,
             as
             is
             fabled
             by
             the
             Ancients
             ;
             for
             that
             there
             are
             no
             such
             Hills
             in
             nature
             ,
             nor
             was
             it
             ever
             agreed
             among
             Geographers
             where
             they
             should
             be
             sited
             .
             And
             it
             is
             since
             manifest
             that
             from
             the
             Lake
             aforesaid
             there
             is
             as
             much
             space
             of
             ground
             lying
             between
             the
             Sea
             ,
             as
             is
             betwixt
             it
             and
             Peloponensus
             ,
             so
             that
             many
             places
             are
             assigned
             to
             Asia
             in
             this
             Region
             ,
             which
             do
             truely
             belong
             to
             Europe
             .
             This
             is
             the
             rather
             insisted
             ,
             to
             rectifie
             the
             general
             mistake
             in
             most
             of
             the
             modern
             Maps
             and
             descriptions
             of
             the
             World.
             
          
           
             The
             vastnesse
             of
             the
             
               Asian
               Scythia
            
             is
             so
             great
             ,
             
             that
             its
             bounds
             were
             neither
             known
             in
             the
             past
             ,
             not
             discovered
             to
             the
             present
             Age
             ;
             Circumscribed
             to
             the
             East
             with
             the
             opposite
             shore
             of
             unknown
             Seas
             ;
             to
             the
             North
             with
             the
             Frozen
             Scythian
             Sea
             ;
             to
             the
             West
             with
             the
             
               Cimmerian
               Bosphorus
               ,
               Maeotis
               ,
               Tanais
               ,
            
             and
             a
             Line
             drawn
             to
             the
             White
             Sea
             ;
             to
             the
             South
             with
             the
             Indies
             ;
             whence
             it
             comes
             to
             passe
             that
             the
             Straight
             of
             Anian
             is
             yet
             controverted
             ;
             some
             allowing
             no
             such
             Sea
             ;
             others
             so
             narrow
             a
             one
             ,
             that
             the
             Scythians
             are
             feigned
             to
             have
             had
             their
             originals
             from
             America
             .
             The
             uncertainty
             of
             our
             knowledge
             of
             this
             Countrey
             is
             imputed
             to
             this
             main
             Cause
             ,
             for
             that
             none
             of
             the
             Mighty
             of
             the
             world
             could
             ever
             boast
             of
             a
             Conquest
             
             thereof
             .
             We
             read
             of
             Expeditions
             made
             against
             the
             Scythians
             ,
             both
             towards
             the
             East
             and
             the
             West
             ,
             but
             no
             way
             remarquable
             for
             their
             progression
             .
             Cyrus
             never
             reached
             
               Iaxarta
               ;
               Darius
            
             attempting
             the
             
               Europaean
               Scythians
            
             ,
             came
             not
             to
             the
             Mountains
             of
             
               Dacia
               .
               Trajan
            
             who
             went
             further
             then
             any
             of
             his
             Predecessors
             ,
             arrived
             not
             to
             the
             Springs
             of
             Marusius
             .
             The
             Arms
             of
             Alexander
             the
             Great
             ,
             the
             more
             inward
             Inhabitants
             onely
             heard
             of
             ,
             but
             felt
             not
             .
             And
             Pliny
             complains
             that
             in
             his
             time
             the
             vastnesse
             of
             the
             Maeotick
             Lake
             was
             altogether
             unknown
             ,
             some
             saying
             it
             was
             a
             Gulf
             or
             Bay
             of
             the
             Sea
             ;
             others
             that
             it
             was
             divided
             from
             it
             by
             an
             Isthmus
             or
             small
             piece
             of
             ground
             .
             And
             even
             now
             although
             
               Zingis
               Chan
            
             ,
             and
             Temur
             or
             
               Tamerlane
               Chan
            
             ,
             attained
             the
             Dominion
             of
             all
             Scythia
             ,
             and
             their
             Acts
             are
             extant
             and
             read
             by
             many
             Men
             in
             the
             Arabick
             Tongue
             ;
             yet
             the
             places
             thereof
             are
             so
             obscured
             by
             their
             barbarous
             and
             confused
             names
             that
             they
             afford
             imperfect
             light
             to
             any
             Discovery
             .
          
           
             The
             very
             word
             Scythian
             ,
             
             in
             former
             times
             extended
             not
             its
             self
             further
             than
             to
             the
             
               Taurica
               Chersonesu
            
             ;
             led
             by
             which
             reason
             ,
             Strabo
             called
             that
             Scythia
             the
             Lesse
             ,
             now
             termed
             by
             
               Pinetus
               ,
               Precopsa
            
             and
             Gazara
             ,
             and
             even
             at
             this
             day
             ,
             on
             the
             same
             account
             is
             Tartaria
             the
             Lesse
             denominated
             :
             For
             what
             ever
             Ancient
             Times
             called
             Scythia
             ,
             the
             greatest
             part
             thereof
             by
             the
             latter
             is
             called
             Tartaria
             or
             Tataria
             ,
             The
             Countrey
             of
             a
             most
             Warlike
             Nation
             ,
             addicted
             to
             
             Prey
             and
             Robbery
             .
             The
             whole
             is
             almost
             Desart
             and
             desolat
             ,
             so
             that
             Planocarpus
             the
             Nuncio
             of
             Innocent
             the
             fourth
             ,
             found
             the
             better
             half
             of
             it
             to
             be
             Sandy
             Plains
             ,
             and
             destitute
             of
             Inhabitants
             ;
             who
             have
             no
             certain
             or
             fixt
             Habitations
             ,
             as
             counting
             it
             a
             sin
             and
             a
             crime
             to
             build
             a
             City
             ;
             
             (
             as
             is
             reported
             of
             the
             Ancient
             Nomades
             ,
             whose
             Progeny
             these
             are
             )
             but
             carry
             their
             Tents
             about
             with
             them
             .
          
           
             This
             Desart
             Tartaria
             (
             called
             in
             
               Arabick
               ,
               Kafshak
            
             and
             Barka
             ,
             from
             whence
             the
             Hungarians
             are
             deduced
             )
             is
             shut
             up
             to
             the
             South
             with
             the
             Caspian
             and
             Euxine
             Seas
             ,
             and
             the
             interjacent
             Hills
             of
             the
             
               Circassian
               Mamalukes
            
             ,
             anciently
             Caucasus
             .
             The
             East
             is
             limited
             by
             the
             Chovaresmi
             ,
             by
             Strabo
             called
             Chorasmasini
             ;
             by
             
               Stephanus
               ,
               Chorameni
            
             (
             a
             People
             derived
             from
             the
             Massagetae
             and
             Sacae
             ,
             to
             whom
             Bessus
             and
             Spiramenes
             fled
             from
             the
             Bactrians
             and
             
               Sogdiani
               )
               Atcar
            
             and
             Schagnak
             ;
             until
             ranging
             to
             other
             Regions
             as
             far
             as
             Turquestana
             (
             which
             is
             Seated
             betwixt
             Oxus
             and
             Iaxara
             ,
             the
             peculiar
             derivation
             of
             the
             Huns
             )
             it
             joyns
             with
             the
             Getae
             ,
             and
             the
             Chinese
             ,
             who
             Conterminate
             with
             the
             Mogoles
             and
             the
             Chattaei
             .
             On
             the
             North
             is
             the
             Region
             of
             Siberia
             ,
             vast
             solitudes
             and
             Desarts
             ,
             and
             Sands
             like
             Mountains
             .
             Lastly
             ,
             on
             the
             West
             ,
             
               Russia
               ,
               Bulgaria
            
             ,
             and
             the
             Ottoman
             Empire
             .
             There
             are
             many
             Tribes
             of
             this
             People
             ,
             but
             quite
             different
             in
             Language
             ,
             as
             much
             as
             the
             Borderers
             differ
             in
             their
             several
             manners
             from
             the
             peaceable
             simple
             dispositions
             of
             the
             Inlanders
             .
          
           
           
             The
             Nation
             of
             the
             Sythians
             ,
             
             Iustin
             affirms
             ,
             to
             have
             been
             most
             Ancient
             ,
             although
             much
             disputed
             for
             Antiquity
             by
             the
             Aegyptians
             .
             For
             the
             Mountainous
             places
             were
             first
             Inhabited
             ,
             then
             the
             Plains
             .
             Nor
             is
             there
             scarce
             any
             People
             of
             Europe
             or
             Asia
             ,
             which
             have
             not
             been
             propagated
             out
             of
             the
             North
             ,
             even
             the
             Eastern
             parts
             as
             far
             as
             India
             ,
             where
             under
             the
             Name
             of
             Parthians
             ,
             as
             mentioned
             before
             ,
             now
             called
             Persians
             ,
             they
             dilated
             their
             Empire
             ;
             and
             the
             Western
             ,
             to
             the
             Regions
             of
             
               Polonia
               ,
               Germany
               ,
               Pannonia
            
             ,
             and
             Denmark
             ;
             known
             now
             and
             denominated
             from
             the
             Seats
             of
             the
             
               Sauromatae
               ,
               Goths
               ,
               Huns
            
             ,
             and
             
               Cymbri
               ,
               Cumani
               ,
               Comoiri
               ,
               Geloni
               ,
            
             the
             same
             with
             the
             
               Peucini
               ▪
               Othogothi
               ,
               Thuringi
               ,
               Eastern
               Gotths
               ,
            
             and
             Gepidae
             originally
             deduced
             from
             the
             Confines
             of
             Tanais
             ,
             and
             many
             more
             ,
             to
             which
             are
             added
             the
             Celtae
             ;
             part
             of
             whom
             had
             their
             Seat
             in
             Thracia
             ,
             as
             another
             part
             of
             them
             gave
             Name
             to
             the
             
               Germans
               ,
               Gaules
            
             ,
             and
             Brittons
             ;
             so
             that
             the
             world
             hath
             been
             peopled
             in
             a
             manner
             out
             of
             these
             Regions
             .
          
           
             But
             in
             the
             middle
             Age
             of
             the
             World
             ,
             
             those
             Scythians
             were
             dreaded
             by
             fewer
             Names
             ,
             and
             renownedly
             by
             that
             of
             the
             Huns
             ,
             subdivided
             into
             the
             White
             and
             Black
             by
             Procopius
             (
             to
             omit
             the
             Gorths
             who
             are
             also
             allied
             to
             the
             said
             People
             by
             a
             neerer
             Etymology
             ,
             for
             that
             according
             to
             the
             Aeolian
             Dialect
             which
             rendred
             the
             Scythian
             ,
             the
             Character
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
             is
             added
             before
             the
             Consonant
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
             in
             the
             word
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             whence
             are
             derived
             
             the
             Goths
             ,
             by
             barbarous
             pronunciation
             .
          
           
             The
             White
             were
             the
             People
             seated
             ,
             
             as
             aforesaid
             ,
             betwixt
             Oxus
             and
             Iaxarta
             ,
             that
             gave
             Name
             and
             being
             to
             the
             Hungariane
             .
             But
             because
             no
             sure
             and
             undoubted
             Authority
             thereof
             can
             be
             produced
             (
             which
             may
             not
             be
             vvondred
             at
             ,
             because
             the
             most
             certain
             things
             are
             scarce
             testifiable
             and
             mostly
             fabulous
             ,
             and
             the
             Romans
             after
             the
             Decay
             of
             their
             Empire
             intent
             to
             their
             ovvn
             ,
             became
             (
             as
             justly
             ashamed
             )
             incurious
             of
             other
             affairs
             )
             vve
             must
             content
             our selves
             vvith
             the
             best
             Conjectures
             ,
             and
             among
             others
             ,
             with
             that
             of
             St.
             Ierome
             ,
             vvho
             Writes
             ,
             that
             the
             Huns
             came
             from
             the
             Massagetae
             ,
             and
             the
             Extremest
             parts
             of
             the
             Maeotis
             ;
             and
             next
             with
             allusion
             of
             words
             ,
             for
             that
             Abtela
             and
             Attila
             ,
             the
             first
             whereof
             was
             the
             Name
             of
             the
             Euthalitan
             Kings
             (
             to
             which
             stock
             generally
             the
             Huns
             are
             referred
             )
             and
             the
             last
             of
             the
             Hungarians
             ,
             are
             Names
             so
             alike
             that
             they
             cannot
             be
             discriminated
             .
             To
             omit
             many
             more
             witnesses
             ,
             
               viz.
               Menander
               ,
               Paulus
               Diaconus
               ,
               Ammianus
               ,
            
             and
             Fernandes
             ,
             who
             are
             copious
             in
             the
             proof
             thereof
             by
             divers
             most
             Convincing
             Arguments
             ,
             to
             which
             we
             must
             refer
             the
             Reader
             .
          
           
             Certain
             it
             is
             ,
             they
             were
             Conterminous
             to
             the
             first
             Extract
             of
             the
             Turks
             now
             called
             Turcomania
             ,
             Bordering
             Northeast
             upon
             Persia
             ,
             where
             they
             Inhabited
             until
             vanquished
             by
             their
             Sultan
             or
             Chan
             ,
             in
             the
             Time
             of
             Iustinian
             ,
             when
             part
             of
             them
             mixing
             and
             uniting
             with
             the
             
             Turks
             ,
             the
             other
             part
             fled
             Northwards
             ;
             of
             whose
             remains
             descended
             the
             Avares
             ,
             who
             after
             their
             Progenitors
             migration
             Westward
             ,
             Combated
             often
             with
             the
             Turks
             ,
             and
             likewise
             by
             them
             at
             last
             worsted
             ,
             seconded
             their
             fellows
             into
             Europe
             .
             The
             Western
             Huns
             are
             those
             who
             at
             this
             day
             are
             called
             Tartars
             ,
             part
             of
             whom
             by
             the
             Name
             of
             Cimmerii
             since
             Cymbri
             ,
             possessed
             themselves
             of
             Denmark
             .
             So
             that
             after
             the
             race
             of
             so
             many
             Ages
             ,
             the
             same
             Quarrel
             is
             revived
             now
             under
             the
             same
             Names
             of
             both
             Nations
             ,
             if
             we
             give
             credit
             to
             Antiquity
             .
             Next
             we
             consider
             the
             former
             Inhabitants
             of
             Hungary
             .
          
           
             The
             Mysians
             Inhabited
             both
             the
             Banks
             of
             Danubius
             ,
             
             against
             whom
             Darius
             led
             an
             innumerable
             Army
             ;
             They
             were
             called
             by
             
               Homer
               ,
               Galactophagi
            
             ,
             Milk-eaters
             ,
             a
             Generation
             of
             most
             just
             and
             honest
             men
             .
             Of
             those
             a
             part
             were
             the
             Getae
             ,
             whose
             King
             Dormichaetes
             so
             despised
             Riches
             ,
             that
             content
             with
             Victory
             ,
             he
             released
             Lysimachus
             his
             prisoner
             ,
             which
             simplicity
             is
             alledged
             to
             this
             day
             ,
             as
             the
             cause
             of
             their
             Servitude
             to
             other
             Nations
             .
             Syrmius
             had
             Dominion
             afterward
             of
             the
             same
             Nation
             ,
             as
             King
             of
             the
             Triballi
             ,
             who
             for
             fear
             of
             Alexander
             the
             Great
             ,
             fled
             into
             the
             Island
             Peuce
             ,
             the
             Fame
             of
             whom
             remains
             to
             this
             day
             ,
             by
             that
             Tract
             of
             Ground
             which
             lies
             between
             
               Varadin
               Peter
            
             ,
             and
             Belgrade
             ,
             called
             by
             his
             Name
             Syrmia
             .
          
           
             From
             these
             came
             those
             Mysians
             ,
             who
             possesed
             
             themselves
             of
             Habitations
             between
             the
             
               Lydians
               ,
               Phrygians
            
             ,
             and
             Trojans
             ;
             with
             an
             equal
             simplicity
             ,
             as
             unwilling
             to
             obey
             ,
             as
             ambitious
             of
             Commanding
             .
             The
             
               Daci
               ,
               Dahi
               ,
               Daae
            
             ,
             and
             Dahae
             are
             the
             same
             People
             ;
             part
             of
             them
             sate
             down
             by
             the
             Mountainous
             places
             of
             Transylvania
             ,
             part
             between
             Oxus
             and
             Iaxarta
             ,
             neer
             to
             the
             Massagetes
             ,
             which
             space
             of
             ground
             ,
             because
             it
             is
             so
             great
             ,
             Strabo
             cannot
             be
             induced
             to
             assign
             the
             same
             originals
             to
             them
             both
             ;
             but
             how
             weakly
             ,
             their
             migrations
             and
             invasions
             into
             remotest
             distanced
             Regions
             do
             sufficiently
             evince
             .
             Plinius
             makes
             no
             distinction
             between
             the
             Daci
             and
             the
             Getae
             ,
             but
             onely
             of
             Name
             ;
             For
             as
             Cottisan
             is
             styled
             by
             Horace
             ,
             the
             King
             of
             the
             Daci
             ,
             so
             by
             Suetonius
             ,
             he
             is
             called
             Prince
             of
             the
             Getae
             :
             But
             Strabo
             makes
             them
             thus
             to
             differ
             ,
             the
             Getae
             to
             be
             those
             whose
             Country
             bended
             towards
             the
             East
             and
             the
             Sea
             ;
             and
             the
             Dacians
             those
             who
             stretched
             themselves
             oppositely
             towards
             Germany
             ,
             and
             the
             rise
             of
             the
             River
             Ister
             ;
             although
             he
             presently
             adds
             ,
             that
             they
             both
             use
             the
             same
             Language
             .
          
           
             Neither
             doth
             he
             herein
             agree
             with
             himself
             ,
             because
             he
             makes
             the
             River
             Marus
             or
             Marusius
             ,
             to
             glide
             through
             the
             Getae
             ,
             and
             fall
             into
             the
             Danow
             ,
             which
             by
             a
             due
             distinction
             should
             be
             said
             to
             passe
             by
             the
             Countrey
             of
             the
             Daci
             .
             For
             this
             River
             by
             Herodotus
             termed
             Maris
             ,
             by
             others
             Marsus
             or
             Margus
             ;
             and
             by
             the
             
               Hungarians
               ,
               Maros
            
             ;
             which
             ariseth
             from
             the
             Carpathian
             Hill
             belonging
             to
             the
             Daci
             ,
             bends
             towards
             
             the
             South
             ,
             till
             before
             Alba
             ,
             winding
             to
             the
             Westward
             ,
             it
             is
             mingled
             with
             the
             Tybiscus
             ,
             from
             whence
             another
             Error
             of
             the
             same
             Authour
             is
             discovered
             ,
             in
             that
             he
             writes
             that
             the
             Marusius
             flows
             into
             the
             Danow
             .
             Nor
             are
             there
             wanting
             some
             
               (
               Iustus
               Lipsius
            
             ,
             and
             
               Isaac
               Causabon
            
             )
             who
             expound
             that
             Marus
             in
             Tacitus
             of
             this
             Marisus
             ,
             by
             which
             name
             also
             Cluverius
             understands
             Morava
             ,
             as
             giving
             Name
             to
             Moravia
             .
          
           
             Of
             these
             Nations
             as
             of
             Servile
             manners
             and
             Spirits
             ,
             the
             Names
             of
             Slaves
             or
             Servants
             were
             borrowed
             ,
             represented
             in
             Comedies
             (
             as
             they
             either
             personated
             true
             ,
             or
             seeming-true
             Slaves
             )
             by
             Davus
             and
             Geta
             ,
             as
             the
             Scholiast
             on
             Aristophanes
             witnesseth
             ,
             and
             is
             further
             proved
             by
             the
             Authority
             of
             the
             Comical
             Apollodorus
             in
             one
             of
             his
             Fables
             ,
             where
             they
             are
             both
             named
             ,
             and
             whence
             Terence
             borrowed
             them
             ,
             whence
             soon
             after
             the
             said
             Names
             were
             applied
             to
             unlearned
             and
             ignorant
             men
             .
             Hence
             the
             same
             
               Terence
               ,
               Davus
               sum
               non
               Oedipus
               ,
            
             of
             no
             capacity
             to
             resolve
             Riddles
             .
          
           
             This
             Danubius
             ,
             
             since
             mention
             is
             to
             be
             frequently
             made
             of
             it
             and
             occurs
             here
             ;
             Eustathius
             the
             Interpreter
             of
             Dionysus
             ,
             out
             of
             Strabo
             and
             Stephanus
             reports
             to
             have
             been
             once
             called
             Matthoas
             ;
             but
             when
             the
             Scythians
             in
             passing
             over
             it
             were
             sorely
             afflicted
             ,
             it
             came
             to
             be
             called
             Danusius
             or
             Danubius
             ,
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             or
             Danum
             ,
             in
             the
             Macedon
             Language
             signifying
             Death
             ,
             as
             Plutarch
             witnesseth
             ;
             between
             which
             River
             and
             
             
               Ister
               ,
               Peolomy
            
             and
             Pliny
             so
             distinguish
             ,
             that
             the
             upper
             part
             from
             Axiopolis
             ,
             which
             the
             Pannonians
             and
             Iazyges
             possesse
             ,
             to
             its
             Springs
             be
             called
             the
             Danow
             ;
             and
             the
             rest
             to
             the
             Sea-ward
             be
             named
             Ister
             ;
             which
             difference
             at
             this
             day
             ,
             is
             hardly
             or
             not
             at
             all
             observed
             .
             Some
             have
             fabled
             that
             this
             River
             fell
             from
             the
             Riphean
             Hills
             ,
             and
             that
             one
             of
             its
             Arms
             disembogued
             it self
             into
             the
             Adriatick
             Sea.
             
          
           
             Now
             that
             which
             afterwards
             more
             peculiarly
             was
             called
             Dacia
             ,
             
             Comprehends
             at
             this
             time
             ,
             
               Transylvania
               ,
               Moldavia
               ,
               Valachia
            
             beyond
             the
             Alps
             ;
             between
             the
             
               European
               Sarmatia
            
             ,
             and
             the
             Rivers
             of
             Danubius
             and
             Tyra
             ,
             and
             the
             
               Iazyg●s
               Metanastae
               :
               Moldavia
            
             stretcheth
             it self
             to
             the
             Euxine
             Sea.
             Transalpina
             along
             the
             Banks
             of
             the
             
               Danubius
               .
               Transylvania
            
             is
             bounded
             and
             Confined
             by
             the
             aforesaid
             Principalities
             ,
             White-Russia
             and
             Hungary
             .
             To
             the
             Dacians
             between
             the
             Carpathian
             Mounrains
             and
             Ister
             ,
             the
             Iazyges
             were
             conterminate
             ,
             to
             these
             the
             Pannonians
             ,
             being
             encompassed
             with
             two
             great
             Forrests
             ,
             and
             three
             Rivers
             ,
             the
             
               Savus
               ,
               Dravus
            
             ,
             and
             Ister
             .
             The
             Grecians
             called
             them
             Paeones
             ,
             but
             wherefore
             doth
             not
             appear
             ;
             for
             that
             Paeonia
             ,
             according
             to
             
               Iustin
               Ptolomy
            
             ,
             is
             sited
             in
             Macedonia
             ,
             whose
             Inhabitants
             (
             passing
             by
             an
             ancienter
             fiction
             of
             
             Endymion's
             Son
             )
             are
             fabled
             by
             Lazius
             upon
             the
             Discomfiture
             given
             the
             Macedonians
             by
             Aemilius
             ,
             to
             have
             retreated
             and
             Planted
             themselves
             by
             Ister
             .
          
           
             But
             
               Dion
               Cassius
            
             oppugning
             this
             Errour
             ,
             derives
             
             the
             Name
             of
             the
             Pannones
             from
             Pannus
             ,
             a
             word
             signifying
             Cloth
             ,
             
             of
             which
             they
             made
             themselves
             patcht
             Clothes
             of
             divers
             Colours
             and
             peices
             ;
             which
             observation
             of
             Habit
             gave
             Names
             to
             several
             of
             the
             Ancient
             Nations
             .
             Greece
             was
             thereby
             termed
             
               Palliata
               ,
               i.
               e.
            
             Cloaked
             .
             
               Rome
               ,
               Togata
            
             ,
             Gowned
             .
             France
             was
             divided
             into
             
               Togata
               &
               Braccata
            
             ,
             Gowned
             and
             Breeched
             .
             But
             I
             do
             not
             understand
             how
             the
             excellent
             
               Isaac
               Causabon
            
             ,
             by
             the
             words
             of
             Dion
             ,
             can
             conceive
             that
             Pannus
             was
             a
             word
             of
             the
             Pannonian
             Mother
             Tongue
             as
             he
             largely
             shews
             ,
             for
             the
             word
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             used
             by
             Dion
             is
             rather
             referrible
             to
             the
             Custome
             of
             wearing
             the
             garment
             ,
             than
             to
             the
             Language
             of
             the
             Nation
             ;
             nor
             is
             the
             word
             Pannus
             of
             so
             modern
             an
             Extraction
             but
             that
             it
             was
             well
             known
             to
             Polybius
             and
             other
             Grecians
             .
             By
             all
             which
             it
             may
             be
             supposed
             that
             by
             a
             small
             mutation
             from
             the
             word
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             or
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             ,
             the
             noted
             Name
             of
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             may
             arise
             ,
             and
             be
             in
             use
             with
             the
             Grecians
             ,
             as
             is
             abovesaid
             .
             But
             to
             their
             story
             .
          
           
             THE
             first
             Captain
             that
             led
             the
             Huns
             into
             these
             parts
             of
             Hungary
             was
             Belamber
             ,
             incited
             thereto
             by
             a
             Nobleman
             ,
             
             (
             who
             persuing
             a
             Deer
             that
             took
             the
             great
             River
             Tanais
             ,
             (
             the
             supposed
             bound
             of
             Asia
             and
             Europe
             )
             to
             the
             other
             side
             ,
             was
             ravished
             with
             the
             view
             of
             so
             delightful
             a
             Prospect
             ,
             and
             fruitful
             Soil
             )
             and
             by
             his
             own
             Ambition
             of
             rendring
             himself
             Famous
             and
             Terrible
             to
             the
             World.
             
          
           
             His
             passage
             over
             the
             Tanais
             ,
             lost
             him
             a
             multitude
             
             of
             Men
             (
             for
             Bridges
             and
             Boats
             were
             ,
             the
             one
             impossible
             ,
             and
             the
             convenient
             use
             of
             the
             other
             not
             known
             )
             yet
             not
             so
             disabled
             Him
             but
             that
             He
             continued
             his
             Expedition
             by
             the
             chearfulnesse
             of
             his
             People
             ,
             and
             discomfited
             the
             *
             Alani
             ;
             thence
             he
             turned
             his
             victorious
             Arms
             towards
             the
             Inhabitants
             of
             the
             Black
             Sea
             ,
             and
             subduing
             them
             ,
             perswaded
             them
             to
             take
             up
             Arms
             with
             him
             against
             the
             Mysians
             and
             Dacians
             ,
             the
             former
             Possessors
             of
             
               Servia
               ,
               Russia
               ,
               Bulgaria
               ,
               Moldavia
               ,
            
             &c.
             who
             made
             stout
             opposition
             .
             When
             Melamber
             ,
             aged
             and
             wearied
             out
             ,
             left
             the
             Atchievement
             to
             his
             Son
             Mundzuch
             alias
             Bendeguz
             ,
             
             who
             Defeated
             the
             Goths
             (
             after
             two
             unlucky
             and
             almost
             fatal
             Combats
             )
             then
             Conquerours
             of
             Pannonia
             and
             that
             Tract
             of
             the
             World
             ,
             and
             in
             a
             mortal
             Battel
             slew
             the
             Terrour
             of
             the
             
               Huns
               ,
               Alatheus
            
             and
             Saprax
             ,
             the
             Guardians
             of
             Videricus
             King
             of
             the
             Goths
             ,
             and
             stretched
             his
             Conquest
             over
             all
             the
             Territory
             which
             lieth
             betwixt
             the
             River
             Ister
             and
             Borysthenes
             ,
             which
             includes
             the
             Country
             they
             now
             possesse
             .
          
           
             He
             dying
             left
             two
             Sons
             (
             the
             terrible
             )
             Attila
             and
             Bleda
             ,
             
             to
             the
             Tuition
             of
             his
             Brothers
             Hottar
             and
             Rugila
             ,
             who
             having
             vanquished
             the
             Eastern
             parts
             and
             utterly
             expelled
             the
             Visigoths
             from
             all
             Thracia
             ,
             mastering
             also
             Macedonia
             ,
             and
             Illyria
             ,
             compelled
             or
             frighted
             the
             Romans
             to
             purchase
             their
             Peace
             with
             the
             present
             payment
             of
             700
             l.
             of
             Gold
             ,
             and
             300
             afterwards
             yearly
             ,
             for
             pretended
             default
             whereof
             and
             other
             
             piques
             ,
             Attila
             marching
             through
             Germany
             ruined
             Argentorate
             ,
             which
             he
             re-edifying
             caused
             to
             be
             called
             Strasburg
             ,
             and
             in
             the
             Catalaunian
             Fields
             ,
             gave
             Battel
             to
             Aetius
             Lieutenant
             to
             *
             Valentinianus
             the
             Emperour
             ,
             assisted
             by
             the
             Kings
             of
             the
             Goths
             and
             Gauls
             .
          
           
             Attila
             had
             in
             his
             Army
             50000.
             some
             say
             ,
             700
             thousand
             men
             ,
             but
             the
             Fate
             of
             Europe
             strugling
             with
             this
             Emergent
             and
             sudden
             danger
             ,
             and
             loth
             to
             resign
             her
             Glory
             to
             such
             a
             tumultuous
             and
             barbarous
             enemy
             couragiously
             maintained
             her
             Title
             ,
             and
             made
             the
             Hun
             retreat
             with
             the
             Common
             mutuall
             losse
             of
             170
             thousand
             men
             ,
             to
             his
             Conquest
             of
             Hungary
             ;
             to
             which
             he
             never
             had
             returned
             had
             the
             Goths
             ,
             or
             Romans
             pursued
             their
             successe
             and
             victory
             .
          
           
             Attila
             troubled
             with
             this
             his
             first
             Disappointment
             resolved
             to
             recover
             the
             reputation
             of
             his
             Puissance
             ,
             and
             therefore
             having
             provided
             himself
             in
             five
             years
             vacancy
             from
             War
             of
             another
             Terrible
             Host
             ,
             purposed
             by
             Tyrol
             to
             descend
             into
             Italy
             ,
             but
             finding
             those
             difficult
             passes
             defended
             by
             Valentinian
             ,
             he
             turned
             his
             Force
             upon
             Dalmatia
             ,
             and
             conquering
             the
             Roman
             Army
             near
             the
             Tergestine
             Bay
             ,
             beseiged
             ,
             and
             after
             three
             years
             leagure
             took
             and
             sackt
             Aquileia
             .
          
           
             From
             thence
             he
             passed
             to
             Vreona
             in
             Italy
             ,
             but
             advancing
             further
             towards
             Ravenna
             was
             met
             in
             his
             way
             by
             Pope
             Leo
             ;
             and
             by
             him
             dehorted
             and
             intreated
             from
             a
             further
             pursuit
             of
             his
             successe
             .
          
           
           
             The
             event
             was
             not
             lesse
             wonderful
             then
             the
             former
             eruptions
             of
             this
             destroyer
             were
             unnexpected
             ,
             but
             the
             reverence
             meeknesse
             ,
             Gravity
             and
             Humility
             of
             those
             Fathers
             of
             the
             Church
             were
             even
             attractives
             to
             those
             Savage
             Barbarians
             .
          
           
             At
             the
             approach
             of
             them
             notwithstanding
             ,
             
             the
             Venetians
             then
             inhabiting
             the
             same
             Lands
             which
             yet
             belong
             to
             their
             Territory
             ,
             fled
             to
             the
             Islands
             in
             which
             their
             Glorious
             Seignory
             now
             continues
             ,
             and
             laid
             the
             Foundation
             of
             their
             Greatnesse
             upon
             the
             fear
             of
             their
             ruine
             ;
             That
             which
             then
             was
             their
             temporary
             shelter
             proving
             the
             impregnable
             Fortresse
             and
             Defyant
             Bulwork
             of
             Christendome
             against
             all
             other
             Invasions
             through
             a
             long
             duration
             of
             time
             and
             honour
             .
          
           
             Attila
             at
             his
             return
             dyed
             in
             Hungary
             ,
             
             suffocated
             with
             blood
             which
             he
             used
             to
             excern
             by
             his
             Nostrills
             in
             some
             abundance
             ,
             but
             now
             falling
             into
             his
             mouth
             ,
             whether
             by
             the
             Judgement
             of
             God
             in
             satisfaction
             of
             all
             that
             he
             had
             so
             inhumanely
             spilt
             ,
             or
             by
             practice
             of
             his
             brothers
             friends
             (
             whom
             he
             had
             caused
             to
             be
             killed
             upon
             suspicion
             of
             his
             aspiring
             to
             the
             sole
             Command
             )
             who
             made
             a
             violent
             advantage
             of
             that
             infirmity
             and
             diverted
             its
             course
             ,
             is
             not
             certainly
             delivered
             .
          
           
             To
             sum
             up
             the
             story
             of
             this
             Attila
             for
             satisfaction
             of
             the
             Reader
             I
             have
             adjoyned
             his
             Title
             ,
             not
             unlike
             that
             which
             the
             Turkish
             Sultans
             now
             use
             towards
             these
             very
             Hungarians
             ,
             retorting
             their
             own
             insolence
             and
             arrogance
             upon
             
             the
             impotent
             feeble
             remnant
             of
             that
             once
             mighty
             and
             most
             populous
             Nation
             ;
             
               in
               haec
               verba
            
             ;
          
           
             ATTILA
             the
             Nephew
             of
             Nimrod
             ,
             
             nourished
             in
             Engaddi
             ,
             by
             the
             Grace
             of
             God
             ,
             King
             of
             
               Huns
               ,
               Medes
               ,
               Goths
            
             ,
             and
             Dacians
             ,
             The
             Terrour
             of
             the
             World
             ,
             and
             Scourge
             of
             God.
             
          
           
             Which
             last
             he
             added
             after
             his
             Conference
             with
             an
             Hermit
             .
          
           
             This
             (
             however
             denied
             by
             some
             Hungarian
             Authors
             )
             is
             reported
             by
             so
             many
             others
             ,
             that
             the
             Reader
             may
             give
             credit
             to
             it
             ;
             for
             though
             Attila
             was
             not
             then
             a
             Christian
             profest
             ,
             yet
             certainly
             he
             was
             not
             altogether
             a
             Pagan
             ,
             as
             his
             assent
             to
             Leo
             before-mentioned
             will
             partly
             evince
             .
          
           
             Attila
             Dying
             left
             two
             Sons
             Aladerick
             and
             Chaback
             ,
             
             who
             (
             as
             the
             fortune
             of
             the
             World
             and
             War
             varies
             )
             lost
             all
             with
             the
             same
             career
             of
             Ruine
             as
             their
             Father
             gained
             Dominion
             by
             monstrous
             Accessions
             ;
             for
             at
             his
             Death
             the
             Limits
             of
             his
             Territories
             were
             on
             the
             one
             part
             stretched
             to
             the
             Huns
             and
             Iugri
             in
             Scythia
             ,
             and
             on
             the
             other
             to
             France
             ,
             and
             Italy
             ;
             so
             that
             this
             Empire
             laboured
             under
             its
             own
             weight
             
             and
             fell
             by
             unnatural
             and
             Intestine
             Divisions
             .
          
           
             This
             same
             Aladerick
             is
             supposed
             by
             many
             to
             have
             been
             begotten
             by
             Attila
             upon
             Honoria
             the
             Daughter
             of
             the
             Emperour
             Valentinian
             ,
             but
             this
             opinion
             is
             rejected
             by
             others
             ,
             
             because
             they
             say
             Attila
             died
             before
             she
             arrived
             at
             his
             Camp.
             Whatever
             his
             Birth
             was
             ,
             it
             was
             certain
             he
             was
             Favoured
             by
             the
             Princes
             of
             Germany
             ,
             and
             Dieterick
             of
             Verona
             ,
             and
             aided
             against
             his
             Elder
             Brother
             ,
             advanced
             to
             the
             Supreme
             Power
             by
             the
             Huns
             ,
             who
             notwithstanding
             as
             is
             usual
             in
             such
             fraternal
             and
             Civil
             Feuds
             ,
             revolted
             soon
             after
             to
             Aladerick
             ,
             
             &
             so
             sheathing
             their
             Swords
             in
             their
             own
             Bowels
             ,
             made
             easie
             way
             to
             their
             Enemies
             designes
             of
             revenge
             against
             them
             .
          
           
             The
             first
             that
             engaged
             and
             Encountered
             them
             was
             Arderick
             King
             of
             the
             Gepidae
             ,
             who
             vindicated
             his
             People
             from
             the
             slavery
             of
             the
             Huns
             ,
             killing
             of
             them
             30000
             in
             one
             Battel
             ,
             and
             so
             pursued
             his
             successe
             upon
             their
             frighted
             remains
             that
             they
             lost
             all
             their
             several
             Conquests
             at
             one
             breath
             
               (
               Aladerick
            
             himself
             coming
             to
             this
             Bloody
             end
             ,
             as
             a
             victime
             and
             sacrifice
             to
             those
             infinite
             slaughters
             that
             had
             been
             committed
             by
             his
             People
             )
             for
             hereupon
             Ardarick
             seized
             Dacia
             ;
             the
             Goths
             ,
             both
             the
             
             Pannonia's
             or
             Hungary
             ;
             the
             Alani
             or
             
               Russes
               Mysia
            
             ;
             while
             Chaba
             the
             other
             Brother
             difficultly
             recovered
             his
             Countrey
             of
             
               Scythia
               ;
               Uto
            
             and
             Ischalmus
             ,
             with
             some
             others
             of
             his
             Huns
             diverted
             into
             Romania
             ,
             whose
             Posterity
             is
             remaining
             to
             this
             day
             in
             the
             Town
             of
             
               Gala●z
               .
               Ermedzar
            
             and
             Uzindur
             Cousins
             of
             the
             
             said
             two
             Captains
             ,
             sate
             down
             between
             the
             Rivers
             Marusius
             and
             Alutha
             ,
             and
             by
             the
             ascents
             to
             the
             Mountainous
             places
             of
             Dacia
             ,
             and
             to
             avoid
             the
             suspicion
             of
             the
             name
             of
             Huns
             ,
             called
             themselves
             *
             Szekeli
             ,
             which
             term
             or
             word
             signifieth
             a
             fixed
             place
             and
             habitation
             ,
             not
             vagabonds
             or
             Fugitives
             ,
             for
             which
             their
             Nation
             was
             now
             so
             infamous
             .
          
           
             The
             Roman
             Dominions
             being
             thus
             freed
             of
             the
             Successors
             of
             Attila
             ,
             
             was
             anew
             oppressed
             with
             the
             alternate
             and
             Vicissitudinary
             Power
             of
             the
             
               Rugi
               ,
               Goths
            
             ,
             and
             Lombards
             ;
             who
             successively
             by
             the
             crafty
             instigation
             of
             the
             feeble
             Romans
             subdued
             one
             another
             ;
             the
             Lombards
             assisted
             by
             Swain
             K.
             of
             Denmark
             ,
             after
             other
             Conquests
             seating
             themselves
             in
             Pannonia
             :
             whither
             the
             A●ARES
             (
             not
             the
             same
             but
             another
             Tribe
             of
             Huns
             )
             being
             beaten
             out
             of
             the
             Northern
             Scythia
             by
             the
             Euthalitae
             *
             who
             had
             themselves
             been
             beaten
             by
             the
             Turk●
             ,
             in
             the
             Year
             500.
             after
             the
             Incarnation
             ,
             possessed
             themselves
             of
             the
             Country
             of
             Ister
             ,
             having
             expelled
             the
             Goths
             from
             Taur●ca
             ,
             and
             utterly
             extinguished
             the
             Name
             of
             the
             Gepidae
             .
             In
             their
             advance
             to
             
               Pannonia
               ;
               Alboynus
            
             Captain
             of
             the
             Longobards
             ,
             to
             prevent
             the
             fortune
             of
             War
             with
             so
             necessitous
             a
             People
             ,
             made
             a
             friendly
             Composition
             with
             them
             ,
             whereby
             it
             was
             agreed
             that
             the
             Avares
             should
             be
             possessed
             of
             Hungaria
             ,
             upon
             Condition
             to
             restore
             it
             again
             if
             the
             Lumbards
             failed
             of
             their
             Enterprize
             &
             design
             upon
             Italy
             :
             but
             that
             succeeding
             ,
             these
             Huns
             being
             quietly
             possessed
             ,
             
             stayed
             not
             here
             but
             Invaded
             the
             Territories
             of
             the
             Romans
             ;
             
             from
             whom
             (
             once
             defeated
             by
             them
             )
             their
             Leader
             under
             pretence
             of
             making
             Baths
             ,
             borrowed
             some
             Carpenters
             ,
             which
             he
             employed
             in
             making
             Bridges
             over
             the
             Dauubius
             ,
             that
             he
             might
             more
             easily
             Invade
             &
             infest
             their
             Dominions
             .
             His
             first
             Conquest
             by
             this
             means
             was
             of
             Syrmia
             ,
             by
             which
             his
             Forces
             grew
             so
             terrible
             ,
             that
             they
             were
             counted
             the
             avengers
             of
             the
             sins
             of
             the
             Eastern
             Europe
             ;
             having
             compelled
             the
             Emperour
             Maurice
             to
             purchase
             a
             Peace
             of
             him
             with
             the
             sum
             of
             Fourscore
             thousand
             pound
             of
             Gold
             ,
             which
             lasted
             no
             longer
             than
             two
             years
             ;
             for
             the
             Barbarian
             regardlesse
             of
             his
             Faith
             ,
             demanded
             an
             increase
             of
             the
             Tribute
             ,
             
             and
             upon
             the
             denyal
             thereof
             seized
             Strigonium
             and
             Viminacum
             ,
             and
             in
             several
             encounters
             greatly
             endamaged
             many
             of
             their
             Provinces
             and
             wasted
             and
             consumed
             more
             of
             their
             Legions
             .
          
           
             Their
             Empire
             or
             Government
             continued
             after
             that
             time
             with
             very
             various
             fortune
             ,
             at
             first
             with
             great
             overthrows
             often
             weakening
             their
             Foster-friends
             the
             Lombards
             ,
             until
             the
             time
             of
             Charles
             the
             Great
             ,
             when
             they
             grew
             into
             a
             Coalition
             with
             the
             Bojarij
             ,
             from
             whom
             now
             came
             the
             new
             name
             of
             the
             Bavarians
             ,
             (
             hateful
             enough
             to
             the
             Boij
             or
             Bohemians
             )
             with
             whose
             King
             
               Tùdun
               ,
               Charles
            
             the
             Great
             and
             his
             Son
             ,
             managed
             divers
             Wars
             ,
             not
             with
             the
             Hungarians
             themselves
             ,
             as
             many
             have
             erroniously
             maintained
             .
             At
             which
             time
             (
             as
             nothing
             gained
             by
             humane
             power
             is
             durable
             )
             these
             Avares
             either
             lost
             their
             
             Name
             among
             other
             Nations
             ,
             
             or
             else
             were
             wholly
             cut
             off
             and
             extinguished
             .
             Nicephorus
             saith
             the
             following
             Huns
             or
             Hungarians
             ,
             dissolved
             their
             power
             and
             extirpated
             them
             ;
             the
             German
             Writers
             assign
             Charlemaigne
             to
             that
             work
             ,
             as
             Suidas
             doth
             the
             
             Bulgarian's
             ;
             whence
             most
             certain
             it
             is
             to
             be
             concluded
             ,
             that
             they
             stuck
             in
             all
             the
             snares
             ,
             and
             by
             one
             or
             all
             of
             their
             hands
             came
             to
             the
             period
             of
             their
             Name
             and
             Greatnesse
             .
          
           
             But
             leaving
             them
             to
             that
             Final
             Suppression
             ,
             let
             us
             consider
             from
             the
             Premises
             ,
             what
             Sad
             and
             Doleful
             Ages
             those
             were
             that
             brought
             up
             the
             Rear
             of
             the
             Roman
             Monarchy
             !
             On
             which
             like
             a
             Bear
             damned
             to
             the
             Stake
             ,
             so
             many
             fierce
             Mastiffs
             were
             let
             fly
             together
             .
             But
             it
             is
             more
             wonderful
             how
             Christianity
             amidst
             such
             horrid
             and
             continual
             subversions
             of
             Things
             could
             ever
             get
             footing
             ?
             nay
             ,
             dilate
             it self
             with
             the
             Progresse
             of
             these
             Infidels
             ?
             Which
             though
             a
             Diversion
             ,
             I
             cannot
             but
             mind
             the
             Reader
             for
             the
             Honour
             and
             convincing
             verity
             of
             our
             Religion
             ,
             to
             take
             notice
             of
             .
             There
             being
             now
             no
             visible
             foot-steps
             remaining
             of
             the
             Hungarian
             Nation
             in
             this
             Territory
             ;
             it
             shamed
             a
             Noble
             people
             to
             bear
             the
             Yoke
             of
             a
             Forreign
             Ruler
             ,
             having
             been
             used
             themselves
             to
             Govern
             and
             Command
             others
             .
             
             And
             hereupon
             those
             Huns
             who
             fled
             that
             great
             Defeat
             given
             to
             
             Attila's
             Sons
             ,
             &
             were
             scattered
             into
             Transylvania
             &
             Russia
             (
             where
             now
             there
             is
             a
             Tribe
             of
             them
             yet
             remaining
             towards
             Siberia
             ,
             called
             Iugri
             by
             Geographers
             )
             impatient
             of
             their
             retirement
             and
             
             obscure
             condition
             ,
             invited
             their
             kinred
             &
             Countrey-men
             ,
             who
             now
             had
             breathed
             from
             their
             expulsion
             out
             of
             Europe
             into
             Scythia
             ,
             and
             Siberia
             ,
             and
             the
             Northermost
             parts
             of
             Europe
             ,
             as
             aforesaid
             ,
             to
             return
             again
             and
             make
             another
             venture
             with
             them
             for
             the
             Restauration
             of
             their
             Name
             and
             Honour
             by
             their
             former
             Conquests
             .
          
           
             Little
             invitation
             served
             a
             penurious
             and
             warlike
             Nation
             made
             and
             designed
             for
             great
             things
             and
             addicted
             to
             Glory
             ,
             besides
             that
             the
             dangerous
             condition
             of
             their
             Europaean
             friends
             ,
             who
             sculkt
             from
             the
             fury
             of
             the
             victorious
             Goths
             ,
             did
             urgently
             call
             for
             their
             assistance
             .
             In
             the
             year
             890.
             seven
             several
             Armies
             of
             them
             under
             seven
             Leaders
             all
             vested
             with
             equall
             power
             invaded
             Dacia
             again
             ,
             
             and
             after
             some
             exploratory
             peace-pretending
             Messages
             to
             Suatopolugus
             then
             King
             of
             those
             Countries
             proceeded
             to
             attaque
             him
             ,
             who
             making
             resistance
             was
             defeated
             &
             driven
             beyond
             Danubius
             ;
             thence
             pursuing
             their
             success
             they
             laid
             wast
             the
             whole
             Country
             of
             Illyria
             ,
             and
             peirced
             into
             Moravia
             and
             Bohemia
             ,
             and
             subdued
             all
             Hungary
             ,
             and
             as
             much
             more
             Territory
             as
             is
             contained
             between
             the
             River
             Gran
             ,
             the
             Swevian
             Hills
             &
             from
             Ister
             to
             the
             Sea
             ,
             extending
             it
             thence
             also
             towards
             the
             East
             .
          
           
             Yet
             so
             uneven
             and
             fluctuating
             was
             their
             Fortune
             ,
             that
             though
             Arnulphus
             the
             Emperour
             was
             glad
             to
             seek
             and
             obtain
             Peace
             of
             them
             ,
             yet
             Luithpoldus
             the
             Emperours
             Generall
             after
             Arnulphus
             his
             Decease
             ,
             upon
             their
             return
             from
             a
             new
             incursion
             under
             Chussales
             their
             King
             into
             
             Germany
             the
             length
             of
             250
             leagues
             on
             the
             North
             side
             of
             the
             Danow
             ,
             where
             they
             destroyed
             all
             before
             them
             ,
             encountred
             them
             near
             Vienna
             in
             Austria
             ,
             
             wearied
             with
             spoil
             and
             the
             length
             of
             the
             Journy
             &
             overthrew
             them
             ,
             12000
             of
             them
             perishing
             in
             that
             river
             whose
             Banks
             had
             suffered
             so
             often
             by
             their
             bloudy
             &
             frequent
             Inundations
             ;
             the
             rest
             were
             driven
             &
             pursued
             to
             Presburgh
             ,
             having
             lost
             their
             K.
             whose
             generous
             spirit
             could
             not
             endure
             the
             fatal
             dishonour
             of
             that
             bloody
             Feild
             ,
             wherein
             the
             Huns
             were
             like
             again
             to
             have
             run
             the
             same
             hazard
             of
             their
             former
             ruine
             but
             that
             a
             mutiny
             amongst
             the
             victor
             Army
             opportunely
             stopt
             a
             further
             pursuit
             .
          
           
             The
             news
             of
             this
             defeat
             did
             not
             long
             keep
             the
             Huns
             at
             home
             but
             grown
             strong
             with
             rest
             ,
             and
             more
             robust
             by
             the
             divisions
             of
             the
             Germans
             ,
             and
             having
             newly
             substituted
             Dursack
             and
             Bugoth
             ,
             to
             the
             Regal
             Dignity
             ,
             they
             again
             resum●d
             their
             former
             design
             ;
             which
             the
             next
             year
             they
             enterprised
             ,
             possessing
             themselves
             of
             all
             Paninonia
             ,
             exhausted
             already
             by
             continual
             spoil
             ,
             carrying
             also
             Colonies
             ,
             with
             them
             and
             placing
             them
             in
             the
             Countries
             of
             the
             Boii
             .
          
           
             To
             oppose
             them
             ,
             Lewis
             the
             Emperour
             having
             called
             a
             Counsell
             ,
             and
             by
             their
             Concurrence
             raised
             a
             great
             Army
             ,
             encountred
             them
             at
             *
             
               Augusta
               Vindelicorum
            
             ,
             where
             he
             was
             worsted
             in
             a
             famous
             Battel
             ;
             Luithpoldus
             the
             former
             successeful
             General
             ,
             with
             Eysenrick
             His
             Arch-Sewer
             and
             15
             Counts
             ,
             being
             slain
             on
             the
             place
             ,
             together
             with
             most
             of
             the
             Army
             .
             Nor
             fared
             
             he
             better
             at
             his
             second
             Conflict
             ,
             having
             for
             safety
             of
             Germany
             induced
             all
             the
             Provinces
             to
             take
             sudden
             Arms
             with
             him
             ,
             being
             defeated
             by
             this
             Stratagem
             ;
             the
             Huns
             had
             fought
             almost
             to
             a
             desperate
             Event
             ,
             in
             the
             Fields
             neer
             the
             Leman
             Lake
             ,
             when
             advised
             by
             imminet
             danger
             ,
             they
             counterfeited
             a
             flight
             ,
             and
             by
             th●t
             means
             drew
             the
             enemy
             into
             the
             Woods
             upon
             their
             Ambushes
             ,
             
             and
             there
             made
             a
             cruel
             and
             vast
             slaughter
             of
             them
             ;
             and
             following
             their
             good
             fortune
             ,
             made
             Havock
             of
             all
             the
             Countrey
             round
             about
             with
             fire
             and
             Sword
             in
             their
             usual
             manner
             ,
             neither
             Churches
             ,
             Monasteries
             ,
             Bishops
             ,
             or
             Priests
             escaping
             their
             sacrilegious
             and
             destroying
             hands
             .
          
           
             No
             stop
             being
             like
             to
             be
             put
             to
             their
             fury
             ,
             they
             burnt
             down
             Utinum
             ,
             and
             passing
             the
             river
             Oenus
             ,
             dispeopled
             the
             Canton
             of
             Zurick
             ,
             and
             compelling
             Schleckdorp
             and
             Damasia
             ,
             beyond
             the
             Iser
             ,
             with
             other
             Towns
             by
             famine
             and
             thi●st
             to
             surrender
             ,
             demolished
             and
             ruined
             them
             .
             Auspurg
             was
             served
             in
             the
             same
             manner
             ,
             and
             numberless
             multitudes
             of
             men
             led
             Captives
             like
             beasts
             after
             them
             ,
             which
             luggage
             with
             their
             other
             spoils
             invited
             the
             Boii
             to
             fall
             upon
             them
             ,
             but
             they
             were
             so
             sharply
             entertained
             ,
             that
             with
             the
             slaughrer
             there
             and
             in
             the
             whole
             Territory
             the
             Huns
             seemed
             to
             have
             made
             a
             final
             end
             at
             this
             one
             bout
             .
          
           
             Ratisbone
             was
             now
             burnt
             by
             them
             ,
             
             whence
             by
             Osterhof
             they
             passed
             the
             D●nubius
             ,
             puttin●
             the
             
               Bohemians
               ,
               Franconians
            
             ,
             and
             the
             adjacent
             
             Nations
             to
             the
             Sword
             ,
             So
             that
             most
             of
             the
             rivers
             of
             Germany
             were
             turned
             into
             blood
             ,
             and
             Lewis
             broken
             with
             so
             many
             mischiefs
             ,
             glad
             to
             make
             the
             Empire
             Tributary
             to
             the
             Huns
             ,
             who
             leaving
             Germany
             (
             as
             prone
             to
             War
             ,
             and
             enlargement
             of
             Dominion
             ,
             fell
             next
             upon
             the
             Grecian
             Empire
             (
             which
             they
             had
             only
             touched
             in
             the
             former
             War
             )
             by
             the
             beginning
             of
             the
             next
             Spring
             ,
             
             when
             passing
             through
             the
             Mysia
             superiour
             and
             wasting
             Thracia
             infesting
             also
             the
             Macedonians
             ,
             they
             conquered
             Bulgaria
             (
             which
             yet
             made
             some
             resistance
             )
             and
             all
             those
             stranger
             Countries
             ,
             insomuch
             that
             Constantine
             the
             Colleague
             of
             Alexander
             his
             Uncle
             ,
             refused
             not
             being
             terrified
             by
             these
             approach●s
             ,
             the
             payment
             and
             Tribute
             imposed
             on
             his
             Cities
             .
          
           
             The
             Huns
             being
             thus
             established
             and
             fixed
             in
             their
             former
             possession
             gained
             by
             their
             Sword
             in
             Hungary
             ,
             
             it
             will
             be
             requisite
             to
             describe
             that
             tract
             of
             ground
             ,
             which
             came
             under
             the
             said
             appellation
             and
             was
             then
             a
             most
             ample
             and
             spacious
             Dominion
             .
             The
             Kingdome
             of
             Pannonia
             did
             not
             formerly
             exceed
             the
             Banks
             of
             the
             Danubius
             ,
             and
             because
             it
             extended
             it self
             from
             the
             said
             River
             as
             far
             as
             the
             Carpathian
             Hills
             ,
             which
             terminate
             the
             
               European
               Sarmatia
            
             ,
             it
             was
             called
             the
             hither
             and
             the
             further
             Hungary
             .
             The
             upper
             part
             of
             the
             hither
             ,
             contained
             Styria
             and
             Austria
             ,
             the
             inferiour
             was
             all
             that
             tract
             of
             ground
             between
             the
             River
             Dravus
             ,
             the
             
               Balaton
               Lake
            
             (
             which
             upon
             the
             coming
             of
             Christ
             broke
             out
             in
             the
             country
             of
             Gisa
             )
             the
             Desarts
             of
             Vertha
             
             and
             the
             Danubius
             .
             The
             further
             Hungary
             separated
             by
             the
             Carpathian
             Hills
             from
             Moravia
             of
             the
             
               Marcomanni
               ,
               Silesia
            
             and
             Poland
             contains
             that
             part
             of
             the
             
               Iazyges
               Metanastae
            
             ,
             &
             Dacia
             which
             is
             on
             this
             side
             the
             Hills
             ,
             which
             the
             River
             Tybiscus
             runs
             thorough
             ,
             arising
             from
             the
             Maromorusian
             Hills
             above
             Zigeth
             *
             &
             between
             Zemlin
             and
             Salankien
             is
             mingled
             with
             the
             Danube
             .
             Between
             the
             Rivers
             Dravus
             and
             Savus
             ,
             lyeth
             Sclavonia
             reaching
             as
             far
             as
             the
             River
             of
             Hun.
             Below
             Savus
             lies
             Croatia
             ,
             both
             the
             
               Bosnia's
               ,
               Dardania
            
             ,
             now
             Dalmatia
             ;
             The
             Illyrians
             possesse
             the
             further
             parts
             ,
             the
             same
             with
             the
             Liburnians
             ,
             bounded
             with
             the
             
               Adriatick
               Sea
            
             ,
             and
             Eastward
             with
             the
             River
             Bosna
             :
             To
             this
             Confine
             both
             the
             
             Mysia's
             ,
             the
             Upper
             ,
             in
             which
             is
             Servia
             and
             Rascia
             ,
             and
             the
             lower
             now
             called
             Bulgaria
             :
             for
             the
             Bulgarians
             now
             comming
             from
             Asia
             ,
             compelled
             the
             Bessi
             ,
             ejected
             out
             of
             the
             Lower
             Mysia
             ,
             to
             seat
             themselves
             in
             the
             Upper
             :
             Both
             of
             them
             lye
             between
             the
             Danube
             ,
             and
             mountain
             of
             Hun
             :
             The
             Danube
             emptying
             it self
             into
             the
             
               Euxine
               Sea.
            
             To
             the
             Eastward
             of
             
               Hither
               Hungary
            
             lieth
             Dacia
             betvveen
             the
             River
             Tyra
             ,
             the
             Danube
             ,
             and
             the
             Sea
             ,
             comprehending
             
               Transylvania
               ,
               Moldavia
            
             ,
             and
             Transalpina
             ,
             or
             
               Valachia
               .
               Transylvania
            
             is
             compassed
             with
             Woods
             and
             Hills
             ,
             in
             manner
             and
             form
             of
             a
             Crovvn
             .
          
           
             These
             Countries
             being
             subdued
             by
             the
             Huns
             they
             contented
             themselves
             with
             Tribute
             for
             Germany
             ,
             who
             soon
             disdaining
             that
             servile
             
             under
             Barbarians
             ,
             under
             Conrade
             Duke
             of
             Franconia
             ,
             saluted
             Caesar
             in
             place
             of
             Lewis
             ,
             and
             Arnulphus
             the
             Son
             of
             Luithpoldus
             procla●med
             King
             of
             the
             Boii
             ,
             took
             Arms
             again
             ,
             but
             the
             B●ii
             were
             at
             the
             entrance
             of
             the
             War
             so
             consternated
             ,
             that
             the
             Huns
             with
             universal
             spo●l
             passed
             as
             far
             as
             the
             River
             Oenus
             again
             :
             where
             Arnulphus
             having
             selected
             the
             ablest
             Souldiers
             ,
             
             and
             secured
             the
             rest
             in
             the
             City
             ,
             set
             upon
             them
             in
             their
             carlesse
             jollity
             ,
             and
             encompassing
             them
             by
             surprize
             ,
             made
             a
             great
             slaughter
             of
             some
             ,
             and
             drove
             others
             into
             the
             River
             ,
             and
             brought
             a
             general
             Fear
             ,
             greater
             then
             any
             before
             upon
             their
             whole
             Army
             ,
             which
             was
             freed
             thereof
             by
             the
             egregious
             Vertue
             and
             Valour
             of
             Dursach
             ,
             who
             in
             the
             very
             instant
             of
             the
             danger
             ,
             compelled
             the
             Bohemian
             weakned
             by
             so
             ●ierce
             a
             War
             ,
             to
             strike
             a
             League
             and
             Agreement
             with
             him
             .
          
           
             But
             the
             present
             Disaster
             was
             expiated
             with
             great
             Victories
             ,
             
             the
             Huns
             still
             hankered
             after
             Italy
             the
             Lady
             of
             so
             many
             Pleasures
             :
             The
             Dissentions
             between
             Leo
             the
             Fifth
             ,
             Sergius
             the
             Third
             ,
             and
             Christopher
             the
             Antipope
             ,
             adding
             to
             their
             Hopes
             as
             if
             designed
             for
             Avengers
             of
             their
             Pride
             and
             Ambition
             ;
             hereupon
             passing
             Friuli
             with
             spoiling
             and
             burning
             ,
             they
             came
             as
             far
             as
             Pavia
             ,
             and
             by
             the
             river
             Brenna
             ,
             with
             a
             horrible
             Carnage
             overthrew
             Berengarius
             ,
             who
             had
             amassed
             an
             innumerable
             Host
             of
             the
             
               Tuscans
               ,
               Volscans
            
             ,
             and
             other
             Nations
             of
             Italy
             .
             Which
             Defeat
             was
             occasioned
             meerly
             by
             their
             Contempt
             of
             the
             Enemy
             ,
             who
             having
             in
             vain
             after
             
             many
             Prayers
             and
             intreaties
             voluntarily
             offered
             there
             delivery
             of
             their
             spoil
             ,
             and
             a
             Covenant
             or
             Article
             of
             never
             invading
             Italy
             again
             ,
             upon
             condition
             of
             Life
             and
             Departure
             on
             horseback
             ,
             took
             advantage
             of
             the
             negligence
             of
             the
             Italians
             ,
             and
             punished
             this
             their
             Arrogance
             :
             for
             with
             three
             parties
             they
             surprized
             the
             secure
             Bodies
             of
             the
             Enemy
             ,
             who
             staid
             expecting
             the
             return
             of
             their
             Commissioners
             ,
             sent
             with
             their
             denyal
             to
             the
             Huns
             ,
             and
             killed
             a
             great
             many
             with
             their
             drink
             in
             their
             Throats
             :
             
             so
             those
             that
             could
             not
             be
             appeased
             with
             submission
             and
             Gifts
             were
             now
             destroyed
             with
             fury
             &
             cruelty
             .
          
           
             All
             places
             now
             opened
             to
             their
             victorious
             Arms
             ,
             which
             are
             reported
             to
             have
             been
             so
             po●ent
             at
             this
             time
             ,
             that
             they
             overran
             likewise
             the
             Boiarij
             (
             contrary
             to
             their
             Agreement
             )
             Franconia
             and
             Saxony
             ,
             with
             vast
             depopulations
             :
             nor
             did
             their
             rage
             stop
             here
             ,
             for
             within
             two
             years
             they
             peirced
             as
             far
             as
             Basil
             ,
             
             which
             having
             razed
             they
             wasted
             Alsatia
             and
             Lorrain
             ,
             with
             so
             much
             ●●lerity
             ,
             that
             Conrade
             who
             purchased
             his
             peace
             with
             money
             ,
             seemed
             conquered
             before
             any
             Enemy
             was
             at
             hand
             .
             And
             such
             was
             the
             horrour
             of
             this
             Defeat
             abovesaid
             ,
             that
             the
             Huns
             en●aged
             ,
             abstained
             not
             from
             the
             Flesh
             of
             the
             ●●ain
             ,
             The
             Cause
             of
             which
             being
             asked
             of
             Le●el
             (
             a
             Hungarian
             Captain
             taken
             prisoner
             at
             Auspurg
             by
             Conrade
             )
             was
             thus
             declared
             .
             〈◊〉
             
               are
               the
               Avengers
               of
               the
               sins
               of
               Mankind
               ,
               appointed
               by
               God
               for
               your
               punishment
               ;
               when
               we
               ●●sist
               from
               persecuting
               you
               ,
               by
               the
               angry
               God
               ,
               
               we
               are
               taken
               by
               you
               and
               destroyed
               .
            
          
           
             Italy
             although
             so
             often
             chastised
             ,
             
             yet
             nothing
             the
             wi●er
             ,
             was
             distracted
             with
             various
             factions
             ,
             Lewis
             the
             Son
             of
             ●oson
             relying
             upon
             the
             Papal
             right
             ,
             assumed
             to
             himself
             the
             Imperial
             Dignity
             ,
             being
             assisted
             and
             encouraged
             by
             the
             Lumbards
             ,
             who
             would
             have
             Berengarius
             devested
             of
             the
             Dignity
             ;
             he
             being
             thu●
             between
             the
             Hammer
             and
             the
             Anvile
             ,
             called
             in
             the
             Huns
             ,
             the
             sworn
             Enemies
             of
             the
             Faith
             :
             they
             under
             pretence
             of
             Aid
             ,
             undertake
             the
             Expedition
             ,
             and
             range
             through
             Italy
             ,
             killing
             and
             bringing
             to
             obedience
             Lambert
             the
             Archbishop
             of
             
               Millan
               ,
               Heydelbert
            
             the
             Captain
             of
             the
             Guard
             or
             Pretorium
             ,
             with
             other
             Rebels
             .
             Berengarius
             not
             long
             surviving
             this
             Victory
             ,
             his
             Son
             the
             second
             of
             that
             name
             succeeded
             him
             ,
             against
             whom
             ro●e
             up
             Rodolph
             ,
             Duke
             of
             Burgundy
             his
             Rival
             ,
             to
             the
             Dominion
             of
             
               Italy
               ,
               Berengarius
            
             therefore
             diffiding
             in
             his
             own
             forces
             ,
             as
             the
             Heir
             of
             his
             Fathers
             Kingdome
             and
             manners
             ,
             trod
             in
             the
             same
             Track
             of
             an
             Hungarian
             Expedition
             ,
             who
             in
             his
             cause
             wasting
             Italy
             ,
             soon
             after
             overthrew
             Odelricus
             ,
             the
             Count
             of
             the
             Place
             ,
             or
             
               Major
               Domo
            
             ,
             with
             his
             numerous
             Army
             ,
             as
             afterwards
             they
             took
             the
             Marquiss
             Adelbert
             &
             Giselbert
             Prisoners
             ,
             but
             they
             were
             no
             sooner
             departed
             ,
             then
             Berengarius
             was
             overcome
             ,
             
             and
             persidiously
             slain
             ,
             though
             justly
             in
             respect
             of
             his
             cruelties
             to
             his
             own
             blood
             ;
             This
             Murder
             of
             the
             King
             ,
             gave
             good
             occasion
             to
             the
             Huns
             to
             return
             into
             Italy
             ,
             where
             they
             again
             
             burnt
             Ticinum
             ,
             exercising
             cruelty
             as
             a
             virtue
             :
             and
             having
             plundered
             &
             undone
             the
             Provinces
             laded
             themselves
             home
             with
             a
             most
             rich
             spoil
             .
          
           
             A
             German
             War
             followed
             this
             ,
             
             Henry
             sirnamed
             the
             Fowler
             ,
             Son
             of
             Conrade
             deceased
             ,
             denied
             to
             pay
             the
             tribute
             now
             insolently
             and
             imperiously
             redemanded
             by
             the
             Huns
             ,
             who
             thereupon
             keeping
             their
             faith
             religiously
             with
             the
             
               Boii
               ,
               (
               Arnulph
            
             their
             King
             having
             fled
             to
             them
             in
             avoydance
             of
             the
             designs
             and
             snares
             of
             Conrade
             but
             was
             afterwards
             brought
             back
             by
             the
             Prudence
             of
             Henry
             )
             wasted
             
               Transylvania
               ,
               Swevia
            
             ,
             but
             cheifly
             Saxony
             ,
             the
             Hereditary
             Country
             of
             the
             Emperour
             ,
             who
             unable
             to
             endure
             this
             their
             haughty
             &
             presumptuous
             behaviour
             ,
             with
             a
             well
             composed
             Army
             surpriz'd
             them
             at
             Meersburgh
             ,
             
             in
             the
             Confines
             of
             the
             
               Thuringian
               Saxons
            
             ;
             having
             given
             Order
             to
             his
             Men
             to
             receive
             their
             first
             flight
             of
             Arrows
             upon
             their
             Sheilds
             ,
             discreetly
             and
             conveniently
             placed
             ,
             and
             while
             they
             were
             fitting
             and
             preparing
             for
             another
             volley
             ,
             to
             rush
             in
             upon
             them
             ;
             by
             which
             Military
             Policy
             the
             Huns
             were
             driven
             foul
             upon
             one
             another
             and
             slain
             with
             a
             terrible
             slaughter
             ,
             and
             Germany
             thereby
             freed
             from
             a
             shameful
             and
             ignominious
             slavery
             .
          
           
             The
             remains
             and
             reliques
             of
             those
             Hungarians
             which
             survived
             the
             Battel
             ,
             were
             slain
             by
             one
             anothers
             Treachery
             and
             Discovery
             ;
             the
             feigned
             and
             pretended
             reward
             whereof
             was
             impunity
             and
             pardon
             offered
             to
             such
             of
             them
             as
             should
             reveal
             their
             Comrades
             and
             Country-men
             ;
             
             so
             that
             no
             more
             then
             Seven
             escaped
             to
             carry
             the
             news
             of
             this
             miserable
             Defeat
             and
             disaster
             to
             Pannonia
             and
             Dacia
             ;
             the
             Horrour
             whereof
             so
             stupified
             this
             Nation
             ,
             that
             during
             the
             Raign
             of
             Henry
             ,
             they
             totally
             abstained
             from
             meddling
             with
             Germany
             .
          
           
             Until
             the
             time
             of
             Otho
             the
             Great
             ,
             
             the
             Hungarians
             therefore
             continued
             at
             home
             within
             their
             own
             walls
             ;
             but
             then
             it
             appear'd
             what
             power
             and
             prevalence
             Shame
             hath
             over
             Fear
             ,
             although
             things
             be
             never
             so
             hazardous
             or
             desperate
             ;
             for
             having
             recruited
             themselves
             by
             a
             long
             quiet
             and
             cessation
             from
             War
             ,
             with
             their
             former
             Courage
             and
             Force
             they
             Invaded
             the
             Limits
             of
             Bavaria
             ,
             while
             other
             Parties
             of
             them
             wasted
             the
             
               Trani
               ,
               Norici
            
             ,
             and
             Charini
             ;
             for
             which
             Depredations
             they
             were
             to
             satisfie
             soon
             after
             to
             the
             utmost
             ;
             for
             Berchtoldus
             Duke
             of
             Bohemia
             ,
             overcame
             them
             neer
             Valence
             ,
             and
             with
             the
             Sword
             and
             the
             River
             Tranus
             ,
             to
             which
             they
             fled
             ,
             made
             an
             end
             of
             them
             all
             :
             with
             the
             same
             fortune
             they
             fought
             with
             the
             Charini
             ,
             
             where
             having
             lost
             their
             Leaders
             and
             General
             they
             were
             forced
             to
             fly
             .
          
           
             To
             revenge
             these
             Discom●itures
             Taxis
             (
             not
             yet
             advanced
             to
             the
             Regal
             Dignity
             )
             undertook
             two
             other
             Expeditions
             the
             one
             into
             Austria
             ,
             and
             the
             other
             against
             the
             said
             Charini
             or
             Carinthi
             ,
             in
             the
             Confines
             of
             Italy
             ,
             which
             he
             miserably
             havocked
             ,
             but
             him
             Berholdus
             his
             Son
             so
             worsted
             and
             routed
             ,
             that
             he
             was
             forced
             to
             sculk
             and
             sneak
             for
             shelter
             ;
             the
             cause
             of
             which
             Calamity
             was
             his
             feirce
             and
             brutish
             
             Valour
             ungovernable
             by
             any
             Art
             or
             policy
             ;
             Being
             beaten
             here
             he
             turned
             his
             Fury
             upon
             Italy
             ,
             
             where
             he
             was
             appeased
             by
             ●erengarius
             the
             third
             ,
             Protector
             to
             Lotharius
             ,
             with
             Ten
             Bushels
             of
             Money
             ,
             which
             Tribute
             was
             imposed
             upon
             the
             heads
             of
             those
             that
             gave
             suck
             ,
             being
             as
             much
             as
             ●ugo
             had
             formerly
             paid
             .
          
           
             The
             Cruelty
             of
             the
             Huns
             was
             not
             yet
             quite
             allayed
             ,
             when
             Gerard
             the
             Bohemian
             ,
             and
             Duke
             Conrade
             ,
             not
             long
             before
             banished
             by
             Otho
             ,
             fell
             a
             spoyling
             the
             Churches
             ,
             and
             robbing
             the
             Monasteries
             ,
             and
             distributed
             the
             Ecclesiastical
             Treasure
             among
             the
             Hungarians
             ,
             as
             yet
             Pagans
             ,
             now
             intending
             an
             Irruption
             into
             Hungary
             ;
             for
             Bulczko
             the
             Successor
             of
             Dursach
             ,
             having
             considered
             the
             past
             Calamities
             ,
             and
             the
             small
             ability
             of
             his
             present
             Condition
             ,
             dispatcht
             away
             Embassado●s
             to
             Otho
             under
             pretence
             of
             Civility
             and
             good
             friendship
             ;
             but
             indeed
             to
             enquire
             of
             his
             present
             state
             ,
             whether
             or
             no
             ,
             it
             offered
             any
             advantage
             to
             his
             necessitous
             Arms.
             These
             returned
             with
             an
             answer
             rather
             fitted
             to
             the
             flattery
             of
             the
             occasion
             ,
             which
             Bulzko
             sought
             ,
             than
             any
             thing
             of
             truth
             .
          
           
             So
             that
             in
             the
             50.
             year
             after
             Lewis
             was
             slain
             at
             Rhodanum
             ;
             with
             a
             100000
             Men
             ,
             Commanded
             by
             himself
             and
             the
             
               Tetrarchs
               ,
               Laetius
               ,
               Sura
               ,
               Taxus
               ,
            
             and
             Schaba
             ;
             such
             a
             number
             of
             meer
             Hungarians
             being
             never
             seen
             before
             in
             those
             parts
             ,
             
             he
             set
             upon
             Germany
             ;
             when
             through
             fear
             of
             them
             as
             they
             passed
             ,
             the
             whole
             Countrey
             was
             abandoned
             ,
             the
             Cities
             either
             strongly
             Fortified
             or
             deserted
             ,
             the
             People
             betaking
             themselves
             
             to
             the
             inaccessible
             places
             of
             Mountains
             and
             Rocks
             for
             the
             safety
             of
             their
             lives
             .
          
           
             The
             Huns
             in
             the
             mean
             while
             clambring
             over
             Hills
             and
             peircing
             through
             Woods
             ,
             most
             horribly
             burnt
             and
             wasted
             all
             the
             Countrey
             ,
             and
             having
             desolated
             Bavaria
             ,
             passed
             beyond
             the
             Rhine
             and
             under
             the
             Conduct
             of
             Conrade
             ,
             subverted
             Lorrain
             ,
             wherein
             they
             violated
             all
             Humane
             and
             Divine
             things
             .
             Otho
             almost
             stupisfied
             with
             the
             danger
             ,
             with
             eight
             Legions
             passed
             into
             Switzerland
             ,
             having
             made
             Peace
             with
             the
             Venetians
             ,
             at
             the
             same
             time
             as
             the
             Hungarians
             had
             defeated
             the
             Bohemians
             in
             a
             sore
             Battel
             ,
             who
             guarded
             the
             passes
             .
             It
             was
             now
             observed
             ,
             that
             the
             first
             onset
             of
             these
             Barbarians
             was
             the
             most
             forcible
             and
             vehement
             ,
             and
             that
             they
             raged
             because
             their
             time
             was
             short
             .
             
             The
             Germans
             therefore
             beset
             them
             on
             every
             side
             ,
             cutting
             off
             their
             straglers
             and
             Foragers
             ,
             and
             carried
             their
             Successe
             to
             the
             Camp
             ,
             where
             the
             Huns
             tired
             with
             fight
             and
             plunder
             were
             wretchedly
             Vanquished
             ,
             and
             the
             River
             Lycus
             filled
             with
             their
             slain
             ;
             their
             General
             being
             taken
             was
             hanged
             upon
             a
             Gibbet
             at
             Ratisbone
             with
             some
             of
             his
             Captains
             ,
             the
             rest
             being
             dismaid
             ,
             secured
             themselves
             in
             their
             entrenchments
             .
             By
             this
             Battel
             the
             strength
             of
             the
             Hu●s
             was
             wholly
             broken
             ;
             yet
             being
             made
             more
             tractble
             by
             this
             great
             slaughter
             ,
             they
             were
             in
             a
             manner
             saved
             by
             this
             their
             Ruine
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             The
             Second
             BOOK
             .
          
           
             AS
             the
             precedent
             necessary
             requisite
             to
             conversion
             to
             Christianity
             ,
             divine
             Providence
             was
             pleased
             by
             these
             frequent
             and
             ruinous
             losses
             and
             slaughters
             ,
             upon
             the
             neck
             of
             one
             another
             ,
             to
             bring
             these
             barbarous
             Huns
             to
             an
             humble
             sense
             of
             their
             calamitous
             and
             ruinous
             condition
             ,
             
             and
             by
             that
             prepare
             and
             soften
             their
             minds
             to
             the
             Reception
             of
             the
             great
             Evangelicall
             truth
             ,
             against
             whose
             Innocent
             Doctrine
             ,
             the
             applauses
             of
             their
             Triumphs
             and
             the
             noising
             loud
             Fame
             of
             their
             puis●ance
             and
             successe
             had
             out-dinn'd
             the
             Trumpets
             of
             the
             Prince
             of
             Peace
             ,
             so
             that
             ●he
             still
             voyce
             of
             the
             Redeemer
             could
             not
             be
             heard
             in
             the
             Thunder
             of
             their
             impetuous
             ,
             pro●perous
             violences
             .
          
           
             Taxis
             one
             of
             the
             Tetrarchs
             dying
             valiantly
             in
             this
             last
             unfortunate
             encounter
             ,
             the
             Huns
             chose
             GEYSA
             his
             Son
             ,
             either
             for
             his
             Fathers
             or
             ●his
             own
             Piety's
             sake
             ,
             
             for
             their
             King
             and
             Governour
             .
             For
             as
             there
             are
             ,
             as
             in
             Time
             ,
             so
             in
             all
             other
             things
             a
             kind
             of
             vicissitude
             ;
             the
             980th
             year
             from
             the
             Incarnation
             was
             not
             yet
             ended
             ,
             when
             Geysa
             washed
             in
             the
             saving
             fount
             by
             Adelbert
             ,
             began
             to
             propagate
             the
             worship
             of
             the
             true
             ●od
             and
             renouncing
             his
             Idols
             to
             abolish
             all
             superstition
             ,
             
             studying
             to
             take
             off
             that
             fierce
             and
             barbarous
             Nation
             from
             the
             desire
             of
             War
             ,
             and
             by
             Christian
             marsuetude
             and
             sweetnesse
             to
             attemperate
             their
             minds
             and
             sences
             .
             To
             this
             he
             was
             the
             more
             incouraged
             by
             Constantine
             the
             7th
             .
             of
             that
             name
             Emperour
             of
             the
             East
             ,
             and
             the
             Germans
             who
             mainly
             promoted
             it
             ,
             as
             being
             highly
             affected
             with
             such
             glad
             tydings
             ;
             Next
             he
             appointed
             Priests
             and
             Bishops
             ,
             the
             untamed
             ●●ture
             of
             his
             people
             in
             vain
             resisting
             ,
             and
             so
             reduced
             them
             ,
             that
             abandoning
             Barbarisme
             ,
             and
             the
             worship
             of
             Mars
             and
             Hercules
             ,
             
             they
             embraced
             the
             Christian
             Faith.
             The
             Captives
             ,
             (
             of
             which
             in
             such
             a
             long
             tract
             of
             time
             there
             could
             be
             no
             small
             multitude
             carryed
             away
             by
             them
             )
             industriously
             builded
             their
             Churches
             and
             brought
             their
             Children
             to
             be
             baptized
             .
             To
             the
             better
             effect
             of
             all
             which
             ,
             Geysa
             used
             the
             help
             〈◊〉
             a
             Pilgrim
             a
             very
             holy
             man
             who
             being
             invited
             by
             him
             into
             Hungary
             ,
             chose
             to
             himself
             other
             Collegues
             ;
             Geysa
             also
             by
             the
             aid
             and
             Arms
             o●
             the
             Saxons
             and
             Bavarians
             kept
             his
             Enemies
             within
             their
             limits
             ,
             so
             that
             the
             people
             of
             Hungary
             found
             themselves
             obliged
             to
             him
             for
             their
             preservation
             ,
             who
             like
             an
             auspicious
             star
             shined
             upon
             them
             in
             a
             night
             whose
             gloominesse
             portended
             it
             for
             the
             last
             of
             their
             Existence
             ,
             when
             sheathing
             their
             Swords
             he
             dispelled
             such
             an
             angry
             Tempest
             with
             a
             sudden
             Serenity
             .
          
           
             He
             waged
             War
             in
             Austria
             against
             his
             will
             which
             unjustly
             taken
             away
             by
             Rodeger
             he
             restored
             to
             Leopold
             ,
             whose
             ●on
             being
             shortly
             
             after
             expelled
             ,
             the
             Hungarians
             under
             the
             conduct
             of
             Abas
             recovered
             and
             held
             it
             until
             Albert
             the
             Son
             of
             Henry
             the
             Emperour
             restored
             it
             to
             Germany
             .
             There
             were
             also
             other
             occasions
             of
             this
             Difference
             ,
             Henry
             surnamed
             the
             Holy
             ,
             ●isseised
             his
             Brother
             Bruno
             of
             his
             Dominions
             in
             ●amburg
             ,
             who
             avoiding
             the
             danger
             fled
             to
             the
             Hungarians
             ,
             by
             whom
             meeting
             with
             the
             Emperour
             then
             engaged
             in
             an
             expedition
             designed
             to
             the
             expulsion
             of
             Hardwick
             out
             of
             
               Lombardy
               ,
               ●runo
            
             was
             reconciled
             and
             re-invested
             in
             his
             Estate
             .
             And
             having
             thus
             setled
             this
             Hungarian
             Realm
             as
             part
             of
             Christendom
             ,
             I
             shall
             not
             be
             oblig'd
             to
             so
             prolix
             a
             narrative
             of
             their
             future
             Actions
             as
             being
             better
             regulated
             and
             Marshal●ed
             to
             History
             ,
             
             which
             hath
             registred
             them
             with
             that
             of
             their
             Neighbours
             :
             the
             rise
             and
             the
             fall
             of
             all
             powerfull
             things
             being
             that
             object
             which
             most
             men
             consider
             ,
             because
             of
             most
             concern
             to
             the
             world
             ,
             for
             all
             middle
             things
             the
             means
             of
             extremes
             are
             indifferent
             ,
             and
             do
             not
             engage
             ordinary
             and
             common
             observation
             .
          
           
             STEPHEN
             his
             Son
             succeeded
             him
             both
             in
             dignity
             and
             vertue
             ,
             
             at
             the
             same
             time
             when
             both
             the
             
               English
               ,
               Danes
               ,
               Polonians
            
             and
             Hungarians
             had
             forsaken
             their
             false
             Religions
             ,
             Pope
             Boniface
             the
             7th
             .
             was
             then
             also
             expelled
             by
             Pope
             Penedict
             ,
             from
             Rome
             ,
             whence
             Stephen
             was
             honoured
             with
             many
             presents
             ,
             and
             a
             priviledge
             of
             conferring
             ecclesiastical
             preferments
             :
             His
             couragious
             zeal
             broke
             the
             many
             designs
             and
             attempts
             of
             his
             Pagan
             Subjects
             and
             Relations
             ,
             
             as
             his
             fortune
             gained
             him
             Transylvania
             ,
             then
             abounding
             with
             ancient
             wealth
             ,
             and
             now
             subdued
             to
             a
             constant
             obedience
             and
             subjection
             to
             the
             Hungarian
             Scepter
             .
             He
             over
             came
             likewise
             the
             Bulgarians
             a
             warlike
             and
             successeful
             people
             in
             the
             East
             ,
             
             to
             whose
             Emperor
             Basilius
             ,
             after
             this
             glorious
             defeat
             ,
             they
             were
             forced
             to
             submit
             themselves
             .
             He
             had
             issue
             by
             his
             Wife
             Gisala
             the
             Sister
             of
             the
             Emperour
             ,
             a
             Son
             called
             Emerick
             ,
             who
             dyed
             in
             his
             Minority
             ,
             and
             to
             the
             great
             grief
             of
             his
             Father
             ,
             and
             the
             perpetual
             disgust
             of
             his
             Mother
             ;
             in
             his
             room
             
               Vazules
               Stephens
            
             Uncles
             Son
             ,
             was
             appointed
             and
             raised
             to
             the
             hopes
             of
             the
             Throne
             .
             Stephen
             dyed
             in
             the
             year
             of
             our
             Lord
             1034.
             having
             reigned
             happily
             and
             prudently
             37.
             years
             ,
             a
             man
             of
             great
             humility
             and
             piety
             even
             unto
             Superstition
             ,
             in
             a
             very
             great
             and
             ample
             fortune
             ,
             which
             is
             subject
             to
             presumption
             and
             pride
             ,
             for
             which
             his
             Widow
             was
             much
             hated
             and
             abominated
             .
          
           
             PETER
             notwithstanding
             succeeded
             him
             ,
             
             the
             Son
             of
             his
             Sister
             ,
             who
             managed
             his
             power
             no
             better
             then
             he
             gained
             it
             ,
             by
             the
             Murther
             of
             Vazules
             ;
             scandalizing
             the
             Government
             by
             base
             Covetousnesse
             and
             Arrogance
             ,
             from
             which
             Crimes
             it
             had
             hitherto
             been
             inviolate
             :
             not
             knowing
             
               that
               things
               lifted
               up
               on
               high
               are
               more
               conveniently
               raised
               for
               a
               fall
               ;
               nor
               to
               be
               of
               more
               pernicious
               Consequence
               to
               any
               Fortune
               then
               the
               lest
               and
               supremest
               .
            
             He
             first
             banished
             Gisala
             ,
             then
             took
             away
             her
             Dower
             ,
             (
             reputed
             a
             just
             
             judgement
             on
             her
             )
             pillaged
             his
             people
             ,
             and
             murthered
             his
             Nobles
             ;
             whereupon
             ensued
             a
             Conspiracy
             against
             him
             ,
             which
             prevailed
             so
             ,
             that
             the
             Kingdome
             was
             transferred
             to
             Abas
             ,
             and
             the
             Counsellors
             and
             Partakers
             of
             Peters
             exorbitances
             ,
             
             slain
             by
             the
             popular
             rage
             .
             Peter
             escaped
             to
             Henry
             the
             Emperour
             ,
             who
             knowing
             him
             guilty
             of
             the
             defection
             of
             the
             Bohemians
             ,
             forbad
             him
             his
             Presence
             ,
             and
             cast
             him
             into
             Chains
             ,
             but
             by
             the
             intercession
             of
             Albertus
             General
             of
             the
             Eastern
             limits
             ,
             and
             
             Caesar's
             own
             generous
             Sentiments
             for
             a
             person
             descended
             of
             a
             Royal
             Family
             ,
             He
             was
             soon
             after
             taken
             into
             favour
             .
          
           
             ABAS
             was
             substituted
             in
             his
             place
             ,
             by
             whom
             all
             
             Peter's
             Acts
             were
             rescinded
             ,
             
             and
             the
             Kingdome
             seemed
             to
             have
             recovered
             its
             former
             dignity
             ,
             except
             that
             Peter
             claimed
             it
             as
             Hereditary
             ,
             and
             Abas
             that
             would
             command
             others
             ,
             was
             a
             Vassal
             to
             his
             own
             passions
             .
          
           
             The
             first
             thing
             he
             did
             ,
             was
             by
             an
             Embassie
             to
             explore
             the
             mind
             of
             the
             Emperour
             concerning
             Peter
             ,
             but
             receiving
             dilatory
             answers
             ,
             he
             made
             2
             invasions
             ,
             the
             one
             into
             Bavaria
             where
             his
             Army
             and
             General
             were
             defeated
             ,
             the
             other
             into
             Styria
             and
             Carniola
             ,
             whence
             he
             carried
             away
             a
             great
             many
             Captives
             .
             This
             gave
             occasion
             to
             the
             Princes
             of
             Germany
             to
             assemble
             at
             Colen
             ,
             and
             by
             unanimous
             Resolution
             there
             taken
             to
             invade
             Abas
             ,
             which
             enterprise
             so
             succeeded
             ,
             that
             Abas
             beaten
             in
             two
             Battles
             ,
             and
             having
             lost
             all
             his
             Country
             ,
             as
             far
             as
             the
             River
             
             Gran
             beyond
             
               Pre
               burgh
            
             ,
             was
             forced
             to
             a
             submission
             ,
             by
             which
             he
             was
             bound
             to
             receive
             Gisala
             the
             banished
             Queen
             ,
             to
             restore
             Austria
             ,
             and
             other
             places
             ,
             with
             the
             late
             Captives
             :
             which
             Articles
             he
             stood
             not
             to
             ,
             but
             spighting
             his
             Nobles
             ,
             as
             the
             occasion
             of
             his
             Misfortunes
             ,
             under
             the
             pretence
             of
             convening
             them
             for
             Advice
             ,
             most
             treacherously
             flew
             them
             and
             their
             Children
             :
             but
             this
             the
             more
             incensed
             others
             just
             indignation
             ,
             so
             that
             the
             remains
             of
             them
             escaping
             to
             the
             Emperor
             ,
             engaged
             him
             and
             Peter
             against
             Abas
             .
             At
             Raab
             a
             signal
             Battel
             was
             commenced
             ,
             where
             by
             the
             revolt
             of
             Abas
             his
             Army
             ,
             by
             which
             they
             satisfied
             for
             their
             former
             Defection
             from
             Peter
             ,
             
             Abas
             was
             forced
             to
             fly
             and
             in
             the
             pursuit
             slain
             at
             Sheba
             ,
             as
             a
             Victime
             and
             Sacrifice
             to
             the
             Ghosts
             of
             his
             murdered
             Nobility
             .
          
           
             PETER
             was
             again
             restored
             by
             the
             Emperour
             ,
             
             who
             in
             triumphal
             progresse
             rounded
             all
             Hungary
             ,
             and
             having
             received
             the
             Royal
             Dignity
             ,
             by
             the
             election
             of
             the
             Bishops
             assembled
             at
             Alba
             ,
             transferred
             it
             to
             Peter
             ,
             who
             returning
             to
             the
             same
             vitious
             and
             cruel
             Excesses
             ,
             neither
             mindful
             of
             his
             past
             ,
             nor
             provident
             of
             his
             future
             fortunes
             ,
             provoked
             the
             Hungarians
             under
             two
             Captains
             Visca
             and
             Brunna
             ,
             to
             another
             Combination
             and
             Rebellion
             against
             him
             ,
             but
             the
             design
             being
             timely
             discovered
             ,
             the
             chief
             Complices
             were
             most
             miserably
             tortured
             .
             Yet
             the
             Sedition
             abated
             not
             ,
             for
             by
             another
             Conspiracy
             inflamed
             by
             a
             general
             hatred
             against
             
             Christian
             Religion
             ,
             scandalized
             by
             their
             Kings
             enormous
             lives
             ,
             the
             Hungarians
             privily
             sent
             for
             Andrew
             and
             Leventa
             ,
             according
             to
             the
             advice
             of
             King
             Stephen
             ,
             out
             of
             Poland
             ,
             whither
             they
             had
             been
             banished
             ;
             These
             lurking
             for
             a
             while
             at
             Newhausel
             ,
             (
             now
             so
             called
             )
             by
             the
             river
             Nitre
             ,
             and
             assisted
             by
             the
             inhabitants
             ,
             wreaked
             their
             revenge
             designed
             against
             the
             King
             upon
             the
             Religion
             ,
             massacring
             a
             great
             number
             of
             Bishops
             then
             assembled
             at
             
               Pesth
               .
               Peter
            
             presently
             thereupon
             being
             forsaken
             of
             his
             own
             ,
             
             was
             drawn
             out
             of
             his
             hiding
             place
             in
             the
             Mossonian
             Grounds
             ,
             and
             after
             his
             eyes
             were
             put
             out
             ,
             had
             his
             privities
             cut
             off
             ,
             which
             disgraceful
             maims
             he
             survived
             three
             years
             .
             So
             when
             prudence
             is
             wanting
             to
             the
             first
             fortune
             ,
             the
             future
             is
             alwayes
             most
             dangerous
             .
          
           
             ANDREW
             succeeded
             in
             the
             year
             of
             Christ
             1047
             ,
             
             He
             repressed
             the
             innovated
             superstition
             ,
             and
             punished
             with
             the
             sword
             or
             banishment
             such
             as
             had
             assisted
             him
             to
             Victory
             in
             his
             irreligious
             Cruelty
             .
             Henry
             the
             Third
             ,
             Emperour
             ,
             then
             engaged
             in
             a
             Papal
             War
             in
             Italy
             ,
             (
             between
             Benedict
             the
             9
             ,
             and
             Sylvester
             the
             third
             ,
             and
             Clement
             the
             Second
             ,
             whom
             he
             placed
             at
             last
             in
             St.
             Peters
             Chair
             )
             being
             no
             way
             at
             Leisure
             to
             attend
             Hungary
             ;
             but
             that
             at
             last
             by
             his
             power
             determined
             ,
             he
             resolved
             to
             revenge
             the
             injury
             done
             to
             Peter
             ,
             invading
             first
             the
             Southern
             parts
             of
             Hungary
             ,
             but
             was
             forced
             to
             retreat
             by
             the
             overflowings
             of
             the
             Lakes
             and
             Rivers
             ;
             the
             next
             expedition
             was
             by
             water
             ,
             
             where
             he
             was
             worsted
             by
             a
             Stratagem
             ,
             the
             last
             by
             water
             and
             land
             ,
             
             but
             with
             as
             had
             successe
             ,
             having
             advanced
             so
             far
             ,
             and
             streightned
             for
             provisions
             ,
             that
             he
             was
             forced
             to
             desire
             license
             and
             leave
             to
             return
             .
             A
             peace
             ensued
             this
             kindnesse
             ,
             and
             as
             a
             pledge
             thereof
             ,
             the
             Emperour
             gave
             his
             Daughter
             in
             marriage
             to
             Solomon
             (
             the
             Son
             of
             Andrew
             )
             now
             confirmed
             in
             the
             succession
             to
             the
             Crown
             .
          
           
             BELA
             (
             the
             brother
             of
             Andrew
             )
             by
             whom
             he
             was
             made
             Duke
             of
             Pomerania
             ,
             
             and
             had
             hitherto
             lived
             in
             great
             Concord
             with
             him
             to
             the
             aggrandizing
             the
             Hungarian
             Felicity
             ;
             and
             a
             little
             before
             appointed
             by
             him
             to
             the
             Kingly
             Government
             ,
             could
             not
             brook
             this
             his
             Nephews
             advancement
             over
             his
             head
             :
             assisted
             therefore
             by
             many
             of
             the
             Hungarians
             ,
             and
             aided
             by
             the
             Poles
             ,
             as
             Solomon
             by
             Germany
             and
             ●ohemia
             by
             the
             Interest
             of
             Andrew
             ,
             besides
             his
             standing
             Legions
             ,
             an
             engagement
             en●ed
             at
             the
             River
             Tibiscus
             ,
             with
             various
             fortune
             ,
             untill
             the
             Hungarians
             in
             detestation
             of
             the
             Christian
             Religion
             ,
             and
             in
             revenge
             of
             the
             suppression
             of
             Paganisme
             by
             Andrew
             ,
             revolted
             to
             Bela
             ,
             who
             thereby
             became
             Master
             of
             the
             Field
             ;
             Andrew
             flying
             was
             trod
             down
             in
             the
             pursuit
             .
          
           
             Bela
             used
             his
             victory
             with
             great
             clemency
             ,
             freely
             giving
             life
             to
             the
             Rebels
             ,
             and
             dismissing
             the
             German
             Prisoners
             Ransome
             free
             ;
             and
             applying
             himself
             to
             the
             Government
             ,
             appointed
             Markets
             and
             rates
             of
             things
             ,
             lessened
             the
             Taxes
             and
             Impositions
             ;
             Money
             being
             not
             as
             yet
             
             known
             .
             He
             repaired
             and
             new
             built
             several
             places
             ,
             suppressed
             the
             Peasants
             and
             Boores
             ,
             tumulting
             against
             the
             profession
             of
             the
             Christian
             Religion
             ,
             by
             sudden
             force
             ;
             and
             though
             he
             gained
             the
             Kingdome
             by
             violence
             and
             injury
             ,
             
             yet
             he
             governed
             it
             with
             piety
             and
             justice
             ;
             and
             in
             the
             year
             1065.
             the
             Third
             year
             of
             his
             Reign
             ,
             by
             a
             kind
             of
             Earthquake
             at
             the
             Town
             of
             Demes
             which
             disjointed
             every
             part
             and
             Member
             of
             him
             ,
             he
             dyed
             .
          
           
             SOLOMON
             within
             a
             month
             after
             his
             Death
             was
             seated
             in
             his
             Throne
             by
             the
             power
             of
             the
             Emperour
             ;
             
             Geysa
             and
             Ladislaus
             the
             Sons
             of
             Bela
             ,
             despairing
             of
             equal
             resistance
             ,
             flying
             for
             refuge
             into
             Poland
             ;
             but
             the
             German
             Forces
             returning
             home
             ,
             they
             resumed
             courage
             ,
             prevailing
             with
             Boleslaus
             the
             King
             of
             Poland
             to
             derive
             the
             friendship
             contracted
             between
             their
             Father
             and
             himself
             to
             them
             his
             Sons
             ;
             Boleslaus
             owing
             so
             much
             to
             the
             merit
             of
             the
             Father
             ,
             entred
             Hungary
             with
             them
             ,
             but
             by
             the
             Mediation
             of
             the
             Archbishop
             of
             Strigonium
             ,
             
             a
             Peace
             was
             happily
             concluded
             between
             them
             ,
             on
             condition
             that
             Geysa
             and
             Ladislaus
             should
             with
             the
             Title
             of
             two
             Dukes
             enjoy
             a
             third
             part
             of
             the
             Kingdome
             ,
             but
             the
             Soveraignty
             should
             abide
             in
             Solomon
             ;
             This
             agreement
             with
             some
             grudging
             suspicions
             lasted
             till
             Solomon
             ,
             by
             the
             Assistance
             of
             the
             Dukes
             ,
             took
             Belgrade
             ,
             the
             rich
             spoils
             whereof
             ,
             a
             fourth
             part
             being
             only
             allowed
             the
             Dukes
             by
             the
             advice
             of
             one
             Vidus
             ,
             caused
             such
             a
             Rupture
             ,
             that
             both
             had
             present
             recourse
             
             to
             Arms.
             The
             first
             Encounter
             proved
             disastrous
             ,
             but
             the
             second
             fortunate
             to
             the
             Brothers
             ,
             who
             had
             to
             their
             assistance
             Twenty
             thousand
             Bohemians
             ;
             this
             Battel
             was
             fought
             by
             the
             Vaccian
             Forrest
             ,
             and
             with
             great
             resolution
             on
             both
             sides
             ;
             Vidus
             was
             here
             slain
             ,
             and
             Solomon
             thereby
             driven
             out
             of
             his
             Kingdome
             .
          
           
             GEYSA
             ,
             
             now
             swayed
             the
             Hungarian
             Scepter
             ,
             being
             busied
             in
             prosecuting
             his
             late
             victory
             ,
             for
             that
             Solomon
             appeared
             in
             the
             confines
             towards
             Presburgh
             ,
             endevouring
             the
             restitution
             of
             his
             Fortune
             by
             the
             aid
             of
             the
             Germans
             ,
             and
             other
             adjacent
             people
             ;
             and
             in
             this
             Martial
             angry
             mood
             he
             lighted
             upon
             the
             Bessi
             ,
             who
             had
             undertaken
             for
             their
             Liberty
             his
             final
             discomfiture
             ,
             and
             severely
             chastised
             this
             their
             preingaged
             arrogance
             ;
             yet
             he
             advantaged
             not
             his
             ovvn
             Affairs
             ,
             till
             Henry
             the
             Emperour
             appeared
             in
             his
             quarrel
             ,
             &
             first
             took
             Newhausel
             and
             advanced
             as
             far
             as
             Vacia
             ,
             and
             seemed
             to
             threaten
             
             Geysa's
             Claim
             ;
             but
             what
             he
             wanted
             in
             strength
             to
             oppose
             ,
             he
             was
             supplied
             with
             in
             Craft
             and
             Policy
             ,
             to
             impose
             upon
             the
             Germans
             ,
             by
             a
             round
             sum
             of
             money
             sent
             them
             ,
             upon
             which
             the
             Emperour
             retired
             ,
             intent
             upon
             a
             revengeful
             design
             against
             Pope
             Hildebrand
             .
          
           
             And
             here
             an
             end
             was
             put
             to
             the
             Tragedies
             of
             so
             many
             Kings
             ,
             
             wherein
             we
             may
             observe
             by
             the
             way
             ,
             that
             the
             Emperours
             though
             superiour
             by
             power
             and
             victory
             ,
             could
             never
             make
             good
             their
             pretended
             Title
             to
             Hungaria
             ,
             nor
             those
             Kings
             vvho
             adhered
             to
             ,
             or
             made
             use
             of
             their
             
             Arms
             to
             passe
             unpunished
             .
             
             Geysa
             dyed
             by
             a
             natural
             death
             ,
             the
             third
             year
             of
             his
             Reign
             ;
             on
             vvhose
             Affections
             Desideriue
             the
             Metrapolitan
             Bishop
             is
             said
             to
             have
             had
             so
             much
             influence
             that
             he
             was
             once
             thinking
             to
             have
             rendred
             the
             Scepter
             to
             Solomon
             ;
             But
             bethinking
             himself
             that
             his
             privacy
             could
             not
             be
             without
             danger
             ,
             and
             that
             it
             would
             be
             rashnesse
             to
             trust
             the
             will
             and
             pleasure
             of
             an
             enemy
             ,
             he
             resolved
             to
             retain
             the
             Government
             .
          
           
             LADISLAUS
             having
             gloriously
             passed
             the
             Ducal
             Dignity
             conferred
             on
             him
             by
             his
             Brother
             ,
             
             had
             the
             Regal
             Honour
             unanimously
             bestowed
             on
             him
             ,
             as
             reputed
             a
             Prince
             of
             very
             great
             Virtue
             and
             Piety
             ,
             and
             though
             he
             refused
             the
             Crown
             because
             Solomon
             was
             yet
             alive
             ,
             yet
             the
             pertinacious
             importunity
             of
             the
             Hungarians
             overcame
             his
             modesty
             .
             He
             first
             restored
             the
             true
             worship
             of
             God
             ,
             &
             the
             good
             laws
             of
             his
             Ancestors
             then
             obliterated
             and
             disused
             .
             He
             was
             assisted
             by
             an
             opinion
             of
             the
             divine
             favour
             accompanying
             him
             in
             all
             his
             Actions
             ,
             then
             which
             there
             is
             not
             a
             better
             Instrument
             and
             Engine
             to
             govern
             the
             multitude
             ,
             who
             conceived
             that
             the
             Crown
             of
             Hungary
             ,
             *
             with
             which
             the
             Princes
             are
             to
             this
             day
             inaugurated
             ,
             came
             down
             from
             Heaven
             upon
             the
             head
             of
             this
             Ladislaus
             .
          
           
             He
             agreed
             with
             Solomon
             ,
             for
             a
             certain
             yearly
             revenue
             ,
             but
             he
             musing
             on
             his
             ambition
             ,
             designed
             on
             pretence
             of
             a
             friendly
             conference
             to
             betray
             him
             ,
             but
             that
             being
             discovered
             ,
             He
             seized
             on
             him
             and
             imprisoned
             him
             at
             Visigrade
             ,
             
             where
             being
             condemned
             ,
             at
             the
             intercession
             of
             a
             Nun
             admonished
             by
             Heaven
             ,
             as
             she
             boasted
             ,
             he
             gave
             him
             Life
             and
             Liberty
             ;
             which
             courtesy
             he
             strait
             abused
             ,
             by
             engaging
             Cuteschus
             the
             King
             of
             the
             Cumani
             to
             take
             his
             part
             ,
             but
             unprosperously
             ,
             his
             Army
             being
             overpowered
             and
             discomfited
             ,
             
             so
             that
             despairing
             of
             recovering
             the
             Kingdome
             ,
             and
             weary
             of
             the
             World
             ,
             he
             put
             on
             Sackcloth
             ,
             and
             betook
             himself
             to
             the
             woods
             and
             Caverns
             ,
             living
             upon
             Acorns
             and
             Berries
             ,
             and
             drinking
             the
             water
             of
             the
             Lakes
             for
             his
             thirst
             ,
             teaching
             the
             world
             the
             uncertainty
             of
             all
             worldly
             things
             ,
             and
             that
             felicity
             can
             be
             placed
             no
             where
             but
             in
             death
             .
             It
             is
             reported
             he
             was
             seen
             once
             in
             the
             time
             of
             Coloman
             the
             succeeding
             King
             ,
             in
             whose
             Reign
             he
             also
             ended
             his
             Life
             ,
             in
             the
             Woods
             of
             Istria
             .
          
           
             In
             the
             mean
             while
             ,
             Ladislaus
             reduced
             Dalmatia
             ,
             and
             made
             it
             a
             perpetual
             Appendix
             to
             the
             Hungarian
             Dominion
             ,
             together
             with
             Croatia
             ;
             There
             after
             followed
             a
             war
             with
             the
             Emperour
             of
             Byzantium
             ,
             or
             Constantinople
             ,
             but
             it
             eveened
             with
             losse
             to
             the
             Hungarians
             ,
             for
             which
             the
             Bulgarian
             Victory
             and
             Conquest
             soon
             after
             made
             amends
             .
             The
             Fury
             of
             the
             Cumani
             could
             nevertheless
             not
             be
             restrained
             ,
             till
             after
             three
             overthrowes
             ,
             the
             last
             whereof
             was
             most
             couragiously
             desended
             ,
             
             at
             the
             banks
             of
             Ister
             ,
             till
             Ladislaus
             with
             his
             own
             hands
             very
             difficultly
             slew
             Achus
             their
             General
             ,
             whose
             death
             stroke
             and
             broke
             the
             Constancy
             of
             this
             valiant
             enemy
             ,
             whose
             Confederates
             and
             Auxiliaries
             
             the
             Roxolani
             fell
             under
             the
             same
             Fate
             ,
             
             and
             precariously
             obtained
             their
             Peace
             .
          
           
             Poland
             was
             the
             next
             Scene
             of
             his
             Successe
             ,
             the
             cause
             of
             which
             Expedition
             was
             their
             Expulsion
             of
             Boleslaus
             his
             great
             Friend
             and
             Familiar
             ,
             who
             flying
             into
             Hungary
             ,
             tormented
             with
             an
             evil
             Conscience
             for
             the
             ills
             he
             had
             done
             ,
             being
             become
             of
             a
             good
             ,
             a
             very
             bad
             man
             ,
             died
             there
             .
             The
             Armies
             joyned
             in
             the
             Confines
             of
             Sauromatia
             ,
             
             where
             he
             vigorously
             routed
             the
             Poles
             ;
             nor
             desisted
             from
             his
             pursuit
             till
             he
             had
             Sacked
             Cracovia
             the
             Metrapolis
             of
             that
             Nation
             ,
             when
             Vladislaus
             the
             Brother
             of
             Boleslaus
             ,
             besought
             him
             Peace
             ,
             which
             he
             obtained
             upon
             Condition
             that
             
               Miesco
               ,
               Boleslaus
            
             his
             Son
             ,
             should
             have
             the
             Second
             Dignity
             .
          
           
             The
             Sword
             being
             now
             sheathed
             ,
             he
             built
             his
             Royal
             Seat
             of
             Varadin
             by
             the
             River
             Chrysus
             .
             This
             City
             in
             our
             Times
             was
             the
             Chief
             and
             principal
             of
             the
             County
             of
             Bihor
             ,
             famous
             of
             old
             for
             the
             Sepulture
             of
             Kings
             ,
             and
             the
             Sanctity
             of
             the
             place
             ;
             on
             the
             North
             are
             Hills
             planted
             with
             fruitful
             Vines
             ,
             and
             watered
             with
             ever-running
             Rivulets
             ;
             the
             East
             aspects
             the
             Baths
             and
             Medicinal
             Springs
             ;
             the
             other
             part
             the
             plain
             and
             the
             woods
             encompasse
             .
             These
             great
             things
             effected
             ,
             this
             zealous
             Religious
             Captain
             even
             to
             the
             report
             of
             certain
             miracles
             wrought
             at
             his
             Grave
             afterwards
             ,
             received
             at
             Bodrogh
             ,
             
             Embassadors
             from
             the
             Kings
             of
             
               England
               ,
               France
            
             ,
             and
             Spain
             ,
             desiring
             his
             assistance
             in
             the
             Sarazen
             War
             ,
             which
             he
             denied
             
             not
             ,
             but
             the
             Embassie
             took
             not
             its
             effect
             ,
             for
             he
             died
             in
             a
             new
             Expedition
             against
             Suatopologus
             of
             Moravia
             ,
             leaving
             by
             so
             much
             ,
             a
             greater
             Name
             ,
             by
             how
             much
             his
             Successors
             came
             behind
             him
             in
             prowesse
             and
             martial
             Atchievements
             .
          
           
             COLOMANNUS
             ,
             
             Ladislaus
             dying
             without
             Issue
             ;
             succeeded
             his
             Uncle
             in
             the
             Throne
             ,
             though
             otherwise
             designed
             by
             him
             ,
             for
             he
             preferred
             Almus
             his
             younger
             Nephew
             Son
             of
             Geysa
             ,
             as
             abler
             in
             body
             and
             mind
             ,
             to
             Coloman
             the
             elder
             ,
             whom
             he
             praedicted
             for
             a
             Bloody
             man
             ;
             But
             the
             Nobles
             sending
             for
             Coloman
             out
             of
             Poland
             ,
             whither
             he
             had
             fled
             (
             for
             fear
             of
             his
             Uncles
             words
             )
             Crowned
             him
             their
             King
             ,
             his
             Brother
             Almus
             being
             Tituladed
             with
             a
             Dukedome
             ,
             and
             invested
             in
             a
             fourth
             part
             of
             the
             Kingdom
             .
             Being
             thus
             advanced
             ,
             as
             prosperous
             things
             do
             search
             the
             mind
             with
             sharper
             pricks
             ,
             he
             did
             not
             consider
             himself
             as
             a
             Governour
             and
             his
             People
             as
             Citizens
             ,
             but
             as
             an
             absolute
             Lord
             ,
             aud
             they
             his
             Slaves
             and
             vassals
             .
             About
             the
             same
             time
             Peter
             the
             Hermit
             brought
             the
             Crusado
             into
             Hungary
             ,
             
             when
             Famin
             and
             the
             Plague
             throughout
             Christendome
             seemed
             to
             prevent
             his
             most
             Religious
             Negotiation
             .
             Neverthelesse
             in
             the
             Year
             1096.
             
             
               Gualterus
               Sensavir
            
             was
             entertained
             by
             him
             ,
             and
             passage
             given
             him
             ,
             he
             paying
             such
             a
             certain
             rate
             for
             his
             provision
             ,
             some
             of
             whose
             Souldiers
             stragling
             and
             committing
             some
             little
             spoyle
             about
             Belgrade
             ,
             were
             seized
             and
             most
             basely
             and
             ignominiously
             
             handled
             ,
             which
             Gualter
             thought
             good
             to
             dissemble
             ,
             intent
             upon
             his
             Expedition
             ;
             Peter
             the
             Hermit
             marching
             the
             same
             way
             upon
             the
             s●me
             Conditions
             ,
             understanding
             at
             Malevill
             ,
             what
             had
             happened
             to
             his
             fellows
             ,
             flew
             presently
             to
             his
             Arms
             ,
             and
             breaking
             open
             the
             Gates
             of
             the
             City
             ,
             
             entred
             and
             slew
             4000.
             
             Hungarians
             ;
             but
             being
             pursued
             by
             Coloman
             ,
             to
             avoyd
             him
             ,
             fell
             into
             the
             hands
             of
             the
             Soldan
             of
             Nicia
             ,
             who
             had
             an
             Army
             of
             Forty
             thousand
             men
             ,
             and
             lost
             more
             by
             his
             rashnesse
             and
             incogitance
             ,
             than
             ever
             he
             could
             have
             gained
             with
             his
             greatest
             moderation
             .
          
           
             Nor
             did
             Godschalk
             the
             Preist
             fare
             any
             better
             ,
             for
             entring
             Hungary
             upon
             the
             former
             terms
             ,
             his
             Souldiers
             from
             the
             affluence
             of
             provisions
             began
             to
             riot
             ,
             &
             forgetting
             the
             Lawes
             of
             Hospitality
             ,
             to
             abuse
             their
             Entertainers
             .
             To
             represse
             this
             Insolence
             ,
             
             Coloman
             made
             after
             them
             to
             Belgrade
             with
             a
             great
             Army
             ,
             where
             ensued
             a
             Battel
             ,
             but
             with
             such
             equal
             Fortune
             ,
             that
             Coloman
             having
             recourse
             to
             Policy
             ,
             prevailed
             upon
             them
             under
             pretences
             of
             civility
             and
             reconciliation
             ,
             (
             desiring
             onely
             the
             Plunderers
             to
             be
             punished
             )
             that
             they
             confiding
             in
             his
             words
             disarmed
             themselves
             ,
             and
             were
             instantly
             when
             they
             no
             way
             suspected
             such
             usage
             ,
             horribly
             destroyed
             ,
             not
             one
             of
             them
             being
             left
             alive
             to
             carry
             the
             news
             of
             this
             Massacre
             .
             The
             Rear
             of
             those
             Forces
             arriving
             at
             Meersburgh
             a
             place
             encamped
             with
             the
             
               Danow
               ,
               Lynx
            
             ,
             and
             Morasses
             ;
             and
             ignorant
             of
             what
             had
             happned
             to
             their
             
             followes
             ,
             and
             knowing
             the
             agreement
             made
             for
             their
             passage
             ,
             did
             wonder
             to
             see
             the
             Straights
             shut
             to
             them
             ,
             which
             ,
             the
             King
             dreading
             the
             punishment
             of
             his
             perfidy
             had
             so
             commanded
             ;
             whereupon
             after
             a
             vain
             message
             to
             Coloman
             ,
             they
             besiged
             M●ersburgh
             ,
             slew
             700.
             of
             the
             Hungarians
             ;
             but
             just
             as
             the
             Town
             was
             brought
             to
             the
             utmost
             Extremity
             ,
             a
             Panick-fear
             sei●ed
             on
             them
             ,
             whereafter
             ensued
             a
             great
             slaughter
             of
             them
             ,
             the
             rest
             saved
             themselves
             by
             ●light
             .
          
           
             But
             Godfrey
             of
             Bo●●ign
             anxious
             of
             the
             losse
             of
             those
             Legions
             ,
             
             succeeded
             better
             ;
             for
             having
             debated
             the
             businesse
             and
             received
             an
             account
             of
             the
             late
             slaughter
             by
             Godfrey
             of
             Ascha
             ,
             he
             easily
             perswaded
             the
             Hungarians
             to
             consent
             to
             another
             passage
             ,
             at
             an
             enterview
             between
             them
             ,
             to
             such
             a
             firm
             understanding
             ,
             that
             Coloman
             while
             yet
             Godfrey
             was
             at
             the
             said
             Malevill
             on
             the
             Banks
             of
             Savi●●
             having
             furnished
             him
             also
             with
             all
             manner
             of
             Provisions
             ,
             delivered
             to
             him
             his
             Brother
             Baldwin
             ,
             whom
             he
             had
             left
             as
             Hostage
             for
             the
             performance
             of
             the
             Agreement
             ;
             though
             Bonfinus
             reports
             that
             the
             Duke
             having
             taken
             Zemlin
             ,
             opened
             his
             way
             by
             the
             Sword
             ,
             and
             compelled
             Coloman
             being
             too
             weak
             to
             oppose
             him
             ,
             to
             consent
             at
             last
             to
             Passage
             through
             his
             Dominions
             .
             There
             followed
             this
             Feud
             a
             Quarrel
             between
             Coloman
             and
             his
             Brother
             Almus
             .
             One
             part
             of
             the
             Kingdome
             adhered
             to
             the
             King
             ,
             the
             other
             to
             Almus
             ;
             both
             Armies
             met
             at
             the
             River
             Tybiscus
             by
             a
             
             Town
             called
             Varkon
             ,
             where
             a
             Truce
             being
             concluded
             on
             ,
             it
             was
             further
             proposed
             ,
             that
             the
             two
             Princes
             ,
             to
             save
             the
             lives
             of
             others
             ,
             should
             determine
             their
             own
             Quarrel
             by
             Duel
             ,
             ●
             Custome
             then
             much
             in
             use
             in
             that
             Warlike
             Nation
             ,
             which
             Coloman
             refusing
             ,
             the
             difference
             was
             for
             a
             while
             respited
             and
             both
             parties
             laid
             down
             Armes
             ,
             which
             presently
             were
             employed
             against
             the
             Russes
             ,
             but
             with
             ill
             Successe
             ;
             He
             makes
             Peace
             thereupon
             with
             the
             Venetians
             ,
             and
             in
             the
             mean
             time
             debaucheth
             the
             Fidelity
             of
             the
             Iadrenses
             their
             Subjects
             ,
             whom
             to
             reduce
             ,
             Ordephalus
             was
             Commissioned
             ,
             who
             recovered
             Iadra
             with
             a
             bloody
             slaughter
             ,
             and
             advanced
             his
             Successful
             Armes
             as
             far
             as
             Croatia
             ,
             but
             was
             at
             last
             by
             Coloman
             ,
             assisted
             by
             the
             Styrians
             in
             the
             saccage
             of
             the
             Coast
             of
             Dalmatia
             ,
             engaged
             and
             overcome
             ;
             and
             so
             all
             the
             places
             returned
             with
             Iadra
             again
             to
             his
             obedience
             .
          
           
             Hungary
             was
             now
             again
             divided
             by
             the
             Factions
             of
             the
             Brethren
             :
             
             Almas
             twice
             suspected
             ,
             and
             twice
             assisted
             by
             Forrainers
             ,
             was
             once
             more
             restored
             by
             the
             Armes
             of
             Hen.
             5.
             
             Emp.
             but
             such
             was
             the
             arrogance
             of
             Colomans
             fortune
             that
             seizing
             upon
             him
             ,
             he
             caused
             his
             ,
             and
             his
             Son
             
             Bela's
             Eyes
             to
             be
             put
             out
             ,
             without
             any
             tryal
             or
             compearance
             afore
             Judges
             ;
             whence
             several
             grudges
             and
             Conspiracies
             of
             the
             Nobles
             &
             secret
             seditious
             practises
             were
             occasioned
             &
             somented
             against
             him
             ;
             the
             effect
             whereof
             he
             prevented
             by
             sudden
             Death
             ,
             which
             happened
             
             in
             the
             twenty
             fifth
             year
             of
             his
             Raign
             .
          
           
             STEPHEN
             ,
             
             for
             his
             Sanguinous
             nature
             ,
             as
             delighted
             in
             often
             seeing
             the
             punishments
             of
             the
             Condemned
             )
             by
             his
             Father
             Nick-named
             Thunder
             ,
             was
             therefore
             placed
             under
             the
             Government
             and
             Tuition
             of
             the
             most
             Eminent
             Persons
             for
             Nobility
             and
             Vertue
             ,
             under
             whom
             what
             he
             gained
             in
             Fame
             and
             Estimation
             ,
             so
             freed
             from
             them
             ,
             he
             lost
             it
             as
             fast
             ;
             notwithstanding
             the
             first
             and
             longest
             part
             of
             his
             Raign
             was
             very
             prosperous
             .
             His
             first
             Enterprize
             was
             against
             the
             Russes
             ,
             to
             restore
             Iarislaus
             to
             that
             Government
             ,
             who
             fearing
             his
             Uncle
             Uladomirs
             designs
             against
             him
             ,
             had
             fled
             into
             Poland
             ;
             but
             he
             dying
             ,
             the
             war
             ended
             as
             soon
             as
             it
             was
             begun
             ;
             The
             next
             Expedition
             was
             against
             the
             Bohemians
             ,
             where
             worsted
             at
             the
             first
             Encounter
             ,
             he
             recruited
             his
             Army
             and
             overthrew
             them
             .
             Thrice
             he
             turned
             his
             Arms
             upon
             
               Bulgaria
               ,
               Macedonia
            
             ,
             and
             Greece
             ;
             and
             taking
             Belgrade
             razed
             Zengminum
             ;
             afterwards
             he
             fought
             with
             various
             successes
             against
             
               Calo
               Iohannes
            
             Emperour
             of
             Constantinople
             ,
             
             but
             finally
             had
             the
             better
             of
             it
             ,
             forcing
             him
             to
             sneak
             home
             by
             by
             wayes
             from
             his
             progression
             as
             far
             as
             Ister
             ,
             and
             that
             not
             without
             a
             signal
             defeat
             given
             him
             in
             his
             retreat
             ,
             at
             a
             Town
             called
             
               Mala
               Scala
            
             :
             though
             Bonfinius
             reports
             Stephen
             to
             have
             been
             beaten
             at
             the
             River
             of
             Carassus
             ,
             and
             to
             have
             besought
             his
             peace
             .
          
           
             A
             Polish
             War
             ensued
             this
             in
             favour
             of
             the
             Russes
             against
             another
             Iarislaus
             Duke
             of
             Halicia
             ,
             
             whom
             Boleslaus
             King
             of
             Poland
             had
             resettled
             in
             his
             Estate
             ,
             wherein
             the
             Pole
             ,
             otherwise
             a
             very
             Fortunate
             Prince
             ,
             was
             Defeated
             by
             a
             Stratagem
             of
             Stephens
             ,
             joyning
             himself
             to
             the
             Rear
             of
             the
             Polish
             Army
             upon
             pretence
             of
             Friendship
             .
             And
             so
             when
             he
             had
             wearied
             his
             Cruelty
             abroad
             ,
             he
             began
             to
             exercise
             it
             at
             home
             ,
             vailing
             his
             sloth
             with
             severity
             ,
             murdering
             his
             Nobles
             ,
             and
             ravishing
             their
             Ladies
             :
             but
             in
             the
             twenty
             second
             year
             of
             his
             Raign
             ,
             
             troubled
             in
             Conscience
             with
             the
             flagitiousnesse
             of
             his
             Facts
             ,
             he
             put
             himself
             into
             a
             Monastery
             ;
             though
             others
             write
             he
             onely
             designed
             such
             a
             retirement
             .
          
           
             BELA
             ,
             
             his
             Cousin
             German
             ,
             who
             had
             his
             Eyes
             put
             out
             as
             before
             ,
             and
             flying
             was
             entertained
             at
             Constantinople
             (
             which
             was
             the
             cause
             of
             the
             Quarrel
             between
             Stephen
             and
             
               Calo
               Iohannes
            
             )
             was
             by
             the
             wonderful
             inconstance
             of
             Fortune
             called
             to
             a
             Crown
             ,
             from
             his
             banishment
             ;
             he
             had
             gained
             to
             his
             Wife
             ,
             Helena
             Daughter
             of
             Vr●●
             Count
             of
             Augusta
             ,
             by
             whom
             he
             had
             four
             Sons
             ,
             
               Geysa
               ,
               Ladislaus
               ,
               Stephen
            
             ,
             and
             Almus
             :
             His
             adverse
             Condition
             had
             so
             sweetned
             his
             Felicity
             to
             him
             ,
             that
             he
             wholly
             intended
             his
             Repose
             ,
             wherein
             he
             gave
             many
             signs
             of
             great
             abstinence
             and
             Equity
             ,
             notwithstanding
             he
             was
             not
             altogether
             faultlesse
             ,
             for
             at
             an
             Assembly
             or
             Convention
             of
             the
             Estates
             at
             Arad
             ,
             though
             he
             seemed
             to
             be
             averse
             to
             any
             Execution
             ,
             yet
             he
             so
             wrought
             upon
             the
             affections
             of
             others
             ,
             that
             most
             cruel
             
             punishments
             were
             inflicted
             on
             the
             Authours
             of
             his
             Fathers
             occaecation
             .
             Hereupon
             the
             Sons
             of
             the
             oppressed
             solicite
             Borichus
             ,
             the
             Bastard
             Son
             of
             Coloman
             ,
             
             to
             assume
             the
             Government
             ,
             who
             with
             the
             assistance
             of
             some
             Poles
             and
             Russes
             ,
             came
             as
             far
             as
             Sajus
             ,
             a
             River
             dividing
             both
             the
             Armies
             ,
             where
             by
             the
             Discovery
             of
             the
             Extraction
             of
             Borichus
             ,
             the
             Poles
             deserted
             him
             ,
             who
             was
             constrained
             to
             fly
             for
             his
             Protection
             to
             
               Emanuel
               ;
               Bela
            
             freed
             from
             this
             danger
             ,
             by
             advice
             of
             his
             Courtiers
             ,
             took
             away
             the
             lives
             of
             two
             of
             the
             Cheifest
             Noblemen
             of
             his
             Kingdome
             ;
             and
             being
             given
             to
             drunkennesse
             ,
             in
             which
             he
             was
             full
             of
             promises
             ,
             soon
             after
             dyed
             .
          
           
             GEYSA
             presently
             took
             upon
             him
             the
             Kingdome
             ,
             
             and
             managed
             his
             first
             Armes
             for
             the
             good
             of
             his
             Subjects
             :
             for
             Henry
             Duke
             of
             Austria
             ,
             aided
             by
             the
             Saxons
             and
             Stirians
             ,
             to
             whom
             were
             added
             the
             Forces
             of
             the
             Emperour
             Conrade
             ,
             by
             the
             means
             and
             endevour
             of
             Count
             Iulian
             took
             Presburg
             :
             All
             their
             Power
             he
             very
             gallantly
             first
             sustained
             ,
             and
             then
             overcame
             in
             the
             desperation
             of
             the
             Event
             ,
             killing
             Seven
             thousand
             of
             the
             Germans
             ,
             and
             taking
             their
             Camp
             and
             Baggage
             .
             His
             next
             War
             was
             for
             his
             Confederates
             ,
             for
             Lodomirus
             aided
             by
             the
             Cumani
             ,
             attempted
             to
             dethrone
             Minoslaus
             ,
             whose
             Sister
             Geysa
             had
             married
             ;
             whom
             though
             with
             great
             losse
             by
             the
             Russes
             and
             the
             Cumani
             ,
             he
             reinstated
             .
             The
             Dalmatian
             War
             attended
             this
             ,
             one
             in
             name
             but
             
             many
             in
             the
             atrocity
             and
             fortune
             of
             the
             War
             ;
             Manuel
             the
             Eastern
             Emperor
             invaded
             Dalmatia
             as
             his
             Dominion
             ,
             
             took
             the
             Castle
             of
             Rasus
             ,
             and
             laid
             waste
             the
             circumjacent
             Country
             ,
             and
             upon
             the
             news
             of
             the
             advance
             of
             the
             Hungarians
             ,
             came
             as
             far
             as
             the
             River
             Drina
             ,
             which
             parts
             Bosnia
             and
             Servia
             ,
             and
             devasted
             both
             the
             Provinces
             ,
             and
             in
             a
             set
             Feild
             overcame
             the
             joynt
             Forces
             of
             the
             Confederates
             ,
             who
             encouraged
             by
             fresh
             and
             choyce
             supplies
             ,
             with
             the
             additions
             of
             the
             Bessi
             ,
             by
             the
             Valour
             and
             presence
             of
             the
             Emperour
             ,
             were
             foyled
             again
             ,
             and
             the
             Despot
             (
             or
             as
             the
             Language
             terms
             him
             )
             the
             Archi-Zupan
             of
             the
             Country
             ,
             was
             forced
             to
             submit
             to
             a
             Tribute
             ,
             which
             Successe
             emboldned
             Manuel
             to
             a
             further
             attempt
             upon
             part
             of
             Hungary
             ,
             where
             he
             re-took
             Zeugmi●●●
             repaired
             ,
             after
             a
             most
             gallant
             resistance
             ,
             and
             Captivated
             a
             great
             number
             of
             the
             People
             ,
             while
             Geysa
             was
             waging
             Wat
             with
             the
             Russians
             .
          
           
             For
             
             Lodomir
             ●enewing
             his
             Designs
             against
             Minoslaus
             ,
             was
             ripe
             for
             the
             Revenge
             of
             Geysa
             ,
             when
             this
             diversion
             brought
             the
             Hungarians
             back
             upon
             
               Iohn
               Cantacuzenus
            
             ,
             whom
             they
             Furiously
             and
             desperately
             set
             upon
             and
             overcame
             ;
             but
             another
             Army
             being
             dispatched
             by
             Manuel
             (
             retreating
             )
             under
             the
             Command
             of
             Boricza
             ,
             dis-peopled
             a
             great
             Tract
             of
             ground
             ,
             and
             slew
             three
             Brigades
             of
             Hungarians
             .
             This
             quarrel
             continued
             between
             them
             upon
             punctilio
             of
             Revenge
             ,
             and
             maintainance
             of
             acquist
             ,
             after
             
             three
             several
             Treaties
             concluded
             and
             violated
             ,
             till
             Andronicus
             Duke
             of
             Naessa
             and
             Braniczobe
             ,
             by
             treaty
             yeilded
             him
             those
             places
             ,
             whereafter
             followed
             many
             bickerings
             ,
             concluded
             in
             a
             League
             .
             
             The
             Holy
             War
             was
             now
             recommenced
             by
             Conrade
             ,
             and
             continued
             by
             Lewis
             of
             France
             ,
             both
             of
             which
             passed
             through
             Hungary
             ,
             but
             by
             the
             perfidiousnesse
             of
             Manuci
             suffered
             excceedingly
             .
             In
             whose
             Camp
             Borichus
             the
             Bastard
             ,
             concealing
             himself
             ,
             was
             taken
             and
             killed
             :
             Geysa
             Died
             soon
             after
             in
             the
             Year
             1160.
             and
             in
             the
             20th
             .
             of
             his
             Raign
             .
          
           
             STEPHEN
             the
             Eldest
             Son
             of
             Geysa
             possessed
             a
             peaceful
             Scepter
             ,
             
             which
             he
             indulged
             the
             rather
             for
             his
             Subjects
             sake
             ,
             and
             to
             conciliate
             the
             wavering
             affections
             of
             the
             Kingdom●
             His
             first
             Effort
             was
             against
             Pope
             Adrian
             ,
             quarrelling
             about
             the
             Churches
             and
             Bishopricks
             of
             Istria
             and
             Liburnia
             .
             In
             this
             War
             Manu●●
             assisted
             him
             ,
             which
             sorted
             not
             very
             luckily
             by
             reason
             of
             the
             Hungarians
             intestine
             Divisions
             for
             the
             Uncles
             of
             Stephen
             insinuating
             themselves
             into
             
             Manuel's
             favour
             ,
             Ladislaus
             the
             elder
             Uncle
             ,
             by
             sundry
             artifices
             and
             collusions
             with
             that
             Emperour
             possessed
             himself
             of
             the
             Throne
             ,
             vouchsafeing
             Stephen
             the
             Title
             of
             a
             Dukedome
             who
             wisely
             absenting
             himself
             ,
             the
             common
             Fate
             of
             Usurpation
             befel
             Ladislaus
             ,
             &
             restor'd
             Stephen
             again
             ,
             after
             5
             months
             unjust
             detainer
             from
             the
             Regality
             ,
             by
             Ladislaus
             and
             not
             much
             longer
             ;
             after
             Stephen
             his
             second
             Uncle
             ,
             substituted
             to
             his
             Brother
             by
             the
             same
             
             Faction
             ,
             when
             the
             People
             weary
             of
             them
             both
             ,
             willingly
             received
             their
             Exile
             King.
             
          
           
             But
             this
             was
             not
             done
             without
             much
             damage
             and
             danger
             to
             the
             Kingdome
             by
             the
             Armes
             and
             Designs
             of
             Manuel
             ,
             who
             now
             pretended
             to
             Hungary
             ,
             so
             that
             after
             many
             Conflicts
             and
             Depopulations
             ,
             Stephen
             was
             Invested
             in
             Syrmia
             ,
             without
             any
             Claim
             to
             be
             made
             by
             him
             to
             Hungary
             ,
             which
             Articles
             being
             broken
             on
             Stephen
             ,
             the
             Uncles
             part
             ,
             and
             he
             af●esh
             invading
             the
             Dominions
             of
             his
             Nephew
             ,
             assisted
             again
             by
             the
             said
             Emperour
             ,
             was
             wholly
             outed
             of
             his
             Principality
             ,
             as
             his
             Confederate
             Manuel
             from
             his
             part
             of
             Dalmatia
             .
             The
             Uncle
             Survived
             not
             long
             ,
             being
             poysoned
             by
             one
             of
             his
             Complices
             ,
             who
             feared
             the
             Revenge
             of
             their
             practises
             &
             conspiration
             against
             their
             Soveraign
             .
          
           
             Stephen
             being
             therefore
             fully
             Established
             ,
             the
             Peace
             was
             Confirmed
             at
             home
             ,
             but
             disquieted
             instantly
             from
             abroad
             ;
             for
             Manuel
             the
             Emperour
             with
             the
             old
             pretence
             of
             assisting
             Stephen
             ,
             Arrived
             at
             the
             Banks
             of
             Ister
             ,
             and
             from
             Belgrade
             marched
             to
             the
             Seige
             of
             Zeugminum
             which
             at
             last
             was
             yeilded
             to
             him
             ,
             and
             with
             that
             also
             Dalmatia
             and
             Syrmia
             ,
             assigned
             by
             the
             Agreement
             for
             the
             Inheritance
             of
             Bela
             his
             youngest
             Uncle
             ,
             who
             had
             Married
             a
             Kinswoman
             of
             the
             Emperours
             .
             But
             neither
             this
             dured
             long
             ,
             for
             Stephen
             impatient
             of
             this
             Bargain
             sent
             an
             Army
             under
             Dionysius
             ,
             to
             revenge
             the
             injury
             ,
             who
             was
             prosperous
             in
             one
             Encounter
             ,
             but
             was
             fatally
             defeated
             in
             the
             next
             by
             the
             Emperour
             .
          
           
           
             BELA
             by
             the
             Decease
             of
             Stephen
             possessed
             himself
             of
             the
             Kingdom
             ,
             
             which
             by
             his
             allyance
             with
             the
             Greek
             Emperour
             was
             composed
             and
             secured
             ;
             In
             his
             person
             Dalmatia
             and
             Syrmia
             ,
             were
             united
             to
             the
             Crown
             of
             Hungary
             ,
             and
             made
             members
             thereof
             as
             of
             the
             same
             body
             .
             His
             Converse
             in
             Greece
             made
             him
             most
             excellent
             in
             the
             Arts
             of
             Government
             ,
             he
             first
             divided
             the
             Kingdome
             into
             Provinces
             ,
             Cities
             ,
             and
             Boroughs
             ,
             and
             made
             that
             institution
             in
             reverence
             of
             Royal
             Dignity
             ,
             that
             complaints
             should
             not
             be
             obtruded
             orally
             to
             them
             ,
             but
             by
             way
             of
             humble
             Supplication
             and
             Petition
             .
             He
             warred
             with
             Casimirus
             King
             of
             Poland
             ,
             upon
             a
             quarrel
             supported
             by
             both
             of
             them
             ,
             in
             reference
             to
             the
             Dutchy
             of
             Halicia
             ,
             but
             being
             but
             an
             auxiliary
             feud
             it
             was
             soon
             ended
             :
             As
             he
             did
             compose
             those
             affairs
             of
             his
             Son
             in
             Law
             
               Isaac
               Angelus
            
             ,
             the
             Constantinopolitan
             Emperor
             ,
             a
             weak
             yet
             Sacrilegious
             person
             .
             He
             reigned
             17.
             years
             ,
             and
             left
             a
             most
             flourishing
             Kingdome
             to
             his
             Son
             Emerick
             .
          
           
             EMERICK
             was
             wholly
             indisposed
             to
             War
             ,
             
             which
             the
             rather
             persued
             him
             ;
             for
             the
             Venetians
             vex'd
             at
             ,
             and
             disdaining
             the
             losse
             of
             Dalmatia
             ,
             making
             use
             of
             the
             Land
             forces
             of
             Baldwin
             Earl
             of
             Flanders
             ,
             and
             Boniface
             Marquiss
             of
             Montferrat
             ,
             passing
             for
             the
             Holy
             Land
             in
             their
             shipping
             ,
             as
             Leagued
             with
             them
             in
             the
             expedition
             ,
             (
             notwithstanding
             the
             Thunderbolt
             of
             Pope
             Innocents
             Excommunication
             at
             the
             instance
             of
             Stephen
             ,
             who
             would
             have
             transferred
             
             the
             War
             to
             its
             proper
             place
             )
             took
             Iadra
             and
             reduced
             all
             the
             Maritime
             part
             of
             Dalmatia
             .
          
           
             But
             Emerick
             was
             more
             fortunate
             at
             home
             ,
             having
             defeated
             a
             Conspiracy
             made
             against
             him
             by
             Andrew
             and
             most
             of
             the
             Nobility
             by
             a
             most
             innocent
             but
             Majestick
             device
             ,
             coming
             of
             a
             sudden
             into
             their
             armed
             Company
             ,
             with
             the
             Crown
             on
             his
             head
             ,
             which
             the
             Hungarians
             do
             naturally
             reverence
             ,
             whereupon
             they
             all
             sheathed
             their
             Swords
             and
             craved
             pardon
             ,
             and
             were
             most
             magnificently
             and
             freely
             remitted
             .
             He
             deceased
             in
             the
             eighth
             year
             of
             his
             Reign
             ,
             and
             was
             succeeded
             by
             Ladislaus
             the
             Third
             ,
             who
             applying
             himself
             to
             the
             Reformation
             of
             the
             Government
             ,
             and
             the
             Lawes
             ,
             unhappily
             dyed
             in
             the
             6
             month
             after
             his
             Inauguration
             .
          
           
             ANDREW
             the
             second
             ,
             
             for
             his
             vertue
             ,
             was
             next
             advanced
             to
             the
             Regal
             Dignity
             .
             He
             sadly
             affected
             with
             the
             discomfitures
             of
             the
             Christians
             ,
             went
             himself
             Generalissimo
             into
             the
             Holy
             Land
             ,
             and
             passing
             into
             Asia
             overthrew
             the
             Sultan
             Abubeker
             ,
             sirnamed
             Seyseddine
             ,
             and
             the
             Successor
             of
             Saladine
             .
             He
             took
             also
             Damiata
             ,
             and
             forced
             the
             Sultan
             to
             retreat
             ,
             to
             Caire
             ,
             where
             he
             breathed
             out
             his
             unhappy
             Soul
             :
             Nor
             was
             it
             doubted
             but
             that
             his
             victories
             would
             entitle
             him
             to
             the
             Holy
             Land
             the
             Christians
             being
             both
             in
             the
             field
             ,
             and
             in
             the
             Seige
             far
             superiour
             ,
             until
             the
             Nile
             overcame
             them
             ;
             for
             the
             Sultan
             breaking
             down
             the
             banks
             on
             both
             sides
             ,
             the
             River
             swelling
             to
             its
             usual
             heigh
             ,
             
             overflowed
             into
             their
             Camp
             ,
             whereupon
             pressed
             with
             hunger
             ,
             also
             &
             overwhelm'd
             with
             misery
             ,
             they
             capitulated
             for
             their
             permission
             of
             departure
             ,
             with
             the
             surrender
             of
             
               Damiata
               ;
               Andrew
            
             bringing
             thence
             instead
             of
             Victory
             the
             heads
             of
             St.
             Stephen
             and
             Margaret
             ,
             
             the
             right
             hands
             of
             
               benedict
               ,
               Thomas
               ,
               Bartholomew
            
             ,
             part
             of
             the
             rod
             of
             Aaron
             ,
             and
             one
             of
             the
             Water-pots
             wherein
             Christ
             wrought
             his
             miracle
             of
             Wine
             .
             These
             things
             the
             Hungarian
             Writers
             with
             intrusive
             Piety
             mainly
             defend
             .
             Others
             say
             that
             he
             passed
             no
             further
             then
             Iordan
             ,
             and
             having
             washt
             himself
             thrice
             therein
             ,
             as
             accounting
             himself
             disobliged
             from
             his
             vow
             ,
             returned
             home
             .
          
           
             His
             Justice
             was
             very
             remarkable
             ,
             in
             that
             he
             justified
             Bancbanus
             (
             his
             Deputy
             in
             his
             absence
             )
             who
             had
             slain
             his
             Queen
             ,
             for
             that
             she
             had
             prostituted
             his
             Wife
             to
             her
             vitious
             Brother
             ,
             who
             came
             to
             visit
             her
             .
             He
             forgave
             the
             Venetian
             injuries
             ,
             made
             excellent
             Lawes
             ,
             and
             vested
             a
             negative
             power
             in
             the
             Nobles
             ,
             to
             what
             should
             be
             enacted
             without
             their
             Consent
             ;
             By
             Gertrude
             he
             had
             three
             Sons
             ,
             
               Bela
               ,
               Coloman
            
             ,
             and
             Andrew
             ,
             and
             Elizabeth
             his
             Daughter
             ,
             not
             to
             be
             passed
             ,
             for
             her
             eminent
             Piety
             ,
             without
             honourable
             mention
             ,
             she
             was
             married
             to
             the
             Landgrave
             of
             Hesse
             ,
             who
             dying
             in
             the
             Holy
             Land
             ,
             she
             betook
             her self
             to
             a
             Monastery
             ,
             and
             was
             five
             years
             after
             her
             death
             canonized
             by
             Pope
             Gregory
             the
             Ninth
             ,
             at
             which
             Consecration
             was
             present
             at
             
               Marpurg
               ,
               Frederick
            
             the
             Emperour
             
             with
             divers
             other
             Princes
             ,
             vvith
             a
             Conflux
             of
             12
             nundred
             thousand
             persons
             .
          
           
             BELA
             the
             4th
             .
             of
             that
             name
             was
             saluted
             King
             ,
             
             while
             his
             Brother
             Coloman
             having
             expelled
             Daniel
             seized
             the
             Government
             of
             Halicia
             and
             Lodomiria
             ,
             himself
             being
             wholy
             addicted
             to
             Peace
             and
             quiet
             ,
             but
             herein
             fortune
             failed
             him
             ,
             for
             the
             Tartars
             ,
             (
             whose
             original
             described
             something
             largely
             by
             my
             Author
             ,
             but
             not
             to
             our
             present
             purpose
             we
             must
             here
             omit
             )
             with
             whom
             joyned
             the
             Cumani
             expelled
             by
             the
             same
             Tartars
             from
             their
             seats
             a●d
             habitations
             in
             1238.
             (
             by
             humble
             intreaties
             and
             profession
             of
             Christian
             Religion
             ,
             after
             they
             had
             been
             denyed
             entrance
             or
             entertainment
             in
             Russia
             )
             having
             been
             admitted
             into
             Hungary
             by
             the
             Kings
             single
             consent
             ,
             proved
             the
             first
             part
             of
             the
             ruine
             of
             that
             Kingdom
             :
             for
             the
             Hungarians
             offended
             with
             their
             peremptory
             carriage
             and
             finding
             little
             redresse
             ar
             Court
             ,
             fell
             ●pon
             them
             of
             a
             sudden
             and
             killed
             their
             King
             Kuthenes
             ,
             who
             being
             thus
             provok'd
             ,
             kill
             slay
             and
             burn
             whatever
             they
             came
             near
             ,
             and
             at
             last
             joyned
             themselves
             to
             the
             Tartars
             ,
             whose
             Invasion
             being
             rumoured
             before
             ,
             was
             imputed
             to
             some
             design
             of
             the
             Kings
             ,
             to
             keep
             the
             Hungarians
             in
             peace
             with
             the
             Cumani
             .
          
           
             Now
             whilest
             Peta
             one
             of
             the
             Tartarian
             Generalls
             ravaged
             Poland
             ,
             
             Moravia
             ,
             and
             Silesia
             ,
             as
             Cadon
             another
             of
             their
             Captains
             did
             Russia
             ,
             the
             Emperour
             
               Bathuy
               Chan
            
             overthrew
             the
             Palatine
             of
             Hungary
             deserted
             of
             his
             people
             at
             Russe-Port
             ,
             and
             utterly
             crushed
             the
             Arch-Bishop
             
             of
             Colozza
             in
             a
             moorish
             ground
             ,
             and
             laid
             wast
             all
             the
             Countrey
             as
             far
             as
             Vacia
             ,
             and
             passing
             f●rther
             totally
             defeated
             and
             vanquished
             Bela
             ,
             striving
             in
             vain
             with
             the
             discords
             ,
             negligence
             and
             hatred
             of
             his
             Subjects
             .
          
           
             Nothing
             remained
             to
             him
             in
             all
             Hungary
             ,
             but
             
               Alba
               Regalis
               ,
               Strigonium
            
             and
             the
             Monastery
             of
             St.
             Martins
             ,
             nor
             was
             the
             multitude
             of
             the
             slain
             by
             weapons
             ,
             smoak
             and
             clouds
             raised
             by
             Magick
             Art
             to
             be
             computed
             :
             Three
             years
             the
             Tartars
             continued
             this
             ruine
             ,
             searching
             in
             the
             Woods
             and
             Caves
             for
             the
             miserable
             Inhabitants
             ,
             others
             with
             feigned
             letters
             they
             allured
             from
             their
             hiding
             places
             ,
             
             all
             which
             they
             slew
             ,
             so
             that
             the
             stench
             of
             the
             dead
             Carcasses
             caused
             a
             Plague
             and
             mortality
             ,
             as
             a
             Famine
             was
             occasioned
             by
             the
             devastation
             of
             the
             Countrey
             .
          
           
             By
             which
             means
             the
             Tartars
             were
             forced
             to
             abandon
             that
             Kingdome
             ,
             carrying
             away
             with
             them
             an
             inumerable
             Company
             into
             intollerable
             slavery
             .
             The
             Pope
             endeavoured
             to
             Christianize
             this
             savage
             Nation
             ,
             and
             
               Bathuy
               Chan
            
             did
             grant
             a
             Truce
             and
             Protection
             to
             the
             Monks
             ,
             as
             Mango
             was
             converted
             ,
             yet
             the
             other
             Leaders
             seeing
             the
             vices
             of
             the
             Christians
             chose
             rather
             the
             Mahometan
             Infidelity
             .
             The
             Tartars
             thus
             departed
             ,
             Bela
             by
             the
             aid
             of
             the
             Knights
             of
             St.
             Iohn
             of
             Ierusalem
             who
             from
             the
             Faction
             of
             Rome
             had
             retired
             themselves
             into
             Illyria
             ,
             where
             he
             had
             weathered
             this
             storm
             ,
             &
             others
             of
             the
             Crusado
             ,
             who
             were
             frequent
             in
             those
             parts
             
             of
             Croatia
             and
             Dalmatia
             ,
             and
             the
             like
             assistance
             of
             the
             Frangipans
             received
             again
             his
             desolate
             Kingdome
             ,
             with
             his
             four
             Sons
             whom
             he
             had
             deposited
             in
             the
             Fortresse
             of
             Clissa
             .
          
           
             But
             no
             sooner
             was
             he
             seated
             ,
             then
             a
             just
             occasion
             led
             him
             against
             Frederick
             the
             Emperour
             ,
             who
             under
             pretence
             of
             sheltring
             him
             ,
             had
             rob'd
             him
             of
             his
             Treasure
             ,
             but
             expiated
             that
             fraud
             by
             a
             just
             force
             which
             vanquished
             him
             at
             Nova
             a
             City
             of
             Austria
             whereby
             Bela
             gained
             all
             his
             enemies
             wealth
             &
             began
             to
             revive
             the
             drooping
             spirits
             of
             the
             Hungarians
             ;
             which
             while
             he
             intended
             by
             other
             alleviaments
             ,
             the
             Bohemian
             War
             recalled
             him
             ,
             for
             Primislaus
             that
             King
             the
             great
             friend
             of
             the
             Emperour
             Otho
             ,
             so
             that
             he
             was
             called
             
               Ottho
               Ca●rus
            
             having
             married
             the
             Widow
             of
             ●rederick
             attempted
             the
             recovery
             of
             Styria
             and
             Austria
             ,
             not
             long
             possessed
             .
             A
             fierce
             and
             cruell
             Battel
             was
             thereupon
             joyned
             in
             Moravia
             ,
             where
             the
             Hungarians
             inferiour
             in
             number
             and
             exhausted
             with
             the
             late
             War
             ,
             were
             overthrown
             and
             a
             peace
             made
             upon
             these
             conditions
             that
             the
             Bohemians
             should
             enjoy
             Austria
             and
             the
             Hungarian
             stand
             seized
             of
             Styria
             .
          
           
             STEPHEN
             the
             fifth
             swayed
             the
             Hungarian
             Scepter
             ,
             
             though
             not
             long
             ,
             yet
             very
             gloriously
             ,
             for
             he
             Revenged
             his
             Fathers
             discomfiture
             upon
             Ottocarus
             ,
             though
             at
             first
             he
             vvas
             worsted
             ,
             afterwards
             he
             made
             an
             expedition
             against
             the
             Bulgarians
             ,
             people
             of
             the
             
               Dacia
               Aureliana
            
             ,
             (
             so
             called
             ,
             for
             that
             Emperors
             Transplanting
             them
             in
             Maesia
             from
             the
             new
             Dacia
             )
             &
             
             made
             them
             willing
             to
             pay
             that
             Tribute
             which
             was
             due
             to
             his
             Predecessors
             .
             He
             reigned
             but
             2
             years
             ,
             leaving
             Hungary
             in
             a
             thriving
             condition
             .
          
           
             LADISLAUS
             the
             fourth
             ,
             
             the
             Son
             of
             Stephen
             succeeded
             ,
             and
             was
             scarce
             3
             moneth●
             old
             in
             the
             Government
             ,
             when
             a
             new
             War
             succeeded
             the
             former
             ,
             as
             if
             Fortune
             had
             so
             ordered
             it
             ,
             that
             the
             Bohemian
             having
             ill
             used
             the
             2.
             
             Kings
             Bela
             and
             Stephens
             ,
             should
             satisfie
             for
             his
             Injuries
             to
             the
             third
             King
             
               Ladislaus
               .
               Moravia
            
             was
             the
             Cause
             of
             the
             War
             ,
             wherein
             Ottocarus
             outstretched
             his
             bounds
             very
             immoderately
             .
             It
             was
             long
             consulted
             hereupon
             by
             the
             Hungarians
             ,
             how
             they
             should
             coun●erplot
             or
             oppose
             these
             enc●oachments
             ,
             when
             the
             Fates
             of
             themselves
             opened
             a
             Way
             .
          
           
             The
             Princes
             of
             the
             Empire
             vvhile
             they
             soveraigned
             it
             themselves
             vvithout
             any
             Chief
             or
             Head
             ,
             
             were
             variously
             opprest
             with
             the
             Factions
             of
             the
             Guelphs
             and
             Gibellines
             ,
             by
             which
             means
             it
             came
             to
             passe
             that
             the
             Name
             of
             the
             Counts
             of
             Hapsburg
             ,
             then
             obscure
             ,
             igno●e
             ,
             and
             unregarded
             ,
             now
             exerted
             it self
             ;
             and
             afterwards
             augmented
             by
             riches
             and
             power
             in
             Germany
             ,
             and
             chiefly
             by
             the
             Marriage
             of
             Mary
             of
             Burgundy
             ,
             was
             thereby
             propagated
             far
             and
             wide
             ,
             and
             became
             formidable
             to
             the
             whole
             World.
             
          
           
             Rudolphus
             the
             Major
             Domo
             or
             Mayor
             of
             the
             Palace
             to
             Ottocarus
             ,
             was
             by
             the
             perswasion
             of
             Venerus
             of
             Ments
             ,
             declared
             and
             appointed
             
             Emperour
             ,
             Ottocarus
             could
             not
             brook
             a
             superiour
             ,
             
             nor
             Rudolphus
             endure
             a
             peace
             ,
             Ladislaus
             is
             therefore
             by
             him
             adopted
             and
             engaged
             as
             his
             Confederate
             in
             the
             War
             ,
             by
             which
             Ottocarus
             was
             wholly
             routed
             and
             vanquished
             ;
             and
             beaten
             out
             of
             Austria
             ,
             shut
             up
             in
             the
             Fiefs
             of
             Bohemia
             and
             Moravia
             .
          
           
             At
             the
             same
             time
             
               Lascus
               Niger
            
             the
             King
             of
             Poland
             ,
             had
             for
             protection
             &
             assistance
             addrest
             himself
             to
             Ladislaus
             ,
             being
             expelled
             his
             Kingdome
             by
             Conrade
             Duke
             of
             Massovia
             ,
             which
             Ladislaus
             readily
             granted
             ,
             and
             in
             his
             aid
             forthwith
             subdued
             his
             rebellious
             Subjects
             ,
             This
             war
             was
             taken
             up
             by
             the
             revival
             of
             another
             by
             Ottocarus
             ,
             who
             no
             way
             enduring
             the
             Dominion
             of
             Rudolphus
             formerly
             his
             Servant
             ,
             stirred
             up
             Oldamir
             the
             Duke
             of
             the
             Cumani
             ,
             to
             invade
             Hungary
             the
             Emperors
             Confederate
             ,
             and
             for
             the
             better
             ligament
             of
             their
             new
             Friendship
             ,
             took
             to
             Wife
             that
             Dukes
             Danghter
             Kunigunda
             ,
             unlawfully
             repudiating
             his
             former
             Wife
             Margareta
             ;
             The
             Cumani
             aided
             by
             some
             Tartars
             ,
             came
             as
             far
             as
             the
             Lake
             of
             Hood
             ,
             burning
             and
             spoyling
             all
             the
             Country
             about
             .
             Against
             these
             Ladislaus
             fought
             successively
             ,
             Ottocarus
             himself
             after
             a
             total
             rout
             being
             slain
             in
             the
             Battel
             .
             Peace
             thereupon
             was
             granted
             to
             the
             Queen
             of
             Bohemia
             ,
             on
             condition
             that
             her
             Son
             Wenceslaus
             should
             marry
             the
             Daughter
             of
             Caesar
             ,
             and
             to
             hold
             Bohemia
             from
             the
             Emperour
             as
             his
             Beneficiary
             .
          
           
             But
             though
             this
             last
             Battel
             was
             so
             prosperously
             
             fought
             ,
             yet
             was
             it
             the
             Cause
             of
             greater
             Evils
             ,
             for
             the
             Tartars
             and
             Cumani
             that
             escaped
             ,
             implored
             the
             assistance
             of
             their
             Countrymen
             ,
             who
             following
             their
             unknown
             and
             bloody
             Tract
             in
             the
             year
             1280
             ,
             broke
             into
             Hungary
             ,
             renewing
             and
             carrying
             the
             dismal
             slaughter
             of
             the
             former
             time
             as
             far
             as
             the
             Province
             of
             Pesth
             :
             
             whosoever
             they
             met
             with
             (
             for
             the
             pleasure
             of
             the
             Tyrant
             )
             were
             consumed
             ,
             others
             mancipated
             to
             perpetual
             slavery
             ,
             very
             many
             with
             limbs
             cut
             off
             survived
             their
             punishment
             ;
             such
             as
             were
             left
             in
             the
             High-ways
             ,
             sometimes
             by
             sight
             ,
             often
             by
             their
             groans
             and
             howlings
             ,
             knew
             their
             Wives
             ,
             Husbands
             ,
             Children
             or
             Parents
             ;
             by
             which
             barbarity
             the
             Kingdome
             was
             so
             oppressed
             ,
             that
             there
             were
             not
             Cattel
             enough
             to
             draw
             the
             Wains
             ,
             and
             those
             the
             men
             drew
             ,
             in
             contempt
             of
             the
             King
             ,
             were
             called
             Ladislaus
             Chariots
             :
             For
             he
             having
             married
             the
             Daughter
             of
             Charles
             King
             of
             Sicily
             ,
             grew
             so
             outragious
             in
             his
             lust
             ,
             and
             voyd
             of
             all
             fear
             and
             shame
             ,
             that
             he
             stuprated
             the
             Wifes
             of
             the
             Cumani
             ,
             and
             most
             libidinously
             vitiated
             them
             ;
             the
             which
             Cumani
             (
             as
             the
             friendship
             of
             Princes
             not
             conciliated
             by
             vertue
             is
             very
             temporary
             )
             at
             a
             large
             Treatment
             given
             him
             at
             Keretzegum
             ,
             there
             slew
             him
             ,
             and
             put
             an
             end
             to
             his
             flagitious
             Practises
             .
          
           
             ANDREW
             the
             third
             ,
             
             enjoyed
             the
             Kingdome
             after
             Ladislaus
             the
             Nephew
             of
             Andrew
             the
             second
             ,
             by
             the
             Daughter
             of
             the
             Marquesse
             of
             Este
             and
             Son
             of
             
               Stephen
               .
               Boniface
            
             the
             eighth
             ,
             obtruded
             
               Charles
               Robert
            
             ,
             a
             Youth
             of
             twelve
             
             years
             of
             age
             ,
             the
             Great
             Grandchild
             of
             Charles
             Duke
             of
             Anjo●
             ,
             who
             at
             the
             sollicitation
             of
             Pope
             Clement
             the
             fourth
             ,
             after
             many
             fruitlesse
             Wars
             managed
             by
             the
             Papacy
             ,
             deprived
             Manfred
             the
             Bastard
             of
             Conrade
             the
             Emperour
             ,
             of
             the
             Kingdome
             of
             Sici●ia
             ,
             and
             suffred
             the
             same
             Fortune
             by
             Peter
             of
             Arragon
             .
             This
             Andrew
             ,
             as
             he
             gained
             the
             Kingdome
             by
             the
             love
             and
             affection
             of
             his
             Subjects
             ,
             so
             he
             maintained
             it
             by
             his
             own
             worth
             and
             Vertue
             .
          
           
             He
             was
             in
             the
             beginning
             of
             his
             Raign
             taken
             Prisoner
             by
             Albert
             of
             
               Austria
               ,
               Adolphus
            
             of
             Nassau
             then
             Emperour
             ,
             and
             after
             his
             enlargement
             at
             Vienna
             ,
             
             contracted
             with
             Agnes
             the
             Daughter
             of
             the
             said
             Albert
             ,
             which
             said
             Contract
             upon
             his
             return
             was
             annulled
             by
             the
             States
             of
             Hungary
             ,
             as
             done
             in
             his
             Restraint
             ,
             which
             occasioned
             a
             War
             with
             various
             Successes
             in
             Austria
             ,
             until
             intestine
             Troubles
             forced
             Albert
             to
             make
             Peace
             ,
             that
             he
             might
             bend
             his
             Arms
             against
             Adolph
             ,
             whom
             he
             slew
             ,
             and
             advanced
             himself
             (
             though
             not
             unpunished
             for
             his
             disloyalty
             )
             into
             the
             Imperial
             Throne
             .
             Andrew
             in
             the
             mean
             while
             gently
             reduced
             the
             favourers
             of
             Charles
             and
             the
             Pontifical
             Authority
             ,
             by
             which
             he
             was
             invested
             ;
             but
             that
             len●i●y
             of
             his
             was
             abused
             to
             his
             Contempt
             and
             avilement
             ;
             for
             the
             seditious
             practises
             of
             the
             same
             men
             ,
             brought
             
               Charls
               ,
               Andrew
            
             yet
             living
             ,
             into
             Hungary
             ,
             but
             the
             danger
             rendring
             King
             
             Andrew's
             Authority
             more
             acceptable
             to
             his
             other
             Subjects
             ,
             restrained
             Charles
             his
             Advance
             .
             In
             the
             conclusion
             of
             his
             
             Raign
             the
             Venetians
             being
             Excommunicated
             by
             the
             Pope
             ,
             for
             the
             seizure
             of
             Ferrara
             ,
             the
             Iadrenses
             revolted
             to
             the
             Hungarians
             ,
             to
             reduce
             whom
             ,
             
               Belletus
               Iustinianus
            
             was
             sent
             with
             a
             power
             ;
             but
             by
             the
             Stratagems
             of
             the
             Vaivod
             of
             Dalmatia
             ,
             was
             presently
             repulsed
             .
          
           
             Andrew
             Deceasing
             ,
             
             the
             Hvngarians
             being
             divided
             among
             themselves
             ,
             one
             part
             of
             them
             acknowledged
             Charles
             for
             King
             ,
             others
             blamed
             the
             Pope
             for
             meddling
             with
             a
             matter
             no
             way
             belonging
             to
             him
             ,
             under
             pretence
             of
             Religion
             :
             The
             Generality
             therefore
             being
             of
             that
             opinion
             ;
             the
             Arch-Bishop
             of
             Colozza
             ,
             the
             Bishop
             of
             Varadin
             ,
             and
             other
             their
             Complices
             ,
             invited
             Wenceslaus
             (
             Son
             of
             Wenceslaus
             the
             King
             of
             Bohemia
             who
             refused
             )
             to
             accept
             and
             entertain
             the
             Crown
             ;
             wherein
             the
             strangeness
             of
             Fortune
             is
             observable
             ,
             that
             the
             Issue
             of
             Ottocar●●
             (
             so
             odious
             to
             the
             Hungarians
             )
             should
             now
             be
             spontaneously
             desired
             of
             them
             .
             But
             that
             a●dent
             and
             sudden
             affection
             soon
             cooling
             ,
             and
             Charles
             his
             Partisans
             ,
             with
             the
             assistance
             of
             Albert
             of
             
               Austria
               ▪
            
             infesting
             Moravia
             with
             frequent
             incursions
             ,
             Wenceslaus
             the
             Father
             mistrusting
             the
             levity
             of
             the
             Hungarians
             ,
             made
             an
             Expedition
             into
             the
             Kingdom
             ,
             where
             finding
             his
             Son
             neer
             Pesth
             (
             who
             came
             to
             meet
             him
             with
             his
             Crown
             on
             his
             head
             ,
             ●i●hly
             adorned
             )
             he
             carried
             him
             away
             presently
             with
             him
             ,
             together
             with
             his
             Crown
             ,
             into
             Bohemia
             ;
             giving
             this
             reason
             to
             the
             Demands
             of
             the
             Hungarians
             ,
             that
             he
             did
             it
             to
             avoid
             an
             imminent
             storm
             :
             hence
             a
             Quarrel
             and
             
             hidden
             War
             :
             for
             
               Uladislaus
               L●ctius
            
             being
             removed
             from
             the
             Polonian
             Scepter
             ,
             flying
             to
             Amadeus
             or
             Es●●s
             ,
             the
             Palatine
             of
             Hungary
             ,
             watched
             an
             opportunity
             of
             recovering
             his
             Kingdome
             from
             Wenceslaus
             :
             whose
             Government
             ,
             being
             too
             heavy
             for
             the
             Poles
             ,
             the
             Palatine
             levying
             an
             Army
             soon
             re-settled
             his
             Guest
             ,
             and
             Wenceslaus
             shortly
             after
             Deceased
             ,
             so
             that
             this
             was
             a
             kind
             of
             Interregnum
             or
             Vacancy
             .
          
           
             Boniface
             the
             eighth
             ,
             
             yet
             furiously
             persisting
             in
             Execution
             of
             his
             purpose
             and
             designation
             of
             Charles
             ,
             by
             Nicholas
             Cardinal
             of
             Ostia
             ,
             with
             the
             usual
             Anathema
             Excommunicated
             the
             Hungarians
             ,
             who
             on
             the
             contrary
             declared
             the
             Pope
             guilty
             of
             disturbing
             the
             Peace
             ,
             and
             interdicted
             his
             Bishops
             in
             the
             same
             manner
             (
             who
             at
             present
             seemed
             to
             acquiesce
             ,
             awaiting
             a
             fitter
             opportunity
             the
             adverse
             party
             being
             too
             prevalent
             ,
             for
             their
             Revenge
             )
             and
             the
             rather
             provoked
             by
             this
             Papal
             thunder
             ,
             proceeded
             to
             the
             Election
             of
             Otho
             the
             third
             Duke
             of
             Bavaria
             ,
             to
             the
             Kingdome
             ,
             in
             the
             Year
             of
             Christ
             1305.
             
             He
             received
             the
             Crown
             gratis
             from
             Wenceslaus
             for
             which
             great
             sums
             had
             been
             offered
             by
             the
             Hungarians
             ,
             
             and
             was
             inaugured
             at
             
               Alba
               Re●alis
            
             ;
             and
             the
             better
             to
             win
             and
             insinuate
             himself
             into
             the
             favour
             of
             the
             Nobles
             and
             People
             ,
             he
             wore
             the
             Crown
             (
             which
             is
             had
             as
             before
             in
             the
             greatest
             veneration
             )
             constantly
             in
             his
             Progresses
             and
             publique
             appearances
             .
             Once
             as
             he
             entered
             Transylvania
             he
             lost
             the
             Crown
             ,
             being
             put
             up
             in
             a
             Case
             and
             tied
             to
             his
             Horses
             
             Saddle
             ,
             which
             was
             not
             found
             till
             next
             day
             ,
             and
             this
             was
             taken
             for
             an
             unlucky
             Omen
             of
             his
             Expulsion
             first
             into
             Russia
             ,
             by
             which
             people
             he
             was
             for
             a
             while
             again
             restored
             ,
             and
             his
             last
             final
             deprivation
             by
             Ladislaus
             Vaivod
             of
             the
             Kingdome
             ,
             who
             sided
             with
             Charles
             and
             the
             Papal
             pretences
             ,
             though
             he
             had
             been
             one
             of
             the
             advancers
             of
             Otho
             before
             .
             By
             this
             means
             much
             Blood
             was
             spilt
             by
             those
             intestine
             Divisions
             ;
             the
             Cardinal
             Gentilis
             being
             sent
             again
             with
             new
             Curses
             and
             Bans
             against
             the
             Adversaries
             of
             Charles
             ,
             which
             brought
             innumerable
             mischief●
             both
             upon
             Clergy
             ,
             Nobility
             ,
             and
             People
             ,
             most
             unnaturally
             divided
             one
             against
             another
             .
          
           
             These
             Factions
             having
             so
             long
             opprest
             this
             Nation
             ,
             it
             was
             unanimously
             agreed
             to
             confer
             the
             Supreme
             Power
             upon
             a
             single
             person
             they
             chose
             thereupon
             in
             the
             Feilds
             of
             〈◊〉
             Charles
             the
             Nephew
             of
             〈◊〉
             ●laudus
             King
             of
             ▪
             Sicily
             ,
             
             by
             Mary
             the
             Daughter
             of
             Stephen
             the
             fourth
             ,
             and
             Son
             of
             
               Charles
               Martell
            
             ;
             in
             whom
             the
             Discords
             and
             Feuds
             of
             the
             Nobility
             were
             by
             his
             Vertues
             reconciled
             .
             He
             was
             encircled
             in
             the
             presence
             of
             his
             Father
             ,
             with
             that
             Crown
             which
             Ladist●us
             had
             surrendred
             ▪
             His
             first
             Exploit
             and
             Enterprise
             was
             against
             
               Matthew
               Trinesiniensis
            
             ;
             who
             had
             refused
             Allegiance
             ,
             whom
             he
             overcame
             in
             a
             bloody
             Battel
             at
             Cassovia
             ;
             but
             with
             great
             hazzard
             and
             dubious
             Event
             ;
             his
             numerous
             Troops
             of
             Horse
             ,
             among
             whom
             was
             a
             veterane
             tryed
             Band
             of
             the
             
             Knights
             of
             the
             Order
             of
             St.
             Iohn
             ,
             turning
             their
             backs
             to
             a
             Brigade
             of
             1700
             Curassiers
             .
             Nor
             did
             the
             Conspiration
             cease
             here
             ,
             for
             a
             bloody
             and
             ●nefarious
             Design
             was
             laid
             at
             Visigrade
             ,
             where
             
               Felicianus
               Sakanus
            
             a
             special
             Servant
             of
             the
             Kings
             with
             a
             drawn
             Sword
             ,
             struck
             at
             him
             ,
             who
             inclining
             his
             body
             ,
             the
             blow
             cut
             off
             the
             Fingers
             of
             the
             Queen
             ;
             nor
             had
             the
             King
             escaped
             ,
             had
             not
             the
             Souldiers
             of
             the
             Guard
             freed
             him
             (
             being
             mounted
             )
             from
             imminent
             Death
             .
             The
             Assassinate
             for
             terrour
             ,
             was
             quartered
             ,
             and
             his
             four
             quarters
             sent
             as
             a
             spectacle
             ,
             through
             the
             Kingdome
             ,
             and
             his
             Family
             and
             Posterity
             utterly
             extinguished
             .
          
           
             Intending
             now
             an
             Expedition
             against
             the
             Sarazens
             ,
             a
             revolt
             of
             the
             Valachians
             withheld
             him
             ,
             he
             advanced
             therefore
             against
             Bo●aradine
             the
             Vayvod
             thereof
             ,
             and
             Compelled
             him
             with
             the
             Expence
             of
             the
             War
             ,
             to
             pay
             the
             yearly
             Tribute
             ;
             but
             returning
             he
             was
             set
             upon
             by
             that
             perfidious
             Nation
             in
             the
             abrupt
             and
             least
             passable
             places
             ,
             and
             Defeated
             ,
             he
             himself
             changing
             his
             Habit
             for
             his
             easier
             Escape
             .
             Others
             say
             he
             undertook
             this
             War
             upon
             no
             ground
             ,
             and
             therefore
             they
             ascribe
             the
             Event
             to
             his
             wickednesse
             ;
             Burying
             the
             Noble
             memorable
             Acts
             of
             this
             man
             in
             this
             Overthrow
             ,
             
             who
             was
             so
             Potent
             and
             Prudent
             a
             Prince
             ,
             that
             most
             of
             the
             Kings
             of
             his
             Time
             were
             by
             his
             Force
             or
             Prudence
             obliged
             to
             him
             .
             He
             had
             to
             his
             Wives
             ,
             Mary
             the
             Daughter
             of
             Casimir
             Duke
             of
             
               Poland
               ;
               Beatrice
            
             Daughter
             of
             the
             Emperour
             ,
             and
             Elizabeth
             the
             
             Daughter
             of
             Uladislaus
             of
             Poland
             ;
             by
             the
             last
             he
             had
             Issue
             Charles
             ,
             who
             died
             at
             the
             years
             ,
             as
             Ladislaus
             at
             four
             months
             ,
             end
             .
             His
             surviving
             Son
             Andrew
             had
             
               Apulia
               ;
               Lewis
               ,
               Hungaria
            
             for
             his
             Patrimony
             .
             Under
             this
             Charles
             the
             Realm
             recovered
             its
             former
             Puissance
             ,
             for
             he
             Ruled
             over
             
               Rama
               ,
               Servia
               ,
               Gallicia
               ,
               Saler●a
               ,
               L●d●miria
               ,
               Cumania
               ,
            
             and
             Naples
             ;
             far
             Famed
             ,
             had
             he
             not
             begotten
             his
             Son
             Lewis
             ,
             although
             that
             also
             ,
             be
             attributed
             to
             his
             Glory
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             The
             Third
             BOOK
             .
          
           
             LEWIS
             not
             inferiour
             to
             so
             great
             a
             Father
             ,
             
             and
             skilled
             in
             martial
             Affairs
             ,
             exercised
             his
             first
             Arms
             against
             the
             insolence
             of
             the
             Valachians
             and
             Servians
             ,
             who
             contemning
             his
             youth
             recoyled
             from
             the
             obedience
             they
             owed
             and
             performed
             to
             his
             Father
             ,
             but
             were
             reduced
             to
             the
             same
             Conditions
             .
             Those
             being
             subjugated
             he
             solemnly
             dismiss'd
             his
             mother
             ,
             whose
             Sanctity
             had
             procured
             her
             a
             veneration
             even
             unto
             Superstition
             ,
             to
             Apulia
             ,
             and
             thence
             to
             Rome
             ,
             requesting
             of
             his
             brother
             Andrew
             the
             Loane
             of
             44
             thousand
             Marks
             of
             gold
             ,
             (
             as
             the
             Covetousnesse
             of
             the
             Times
             then
             required
             )
             for
             the
             price
             of
             his
             Confirmation
             in
             the
             Kingdom
             of
             Naples
             :
             which
             Affair
             concluded
             ,
             he
             aided
             his
             adoptive
             Father
             Casimir
             (
             who
             before
             had
             designed
             Charls
             his
             Natural
             Son
             ,
             but
             he
             survived
             not
             long
             after
             )
             against
             Iohn
             of
             Bohemia
             and
             the
             Lithuanians
             ,
             whom
             he
             attempted
             to
             force
             to
             the
             belief
             of
             the
             Christian
             Religion
             ,
             but
             found
             the
             difference
             betwixt
             Words
             and
             Swords
             .
             The
             Bohemian
             advanced
             as
             far
             as
             Cracovia
             ,
             he
             again
             expelled
             out
             of
             that
             Dominion
             ,
             from
             whence
             he
             was
             not
             yet
             retired
             ,
             but
             the
             Tartars
             made
             another
             invasion
             into
             Hungary
             ,
             but
             neverthelesse
             
             were
             so
             well
             received
             by
             Andrew
             the
             Vaivod
             ,
             
             Son
             of
             Ladislaus
             aforesaid
             ,
             (
             who
             avoiding
             their
             Arrowes
             ,
             came
             to
             handy
             blows
             with
             them
             ,
             and
             the
             dint
             of
             Sword
             )
             that
             they
             were
             utterly
             overthrown
             ,
             and
             their
             General
             Atlamus
             taken
             prisoner
             ,
             and
             the
             name
             of
             the
             Tartar
             after
             this
             defeat
             not
             heard
             of
             in
             Hungary
             for
             many
             years
             .
          
           
             With
             the
             same
             fortune
             he
             prevailed
             against
             the
             Croats
             ,
             in
             which
             expedition
             he
             was
             personally
             present
             ,
             accompanyed
             with
             
               Stephen
               Neman
            
             Prince
             of
             Bosnia
             ,
             whose
             Daughter
             he
             had
             married
             ,
             for
             while
             as
             yet
             he
             stayed
             in
             the
             Confines
             of
             Croatia
             ,
             they
             submitted
             themselves
             ,
             and
             took
             the
             Oath
             of
             Fidelity
             and
             Allegiance
             :
             but
             the
             Venetian
             War
             was
             bloody
             ,
             who
             in
             spight
             of
             Lewis
             ,
             reduced
             Schodra
             to
             their
             subjection
             ,
             after
             he
             had
             lost
             many
             men
             in
             the
             attempt
             of
             relieving
             it
             .
             While
             these
             things
             were
             doing
             ;
             Ioan
             the
             Wife
             of
             Andrew
             new-invested
             in
             Apulia
             ,
             for
             the
             love
             and
             lust
             of
             her
             Adulterer
             the
             Prince
             of
             Tarentum
             ,
             
             designed
             to
             transfer
             that
             Kingdom
             with
             her self
             to
             his
             Embraces
             ,
             by
             the
             death
             of
             her
             husband
             ,
             whom
             she
             hung
             with
             a
             silken
             halter
             .
             This
             Fact
             obliged
             Lewis
             to
             a
             just
             revenge
             ,
             which
             to
             prosecute
             (
             having
             in
             vain
             received
             Letters
             from
             Ioan
             in
             Excuse
             thereof
             and
             by
             his
             answer
             declared
             her
             guilty
             of
             that
             and
             other
             precedent
             and
             subsequent
             Crimes
             )
             he
             marched
             into
             Italy
             ,
             where
             he
             was
             assisted
             by
             Phillip
             of
             
               M●ntua
               ,
               Malatesta
            
             of
             Ariminum
             ,
             and
             other
             Princes
             ,
             whose
             Governments
             by
             the
             sloth
             of
             
             Charles
             the
             Emperour
             were
             beco●e
             absolute
             Tyrannies
             .
          
           
             By
             these
             Arms
             he
             drove
             Lewis
             Prince
             of
             Tarente
             the
             Adulterer
             ,
             
             and
             Ioane
             his
             Wife
             out
             of
             Italy
             ,
             to
             Marseilles
             and
             Avignion
             ,
             and
             possessed
             himself
             of
             all
             the
             Dominion
             of
             Apulia
             ,
             on
             that
             side
             the
             Sea
             ,
             &
             taking
             the
             Duke
             of
             Dyrrachium
             beheaded
             him
             by
             the
             common
             Executioner
             ,
             as
             he
             sent
             the
             brothers
             of
             the
             said
             Lewis
             (
             with
             the
             Son
             of
             Andrew
             as
             his
             Ward
             )
             bound
             in
             Chains
             into
             Hungary
             ,
             whether
             ,
             the
             Pest
             raging
             in
             Italy
             and
             depopulating
             many
             places
             ,
             and
             whole
             Provinces
             ,
             he
             soon
             after
             followed
             ,
             and
             placed
             
               Stephen
               Laskus
            
             his
             Vaivod
             in
             Transylvania
             .
          
           
             But
             the
             Neapolitans
             rebelling
             ,
             as
             not
             enduring
             a
             forraign
             Government
             ,
             the
             Hungarians
             left
             in
             that
             Kingdome
             ,
             twice
             defeated
             them
             ,
             once
             by
             a
             Salley
             made
             by
             Stephen
             the
             Governour
             of
             Naples
             ,
             whom
             they
             had
             blocked
             up
             ,
             and
             the
             next
             time
             by
             Volphordus
             in
             plain
             Battel
             ,
             though
             he
             lost
             his
             life
             as
             the
             price
             of
             the
             victory
             ;
             when
             Ioane
             having
             sollicited
             and
             obtained
             new
             Supplies
             ,
             at
             the
             instances
             of
             the
             Pope
             ,
             to
             whom
             as
             a
             Gratuity
             she
             consigned
             Avignion
             ,
             
             and
             to
             whose
             Arbitrement
             she
             submitted
             her
             Cause
             ,
             attempted
             again
             the
             recovery
             of
             the
             Kingdome
             ,
             whereupon
             Lewis
             returning
             with
             wonderful
             fortune
             ,
             took
             
               Barletum
               ,
               Carnesium
            
             ,
             where
             his
             life
             was
             neer
             endangered
             ,
             Luceria
             and
             Salernum
             ,
             (
             with
             most
             of
             all
             the
             Towns
             )
             and
             placing
             Garrisons
             therein
             in
             the
             
             year
             of
             Jubile
             came
             to
             Rome
             .
             The
             Papal
             seat
             was
             then
             at
             Avignion
             ,
             wherefore
             the
             Prefect
             of
             
               Rome
               ,
               Nicolaus
               Rentius
            
             ,
             a
             man
             of
             eminent
             worth
             and
             virtue
             ,
             meeting
             the
             King
             with
             the
             Estates
             of
             the
             City
             ,
             proffered
             him
             the
             absolute
             supreme
             power
             thereof
             ,
             but
             he
             refusing
             ,
             it
             was
             tendred
             to
             Charles
             the
             fourth
             ,
             out
             of
             fear
             of
             Clement
             the
             Pope
             ,
             to
             whom
             ,
             Charles
             being
             of
             an
             abject
             spirit
             ,
             delivered
             the
             said
             Rentius
             Captive
             .
          
           
             Ioan
             in
             the
             mean
             while
             never
             left
             urging
             of
             Clement
             to
             take
             her
             part
             ,
             promising
             great
             advantages
             to
             satisfie
             his
             Covetousnesse
             ,
             if
             he
             would
             effect
             her
             Restitution
             ,
             which
             in
             fine
             ,
             by
             much
             intreaty
             to
             Lewis
             ,
             who
             was
             religiously
             given
             ,
             and
             could
             not
             be
             wrought
             upon
             any
             other
             way
             ,
             was
             obtained
             at
             his
             hands
             .
             The
             Venetians
             fell
             by
             his
             next
             Arms
             ,
             for
             Lewis
             confederated
             with
             Leopold
             of
             Austria
             ,
             and
             the
             Cr●atians
             invaded
             the
             Maritine
             part
             of
             Dalmatia
             ,
             in
             two
             inroads
             by
             Friuli
             and
             Istria
             ,
             
             Tarvisia
             frustrated
             his
             Conquest
             ,
             but
             Spalatra
             ,
             and
             other
             places
             opened
             their
             gates
             to
             the
             experience
             and
             Courage
             of
             his
             veterane
             Army
             ,
             securing
             and
             confirming
             some
             places
             ,
             and
             reducing
             others
             ,
             among
             whom
             were
             the
             inconstant
             Schodrians
             .
             The
             Total
             of
             this
             expedition
             amounted
             to
             the
             Acquists
             of
             that
             part
             of
             the
             Venetian
             Territory
             which
             extends
             it self
             from
             the
             Bay
             of
             Phanaticia
             ,
             to
             Dyrrachium
             ,
             and
             all
             Dalmatia
             ,
             in
             lieu
             of
             those
             places
             taken
             in
             this
             War
             which
             by
             an
             agreement
             he
             surrendred
             .
          
           
           
             But
             this
             agreement
             lasted
             not
             long
             ,
             both
             parties
             taxing
             each
             other
             ,
             as
             the
             manner
             is
             ,
             for
             the
             breach
             of
             it
             ,
             though
             the
             fault
             was
             in
             the
             Venetians
             ,
             who
             engaging
             Charles
             the
             Emperour
             ,
             invaded
             the
             Dalmatians
             and
             Croats
             ,
             put
             by
             this
             Treaty
             under
             the
             protection
             of
             Lewis
             ;
             These
             Invaders
             were
             encountred
             first
             successefully
             by
             Paul
             ,
             the
             Son
             of
             Ladislaus
             the
             Vaivod
             ,
             but
             unprosperously
             by
             Stephen
             of
             Transylvania
             ,
             whose
             rashnesse
             and
             fury
             overthrew
             him
             ,
             and
             made
             him
             a
             Prisoner
             to
             the
             Victor
             .
             Thereafter
             many
             were
             the
             vicissitudes
             of
             fortune
             .
             Lewis
             by
             this
             Defeat
             ,
             was
             perswaded
             by
             the
             Croats
             to
             a
             two
             years
             truce
             ,
             which
             expired
             ,
             Leopold
             growing
             insolent
             ,
             was
             beaten
             by
             the
             Venetians
             and
             recruiting
             himself
             for
             another
             Encounter
             ,
             
             was
             induced
             by
             Lewis
             to
             another
             two
             years
             Cessation
             ,
             but
             he
             having
             underhand
             held
             intelligence
             with
             the
             Genoese
             ,
             privily
             prepared
             for
             a
             War
             ,
             by
             the
             dread
             whereof
             the
             Venetians
             with
             Restitution
             of
             what
             they
             had
             got
             ,
             were
             glad
             to
             descend
             and
             Consent
             to
             a
             Peace
             .
          
           
             The
             Genoese
             nevertheless
             proceeding
             in
             their
             Enterprize
             ,
             reduced
             the
             Venetians
             under
             the
             Conduct
             of
             
               Peter
               Auria
            
             to
             Extremity
             ,
             but
             themselves
             afterwards
             puft
             up
             with
             successe
             ,
             were
             subjected
             to
             the
             wheel
             of
             Fortune
             by
             the
             invention
             of
             Guns
             ,
             
             and
             Engine
             found
             out
             then
             by
             
               Bertholdus
               Niger
            
             ;
             in
             fine
             ,
             Lewis
             by
             Land
             ,
             and
             the
             Genoese
             by
             Sea
             ,
             besieged
             and
             took
             Clodia
             ,
             when
             all
             parties
             wearied
             with
             the
             many
             miseries
             of
             the
             War
             ,
             referred
             themselves
             to
             the
             
             arbitrement
             of
             the
             Duke
             of
             Savoy
             ,
             who
             first
             of
             all
             ordered
             the
             razing
             of
             the
             Castle
             of
             Tened
             ,
             as
             the
             occasion
             and
             continual
             foment
             of
             the
             quarrel
             ,
             awarding
             also
             the
             Decennial
             payment
             of
             7
             thousand
             Crowns
             ,
             by
             the
             Venetians
             to
             Lewis
             ,
             who
             content
             with
             the
             glory
             of
             his
             Actions
             ,
             and
             this
             incompetent
             sum
             in
             respect
             of
             his
             Expences
             ,
             ceased
             the
             War.
             
          
           
             While
             these
             things
             were
             acting
             in
             Venice
             ,
             Pope
             Urban
             excited
             Lewis
             against
             Ioane
             ,
             because
             she
             took
             part
             with
             Clement
             the
             seventh
             the
             Antipope
             ,
             who
             forthwith
             dispatcht
             away
             Charles
             his
             Son
             (
             as
             some
             say
             )
             others
             his
             Nephew
             by
             Andrew
             ,
             who
             with
             8000
             men
             passed
             into
             Italy
             ,
             and
             was
             welcomed
             there
             with
             the
             Acclamations
             of
             Victory
             .
             He
             subdued
             sever●l
             Towns
             ,
             and
             mulcted
             the
             Florentines
             in
             the
             sum
             of
             40.
             thousand
             Crowns
             .
             At
             Rome
             ,
             he
             was
             adorned
             with
             all
             the
             Regal
             Habiliments
             ;
             Ioane
             placing
             her
             sole
             hope
             in
             the
             Duke
             of
             Anjou
             .
             She
             had
             intermarried
             for
             her
             fourth
             husband
             ,
             Otho
             of
             Brundusium
             ,
             the
             Tarentine
             during
             in
             Custody
             ,
             and
             the
             King
             of
             Sardinia
             her
             next
             husband
             dead
             in
             
               Spain
               .
               Otho
            
             though
             he
             took
             part
             with
             Urban
             against
             the
             inclination
             of
             Ioane
             ,
             yet
             vvas
             constant
             to
             her
             against
             the
             Hungarians
             ,
             vvho
             took
             in
             several
             other
             Tovvns
             .
             Charles
             being
             arrived
             and
             introduced
             into
             Naples
             ,
             
             besieged
             Ioan
             ,
             vvho
             had
             shut
             up
             her self
             in
             
               Castel
               Novo
               .
               Otho
            
             comes
             and
             besieges
             the
             City
             and
             the
             Besiegers
             ,
             till
             Charles
             sallying
             out
             ,
             he
             vvas
             after
             a
             gallant
             opposition
             by
             reason
             of
             
             a
             fall
             off
             his
             Horse
             taken
             Prisoner
             ,
             and
             Ioane
             hereupon
             despairing
             of
             any
             relief
             forced
             to
             surrender
             .
          
           
             But
             Lewis
             of
             Anjou
             ,
             Uncle
             and
             Regent
             of
             Charles
             the
             sixth
             of
             France
             ,
             
             whom
             Clement
             had
             invested
             and
             ●eoffed
             in
             the
             Realms
             of
             Apulia
             and
             Sicilia
             (
             as
             purchased
             from
             Ioane
             )
             with
             30
             thousand
             Horse
             (
             the
             number
             of
             the
             Foot
             uncertain
             )
             passed
             into
             Italy
             ,
             whom
             Charles
             inferiour
             in
             Strength
             ,
             so
             bafled
             with
             delayes
             ,
             that
             his
             great
             numbers
             proving
             burdensome
             to
             him
             ,
             and
             Lewis
             dying
             thereupon
             ,
             either
             by
             disease
             or
             poyson
             ,
             the
             Frenchmen
             two
             or
             three
             in
             Company
             were
             glad
             to
             beg
             their
             way
             and
             departure
             home
             .
          
           
             Lewis
             in
             his
             return
             out
             of
             Italy
             to
             Hungary
             ,
             enterprized
             by
             Nicholas
             the
             Palatine
             upon
             Bosnia
             ,
             which
             had
             revolted
             from
             him
             ,
             but
             he
             wearied
             out
             with
             the
             Siege
             of
             Sebenico
             ,
             was
             easily
             overcome
             .
             Better
             Fortune
             attended
             him
             in
             his
             Expedition
             against
             Stratomirius
             ,
             the
             Prince
             of
             the
             Bulgarians
             ,
             who
             vanquished
             was
             taken
             Captive
             at
             Gemleick
             ,
             but
             soon
             after
             by
             the
             good
             will
             of
             the
             King
             ,
             and
             the
             liking
             of
             the
             Kingdome
             restored
             to
             his
             Principality
             .
          
           
             The
             Family
             of
             the
             Piasti
             failing
             in
             Casimir
             ,
             
             Lewis
             was
             now
             crowned
             King
             of
             Poland
             ,
             the
             first
             of
             foraign
             Princes
             that
             was
             chosen
             by
             them
             :
             the
             Administration
             of
             this
             Government
             he
             committed
             to
             his
             mother
             Elizabeth
             ,
             the
             Customary
             delights
             of
             his
             native
             Countrey
             inviting
             his
             return
             .
             Nor
             did
             she
             continue
             long
             
             there
             ,
             having
             by
             her
             levity
             and
             flexibility
             gained
             the
             love
             of
             some
             ,
             but
             not
             the
             reverence
             of
             all
             persons
             ;
             wearied
             therefore
             with
             new
             Commotions
             ,
             she
             departed
             rather
             frighted
             then
             feared
             into
             Hungary
             ,
             but
             prefering
             the
             priviledge
             of
             absoluteness
             before
             the
             humours
             of
             another
             ,
             she
             was
             soon
             induced
             to
             retire
             back
             again
             .
          
           
             In
             the
             mean
             while
             the
             Nobles
             of
             the
             greater
             Polonia
             created
             Vladislaus
             the
             Duke
             of
             Cusavia
             ,
             of
             a
             Monk
             ,
             to
             their
             King
             ,
             whom
             Sabinius
             though
             chief
             of
             the
             same
             Counsel
             and
             Combination
             with
             other
             of
             the
             Nobility
             on
             the
             part
             of
             Lewis
             overcame
             ,
             and
             sent
             him
             Captive
             to
             Lewis
             ,
             who
             by
             his
             extraordinary
             Clemency
             ,
             in
             which
             he
             was
             not
             superable
             ,
             gave
             him
             an
             Abby
             as
             satisfied
             in
             having
             reduced
             him
             to
             his
             former
             Condition
             ;
             the
             same
             Fate
             pursued
             the
             Rebellious
             Russes
             ,
             who
             were
             now
             annexed
             to
             the
             Crown
             of
             Hungary
             ,
             and
             several
             Lords
             or
             Vaivods
             set
             over
             them
             .
             Hence
             Jealousies
             and
             suspicions
             ,
             and
             ill
             rumours
             among
             the
             Polanders
             ,
             which
             Uladislaus
             Prince
             of
             Oppelon
             late
             Governour
             of
             white
             Russia
             fomented
             ;
             the
             reason
             of
             the
             Kings
             erecting
             this
             nevv
             Authority
             ,
             vvas
             partly
             his
             propensity
             to
             his
             own
             blood
             &
             kindred
             ,
             and
             partly
             because
             he
             believed
             that
             that
             Country
             under
             the
             name
             of
             Hallicia
             and
             Lodomiria
             did
             belong
             to
             Hungary
             .
          
           
             This
             indisposition
             of
             Affairs
             ,
             and
             the
             vvearinesse
             of
             those
             frequent
             journevs
             the
             King
             made
             into
             Poland
             ,
             vvho
             loved
             his
             ease
             and
             was
             
             delighted
             with
             Home
             ,
             caused
             him
             to
             appoint
             a
             Triumvirate
             of
             Polonian
             Noble
             men
             to
             the
             Administration
             of
             that
             Kingdom
             .
             He
             himself
             intending
             the
             Chastisement
             of
             the
             Vayvod
             of
             Valachia
             who
             had
             Revolted
             from
             him
             ,
             received
             an
             overthrow
             by
             his
             Lieutenant
             Ladislaus
             of
             Transylvania
             ,
             being
             shamefully
             beaten
             between
             the
             Rocks
             and
             abruptnesses
             of
             Novigrade
             ,
             which
             loss
             he
             repaid
             to
             effect
             ;
             meeting
             the
             same
             Enemy
             secure
             by
             reason
             of
             their
             late
             Victory
             in
             the
             Plains
             of
             Bulgaria
             ,
             &
             making
             them
             thereby
             to
             submit
             to
             their
             former
             Tribute
             .
             
             About
             this
             Time
             the
             Cumani
             received
             the
             Christian
             Faith
             ,
             and
             Lewis
             upon
             the
             same
             Religious
             account
             marched
             against
             the
             Lithuanians
             (
             who
             depredated
             Russia
             )
             and
             restrained
             ,
             and
             upon
             their
             Submission
             pardoned
             them
             ,
             and
             restored
             to
             them
             their
             Duke
             .
          
           
             Lewis
             had
             Daughters
             
               Catharina
               ,
               Mary
            
             ,
             and
             
               Hedwiga
               ;
               Catharine
            
             died
             young
             ,
             Mary
             with
             the
             Succession
             to
             the
             Crown
             ,
             was
             Married
             to
             Sigismund
             ,
             whose
             Father
             was
             Charls
             the
             4th
             Emperour
             ;
             Hedwiga
             by
             the
             Consent
             of
             the
             Nobles
             of
             Poland
             was
             chosen
             Queen
             thereof
             ,
             whom
             Iagello
             Great
             Duke
             of
             Lithuania
             afterwards
             Married
             ,
             and
             converted
             his
             Kingdom
             to
             Christianity
             ,
             and
             by
             the
             Name
             of
             Uladislaus
             was
             worthily
             Registred
             among
             the
             Kings
             of
             Polonia
             .
          
           
             LEWIS
             died
             at
             Tyrnaw
             ,
             
             to
             the
             great
             loss
             and
             detriment
             of
             Hungaria
             ,
             a
             man
             of
             a
             Couragious
             and
             courteous
             mind
             ,
             bountiful
             to
             Learned
             
             men
             ,
             and
             very
             skilful
             in
             Astrology
             ,
             for
             which
             he
             was
             stiled
             
               Ordongos
               Lajos
            
             by
             his
             People
             .
             He
             used
             in
             Disguises
             to
             visit
             the
             Towns
             and
             places
             neer
             his
             Residence
             ,
             inquiring
             into
             the
             lives
             and
             manners
             of
             his
             Magistrates
             and
             himself
             ,
             by
             which
             he
             might
             better
             correct
             what
             was
             amisse
             ,
             and
             if
             report
             pleased
             him
             enjoy
             the
             Happinesse
             and
             Felicity
             thereof
             .
          
           
             Mary
             the
             second
             Daughter
             of
             Lewis
             (
             her
             Sister
             Hedwiga
             being
             Married
             to
             the
             King
             of
             Poland
             and
             settled
             there
             ,
             
             by
             which
             means
             a
             strict
             League
             and
             union
             was
             begun
             between
             both
             Nations
             )
             was
             saluted
             with
             the
             Title
             of
             King
             of
             Hungaria
             ;
             she
             was
             betrothed
             to
             Sigismund
             of
             Brandenburg
             ,
             but
             their
             minority
             hindred
             the
             present
             consummation
             of
             the
             Match
             .
             She
             Governed
             happily
             by
             the
             prudence
             of
             her
             ministers
             ,
             and
             the
             beloved
             memory
             of
             her
             Father
             ,
             but
             as
             soon
             as
             she
             entrusted
             the
             whole
             menage
             of
             the
             State
             into
             the
             hands
             of
             
               Nicholas
               Gara
            
             the
             then
             Palatine
             (
             who
             by
             his
             insolence
             was
             unsufferable
             to
             the
             Nobles
             )
             a
             Civil
             dissention
             ,
             inflamed
             by
             the
             envy
             and
             hatred
             against
             him
             ,
             arose
             in
             the
             Kingdome
             ,
             the
             secret
             Design
             whereof
             was
             ,
             the
             deposition
             of
             her
             from
             the
             Throne
             .
          
           
             Some
             of
             the
             Grandees
             thereupon
             consulted
             to
             call
             in
             Charles
             Surnamed
             the
             Little
             Son
             ,
             or
             as
             others
             ,
             Nephew
             of
             Lewis
             (
             who
             had
             relieved
             and
             afterwards
             distressed
             Pope
             Vrban
             )
             and
             was
             now
             gloriously
             invested
             in
             the
             Kingdom
             of
             Naples
             (
             out
             of
             
               Italy
               ,
            
             )
             delegating
             to
             him
             upon
             this
             Errand
             ,
             the
             Bishop
             of
             Zagrabia
             ,
             
             who
             effected
             the
             businesse
             notwithstanding
             the
             disswasion
             of
             Charles
             his
             Wife
             .
             His
             passage
             into
             Hungary
             ,
             was
             by
             the
             way
             of
             Sipontus
             and
             Zagrabia
             ,
             where
             unexpectedly
             Arrived
             ,
             he
             pretended
             for
             his
             rapinous
             seizure
             of
             the
             Scepter
             ,
             the
             Composure
             of
             those
             Tumults
             and
             Factions
             in
             the
             State.
             
          
           
             This
             caused
             Sigismund
             (
             whom
             his
             Father
             in
             his
             Life
             time
             had
             sent
             into
             Hungary
             to
             be
             educated
             and
             fashioned
             according
             to
             the
             Hungarian
             manners
             )
             to
             fly
             into
             Bohemia
             ,
             while
             Charles
             being
             honourably
             received
             evey
             where
             ,
             surprized
             the
             Castle
             of
             Buda
             ,
             and
             in
             presence
             of
             the
             Queen
             and
             her
             Grandmother
             (
             who
             wisely
             tempered
             and
             dissembled
             their
             resentments
             )
             caused
             himself
             to
             be
             Crowned
             at
             
               Alba
               Regalis
            
             ;
             and
             not
             long
             after
             ,
             was
             so
             inveagled
             and
             blinded
             by
             his
             Parasites
             (
             with
             whom
             he
             most
             delighted
             )
             that
             he
             could
             not
             foresee
             the
             danger
             of
             his
             unjust
             Usurpation
             .
             For
             the
             Generality
             and
             the
             Nobles
             being
             estranged
             in
             their
             affections
             ,
             Elizabeth
             the
             Queen-mother
             ,
             and
             the
             above-named
             Palatine
             ,
             under
             Colour
             of
             a
             private
             Conference
             at
             the
             House
             of
             
               Blasius
               Forgatz
            
             ,
             there
             by
             a
             private
             hand
             Assassinated
             him
             ,
             upon
             the
             rumour
             whereof
             ,
             
             the
             Italians
             that
             came
             with
             him
             ,
             Covenanting
             for
             their
             safety
             ,
             obtained
             a
             dismission
             into
             their
             own
             Countrey
             .
          
           
             The
             Queens
             were
             now
             in
             hopes
             of
             a
             plenary
             Restitution
             ,
             when
             the
             Banus
             or
             Prince
             of
             Croatia
             took
             upon
             him
             the
             Revenge
             of
             Charles
             his
             Death
             ,
             assisted
             therein
             by
             some
             of
             his
             Favourers
             ,
             
             by
             whom
             Elizabeth
             was
             Drowned
             in
             the
             River
             of
             Bruszula
             ,
             and
             Mary
             with
             somewhat
             better
             fortune
             preserved
             in
             Custody
             ;
             The
             Palatine
             and
             Forgatz
             were
             both
             cruelly
             slain
             .
             Sigismund
             having
             notice
             of
             Charles
             his
             Fate
             ,
             and
             sensible
             likewise
             of
             the
             danger
             the
             Queens
             were
             in
             ,
             levyed
             a
             great
             Army
             ,
             for
             the
             Expence
             whereof
             he
             pawned
             the
             Marquisate
             of
             Brandenburg
             to
             Iodocus
             and
             Procopius
             ,
             his
             Cousin
             Germans
             .
          
           
             His
             Fortune
             in
             this
             Expedition
             was
             answerable
             to
             his
             strength
             ;
             
             for
             intent
             against
             the
             Croatian
             ,
             (
             who
             frighted
             with
             the
             danger
             had
             Articled
             for
             his
             Indempnity
             with
             Mary
             ,
             whom
             he
             had
             set
             at
             liberty
             )
             he
             possessed
             himself
             of
             that
             Countrey
             with
             Bosnia
             ,
             and
             at
             
               Quinque
               Ecclesiae
            
             ,
             put
             him
             to
             Death
             with
             thirty
             of
             his
             partakers
             and
             Conspirators
             against
             the
             Queens
             .
             The
             Bishop
             of
             Zagrabia
             ,
             in
             respect
             to
             his
             quality
             ,
             had
             his
             goods
             onely
             Confiscated
             .
             Thus
             Charles
             expiated
             his
             prodigious
             Lust
             by
             the
             Queens
             ,
             as
             the
             Queens
             for
             the
             ungovernance
             and
             breach
             of
             Faith
             by
             the
             Banus
             ,
             and
             he
             for
             his
             Cruelty
             by
             Sigismund
             ,
             whom
             Hungary
             now
             acknowledged
             as
             their
             new
             and
             rightful
             Soveraign
             ,
             as
             the
             Kingdome
             of
             Naples
             did
             Lewis
             the
             Son
             of
             Charles
             .
          
           
             Sigismund
             maintaining
             his
             Kingdome
             by
             the
             same
             Prudence
             with
             which
             he
             recovered
             it
             ,
             
             made
             an
             Expedition
             against
             the
             Valachians
             and
             Moldavians
             ,
             and
             slew
             their
             
               Vaivod
               ,
               Stephen
            
             ;
             and
             annex●d
             them
             by
             Oath
             of
             Subjection
             to
             the
             
             Crown
             of
             Hungary
             .
             But
             War
             ceased
             not
             here
             ,
             for
             Alexander
             indevoured
             to
             restore
             the
             Valachians
             to
             their
             Liberty
             ;
             and
             being
             too
             weak
             and
             inferiour
             in
             force
             ,
             called
             in
             the
             Turks
             to
             his
             assistance
             ,
             whom
             also
             Sigismund
             put
             to
             a
             most
             shameful
             flight
             ,
             and
             pursuing
             them
             as
             far
             as
             Thrace
             ,
             
             took
             in
             Nicopolis
             .
             But
             the
             Death
             of
             Mary
             sowered
             the
             sweetnesse
             of
             this
             Victory
             ;
             for
             Uladislaus
             of
             Poland
             now
             pretended
             a
             Right
             to
             the
             Kingdome
             ,
             by
             vertue
             of
             the
             Agreement
             made
             betwixt
             Mary
             and
             his
             Wife
             Hedwiga
             .
          
           
             But
             
               Iohn
               Canysa
            
             the
             Arch-Bishop
             of
             Strigonium
             ,
             possessing
             the
             abrupt
             passages
             and
             difficulries
             of
             the
             Mountains
             ,
             kept
             out
             Uladislaus
             ,
             though
             the
             Turks
             ,
             far
             more
             dangerous
             ,
             could
             not
             be
             repressed
             .
             Their
             Design
             was
             the
             recovery
             of
             Nicopolis
             ,
             in
             order
             whereunto
             they
             laid
             waste
             the
             adjoyning
             Dominions
             of
             Hungary
             ,
             (
             whither
             their
             Arms
             in
             the
             minority
             of
             their
             Empire
             had
             not
             yet
             reached
             )
             but
             Bajazet
             the
             fourth
             King
             ,
             
             having
             vanquished
             Mark
             the
             Prince
             of
             Bulgaria
             and
             Lazarus
             the
             Despot
             of
             Servia
             ,
             as
             on
             the
             Asian
             side
             he
             had
             Conquered
             the
             Kindome
             of
             Armenia
             ;
             thereafter
             infested
             Phocis
             and
             Thessaly
             ,
             and
             now
             threatned
             with
             the
             Siege
             of
             Nicopolis
             ,
             a
             further
             progresse
             of
             his
             Victories
             .
          
           
             To
             avert
             this
             storm
             ,
             Sigismund
             dealt
             with
             him
             by
             Ambassadors
             ,
             but
             words
             not
             availing
             ,
             he
             prepared
             with
             force
             to
             Encounter
             this
             Enemy
             ,
             levying
             to
             that
             end
             a
             very
             select
             Army
             
             of
             
               Hungarians
               ,
               Germans
            
             ,
             and
             French
             ,
             resolving
             to
             crush
             and
             suppresse
             the
             rising
             greatnesse
             of
             the
             Turk
             ,
             before
             he
             grew
             too
             potent
             with
             so
             many
             additions
             ,
             which
             his
             successful
             Scymitar
             had
             annexed
             to
             his
             first
             mean
             and
             inconsiderable
             Patrimony
             .
             In
             this
             Expedition
             he
             was
             accompanied
             with
             Iohn
             the
             Hardy
             ,
             Son
             of
             Philip
             Duke
             of
             Burgundy
             ,
             who
             joyntly
             retook
             in
             many
             Towns
             seized
             by
             the
             Turks
             in
             Bulgaria
             ,
             and
             in
             one
             great
             Battel
             carried
             away
             the
             Victory
             ,
             when
             the
             French-men
             according
             to
             the
             light
             humour
             of
             their
             Nation
             ,
             were
             so
             dissolved
             by
             Lust
             and
             Luxury
             ,
             and
             became
             so
             arrogant
             withal
             ,
             that
             they
             boasted
             they
             could
             sustain
             and
             support
             the
             falling
             Heaven
             with
             their
             Spears
             .
          
           
             Bajazet
             having
             failed
             of
             his
             design
             upon
             Constantinople
             ,
             and
             risen
             from
             the
             Seige
             thereof
             ,
             was
             now
             in
             person
             before
             Nicopolis
             ,
             whither
             Sigismund
             being
             also
             come
             ,
             
             he
             put
             his
             Army
             into
             Battalia
             ,
             giving
             the
             Van
             to
             his
             Hungarians
             ,
             as
             best
             skilled
             in
             the
             Turkish
             manner
             of
             fighting
             ,
             and
             placing
             the
             French
             as
             his
             Rear-guard
             ;
             who
             taking
             this
             for
             a
             disgrace
             ,
             before
             Sigismund
             had
             opened
             his
             Battel
             ,
             fell
             suriously
             open
             the
             Turk
             ,
             whose
             Arrowes
             so
             galled
             and
             terrified
             their
             Horses
             ,
             that
             their
             Riders
             being
             forced
             to
             alight
             ,
             they
             ran
             soul
             upon
             the
             Hungarians
             ,
             who
             misgiving
             this
             for
             a
             rout
             ;
             fell
             into
             a
             present
             dismay
             ,
             &
             thence
             to
             flight
             ,
             wherein
             numbers
             of
             them
             perished
             in
             the
             
               Danow
               ,
               Iohn
            
             of
             Burgundy
             with
             abundance
             of
             other
             Nobles
             ,
             was
             taken
             Prisoner
             and
             was
             ransomed
             with
             the
             sum
             
             of
             200
             thousand
             Crowns
             .
             Sigismund
             doubtful
             of
             his
             life
             in
             a
             light
             Galley
             escaped
             to
             Constantinople
             ,
             whence
             by
             Rhodes
             ,
             and
             so
             to
             Daimatia
             ,
             and
             by
             the
             help
             of
             the
             Archbishop
             of
             Serigonium
             ,
             he
             recovered
             his
             Kingdome
             .
             Bajazet
             fortunated
             with
             this
             Victory
             ,
             not
             long
             after
             became
             far
             more
             miserable
             then
             the
             vanquished
             ,
             (
             so
             deceitful
             is
             the
             greatest
             assurance
             of
             humane
             things
             )
             being
             overcome
             by
             Tamerlane
             (
             by
             my
             Author
             called
             Temir
             )
             the
             great
             Cham
             of
             Tartary
             ,
             
             and
             enclosed
             in
             an
             Iron
             Cage
             ,
             made
             his
             Footstool
             when
             he
             took
             Horse
             ,
             and
             wherein
             betwixt
             rage
             and
             impatient
             indignation
             he
             brained
             himself
             against
             the
             Grates
             .
          
           
             The
             misfortune
             of
             this
             Field
             ,
             opened
             a
             way
             to
             the
             revenge
             of
             those
             persons
             who
             were
             related
             to
             the
             30.
             
             Noblemen
             ,
             put
             to
             death
             by
             him
             at
             
               Quinque
               Ecclesiae
            
             ,
             for
             by
             a
             potent
             Conspiracy
             ,
             in
             which
             Ladislaus
             the
             King
             of
             Poland
             was
             concerned
             (
             by
             their
             invitation
             of
             him
             to
             assume
             the
             Scepter
             )
             Sigismund
             was
             seized
             on
             a
             sudden
             ,
             
             and
             put
             into
             the
             Custody
             of
             the
             sons
             of
             Nicholas
             the
             late
             Palatine
             in
             the
             Castle
             of
             
               Soklos
               (
               Buda
            
             and
             the
             places
             confining
             with
             Germany
             adhering
             to
             him
             notwithstanding
             )
             which
             gave
             opportunity
             to
             Ladislaus
             ,
             to
             persue
             his
             design
             upon
             the
             Kingdome
             of
             Naples
             ,
             (
             newly
             transferred
             by
             Pope
             Alexander
             from
             Lewis
             the
             Son
             of
             Charles
             aforesaid
             for
             his
             encroachment
             upon
             the
             Church
             Territory
             ,
             to
             Lewis
             of
             Anjou
             )
             which
             he
             reovered
             in
             his
             own
             right
             .
             He
             was
             now
             besieging
             the
             often
             mentioned
             
             *
             Iadra
             ,
             and
             had
             forced
             it
             from
             the
             Venetians
             ,
             when
             news
             was
             brought
             him
             that
             Sigismund
             having
             over-perswaded
             ,
             and
             by
             promises
             prevailed
             on
             the
             Mother
             of
             the
             Sons
             of
             Nicholas
             the
             Palatine
             ,
             
             had
             obtained
             his
             liberty
             ,
             and
             having
             privily
             passed
             into
             Moravia
             and
             Bohemia
             ,
             had
             openly
             resumed
             His
             Title
             and
             the
             Government
             ,
             and
             had
             put
             to
             Death
             Stephen
             the
             Vaivod
             of
             Transylvania
             ,
             with
             some
             few
             others
             as
             the
             Authors
             of
             the
             late
             Treason
             against
             him
             .
          
           
             Hereupon
             Ladislaus
             thought
             best
             for
             the
             preservation
             of
             his
             own
             (
             for
             another
             defection
             of
             the
             Neapolitans
             was
             likewise
             suspected
             )
             to
             part
             with
             Iadra
             and
             his
             pretences
             upon
             the
             Venetians
             for
             a
             sum
             of
             money
             ,
             and
             to
             return
             :
             But
             Sigismund
             had
             setled
             himself
             sure
             in
             the
             Government
             ,
             and
             was
             now
             engaged
             in
             a
             War
             against
             the
             people
             of
             Bosnia
             ,
             who
             had
             during
             these
             late
             Troubles
             ,
             renounced
             their
             Allegiance
             to
             the
             Crown
             of
             Hungary
             .
          
           
             Nor
             did
             he
             engage
             with
             better
             fortune
             against
             the
             Turks
             ,
             although
             weakned
             by
             a
             civil
             War
             between
             the
             Five
             Sons
             of
             Bajazet
             ,
             his
             Lieutenant
             
               Stephen●
               Lossontius
            
             ,
             
             aiding
             Mark
             the
             Vaivod
             of
             Mold●via
             ,
             who
             had
             shook
             off
             the
             Turkish
             yoak
             ,
             being
             discomfited
             ,
             and
             the
             said
             Vaivod
             deposed
             by
             Mahomet
             the
             fift
             King
             of
             Turky
             .
             Who
             to
             prosecute
             this
             quarrel
             commanded
             Isaac
             the
             Bassa
             of
             Bosnia
             ,
             to
             invade
             Hungary
             ;
             where
             notwithstanding
             he
             was
             defeated
             twice
             by
             
               Nicholas
               Pe●ri
            
             ,
             yet
             by
             the
             negligence
             
             and
             divisions
             among
             the
             Hungarians
             ,
             he
             had
             at
             last
             the
             better
             of
             it
             ,
             destroying
             by
             fire
             many
             Towns
             and
             Villages
             .
          
           
             Rupert
             the
             Emperour
             being
             deceased
             ,
             Pope
             Iohn
             the
             22.
             dealt
             with
             the
             German
             Princes
             to
             elect
             Sigismund
             in
             his
             place
             ,
             as
             a
             person
             whose
             regal
             Majesty
             ,
             Magnificence
             ,
             and
             Virtue
             ,
             the
             skill
             and
             readinesse
             of
             many
             Languages
             ,
             did
             excellently
             adorn
             and
             prefer
             before
             all
             the
             Princes
             ,
             his
             Cotemporaries
             ,
             as
             inferiour
             likewise
             to
             none
             of
             his
             Predecessors
             ,
             if
             successe
             in
             Battel
             ,
             and
             chastity
             in
             Bed
             had
             not
             been
             wanting
             .
             Soon
             after
             his
             Assumption
             to
             this
             Dignity
             ,
             he
             threatned
             a
             War
             against
             Uladislaus
             of
             Poland
             ,
             but
             it
             was
             superseded
             by
             a
             Truce
             ,
             
             which
             a
             Peace
             ensued
             .
             The
             Turks
             busie
             encroachments
             disturbing
             and
             disseising
             his
             Neighbours
             ,
             he
             had
             Belgrade
             consigned
             him
             by
             
               George
               Bulchus
            
             the
             Despot
             of
             Servia
             ,
             who
             had
             other
             places
             in
             Hungary
             in
             exchange
             thereof
             :
             by
             which
             means
             the
             Turks
             being
             put
             to
             a
             stand
             ,
             he
             had
             leisure
             to
             employ
             his
             Army
             against
             the
             Venetians
             ,
             aided
             by
             the
             Florentines
             ,
             who
             had
             seized
             several
             places
             ,
             but
             after
             some
             bickerings
             this
             difference
             was
             also
             composed
             ,
             for
             that
             Sigismund
             was
             now
             engaged
             in
             a
             Bohemian
             War
             in
             maintenance
             of
             his
             new
             Title
             to
             that
             Crown
             :
             About
             this
             time
             the
             Councel
             of
             Constance
             was
             held
             ,
             and
             Pope
             Iohn
             convicted
             of
             40.
             
             Crimes
             ,
             committed
             to
             the
             Custody
             of
             Lewis
             Count
             Palatine
             of
             the
             Rhine
             ,
             and
             
               Otho
               Colonn●
            
             by
             the
             name
             of
             Martin
             the
             Fifth
             ,
             placed
             in
             
             the
             Papal
             Chair
             .
             At
             this
             same
             Councel
             
               Iohn
               Hus
            
             and
             Hierome
             of
             Prague
             were
             Condemned
             and
             Burnt
             for
             Heretiques
             ,
             whose
             death
             was
             revenged
             by
             
               Iohn
               Zisca
            
             and
             Procopius
             ,
             to
             the
             great
             losse
             and
             detriment
             of
             Sigismund
             ,
             the
             great
             and
             professed
             Enemy
             of
             the
             Reformation
             .
             And
             that
             it
             might
             appear
             there
             was
             more
             than
             humane
             direction
             in
             the
             infliction
             of
             the
             Defeats
             given
             him
             by
             
               Zisca
               ,
               15000.
               
               Hungarians
            
             that
             followed
             Sigismund
             perished
             by
             the
             breaking
             of
             the
             Ice
             in
             one
             Expedition
             .
          
           
             His
             Raign
             was
             concluded
             with
             a
             rebellious
             Insurrection
             of
             the
             Boors
             and
             Peasants
             ,
             resolving
             to
             assert
             their
             Liberty
             or
             perish
             rather
             than
             endure
             slavery
             ;
             and
             in
             this
             mood
             they
             raged
             with
             Fire
             and
             Sword
             ,
             but
             their
             ungoverned
             and
             undisciplined
             Multitude
             rendred
             them
             an
             easie
             Conquest
             to
             a
             small
             Party
             of
             Experienced
             Soldiers
             .
             Sigismund
             departing
             from
             Prague
             commended
             his
             Son
             in
             law
             Albertus
             to
             the
             Nobles
             ,
             
             and
             at
             his
             arrival
             at
             Znoyma
             in
             Moravia
             ,
             departed
             this
             life
             ,
             aged
             70.
             years
             .
             He
             was
             a
             very
             active
             person
             ,
             but
             little
             beholding
             to
             Fortune
             ,
             and
             by
             her
             means
             deceived
             in
             the
             Constancy
             of
             his
             Friends
             .
             He
             was
             a
             great
             favourer
             of
             Learned
             men
             ,
             affirming
             that
             Precedency
             was
             justly
             due
             to
             them
             ;
             for
             that
             Riches
             and
             Regal
             Pompe
             happen
             meerly
             by
             Fate
             .
             He
             connived
             at
             and
             forgave
             Barbara
             his
             Wife
             ,
             taken
             often
             in
             the
             act
             of
             Uncleannesse
             ,
             being
             himself
             a
             most
             infamous
             Adulterer
             .
          
           
             ALBERT
             ,
             from
             Duke
             of
             Austria
             in
             
             a
             few
             months
             was
             made
             Duke
             of
             Luxenburg
             ,
             
             Marquiss
             of
             Moravia
             ,
             King
             of
             Bohemia
             ,
             and
             Hungary
             (
             though
             the
             latter
             complaining
             of
             the
             Spoil
             and
             havock
             made
             by
             the
             Turks
             in
             that
             Kingdome
             during
             the
             absence
             of
             Sigismund
             busied
             in
             the
             Affairs
             of
             Germany
             and
             Italy
             ,
             did
             with
             much
             reluctancy
             consent
             to
             his
             Election
             )
             as
             also
             of
             the
             Romans
             .
             He
             swayed
             the
             Scepter
             but
             two
             years
             ,
             and
             was
             a
             notable
             Evidence
             of
             the
             inconstancy
             of
             the
             World
             in
             his
             sudden
             Advancement
             and
             as
             speedy
             Fall.
             He
             was
             Crowned
             at
             Alba
             ,
             whence
             coming
             to
             Buda
             ,
             the
             Germans
             took
             upon
             them
             the
             Civil
             administration
             of
             the
             City
             ,
             together
             with
             the
             placing
             of
             Officers
             ,
             as
             more
             allied
             to
             him
             than
             the
             Hungarians
             ;
             and
             in
             maintainance
             of
             this
             their
             Intrusion
             ,
             caused
             a
             Chief
             Noble
             man
             that
             stoutly
             opposed
             them
             to
             be
             put
             to
             Death
             .
             This
             so
             enraged
             the
             Hungarians
             that
             they
             flew
             to
             their
             Arms
             ,
             and
             killed
             all
             the
             Germans
             they
             met
             or
             could
             tell
             where
             to
             find
             them
             ,
             which
             Bloody
             Fury
             lasted
             till
             a
             certain
             Monk
             prevailed
             them
             to
             surcease
             it
             .
          
           
             At
             this
             time
             the
             Turks
             wasting
             Rassia
             ,
             and
             having
             subdued
             
               Synderovia
               ,
               George
               Bulch●s
            
             the
             Despot
             of
             the
             Province
             ,
             commiting
             the
             Guard
             of
             the
             Castle
             which
             was
             the
             Chief
             Residence
             of
             his
             Government
             ,
             to
             his
             two
             Sons
             ,
             betook
             himself
             with
             his
             third
             Son
             Lazarus
             for
             succour
             and
             aid
             into
             Hungary
             ,
             but
             Albert
             intent
             upon
             his
             Covetousnesse
             suffered
             the
             two
             Princes
             to
             be
             taken
             ,
             when
             although
             Amurath
             (
             as
             the
             
             Turkish
             Annals
             have
             it
             )
             had
             Married
             their
             Sister
             some
             three
             years
             before
             ,
             
             he
             caused
             their
             privities
             to
             be
             cut
             off
             ,
             and
             their
             Eyes
             to
             be
             put
             out
             ,
             upon
             pretence
             that
             they
             assisted
             their
             Father
             as
             then
             Designing
             War
             against
             him
             .
             Albert
             was
             upon
             his
             March
             when
             he
             understood
             of
             the
             taking
             of
             the
             Castle
             ;
             which
             dismaying
             him
             ,
             he
             encamped
             betwixt
             the
             River
             Tybiscus
             and
             the
             Danow
             ,
             suffering
             Amurath
             after
             the
             attainment
             of
             his
             Design
             to
             retire
             unmolested
             .
             
             During
             which
             idling
             his
             Soldiers
             got
             the
             Flux
             ,
             by
             inordinate
             eating
             of
             Fruit
             ,
             which
             same
             disease
             at
             the
             Town
             of
             Nesmel
             ,
             took
             him
             also
             away
             at
             his
             return
             to
             Hungary
             .
          
           
             ELIZABETH
             his
             Wife
             ,
             being
             left
             big
             with
             Child
             ,
             was
             urgent
             with
             the
             Nobles
             that
             they
             would
             regard
             the
             Issue
             of
             the
             King
             her
             Husband
             she
             then
             went
             with
             ;
             and
             in
             the
             mean
             time
             to
             her
             delivery
             to
             create
             an
             Interrex
             or
             Protector
             ;
             to
             which
             motion
             those
             that
             were
             present
             agreed
             ;
             but
             others
             would
             have
             the
             Scepter
             translated
             to
             Uladislaus
             the
             third
             ,
             King
             of
             Poland
             ,
             Son
             of
             Iagello
             aforesaid
             ,
             by
             Hedwyga
             a
             Daughter
             of
             Hungary
             ,
             to
             whom
             the
             Queen
             should
             be
             inter-married
             ,
             and
             the
             Posthume
             Child
             to
             be
             instated
             in
             Austria
             and
             Bohemia
             .
             This
             counsel
             ,
             the
             Infancy
             of
             the
             Prince
             and
             the
             Noyse
             of
             the
             Turkish
             Arms
             did
             then
             advise
             ;
             whereupon
             a
             hasty
             Embassy
             was
             dispatched
             to
             Cracovia
             ,
             
             but
             as
             speedily
             followed
             with
             the
             news
             of
             her
             being
             delivered
             of
             a
             Son.
             
          
           
             The
             Nobles
             at
             home
             now
             repented
             of
             their
             
             forwardnesse
             ,
             but
             the
             Ambassadors
             conscious
             to
             themselves
             how
             far
             they
             had
             gone
             ,
             persisted
             in
             their
             Errand
             ,
             and
             notwithstanding
             the
             Turks
             instances
             to
             the
             Contrary
             ,
             prevailed
             upon
             Uladislaus
             to
             accept
             the
             Crown
             .
             Upon
             his
             approach
             into
             
               Hungary
               ,
               Elizabeth
            
             ,
             who
             had
             newly
             brought
             out
             the
             Crown
             she
             had
             secretly
             purloyned
             from
             its
             place
             ,
             and
             Crowned
             her
             Son
             Ladislaus
             therewith
             (
             for
             whose
             good
             and
             just
             Government
             she
             and
             Zecchius
             ,
             with
             the
             Count
             of
             Cillia
             had
             pledged
             their
             Oaths
             )
             foreseeing
             the
             danger
             ,
             conveyed
             the
             Crown
             and
             her self
             and
             Son
             ,
             to
             Frederick
             the
             third
             ,
             Emperour
             .
          
           
             Soon
             after
             Uladislaus
             arrived
             at
             Buda
             ,
             
             and
             having
             modestly
             declined
             the
             Government
             ,
             gently
             taxing
             the
             Hungarians
             of
             their
             Dissentions
             as
             the
             cause
             of
             so
             many
             Changes
             ,
             was
             the
             more
             unanimously
             Complemented
             with
             the
             Regal
             Title
             ;
             Zecchius
             and
             
               Ladislaus
               Gara
            
             ,
             the
             friends
             of
             the
             Orphan
             Prince
             ,
             being
             set
             at
             liberty
             performing
             their
             Offices
             at
             his
             Coronation
             ,
             solemnized
             with
             the
             Diadem
             taken
             from
             off
             the
             Image
             of
             St.
             Stephen
             .
             His
             great
             friends
             to
             this
             Advancement
             were
             
               Nicholas
               Vylach
            
             Governour
             of
             Chroatia
             ,
             and
             
               Iohn
               Huniades
            
             ,
             who
             appeared
             like
             an
             auspicious
             star
             amidst
             the
             many
             Factions
             in
             Hungary
             :
             For
             the
             Queen
             assisted
             by
             some
             Castellanes
             and
             Governours
             of
             strong
             Holds
             ,
             did
             cause
             great
             Troubles
             to
             the
             King
             ,
             especially
             
               Ladislaus
               Gara
            
             her
             former
             Partaker
             ,
             waged
             War
             and
             tryed
             the
             Fortune
             of
             
             Battel
             in
             her
             Sons
             Cause
             ,
             
             but
             was
             Defeated
             with
             great
             losse
             by
             Huniades
             and
             Vylach
             ,
             as
             were
             afterwards
             Zechi
             and
             Gisera
             ;
             but
             to
             the
             common
             and
             great
             losse
             and
             diminution
             of
             the
             Strength
             of
             the
             Kingdome
             ,
             notwithstanding
             that
             ,
             Iulian
             the
             Pope's
             Legate
             interposed
             the
             Papal
             Authority
             ,
             by
             which
             no
             more
             than
             a
             Cessation
             for
             a
             time
             ,
             could
             be
             obtained
             .
             The
             Death
             of
             the
             Queen
             which
             now
             happned
             ,
             serving
             rather
             as
             an
             incentive
             then
             allay
             to
             the
             passions
             of
             those
             who
             studied
             her
             deprived
             Orphans
             right
             and
             Interest
             .
          
           
             By
             this
             opportunity
             Amurath
             the
             second
             ,
             
             had
             enlarged
             his
             Conquests
             in
             the
             extremest
             parts
             of
             Hungary
             ,
             and
             was
             now
             in
             person
             before
             Belgrade
             ,
             Defended
             by
             
               Iohn
               Aurane
            
             Brother
             of
             the
             Prince
             ,
             or
             Lord
             of
             Croatia
             ,
             and
             so
             resolutely
             maintained
             by
             him
             ,
             that
             after
             a
             Seige
             of
             seven
             months
             in
             which
             all
             manner
             of
             Force
             by
             assault
             and
             mines
             were
             tryed
             (
             but
             by
             the
             Valour
             and
             vigilance
             of
             the
             besieged
             repulsed
             and
             Countermin'd
             to
             the
             losse
             of
             Thirty
             thousand
             Men
             )
             the
             proud
             Turk
             was
             constrained
             to
             dislodge
             ,
             when
             Invading
             the
             other
             parts
             of
             Hungary
             ,
             he
             took
             in
             Novigrod
             in
             the
             Confines
             of
             Servia
             ,
             abandoned
             upon
             his
             coming
             by
             the
             Defendants
             ,
             from
             whence
             also
             he
             dispatched
             Isaac
             Bassa
             of
             Semendria
             to
             make
             a
             further
             Incursion
             ;
             the
             Hungarians
             by
             their
             Discords
             being
             in
             no
             condition
             to
             withstand
             him
             ,
             till
             at
             his
             return
             loaden
             with
             Booty
             and
             innumerable
             Christian
             Captives
             ,
             Huniades
             having
             privily
             Collected
             
             an
             Army
             and
             passed
             the
             Danow
             ,
             met
             with
             him
             in
             the
             Province
             of
             Alba
             ,
             
             neer
             to
             Synderovia
             ,
             and
             there
             vanquished
             him
             .
             To
             redresse
             this
             Discomfiture
             
               Mesithes
               Bassa
            
             was
             employed
             to
             open
             a
             Passage
             into
             Transylvania
             by
             Valachia
             ,
             which
             at
             the
             instance
             of
             Huniades
             had
             newly
             Revolted
             ,
             which
             he
             effected
             ,
             havocking
             and
             laying
             wast
             the
             Countrey
             ,
             and
             having
             worsted
             Huniades
             at
             the
             first
             Encounter
             ,
             was
             again
             by
             him
             engaged
             with
             a
             sudden
             raised
             Army
             ,
             and
             totally
             routed
             ,
             Himself
             ,
             and
             his
             Son
             ,
             with
             Twenty
             thousand
             Turks
             being
             slain
             upon
             the
             place
             .
          
           
             A
             Treaty
             was
             now
             with
             very
             unequal
             terms
             propounded
             ;
             which
             Vladisla●s
             rejecting
             ,
             
               Abedin
               Beg
            
             was
             sent
             by
             Amurath
             to
             prosecute
             the
             same
             Design
             upon
             Transylvania
             and
             Hungary
             ,
             with
             an
             Army
             of
             Fourscore
             thousand
             Men
             ,
             at
             whose
             approach
             the
             Valachians
             being
             in
             no
             capacity
             to
             resist
             him
             ,
             by
             the
             advice
             of
             Huniades
             ,
             secured
             themselves
             in
             the
             inaccessible
             Mountains
             and
             Hills
             of
             the
             Countrey
             ,
             while
             the
             Turk
             raged
             with
             all
             extremity
             upon
             what
             ever
             he
             found
             ,
             till
             suddenly
             set
             upon
             by
             Huniades
             with
             no
             more
             then
             Fifteen
             thousand
             Men
             at
             Vaskapa
             ,
             he
             was
             miserably
             overthrown
             ,
             with
             the
             losse
             of
             Thirty
             thousand
             Men
             ,
             and
             his
             own
             life
             .
             For
             this
             Victory
             a
             three
             dayes
             Thanksgivins
             was
             appointed
             ,
             and
             the
             Ensigns
             and
             Spoils
             of
             the
             Enemy
             hung
             up
             in
             Churches
             ,
             and
             Huniades
             Proclaimed
             and
             extolled
             as
             the
             Bulwark
             and
             Defence
             of
             Christendome
             .
          
           
           
             Hereby
             also
             the
             King
             was
             encouraged
             to
             make
             an
             Invasion
             into
             the
             Turkish
             Territory
             ,
             
             accompanyed
             by
             Iulian
             the
             Pope's
             Legate
             ,
             and
             a
             multitude
             of
             Crusado's
             .
             At
             Buda
             he
             passed
             the
             
               Danow
               ,
               Huniades
            
             and
             George
             the
             Despot
             ,
             advancing
             before
             him
             ,
             who
             by
             light
             skirmishes
             drove
             the
             Enemy
             back
             ,
             until
             the
             whole
             Army
             was
             arrived
             to
             the
             very
             tops
             of
             Mount
             Haemus
             ,
             where
             there
             are
             two
             passes
             into
             Macedon
             and
             Thrace
             ,
             the
             one
             made
             by
             Trajan
             ,
             the
             other
             by
             the
             River
             Saltiza
             ,
             called
             by
             the
             
               Turks
               ,
               Clissira
               Isladina
            
             to
             this
             day
             ;
             other
             parties
             of
             the
             Hungarians
             reducing
             most
             of
             the
             Towns
             in
             Bulgaria
             .
          
           
             Against
             them
             Amurath
             dispatcht
             
               Casa●n
               Bassa
            
             or
             
               Caram
               Beg
            
             ,
             with
             
               Turchan
               Beg
            
             ,
             with
             all
             the
             Forces
             of
             Romania
             and
             the
             Achanzes
             ,
             (
             Soldiers
             serving
             without
             stipend
             )
             who
             were
             by
             the
             desperate
             Valour
             of
             the
             Hungarians
             utterly
             Defeated
             ,
             
             and
             Casan
             himself
             taken
             Prisoner
             .
             The
             Report
             of
             this
             disaster
             reaching
             Amurath
             he
             summoned
             and
             amassed
             the
             whole
             Force
             of
             his
             Empire
             ;
             but
             Winter
             being
             far
             in
             ,
             and
             the
             Earth
             bound
             up
             with
             Ice
             ,
             while
             the
             King
             was
             upon
             his
             return
             ,
             he
             retreated
             likewise
             ,
             having
             effected
             nothing
             Considerable
             ,
             when
             perceiving
             by
             the
             calamity
             of
             so
             many
             misadventures
             ,
             that
             his
             Provinces
             must
             needs
             be
             exhausted
             by
             the
             Continuance
             of
             the
             War
             ,
             he
             submitted
             to
             the
             intreaty
             of
             a
             Peace
             ,
             
             using
             thereto
             the
             Mediation
             of
             George
             the
             Despot
             to
             Huniades
             ,
             and
             his
             to
             the
             King
             ,
             who
             being
             newly
             at
             Enmity
             
             with
             the
             Emperour
             Frederick
             ,
             and
             his
             Paternal
             Kingdome
             of
             Poland
             then
             in
             Faction
             and
             Troubles
             ,
             consented
             to
             a
             Ten
             years
             Cessation
             ,
             upon
             this
             Condition
             ,
             that
             George
             the
             Despot
             should
             be
             restored
             to
             his
             Principality
             of
             Servia
             ,
             his
             two
             Sons
             enlarged
             ,
             and
             Prisoners
             freed
             on
             both
             sides
             ,
             that
             the
             Turk
             should
             quit
             Claim
             to
             Moldavia
             ,
             but
             should
             retain
             Bulgary
             .
          
           
             Amurath
             having
             thus
             avoided
             the
             danger
             that
             threatned
             him
             in
             those
             Quarters
             ,
             carried
             it
             with
             him
             upon
             Ibrahim
             the
             Caramanian
             King
             ,
             in
             Asia
             the
             lesse
             ,
             whom
             he
             subdued
             and
             Vanquished
             but
             soon
             after
             received
             into
             favour
             .
             In
             the
             mean
             while
             Eugenius
             the
             Pope
             ,
             the
             Venetians
             and
             Greek
             Emperour
             ,
             by
             many
             perswasions
             had
             induced
             Uladislaus
             (
             a
             young
             Man
             not
             skill'd
             in
             the
             affairs
             of
             Fortune
             )
             to
             break
             the
             Truce
             made
             with
             an
             Infidel
             :
             
             And
             though
             Huniades
             protested
             against
             it
             ,
             as
             best
             able
             to
             judge
             of
             what
             would
             happen
             ,
             by
             informing
             the
             King
             that
             his
             Life
             and
             Scepter
             might
             be
             taken
             away
             ,
             but
             his
             Truth
             and
             plighted
             Faith
             was
             in
             his
             own
             keeping
             ;
             and
             that
             the
             space
             of
             life
             was
             short
             ,
             but
             a
             blot
             of
             Perfidiousnesse
             everlasting
             ;
             Yet
             the
             King
             relying
             upon
             the
             Pope's
             Dispensation
             ,
             (
             as
             Religion
             is
             the
             only
             Governour
             of
             our
             Affections
             )
             and
             deceived
             with
             vain
             Auguries
             ,
             and
             the
             advantages
             of
             his
             Puissance
             ,
             armed
             himself
             to
             his
             own
             Destruction
             .
          
           
             For
             having
             embodyed
             his
             Pol●nian
             and
             Hungarian
             
             Forces
             he
             passed
             the
             Danow
             and
             Betgrade
             ,
             where
             Dracula
             the
             Prince
             of
             Moldavia
             having
             in
             vain
             laboured
             his
             desistance
             from
             the
             enterprise
             ,
             joyned
             also
             4000.
             men
             with
             him
             .
             Of
             this
             Expedition
             Amurath
             having
             intelligence
             sent
             him
             by
             
               Mahomet
               Beg
            
             Governour
             of
             Nicopolis
             ,
             to
             his
             Residence
             at
             Magnesia
             ,
             streightwayes
             crossed
             over
             into
             Europe
             ,
             and
             at
             an
             obscure
             Village
             named
             Varna
             ,
             but
             famous
             for
             this
             great
             overthrow
             ,
             joyned
             Battel
             .
          
           
             In
             the
             left
             Wing
             of
             the
             Christian
             Army
             Huniades
             ,
             and
             one
             
               Michael
               Niger
            
             the
             Duke
             of
             Scylagy
             ,
             and
             Brother
             of
             Huniades
             ,
             were
             placed
             .
             
             In
             the
             right
             wing
             stood
             Bobricius
             a
             Polonian
             Knight
             ,
             in
             the
             main
             Battel
             the
             King.
             The
             Turks
             first
             onset
             with
             great
             noise
             was
             upon
             the
             right
             wing
             ,
             where
             they
             opposed
             Camels
             and
             Dromedaries
             to
             the
             Horse
             ,
             who
             being
             therewith
             affrighted
             ,
             and
             the
             Riders
             no
             lesse
             amazed
             ,
             they
             were
             easily
             put
             to
             the
             rout
             :
             but
             in
             the
             left
             wing
             ,
             and
             the
             main
             body
             ,
             the
             King
             and
             Huniades
             ,
             had
             better
             fortune
             ,
             utterly
             discomfiting
             both
             the
             wings
             of
             the
             Infidels
             ;
             only
             Amurath
             himself
             with
             his
             Janizaries
             stood
             yet
             unmoved
             ,
             who
             seeing
             the
             presentnesse
             of
             the
             danger
             ,
             calling
             Christ
             to
             be
             the
             Avenger
             of
             this
             Perfidy
             (
             Mr.
             Knols
             in
             his
             Turkish
             History
             relates
             ,
             that
             he
             pulled
             the
             Instrument
             of
             the
             Truce
             out
             of
             his
             bosome
             ,
             and
             held
             it
             up
             towards
             heaven
             )
             with
             great
             fury
             prest
             upon
             the
             Hungarians
             and
             made
             a
             very
             great
             slaughter
             ,
             wherein
             Uladislaus
             against
             the
             Disswasion
             of
             Huniades
             ,
             
             rushing
             upon
             the
             Enemy
             ,
             by
             the
             Fall
             of
             his
             Horse
             that
             was
             run
             through
             ,
             had
             his
             Head
             cut
             off
             by
             
               Cheser
               Beg
            
             ;
             the
             rest
             of
             the
             Army
             being
             disordered
             ,
             and
             so
             hindering
             one
             anothers
             flight
             were
             for
             the
             most
             part
             slain
             on
             the
             place
             .
             Huniades
             himself
             escaped
             by
             Valachia
             ,
             into
             Transylvania
             ,
             although
             for
             a
             while
             detained
             by
             Dracula
             .
             There
             were
             reckoned
             to
             be
             slain
             of
             the
             Kings
             side
             9000
             ,
             and
             of
             the
             
               Turks
               30
               ▪
            
             thousand
             .
             This
             was
             the
             end
             of
             Uladislaus
             ,
             whom
             because
             Religion
             could
             not
             rule
             ,
             the
             despiser
             of
             that
             Religion
             did
             destroy
             .
             The
             Epitaph
             on
             him
             was
             this
             .
             
               
                 Romulidae
                 Cannas
                 ,
                 ego
                 Varnam
                 clade
                 not
                 avi
              
               
                 Discite
                 Mortales
                 non
                 temerare
                 fidem
                 ;
              
               
                 Me
                 nisi
                 Pontifices
                 jussissent
                 rumpere
                 foedus
                 ,
              
               
                 Non
                 ferret
                 Scythicum
                 Pannonis
                 or
                 a
                 Iugum
                 .
              
            
          
           
             The
             Hungarians
             being
             thus
             deprived
             of
             their
             King
             ,
             
             conferred
             the
             Kingdome
             upon
             LADISLAUS
             the
             Son
             of
             Albert
             ,
             whom
             they
             had
             so
             long
             with-held
             from
             his
             right
             of
             Inheritance
             ,
             entrusting
             the
             Government
             with
             Huniades
             (
             sirnamed
             Corvinus
             )
             with
             the
             Administration
             of
             it
             ,
             both
             as
             to
             War
             and
             Peace
             ;
             who
             to
             be
             revenged
             of
             Dracula
             for
             his
             Detainer
             of
             him
             in
             his
             Flight
             ,
             seized
             him
             and
             his
             two
             Sons
             .
             He
             dispatched
             likewise
             an
             Embassy
             to
             Caesar
             ,
             concerning
             the
             Redelivery
             of
             the
             King
             and
             Crown
             which
             the
             Mother
             of
             the
             present
             King
             had
             deposited
             with
             him
             ,
             but
             neither
             intreat●es
             nor
             
             Force
             afterwards
             ,
             by
             incursions
             into
             Austria
             ,
             prevailed
             any
             thing
             .
             In
             the
             mean
             while
             the
             Turk
             prosecuted
             his
             Successe
             in
             Hungary
             with
             a
             Revenge
             worthy
             of
             so
             odious
             a
             perjury
             ,
             when
             Huniades
             in
             no
             Condition
             to
             oppose
             him
             ,
             by
             hidden
             wayes
             Rendezvouzed
             an
             Army
             in
             Servia
             to
             recall
             the
             Enemy
             to
             the
             preservation
             of
             his
             own
             Countrey
             .
             To
             his
             Assistance
             he
             invited
             first
             George
             the
             Despot
             ;
             who
             pretending
             the
             late
             Agreement
             ,
             he
             drew
             in
             the
             Beg
             of
             Schodra
             (
             who
             was
             the
             Famous
             
               George
               Castriot
            
             ,
             called
             by
             the
             Turks
             ,
             
             Scanderbeg
             ,
             the
             Son
             of
             Iohn
             King
             of
             the
             Epirots
             or
             Triballi
             &
             had
             by
             fained
             Letters
             of
             Amurath's
             Hand
             ,
             possessed
             himself
             of
             Croja
             the
             Capital
             City
             ,
             as
             by
             his
             Valour
             and
             vigilance
             soon
             after
             ,
             of
             most
             of
             the
             Kingdome
             ;
             and
             maintained
             it
             in
             a
             War
             of
             24.
             
             Years
             )
             and
             encamped
             in
             the
             Plains
             of
             Cossova
             ,
             where
             he
             engaged
             the
             Turks
             three
             whole
             dayes
             together
             :
             the
             first
             two
             dayes
             he
             had
             the
             better
             of
             them
             ,
             but
             their
             Numbers
             prevailed
             in
             the
             third
             :
             he
             himself
             flying
             was
             taken
             Prisoner
             by
             George
             the
             Despot
             ,
             
             as
             an
             Infringer
             of
             his
             Oath
             ;
             but
             upon
             the
             Hostage
             of
             his
             Son
             Ladislaus
             ,
             set
             at
             Liberty
             ;
             which
             the
             Turk
             resenting
             ,
             dispatched
             away
             
               Frigez
               Beg
            
             to
             Invade
             Servia
             ;
             to
             whose
             Releif
             Huniades
             seemingly
             reconciled
             to
             their
             Despot
             (
             now
             abominated
             )
             but
             out
             of
             hatred
             to
             the
             name
             of
             the
             Turks
             ,
             speedily
             advanced
             ,
             and
             with
             a
             great
             slaughter
             Vanquished
             the
             Enemy
             ,
             taking
             the
             Beg
             himself
             .
             A
             Bohemi●●
             Scuffle
             followed
             this
             ,
             but
             was
             presently
             
             Composed
             by
             the
             Victorious
             Fortune
             of
             Huniades
             .
             At
             length
             the
             Emperour
             restored
             Ladislaus
             ,
             whom
             the
             States
             of
             Hungary
             complementd
             thereupon
             at
             Vienna
             ,
             and
             Huniades
             renounced
             the
             Administration
             .
          
           
             LADILAUS
             to
             auspiciate
             his
             Reign
             ,
             came
             to
             Presburgh
             ,
             but
             would
             trust
             himself
             no
             further
             within
             the
             Kingdome
             ,
             for
             Jealousies
             were
             fomented
             against
             Huniades
             by
             Ulrick
             Count
             of
             Cilia
             ,
             formerly
             Praefect
             of
             Austria
             ;
             but
             ejected
             thence
             by
             the
             Nobles
             ,
             and
             received
             into
             favour
             by
             this
             King
             ,
             who
             to
             compose
             the
             businesse
             was
             at
             last
             induced
             to
             come
             to
             Buda
             .
             While
             he
             staid
             there
             Amurath
             vext
             with
             his
             repulse
             at
             Croja
             ,
             had
             retired
             himself
             into
             a
             Monastery
             ,
             and
             Mahomet
             his
             Son
             and
             Successor
             ,
             after
             a
             Seige
             of
             50.
             dayes
             ,
             took
             and
             Sacked
             Constantinople
             ,
             
             to
             the
             shame
             and
             terrour
             of
             Christendome
             :
             and
             having
             seized
             Servia
             ,
             with
             the
             Silver-Mine
             Towns
             therein
             ,
             from
             George
             the
             Despot
             ,
             bent
             his
             Force
             upon
             Belgrade
             ;
             which
             Furiously
             attaquing
             ,
             and
             thundring
             against
             the
             Walls
             with
             his
             Canons
             ,
             Huniades
             came
             in
             hast
             by
             Water
             ,
             to
             the
             Releif
             of
             it
             ;
             and
             having
             made
             his
             way
             into
             the
             Town
             ,
             by
             a
             vigorous
             Saley
             beat
             the
             Enemy
             out
             of
             his
             Entrenchments
             which
             they
             fired
             ,
             
             and
             cloyed
             and
             nailed
             his
             great
             Guns
             ;
             whereupon
             Mahomet
             retired
             to
             his
             main
             Camp
             ,
             and
             thence
             next
             morning
             tormented
             &
             sick
             with
             the
             disappointment
             ,
             fled
             in
             hast
             towards
             Macedonia
             ,
             but
             was
             not
             pursued
             ,
             because
             Huniades
             suspecting
             likewise
             
             some
             Stratagem
             ,
             contented
             himself
             with
             the
             Slaughter
             of
             Forty
             thousand
             Turks
             .
             In
             this
             Conflict
             Huniades
             received
             a
             Wound
             whereof
             he
             Died
             ;
             
             others
             say
             ,
             of
             a
             Feaver
             .
             He
             was
             by
             Birth
             a
             Valachian
             ,
             and
             from
             the
             place
             of
             it
             called
             Corvinu
             ;
             as
             for
             the
             national
             glory
             of
             his
             Atchievements
             he
             was
             called
             Huniades
             :
             A
             person
             that
             with
             small
             power
             alwayes
             worsted
             great
             Armyes
             .
          
           
             Ladislaus
             who
             terrified
             with
             the
             Turk's
             approach
             ,
             had
             fled
             to
             Vienna
             ,
             came
             forward
             now
             to
             Belgrade
             ,
             to
             see
             the
             back-steps
             of
             the
             Enemy
             :
             where
             resenting
             the
             slaughter
             of
             the
             Count
             of
             Cilia
             by
             Ladislaus
             the
             Son
             of
             Huniades
             ,
             though
             often
             provok'd
             thereunto
             ,
             he
             caused
             him
             (
             by
             the
             Councel
             of
             some
             ill
             men
             )
             to
             be
             b●headed
             ,
             and
             his
             Brother
             Matthias
             to
             be
             imprisoned
             .
             But
             the
             Year
             after
             ,
             on
             the
             very
             Anniversary
             of
             the
             said
             Fact
             ,
             as
             he
             was
             Solemnizing
             his
             Marriage
             in
             Bohemia
             ,
             he
             Died
             there
             ,
             and
             left
             another
             Vacancy
             or
             Interregnum
             in
             Hungaria
             .
          
           
             In
             the
             beginning
             whereof
             
               Michael
               Szylagyi
            
             the
             Kinsman
             of
             Huniades
             (
             supplied
             with
             good
             store
             of
             Money
             by
             his
             Sister
             Elizabeth
             )
             levyed
             an
             Army
             in
             Title
             of
             Matthias
             (
             who
             was
             newly
             sent
             by
             Ladislaus
             ,
             
             in
             Custody
             ,
             to
             
               George
               Pogyb●ad
            
             King
             of
             Bohemia
             )
             as
             King
             of
             Hungary
             ,
             having
             in
             Ladislaus's
             Life
             time
             procured
             many
             Friends
             that
             secretly
             favoured
             Huniades
             and
             his
             Family
             :
             Others
             also
             ,
             for
             fear
             of
             his
             Power
             consented
             to
             his
             Election
             ,
             at
             an
             Assembly
             
             of
             the
             States
             held
             at
             Rakos
             ,
             where
             his
             Army
             Guarded
             them
             .
             
             Pogybrad
             certified
             hereof
             ,
             inviting
             his
             Prisoner
             to
             Dinner
             ,
             and
             setting
             him
             uppermost
             ,
             aquainted
             him
             with
             the
             matter
             ;
             and
             having
             Contracted
             his
             Daughter
             to
             him
             ,
             conducted
             him
             to
             Moravia
             ,
             where
             he
             was
             Saluted
             King
             ;
             and
             thence
             in
             great
             Pomp
             and
             Magnificence
             conveyed
             to
             Buda
             ,
             where
             he
             confirmed
             and
             restored
             all
             former
             Priviledges
             ;
             and
             by
             his
             Care
             ,
             Felicity
             ,
             Vertue
             ,
             and
             the
             Majesty
             of
             his
             Name
             ,
             united
             all
             Parties
             into
             a
             perfect
             Peace
             ;
             which
             effected
             ,
             he
             sent
             
               Iohn
               Vitesius
            
             the
             Bishop
             of
             Varadin
             ,
             his
             adopted
             Father
             ,
             to
             Frederick
             the
             Emperour
             ,
             to
             demand
             the
             Crown
             ;
             which
             he
             ,
             pretending
             the
             Kingdome
             due
             to
             himself
             ,
             and
             scorning
             the
             Youth
             of
             Matthias
             ,
             refused
             ;
             and
             hereupon
             ensued
             a
             German
             War
             ,
             enforced
             by
             the
             predatory
             eruption
             of
             
               Iohn
               Gisera
            
             or
             Zisca
             the
             Bohemian
             ,
             who
             had
             twice
             worsted
             Huniades
             himself
             .
          
           
             Frederick
             ,
             
             animated
             and
             incited
             by
             the
             Lord
             or
             Banus
             of
             Croatia
             ,
             Invaded
             the
             Sabarian
             Province
             ,
             taking
             the
             Rebels
             to
             his
             Assistance
             ,
             and
             wasted
             the
             Countrey
             far
             and
             near
             ,
             till
             
               Simon
               Magnus
            
             Commissioned
             and
             spirited
             by
             the
             King
             's
             early
             Courage
             ,
             met
             him
             in
             the
             
               Upper
               Hungary
            
             ,
             where
             he
             Discomfited
             him
             ;
             permitting
             and
             conniving
             at
             the
             flight
             of
             the
             Rebels
             ,
             who
             afterwards
             proved
             Caesar's
             worst
             and
             most
             dangerous
             Enemies
             .
             By
             this
             successe
             Caesar
             was
             at
             last
             constrained
             to
             yeild
             to
             the
             Demands
             of
             Matthias
             ,
             who
             persisted
             in
             a
             prosecution
             
             of
             them
             by
             delivering
             the
             Crown
             ,
             adopting
             also
             Matthias
             to
             his
             Son
             ,
             upon
             Condition
             that
             if
             he
             died
             without
             Issue
             ,
             the
             Emperour
             should
             succeed
             to
             the
             Crown
             of
             Hungary
             .
             The
             Bohemian
             War
             was
             ended
             with
             the
             same
             felicity
             ,
             by
             
               Sebastian
               Rozgonius
            
             ,
             who
             hunted
             those
             predatory
             Thieves
             out
             of
             their
             lurking
             places
             ,
             amidst
             Rocks
             ,
             Lakes
             ,
             and
             other
             fastnesses
             ;
             yet
             so
             that
             some
             years
             passed
             before
             Ziscra
             their
             Chief
             Captain
             ,
             could
             be
             engaged
             (
             several
             strong
             Holds
             and
             passes
             being
             maintained
             by
             them
             )
             till
             driven
             to
             the
             Mountaines
             of
             Poland
             ,
             
             whence
             he
             addrest
             himself
             by
             humble
             supplication
             to
             the
             King
             ,
             and
             was
             received
             by
             him
             into
             favour
             and
             Preferment
             .
             Telephus
             his
             Associate
             had
             not
             the
             same
             hap
             ,
             but
             prolonged
             a
             wretched
             life
             ,
             in
             a
             Begging
             starving
             Condition
             .
             This
             is
             the
             larger
             mentioned
             for
             that
             it
             lasted
             almost
             Five
             years
             before
             it
             was
             finished
             ,
             and
             obliged
             the
             utmost
             endevours
             of
             the
             King
             ,
             to
             the
             extirpation
             of
             so
             villanous
             a
             race
             of
             Men
             ,
             that
             disturbed
             the
             Peace
             and
             security
             of
             his
             Subjects
             .
          
           
             The
             Turk
             during
             these
             Wars
             ,
             had
             put
             in
             for
             his
             share
             by
             Invading
             the
             Eastermost
             parts
             ,
             
             in
             Revenge
             of
             his
             Belgrade
             Defeat
             ;
             but
             was
             so
             well
             received
             by
             
               Michael
               Szylagy
            
             (
             somewhile
             before
             in
             disgrace
             with
             his
             Beneficiary
             the
             King
             his
             Nephew
             ,
             by
             usual
             Court
             detraction
             and
             Envy
             ,
             and
             newly
             restored
             to
             all
             his
             Honours
             and
             Commands
             )
             neer
             to
             the
             Banks
             of
             Savus
             ,
             by
             a
             Town
             called
             Tutach
             ,
             that
             it
             was
             a
             question
             whether
             
             there
             was
             more
             blood
             or
             water
             in
             that
             reach
             of
             the
             River
             .
             
               Haly
               Beg
            
             who
             was
             then
             Bassa
             of
             Mysia
             and
             commanded
             that
             Army
             ,
             flying
             to
             Synderovia
             endevoured
             to
             repair
             his
             losse
             by
             a
             re-inforcement
             of
             his
             enterprise
             upon
             Transylvania
             ,
             but
             was
             overthrown
             again
             by
             Pancratius
             neer
             
               Temeswar
               .
               Matthias
            
             in
             pursuit
             of
             this
             Victory
             ,
             seized
             Dracula
             Prince
             of
             Valachia
             ,
             the
             Tributary
             of
             the
             Turk
             :
             for
             by
             the
             Articles
             between
             Amurath
             the
             second
             ,
             
             and
             Uladislaus
             ,
             that
             investiture
             was
             to
             be
             sole
             right
             of
             the
             Kings
             of
             Hungary
             ;
             and
             detained
             him
             10.
             years
             a
             Prisoner
             .
             From
             thence
             he
             marched
             to
             Bosnia
             ,
             the
             King
             whereof
             ,
             Stephen
             ,
             being
             also
             Despot
             of
             Servia
             ,
             in
             right
             of
             his
             Wife
             the
             Daughter
             of
             Lazarus
             deceased
             ,
             Mahomet
             had
             caused
             as
             perfidiously
             as
             inhumanely
             to
             be
             flead
             alive
             ,
             the
             just
             reward
             however
             of
             his
             base
             and
             prodigious
             lust
             ,
             which
             divided
             his
             Sons
             against
             Him.
             Matthias
             proceeded
             as
             far
             as
             the
             Superiour
             ●osnia
             ,
             and
             those
             parts
             which
             stretch
             themselves
             towards
             Zara
             and
             Epidaurus
             ,
             and
             by
             the
             taking
             of
             Iaycia
             ,
             reduced
             the
             whole
             Kingdome
             to
             his
             Hungarian
             Scepter
             ;
             Mahomet
             with
             thirty
             thousand
             men
             came
             to
             relieve
             it
             ,
             but
             hearing
             of
             Matthias
             his
             Approach
             sneaked
             cowardly
             home
             .
             Hereupon
             the
             Venetians
             (
             with
             other
             Princes
             ,
             by
             their
             Ambassadors
             )
             were
             instant
             ,
             for
             the
             prosecution
             of
             the
             War
             offering
             50000.
             
             Crowns
             yearly
             ,
             for
             the
             maintenance
             of
             it
             ;
             which
             being
             accordingly
             recommenced
             ;
             Matthias
             frighted
             in
             the
             
             same
             manner
             at
             Mahomet's
             appearance
             ,
             repassed
             the
             Savus
             out
             of
             R●scia
             ,
             where
             he
             had
             taken
             Streverich
             by
             
               Emerick
               Sepusius
            
             ,
             and
             turned
             his
             Army
             upon
             the
             Frangepanes
             ,
             who
             being
             fortified
             in
             the
             Alpes
             of
             Croatia
             ,
             refused
             obedience
             ,
             but
             assoon
             as
             the
             King
             was
             arrived
             at
             Zagrabia
             ,
             they
             thought
             best
             to
             comply
             .
             He
             tamed
             also
             the
             revolting
             Transylvanians
             ,
             as
             he
             quieted
             the
             Seditious
             in
             Moldavia
             and
             Valachia
             ,
             by
             the
             slaughter
             of
             7000
             of
             them
             :
             But
             his
             Lieutenant
             
               Michael
               Scylagii
            
             ,
             fought
             unprosperously
             with
             the
             Turk
             ,
             after
             a
             most
             bloody
             Battle
             ,
             himself
             being
             captivated
             ,
             and
             although
             a
             Prisoner
             of
             War
             ,
             yet
             put
             to
             death
             by
             those
             savage
             Infidels
             .
          
           
             A
             Bohemian
             War
             ensued
             ,
             
             fomented
             and
             enflamed
             by
             Pope
             Paul
             the
             second
             ,
             who
             instigated
             Matthias
             against
             
               George
               Pogybrad
            
             his
             Father
             in
             Law
             ,
             as
             an
             Heretick
             ,
             for
             owning
             the
             Doctrines
             of
             
               Iohn
               Husse
            
             ,
             &c.
             while
             an
             excellent
             opportunity
             against
             the
             Turk
             engaged
             in
             a
             Syrian
             &
             Egyptian
             War
             ,
             was
             by
             this
             means
             pretermitted
             .
             Matthias
             in
             this
             war
             had
             the
             better
             of
             it
             ,
             zealously
             executing
             the
             Edicts
             &
             Anathema's
             of
             the
             Pope
             ,
             against
             the
             
               Bohemians
               ,
               Silesians
            
             ,
             and
             Moravians
             ;
             Nor
             would
             a
             Treaty
             of
             Peace
             be
             hearkned
             to
             ,
             the
             Papists
             giving
             out
             ,
             that
             no
             Faith
             or
             Communion
             was
             to
             be
             held
             with
             such
             Heretiques
             .
             Whereupon
             Victorinus
             the
             Son
             of
             Pogybrade
             made
             new
             Levies
             ,
             but
             was
             unhappily
             worsted
             and
             imprisoned
             at
             Vissigrade
             ,
             while
             Matthias
             having
             subdued
             Spilberg
             and
             
             Olmitz
             was
             Master
             of
             Moravia
             ,
             and
             Silesia
             at
             his
             devotion
             ,
             and
             was
             solemnly
             also
             declared
             King
             of
             Bohemia
             .
          
           
             Pogybrad
             soon
             after
             dying
             ,
             and
             by
             his
             misfortunes
             induced
             to
             favour
             Matthias
             his
             succession
             to
             that
             Crown
             (
             his
             Son
             having
             been
             gratis
             set
             at
             liberty
             a
             little
             before
             ,
             upon
             the
             Composure
             of
             the
             troubles
             in
             Moravia
             )
             he
             transacted
             with
             the
             States
             of
             Bohemia
             for
             his
             inves●iture
             in
             that
             Kingdom
             ,
             but
             they
             had
             disposed
             of
             it
             to
             Uladislaus
             Son
             of
             Casimir
             King
             of
             Poland
             .
             In
             revenge
             whereof
             he
             issued
             like
             a
             Tempest
             out
             of
             Moravia
             into
             Bohemia
             :
             but
             the
             Pope
             being
             neutral
             in
             the
             Concernments
             of
             two
             Catholick
             Princes
             ,
             and
             the
             Turks
             upon
             the
             banks
             of
             Savus
             at
             the
             Siege
             of
             Sabaczium
             ,
             besides
             (
             which
             was
             worst
             of
             all
             )
             a
             Conspiracy
             was
             hatching
             at
             home
             ,
             he
             effected
             nothing
             .
          
           
             This
             Coniuration
             was
             so
             general
             ,
             
             by
             which
             Casimir
             was
             designed
             to
             this
             Crown
             ,
             that
             but
             9.
             of
             70.
             
             Peers
             ,
             or
             Senators
             ,
             were
             true
             to
             their
             Allegiance
             ,
             among
             these
             Plotters
             the
             chief
             were
             Vitesius
             the
             Archbishop
             ,
             
               Ianus
               Pannonius
            
             ,
             and
             
               Emericus
               Scepusius
            
             the
             former
             favourers
             of
             ,
             and
             reciprocally
             favoured
             by
             ,
             Matthias
             :
             the
             pretence
             of
             the
             defection
             was
             ,
             that
             the
             Church
             Revenues
             ,
             and
             other
             profits
             of
             secular
             Offices
             ,
             were
             employed
             solely
             in
             the
             carrying
             on
             of
             War.
             Ladislaus
             at
             their
             invitation
             came
             and
             encamped
             between
             Nitre
             and
             Vacia
             ,
             and
             was
             magnificently
             received
             by
             his
             Partakers
             ,
             but
             Matthias
             upon
             the
             News
             of
             it
             speeding
             
             from
             Buda
             to
             Strigonium
             ,
             prepared
             for
             an
             Encounter
             ,
             where
             by
             Scepusius
             ,
             whom
             he
             reclaimed
             ,
             
             he
             so
             wrought
             upon
             Vitesius
             the
             Life
             of
             the
             Faction
             ,
             that
             upon
             his
             reconciliation
             ,
             and
             indempnity
             promised
             to
             those
             that
             should
             return
             to
             their
             Allegiance
             within
             three
             dayes
             ,
             his
             Competitor
             was
             presently
             abandoned
             ,
             and
             left
             to
             reflect
             ,
             and
             inveigh
             against
             the
             Levity
             of
             the
             Hungarians
             :
             nor
             was
             that
             all
             ,
             but
             being
             circumvented
             at
             Nitra
             ,
             he
             hardly
             escaped
             with
             700.
             of
             all
             his
             number
             ,
             the
             pursuit
             not
             being
             given
             over
             ,
             till
             his
             Father
             by
             timely
             dispatches
             ,
             interposed
             his
             requests
             for
             his
             dismission
             .
             Notwithstanding
             Matthias
             was
             not
             satisfied
             with
             this
             revenge
             ,
             but
             continuing
             in
             the
             mountainous
             part
             of
             Poland
             ,
             watched
             an
             opportunity
             of
             further
             satisfaction
             ;
             as
             he
             punished
             Vitesius
             and
             Ianns
             ,
             with
             other
             of
             the
             Complices
             in
             the
             Treason
             .
             While
             he
             staid
             hereabouts
             Uladislaus
             stomaching
             the
             spoil
             of
             his
             Countrey
             ,
             with
             a
             just
             Army
             opposed
             himself
             ;
             and
             so
             the
             businesse
             came
             to
             open
             War
             ,
             
             which
             determined
             neverthelesse
             by
             a
             private
             Stratagem
             in
             the
             most
             covert
             places
             and
             ambushes
             of
             that
             hilly
             Country
             ,
             in
             favour
             of
             Matthias
             ,
             who
             by
             his
             Lieutenants
             
               Iohn
               Scepusius
            
             and
             
               Paul
               Kinifi
            
             ,
             had
             also
             depopulated
             all
             the
             Provinces
             as
             far
             as
             Cracovia
             ,
             and
             brought
             a
             miserable
             desolation
             thereabouts
             .
             By
             which
             means
             the
             Pole
             was
             glad
             to
             quit
             his
             pretences
             to
             
               Moravia
               ,
               Silesia
            
             ,
             and
             Lusatia
             ,
             and
             to
             part
             with
             his
             Claim
             to
             the
             Crown
             of
             Bohemia
             .
          
           
           
             During
             this
             Agreement
             ,
             Solyman
             the
             Beglerbeg
             of
             Romania
             with
             a
             Hundred
             thousand
             Men
             ,
             having
             in
             vain
             attempted
             Scodra
             ,
             came
             with
             an
             Army
             into
             Moldavia
             ,
             whom
             Stephen
             the
             Valiant
             Vaivod
             thereof
             overcame
             with
             so
             great
             a
             slaughter
             ,
             
             that
             scarce
             a
             sign
             remained
             of
             so
             vast
             a
             Multitude
             .
             To
             requite
             this
             victory
             ,
             Matthias
             besiged
             Sabarium
             ,
             whereat
             happned
             divers
             Encounters
             ,
             the
             besieged
             being
             Potent
             and
             Couragious
             ,
             and
             the
             besiegers
             Resolute
             and
             adventurous
             ;
             He
             himself
             for
             better
             view
             ,
             passing
             in
             a
             common
             habit
             within
             the
             reach
             of
             their
             small
             shot
             ,
             in
             a
             Boat
             ,
             accompanyed
             but
             with
             one
             Soldier
             who
             was
             kill'd
             with
             a
             Bullet
             ;
             Fortune
             by
             a
             peculiar
             care
             of
             him
             (
             as
             is
             her
             constant
             respect
             to
             such
             persons
             )
             preserving
             him
             from
             the
             danger
             .
             In
             fine
             ,
             by
             dissembling
             to
             rise
             from
             the
             Siege
             ,
             
             he
             lulled
             the
             Garrison
             into
             security
             and
             then
             surprized
             them
             ;
             and
             for
             the
             better
             fortification
             of
             the
             Castle
             ,
             drew
             the
             River
             Savus
             round
             about
             it
             ;
             and
             thereafter
             supplied
             with
             money
             from
             the
             Pope
             for
             the
             better
             prosecution
             of
             the
             War
             ,
             laid
             all
             waste
             as
             far
             as
             Synderovia
             ;
             and
             in
             order
             to
             an
             opportune
             and
             commodious
             Siege
             thereof
             built
             three
             strong
             Castles
             ,
             as
             a
             bridle
             to
             curb
             and
             represse
             their
             forraging
             for
             provisions
             .
          
           
             He
             was
             yet
             intent
             of
             carrying
             his
             Successes
             fnrther
             ,
             having
             embarqued
             to
             that
             purpose
             on
             the
             
               Danow
               (
               Alibeg
            
             with
             a
             plundering
             Party
             about
             Temeswar
             ,
             having
             been
             also
             newly
             defeated
             ,
             so
             that
             there
             appeared
             no
             rub
             to
             his
             Design
             )
             
             
             
             
             
             when
             the
             arrival
             of
             his
             Queen
             Beatrice
             (
             who
             by
             
               Venice
               ,
               Dalmatia
            
             ,
             and
             Carniola
             had
             been
             Honourably
             conveyed
             to
             Alba
             ,
             and
             there
             Crowned
             ,
             and
             the
             Marriage
             Celebrated
             at
             Buda
             in
             the
             presence
             of
             all
             the
             Nobles
             )
             foftned
             and
             emasculated
             his
             Spirit
             ,
             and
             corrupted
             the
             Souldiery
             ,
             by
             idling
             amidst
             the
             vanity
             and
             Luxury
             of
             the
             Court
             ,
             now
             addicted
             to
             sport
             and
             pleasure
             .
             Nor
             could
             the
             Calamitous
             Condition
             of
             Moldavia
             (
             the
             Noble
             Vaivod
             whereof
             had
             in
             vain
             struggled
             against
             the
             Potent
             and
             over-bearing
             Force
             of
             Mahomet
             ,
             and
             saw
             his
             Country
             Vassaliz'd
             to
             that
             Cruel
             Enemy
             )
             awaken
             Matthias
             out
             of
             this
             sensual
             stupidity
             ;
             
             the
             Queen
             proving
             as
             another
             Capua
             to
             Victorious
             Hanibal
             ,
             till
             such
             time
             as
             it
             was
             almost
             too
             late
             to
             resist
             ,
             being
             on
             a
             sudden
             attaqued
             by
             Frederick
             the
             Emperour
             from
             the
             old
             grudge
             ,
             although
             most
             ungratefully
             and
             unhandsomely
             ,
             and
             the
             Event
             was
             according
             .
             For
             Matthias
             rousing
             himself
             followed
             the
             Enemy
             into
             Austria
             (
             where
             the
             Rascians
             in
             his
             service
             most
             cruelly
             raged
             )
             and
             took
             in
             several
             Towns
             ,
             and
             was
             now
             before
             Vienna
             ,
             when
             the
             Emperour
             (
             of
             no
             Martial
             disposition
             )
             desired
             an
             accommodation
             ,
             which
             Matthias
             condescended
             to
             ,
             so
             Austria
             was
             again
             restored
             to
             Frederick
             .
             In
             this
             War
             the
             Pope
             and
             Venetians
             withdrew
             their
             subsidy
             from
             Matthias
             as
             engaged
             against
             a
             Christian
             Prince
             ,
             whereupon
             ensued
             an
             aversness
             against
             that
             State
             ,
             whose
             danger
             had
             linked
             their
             Concern
             with
             his
             for
             some
             space
             of
             time
             before
             ;
             
             and
             by
             that
             means
             they
             lost
             
               Scodra
               ,
               Croja
            
             ,
             and
             the
             Promontory
             of
             Taenarus
             to
             the
             Turk
             upon
             very
             base
             Conditions
             ,
             or
             very
             Calamitous
             Conquest
             ;
             that
             of
             Schodra
             especially
             .
          
           
             The
             Peace
             was
             now
             to
             be
             confirmed
             ,
             which
             was
             agreed
             upon
             before
             betwixt
             Uladislaus
             and
             himself
             ;
             and
             therefore
             both
             Kings
             appointed
             an
             Enterview
             at
             Olmitz
             in
             Moravia
             ,
             where
             they
             appeared
             with
             a
             most
             Splendid
             and
             pompous
             Train
             ,
             several
             Theatres
             and
             other
             august
             Temporary
             Edifices
             being
             Erected
             for
             the
             Solemnity
             ,
             where
             they
             treated
             one
             another
             most
             Magnificently
             ,
             and
             gave
             great
             Largesses
             to
             the
             People
             :
             Matthias
             not
             willing
             to
             be
             behind
             hand
             in
             State
             and
             Grandeur
             upon
             such
             an
             Illustrious
             occasion
             :
             But
             whilest
             he
             diverted
             himself
             here
             ,
             Solyman
             the
             Beglerbeg
             of
             Greece
             being
             advantaged
             by
             a
             dry
             Summer
             ,
             passed
             his
             Army
             over
             the
             Fords
             of
             the
             Rivers
             Savus
             and
             Dravus
             ,
             and
             coming
             as
             far
             as
             Castle-Iron
             ,
             laid
             wast
             the
             whole
             Countrey
             .
             The
             news
             of
             this
             made
             Matthias
             quit
             his
             Court-ship
             ,
             and
             with
             all
             Expedition
             to
             follow
             the
             Enemy
             ,
             
             who
             making
             hast
             away
             ,
             he
             gave
             order
             to
             16000.
             of
             his
             readiest
             Troops
             to
             pursue
             him
             ;
             the
             which
             Forces
             over-took
             him
             laden
             with
             Thirty
             thousand
             Captives
             ,
             at
             Verbos
             in
             Illyria
             ,
             and
             so
             routed
             him
             ,
             that
             the
             remains
             of
             his
             flying
             Army
             durst
             not
             face
             about
             to
             Three
             hundred
             Croats
             ,
             who
             alone
             pursued
             them
             ;
             by
             which
             Victory
             ,
             Illyria
             was
             in
             a
             fair
             way
             to
             have
             been
             wholly
             assigned
             to
             this
             Triumph
             ,
             had
             not
             the
             Emperour
             
             by
             an
             Inroad
             towards
             Raab
             recall'd
             him
             ;
             which
             Injury
             so
             incensed
             Matthias
             that
             he
             presently
             laid
             Seige
             to
             Mariaburg
             ,
             and
             would
             hardly
             desist
             from
             the
             Enterprize
             at
             the
             earnest
             entreaties
             of
             the
             Pope
             ,
             and
             
             Frederick's
             Ambassadors
             .
          
           
             Mahomet
             the
             Great
             ,
             having
             taken
             Scodra
             as
             aforesaid
             ,
             was
             now
             returned
             to
             Constantinople
             ,
             and
             vext
             with
             the
             disgrace
             of
             
             Solyman's
             Defeat
             ,
             had
             Commissioned
             
               Ali
               Beg
               ,
               Isa
               Beg
            
             ,
             and
             
               Balam
               Beg
            
             ,
             with
             Sixty
             thousand
             Men
             for
             Transylvania
             ,
             who
             proceeded
             with
             Fire
             and
             Sword
             as
             far
             as
             
               Alba
               Iulia
            
             ;
             within
             five
             miles
             whereof
             
               Stephen
               Bathori
            
             ,
             the
             Vayvod
             of
             Transylvania
             ,
             and
             
               Paul
               Kinisi
            
             Count
             of
             Temeswar
             ,
             wtth
             a
             new
             levyed
             Army
             of
             
               Hungarians
               ,
               Valachians
               &c.
            
             encountered
             them
             ,
             and
             after
             a
             long
             dispute
             in
             which
             the
             River
             Marusus
             was
             filled
             with
             Blood
             of
             both
             parties
             ,
             
             by
             the
             Valour
             and
             encouragement
             of
             Kinisi
             totally
             overthrew
             them
             ,
             Thirty
             thousand
             Turks
             being
             slain
             upon
             the
             place
             .
             The
             fame
             of
             this
             Atchievement
             made
             the
             Pope
             
               (
               Apulia
            
             in
             Italy
             being
             sorely
             infested
             by
             the
             Turks
             )
             to
             intreat
             Matthias
             as
             the
             onely
             competent
             Help
             against
             those
             Infidels
             ,
             to
             undertake
             the
             Defence
             of
             those
             parts
             ,
             when
             at
             the
             same
             time
             he
             ungratefully
             inter-medled
             beyond
             his
             Authority
             ,
             in
             the
             placing
             and
             preferring
             Bishops
             in
             
               Hungaria
               ;
               Matthias
            
             having
             substituted
             Iohn
             the
             Cardinal
             of
             Arragon
             to
             be
             Arch-Bishop
             of
             Strigonium
             in
             place
             of
             Iohn
             of
             Alemannia
             ,
             his
             Enemy
             and
             Rebel
             .
          
           
           
             About
             this
             time
             Died
             Mahomet
             ,
             leaving
             his
             two
             Sons
             Bajazet
             and
             Zemes
             to
             strive
             for
             the
             Empire
             ;
             the
             latter
             being
             discomfited
             in
             two
             Battels
             ,
             wherein
             he
             was
             assisted
             by
             the
             Sultan
             of
             Aegypt
             ,
             fled
             to
             the
             Grand
             Master
             of
             the
             Rhodes
             who
             sent
             him
             to
             Rome
             ,
             where
             at
             the
             instance
             and
             great
             Bribes
             of
             Bajazet
             ,
             he
             was
             most
             unworthily
             poysoned
             by
             Pope
             Alexander
             the
             sixt
             ;
             Matthias
             purposing
             to
             make
             good
             use
             of
             this
             occasion
             ,
             had
             solicited
             Caesar
             for
             a
             Confirmation
             and
             security
             of
             the
             late
             Peace
             ,
             which
             being
             delayed
             till
             the
             opportunity
             was
             lost
             ,
             and
             the
             Turks
             in
             motion
             this
             way
             ,
             he
             Invaded
             Austria
             and
             possessed
             himself
             of
             many
             Towns
             again
             (
             while
             Bajazet
             had
             terribly
             ruined
             and
             wasted
             Moldavia
             ,
             
             and
             in
             requital
             thereof
             was
             Defeated
             by
             Lupus
             (
             the
             Noble
             and
             valiant
             Despot
             of
             what
             remained
             in
             those
             parts
             )
             in
             two
             Battels
             :
             )
             and
             after
             a
             six
             months
             regular
             Seige
             took
             in
             Vienna
             the
             Capital
             City
             thereof
             ;
             as
             
               Iohn
               Scepuusis
            
             his
             Leiutenant
             mastered
             Neustria
             and
             other
             Fortresses
             .
          
           
             The
             five
             years
             that
             Matthias
             lived
             afterwards
             he
             wholly
             employed
             in
             Reforming
             the
             manners
             of
             his
             Subjects
             ,
             now
             addicted
             to
             Luxury
             and
             prone
             to
             all
             other
             Vices
             ;
             and
             in
             providing
             for
             the
             future
             Glory
             and
             Magnificence
             of
             the
             Succeeding
             Kings
             ,
             
             converting
             his
             Iron
             into
             a
             Golden
             Palace
             ;
             and
             Designing
             to
             Build
             the
             City
             of
             Buda
             after
             the
             Italian
             way
             .
             He
             also
             highly
             fa●oured
             Learned
             Men
             ,
             and
             resolved
             ,
             upon
             the
             settlement
             of
             Austria
             by
             a
             lasting
             
             Peace
             ,
             to
             employ
             all
             his
             power
             against
             the
             Turks
             ;
             whereto
             he
             was
             encouraged
             by
             many
             Princes
             ,
             more
             especially
             by
             the
             
             Snltan's
             of
             Aegypt
             ,
             who
             had
             lately
             Vanquished
             
               Ferhates
               Bassa
            
             ,
             the
             Beglerbeg
             of
             Caramania
             ,
             &
             afterwards
             
               Cheser
               Beg
            
             ,
             and
             Achmet
             the
             Mahumetanized
             Son
             of
             Stephen
             of
             Bosnia
             aforesaid
             ,
             with
             such
             a
             slaughter
             that
             it
             was
             credited
             to
             have
             exceeded
             that
             of
             Tamerlane
             .
             But
             while
             he
             prepared
             for
             those
             things
             Death
             prevented
             him
             ,
             by
             the
             increasing
             pains
             of
             the
             Gout
             .
             
             A
             person
             of
             great
             Authority
             with
             all
             Princes
             ,
             and
             worthy
             to
             be
             extolled
             for
             his
             Military
             Experience
             ,
             and
             his
             Acts
             of
             Peace
             ;
             and
             so
             much
             the
             more
             Famed
             and
             desired
             by
             Posterity
             ,
             by
             how
             much
             his
             Successors
             were
             inferiour
             to
             him
             in
             point
             of
             Courage
             and
             vigilant
             Prudence
             .
          
           
             Upon
             the
             Death
             of
             the
             King
             ,
             
             Corvinus
             the
             Bastard
             Son
             of
             Matthias
             ,
             having
             been
             fed
             with
             hopes
             of
             his
             Succession
             to
             the
             Crown
             ,
             endevoured
             to
             effect
             it
             ,
             while
             3
             great
             Competitors
             were
             transacting
             their
             interest
             with
             the
             States
             of
             
               Hungary
               ,
               viz.
               Ladislaus
            
             King
             of
             
               Bohemia
               ,
               Albert
            
             Prince
             of
             Poland
             ,
             both
             Brothers
             and
             Sons
             of
             Cassimir
             and
             and
             Maximilian
             King
             of
             the
             Romans
             ;
             but
             in
             conclusion
             Ladislaus
             carried
             it
             by
             the
             major
             voyces
             ,
             and
             by
             the
             instance
             and
             interest
             of
             Beatrice
             the
             Dowager
             Queen
             ,
             who
             had
             loved
             him
             in
             her
             Husbands
             Life
             time
             ,
             and
             hoped
             now
             to
             be
             Married
             to
             him
             ,
             although
             she
             was
             by
             the
             Judgement
             of
             God
             disapointed
             of
             her
             Expectation
             .
             Corvinus
             not
             brooking
             
             this
             ,
             although
             he
             had
             articled
             upon
             the
             Cession
             of
             his
             claim
             and
             delivery
             of
             the
             Crown
             ,
             which
             he
             had
             got
             into
             his
             custody
             ,
             for
             an
             investiture
             as
             Lord
             of
             
               Bosnia
               ,
               Chroatia
            
             ,
             and
             Sclavonia
             ,
             raised
             an
             Army
             by
             the
             help
             of
             the
             Governours
             of
             those
             Provinces
             ,
             but
             opposed
             at
             Sarviza
             by
             
               Stephen
               Bathori
            
             and
             Kinisi
             ,
             
             commissioned
             by
             the
             States
             then
             assembled
             in
             great
             fear
             at
             Pesth
             ,
             he
             was
             worsted
             after
             a
             dismall
             encounter
             (
             wherein
             brother
             engaged
             against
             brother
             )
             and
             fled
             to
             
               Quinque
               Ecclesiae
            
             ,
             where
             his
             Souldiers
             broke
             open
             his
             Treasure
             and
             carried
             it
             away
             .
          
           
             By
             this
             means
             the
             Kingdome
             was
             setled
             in
             those
             parts
             ,
             
             and
             
               (
               Corvinus
            
             submitting
             upon
             indempnity
             to
             his
             partakers
             ,
             and
             the
             restoring
             of
             what
             had
             been
             taken
             from
             him
             )
             Uladislaus
             was
             Crowned
             at
             
               Alba
               Regalis
            
             ,
             but
             presently
             engaged
             in
             a
             War
             against
             his
             Competitor
             and
             brother
             Albert
             ,
             who
             had
             seized
             
               Cassovia
               ,
               *
               Cibinium
            
             ,
             and
             other
             places
             ,
             and
             in
             fine
             joyned
             battel
             ,
             wherein
             by
             the
             prowesse
             of
             Vladislaus
             and
             the
             defection
             of
             the
             Cassovians
             ,
             he
             was
             overcome
             ,
             and
             striving
             to
             renew
             the
             War
             ,
             was
             thrice
             afterwards
             beaten
             out
             of
             the
             field
             .
             
             Maximilian's
             Enterprize
             was
             more
             powerfull
             and
             fortunate
             ,
             
             auspicated
             also
             by
             the
             Viennians
             ,
             who
             weary
             of
             a
             Forraigners
             Yoak
             ,
             admitted
             his
             forces
             into
             the
             City
             ,
             which
             Scepusius
             the
             Governour
             perceiving
             ,
             he
             thought
             it
             most
             advisable
             to
             depart
             secretly
             out
             of
             the
             Castle
             :
             and
             thereupon
             the
             other
             places
             of
             Austria
             ,
             returned
             to
             their
             former
             Lord
             ,
             who
             proceeded
             and
             
             reduced
             Vesprinium
             and
             
               Alba
               Regalis
            
             in
             Hungary
             ,
             and
             had
             finished
             the
             conquest
             but
             that
             his
             Germans
             not
             enduring
             the
             Climate
             and
             other
             discommodities
             of
             the
             Country
             ,
             mutined
             for
             their
             pay
             :
             in
             the
             interim
             Uladislaus
             had
             collected
             his
             Army
             and
             was
             upon
             his
             march
             after
             Maximilian
             ,
             recovering
             the
             Towns
             he
             had
             lost
             ,
             and
             being
             bent
             upon
             a
             further
             revenge
             was
             diverted
             by
             a
             horrid
             Invasion
             of
             the
             Turks
             as
             far
             as
             the
             Territories
             of
             Varadin
             (
             then
             in
             division
             by
             civil
             broyles
             )
             having
             endangered
             Belgrade
             by
             mastering
             two
             of
             the
             Bulwarks
             .
             For
             which
             reasons
             Vladislaus
             was
             induced
             to
             make
             peace
             with
             Maximilian
             ,
             
             though
             upon
             very
             dishonourable
             terms
             ,
             by
             yielding
             
               Austria
               ,
               Carinthia
               ,
               Carniola
            
             ,
             and
             Styria
             ,
             seized
             and
             possessed
             by
             Matthias
             ,
             and
             delivering
             some
             Castles
             of
             Croatia
             ,
             and
             Sclavonia
             ;
             in
             lieu
             whereof
             Caesar
             restored
             him
             unto
             places
             taken
             this
             war
             in
             Hungary
             ,
             upon
             condition
             of
             his
             succession
             ,
             as
             was
             accorded
             with
             Matthias
             .
          
           
             At
             the
             dyet
             held
             thereafter
             at
             Buda
             ,
             the
             Kings
             marriage
             with
             Beatrice
             was
             debated
             ,
             but
             because
             of
             her
             sterility
             and
             in
             submission
             to
             the
             Pontificall
             Authority
             ,
             she
             was
             put
             by
             ,
             and
             Ann
             the
             Daughter
             of
             the
             Prince
             of
             Anjou
             ,
             preferred
             to
             his
             bed
             .
             In
             the
             mean
             while
             Bajazet
             made
             great
             preparations
             both
             by
             Land
             and
             upon
             the
             Ister
             ,
             for
             an
             Invasion
             of
             Hungary
             ,
             which
             caused
             double
             Garrisons
             to
             be
             put
             into
             the
             frontier
             Towns
             of
             
               Severinum
               ,
               Sabaczia
            
             ,
             and
             Iaycia
             ,
             and
             an
             Army
             of
             60
             Thousand
             men
             under
             
             the
             conduct
             and
             supreme
             command
             of
             Kinisius
             ,
             to
             be
             instantly
             levyed
             ;
             Bajazet
             came
             first
             to
             Sophia
             ,
             then
             to
             Hadrianople
             by
             leisure
             ,
             but
             dared
             not
             enter
             Hungary
             ,
             
             whither
             he
             dispatched
             Dandes
             Bassa
             to
             Uscopia
             ,
             while
             he
             diverted
             to
             Maxastinum
             designing
             upon
             Albania
             ,
             and
             meditating
             a
             Truce
             with
             Uladislaus
             ,
             which
             was
             accorded
             to
             ;
             neverthelesse
             respecting
             more
             the
             utility
             then
             the
             faith
             of
             the
             agreement
             ,
             he
             sent
             away
             two
             Bassa's
             ,
             the
             one
             into
             Valachia
             ,
             the
             other
             to
             beseige
             Severinum
             ,
             the
             former
             was
             vanquished
             by
             that
             Vayvod
             ,
             and
             the
             other
             ▪
             by
             Kinisius
             ,
             who
             also
             horribly
             slaughtered
             those
             ravenous
             pillaging
             Bohemians
             ,
             whom
             he
             had
             appointed
             for
             the
             guard
             of
             the
             Confines
             against
             that
             Enemy
             .
             
             
               Iohannes
               Corvinus
            
             likewise
             valiantly
             repulsed
             the
             Turk
             from
             Iaycia
             ,
             but
             wearied
             with
             the
             refractory
             pride
             of
             the
             Frangepanes
             ,
             and
             other
             Noblemen
             ,
             resigned
             his
             Government
             of
             
               Bosnia
               ,
               Chroatia
            
             ,
             and
             Dalmatia
             ,
             in
             whose
             place
             
               Emericus
               Drencenus
            
             was
             substituted
             by
             the
             King
             ,
             who
             repressed
             the
             insolence
             of
             those
             Grandees
             ,
             now
             seeking
             for
             protection
             from
             the
             Turks
             :
             which
             occasion
             being
             welcome
             to
             
               Iacup
               Aga
            
             ,
             he
             presently
             made
             an
             Incursion
             into
             the
             limits
             of
             Carinthia
             ,
             and
             Carniola
             ,
             and
             carried
             away
             a
             great
             prey
             and
             spoil
             by
             the
             Confines
             of
             Germany
             ,
             when
             Drencenus
             having
             reconciled
             Frangepanes
             ,
             
             with
             a
             sufficient
             Army
             for
             number
             encountred
             him
             ,
             but
             Frangepanes
             again
             revolting
             ,
             the
             Hungarians
             were
             totally
             routed
             ,
             and
             Drencenus
             himself
             taken
             Prisoner
             .
          
           
           
             This
             losse
             as
             is
             usuall
             in
             such
             cases
             ,
             was
             imputed
             to
             the
             sloth
             of
             the
             King
             by
             the
             Nobles
             ,
             when
             their
             base
             covetousnesse
             was
             the
             onely
             cause
             of
             it
             ;
             the
             Kings
             revennue
             being
             hardly
             able
             to
             maintain
             the
             expence
             of
             his
             Family
             as
             became
             the
             Dignity
             of
             a
             King
             ,
             which
             poverty
             proceeded
             meerly
             from
             his
             honesty
             ,
             and
             begat
             such
             a
             contempt
             of
             his
             Authority
             ,
             that
             he
             could
             not
             make
             the
             Palatine
             desist
             from
             the
             seige
             of
             one
             of
             Corvinus
             his
             Castles
             ,
             till
             the
             noble
             youth
             himself
             revenged
             the
             injury
             ,
             and
             he
             was
             the
             rather
             thus
             slighted
             because
             of
             his
             ignorance
             in
             the
             Hungarian
             tongue
             ,
             answering
             nothing
             but
             *
             
               Well
               well
            
             to
             what
             ever
             story
             .
          
           
             In
             the
             mean
             while
             Kinisius
             repaired
             this
             late
             losse
             by
             an
             expedition
             with
             10000.
             men
             into
             Mysia
             ,
             where
             he
             took
             two
             Castles
             the
             one
             of
             them
             by
             the
             exemplary
             courage
             of
             a
             Chroat
             who
             alone
             maintained
             the
             rampire
             against
             the
             Enemy
             till
             his
             Fellows
             came
             to
             his
             assistance
             ;
             as
             by
             another
             Irruption
             into
             Servia
             ;
             
             having
             animated
             the
             King
             to
             a
             more
             vigorous
             prosecution
             of
             the
             War
             ,
             and
             brought
             him
             upon
             that
             account
             to
             
               Petri
               Varadin
            
             ;
             whence
             Kinisi
             with
             14000
             men
             ,
             wasted
             and
             harrassed
             all
             the
             Turks
             Country
             as
             far
             as
             the
             Suburbs
             of
             Synderovia
             ,
             with
             such
             a
             terrour
             that
             even
             Constantinople
             it self
             trembled
             for
             fear
             of
             his
             approach
             .
             This
             noble
             person
             survived
             not
             long
             after
             ,
             being
             in
             reference
             to
             the
             present
             state
             of
             affairs
             another
             Huniades
             ,
             
             dying
             also
             like
             him
             of
             a
             Feaver
             .
             He
             so
             abhominated
             and
             resented
             the
             Turkish
             barbabarities
             
             that
             he
             always
             retaliated
             upon
             them
             in
             a
             severer
             manner
             of
             Torture
             and
             punishment
             .
             At
             last
             the
             King
             took
             courage
             by
             the
             good
             advice
             of
             his
             friends
             and
             Councellors
             ,
             and
             by
             force
             of
             Arms
             reduced
             and
             tamed
             those
             Seditious
             Grandees
             of
             Chroatia
             ,
             
             the
             chief
             of
             whom
             were
             Peter
             Arch-bishop
             of
             Colocza
             ,
             and
             Laurence
             Duke
             of
             Syrmia
             ,
             in
             whose
             Country
             the
             Kings
             Steward
             had
             been
             killed
             ,
             this
             last
             he
             dispossessed
             of
             all
             his
             Castles
             ,
             and
             imprisoned
             at
             Buda
             ,
             newly
             before
             pardoned
             at
             the
             dyet
             there
             ,
             by
             which
             means
             all
             those
             troubles
             were
             composed
             ,
             and
             a
             three
             years
             Truce
             confirmed
             by
             Selymus
             ,
             who
             had
             wrested
             the
             Turkish
             Empire
             from
             his
             father
             Bajazet
             ,
             which
             added
             something
             more
             to
             the
             Kingdomes
             Welfare
             .
          
           
             About
             this
             time
             dyed
             
               Iohn
               Corvinus
            
             ,
             (
             his
             Widdow
             intermarrying
             with
             George
             Marquesse
             of
             Brandenburgh
             )
             followed
             by
             
               Peter
               Gereb
            
             the
             Palatine
             (
             in
             whose
             Place
             came
             
               Emericus
               Perenyi
            
             )
             and
             Stephen
             Vayvod
             of
             Moldavia
             ,
             a
             person
             famous
             next
             Matthias
             ,
             for
             his
             services
             against
             the
             Turk
             and
             Tartars
             ;
             in
             whose
             room
             succeeded
             Bogdanus
             .
             At
             Buda
             a
             consult
             was
             managed
             by
             the
             Faction
             of
             Zapolianus
             or
             
               Iohn
               Scepusius
            
             the
             Vayvod
             ,
             and
             the
             Eloquence
             of
             Verbeczius
             of
             forbidding
             the
             Crown
             to
             be
             ever
             conferred
             on
             Forraigners
             ;
             as
             the
             Siculi
             rebelled
             the
             same
             time
             and
             killed
             the
             Collector
             of
             their
             dues
             to
             the
             King
             ,
             but
             the
             Authors
             were
             severely
             punished
             by
             
               Paulus
               Tomoraeus
            
             .
             Nor
             ever
             were
             the
             Hungarians
             more
             deceived
             then
             in
             this
             
             Truce
             made
             with
             Selymus
             ,
             relying
             whereon
             they
             became
             defencelesse
             ,
             for
             on
             a
             sudden
             all
             the
             Country
             as
             far
             as
             the
             River
             Dravus
             where
             it
             joyns
             with
             the
             Danow
             ,
             was
             laid
             wast
             and
             desolate
             :
             To
             second
             this
             Calamity
             the
             Countreymen
             and
             Boors
             rebelled
             against
             the
             Nobility
             ,
             
             and
             for
             the
             greater
             enforcement
             of
             their
             designs
             joyned
             themselves
             with
             the
             Forces
             raised
             by
             Thomas
             the
             Arch-bishop
             of
             Strigonium
             ,
             against
             
             Bajazet's
             Invasion
             ,
             at
             the
             instinct
             of
             the
             Pope
             ,
             to
             keep
             the
             War
             out
             of
             Italy
             at
             the
             charge
             of
             Hungary
             .
             There
             being
             now
             upon
             the
             Peace
             again
             ,
             no
             use
             for
             these
             religious
             Souldiers
             ,
             they
             began
             to
             be
             burdensome
             to
             the
             Noblesse
             ,
             and
             admitted
             of
             the
             Peasants
             as
             their
             Associates
             :
             by
             ,
             and
             of
             ,
             these
             no
             lesse
             then
             70000
             are
             reported
             to
             have
             been
             slain
             in
             the
             space
             of
             four
             moneths
             ,
             by
             which
             the
             sanctity
             of
             these
             Crusado
             men
             may
             be
             guessed
             at
             .
             At
             last
             Iohn
             the
             Vayvod
             tamed
             this
             wicked
             Crew
             by
             intollerable
             Famine
             ,
             and
             gave
             them
             the
             head
             of
             their
             Captain
             one
             
               George
               Szekheli
            
             (
             notable
             formerly
             for
             his
             Valour
             )
             for
             food
             and
             victual
             .
          
           
             Vladislaus
             to
             make
             up
             a
             stricter
             League
             with
             the
             House
             of
             Austria
             ,
             journyed
             now
             to
             Vienna
             ,
             where
             he
             had
             conference
             with
             Sigismund
             of
             Poland
             ,
             and
             Maximilian
             ,
             by
             whom
             ,
             Mary
             his
             Neice
             by
             Philip
             ,
             was
             betrothed
             to
             
               Lewis
               ,
               Ladislaus
            
             his
             Son
             ,
             and
             Mary
             his
             Daughter
             to
             Charles
             or
             Ferdinand
             with
             a
             Condition
             of
             succession
             in
             case
             of
             no
             Issue
             ;
             against
             this
             contract
             and
             this
             last
             clause
             Perinyi
             objected
             and
             though
             
             lame
             caused
             himself
             to
             be
             carried
             through
             the
             Streets
             of
             Presburg
             ,
             where
             he
             noysed
             his
             Dissent
             and
             refusal
             ,
             and
             the
             Invalidity
             of
             the
             Match
             ,
             as
             done
             without
             his
             (
             principally
             )
             and
             the
             Nobles
             Consent
             ;
             but
             being
             won
             by
             the
             grant
             of
             the
             Office
             of
             Crown-keeper
             ,
             just
             as
             he
             should
             have
             subscribed
             the
             Instrument
             ,
             he
             Died.
             In
             the
             interim
             Iohn
             the
             Vayvod
             elevated
             by
             his
             Successe
             against
             Szekelehi
             ,
             besieged
             Sarno
             a
             Garrison
             of
             the
             Turks
             ,
             but
             was
             so
             cowardly
             frighted
             that
             he
             fled
             and
             forsook
             his
             Great
             Guns
             ,
             at
             the
             news
             of
             the
             approach
             of
             
               Baly
               Beg
            
             ,
             neverthelesse
             by
             the
             Valour
             of
             
               Michael
               Praxius
            
             who
             sustained
             the
             Van
             of
             the
             Enemy
             ,
             
             they
             were
             recovered
             .
             King
             Ladislaus
             lived
             not
             long
             afterwards
             ,
             fitter
             indeed
             for
             ease
             and
             quiet
             ,
             then
             the
             Rule
             of
             the
             stubborn
             and
             Eff●ene
             Hungarians
             ;
             but
             whether
             out
             of
             Grief
             and
             vexation
             of
             mind
             ,
             or
             the
             Common
             course
             of
             Nature
             ,
             is
             uncertain
             .
          
           
             LEWIS
             his
             Son
             succeeded
             him
             ,
             
             having
             according
             to
             the
             late
             Agreement
             ,
             Married
             Mary
             the
             Sister
             of
             Charles
             the
             fifth
             ,
             by
             their
             Father
             Philip
             the
             first
             of
             Spain
             .
             In
             this
             Prince
             all
             things
             ,
             as
             his
             Birth
             ,
             Succession
             ,
             Beard
             ,
             Wedlock
             ,
             and
             Death
             ,
             were
             praeproperous
             and
             Early
             .
             At
             the
             same
             time
             died
             Maximilian
             ,
             to
             whom
             ,
             chiefly
             by
             the
             suffrage
             of
             Frederick
             of
             Saxony
             ,
             succeeded
             Charles
             the
             fifth
             ,
             as
             did
             Solyman
             just
             after
             the
             ratification
             of
             an
             eight
             years
             Truce
             succeed
             his
             Father
             Selymus
             :
             Divine
             Providence
             so
             ordering
             it
             that
             those
             two
             
             great
             Potentates
             should
             Govern
             the
             World
             together
             ,
             and
             restrain
             each
             other
             by
             a
             mutual
             dread
             of
             one
             anothers
             Power
             and
             Vertues
             .
          
           
             Yet
             Solyman
             was
             so
             great
             an
             esteemer
             of
             his
             own
             Glory
             ,
             and
             so
             unbounded
             in
             his
             Conceits
             of
             it
             ,
             that
             he
             demanded
             of
             Lewis
             the
             purchase
             of
             a
             Peace
             with
             him
             at
             a
             certain
             Tribute
             ,
             which
             being
             denyed
             ,
             he
             Invaded
             Hungary
             ,
             and
             wrested
             Moldaviae
             ,
             and
             Valachia
             from
             that
             Dominion
             ,
             together
             with
             the
             greatest
             part
             of
             Sclavonia
             .
             Nothing
             withstanding
             his
             Arms
             there
             but
             Iaycia
             ,
             Defended
             by
             the
             signal
             Valour
             of
             
               Peter
               Keglevitius
            
             .
             These
             victorious
             proceedings
             caused
             Lewis
             to
             levy
             an
             Army
             of
             60000.
             
             Men
             ;
             
             but
             his
             Exchequer
             not
             being
             sufficient
             to
             bear
             the
             Expence
             ,
             they
             were
             as
             soon
             dissolved
             .
             In
             the
             mean
             while
             Belgrade
             (
             so
             often
             maintained
             against
             the
             Turkish
             power
             )
             was
             now
             gained
             by
             the
             Fortune
             of
             Solyman
             ,
             and
             the
             Treachery
             of
             the
             Governours
             ,
             who
             would
             not
             admit
             the
             succour
             and
             Assistance
             ,
             brought
             by
             
               Andrew
               Bathori
            
             ,
             into
             the
             Town
             .
             Hence
             the
             Conquerour
             having
             received
             a
             losse
             from
             
               Stephen
               Bathori
            
             the
             Palatine
             ,
             who
             defeated
             Pyrhus
             Bassa
             ,
             then
             wasting
             Syrmia
             ,
             and
             contented
             with
             his
             former
             Success
             ,
             
             dispatched
             a
             Chiaux
             with
             offers
             of
             Peace
             to
             the
             King
             ;
             but
             his
             Youthful
             mind
             swayed
             by
             evil
             Counsel
             and
             corrupted
             with
             the
             luxury
             of
             George
             Marquisse
             of
             Brandenburgh
             ,
             was
             debauched
             into
             that
             perfidious
             basenesse
             ,
             that
             he
             Commanded
             the
             Envoy
             to
             be
             privily
             put
             to
             Death
             at
             Tata
             ,
             and
             
             for
             the
             concealment
             of
             the
             murther
             ,
             his
             body
             to
             be
             cast
             into
             the
             Fish-pond
             .
          
           
             Solyman
             was
             then
             returned
             home
             to
             the
             Enterprize
             of
             Rhodes
             ,
             and
             Lewis
             his
             Leiutenant
             had
             had
             some
             successes
             against
             the
             Turks
             ,
             especially
             
               Christopher
               Frangepanes
            
             not
             onely
             repulsed
             them
             from
             Iaycia
             ,
             but
             beat
             them
             out
             of
             their
             Trenches
             and
             took
             their
             Camp
             ;
             as
             Tomori
             defeated
             
               Ferhates
               Begogli
            
             ,
             while
             Severinum
             was
             also
             reduced
             ;
             but
             the
             Dissentions
             and
             Divisions
             that
             arose
             in
             Hungary
             among
             the
             Nobility
             for
             the
             Title
             of
             Palatine
             ,
             between
             
               Verbeczius
               ,
               Zobius
            
             ,
             and
             their
             Party
             of
             the
             Multitude
             against
             Bathori
             legally
             so
             Created
             ;
             
             Besides
             that
             ,
             the
             Reformed
             Religion
             now
             took
             footing
             in
             this
             Kingdome
             ,
             although
             endevoured
             by
             fire
             to
             be
             suppressed
             ,
             but
             maintained
             by
             Prynius
             in
             the
             County
             of
             Bodrogh
             and
             by
             Nadanyi
             at
             Chrysus
             ;
             These
             concurrent
             mischeifs
             I
             say
             ,
             brought
             Solyman
             back
             into
             Hungary
             ,
             declaring
             his
             intention
             of
             revenge
             for
             the
             Death
             of
             his
             Messenger
             ,
             which
             sudden
             appearance
             of
             his
             caused
             much
             dread
             and
             terrour
             ,
             for
             that
             no
             present
             remedy
             could
             be
             thought
             on
             .
             Notwithstanding
             Lewis
             ,
             without
             any
             Aid
             from
             abroad
             resolved
             to
             encounter
             him
             with
             an
             Army
             of
             twenty
             four
             thousand
             men
             ,
             
             Commanded
             by
             the
             Arch-Bishop
             of
             Colocza
             ,
             and
             
               George
               Zapolianus
            
             ,
             although
             disswaded
             by
             
               Iohn
               Scepusius
            
             and
             Frangepanes
             ,
             who
             would
             have
             had
             him
             withdrawn
             his
             person
             at
             least
             ,
             which
             however
             would
             save
             the
             Kingdome
             ,
             and
             to
             have
             staid
             
             till
             he
             had
             Collected
             the
             whole
             Force
             of
             his
             Kingdome
             ;
             but
             such
             was
             his
             Heat
             and
             Temerity
             ,
             and
             the
             like
             proud
             humour
             of
             the
             Nobility
             (
             though
             it
             proved
             their
             Common
             Destruction
             )
             the
             sign
             often
             of
             a
             great
             ,
             
             but
             now
             of
             an
             unhappy
             Resolution
             ,
             that
             an
             Engagement
             ensued
             at
             Mohacz
             ,
             where
             the
             Hungarians
             were
             vanquished
             and
             put
             to
             a
             total
             rout
             .
             The
             King
             with
             his
             Prelates
             and
             Nobles
             (
             to
             whom
             it
             was
             ignominous
             to
             fly
             and
             to
             survive
             their
             Prince
             )
             being
             killed
             on
             the
             place
             .
          
           
             At
             the
             news
             of
             this
             overthrow
             Buda
             was
             abandoned
             ,
             the
             Queen
             with
             her
             best
             moveables
             flying
             to
             Presburg
             ,
             whence
             she
             retired
             to
             Charles
             the
             fifth
             ,
             her
             Brother
             ;
             who
             Deputed
             her
             to
             the
             Government
             of
             the
             Low
             Countreys
             ,
             where
             she
             presided
             thirty
             years
             ,
             and
             afterwards
             weary
             of
             the
             World
             (
             like
             him
             )
             betook
             herself
             to
             a
             Monastery
             ,
             and
             was
             joyned
             with
             him
             in
             Death
             .
             
             Solyman
             entring
             Buda
             ,
             abstained
             from
             the
             Usurpation
             of
             the
             Regality
             ,
             guessing
             that
             a
             Kingdome
             so
             slightly
             gained
             ,
             might
             as
             slightly
             be
             lost
             ;
             but
             forbore
             not
             the
             plunder
             of
             the
             Countrey
             ,
             asmuch
             as
             lyes
             betwixt
             the
             
               Balaton
               Lake
            
             ,
             the
             Danow
             ,
             and
             Tybiscus
             ,
             being
             miserably
             depopulated
             .
          
           
             As
             to
             this
             Tragedy
             ,
             and
             the
             Death
             of
             the
             King
             ,
             there
             were
             many
             things
             that
             portended
             it
             ;
             as
             that
             he
             was
             Born
             without
             any
             Skin
             ,
             which
             was
             supplied
             by
             the
             Art
             of
             the
             Physicians
             .
             Besides
             a
             Spectrum
             appeared
             before
             the
             Gate
             of
             the
             Castle
             of
             Buda
             demanding
             Conference
             
             with
             the
             King
             ,
             which
             being
             not
             much
             regarded
             ,
             vanished
             without
             any
             presage
             .
             And
             now
             when
             as
             yet
             the
             safety
             of
             the
             Kingdome
             was
             not
             dispaired
             of
             ,
             Civil
             Wars
             subserved
             Fate
             and
             helped
             on
             the
             general
             Ruine
             .
             
             The
             Supreme
             Power
             was
             unsociable
             ,
             and
             Interest
             would
             not
             be
             joyned
             by
             the
             presentnesse
             of
             the
             danger
             .
             Armies
             were
             presently
             gathered
             ,
             and
             as
             soon
             dismissed
             ;
             Fortune
             not
             admitting
             two
             to
             the
             Supremacy
             ,
             &
             while
             all
             men
             stood
             still
             at
             gaze
             ,
             the
             Enemy
             took
             advantage
             to
             disperse
             them
             .
          
        
         
           
             The
             Fourth
             BOOK
             .
          
           
             VVHile
             this
             Battel
             was
             fought
             at
             
               Mohacz
               ,
               Iohn
               Zapolyai
               Scepusius
            
             the
             Vayvod
             of
             Transylvania
             ,
             stayed
             at
             Szeged
             ,
             and
             Cajoling
             the
             remains
             of
             the
             Nobility
             ,
             came
             to
             Buda
             ,
             where
             he
             perswaded
             Perenyi
             the
             keeper
             of
             the
             Crown
             ,
             
             to
             deliver
             it
             to
             him
             (
             conferring
             upon
             him
             therefore
             the
             Praefecture
             of
             Transylvania
             )
             and
             thence
             speeded
             with
             them
             to
             
               Alba
               Regalis
            
             .
             A
             Convention
             being
             here
             held
             ,
             Verbeczius
             opened
             the
             present
             state
             of
             Affairs
             in
             favour
             of
             Iohn
             ,
             who
             was
             by
             the
             Assembly
             accepted
             and
             styled
             King
             ,
             having
             passed
             
             by
             Ferdinand
             ;
             who
             as
             well
             by
             the
             favour
             and
             good
             will
             of
             many
             ,
             as
             by
             the
             Marriage
             of
             Ann
             the
             Sister
             of
             Lewis
             ,
             had
             a
             good
             Claim
             and
             Title
             to
             the
             Kingdome
             ;
             wherefore
             Iohn
             was
             advised
             to
             begin
             the
             War
             against
             him
             ,
             but
             he
             following
             milder
             then
             safer
             Counsel
             ,
             and
             the
             opinion
             of
             Frangepanes
             ,
             dismissed
             his
             Forces
             ,
             hoping
             to
             gain
             the
             Kingdome
             by
             Largesse
             and
             Bounty
             .
          
           
             At
             the
             same
             ,
             Bathori
             the
             Palatine
             ,
             the
             perpetual
             Enemy
             of
             Iohn
             ,
             held
             a
             Convention
             at
             Presburgh
             ,
             where
             he
             maintained
             the
             Title
             of
             Ferdinand
             ,
             by
             whom
             Perenyus
             at
             the
             solicitation
             of
             Thurzo
             ,
             and
             the
             Confirmation
             of
             his
             former
             Title
             was
             brought
             over
             ,
             and
             the
             Crown
             with
             the
             other
             Royal
             Ensigns
             conveyed
             into
             his
             hands
             .
             Hereupon
             Ferdinand
             was
             Proclaimed
             and
             Inaugurated
             by
             
               Paul
               Vardanus
            
             ,
             and
             Encouragement
             given
             by
             the
             Hungarians
             readinesse
             to
             assist
             him
             .
             By
             which
             means
             Iohn
             being
             forced
             to
             withdraw
             ,
             Convocated
             his
             faithfullest
             Friends
             to
             Gubaczium
             ;
             but
             not
             judging
             it
             safest
             to
             rely
             upon
             them
             ,
             fled
             to
             Tockay
             ,
             intending
             to
             call
             the
             Janizaries
             to
             his
             Aid
             ▪
             but
             while
             that
             was
             in
             agitation
             ,
             
             Caczianerus
             an●
             Felsius
             Discomfited
             his
             Captains
             with
             a
             most
             cruel
             slaughter
             neer
             the
             same
             Town
             ,
             as
             others
             of
             his
             party
             were
             the
             second
             time
             vanquishe●
             at
             Hernad
             by
             the
             same
             Hand
             ;
             where
             the
             Camp
             Royally
             stored
             fell
             into
             the
             Victors
             hands
             ,
             so
             that
             
               Tockay
               ,
               Agria
               ,
               Hatvanum
            
             ,
             and
             all
             places
             as
             far
             as
             Buda
             acknowledged
             
             Ferdinand
             ;
             which
             mutation
             of
             affairs
             made
             Iohn
             betake
             himself
             to
             the
             Protection
             of
             
               Iohn
               Tarnovius
            
             the
             Castellan
             of
             Cracovia
             ;
             
             at
             whose
             entertainment
             of
             him
             ,
             Sigismund
             of
             Poland
             Connived
             ,
             but
             by
             no
             means
             would
             assist
             him
             with
             Men
             and
             Money
             although
             his
             Brother
             in
             law
             ,
             as
             Consciencious
             of
             that
             League
             which
             was
             between
             Ferdinand
             and
             himself
             .
             Caczinerus
             carying
             in
             the
             mean
             time
             all
             places
             before
             him
             .
          
           
             Nor
             was
             Frangepanes
             ,
             Iohn's
             firm
             Friend
             ,
             much
             more
             prosperous
             in
             Illyria
             ,
             although
             he
             made
             potent
             opposition
             and
             bestirred
             himselfe
             vigourously
             in
             his
             Cause
             ,
             for
             being
             shot
             at
             the
             siege
             of
             Varasdin
             ,
             which
             
               Paul
               Caprarius
            
             resolutely
             Defended
             ,
             he
             there
             with
             grief
             expired
             ,
             and
             left
             that
             Province
             without
             any
             further
             adoe
             ,
             in
             the
             Possession
             of
             Ferdinand
             .
             These
             lamentable
             distractions
             gave
             occasion
             to
             the
             neighbouring
             Garrisons
             of
             the
             Turks
             to
             Invade
             the
             same
             Region
             and
             besiege
             Iaycia
             ,
             which
             they
             reduced
             with
             many
             other
             places
             ;
             the
             Proprietor
             whereof
             Carlovitius
             ,
             the
             last
             of
             the
             Torquati
             ,
             dying
             at
             Medvevarium
             greatly
             enriched
             the
             Family
             of
             the
             Noble
             Serini
             .
          
           
             Iohn
             thus
             turmoiled
             and
             stript
             of
             his
             Kingdome
             ,
             
             by
             the
             mediation
             of
             Lascus
             the
             Palatine
             of
             Siradia
             proffered
             to
             joyn
             Interest
             with
             the
             Turk
             ,
             having
             used
             also
             the
             diligent
             endeavours
             of
             
               Andrew
               Griti
            
             Son
             of
             the
             Duke
             of
             Venice
             ,
             for
             the
             accomplishment
             of
             this
             Design
             ;
             a
             person
             of
             a
             narrow
             Fortune
             ,
             but
             vast
             
             hopes
             ,
             who
             between
             Flattery
             and
             Crafty
             diligence
             ,
             had
             gained
             favour
             at
             the
             Port.
             At
             his
             instance
             Solyman
             (
             ambitious
             of
             Glory
             )
             by
             Conferring
             a
             Crown
             he
             had
             won
             ,
             and
             obliging
             such
             an
             Interest
             to
             his
             Service
             ,
             
             consented
             to
             the
             assertion
             of
             Iohn's
             Quarrel
             ,
             rather
             inclined
             thereto
             by
             the
             unreasonable
             peremptorynesse
             of
             Hoberdanschus
             a
             rash
             man
             ,
             
             Ferdinand's
             Embassador
             ,
             who
             demanded
             restitution
             of
             all
             places
             ,
             even
             Belgrade
             it self
             ;
             to
             which
             Solyman
             answered
             ,
             that
             he
             would
             reply
             to
             this
             haughty
             Demand
             at
             the
             Walls
             of
             
               Vienna
               .
               Iohn
            
             was
             neverthelesse
             not
             idle
             of
             himself
             ,
             but
             having
             collected
             an
             Army
             ,
             for
             the
             furniture
             of
             which
             he
             pawned
             his
             Jewels
             ,
             appointed
             
               Simon
               Athinensis
            
             for
             his
             General
             ,
             to
             whom
             adhered
             many
             Nobles
             .
             These
             Defeated
             Liscanus
             and
             Revayus
             ,
             Ferdinand's
             Captains
             ,
             while
             Iohn
             progressing
             to
             Lippa
             ,
             met
             the
             Grand
             Seigniour
             at
             Mohacz
             ,
             who
             proceeded
             and
             came
             to
             Buda
             ,
             yeilded
             unto
             him
             by
             the
             Treachery
             of
             the
             Germans
             .
             This
             City
             the
             Turk
             put
             into
             Iohns
             possession
             ,
             who
             now
             carried
             himself
             openly
             as
             King.
             
             Strigonium
             was
             next
             yeilded
             by
             Varadanus
             commended
             to
             Iohns
             Clemency
             by
             some
             friends
             :
             And
             now
             all
             Hungary
             resounded
             with
             the
             noyse
             of
             these
             Victories
             as
             far
             as
             Vienna
             ,
             
             whither
             Solyman
             was
             come
             and
             laid
             Formall
             siege
             thereunto
             ;
             but
             by
             the
             Valour
             of
             Philip
             Count
             Palatine
             ,
             and
             Nicholas
             Count
             of
             Salms
             ,
             and
             the
             Policy
             of
             
               Ibrahim
               Bassa
            
             ,
             who
             favoured
             the
             Christians
             ,
             and
             therefore
             retarded
             the
             great
             
             Guns
             ,
             
             He
             was
             forced
             to
             rise
             after
             a
             month
             ,
             with
             the
             losse
             of
             80000
             men
             ;
             and
             thence
             (
             having
             established
             Iohn
             the
             Crown
             as
             it
             was
             carried
             up
             and
             down
             from
             its
             depository
             at
             Visigrade
             ,
             being
             taken
             with
             Perenyus
             ,
             who
             by
             the
             Hostage
             of
             his
             Son
             (
             Mahumetanized
             after
             )
             was
             hardly
             set
             at
             liberty
             :
             Solyman
             departed
             home
             )
             when
             Rogendorf
             soon
             besieged
             K.
             Iohn
             and
             Griti
             in
             Buda
             ,
             but
             they
             were
             at
             last
             relieved
             ;
             Solyman
             also
             again
             returned
             into
             Hungary
             the
             next
             year
             and
             besieged
             Guntzium
             ,
             but
             prevailed
             not
             against
             the
             Courage
             and
             resolution
             of
             the
             Governour
             :
             so
             that
             while
             he
             was
             engaged
             here
             ,
             Charles
             the
             Emperour
             ,
             and
             Ferdinand
             ,
             with
             an
             Army
             of
             130000
             men
             ,
             came
             to
             fight
             him
             ;
             but
             he
             terrified
             with
             their
             approch
             ,
             by
             two
             wayes
             ,
             hasted
             back
             again
             ,
             the
             same
             Ibrahim
             advising
             it
             for
             the
             destruction
             of
             one
             or
             both
             of
             the
             parties
             thus
             divided
             ;
             but
             Charles
             glad
             to
             see
             him
             gone
             made
             no
             use
             of
             the
             advantage
             ;
             Solyman
             left
             Casnes
             with
             15000
             Horse
             behind
             him
             to
             plunder
             the
             Confines
             of
             Germany
             ,
             but
             Frederick
             Count
             Palatine
             ,
             General
             of
             the
             Ayds
             of
             the
             Empire
             ,
             met
             him
             ,
             and
             put
             every
             man
             of
             them
             to
             the
             Sword.
             
          
           
             After
             this
             inglorious
             Retreat
             ,
             K.
             Iohn
             ,
             whether
             indeed
             a
             Christian
             ,
             or
             awed
             by
             fear
             perceiving
             the
             Potency
             of
             Ferdinand
             ,
             by
             Lascus
             besought
             his
             Peace
             ,
             which
             was
             suspended
             by
             a
             present
             Truce
             .
             The
             Commissioners
             of
             the
             two
             Kings
             (
             to
             ascertain
             the
             Limits
             of
             their
             Dominions
             )
             met
             at
             Strigonium
             ,
             which
             Town
             was
             sequestred
             
             into
             the
             hands
             of
             the
             King
             of
             Poland
             ,
             and
             Frederick
             of
             Saxony
             .
             
             This
             good
             work
             took
             its
             desired
             effect
             ,
             while
             new
             storms
             arose
             in
             Hungary
             about
             establishing
             a
             person
             in
             the
             place
             of
             the
             Palatine
             Banfi
             newly
             Deceased
             ,
             which
             Dignity
             under
             the
             Title
             of
             Governour
             by
             the
             advice
             of
             Lascus
             to
             K.
             Iohn
             ,
             was
             conferred
             on
             Griti
             ,
             who
             with
             great
             Largesses
             had
             scrued
             himself
             into
             the
             Esteem
             of
             the
             People
             ;
             but
             was
             so
             hateful
             to
             the
             Nobles
             ,
             and
             he
             Consciously
             obnoxious
             to
             them
             ,
             that
             by
             several
             Artifices
             he
             made
             the
             cheif
             of
             them
             away
             .
             Whereupon
             he
             returned
             to
             Constantinople
             in
             hast
             ,
             
             upon
             pretence
             of
             making
             way
             to
             a
             Peace
             there
             ,
             where
             his
             practises
             and
             concealed
             reserved
             designs
             ,
             peices
             of
             which
             he
             had
             brokenly
             imparted
             ,
             rendred
             him
             suspect
             to
             Iohn
             for
             his
             intimacy
             with
             the
             Divan
             .
             In
             the
             mean
             while
             Solyman
             incited
             by
             his
             Dreams
             to
             an
             Expedition
             against
             the
             Persians
             ,
             dispatcht
             away
             a
             Chiaux
             with
             the
             heads
             of
             the
             Peace
             ,
             
             which
             were
             ,
             That
             Clement
             
               the
               Pope
               should
               be
               his
               Father
            
             ;
             Charles
             and
             Ferdinand
             
               his
               Brothers
            
             ;
             John
             
               shall
               stand
               to
               equal
               Conditions
            
             ,
             Corone
             ,
             Bala
             ,
             and
             Badra
             ,
             
               taken
               by
               the
               Valour
               of
            
             Andrew
             Doria
             ,
             
               shall
               be
               recompensed
               to
            
             Charl●●
             
               by
               other
               places
            
             .
             But
             while
             the
             Emperour
             delayed
             to
             render
             those
             Towns
             ,
             a
             most
             ignominious
             Discomfiture
             of
             the
             Coronenses
             by
             Cayr●dine
             the
             Turks
             Admirall
             ,
             broke
             off
             the
             frustrated
             League
             ;
             and
             so
             that
             agreement
             which
             might
             have
             been
             easily
             purchased
             ,
             rose
             to
             the
             price
             of
             the
             ruine
             of
             Hungary
             .
          
           
           
             Griti
             was
             come
             back
             to
             Transalpina
             by
             Selistria
             accompanyed
             with
             3000.
             
             Men
             ,
             
             and
             every
             where
             proclaimed
             his
             Title
             of
             Governour
             ,
             vapouring
             of
             his
             Vertues
             which
             from
             a
             private
             Person
             had
             raised
             him
             to
             a
             Prince
             ,
             and
             that
             to
             make
             Peace
             betwixt
             Emperours
             ,
             could
             be
             nothing
             less
             than
             a
             Divine
             and
             immortal
             action
             .
             As
             he
             passed
             the
             Alps
             at
             Corona
             ,
             he
             was
             accosted
             by
             Lascus
             with
             additional
             forces
             out
             of
             Podolia
             ,
             by
             whose
             assertion
             he
             was
             every
             where
             acknowledged
             as
             Governour
             .
             Invested
             with
             this
             force
             &
             Power
             he
             sent
             for
             Cibacus
             ,
             who
             was
             one
             of
             those
             Nobles
             that
             had
             disallowed
             his
             Title
             ,
             as
             vain
             and
             injurious
             while
             the
             K.
             was
             living
             ;
             who
             being
             betrayed
             by
             his
             Servant
             (
             corrupted
             by
             one
             Docius
             an
             Instrument
             of
             
             Griti's
             by
             a
             silver
             Cup
             ,
             the
             reward
             of
             his
             Treason
             ,
             
             who
             told
             him
             there
             was
             no
             danger
             if
             he
             went
             )
             npon
             his
             arrival
             the
             same
             night
             ,
             as
             he
             was
             fast
             asleep
             in
             his
             Tent
             ,
             had
             his
             Head
             severed
             from
             his
             Body
             ,
             aud
             carried
             to
             Griti
             to
             feed
             and
             satisfie
             his
             most
             Bloody
             and
             scelerate
             Revenge
             .
             But
             Divine
             Justice
             was
             not
             far
             behind
             ,
             for
             
               Stephen
               Maylat
            
             ,
             and
             other
             Noblemen
             ,
             within
             eight
             dayes
             raising
             an
             Army
             of
             Sixty
             thousand
             Men
             ,
             pursued
             Griti
             ,
             who
             conscious
             of
             his
             Vilanies
             and
             his
             Usurped
             rackt
             Authority
             ,
             was
             upon
             the
             first
             news
             of
             their
             Arming
             fled
             to
             Meggyesium
             ,
             where
             by
             the
             defection
             of
             the
             Townsmen
             ,
             the
             Turks
             that
             were
             with
             him
             were
             all
             put
             to
             the
             Sword
             ;
             his
             Agent
             Docius
             Executed
             by
             the
             Axe
             ,
             and
             Griti
             
             in
             his
             intended
             Escape
             taken
             by
             the
             Valachians
             ,
             and
             offered
             by
             them
             as
             a
             Victime
             to
             the
             Ghost
             of
             Cibacus
             .
          
           
             King
             Iohn
             being
             required
             by
             Solyman
             to
             Aid
             Griti
             ,
             
             was
             nothing
             troubled
             when
             he
             heard
             of
             the
             news
             of
             this
             his
             Rivals
             Death
             ;
             for
             
             Griti's
             Design
             and
             last
             intendment
             was
             his
             Substitution
             to
             the
             Crown
             of
             Hungary
             .
             He
             likewise
             for
             better
             security
             of
             the
             Peace
             ,
             Imprisoned
             Lascus
             ,
             but
             put
             in
             mind
             of
             his
             former
             good
             Offices
             converted
             his
             restraint
             into
             Banishment
             .
             And
             here
             followed
             a
             Rupture
             between
             Iohn
             and
             
               Ferdinand
               ,
               Leonard
               Cackei
            
             delivering
             Cassovia
             in
             the
             
               Upper
               Hungary
            
             which
             was
             assigned
             to
             Ferdinand
             ,
             to
             King
             Iohn
             ;
             to
             requite
             which
             losse
             ,
             the
             German
             attempted
             Transylvania
             ;
             the
             Szekelii
             ,
             the
             reliques
             of
             the
             old
             Huns
             ,
             and
             the
             *
             Szaszii
             ,
             a
             Colony
             of
             the
             Saxons
             ,
             Seated
             in
             a
             Province
             of
             that
             Principality
             ,
             being
             prone
             to
             Revolt
             from
             the
             H●ngarian
             .
             But
             when
             the
             Governours
             Nyari
             and
             Bamfi
             by
             their
             plundering
             of
             Sacmar
             ,
             had
             discovered
             the
             Conspiracy
             ,
             the
             Design
             came
             to
             nothing
             and
             Iohn
             soon
             recovered
             that
             Town
             ,
             with
             the
             losse
             o●
             
               Gothard
               Kunus
            
             his
             fast
             Friend
             ,
             and
             a
             Tame
             white
             Hart
             which
             (
             like
             Sertorius
             )
             he
             had
             alwayes
             in
             his
             Company
             ;
             the
             Death
             of
             whom
             made
             him
             so
             furiously
             revengeful
             ,
             that
             he
             put
             all
             the
             Prisoners
             to
             the
             Sword
             :
             while
             
               Felsius
               ,
               Ferdinand's
            
             General
             ,
             successfully
             proceeded
             ,
             and
             threatned
             Cassovia
             ;
             to
             secure
             which
             Iohn
             dispatcht
             away
             
               George
               Monachus
               ,
               Peter
               Perenes
            
             ,
             
             and
             
               Francis
               Debecus
            
             ,
             with
             equal
             power
             and
             Commission
             ,
             whom
             Felsius
             by
             Delayes
             (
             which
             begat
             a
             Discord
             between
             the
             Captains
             as
             is
             natural
             in
             Competitions
             )
             so
             necessitated
             ,
             
             that
             forced
             to
             retire
             ,
             he
             advantagiously
             set
             upon
             them
             ,
             killing
             some
             and
             driving
             other
             some
             into
             the
             River
             Tybiscus
             ,
             aad
             together
             surprized
             Tokay
             .
             That
             he
             gained
             not
             Cassovia
             ,
             the
             Peace
             struck
             up
             at
             Vaccia
             was
             the
             onely
             hinderance
             ,
             whereby
             both
             Kings
             were
             to
             hold
             what
             they
             then
             had
             in
             possession
             ;
             the
             Issue
             of
             Iohn
             to
             enjoy
             Transylvania
             ,
             
             Opulia
             ,
             and
             Ratibor
             ;
             the
             League
             to
             be
             Offensive
             and
             Defensive
             ,
             the
             one's
             Enemies
             to
             be
             the
             others
             ,
             and
             so
             contrarily
             ,
             and
             to
             be
             obliged
             in
             the
             prosecution
             of
             one
             anothers
             Designs
             ;
             so
             that
             the
             Peace
             with
             the
             Turk
             was
             as
             good
             as
             broken
             ,
             or
             not
             at
             all
             regarded
             .
          
           
             Hereupon
             Ferdinand
             to
             represse
             the
             incursions
             of
             Mahomet
             Bassa
             of
             Belgrade
             (
             who
             had
             taken
             
               Posegum
               ,
               Boczo
            
             ,
             and
             Beriszlone
             in
             Sclavonia
             ,
             and
             designing
             the
             Siege
             of
             Clissia
             ,
             had
             erected
             two
             Castles
             at
             Salonas
             for
             obstruction
             of
             relief
             )
             sent
             away
             
               Peter
               Crusitius
            
             into
             Dalmatia
             ,
             and
             Cackzianerus
             to
             
               Posega
               .
               Peter
            
             was
             so
             fear
             stricken
             with
             
               Amurath
               Verbosanus
            
             ,
             that
             many
             of
             his
             men
             dyed
             with
             meer
             apprehension
             of
             the
             danger
             :
             
             nor
             did
             Cackzianerus
             come
             off
             much
             more
             gloriously
             ,
             being
             accompanied
             with
             
               Lodowick
               Pecri
               ,
               Lodronius
               ,
               Albert
               Sliccus
               ,
               Lodowick
               Rhaetus
               ,
               Iohn
               Ungnadius
               ,
               Bakitius
               ,
            
             and
             other
             Commanders
             ,
             with
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             8000
             Horse
             ,
             and
             16000
             Foot
             ,
             all
             which
             he
             led
             to
             Destruction
             .
             He
             was
             come
             as
             far
             as
             Valpone
             ,
             and
             had
             laid
             Seige
             to
             Essecum
             ,
             not
             aware
             that
             he
             was
             included
             betwixt
             Posega
             the
             Enemies
             Garrison
             ,
             and
             the
             Danow
             ,
             when
             
               Mahomet
               ,
               Amurath
            
             ,
             and
             Cassonus
             ,
             guessing
             rightly
             that
             they
             were
             distressed
             for
             Victual
             ,
             invented
             a
             new
             way
             of
             Victory
             without
             fighting
             .
             For
             when
             Cackzianerus
             perceived
             that
             neither
             the
             Governour
             of
             Zagrabia
             ,
             no●
             the
             spoil
             of
             Herman
             Castle
             could
             afford
             a
             competence
             of
             victual
             ,
             he
             resolved
             to
             retreat
             to
             Valpone
             ,
             in
             which
             march
             the
             way
             being
             before
             laid
             ,
             and
             passes
             made
             good
             against
             him
             ,
             he
             was
             set
             upon
             by
             the
             
               Turks
               ;
               Bakitius
            
             was
             killed
             in
             the
             Streights
             ,
             others
             pined
             with
             hunger
             ,
             were
             wholly
             consternated
             .
             
               Cackzianerus
               ,
               Pecri
            
             ,
             and
             Vnguadius
             ,
             as
             a
             most
             shameful
             example
             ,
             first
             flying
             away
             ;
             
             Lodronius
             onely
             stood
             bravely
             to
             it
             ,
             and
             fought
             to
             the
             last
             man
             ;
             the
             rest
             having
             no
             Commanders
             ,
             either
             confused
             or
             pent
             up
             in
             narrow
             places
             ,
             were
             slain
             or
             taken
             Prisoners
             ,
             the
             Camp
             and
             the
             Kings
             great
             Guns
             falling
             likewise
             into
             the
             possession
             of
             the
             Enemy
             .
          
           
             This
             unhappy
             Encounter
             and
             a
             designed
             Revolt
             thereupon
             stood
             Cackzianerus
             at
             the
             price
             of
             his
             Head
             ;
             for
             with
             the
             same
             successe
             Mahomet
             and
             Amurath
             ,
             took
             in
             
               Dubicia
               ,
               Iassenocium
            
             ,
             and
             Soboczia
             ,
             and
             brought
             a
             great
             dread
             upon
             both
             Kings
             ,
             besides
             that
             Solyman
             exasperated
             against
             Peter
             the
             cruel
             and
             feral
             Vaivod
             of
             Moldavia
             ,
             had
             at
             the
             same
             time
             by
             his
             arms
             
             substituted
             his
             Brother
             Stephen
             in
             his
             place
             ,
             Peter
             being
             fled
             to
             Csikium
             in
             Transylvani●
             .
             Hereupon
             Ferdinand
             and
             Iohn
             joyned
             ●orces
             ,
             the
             Germans
             amounting
             to
             50
             ,
             and
             the
             Hungarians
             to
             30
             thousand
             men
             ;
             at
             the
             news
             whereof
             ,
             Solyman
             by
             Letters
             upbraided
             Iohn
             with
             his
             perfidie
             ,
             
             and
             Arms
             taken
             against
             him
             his
             Father
             ,
             and
             so
             known
             a
             Benefactor
             ;
             that
             he
             had
             aggravated
             his
             Defection
             by
             a
             War
             ,
             and
             multiplied
             one
             wickednesse
             by
             another
             ;
             on
             the
             other
             side
             Iohn
             partly
             by
             words
             ,
             and
             partly
             by
             gifts
             ,
             endevoured
             to
             excuse
             the
             fact
             ,
             conscious
             to
             himself
             also
             of
             the
             slaughter
             of
             Griti
             ,
             although
             not
             yet
             charged
             to
             him
             .
             
             He
             pretended
             that
             he
             took
             Arms
             only
             to
             assist
             him
             his
             patron
             against
             Peter
             ,
             who●
             he
             had
             besieged
             in
             Csikium
             ,
             and
             to
             make
             good
             this
             particular
             d●d
             upon
             the
             surrender
             send
             him
             Prisoner
             ,
             to
             pacifie
             Solyman
             ,
             to
             Constantinople
          
           
             Yet
             was
             not
             Moldavia
             thus
             setled
             ,
             for
             Stephen
             being
             a
             like
             Tyrannical
             was
             destroyed
             by
             a
             Conspiracy
             ,
             and
             one
             Alexius
             the
             Son
             of
             Elias
             ,
             formerly
             Prince
             ,
             was
             inducted
             in
             his
             place
             ,
             but
             he
             out
             of
             Fear
             of
             the
             Turks
             ,
             intending
             a
             revolt
             to
             Ferdinand
             ,
             was
             driven
             out
             by
             Peter
             ,
             now
             restored
             again
             by
             Solyman
             to
             his
             former
             Dignity
             ,
             who
             being
             more
             sanguinous
             then
             before
             (
             punishing
             and
             torturing
             his
             innocent
             Subjects
             ,
             preventionally
             by
             the
             direction
             of
             this
             Politique
             ,
             that
             no
             wise
             Prince
             afflicts
             his
             People
             because
             they
             have
             ,
             but
             because
             they
             should
             not
             offend
             )
             His
             savage
             Government
             
             lasted
             not
             long
             ,
             being
             succeeded
             therein
             by
             Alexander
             .
          
           
             About
             the
             same
             time
             King
             Iohn
             married
             Isabel
             Daughter
             of
             the
             King
             of
             Poland
             ,
             
             but
             while
             he
             mancipated
             himself
             to
             the
             pleasures
             of
             her
             bed
             ,
             
               Stephen
               Maylat
            
             ,
             and
             Balassi
             ,
             Governours
             of
             Dacia
             ,
             quitted
             their
             Allegiance
             ,
             and
             revolted
             to
             Ferdinand
             ,
             whom
             notwithstanding
             ,
             by
             the
             sudden
             assistance
             of
             
               Valentinus
               Tercock
            
             ,
             he
             so
             quickly
             reduced
             ,
             that
             they
             seemed
             to
             be
             engaged
             in
             the
             Plot
             ,
             and
             the
             defeat
             of
             it
             at
             the
             same
             instant
             .
             He
             dispossessed
             Balassius
             of
             several
             Castles
             ,
             but
             at
             this
             supplication
             gave
             him
             his
             Life
             ;
             for
             either
             revenge
             or
             oblivion
             follow
             punishment
             ,
             and
             he
             that
             spares
             and
             is
             merciful
             ,
             shews
             not
             only
             his
             Clemency
             ,
             but
             confirms
             His
             Dominion
             :
             He
             besieged
             also
             Forgarasse
             a
             Castle
             of
             Maylats
             ,
             
             but
             being
             taken
             with
             a
             pain
             in
             his
             head
             ,
             and
             gtown
             frantick
             therewith
             ,
             at
             a
             Town
             called
             
               Szar
               Sebessum
            
             ,
             he
             died
             suddenly
             ,
             having
             just
             before
             solemnized
             the
             Birth-day
             of
             his
             onely
             Son
             
               Iohn
               Sigismund
            
             .
          
           
             The
             civil
             War
             which
             had
             been
             laid
             by
             the
             intervention
             of
             Treaties
             ,
             now
             by
             the
             death
             of
             one
             of
             the
             Treating
             parties
             broke
             out
             again
             ;
             Essecius
             and
             Verbeczius
             the
             Administrators
             ,
             having
             recommended
             their
             Pupil
             to
             the
             Tuition
             and
             Guardianship
             of
             Solyman
             ,
             
             brought
             forth
             a
             Banner
             ,
             the
             Staff
             of
             Honour
             ,
             and
             Scymitar
             ,
             the
             Ensignes
             of
             his
             Investiture
             in
             the
             Kingdome
             ,
             when
             they
             were
             indeed
             the
             Badges
             
             of
             Slavery
             ,
             and
             so
             counted
             and
             derided
             by
             other
             men
             .
             As
             to
             Ferdinand
             ,
             he
             now
             thought
             it
             seasonable
             ,
             while
             yet
             the
             Peace
             was
             observed
             ,
             by
             his
             Ambassadors
             and
             Heraulds
             to
             try
             the
             mind
             of
             the
             Turk
             and
             the
             Queen
             ,
             willing
             rather
             to
             reduce
             the
             Kingdom
             by
             fair
             means
             ,
             than
             by
             blood-shed
             and
             War.
             
             But
             understanding
             that
             Lascus
             his
             Orator
             with
             Solyman
             ,
             was
             by
             him
             Imprisoned
             ,
             and
             nothing
             to
             be
             effected
             there
             ,
             and
             that
             the
             Count
             of
             Salms
             was
             meerly
             delayed
             by
             Isabel
             the
             Queen
             ,
             he
             proceeded
             to
             open
             Hostility
             ,
             
               Leonard
               Felsius
            
             his
             General
             reducing
             
               Vissegrade
               ,
               Vaccia
            
             ,
             and
             Pesth
             ;
             but
             his
             attempt
             upon
             Buda
             (
             the
             discord
             arisen
             between
             his
             Germans
             and
             Hungarians
             ,
             and
             their
             private
             Conferences
             with
             their
             Country-men
             )
             unluckily
             disappoynted
             .
             More
             effectual
             was
             the
             Eloquence
             of
             Perenyus
             ,
             who
             being
             brought
             over
             to
             
             Ferdinand's
             side
             by
             Szegessus
             his
             Ambassador
             at
             the
             Wedding
             of
             King
             Iohn
             ,
             where
             he
             set
             forth
             the
             Power
             and
             Fortune
             of
             Charles
             the
             Emperour
             ,
             now
             carried
             with
             him
             
               Alba
               Regalis
            
             to
             the
             German
             party
             .
          
           
             Nor
             was
             the
             Turk
             lesse
             active
             and
             stirring
             ,
             
               Mahomet
               ,
               Amurath
            
             ,
             and
             Usref
             ,
             coming
             in
             the
             depth
             of
             Winter
             to
             the
             Assistance
             of
             
               George
               Mona●hus
            
             (
             who
             from
             the
             King's
             Fire-maker
             or
             ●eweller
             ,
             was
             advanced
             to
             the
             highest
             Dignities
             )
             and
             
               Peter
               Petrovitius
            
             (
             assigned
             Guardians
             by
             the
             Testament
             of
             Iohn
             to
             his
             Son
             Sigismund
             )
             and
             presently
             attaqued
             Pesth
             ;
             but
             by
             the
             Valour
             of
             
               Fotiscus
               ▪
            
             and
             Speciacassius
             ,
             
             whose
             vigorous
             Salleys
             the
             Turkish
             Camp
             could
             not
             endure
             ,
             they
             were
             repelled
             with
             great
             Losse
             .
             This
             so
             encouraged
             Ferdinand
             that
             Rogendorf
             was
             sent
             to
             besiege
             Buda
             ,
             
             which
             Monachus
             and
             his
             adherents
             had
             re-fortified
             and
             made
             good
             the
             Walls
             and
             Bulwarks
             with
             needful
             reparations
             ,
             and
             now
             Countermined
             the
             besiegers
             ,
             when
             
               Thomas
               Bornemisza
            
             the
             Provost
             of
             the
             Town
             ,
             and
             
               Peter
               Palcianus
            
             proffered
             to
             deliver
             it
             to
             
               Revayus
               ▪
            
             the
             time
             and
             place
             appointed
             ,
             none
             but
             Hungarians
             for
             the
             better
             concealing
             the
             Designe
             to
             be
             engaged
             in
             it
             .
             All
             things
             thus
             fairly
             laid
             ,
             and
             the
             General
             cocksure
             of
             the
             Town
             ,
             Fortune
             shewed
             him
             what
             presumption
             and
             mistrust
             can
             do
             in
             the
             juncture
             of
             the
             greatest
             Military
             Affairs
             ▪
             For
             he
             diffident
             of
             the
             Hungarians
             ,
             and
             relying
             upon
             the
             constancy
             of
             the
             Germans
             ,
             a●
             the
             hour
             and
             place
             agreed
             on
             ,
             clapt
             them
             into
             the
             City
             ,
             who
             being
             betrayed
             by
             their
             Tongue
             ,
             were
             fallen
             upon
             by
             those
             who
             would
             have
             been
             their
             friends
             in
             Peace
             ;
             
             &
             so
             numbers
             of
             them
             slain
             ,
             and
             the
             rest
             repulsed
             .
             Nor
             did
             their
             ill
             fortune
             stay
             here
             ,
             for
             Mahomet
             and
             Ulumas
             Bassa
             of
             ●osnia
             ,
             after
             a
             Naval
             Encounter
             ,
             while
             he
             loytered
             before
             Buda
             ,
             landed
             upon
             him
             and
             over-threw
             his
             Army
             ,
             when
             Specia●acassius
             from
             Pesth
             fell
             upon
             the
             Victors
             ,
             and
             abated
             the
             dishonour
             of
             the
             Day
             by
             a
             like
             slaughter
             and
             terrour
             brought
             upon
             the
             Enemy
             ,
             but
             yet
             so
             that
             the
             fame
             of
             Solyman
             arrogated
             to
             it self
             the
             Victory
             ;
             for
             that
             Rogendorf
             wounded
             
             with
             a
             Pole
             and
             flying
             for
             fear
             ,
             died
             with
             grief
             and
             heartlesse
             ;
             his
             Fleet
             made
             shift
             to
             escape
             ,
             but
             his
             Land
             Forces
             were
             wholly
             lost
             .
          
           
             Solyman
             was
             now
             in
             person
             again
             in
             Hungary
             ,
             
             &
             as
             a
             token
             of
             his
             affection
             to
             the
             young
             King
             ,
             presented
             his
             Mother
             with
             a
             Babylonish
             Garment
             ,
             and
             Jewells
             of
             inestimable
             value
             ,
             as
             he
             did
             her
             Son
             with
             Horses
             richly
             Trapped
             ,
             desiring
             him
             to
             be
             brought
             into
             his
             Camp
             ,
             which
             request
             was
             observed
             as
             a
             Command
             :
             whither
             being
             come
             ,
             
               Valentinus
               Tercock
            
             one
             of
             his
             prime
             Councellors
             ,
             a
             man
             of
             a
             various
             and
             inconstant
             mind
             ,
             
             was
             secured
             ;
             the
             Child
             and
             the
             rest
             of
             his
             retinue
             was
             returned
             to
             his
             Mother
             .
             Verbeczius
             Authour
             of
             this
             Counsel
             of
             
             Solyman's
             Protection
             ,
             survived
             not
             long
             after
             ,
             but
             troubled
             in
             Conscience
             with
             the
             evil
             thereof
             ,
             gave
             notable
             proof
             of
             his
             hearty
             repentance
             .
             In
             conclusion
             ,
             Solyman
             by
             an
             Instrument
             conferred
             
               Transylvania
               ,
               Lippa
            
             ,
             and
             Temeswar
             ,
             to
             the
             Queen
             and
             his
             Pupil
             ;
             when
             he
             swore
             by
             God
             ,
             Mahomet
             ,
             his
             own
             Head
             and
             Sword
             ,
             that
             he
             would
             render
             Buda
             to
             the
             Young
             Prince
             ;
             in
             which
             City
             he
             now
             placed
             
               Solyman
               Bassa
            
             for
             Governour
             in
             his
             own
             Right
             and
             Title
             .
          
           
             The
             Queen
             guided
             by
             the
             necessity
             of
             the
             Times
             ,
             
             or
             afraid
             to
             dispute
             the
             businesse
             ,
             accepted
             of
             the
             Conditions
             and
             quitted
             Buda
             ,
             ever
             since
             remaining
             in
             the
             Turkish
             power
             ,
             as
             the
             Metrapolis
             of
             what
             they
             hold
             in
             Hungary
             ,
             where
             Solyman
             gave
             Audience
             to
             the
             Counts
             of
             Salms
             ,
             &
             Herbensteyn
             ,
             Ferdinand's
             Ambassadors
             ,
             
             of
             whom
             he
             insolently
             ,
             demanded
             ,
             that
             their
             Master
             should
             presently
             yeild
             Hungary
             to
             him
             as
             his
             Benefactour
             ,
             
             and
             pay
             him
             a
             Tribute
             for
             Austria
             .
             It
             was
             bootlesse
             to
             make
             any
             reply
             to
             ●uch
             a
             formidable
             Neighbour
             ,
             for
             that
             the
             Hungarians
             being
             deceived
             with
             this
             ostentation
             and
             Shew
             of
             their
             King
             ,
             and
             by
             their
             own
             means
             disabled
             from
             resistance
             ,
             were
             not
             to
             be
             considered
             or
             relyed
             upon
             .
             The
             Policy
             of
             Solyman
             being
             herein
             agreeable
             to
             that
             of
             other
             Potentates
             ;
             who
             to
             dissolve
             the
             present
             State
             ,
             pretend
             the
             Interest
             of
             the
             natural
             and
             rightful
             Princes
             ,
             not
             that
             they
             should
             Govern
             or
             have
             any
             Authority
             ;
             but
             themselves
             having
             once
             gained
             the
             People
             by
             such
             Arts
             ,
             make
             not
             nice
             to
             retain
             them
             in
             subjection
             by
             the
             extremest
             rigour
             and
             Violence
             ,
             as
             having
             a
             pretended
             good
             Right
             by
             their
             former
             voluntary
             Complyance
             and
             addresse
             to
             their
             auxiliary
             Arms.
             
          
           
             The
             losse
             of
             Buda
             put
             all
             Germany
             into
             a
             Trepidation
             as
             apprehending
             the
             vicinity
             of
             the
             danger
             .
             
             At
             Spire
             and
             Ratisbone
             ,
             two
             Aids
             were
             readily
             decreed
             ;
             Maurice
             the
             young
             Duke
             of
             Saxony
             ,
             offering
             his
             Service
             with
             some
             voluntier
             Troops
             at
             his
             own
             Charge
             and
             raising
             :
             Perenyus
             had
             got
             together
             Fifteen
             thousand
             Hungarians
             ;
             and
             Paul
             the
             third
             ,
             sent
             Three
             thousand
             Men
             under
             the
             Command
             of
             Medigius
             afterward
             Pope
             Pius
             the
             fifth
             ,
             and
             
               Alexander
               Vitellius
            
             .
             Nor
             were
             
             Ferdinand's
             Forces
             of
             his
             own
             levying
             fewer
             in
             number
             ;
             
             Ioachim
             of
             Brandenburg
             being
             Constituted
             Generalissimo
             .
             This
             was
             in
             the
             Year
             of
             our
             Lord
             1542.
             
             when
             Solyman
             by
             his
             Generals
             
               Ulumas
               ,
               Amurath
            
             and
             others
             ,
             timely
             opposed
             his
             Arms.
             Pesth
             was
             the
             first
             place
             of
             Encounter
             ,
             which
             Vitellius
             ,
             &
             
               Sforza
               Palavicinus
            
             having
             besieged
             by
             a
             Stratagem
             of
             a
             sudden
             flight
             thence
             ,
             the
             Turks
             were
             brought
             by
             the
             ambuscadoes
             of
             Perenyus
             ,
             into
             an
             inclosure
             .
             Here
             the
             Turks
             desperation
             show'd
             its
             victorious
             Effect
             ,
             though
             repressed
             by
             Maurice
             ,
             and
             the
             Courage
             of
             Count
             Nicholas
             Serini's
             Men
             ▪
             Pesth
             was
             hereupon
             reattempted
             ,
             &
             upon
             the
             point
             of
             Surrender
             when
             the
             Germans
             failed
             Vitellius
             ;
             and
             through
             the
             ill
             Conduct
             ,
             or
             faint-heartednesse
             of
             Ioachim
             were
             upon
             their
             retreat
             and
             departure
             .
             Perenyus
             was
             at
             the
             same
             time
             secured
             in
             Neustria
             ,
             as
             well
             for
             his
             present
             ambition
             upon
             the
             Crown
             ,
             as
             his
             former
             designs
             of
             revolting
             to
             the
             Enemy
             .
          
           
             This
             Enterprize
             upon
             
               Pesth
               ,
               Solyman
            
             vowed
             to
             revenge
             ;
             to
             gratifie
             which
             ,
             his
             Chief
             Commanders
             resolutely
             took
             in
             several
             Towns
             ,
             
             and
             among
             other
             Prisoners
             upon
             Surrender
             ,
             at
             the
             delivery
             of
             
               Nana
               ,
               Moreus
            
             the
             great
             Bandit
             ,
             who
             to
             save
             his
             life
             renounced
             his
             Religion
             .
             Other
             places
             ,
             particularly
             Valpone
             ,
             bravely
             Defended
             by
             
               Michael
               Archius
            
             against
             his
             said
             Generals
             ,
             he
             in
             person
             reduced
             ,
             as
             he
             did
             also
             
               Quinque
               Ecclesiae
            
             or
             5
             
               Kerchen
               ,
               Socklosiae
            
             ,
             and
             Strigonium
             ;
             
             although
             such
             was
             the
             presumptuous
             Confidence
             of
             Lascanus
             ,
             and
             Salamanca
             
             two
             Spaniards
             ,
             the
             Governours
             thereof
             ,
             that
             they
             defied
             the
             joynt
             Force
             of
             both
             Emperours
             Armies
             ,
             if
             engaged
             against
             the
             Town
             ;
             but
             their
             brag
             and
             vapour
             was
             well
             recompensed
             by
             Solyman
             ,
             who
             kept
             his
             word
             of
             quarter
             for
             Life
             ,
             no
             more
             than
             they
             did
             their
             duty
             and
             Courage
             .
             
             Tata
             was
             next
             taken
             ,
             and
             
               Alba
               Regalis
            
             ,
             a
             very
             Defensible
             place
             ,
             as
             standing
             in
             a
             Morasse
             ,
             and
             sacred
             for
             the
             Sepultures
             of
             the
             Kings
             of
             Hungary
             ,
             which
             should
             have
             spirited
             the
             Garrison
             ;
             but
             by
             the
             Death
             of
             Varcocius
             the
             Governour
             and
             the
             firing
             of
             the
             Suburbs
             ,
             which
             against
             his
             advice
             were
             left
             standing
             to
             the
             Enemies
             advantage
             ,
             it
             came
             by
             storm
             &
             the
             pressing
             of
             the
             Turks
             upon
             the
             Christians
             flying
             out
             of
             the
             said
             Suburbs
             into
             the
             City
             ,
             into
             his
             hands
             :
             Most
             of
             the
             Souldiers
             escaped
             over
             the
             Bogs
             :
             to
             the
             Burghers
             he
             shewed
             himself
             a
             fair
             and
             benign
             Conquerour
             :
             ;
             while
             Ferdinand
             was
             employed
             among
             the
             Marcomanni
             in
             raising
             of
             new
             Levies
             ,
             a
             too
             late
             remedy
             to
             the
             bad
             estate
             of
             his
             Affairs
             .
          
           
             And
             as
             if
             this
             had
             been
             the
             destined
             period
             of
             the
             Kingdome
             ,
             
             
               Mahomet
               Iahiogli
            
             the
             Bassa
             of
             Buda
             ,
             and
             Ussan
             of
             Strigonium
             ,
             having
             distressed
             Visigrade
             for
             want
             of
             water
             ,
             took
             in
             that
             town
             with
             many
             other
             places
             ,
             which
             tired
             out
             with
             the
             Calamity
             of
             the
             War
             ,
             received
             the
             Turkish
             Yoke
             ,
             as
             did
             several
             places
             in
             Illyria
             from
             Ulamas
             enforced
             by
             the
             same
             Bassa
             ,
             and
             the
             rather
             for
             that
             Ferdinand
             had
             displaced
             
               Peter
               Keglevitius
            
             the
             Governour
             .
             In
             whose
             
             room
             Count
             Serini
             was
             deputed
             as
             Bildensteyu
             for
             Styria
             ,
             both
             of
             whom
             at
             the
             Plain
             of
             Selnicia
             mee●ing
             with
             the
             Van
             of
             the
             Turks
             ,
             had
             terms
             of
             a
             Truce
             offered
             them
             ,
             and
             agreed
             ;
             but
             Ulumas
             coming
             in
             the
             very
             Juncture
             ,
             the
             Enemy
             took
             heart
             and
             treacherously
             Engaged
             them
             .
             
             Serini
             fled
             to
             
               Conscha
               ,
               Bildensteyn
            
             in
             danger
             of
             drowning
             in
             his
             flight
             ,
             was
             preserved
             by
             the
             Gallantry
             and
             Valour
             of
             
               Stephen
               Balletitius
            
             .
             This
             Losse
             was
             recompensed
             by
             the
             Defeat
             of
             the
             Garrison
             Forces
             of
             Strigonium
             ,
             under
             Cufates
             and
             Nasuff
             their
             Colonels
             ,
             who
             having
             taken
             Leva
             (
             the
             Castle
             being
             yet
             notably
             maintained
             by
             
               Melchior
               Balassi
            
             )
             in
             the
             arrogance
             of
             their
             Victory
             were
             set
             upon
             by
             Nyari
             and
             put
             to
             the
             slaughter
             ,
             a
             number
             of
             Captives
             being
             thereby
             also
             redeemed
             out
             of
             their
             hands
             .
          
           
             Yet
             by
             this
             never
             so
             unequal
             Ballance
             of
             affairs
             ,
             
             did
             Ferdinand
             obtain
             a
             Peace
             of
             Solyman
             ,
             being
             intent
             upon
             a
             more
             unjust
             design
             ,
             byassed
             thereto
             by
             the
             Court
             of
             Rome
             :
             For
             he
             was
             now
             Famous
             for
             the
             Smalchaldick
             war
             ,
             which
             he
             managed
             with
             great
             renown
             to
             his
             Vertues
             ,
             by
             which
             he
             highly
             obliged
             those
             persons
             that
             suffered
             by
             the
             Council
             of
             
             Trent's
             peremptory
             Decrees
             ,
             and
             had
             no
             open
             or
             avowed
             patron
             ,
             but
             Maurice
             the
             Elector
             of
             Saxony
             .
             That
             War
             ended
             ,
             Ferdinand
             held
             an
             Assembly
             of
             the
             States
             at
             Tyrnaw
             ,
             memorable
             for
             no
             other
             thing
             then
             the
             prosecution
             of
             two
             Noble
             Out-lawes
             ,
             who
             had
             licensed
             to
             
             themselves
             a
             power
             and
             Authority
             of
             Mischief
             by
             fortifying
             of
             Advantagious
             places
             ;
             their
             Names
             were
             
               Matthias
               Baso
            
             ,
             who
             was
             taken
             at
             Muranum
             by
             the
             Count
             of
             Salms
             (
             who
             built
             the
             Fortresse
             of
             Szolnoc
             )
             and
             beheaded
             ,
             and
             Balassi
             his
             Son
             in
             law
             ,
             who
             escaped
             into
             Transylvania
             .
          
           
             And
             thither
             the
             next
             story
             leads
             us
             ,
             
             for
             
               George
               Monachus
            
             ,
             the
             raised
             Favourite
             of
             K.
             Iohn
             perceiving
             how
             inconsiderable
             the
             Queens
             and
             her
             Sons
             Interest
             was
             like
             to
             prove
             in
             that
             pent
             and
             precarious
             Principality
             ,
             had
             privily
             ingratiated
             himself
             with
             Ferdinand
             ,
             renouncing
             his
             Master
             to
             the
             Count
             of
             Salms
             ,
             and
             abjuring
             the
             Turk
             before
             
               Andrew
               Bathori
            
             at
             Opulia
             ,
             a
             greater
             Infidel
             &
             more
             perfideous
             himself
             .
          
           
             The
             Queen
             and
             Petrovitius
             his
             Collegue
             were
             not
             ignorant
             of
             these
             his
             practises
             ,
             but
             could
             not
             remedy
             them
             ;
             she
             therefore
             designed
             a
             Journey
             into
             Poland
             ,
             which
             George
             put
             by
             ;
             but
             hasty
             of
             his
             Enterprize
             ,
             seized
             the
             Treasury
             and
             plundered
             it
             ,
             and
             forced
             away
             the
             Queen
             from
             Cibinium
             ,
             having
             Collogued
             the
             Siculi
             and
             Saxons
             to
             be
             of
             his
             party
             .
             To
             the
             Nobles
             oposing
             themselves
             against
             this
             upstart
             ,
             as
             a
             person
             of
             a
             most
             sordid
             Extraction
             ,
             
               Mahomet
               Bassa
            
             joyned
             his
             Troops
             ;
             but
             he
             and
             his
             Confederates
             were
             soon
             vanquished
             ,
             and
             George
             thereby
             made
             Paramount
             in
             the
             Government
             ,
             when
             by
             a
             temporary
             Peace
             he
             settled
             all
             things
             in
             
               Statu
               quo
            
             ;
             but
             diffiding
             and
             conscious
             of
             his
             demerits
             towards
             his
             Pupil
             Prince
             ,
             made
             
             an
             Agreement
             with
             Ferdinand
             ,
             who
             thereby
             drew
             a
             War
             upon
             himself
             ,
             greater
             than
             the
             advantage
             of
             his
             present
             Acquist
             .
          
           
             George
             was
             hereupon
             presently
             assisted
             by
             
               Ioh.
               Baptista
               Castaldus
            
             ,
             
             Famous
             in
             the
             German
             war
             ;
             Bathori
             the
             future
             
               Vaivod
               ,
               Sirotinius
            
             ,
             and
             Nadasdi
             ,
             and
             took
             in
             Alba
             ,
             but
             restored
             the
             Q.
             her
             Treasure
             and
             rich
             movables
             ,
             whom
             
               Szasz
               Sebessius
            
             advised
             to
             quit
             the
             Crown
             and
             Transylvania
             ,
             and
             to
             accept
             of
             Opulia
             and
             an
             Hundred
             thousand
             Guilders
             in
             name
             of
             a
             dower
             ;
             which
             the
             Queen
             not
             daring
             to
             refuse
             ,
             neither
             having
             command
             of
             her
             Person
             ,
             her
             mind
             ,
             or
             her
             Kingdome
             ,
             consented
             to
             ;
             and
             so
             the
             Regal
             Ensigns
             were
             by
             her
             delivered
             to
             Castaldus
             ,
             while
             Petrovitius
             yeilded
             
               Temeswar
               ,
               Lippa
            
             ,
             and
             other
             Towns
             ,
             to
             the
             same
             prevailing
             Enemy
             .
          
           
             Solyman
             enraged
             at
             these
             proceedings
             ,
             
             imprisoned
             Ferdinands
             Ambassadour
             at
             Constantinople
             ,
             and
             sent
             away
             an
             Army
             under
             
               Mahomet
               ,
               Beglerbeg
            
             of
             
               Romania
               ,
               Vlumas
               ,
               Achomet
            
             and
             Cassonus
             into
             Transylvania
             ,
             with
             orders
             to
             reinstate
             the
             Queen
             and
             her
             Son
             ,
             but
             under
             colour
             of
             their
             assistance
             to
             reduce
             the
             Kingdome
             and
             that
             Province
             to
             his
             own
             obedience
             ,
             who
             without
             any
             considerable
             opposition
             took
             in
             most
             of
             the
             Towns
             between
             Temesus
             and
             Marusius
             ,
             while
             George
             and
             Castaldus
             with
             other
             Commanders
             ,
             kept
             their
             posts
             about
             Varadin
             and
             those
             parts
             ,
             although
             not
             inferiour
             to
             the
             enemy
             ,
             by
             which
             means
             Lippa
             through
             the
             
             inconstancy
             of
             the
             Citizens
             ,
             came
             into
             the
             Turkish
             possession
             ,
             Vlumas
             being
             placed
             Governour
             there
             :
             Temeswar
             was
             likewise
             attempted
             but
             valiantly
             defended
             ,
             for
             that
             George
             beseiged
             Lippa
             ,
             and
             St.
             Demetrius
             day
             was
             at
             hand
             ,
             beyond
             which
             usually
             the
             Janizaries
             will
             not
             continue
             in
             the
             feild
             .
             At
             Lippa
             a
             Cardinals
             hat
             procured
             by
             Ferdinand
             was
             presented
             to
             George
             ,
             
             who
             by
             distressing
             Vlumas
             for
             Provision
             ,
             and
             repressing
             his
             Salleys
             ,
             had
             brought
             him
             to
             a
             Surrender
             ,
             upon
             terms
             of
             free
             departure
             ,
             which
             Castaldus
             dissented
             from
             ,
             gr●dging
             that
             George
             should
             arrogate
             the
             supreme
             Command
             to
             himself
             :
             Neverthelesse
             Vlumas
             having
             had
             some
             private
             conference
             with
             George
             was
             dismist
             with
             those
             terms
             ,
             whom
             Balassi
             and
             Horvar
             contrary
             to
             Articles
             set
             upon
             in
             his
             way
             ,
             but
             so
             ineffectually
             that
             Vlamas
             made
             shift
             to
             bring
             his
             broken
             forces
             to
             Adrianople
             to
             the
             provocation
             of
             Solyman
             ,
             whom
             George
             would
             by
             no
             means
             have
             so
             incensed
             :
             and
             hence
             Castaldus
             weary
             of
             a
             competitor
             took
             occasion
             to
             inject
             suspicions
             into
             the
             head
             of
             Ferdinand
             ,
             that
             George
             held
             intelligence
             with
             the
             Turk
             ,
             for
             which
             reason
             it
             was
             concluded
             between
             them
             that
             he
             should
             be
             removed
             .
             To
             effect
             which
             ,
             
               Sforza
               Palavicinus
               Andreas
               Lopez
               ,
               Marcus
               Ferrarus
               ,
            
             with
             other
             Spaniards
             were
             appointed
             ,
             Marcus
             in
             the
             morning
             twilight
             ,
             (
             as
             George
             quartered
             at
             Alwinez
             where
             he
             was
             underwriting
             some
             Petitions
             of
             his
             Souldiers
             )
             rushing
             into
             his
             Chamber
             ,
             ran
             
             him
             through
             ,
             when
             Sforza
             with
             ten
             others
             seconded
             that
             wound
             ,
             and
             with
             the
             points
             and
             edges
             of
             their
             swords
             made
             an
             end
             of
             him
             ,
             
             crying
             upon
             the
             name
             of
             Christ
             :
             a
             deserved
             end
             for
             the
             betrayer
             and
             deserter
             of
             his
             Prince
             and
             Pupill
             ,
             from
             whose
             Father
             he
             had
             received
             such
             benefits
             ,
             although
             the
             Assassinates
             themselves
             came
             after
             to
             very
             untimely
             ends
             .
             Pope
             Iulius
             heard
             this
             Fact
             with
             very
             great
             indignation
             ,
             although
             palliated
             with
             his
             defection
             ,
             &c.
             nor
             would
             admit
             of
             those
             excuses
             ,
             nor
             be
             pacified
             with
             bribes
             ,
             made
             and
             issued
             from
             that
             estate
             which
             George
             had
             left
             ,
             and
             of
             which
             the
             Assassinates
             were
             possessed
             ,
          
           
             The
             Turk
             being
             in
             a
             readinesse
             for
             a
             War
             ,
             
             
               Michael
               Toth
            
             imparted
             a
             design
             upon
             Segedine
             to
             Castaldus
             ,
             who
             warned
             all
             the
             Governours
             thereabouts
             to
             be
             assistant
             to
             the
             Enterprize
             ,
             which
             succeeded
             with
             good
             effect
             ,
             the
             Town
             being
             taken
             ,
             and
             the
             Castle
             standing
             upon
             its
             last
             defence
             by
             the
             resolution
             of
             Hederbeg
             the
             Governour
             ,
             when
             the
             Hayducks
             drunk
             with
             the
             excellent
             Wines
             of
             Syrmia
             and
             Baronya
             with
             which
             the
             Town
             abounded
             ,
             were
             in
             their
             drunkennesse
             surprized
             by
             notice
             given
             to
             
               Haly
               Bassa
            
             of
             Buda
             ,
             by
             a
             Pidgeon
             sent
             from
             Heder
             ,
             and
             all
             the
             Heyducks
             put
             to
             the
             Sword
             ,
             the
             Chief
             Commanders
             who
             did
             all
             they
             could
             to
             prevent
             that
             excesse
             (
             among
             whom
             was
             Aldana
             Governour
             of
             Lippa
             ,
             
             and
             Berezus
             )
             hereby
             escaping
             ,
             in
             lieu
             of
             whom
             the
             Turks
             light
             upon
             another
             party
             under
             Nagy
             and
             Ter●ock
             ,
             ignorant
             
             of
             what
             had
             happened
             ,
             and
             captivated
             them
             all
             ,
             as
             they
             further
             enlarged
             this
             successe
             by
             the
             taking
             of
             Vesprinium
             ,
             
             delivered
             by
             
               Michael
               Ferreus
            
             (
             the
             chief
             Governour
             Peteone
             being
             excluded
             by
             him
             )
             after
             a
             mutiny
             of
             the
             Garrison
             caused
             by
             his
             covetousnesse
             .
          
           
             At
             the
             same
             time
             Elias
             (
             Son
             of
             
               Peter
               )
               Vayvod
            
             of
             Moldavia
             by
             these
             Alps
             ,
             invaded
             Hungary
             ,
             and
             fa●ling
             into
             the
             richest
             and
             luxuriant
             parts
             of
             the
             Country
             ,
             was
             packing
             up
             a
             very
             great
             spoil
             ,
             when
             Banfius
             and
             other
             Noblemen
             surprized
             him
             ,
             and
             stripped
             him
             of
             his
             booty
             .
             But
             a
             greater
             danger
             was
             feared
             from
             Achomet
             ,
             who
             took
             
               Temeswar
               ,
               Lozoncius
            
             after
             a
             forward
             defence
             ,
             by
             the
             discord
             of
             the
             Germans
             ,
             being
             forced
             to
             yeild
             it
             upon
             terms
             ,
             which
             in
             remembrance
             of
             that
             perfidy
             used
             towards
             Vlumas
             were
             not
             at
             all
             regarded
             ,
             
             and
             the
             Garrison
             put
             to
             the
             Sword.
             Twenty
             several
             other
             places
             were
             either
             taken
             or
             yeilded
             ,
             which
             had
             been
             formerly
             in
             their
             possession
             ,
             and
             all
             the
             tract
             of
             ground
             between
             Temesus
             and
             
               Chrysus
               Niger
            
             ,
             reduced
             to
             their
             obedience
             .
             Lippa
             also
             ,
             although
             Aldana
             the
             Governour
             had
             boasted
             of
             the
             strength
             of
             the
             place
             ,
             and
             his
             own
             resolution
             ,
             was
             out
             of
             fear
             fired
             by
             himself
             ,
             for
             which
             he
             had
             lost
             his
             head
             ,
             but
             for
             the
             intercession
             of
             Mary
             the
             Empresse
             .
             Dregelum
             was
             also
             taken
             ,
             though
             so
             nobly
             defended
             by
             Sondius
             ,
             that
             they
             gave
             his
             dead
             body
             most
             honourable
             Sepulchre
             .
             Not
             to
             mention
             many
             other
             places
             ,
             among
             the
             rest
             Salgon
             ,
             by
             a
             stratagem
             of
             a
             great
             Log
             from
             
             the
             next
             hill
             ,
             which
             the
             Garrison
             were
             made
             believe
             for
             a
             great
             Gun
             ,
             so
             that
             it
             was
             with
             the
             Turks
             the
             same
             thing
             to
             come
             and
             to
             Conquer
             .
          
           
             At
             length
             
               Erasmus
               Theuffelus
            
             and
             
               Sforza
               Pallavicinus
            
             newly
             returned
             out
             of
             Italy
             with
             10000.
             men
             ,
             
             opposed
             themselves
             to
             this
             Torrent
             ,
             but
             by
             their
             hastinesse
             and
             impatience
             in
             not
             staying
             for
             the
             Nobility
             at
             Fileek
             ,
             and
             all
             the
             Elements
             conspiring
             their
             Ruin
             (
             their
             Powder
             and
             Ammunition
             being
             blown
             up
             at
             Palastus
             )
             they
             were
             beaten
             out
             of
             their
             Camp
             ,
             and
             both
             Generalls
             taken
             prisoners
             ,
             Theuffelus
             denying
             himself
             was
             sowed
             in
             a
             sack
             and
             drowned
             afterwards
             in
             the
             
               Thracian
               Bosphorus
            
             ,
             and
             Sforza
             ransomed
             with
             15000.
             
             Crowns
             ,
             the
             other
             captives
             being
             set
             at
             so
             cheap
             a
             rate
             ,
             that
             a
             German
             was
             sold
             for
             a
             Peck
             of
             Barley
             .
             Szolnock
             was
             next
             attaqued
             by
             Haly
             and
             Achomet
             ,
             and
             notwithstanding
             either
             the
             promises
             or
             Threats
             of
             
               Laurentius
               Nyari
            
             delivered
             to
             them
             by
             the
             faint
             hearted
             Garrison
             .
             Thence
             the
             Enemy
             with
             a
             hundred
             and
             twenty
             five
             Thousand
             men
             came
             before
             Agria
             ,
             
             wherein
             were
             Governours
             Dobo
             and
             Neskeyus
             ,
             who
             had
             in
             vain
             implored
             aid
             and
             supplies
             from
             the
             Emperour
             ,
             assisted
             by
             some
             Noblemen
             and
             2000.
             
             Souldiers
             .
             It
             was
             a
             sharp
             and
             daring
             Seige
             of
             both
             sides
             ,
             the
             Defendants
             in
             a
             bravery
             opening
             the
             Bolikian
             Gate
             and
             there
             after
             a
             fierce
             encounter
             slaying
             3000.
             
             Turks
             ,
             which
             courage
             of
             theirs
             so
             disheartned
             Achomet
             that
             having
             lost
             12000.
             great
             shot
             against
             the
             Town
             he
             broke
             up
             from
             before
             it
             ,
             
               Duke
               Maurice
               
               Ferdinands
            
             General
             having
             spent
             a
             whole
             summer
             in
             his
             Station
             near
             Raab
             ,
             without
             any
             thing
             of
             moment
             effected
             against
             the
             Enemy
             .
             The
             Messengers
             of
             this
             successe
             at
             Agria
             were
             richly
             rewarded
             ,
             and
             Dobo
             made
             Prefect
             of
             
               Transylvania
               ,
               Nekessius
            
             by
             an
             untimely
             and
             ungratefull
             accident
             was
             killed
             in
             a
             rustick
             Tumult
             by
             an
             Axe
             .
          
           
             Ferdinand
             notwithstanding
             more
             afraid
             of
             fortune
             then
             desirous
             of
             Conquest
             ,
             preferred
             Peace
             ,
             
             to
             which
             purpose
             he
             commissioned
             
               Antony
               Veranczius
            
             ,
             and
             
               Francis
               Zayus
            
             to
             the
             Port
             ,
             by
             whose
             means
             Malvezius
             the
             former
             Ambassadour
             was
             set
             at
             liberty
             ,
             but
             he
             survived
             it
             not
             long
             ,
             dying
             in
             his
             journey
             back
             again
             thither
             with
             a
             new
             Commission
             .
             In
             his
             place
             
               Augerius
               Gislenius
               Busbequius
            
             was
             substituted
             ,
             
             but
             nothing
             more
             then
             a
             truce
             of
             six
             months
             could
             be
             obtained
             .
             The
             War
             being
             therefore
             continued
             ,
             it
             was
             the
             good
             fortune
             as
             the
             valour
             of
             Count
             
               Nicholas
               Serinus
               (
               Zrynyi
            
             by
             the
             Hungarians
             )
             to
             defeat
             Vlumas
             and
             Amurath
             of
             Clissa
             by
             Toploczia
             ,
             who
             bearing
             up
             from
             this
             discomfiture
             plundered
             and
             spoiled
             several
             Towns
             at
             their
             retreat
             ;
             while
             Hameza
             the
             Governour
             of
             Sezeserinum
             by
             a
             surprize
             gained
             Filek
             .
          
           
             Busbequius
             was
             now
             returned
             
               re
               infecta
            
             from
             Constantinople
             ,
             without
             that
             Ferdinand
             would
             relinquish
             Transylvania
             ;
             and
             
               Alys
               a
               Chiaux
            
             being
             sent
             to
             Bathori
             the
             Vayvod
             ,
             commanded
             him
             to
             expell
             the
             Germans
             ,
             a
             new
             Prince
             of
             Hungary
             to
             be
             chosen
             ,
             or
             the
             Queen
             restored
             ;
             
             to
             which
             demands
             Bathori
             by
             the
             connivence
             of
             Castaldus
             answered
             by
             the
             promise
             of
             a
             Tribute
             in
             the
             name
             of
             the
             States
             ,
             but
             for
             their
             wresting
             places
             out
             of
             the
             hands
             of
             those
             that
             had
             them
             in
             possession
             it
             was
             not
             in
             their
             power
             .
             Hereupon
             
               Aly
               Bassa
            
             formerly
             Governour
             of
             Buda
             ,
             but
             now
             prime
             Vizier
             ,
             beseiged
             Sigeth
             most
             nobly
             even
             to
             admiration
             defended
             by
             Stansitius
             ,
             and
             preferved
             by
             a
             diversion
             given
             the
             Enemy
             by
             the
             Palatine
             Nada●di
             who
             beseiged
             some
             Towns
             of
             the
             Enemy
             which
             Toygon
             of
             Buda
             had
             taken
             from
             the
             Heyducks
             ,
             Enemies
             to
             both
             parties
             .
          
           
             Aly
             thus
             necessitated
             to
             rise
             from
             Zigeth
             passed
             the
             Rinnia
             and
             came
             to
             meet
             Nadasdi
             ,
             
             but
             by
             the
             valour
             of
             Serini
             and
             Polbaylerus
             and
             the
             Auxiliary's
             of
             Telekessius
             and
             Ruberius
             ,
             and
             which
             is
             the
             main
             ,
             the
             prudence
             and
             conduct
             of
             the
             Generall
             ,
             he
             was
             totally
             routed
             :
             when
             the
             Palatine
             suspecting
             reinforcement
             of
             the
             Enemy
             or
             contenting
             himself
             with
             the
             rescue
             of
             Zigeth
             ,
             returned
             to
             Chorgond
             ,
             where
             he
             joyned
             his
             forces
             with
             young
             Ferdinand
             ,
             who
             had
             obtained
             leave
             of
             his
             Father
             to
             make
             Tryall
             of
             his
             first
             Arms
             in
             this
             War.
             The
             same
             hereof
             bred
             so
             great
             terrour
             among
             the
             Turks
             ,
             
             it
             being
             also
             rumoured
             that
             the
             Christians
             overspread
             the
             whole
             plain
             ,
             that
             
               Aly
               Bassa
            
             was
             preparing
             for
             a
             flight
             ,
             having
             with
             all
             earnestnesse
             summoned
             Mahomet
             the
             Beglerbeg
             of
             Romania
             to
             his
             assistance
             ,
             but
             when
             upon
             Nadasdi's
             retreat
             ,
             it
             was
             conceived
             that
             he
             fled
             ,
             Aly
             returned
             to
             his
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             Seige
             of
             Zigeth
             ,
             but
             with
             worse
             fortune
             ;
             losing
             10
             Thousand
             men
             in
             the
             Trenches
             ,
             the
             fruit
             of
             his
             vain
             contempt
             of
             the
             Christians
             .
             His
             departure
             young
             Ferdinand
             by
             the
             advice
             of
             Nadasdi
             suffered
             without
             any
             molestation
             ,
             employing
             his
             Army
             to
             the
             reduction
             of
             Corone
             ,
             and
             afterwards
             burnt
             down
             Graeco-galla
             ,
             St.
             Martins
             and
             many
             other
             places
             ,
             in
             which
             the
             avarice
             of
             the
             Germans
             was
             so
             prodigious
             ,
             that
             they
             searched
             the
             very
             entrayls
             of
             their
             Enemy's
             for
             Gold
             ,
             which
             they
             supposed
             they
             might
             have
             swallowed
             .
          
           
             But
             affairs
             went
             not
             on
             so
             prosperously
             in
             Transylvania
             ,
             
             by
             reason
             of
             the
             misunderstanding
             between
             Dobo
             and
             Kendius
             the
             Governours
             thereof
             ,
             (
             for
             Castaldus
             either
             foreseeing
             the
             mischief
             or
             being
             called
             away
             by
             Charles
             the
             fift
             had
             quitted
             that
             Command
             )
             Dobo
             was
             constant
             to
             the
             King
             ,
             Kendi
             enclined
             to
             Isabel
             and
             out
             of
             that
             respect
             and
             fear
             of
             the
             Turks
             power
             alwayes
             impending
             ,
             with
             a
             great
             party
             publiquely
             rebelled
             ,
             and
             called
             in
             the
             Queen
             (
             who
             pretended
             to
             be
             unsatisfied
             of
             her
             agreement
             made
             with
             Ferdinand
             )
             out
             of
             Poland
             ,
             as
             he
             did
             likewise
             move
             Solyman
             for
             assistance
             who
             ,
             commanded
             Cassonus
             and
             the
             Vayvod
             of
             Moldavia
             to
             that
             service
             ;
             but
             such
             was
             the
             diligence
             of
             Dobo
             and
             his
             Partisans
             Tahy
             and
             Zaberdini
             that
             the
             Confederates
             were
             glad
             to
             sue
             for
             a
             15.
             dayes
             truce
             at
             the
             expiration
             whereof
             upon
             pardon
             they
             rendred
             themselves
             :
             but
             their
             Inconstancy
             upon
             the
             next
             advantage
             ,
             under
             new
             
             pretences
             engaged
             them
             in
             the
             same
             designes
             ;
             for
             upon
             the
             departure
             of
             the
             Imperial
             forces
             ,
             Kendi
             and
             Balassi
             call
             in
             the
             Queen
             ,
             and
             now
             their
             businesse
             was
             ripe
             for
             Execution
             :
             for
             Huztum
             was
             at
             last
             yeilded
             to
             
               Andrew
               Bathory
            
             ,
             as
             Varadinum
             at
             the
             Command
             of
             Ferdinand
             ,
             being
             wearied
             out
             with
             these
             Troubles
             ,
             with
             Tockay
             by
             the
             revolt
             of
             
               Francis
               Nemeth
            
             to
             Isabel
             ,
             were
             likewise
             delivered
             ;
             And
             now
             the
             rebellion
             was
             so
             far
             spread
             ,
             that
             it
             was
             high
             time
             for
             Ferdinand
             to
             apply
             some
             excellent
             hand
             to
             the
             Government
             ,
             but
             the
             persons
             he
             named
             to
             it
             ,
             proved
             very
             insufficient
             by
             their
             personall
             evils
             .
             During
             this
             dispute
             it
             proved
             
             Dobo's
             hard
             fortune
             ,
             when
             things
             were
             past
             remedy
             ,
             
             to
             be
             seized
             (
             at
             such
             time
             as
             he
             had
             news
             of
             his
             brothers
             captivity
             by
             ,
             the
             Turks
             ,
             as
             calamity
             seldome
             comes
             alone
             )
             by
             Perenyi
             ,
             with
             whom
             he
             had
             a
             controversie
             about
             the
             Dignity
             of
             the
             Crown
             keeper
             ,
             in
             which
             restraint
             he
             was
             hardly
             used
             ,
             to
             a
             very
             just
             but
             most
             envious
             imputation
             upon
             the
             faith
             of
             Isabel
             ,
             who
             had
             engaged
             for
             his
             Liberty
             .
             These
             losses
             were
             a
             little
             alleviated
             by
             the
             good
             conduct
             of
             
               Emerius
               Telekessius
            
             deputed
             in
             the
             place
             of
             Puchamus
             the
             former
             Governour
             ,
             who
             reduced
             many
             places
             ,
             and
             maintained
             others
             against
             Isabel
             standing
             near
             the
             Tibiscus
             ,
             but
             all
             was
             to
             no
             other
             effect
             then
             by
             those
             struglings
             to
             strengthen
             the
             common
             Enemy
             against
             their
             Country
             .
          
           
             For
             though
             the
             Enemies
             Effort
             in
             this
             juncture
             was
             distant
             as
             far
             as
             Illyria
             ,
             yet
             had
             
             it
             the
             better
             and
             facile
             execution
             ,
             and
             although
             revenged
             at
             last
             by
             Erd●edius
             the
             Successour
             of
             Serini
             to
             the
             Government
             ;
             yet
             did
             it
             not
             any
             what
             allay
             those
             Feuds
             at
             home
             ,
             whereby
             Tata
             was
             gained
             by
             Hameza
             by
             stratagem
             ,
             and
             Komora
             ,
             and
             Austria
             exposed
             to
             their
             Armes
             .
             The
             Princes
             of
             Germany
             were
             therefore
             prayed
             to
             assist
             Ferdinand
             ,
             who
             agreed
             to
             a
             double
             aid
             ,
             the
             levying
             of
             Forty
             eight
             thousand
             Men
             ,
             who
             by
             the
             Turks
             cunning
             mention
             of
             a
             Peace
             presently
             to
             be
             concluded
             ,
             
             squandred
             away
             a
             whole
             Summers
             time
             in
             their
             Quarters
             ,
             at
             Raab
             to
             the
             great
             burden
             of
             those
             whom
             they
             came
             to
             releive
             ,
             and
             did
             nothing
             worthy
             the
             noise
             of
             the
             very
             preparation
             .
          
           
             Transylvania
             altogether
             as
             unhappy
             ,
             now
             groaned
             under
             the
             oppression
             of
             its
             own
             Princesse
             .
             Bebecus
             her
             great
             Friend
             and
             Councellor
             was
             now
             delegated
             to
             Solyman
             at
             Constantinople
             ,
             
             by
             whom
             he
             was
             favourably
             received
             ,
             and
             honoured
             with
             the
             Title
             of
             Governour
             ;
             and
             the
             Moldavian
             ,
             and
             
               Valachian
               Vayvods
            
             subjected
             to
             him
             ;
             by
             which
             his
             Power
             became
             suspect
             to
             the
             Queen
             ,
             as
             upon
             this
             account
             also
             ,
             for
             that
             Petrovitius
             and
             others
             ,
             would
             have
             the
             young
             Prince
             conveyed
             to
             Varadin
             an
             University
             
               (
               Cambray
            
             the
             French
             Ambassador
             urging
             the
             motion
             )
             for
             that
             it
             would
             be
             dangerous
             to
             breed
             him
             to
             the
             Distaff
             ,
             lest
             Effeminacy
             and
             Luxury
             should
             corrupt
             his
             manners
             .
             Hereupon
             the
             Queen
             troubled
             ,
             consulted
             with
             Nisovius
             a
             Polonian
             ,
             to
             put
             the
             Noble
             men
             to
             
             death
             ,
             
             which
             was
             agreed
             on
             :
             Petrovitius
             escaped
             a
             violent
             (
             by
             hasting
             to
             a
             sudden
             and
             natural
             )
             end
             ,
             having
             named
             the
             Queen
             and
             her
             Son
             ,
             his
             Heirs
             .
             But
             
               Bebecus
               ,
               Francis
            
             ,
             and
             
               Antonius
               Kendy
            
             ,
             who
             had
             stickled
             so
             much
             for
             her
             Interest
             and
             party
             ,
             payed
             for
             their
             fondnesse
             with
             the
             losse
             of
             their
             lives
             ,
             their
             Executioners
             being
             prepared
             by
             Balassius
             ,
             who
             for
             this
             Service
             was
             invested
             with
             the
             Supreme
             Power
             of
             the
             Army
             ;
             so
             sad
             and
             Calamitous
             was
             the
             face
             and
             State
             of
             this
             Principality
             .
          
           
             Soon
             after
             died
             Isabel
             ,
             &
             
               Ioh.
               Sigism
            
             .
             her
             Son
             endevoured
             the
             procuring
             of
             a
             Peace
             ,
             
             but
             his
             Ambassadors
             taunting
             oration
             ,
             wherein
             they
             said
             that
             the
             King
             of
             Hungary
             ,
             meaning
             Iohn
             ,
             desired
             but
             the
             Bounds
             of
             the
             River
             Tibisous
             ,
             (
             denoting
             no
             more
             then
             Transylvania
             )
             frustrated
             that
             impertinent
             solicitation
             ;
             and
             in
             the
             mean
             while
             Balassius
             (
             who
             in
             divers
             Encounters
             had
             received
             some
             brushes
             from
             Telekessius
             ,
             and
             had
             incurred
             the
             hatred
             of
             Transylvania
             )
             with
             the
             money
             received
             for
             the
             payment
             of
             the
             Army
             ,
             ran
             away
             to
             Caesar
             ,
             bringing
             over
             with
             him
             
               Sacmar
               ,
               Rivulinum
            
             ,
             and
             other
             Towns
             ;
             with
             the
             person
             and
             Interests
             of
             
               Nicholas
               Bathori
               .
               Iohn
            
             made
             Complaints
             of
             this
             to
             the
             Port
             ,
             that
             Peace
             was
             pretended
             while
             War
             was
             prosecuted
             ;
             but
             by
             the
             Sagacity
             and
             diligence
             of
             Busbequius
             his
             Addresse
             and
             Intrigues
             was
             dismist
             without
             remedy
             .
             Not
             to
             mention
             the
             War
             in
             Moldavia
             betwixt
             
               Iacob
               Heraclides
               ,
               Alexander
               ,
               Visnovecsius
               ,
            
             and
             Thomsa
             ,
             Competitors
             
             for
             that
             Vayvodship
             ,
             wherein
             both
             Iohn
             ,
             and
             Ferdinand
             ,
             and
             Solyman
             were
             Concerned
             ,
             for
             that
             it
             would
             be
             too
             large
             a
             Digression
             .
          
           
             The
             Affairs
             of
             Iohn
             grew
             worse
             and
             worse
             ,
             for
             that
             Solyman
             had
             consented
             to
             an
             Eight
             years
             Truce
             ,
             after
             almost
             as
             many
             years
             solicitation
             .
             
               Stephen
               Bathori
            
             yet
             stuck
             firm
             to
             his
             part
             ,
             with
             
               Francis
               Nemethi
            
             ,
             who
             now
             joyntly
             Besieged
             Hadad
             ,
             the
             Town
             belonging
             to
             one
             Sulyoccus
             ,
             a
             Noble
             man
             designing
             the
             part
             of
             Ferdinand
             ;
             
             Zayius
             and
             Balassi
             came
             to
             the
             releif
             of
             it
             ,
             when
             Bathori
             advised
             against
             any
             Encounter
             ;
             but
             Nemethi
             disdaining
             the
             name
             of
             a
             Coward
             would
             needs
             perswade
             him
             ;
             though
             to
             the
             losse
             of
             the
             whole
             Army
             ,
             24
             Great
             Guns
             ,
             with
             a
             Camp
             excellently
             stored
             ,
             and
             fifty
             three
             Ensigns
             ,
             being
             taken
             from
             the
             Transylvanians
             :
             The
             subjects
             whereof
             awaiting
             the
             Event
             of
             this
             Battel
             took
             advice
             of
             Fortune
             .
             The
             whole
             Province
             was
             now
             in
             trepidation
             ,
             and
             their
             security
             designed
             in
             Poland
             ,
             whither
             
               Iohn
               Sigismund
            
             was
             upon
             his
             departure
             ,
             had
             not
             
               Christopher
               Bathori
            
             comforted
             him
             with
             the
             hopes
             of
             the
             Turks
             Assiastnce
             ,
             by
             whom
             he
             might
             one
             day
             gain
             Hungary
             also
             .
          
           
             Accordingly
             Ibrahim
             Bassa
             of
             Buda
             ,
             and
             Malchoczius
             of
             Temeswar
             ,
             came
             with
             Forces
             and
             freed
             Nemethum
             of
             the
             siege
             ,
             but
             not
             from
             the
             fire
             which
             the
             South
             Wind
             blew
             crosse
             the
             water
             to
             the
             other
             part
             of
             the
             Town
             .
             At
             the
             same
             time
             Zajus
             having
             carried
             away
             all
             the
             
             spoil
             and
             what
             was
             worth
             any
             thing
             set
             fire
             to
             Zacmar
             which
             neverthelesse
             defended
             it self
             against
             the
             Turks
             by
             the
             obstinacy
             of
             Balassi
             shut
             up
             therein
             ;
             whose
             Brother
             Iohn
             coming
             to
             his
             releif
             with
             a
             Thousand
             Men
             ,
             
               Hasanes
               Beg
            
             so
             suddenly
             routed
             ,
             as
             putting
             his
             hopes
             of
             carrying
             the
             Town
             in
             this
             Exploit
             ,
             that
             of
             the
             one
             side
             it
             would
             have
             been
             judged
             there
             were
             no
             other
             than
             Beasts
             ,
             as
             on
             the
             other
             side
             none
             but
             Men.
             Not
             to
             passe
             by
             the
             Insolence
             of
             Arslanes
             Governour
             of
             Posega
             in
             Illyria
             for
             the
             Turks
             ,
             
             who
             having
             plundred
             all
             about
             Monozlone
             ,
             had
             now
             pitch'd
             his
             silk
             and
             Golden
             Tents
             under
             the
             soft
             murmur
             of
             the
             Confluents
             ,
             &
             as
             if
             the
             Enemy
             were
             to
             be
             Vanquished
             by
             his
             pleasures
             ,
             was
             now
             diverting
             himself
             in
             all
             manner
             of
             Luxury
             ,
             when
             Serini
             a●d
             Tahi
             fell
             upon
             him
             ,
             and
             without
             any
             difficulty
             took
             his
             Tent
             furnished
             rather
             for
             Entertainment
             than
             Fight
             ,
             and
             divided
             it
             among
             their
             Souldiers
             .
          
           
             So
             that
             this
             civil
             Conflagration
             ,
             and
             the
             intermedling
             of
             the
             Turks
             ,
             had
             already
             ruined
             the
             People
             ;
             in
             the
             Feilds
             was
             vastitude
             ,
             in
             the
             Camp
             want
             and
             penury
             ,
             
             and
             the
             minds
             of
             men
             by
             their
             habitude
             to
             War
             ,
             brutalized
             and
             transformed
             into
             Savage
             Principles
             .
             A
             Peace
             therefore
             as
             the
             only
             and
             last
             remedy
             to
             this
             perishing
             State
             ,
             was
             procured
             by
             Busbequius
             ,
             at
             the
             rate
             of
             the
             yearly
             Tribute
             of
             Thirty
             thousand
             pound
             :
             while
             Ferdinand
             caused
             his
             Son
             Maximilian
             to
             be
             Crowned
             King
             of
             Bohemia
             ,
             and
             Elected
             Emperour
             ,
             to
             confirm
             that
             
             Dignity
             in
             his
             Family
             ,
             as
             he
             did
             of
             Hungary
             likewise
             ;
             the
             vanity
             of
             which
             Solemnity
             Ibrahim
             Solyman's
             Ambassador
             beheld
             and
             derided
             ,
             as
             a
             Prince
             Vassaliz'd
             and
             engaged
             to
             his
             Master
             and
             deprived
             of
             so
             much
             of
             his
             Dominions
             ,
             
             although
             the
             Pomp
             was
             no
             way
             equal
             to
             the
             former
             Triumphs
             on
             that
             occasion
             .
             At
             this
             Inaugauration
             the
             Hungarians
             were
             highly
             discontented
             that
             a
             Palatine
             was
             not
             first
             Created
             according
             to
             Custome
             ,
             a●d
             that
             the
             Germans
             were
             not
             dismissed
             out
             of
             the
             Kingdome
             ▪
             but
             in
             vain
             :
             as
             was
             also
             the
             neer
             Conclusion
             of
             a
             Peace
             by
             the
             Embassy
             of
             
               Stephen
               Bathori
            
             from
             Iohn
             to
             Ferdinand
             ,
             the
             young
             man
             being
             perswaded
             by
             bad
             Council
             ,
             
             to
             continue
             the
             War
             in
             Transylvania
             ,
             the
             issue
             whereof
             was
             very
             unprosperous
             .
             And
             now
             died
             Ferdinand
             of
             a
             Consumptive
             Feaver
             .
             A
             Prince
             of
             a
             very
             singular
             Modesty
             ,
             Justice
             ,
             and
             tendernesse
             ,
             having
             rescinded
             all
             the
             Edicts
             of
             Charles
             the
             fifth
             ,
             against
             the
             Protestants
             ,
             and
             decreed
             to
             them
             Liberty
             of
             Conscience
             .
             His
             unhappinesse
             in
             war
             was
             rather
             imputable
             to
             the
             vast
             Power
             of
             his
             Enemies
             and
             the
             inconstancy
             of
             his
             own
             Subjects
             ,
             than
             his
             own
             insufficiencies
             ,
             the
             lesse
             observable
             ,
             from
             the
             vertues
             and
             Imperial
             Endowments
             of
             his
             Son
             and
             Successour
             Maximilian
             in
             his
             Kingdomes
             and
             the
             German
             Empire
             ,
             
             which
             he
             adorned
             with
             his
             Justice
             and
             constant
             tenour
             of
             life
             as
             much
             as
             any
             of
             his
             Predecessors
             in
             that
             Dignity
             .
          
           
             Nor
             was
             he
             lesse
             studious
             of
             the
             Peace
             and
             
             Tranquility
             of
             his
             Realms
             ,
             agreeing
             to
             the
             continuation
             of
             it
             at
             the
             instance
             of
             Sabanus
             the
             Envoy
             of
             Solyman
             intent
             upon
             another
             War
             ;
             but
             Iohn
             disturbed
             this
             serenity
             by
             his
             Arms
             in
             
               Transylvania
               ,
               Stephen
               Bathori
            
             alluring
             the
             Zacmarians
             to
             his
             side
             ,
             while
             he
             himself
             recovered
             
               Hadad
               ,
               Bathor
            
             ,
             and
             
               St.
               Martin
            
             and
             forced
             other
             places
             to
             Condition
             for
             a
             Truce
             of
             sixty
             dayes
             ,
             as
             Zayus
             and
             Balassius
             being
             too
             weak
             to
             encounter
             him
             were
             mustering
             at
             Cassovia
             ,
             where
             they
             had
             been
             surprized
             and
             Supprest
             by
             Iohn
             ,
             
             but
             for
             a
             storm
             of
             rain
             which
             hindred
             any
             possibility
             of
             marching
             ,
             and
             sunk
             his
             Carriages
             .
             Maximilian
             being
             informed
             of
             his
             Power
             ,
             
             dispatcht
             away
             
               Lazrus
               Suendius
            
             and
             
               Andrew
               Bathori
            
             to
             oppose
             him
             ,
             
               Valuing
               the
               Reputation
               of
               his
               first
               Enterprize
               as
               of
               great
               moment
               to
               his
               future
               Actions
               :
            
             And
             at
             the
             same
             time
             sent
             Ambassadors
             with
             presents
             to
             
               Solyman
               .
               Suendius
            
             by
             the
             advantage
             of
             the
             Ice
             ,
             
             took
             Toacky
             surrounded
             like
             a
             Peninsula
             ,
             by
             the
             Confluence
             of
             the
             Tybiscus
             and
             
               Bodrogh
               ;
               Sacmar
            
             submitted
             it self
             as
             Erdoedium
             yeilded
             ;
             the
             like
             did
             Szerenczium
             ,
             and
             Rivulinum
             to
             Balassius
             ,
             for
             that
             no
             releif
             was
             to
             be
             had
             from
             the
             
               Turks
               ,
               Solyman
            
             being
             engaged
             by
             Sea
             at
             the
             Seige
             of
             Malta
             ,
             with
             a
             Fleet
             of
             205
             Sail.
             In
             fine
             by
             the
             humble
             Instances
             of
             
               Bathori
               Somlianus
            
             and
             
               Nisovius
               ,
               Suendius
            
             ,
             was
             intreated
             to
             a
             Peace
             ,
             but
             with
             very
             hard
             Conditions
             .
             Iohn
             to
             content
             himself
             with
             the
             County
             of
             Bihor
             ,
             and
             to
             quit
             his
             pretences
             to
             the
             Regal
             Title
             ,
             and
             
             to
             yeild
             Munkacksum
             and
             Marmorussa
             .
             In
             Sclavonia
             ,
             
             Mustapha
             the
             Bassa
             of
             Bosnia
             ,
             having
             taken
             Crupa
             in
             sight
             ,
             and
             to
             the
             ignominy
             of
             Auspurgerus
             ,
             who
             dared
             not
             to
             Encounter
             him
             ,
             proceeded
             and
             stormed
             Novia
             ,
             and
             was
             thence
             prosecuting
             his
             Fortune
             with
             Fifteen
             thousand
             Men
             ,
             when
             
               Petrus
               Erdaedius
            
             but
             with
             Fifteen
             hundred
             so
             lustily
             accosted
             him
             ,
             that
             he
             put
             him
             to
             the
             Rout
             ,
             and
             slew
             the
             Turks
             like
             so
             many
             sheep
             .
          
           
             Nor
             did
             the
             Peace
             in
             Hungary
             stand
             firm
             and
             inviolable
             ,
             for
             Hidajetes
             a
             new
             Envoy
             or
             
               Chiaux
               Solyman
            
             ,
             had
             demanded
             Tockay
             to
             be
             restored
             to
             Iohn
             ,
             by
             which
             encouragement
             Bekessius
             and
             
               George
               Bebecus
            
             (
             the
             Son
             of
             him
             that
             was
             put
             to
             death
             by
             Isabel
             ,
             
             who
             flying
             to
             Ferdinand
             was
             intercepted
             by
             the
             Turks
             ,
             and
             begged
             of
             Solyman
             by
             Iohn
             ,
             whom
             as
             his
             Benefactour
             he
             was
             obliged
             to
             serve
             )
             confer
             Counsels
             and
             contrive
             a
             War
             ;
             so
             that
             the
             Conclusion
             made
             between
             
               Suendius
               ,
               Somlianus
            
             ,
             and
             Cracsianerus
             of
             Poland
             (
             who
             negotiated
             the
             accomodation
             by
             his
             Kings
             order
             )
             although
             ratified
             ,
             took
             not
             its
             Effect
             :
             Somlianus
             (
             for
             his
             prevarication
             with
             Iohn
             )
             in
             that
             Treaty
             ,
             being
             committed
             to
             Custody
             .
             The
             War
             being
             commenced
             ,
             the
             Bassa
             of
             Buda
             ,
             and
             
               Hasan
               Beg
            
             of
             Fueleck
             ,
             assisted
             the
             Transylvanian
             ,
             who
             recovered
             
               Ieneon
               ,
               Desvium
               ,
               Vilagosvarum
               ,
               Pancota
               ,
            
             and
             lastly
             ,
             after
             a
             difficult
             siege
             ,
             the
             strong
             Town
             of
             Zacmar
             ;
             upon
             the
             Surrender
             whereof
             ,
             Hasanes
             enraged
             for
             the
             losse
             of
             
             Curtus
             his
             Major
             slain
             during
             the
             Seige
             ,
             commanded
             the
             Garrison
             to
             be
             put
             the
             Sword
             ,
             after
             Articles
             of
             Life
             and
             Liberty
             .
             Swendius
             although
             equal
             to
             the
             Enemy
             yet
             delayed
             engagement
             ,
             proffered
             by
             Hasanes
             ,
             knowing
             a
             new
             Treaty
             was
             managed
             at
             Vienna
             ,
             which
             new
             stated
             the
             Agreement
             ,
             
             
               viz.
               Iohn
            
             to
             have
             all
             places
             taken
             from
             him
             restored
             ,
             and
             to
             be
             honoured
             with
             some
             present
             from
             the
             Emperour
             .
          
           
             But
             Caesar
             forbearing
             the
             the
             restitution
             of
             Tockay
             ,
             and
             lingering
             in
             other
             points
             to
             be
             performed
             on
             his
             part
             ,
             
             Solyman
             now
             80
             years
             old
             ,
             undertook
             his
             last
             Expedition
             into
             Hungary
             ,
             and
             when
             disswaded
             thereto
             by
             
               Albert
               Vicius
            
             ,
             and
             Hoszutothius
             ,
             Maximilian's
             Ambassadors
             ,
             
             alleadging
             there
             was
             no
             mischief
             intended
             by
             their
             Masters
             delay
             ,
             he
             answered
             in
             a
             juvenile
             heat
             ,
             
               That
               the
               End
               of
               his
               Life
               was
               measured
               out
               to
               him
               ,
               not
               by
               his
               length
               of
               Years
               ,
               but
               the
               Extent
               of
               Dominion
               .
            
             He
             was
             now
             arrived
             at
             Belgrade
             (
             where
             the
             news
             of
             the
             Defeat
             of
             Arslanes
             and
             his
             dislodgement
             from
             the
             Siege
             of
             Palotta
             by
             Thurn
             ,
             met
             him
             )
             and
             there
             gave
             reception
             to
             
               Iohn
               Sigismund
            
             ,
             having
             fetcht
             him
             from
             the
             other
             side
             of
             the
             Danow
             in
             his
             own
             Barge
             ,
             and
             presented
             him
             with
             a
             stately
             Horse
             ,
             richly
             set
             out
             ,
             on
             which
             he
             was
             brought
             through
             his
             Guard
             of
             Ianizaries
             to
             his
             own
             person
             ;
             
             Sigismund
             himself
             had
             the
             Honour
             of
             his
             right
             hand
             joyned
             with
             his
             ,
             the
             rest
             of
             his
             Train
             kissed
             
             Solyman's
             
             knee
             or
             the
             hem
             of
             his
             Vest.
             After
             some
             discourse
             and
             thanks
             rendred
             for
             his
             many
             Kindnesses
             ,
             and
             his
             Aid
             and
             assistance
             anew
             implored
             against
             the
             Germans
             ,
             he
             drew
             out
             a
             Petitionary
             paper
             containing
             the
             Oath
             that
             Solyman
             had
             took
             concerning
             the
             redelivery
             of
             Buda
             ,
             
             betwixt
             hope
             and
             fear
             of
             what
             would
             ensue
             such
             an
             Addresse
             .
             But
             such
             was
             the
             generous
             freedome
             and
             clearnesse
             of
             
             Solyman's
             nature
             ,
             that
             to
             rid
             him
             of
             the
             anxiety
             he
             presently
             Commanded
             his
             Vizier
             Mahomet
             to
             conforme
             in
             all
             things
             with
             the
             desire
             and
             request
             of
             his
             Beneficiary
             .
             But
             Mahomet
             taxing
             the
             Ingratitude
             of
             Iohn
             ,
             upbraiding
             him
             with
             his
             own
             tendernesse
             ,
             as
             having
             been
             more
             a
             Father
             to
             him
             than
             Solyman
             ,
             and
             taking
             it
             in
             scorn
             that
             he
             should
             keep
             equal
             State
             with
             him
             before
             Company
             ,
             so
             wrought
             upon
             Solyman
             by
             setting
             before
             him
             how
             many
             Musselmens
             lives
             his
             Quarrel
             and
             that
             Place
             had
             cost
             him
             ;
             and
             that
             it
             was
             against
             the
             Law
             of
             Mahomet
             to
             yeild
             it
             to
             the
             Christians
             ;
             that
             not
             onely
             the
             City
             was
             not
             rendred
             to
             him
             ,
             but
             he
             dismist
             with
             a
             prohibition
             of
             any
             further
             speech
             or
             sight
             of
             the
             Grand
             Seigniour
             .
             At
             the
             same
             time
             
               Portau
               Bassa
            
             took
             Gyula
             which
             
               Ladislaus
               Kereczsenius
            
             for
             a
             while
             resolutely
             Defended
             ;
             but
             being
             corrupted
             by
             the
             Enemy
             against
             the
             advice
             and
             intimation
             given
             him
             of
             the
             necessity
             of
             the
             Turks
             departure
             ,
             
             by
             
               Stephen
               Bathori
            
             ,
             delivered
             it
             upon
             terms
             ,
             which
             the
             perfidious
             Enemy
             observed
             not
             ,
             how
             ever
             by
             the
             favour
             of
             the
             
             
             
             Night
             ,
             and
             the
             Reeds
             growing
             thereabouts
             ,
             some
             few
             escaped
             .
             He
             himself
             ,
             as
             a
             just
             reward
             for
             his
             Treason
             ,
             was
             by
             the
             Command
             of
             the
             Sultan
             ,
             rolled
             down
             a
             Hill
             in
             a
             Barrel
             stuck
             full
             with
             Nails
             .
          
           
             Whos
             's
             first
             attaque
             was
             upon
             the
             Town
             of
             Sigeth
             ,
             
             wherein
             was
             Governour
             Count
             
               Nicholas
               Serini
            
             ,
             with
             Two
             thousand
             five
             hundred
             Men
             ;
             an
             incompetent
             number
             to
             the
             Defence
             of
             the
             place
             ,
             which
             diverted
             the
             storm
             from
             Agria
             (
             at
             a
             Town
             neer
             to
             which
             called
             Soklos
             the
             Bassa
             of
             Bosnia
             had
             been
             slain
             )
             upon
             it self
             .
             All
             Military
             Experiments
             were
             practised
             in
             this
             Seige
             ,
             the
             continual
             discharge
             of
             the
             Cannons
             so
             rarefying
             the
             Air
             ,
             
             that
             the
             noyse
             of
             the
             Leagure
             was
             heard
             as
             far
             as
             
               Canisa
               .
               Aly
               Portau
            
             the
             General
             of
             the
             Ordinance
             doing
             the
             part
             of
             a
             valourous
             and
             skilful
             Commander
             ,
             as
             well
             by
             diverting
             the
             Course
             of
             the
             River
             ,
             as
             bringing
             his
             Men
             in
             person
             to
             the
             breaches
             .
             Nor
             was
             Serini
             lesse
             active
             and
             Couragious
             filling
             the
             Grafts
             with
             the
             slaughtered
             Carcasses
             of
             the
             Enemy
             ;
             from
             the
             shame
             whereof
             arose
             Indignation
             and
             resentment
             of
             their
             losse
             ,
             
             by
             which
             both
             Towns
             the
             old
             and
             the
             new
             were
             taken
             and
             Sacked
             .
             
               Aly
               Portau
            
             surviving
             not
             that
             Effort
             ,
             committed
             the
             prosecution
             of
             the
             Castle
             to
             
               Seysedin
               Bassa
            
             now
             destitute
             of
             provision
             and
             wanting
             men
             the
             few
             Defendants
             being
             tired
             out
             with
             constant
             duty
             .
             Three
             dayes
             before
             the
             Castle
             fell
             into
             the
             hands
             of
             the
             Turk
             died
             Solyman
             ,
             labouring
             with
             an
             anxious
             
             Expectation
             of
             its
             reduction
             ,
             and
             wearied
             with
             old
             Age
             ,
             made
             more
             irksome
             by
             a
             pain
             in
             his
             Leg
             and
             accelerated
             by
             the
             Flux
             .
             His
             Death
             was
             concealed
             by
             the
             Policy
             of
             Mah●met
             ,
             until
             Selym
             his
             Son
             should
             be
             seated
             in
             the
             Imperial
             Throne
             ,
             and
             several
             menacing
             Edicts
             fainedly
             given
             out
             to
             make
             the
             Turks
             desperate
             in
             the
             next
             Assault
             ;
             when
             Serini
             being
             disabled
             to
             hold
             out
             longer
             ,
             opening
             the
             Gates
             and
             encouraging
             his
             Souldiers
             to
             die
             with
             him
             (
             having
             put
             on
             a
             rich
             Sute
             with
             a
             Hundred
             peices
             of
             Gold
             in
             his
             Pocket
             ,
             the
             reward
             of
             him
             that
             should
             kill
             him
             )
             sallyed
             out
             with
             fury
             upon
             the
             Enemy
             ,
             
             and
             died
             nobly
             revenged
             in
             the
             midst
             of
             them
             ,
             
             having
             slain
             during
             the
             Siege
             no
             lesse
             than
             Twenty
             some
             say
             Thirty
             thousand
             men
             .
             The
             Head
             of
             this
             Famous
             person
             ,
             was
             made
             a
             publique
             spectacle
             one
             whole
             day
             ;
             and
             the
             next
             by
             Mustapha
             Bassa
             of
             Buda
             sent
             to
             the
             Count
             of
             Salms
             ,
             and
             interred
             at
             Csaktornya
             ,
             but
             by
             the
             Imperial
             Army
             in
             veneration
             of
             his
             great
             and
             admirable
             Actions
             solemnly
             attended
             to
             Abdua
             ,
             and
             there
             deposited
             .
          
           
             The
             said
             Army
             ,
             consisting
             with
             the
             aydes
             of
             the
             Empire
             ,
             of
             25
             Thousand
             Horse
             ,
             and
             80
             Thousand
             Foot
             ,
             paid
             chiefly
             with
             the
             money
             of
             Pope
             Pius
             the
             5th
             .
             lay
             encamped
             about
             Raab
             (
             where
             a
             sad
             Fire
             happened
             about
             this
             time
             )
             not
             offering
             to
             stir
             to
             the
             relief
             of
             Sigeth
             ,
             
             nor
             to
             the
             suppression
             of
             
               Iohn
               Sigismond
            
             who
             aided
             with
             a
             great
             body
             of
             Tartars
             (
             his
             own
             Army
             amounting
             to
             15000
             men
             )
             had
             ruined
             the
             Ter●itories
             
             of
             
               Patach
               Munkacks
            
             ,
             and
             Bereckshez
             ,
             sparing
             neither
             age
             nor
             Sex.
             Tockay
             was
             defended
             against
             him
             by
             the
             valour
             of
             
               Iacob
               Ranuger
            
             ,
             and
             
               Matthias
               Calvasius
            
             ;
             the
             same
             Tartars
             continued
             this
             their
             ravage
             of
             both
             sides
             the
             Tibiscus
             to
             the
             County
             of
             Bodroch
             and
             Samosch
             ,
             intending
             the
             like
             upon
             ●ihor
             ,
             to
             such
             a
             desolation
             of
             the
             Country
             ,
             
             that
             Iohn
             afflicted
             with
             the
             sight
             of
             it
             ,
             when
             he
             could
             neither
             regain
             the
             Captives
             nor
             perswade
             them
             to
             desist
             their
             cruelty
             ,
             near
             to
             Debreczinum
             gave
             them
             battel
             ,
             and
             victoriously
             freed
             his
             people
             of
             these
             Locusts
             and
             Destroyers
             ;
             as
             ,
             while
             Maximilian
             retired
             to
             Vienna
             having
             fortified
             Canisa
             ,
             and
             thereafter
             disbanded
             his
             Army
             ,
             Mahomet
             took
             in
             Babozza
             ,
             and
             with
             the
             honour
             of
             the
             Campania
             retired
             to
             Belgrade
             ,
             having
             met
             Selymus
             ,
             in
             his
             return
             ,
             at
             Valkovar
             ,
             who
             followed
             his
             Fathers
             Corps
             (
             meanly
             attended
             in
             sign
             of
             humane
             frailty
             )
             to
             Constantinople
             ,
             where
             it
             was
             interred
             in
             a
             most
             magnificent
             Mosque
             built
             by
             himself
             in
             his
             life
             time
             .
          
           
             The
             War
             in
             Transylvania
             was
             yet
             maintained
             betwixt
             Maximilian
             and
             Iohn
             by
             their
             Generals
             Swendius
             ,
             and
             Bebecus
             ,
             who
             being
             inferiour
             in
             strength
             to
             Swendius
             thought
             by
             pretences
             of
             his
             Revolt
             to
             the
             Emperour
             to
             gain
             time
             ,
             but
             the
             sagacity
             of
             Swendius
             disappointed
             his
             Plot
             ,
             several
             Towns
             being
             taken
             from
             Iohn
             by
             Seige
             during
             this
             Intrigue
             which
             we
             may
             not
             here
             enumerate
             ;
             Iohn
             therefore
             joyned
             his
             Army
             with
             
               Hasan
               Bassa
            
             of
             Temeswar
             ,
             who
             turned
             
             the
             Scale
             of
             fortune
             and
             retook
             as
             many
             places
             ,
             but
             in
             the
             midst
             of
             this
             successefull
             progesse
             he
             was
             violently
             afflicted
             with
             an
             arthritical
             distemper
             ,
             
             which
             like
             a
             Civil
             war
             in
             his
             Microcosme
             imperseded
             his
             bent
             to
             the
             prosecution
             of
             his
             Quarrel
             :
             nor
             did
             Hasan
             at
             his
             departure
             meet
             with
             better
             luck
             at
             his
             arrival
             at
             Dedesla
             ,
             in
             the
             plunder
             whereof
             ,
             his
             powder
             took
             fire
             and
             blew
             up
             400
             Turks
             into
             the
             Air
             :
             by
             this
             means
             all
             parties
             were
             willing
             to
             a
             composure
             ,
             which
             Caesar
             (
             the
             equallest
             esteemer
             of
             fortune
             ,
             as
             preferring
             the
             commendation
             of
             his
             humanity
             ,
             before
             the
             pleasure
             of
             revenge
             )
             had
             by
             his
             Ambassadors
             Veranczius
             and
             Tieffenbach
             effected
             at
             the
             Port
             ,
             Selym
             being
             intent
             upon
             the
             Conquest
             of
             Cyprus
             .
          
           
             It
             was
             now
             the
             year
             1567.
             when
             this
             outward
             peace
             was
             blemished
             with
             a
             foul
             and
             most
             nefarious
             design
             against
             the
             life
             of
             Max●milian
             ,
             
             with
             the
             seizure
             of
             Hungary
             ,
             by
             Dobo
             and
             Balassius
             (
             men
             highly
             obliged
             to
             him
             ,
             and
             who
             had
             done
             him
             also
             many
             signal
             services
             )
             at
             the
             instigation
             of
             
               Iohn
               Sigismund
            
             but
             motioned
             to
             them
             by
             
               George
               Boscay
            
             .
             
             It
             was
             discovered
             by
             
               George
               Rakoczi
            
             ,
             and
             Ruberus
             by
             the
             divine
             peculiar
             protection
             of
             Kings
             :
             of
             this
             Treason
             they
             were
             both
             by
             a
             publick
             Solemn
             Tryal
             convicted
             and
             left
             to
             the
             disposall
             of
             Caesar
             ,
             who
             (
             although
             Bal●ssius
             broke
             prison
             and
             incited
             the
             Turks
             to
             new
             troubles
             ,
             adding
             wickednesse
             to
             wickednesse
             )
             pardoned
             them
             both
             with
             admirable
             clemency
             .
             So
             that
             neither
             way
             of
             open
             War
             ,
             
             nor
             close
             Treachery
             advantaging
             Iohn
             ,
             he
             ran
             into
             an
             extreme
             hardly
             suppo●able
             ,
             clapping
             up
             an
             offensive
             and
             defensive
             league
             against
             the
             Turk
             ,
             and
             to
             be
             managed
             as
             Caesar
             should
             upon
             occasion
             direct
             ,
             thereby
             renouncing
             to
             the
             friendship
             protection
             and
             favour
             he
             had
             received
             all
             along
             from
             the
             Ottoman
             Family
             ,
             
             which
             caused
             divers
             discourses
             and
             reflections
             upon
             him
             ,
             (
             but
             to
             be
             a
             Christian
             or
             not
             a
             Christian
             is
             of
             no
             concernment
             to
             the
             Law
             of
             Nations
             )
             although
             Maximilian
             at
             the
             same
             time
             being
             urged
             by
             the
             Venetians
             and
             the
             Pope
             to
             joyn
             with
             them
             in
             their
             league
             a
             while
             before
             the
             battel
             of
             Lepanto
             (
             when
             the
             Turk
             lost
             250
             Sail
             of
             Ships
             and
             Galleys
             ,
             and
             25000
             men
             ,
             Vluzales
             dexterously
             escaping
             with
             30
             ,
             and
             afterwards
             by
             his
             Fabian
             delayes
             ,
             restored
             their
             naval
             power
             )
             most
             religiously
             refused
             .
          
           
             By
             this
             Peace
             it
             was
             concluded
             that
             Iohn
             should
             enjoy
             with
             the
             Title
             of
             most
             Serene
             Prince
             of
             Transylvania
             ,
             
             the
             Provinces
             of
             
               Bihor
               ,
               Carasna
               ,
               Marmarosse
            
             ,
             and
             the
             exteriour
             Szolnoc
             ,
             to
             have
             the
             same
             friends
             and
             enemies
             with
             
               Caesar
               ,
               Selymus
            
             to
             be
             held
             in
             amity
             ,
             and
             this
             Treaty
             to
             be
             concealed
             ;
             but
             if
             it
             should
             happen
             that
             Iohn
             should
             be
             expelled
             by
             the
             Turks
             out
             of
             Transylvania
             ,
             he
             should
             then
             be
             invested
             in
             Opulia
             ;
             all
             former
             differences
             to
             be
             put
             in
             Oblivion
             and
             himself
             to
             be
             under
             the
             Clientele
             of
             Maximilian
             .
          
           
             With
             the
             confirmation
             hereof
             Bekessius
             was
             sent
             to
             the
             Emperour
             ,
             where
             understanding
             by
             
             Blaudrata
             that
             Iohn
             could
             not
             live
             long
             ,
             he
             designed
             the
             Government
             to
             himself
             ,
             delaying
             the
             ratification
             by
             pretences
             of
             his
             indisposition
             and
             grief
             (
             and
             thereby
             his
             incapacity
             )
             for
             the
             languishing
             condition
             of
             his
             Prince
             ;
             who
             being
             a
             Batchelor
             ,
             and
             disappointed
             of
             the
             marriage
             of
             Ioan
             Daughter
             of
             Albert
             of
             Bavaria
             ,
             added
             that
             grief
             to
             his
             other
             distempers
             ;
             which
             having
             horribly
             tortured
             him
             54
             dayes
             together
             brought
             him
             to
             his
             death
             at
             Georgyen
             ,
             
             and
             was
             the
             last
             accumulation
             of
             the
             ruines
             of
             this
             Family
             .
             A
             man
             of
             a
             sharp
             and
             quick
             spirit
             ,
             but
             infected
             with
             the
             Company
             of
             sordid
             and
             base
             people
             of
             both
             Sexes
             ,
             
             and
             thereby
             prone
             to
             all
             vices
             ,
             but
             of
             all
             those
             his
             contempt
             of
             Religion
             ,
             was
             the
             greatest
             and
             most
             notorious
             .
          
           
             By
             his
             death
             Bekessius
             took
             courage
             to
             pursue
             his
             ambitious
             designs
             ,
             
             relying
             on
             the
             Turk
             ,
             and
             his
             interest
             in
             the
             Souldiery
             ,
             but
             Selymus
             with
             the
             good
             liking
             of
             Caesar
             also
             ,
             having
             preferred
             
               Stephen
               Bathori
            
             ,
             a
             man
             famous
             both
             for
             war
             and
             peace
             to
             that
             Principality
             ;
             Bekessius
             mad
             with
             rage
             and
             shame
             ,
             that
             he
             should
             be
             deceived
             in
             the
             opinion
             he
             cherished
             of
             the
             Souldiery
             (
             which
             he
             had
             boasted
             abroad
             )
             who
             concurred
             with
             Fortune
             against
             him
             ,
             posted
             to
             Fogarasse
             and
             there
             laid
             up
             and
             secured
             
             Iohn's
             Treasure
             ,
             endevouring
             all
             wayes
             and
             means
             to
             raise
             Enemies
             against
             Stephen
             ;
             but
             the
             troubles
             of
             Mollavia
             by
             another
             change
             of
             their
             Vayvods
             deferred
             the
             publick
             eruption
             of
             the
             intended
             hostility
             
             in
             which
             interval
             happened
             this
             Phanatick
             Story
             .
          
           
             One
             
               Gregory
               Carachondius
            
             of
             Rivulinum
             ,
             
             Sirnamed
             Black
             from
             the
             event
             of
             his
             exploit
             ,
             under
             the
             specious
             vail
             of
             sanctity
             and
             pretence
             of
             revelations
             had
             inveigled
             the
             vulgar
             in
             the
             head
             that
             God
             would
             by
             him
             expell
             the
             Turk
             out
             of
             Hungary
             ,
             
             hereupon
             having
             collected
             a
             rabble
             of
             5000
             men
             ,
             (
             who
             admired
             him
             not
             only
             for
             his
             spirit
             of
             Prophesie
             ,
             but
             his
             strength
             of
             Arm
             ,
             by
             which
             he
             would
             streighten
             a
             Horse-shooe
             )
             he
             marched
             to
             the
             Seige
             of
             Miklosum
             ,
             where
             he
             said
             it
             was
             revealed
             him
             that
             either
             the
             Walls
             would
             fall
             down
             of
             themselves
             ,
             or
             the
             Turks
             be
             b●rnt
             by
             Fire
             from
             heaven
             ,
             which
             the
             Turks
             counterfeiting
             by
             setting
             Fire
             to
             bundles
             of
             straw
             and
             reeds
             about
             the
             Castle
             ,
             these
             mad
             Fellowes
             took
             it
             for
             fulfilling
             of
             his
             praediction
             ,
             but
             when
             they
             perceived
             near
             at
             hand
             ,
             that
             the
             Walls
             and
             Castle
             stood
             ,
             they
             drew
             off
             very
             melancholly
             ,
             and
             were
             in
             that
             mood
             set
             upon
             by
             Sazvares
             Governour
             of
             Szolnoc
             and
             miserably
             slaughtered
             :
             notwithstanding
             their
             Captain
             would
             not
             desist
             ,
             but
             pretending
             this
             losse
             to
             have
             happened
             for
             their
             sins
             ,
             he
             laid
             Seige
             to
             Zolnoc
             ,
             where
             he
             was
             disappointed
             in
             the
             same
             manner
             ;
             from
             thence
             to
             Debreczinum
             where
             for
             contempt
             of
             his
             authority
             ,
             he
             commanded
             the
             Mayor
             to
             be
             hanged
             ,
             but
             a
             Tumult
             preventing
             the
             Execution
             ,
             he
             was
             taken
             by
             the
             multitude
             and
             his
             Head
             chopt
             off
             ,
             and
             shewed
             for
             a
             spectacle
             of
             whimsicall
             ambition
             .
             Yet
             was
             
             even
             this
             wild
             fellowes
             death
             (
             such
             the
             madnesse
             of
             the
             infected
             herd
             )
             endevoured
             to
             be
             revenged
             though
             after
             a
             short
             politique
             connivence
             suppressed
             by
             
               Nicholas
               Bathori
            
             .
          
           
             The
             like
             Scene
             almost
             was
             acted
             in
             Illyria
             by
             the
             Boors
             there
             ,
             
             who
             rebelled
             against
             the
             Nobility
             and
             Gentry
             ,
             
             who
             had
             held
             them
             indeed
             in
             very
             hard
             servitude
             ;
             their
             number
             was
             Ten
             Thousand
             ,
             who
             proclaimed
             one
             
               Matthew
               Geubecz
            
             for
             the
             King
             ,
             and
             unmercifully
             handled
             their
             former
             Masters
             ,
             tearing
             like
             Dogs
             those
             that
             resisted
             them
             .
             But
             800
             men
             easily
             routed
             them
             .
             And
             their
             K.
             being
             taken
             ,
             had
             his
             flesh
             pulled
             off
             with
             burning
             Pincers
             ,
             and
             a
             red
             hot
             Iron
             Crown
             put
             upon
             his
             head
             ,
             expiating
             by
             that
             regall
             embleme
             his
             affront
             to
             the
             Regall
             Dignity
             .
          
           
             Maximilian
             was
             now
             intent
             upon
             gaining
             the
             good
             will
             and
             favour
             of
             the
             Estates
             towards
             the
             settling
             his
             Family
             in
             the
             Supreme
             Power
             ,
             
             having
             in
             his
             own
             sight
             caused
             his
             Son
             Rudolph
             to
             be
             crowned
             King
             at
             Presburgh
             ,
             notwithstanding
             that
             the
             Burghers
             generally
             grudged
             that
             the
             Germans
             were
             not
             removed
             out
             of
             the
             Kingdome
             ,
             nor
             a
             Palatine
             created
             according
             to
             custome
             ,
             besides
             that
             their
             liberties
             were
             infringed
             ,
             &c.
             which
             inflamed
             at
             last
             into
             Tumults
             and
             uproars
             .
          
           
             Nor
             was
             Stephen
             Bathori's
             Government
             quiet
             or
             composed
             ,
             
             for
             Bekessius
             neither
             reducible
             by
             his
             menacing
             edicts
             ,
             nor
             the
             intreaties
             and
             perswasions
             of
             the
             Nobility
             ,
             was
             now
             beseiged
             in
             Fogarasse
             ,
             which
             being
             ill
             manned
             ,
             he
             privately
             
             upon
             a
             swift
             Asian
             horse
             escaped
             to
             Caesar
             ,
             the
             Castle
             was
             after
             delivered
             by
             
               Paul
               Giula
            
             afterwards
             Secretary
             to
             Stephen
             ,
             and
             with
             it
             all
             the
             Treasure
             Bekessius
             had
             hoarded
             ,
             
             Fortune
             and
             Prudence
             deserting
             him
             together
             ,
             for
             while
             he
             coveted
             Titles
             beyond
             his
             reach
             ,
             he
             lost
             an
             ample
             estate
             ,
             in
             his
             power
             to
             have
             preserved
             it
             .
          
           
             Amurath
             the
             3d.
             Succeeded
             Selymus
             in
             the
             Ottoman
             Throne
             ,
             having
             seen
             five
             of
             his
             Brothers
             strangled
             in
             his
             presence
             ,
             but
             more
             humanely
             inclined
             to
             a
             Peace
             with
             Christendom
             ,
             as
             being
             by
             Dream
             admonished
             to
             a
             War
             against
             the
             Heretique
             Persians
             .
             This
             Tranquility
             stirs
             in
             Poland
             succeeded
             ;
             for
             Charles
             the
             ninth
             of
             France
             ,
             dying
             ,
             his
             Brother
             Henry
             newly
             made
             King
             of
             Poland
             ,
             
             withdrew
             suddenly
             thence
             ,
             and
             left
             the
             Poles
             in
             an
             Interregnum
             and
             vacancy
             ,
             as
             after
             they
             decreed
             at
             Warsaw
             ,
             but
             could
             not
             agree
             about
             the
             Successour
             .
             The
             Competitors
             were
             
               Caesar
               ,
               Iohn
            
             of
             Sweden
             ,
             and
             
               Ivan
               Vasilowich
            
             Duke
             of
             Mosco
             ,
             for
             as
             yet
             
               Stephen
               Bathori
            
             minded
             not
             the
             matter
             ,
             thinking
             it
             above
             his
             reach
             ;
             but
             
               Samuel
               Sborovius
            
             then
             in
             Exile
             in
             Transylvania
             ,
             for
             the
             slaughter
             of
             
               Vapovius
               Castellan
            
             of
             Primislaw
             ,
             having
             every
             where
             proclaimed
             the
             worth
             of
             the
             person
             ,
             drew
             
               Peter
               Sborovius
            
             then
             Palatine
             of
             Cracovia
             ,
             to
             his
             opinion
             ;
             Stephen
             by
             their
             Counsel
             therefore
             put
             in
             his
             Name
             and
             stood
             for
             the
             Election
             ,
             by
             an
             unusual
             felicity
             being
             in
             a
             short
             time
             a
             Baron
             ,
             Prince
             ,
             and
             King.
             Nor
             
             was
             he
             unworthy
             of
             his
             Advancement
             .
             To
             detain
             him
             in
             
               Transylvania
               ,
               Caesar
            
             Commissioned
             Bekessius
             to
             attempt
             it
             ,
             who
             came
             with
             such
             sudden
             secrecy
             as
             far
             as
             Radnot
             ,
             that
             Bathori
             knew
             not
             of
             an
             Enemy
             ,
             although
             in
             the
             middle
             of
             his
             Principality
             ,
             and
             had
             been
             easily
             Conquered
             if
             Bekessius
             had
             not
             lost
             by
             delayes
             what
             he
             had
             gained
             by
             his
             good
             speed
             ;
             for
             while
             he
             argued
             with
             Bathori
             about
             Articles
             of
             a
             new
             Agreement
             ,
             the
             form
             where
             of
             Bathori
             ,
             
             thus
             surprized
             ,
             desired
             to
             be
             mended
             and
             mitigated
             onely
             ,
             he
             called
             in
             Mahomet
             the
             Governour
             of
             Lippa
             with
             his
             Forces
             to
             his
             Assistance
             ,
             with
             which
             Couragiously
             he
             Vanquished
             Bekessius
             .
             The
             Hungarian
             Prisoners
             he
             released
             freely
             ,
             but
             his
             Transylvanian
             Rebels
             were
             thralled
             to
             the
             Turks
             .
             
             Such
             the
             Calamity
             of
             Victory
             ,
             even
             when
             it
             favours
             good
             men
             ,
             whose
             natural
             Clemency
             it
             perverts
             by
             its
             Revenge
             .
          
           
             Bathori
             departing
             for
             Poland
             ,
             quitted
             Transylvania
             to
             his
             Brother
             Christopher
             ,
             
             having
             Married
             neer
             this
             time
             with
             Anne
             the
             Daughter
             of
             
               Sigismund
               Augustus
            
             his
             late
             Predecessour
             in
             that
             Kingdome
             ,
             whither
             Bekessius
             (
             fled
             from
             his
             Discomfiture
             to
             Scepusium
             )
             with
             an
             admired
             Confidence
             soon
             after
             followed
             ,
             and
             in
             a
             prostrate
             manner
             addressed
             himself
             to
             the
             King
             ,
             whose
             Generosity
             not
             only
             forgave
             him
             ,
             the
             most
             implacable
             of
             all
             his
             Enemies
             ,
             but
             preferred
             him
             to
             the
             Command
             of
             the
             Hungarian
             Forces
             then
             serving
             him
             against
             the
             
             Dantzickers
             quarrelling
             for
             their
             Priviledges
             ,
             and
             the
             Muscovites
             ,
             against
             both
             whom
             he
             was
             very
             successful
             ,
             driving
             the
             last
             of
             the
             two
             out
             of
             Livonia
             .
             In
             the
             mean
             time
             a
             Quarrel
             and
             rupture
             happened
             betwixt
             the
             Turks
             and
             the
             Emperour
             about
             certain
             Prisoners
             taken
             by
             a
             Stratagem
             of
             Balassi
             ,
             in
             revenge
             whereof
             ,
             
               Aly
               Beg
            
             of
             Alba
             ,
             
             seized
             several
             Towns
             belonging
             to
             Balassi
             ;
             and
             though
             Istuanfi
             the
             Emperors
             Agent
             would
             have
             perswaded
             the
             Bassa
             of
             Buda
             that
             the
             League
             was
             still
             in
             force
             and
             those
             particular
             actions
             not
             to
             be
             construed
             as
             a
             breach
             thereof
             ,
             yet
             the
             Turks
             prone
             to
             a
             new
             War
             ,
             Invaded
             Illyria
             and
             brought
             a
             great
             Calamity
             upon
             it
             ,
             Defeating
             Auspergerus
             the
             Emperour
             's
             General
             with
             all
             his
             Army
             neer
             Radonia
             ,
             and
             after
             took
             in
             and
             burnt
             
               Businium
               Czasium
               ,
               Suacicium
            
             ,
             and
             Szrinyum
             ,
             as
             he
             had
             before
             seized
             
               Topusca
               ,
               Bonitium
            
             ,
             and
             all
             the
             places
             between
             the
             Rivers
             of
             
               Colapis
               ,
               Dobra
            
             ,
             and
             Meresnicia
             .
          
           
             This
             Year
             1576.
             
             Died
             Maximilian
             the
             Emperour
             ,
             
             worthily
             renowned
             to
             Posterity
             for
             his
             Moderation
             and
             Justice
             ,
             to
             whose
             Supreme
             Greatness
             ,
             nothing
             was
             wanting
             but
             Fortune
             .
             Although
             he
             was
             very
             constant
             to
             the
             Religion
             of
             his
             Ancestors
             ,
             yet
             was
             he
             not
             therefore
             severe
             to
             the
             Protestants
             ,
             as
             requiring
             Piety
             onely
             :
             That
             Speech
             of
             his
             to
             the
             Bishop
             of
             Olomucza
             leing
             very
             memorable
             ,
             
               That
               Christian
               Religion
               teacheth
               rather
               to
               suffer
               killing
               ,
               than
               to
               kill
               ;
               and
               that
               it
               is
               a
               grievous
               Impiety
               
               to
               lord
               it
               over
               mens
               Consciences
               ,
               which
               is
               the
               same
               insolence
               as
               to
               Invade
               Heaven
               .
            
          
           
             RUDOLPHUS
             the
             second
             of
             that
             Name
             Emperour
             ,
             
             Succeeded
             his
             Father
             to
             a
             troublesome
             and
             more
             unquiet
             Government
             ;
             for
             the
             Turks
             playing
             fast
             and
             loose
             with
             the
             late
             Treaty
             of
             Peace
             ,
             had
             made
             an
             Irruption
             into
             Sclavonia
             ,
             and
             taken
             Gonsdansc
             in
             Sclavonia
             ,
             and
             spoyled
             their
             silver
             Mines
             ,
             and
             had
             opened
             a
             way
             for
             their
             Excursions
             into
             Carniola
             .
             To
             stop
             which
             danger
             lest
             his
             patience
             might
             embolden
             the
             Enemy
             ,
             Rudolphus
             dispatcht
             away
             his
             Uncle
             Charles
             to
             that
             Government
             (
             as
             he
             did
             delegate
             his
             Brother
             Ernestus
             to
             the
             Care
             of
             Hungary
             )
             while
             he
             intended
             some
             respite
             from
             businesse
             in
             Bohemia
             .
             
             This
             Viceroyship
             the
             Hungarians
             highly
             stomached
             ,
             requiring
             their
             Election
             of
             a
             Palatine
             ,
             and
             their
             Lawes
             ,
             and
             inveighing
             against
             the
             intrusion
             of
             this
             new
             Example
             .
             Charles
             being
             arrived
             in
             Illyria
             ,
             quietly
             reduced
             all
             the
             places
             taken
             three
             years
             before
             by
             Ferhates
             of
             Bosnia
             ,
             and
             founded
             Carolostad
             in
             memory
             of
             his
             Victorys
             ;
             the
             like
             Successe
             had
             Battyani
             against
             
               Aly
               Beg
            
             of
             Sygeth
             ,
             who
             designing
             to
             disturbe
             his
             Fortifications
             at
             Barcai
             in
             the
             very
             nick
             of
             the
             Atchievement
             of
             his
             Design
             ,
             was
             by
             the
             Policy
             of
             Battyani
             encouraging
             his
             flying
             Souldiers
             with
             the
             shout
             of
             
               The
               Enemy
               runs
            
             ,
             wrested
             out
             of
             a
             compleat
             Triumph
             and
             made
             a
             Sacrifice
             to
             the
             Vindictive
             Sword.
             The
             same
             Event
             attended
             Scanderbeg
             the
             Son
             of
             the
             Famous
             
             Ulumas
             Governour
             of
             Posega
             ,
             by
             whose
             overthrow
             Illyria
             was
             reduced
             in
             a
             manner
             to
             Rudolphus
             .
          
           
             And
             as
             if
             Fate
             had
             treasured
             up
             her
             wrath
             against
             the
             Turk
             for
             this
             time
             ,
             Sasvares
             the
             Sanjack
             of
             Szolnoc
             ,
             thinking
             to
             have
             trapt
             Colonitz
             and
             Bathori
             ,
             was
             caught
             himself
             ;
             for
             having
             surrounded
             the
             Christians
             and
             opprest
             them
             with
             Multitudes
             ,
             even
             to
             desperation
             of
             any
             escape
             ,
             just
             as
             they
             were
             yeilding
             to
             the
             Sword
             of
             the
             Enemy
             ,
             came
             in
             to
             their
             rescue
             Rajbicius
             sent
             from
             
               Andrew
               Barbelius
            
             the
             Governour
             of
             Agria
             ,
             who
             flanking
             the
             Turks
             with
             his
             Musqueteers
             hem'd
             in
             Three
             hundred
             of
             them
             and
             slew
             them
             ,
             
             and
             took
             Prisoners
             Four
             hundred
             more
             ,
             with
             thirteen
             Ensigns
             ;
             which
             indignity
             Sasvares
             proudly
             resenting
             as
             Dishonourable
             for
             a
             Musselman
             to
             be
             beaten
             by
             a
             Christian
             ,
             revengefully
             burnt
             and
             levelled
             several
             Towns
             ,
             
             and
             with
             a
             full
             prey
             was
             returning
             home
             when
             Serinus
             and
             Raibicius
             gave
             him
             the
             second
             Course
             of
             the
             same
             Entertainment
             ,
             He
             himself
             stript
             of
             his
             Vainglorious
             humour
             disguised
             in
             a
             Horse-rubbers
             habit
             hardly
             escaping
             to
             Tybiscus
             .
          
           
             The
             news
             of
             this
             overthrow
             was
             soon
             carried
             to
             Constantinople
             ,
             whereat
             
               Sinan
               Bassa
            
             the
             Prime
             Vizier
             ,
             was
             transported
             into
             a
             most
             violent
             rage
             ,
             encreased
             by
             another
             defeat
             given
             to
             Ferhates
             Bassa
             of
             Bosnia
             ,
             who
             with
             Nine
             thousand
             Men
             Invading
             Carniola
             ,
             had
             been
             pitifully
             overthrown
             by
             the
             Count
             of
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             Thurn
             &
             Erdoedius
             falling
             on
             his
             Reer
             ,
             and
             with
             the
             losse
             of
             Four
             men
             ,
             
             killing
             Four
             thousand
             :
             But
             these
             objections
             at
             the
             Port
             (
             as
             being
             done
             by
             way
             of
             Reprizal
             and
             Defence
             ,
             the
             Tucks
             being
             taken
             out
             of
             their
             bounds
             w●th
             Christian
             Booty
             )
             
               Paulus
               Eyzingarus
            
             and
             
               Henry
               Lichtensteyn
            
             the
             Emperours
             Ambassadours
             so
             solved
             and
             satisfied
             ,
             that
             Amurath
             declared
             that
             they
             suffered
             in
             their
             own
             wrong
             ,
             nor
             would
             he
             support
             them
             therein
             ,
             to
             the
             disturbance
             of
             the
             Peace
             .
          
           
             Soon
             after
             dyed
             
               Christopher
               Bathori
            
             Prince
             of
             Transylvania
             ,
             who
             had
             enjoyed
             his
             Government
             the
             quiettest
             of
             all
             his
             Predecessors
             ,
             leaving
             his
             young
             Son
             Sigismund
             to
             his
             Brother
             Stephen
             ,
             who
             committed
             him
             to
             the
             Tuition
             of
             three
             Noblemen
             ,
             but
             they
             rivalling
             the
             power
             thereof
             to
             the
             detriment
             of
             the
             publique
             good
             ,
             the
             Governance
             of
             the
             Prince
             was
             conferred
             upon
             
               Iohn
               Geczi
            
             the
             Provost
             of
             Varadin
             ,
             
             a
             person
             eminent
             for
             his
             wisdome
             and
             integrity
             of
             life
             :
             at
             which
             time
             an
             Epidemicall
             Disease
             raged
             gradually
             through
             all
             the
             Parts
             of
             Europe
             ,
             and
             in
             the
             month
             of
             September
             infested
             Germany
             and
             Hungary
             ,
             
             it
             was
             called
             the
             
               Morbus
               Vervecinus
            
             ,
             for
             that
             like
             sheep
             ,
             the
             diseased
             were
             seized
             with
             a
             Cold
             and
             a
             Cough
             ,
             there
             were
             also
             several
             Earthquakes
             at
             
               Presburgh
               ,
               Vienna
            
             ,
             and
             Zagrabia
             .
             At
             Bihigium
             in
             Chroatia
             in
             the
             middle
             of
             the
             night
             ,
             a
             multitude
             of
             Ducks
             and
             Geese
             fought
             in
             the
             air
             ,
             
             and
             next
             morning
             some
             Thousands
             of
             them
             were
             found
             slain
             with
             mutuall
             
             wounds
             upon
             the
             grounds
             ,
             affording
             plenty
             of
             good
             chear
             to
             the
             Inhabitants
             .
          
           
             These
             portents
             signified
             the
             frequency
             of
             military
             actions
             ;
             Hasan
             Governour
             of
             Sigeth
             depopulated
             all
             that
             hitherto
             untouch'd
             plat
             of
             Territory
             ,
             
             lying
             between
             the
             river
             Mura
             and
             Dravus
             ,
             and
             through
             the
             easie
             pursuit
             of
             Count
             Serinus
             escaped
             with
             a
             great
             Booty
             over
             the
             Arrhabon
             to
             his
             Garrison
             .
             Palfi
             requited
             this
             by
             counter-designing
             against
             Isaac
             of
             Alba
             ,
             whom
             missing
             in
             the
             dark
             ,
             by
             day
             break
             he
             found
             and
             put
             to
             the
             rout
             .
             
               Nadasdi
               ,
               Speciacassus
               ,
               Hussarus
            
             ,
             and
             others
             took
             Coppanum
             from
             the
             Turks
             ,
             and
             puft
             up
             with
             the
             fortune
             of
             the
             atchievement
             would
             needs
             beseige
             Bnda
             ,
             driving
             the
             Cattell
             away
             from
             about
             the
             Town
             ,
             but
             Ferhates
             now
             Bassa
             of
             Buda
             ,
             so
             repayed
             their
             arrogance
             ,
             that
             with
             the
             Losse
             of
             22
             Ensignes
             ,
             they
             fled
             for
             their
             lives
             .
          
           
             But
             a
             greater
             war
             impended
             out
             of
             Poland
             ,
             
             
               Stephen
               Bathori
            
             being
             deceased
             ,
             
             equally
             lamented
             by
             the
             Poles
             and
             Transylvanians
             ;
             for
             the
             Sborovian
             Faction
             ,
             whom
             Stephen
             for
             their
             Crimes
             had
             depressed
             ,
             (
             although
             his
             Raisers
             )
             had
             deprived
             
               Iohn
               Samoiscius
            
             (
             who
             had
             married
             Grisel
             the
             Kinswoman
             of
             Stephen
             )
             of
             his
             Chancellorship
             in
             that
             Kingdome
             .
             At
             the
             next
             diet
             there
             appeared
             these
             Competitors
             ,
             Piestas
             ,
             one
             of
             the
             Nobles
             ,
             Theodor
             Duke
             of
             
               Musco
               ,
               Maximilian
            
             the
             Brother
             of
             
               Caesar
               ,
               Sigismund
            
             Son
             of
             Iohn
             the
             third
             King
             of
             Sweden
             ,
             and
             the
             son
             of
             the
             
               Tartar
               Cham
            
             ,
             who
             pretended
             his
             power
             
             and
             sufficiency
             of
             Defending
             Poland
             ,
             his
             frugality
             and
             Continence
             ;
             as
             to
             Religion
             ,
             their
             Pope
             should
             be
             his
             Pope
             ,
             their
             Luther
             his
             Luther
             .
             In
             fine
             ,
             Sigismund
             by
             the
             endevour
             and
             Interest
             of
             Samoyscius
             carried
             it
             from
             them
             all
             ,
             the
             Sborovians
             labouring
             for
             Maximilian
             ,
             the
             Lithuanians
             contrarily
             proposing
             the
             decision
             might
             be
             by
             Lot
             ;
             but
             the
             Sborovians
             would
             by
             no
             means
             consent
             to
             it
             .
             In
             the
             mean
             while
             Zamoyschus
             aided
             by
             
               Iohn
               Geczi
            
             out
             of
             Transylvania
             took
             Cracovia
             and
             therein
             the
             Regalia
             ;
             
             and
             lighting
             upon
             Maximilian
             at
             Clepardia
             ,
             with
             the
             slaughter
             of
             a
             Thousand
             ,
             and
             three
             hundred
             prisoners
             ,
             made
             him
             run
             to
             Bicini
             ,
             where
             being
             in
             vain
             perswaded
             to
             a
             safer
             refuge
             he
             was
             besieged
             and
             taken
             and
             Custoded
             in
             Rodlone
             ;
             his
             Brother
             a
             most
             unactive
             Prince
             regarding
             neither
             his
             Honour
             nor
             the
             danger
             .
             The
             Pope
             was
             therefore
             intreated
             to
             take
             the
             Cause
             into
             his
             hands
             by
             his
             Nuncio
             Aldobrandinus
             afterwards
             Clement
             the
             eighth
             ,
             who
             so
             managed
             the
             businesse
             ,
             that
             Maximilian
             for
             his
             Liberty
             with
             the
             further
             ransome
             of
             fourty
             thousand
             Dollars
             ,
             quitted
             his
             pretences
             to
             that
             Crown
             ,
             to
             which
             by
             the
             vanity
             of
             Sborovius
             and
             Stanislans
             ,
             he
             had
             been
             a
             year
             so
             fondly
             wedded
             .
          
           
             To
             return
             to
             Sazvares
             the
             busie
             Governour
             of
             Zigeth
             ,
             
             now
             upon
             another
             Excursion
             between
             the
             Rivers
             Mur
             and
             Cernicia
             ,
             where
             he
             ravaged
             with
             such
             insolence
             ,
             that
             his
             Officers
             suspecting
             his
             Interception
             by
             some
             Ambush
             
             or
             Engagement
             ,
             advised
             him
             to
             some
             private
             way
             of
             retreat
             ,
             which
             he
             resecting
             and
             vapouring
             that
             he
             would
             Face
             Serini
             before
             his
             Garrison
             of
             Canysa
             ,
             was
             encompassed
             at
             Paulinum
             by
             the
             conjoyned
             Forces
             of
             
               Nadasdi
               Trautmansdorff
               ,
               Battyani
            
             ,
             and
             Serini
             ,
             and
             there
             with
             the
             slaughter
             of
             Two
             thousand
             ,
             and
             as
             many
             Prisoners
             put
             to
             flight
             ,
             he
             himself
             difficulty
             escaping
             ,
             and
             respiting
             a
             Death
             by
             the
             honour
             of
             the
             Sword
             to
             a
             glasse
             of
             Poyson
             ,
             
             which
             to
             prevent
             Strangling
             at
             Constantinople
             ,
             he
             took
             in
             his
             way
             thither
             ,
             as
             he
             was
             Commanded
             by
             the
             Grand
             Seigniour
             .
             The
             same
             Fate
             besel
             Ferhates
             Bassa
             of
             Buda
             ,
             who
             having
             raised
             the
             Contribution
             of
             the
             County
             to
             excessive
             rates
             ,
             thereby
             to
             satisfie
             his
             Rapine
             ,
             and
             over
             and
             above
             to
             bribe
             out
             his
             oppression
             ,
             which
             the
             poor
             Peasants
             were
             unable
             to
             pay
             ,
             was
             in
             his
             forcible
             levying
             of
             it
             (
             though
             accompanyed
             with
             Twelve
             thousand
             men
             )
             totally
             routed
             by
             Two
             thousand
             five
             hundred
             Hungarians
             ,
             under
             the
             Command
             of
             
               Sigismund
               Racockzi
               ,
               Stephen
               Homonai
            
             and
             other
             ,
             
             between
             Hernad
             and
             Barsonyos
             ,
             Two
             thousand
             killed
             and
             Four
             hundred
             taken
             ,
             with
             the
             losse
             of
             Six
             hundred
             .
             This
             Defeat
             cost
             Ferhates
             his
             Life
             ,
             the
             just
             price
             of
             his
             too
             eager
             Covetousnesse
             ,
             as
             the
             Victory
             ascribed
             to
             the
             Hungarians
             was
             particularly
             referred
             to
             those
             Liberties
             and
             Priviledges
             they
             lately
             enjoyed
             by
             the
             Concession
             of
             Rudolph
             at
             a
             late
             diet
             sometime
             before
             held
             in
             Presburgh
             .
          
           
           
             But
             these
             were
             but
             pastime
             velitations
             and
             praeludia
             to
             the
             open
             War
             which
             ensued
             ,
             ●or
             Sinan
             &
             Osman
             Bassa
             having
             after
             many
             ill
             successes
             and
             losses
             especially
             in
             the
             late
             fight
             at
             Masul
             in
             Persia
             ,
             
             Concluded
             a
             Peace
             with
             
               Mahomet
               Hodaband
            
             the
             King
             thereof
             ,
             sought
             to
             peice
             up
             in
             the
             West
             what
             was
             diminished
             from
             their
             Empire
             in
             the
             East
             ,
             by
             transferring
             the
             War
             into
             Europe
             ,
             on
             which
             Sinan
             was
             so
             resolutely
             bent
             ,
             that
             to
             remove
             all
             opposition
             ,
             he
             caused
             the
             Mufti
             zealously
             inclined
             against
             the
             Persian
             ,
             to
             be
             poysoned
             ata
             Banquet
             ;
             and
             Hasanes
             of
             Bosnia
             was
             ordered
             to
             seek
             an
             occasion
             of
             the
             Rupture
             ,
             which
             he
             expiated
             with
             his
             own
             life
             .
             
             The
             Dance
             was
             begun
             by
             him
             in
             Illyria
             ,
             where
             between
             Czisium
             and
             Ivanicia
             ,
             he
             committed
             terrible
             spoil
             ,
             and
             took-several
             Towns
             ;
             but
             upon
             his
             retreat
             to
             
               Gradisca
               ,
               Labohatius
            
             ,
             and
             
               Michael
               Szekely
            
             ,
             set
             upon
             a
             Regiment
             newly
             passed
             the
             River
             Colapis
             ,
             and
             cut
             it
             off
             in
             the
             view
             of
             Hasanes
             ,
             who
             durst
             not
             make
             to
             their
             relief
             .
             In
             the
             same
             havocking
             manner
             ,
             Hasanes
             surnamed
             the
             Little
             ,
             the
             Governour
             of
             Sigeth
             ,
             took
             Kiskamaromum
             by
             a
             sudden
             scalado
             ,
             while
             the
             Other
             mad
             with
             Revenge
             ,
             and
             assisted
             by
             Rustan
             and
             Erdeogli
             ,
             encamping
             near
             Colapis
             ,
             took
             Ranovicia
             and
             Gara
             ,
             and
             founded
             Petrinia
             by
             a
             River
             of
             that
             name
             ,
             which
             he
             afterwards
             finished
             .
             He
             stormed
             Siscia
             ,
             but
             was
             beaten
             off
             by
             the
             Valour
             of
             
               N●cholas
               Micacius
            
             ,
             who
             incensed
             him
             yet
             further
             by
             a
             Stratagem
             ,
             for
             pretending
             a
             rendition
             
             of
             the
             Town
             ,
             he
             received
             by
             Articles
             Five
             hundred
             Turks
             who
             were
             to
             take
             possession
             ,
             all
             of
             whom
             he
             put
             to
             the
             Sword.
             All
             these
             outrages
             did
             Erdoedius
             the
             Emperours
             Governour
             ,
             bear
             with
             till
             now
             ,
             when
             taking
             Arms
             he
             reduced
             Monozlone
             ,
             and
             hence
             occasion
             was
             taken
             by
             the
             Turks
             to
             declare
             a
             War.
             
          
           
             For
             Amurath
             being
             of
             himself
             sufficiently
             exasperated
             ,
             was
             more
             enflamed
             by
             Sinan
             ,
             and
             therefore
             Commands
             were
             sent
             away
             to
             Hasanes
             to
             provide
             that
             the
             Grand
             Seigniours
             Provinces
             received
             no
             damage
             ,
             and
             if
             any
             were
             offered
             ,
             to
             revenge
             it
             ;
             hereupon
             he
             besieged
             and
             took
             *
             Bihigi●m
             ,
             and
             by
             private
             wayes
             making
             towards
             Erdoedius
             ,
             surprized
             him
             ,
             in
             his
             expectation
             of
             supply
             and
             assistance
             ,
             with
             his
             Camp
             and
             Great
             Guns
             .
             This
             losse
             Charles
             the
             Uncle
             of
             Rudolph
             ,
             the
             next
             Governour
             no
             way
             remedied
             ,
             things
             growing
             worse
             and
             worse
             every
             day
             in
             that
             Province
             ,
             no
             lesse
             then
             Five
             thousand
             Christians
             being
             trodden
             down
             &
             surcharged
             by
             numbers
             neer
             
               Petrinia
               ;
               Sciscia
            
             was
             the
             second
             and
             third
             time
             attempted
             by
             Hasanes
             ,
             such
             his
             thirst
             of
             Revenge
             and
             the
             arrogance
             of
             his
             mind
             ,
             with
             a
             battery
             of
             24
             Great
             Guns
             .
             When
             Fortune
             changed
             her
             Countenance
             ,
             
             for
             although
             the
             abundance
             of
             Rain
             that
             fell
             of
             a
             sudden
             saved
             him
             the
             first
             of
             these
             times
             from
             an
             Engagement
             by
             Palfi
             and
             Nadasdi
             ,
             
             which
             was
             attributed
             to
             his
             Conduct
             ,
             yet
             the
             next
             bout
             he
             escaped
             not
             so
             ,
             for
             having
             newly
             passed
             Colapis
             and
             arrived
             at
             
               Selinum
               ,
               Erdoedius
            
             with
             
             other
             of
             the
             Nobility
             ,
             and
             8000
             Men
             ,
             fell
             Couragiously
             on
             him
             and
             shamefully
             Vanquished
             him
             ,
             12000
             Turks
             being
             slain
             (
             so
             that
             Ordera
             and
             Colapis
             were
             discoloured
             with
             Blood
             )
             among
             whom
             was
             Mahomet
             the
             ●on
             of
             a
             Sister
             of
             Amuraths
             (
             whose
             Death
             at
             her
             solicitation
             did
             not
             a
             little
             put
             forward
             the
             intended
             Expedition
             )
             many
             Spahi
             ,
             
             Officers
             ,
             and
             men
             of
             Note
             .
             Hasan
             himself
             thinking
             to
             have
             escaped
             over
             the
             Bridge
             ,
             already
             thronged
             with
             the
             flying
             remains
             ,
             was
             with
             some
             of
             his
             valientest
             Souldiers
             forced
             off
             the
             Bridge
             into
             the
             River
             and
             there
             drowned
             .
             The
             Camp
             and
             rich
             Tents
             with
             all
             the
             Great
             Guns
             ,
             Bag
             and
             Baggage
             came
             intirely
             into
             the
             Conquerours
             hands
             .
             
               So
               God
               arose
               in
               the
               Revenge
               of
               this
               perfideousnesse
               ,
               being
               most
               wise
               to
               know
               ,
               most
               equal
               to
               discern
               ,
               and
               most
               just
               to
               punish
               .
               Petrinia
            
             had
             been
             at
             the
             same
             time
             demolished
             by
             Erdoedius
             ,
             but
             that
             his
             Collegue
             having
             a
             longing
             eye
             upon
             a
             Peace
             ,
             diswaded
             him
             .
          
           
             Amurath
             the
             more
             incensed
             by
             Sinan
             and
             his
             Sister
             ,
             swore
             by
             God
             and
             Mahomet
             ,
             he
             would
             be
             revenged
             ,
             and
             thereupon
             denounced
             War
             against
             the
             Emperour
             ,
             who
             first
             deprecated
             the
             same
             by
             his
             Oratour
             Poppelius
             whom
             with
             Presents
             he
             dispatched
             to
             the
             Port
             ,
             alleadging
             that
             Invaders
             are
             justly
             punishable
             ;
             but
             he
             perceiving
             the
             Turks
             bent
             ,
             openly
             declared
             ,
             that
             if
             the
             War
             were
             brought
             upon
             his
             Master
             ,
             the
             Perpetual
             Law
             of
             Nature
             had
             directed
             and
             principled
             Men
             to
             resist
             and
             
             repel
             Force
             and
             injury
             by
             any
             manner
             of
             Defence
             .
             To
             which
             the
             matter
             being
             left
             ,
             the
             money
             designed
             for
             the
             Tribute
             was
             staid
             at
             Vienna
             for
             better
             uses
             ,
             as
             on
             the
             other
             side
             the
             Embassador
             was
             confined
             to
             a
             private
             house
             .
             The
             War
             thus
             opened
             ;
             Hasan
             now
             Beglerbeg
             of
             Gree●e
             ,
             dislodged
             Serini
             and
             Ekenperg
             obstinately
             bent
             upon
             the
             reduction
             of
             Petrinia
             ,
             and
             by
             his
             peculiar
             fortune
             took
             the
             often
             mentioned
             Siscia
             ,
             the
             besieged
             being
             in
             no
             hope
             of
             relief
             .
          
           
             Sinan
             being
             arrived
             in
             person
             ,
             took
             Vesprinium
             yeilded
             by
             Speciacassius
             sor
             want
             of
             water
             ,
             amidst
             so
             many
             Springs
             ,
             but
             possessed
             by
             the
             Enemy
             :
             as
             Palotta
             by
             the
             fear
             of
             Ornandius
             was
             rendred
             to
             him
             likewise
             .
             To
             obviate
             his
             further
             progresse
             Count
             
               Palfi
               ,
               Serini
            
             ,
             and
             Count
             Hardeck
             with
             10000
             Foot
             and
             1000
             Horse
             of
             Veterane
             Soldiers
             made
             up
             instantly
             to
             40000.
             by
             the
             Confluence
             of
             Voluntiers
             from
             all
             the
             Towns
             hastned
             to
             engage
             him
             ,
             
             but
             he
             retreating
             before
             them
             ,
             and
             having
             stored
             his
             Garrisons
             ,
             they
             set
             down
             before
             
               Alba
               Regalis
            
             ,
             the
             outward
             Town
             whereof
             was
             taken
             from
             Isaac
             the
             Governour
             ,
             by
             the
             valour
             of
             
               Peter
               Hussar
            
             ,
             but
             while
             for
             want
             of
             great
             Guns
             the
             Seige
             was
             protracted
             ,
             Mehemet
             and
             Hasanes
             with
             20000.
             select
             men
             came
             before
             the
             Town
             unexpectedly
             ,
             and
             there
             made
             a
             stand
             :
             Mohemet
             in
             contempt
             of
             the
             Enemy
             ,
             as
             of
             an
             undisciplined
             and
             rude
             multitude
             ,
             declaring
             ,
             that
             they
             should
             have
             fair
             play
             for
             they
             Lives
             ;
             but
             when
             
             both
             Armies
             came
             to
             be
             ranged
             in
             Battalia
             ,
             they
             were
             so
             afraid
             of
             each
             others
             Aspect
             and
             Order
             ,
             that
             they
             stood
             two
             hours
             gazing
             upon
             one
             another
             ,
             without
             advancing
             a
             foot
             forward
             .
             At
             last
             Palfi
             vigorously
             began
             upon
             the
             Janizaries
             (
             to
             whose
             valour
             encouragement
             is
             given
             ,
             
             both
             by
             Provision
             in
             their
             youth
             ,
             and
             happinesse
             hereafter
             if
             slain
             in
             Battel
             the
             only
             incentive
             to
             great
             actions
             ,
             as
             rewards
             and
             pensions
             are
             allowed
             to
             prolifick
             parents
             according
             to
             the
             number
             of
             their
             Sons
             ,
             who
             succed
             likewise
             to
             their
             pay
             and
             stipend
             when
             deceased
             ,
             by
             which
             means
             there
             ariseth
             a
             Love
             of
             generation
             ,
             and
             a
             vehement
             desire
             of
             dying
             )
             who
             so
             stifly
             maintained
             their
             Ground
             ,
             that
             they
             covered
             it
             with
             their
             dead
             bodies
             rather
             then
             to
             flinch
             from
             it
             living
             Serinus
             and
             Hardeck
             did
             likewise
             so
             presse
             upon
             their
             Horse
             ,
             that
             in
             fine
             ,
             4000
             of
             them
             ,
             with
             6000.
             of
             their
             foot
             were
             slain
             upon
             the
             place
             .
             The
             news
             hereof
             being
             brought
             to
             Sinan
             he
             hasted
             away
             back
             to
             Constantinople
             ,
             but
             the
             reason
             of
             his
             sudden
             Departure
             was
             not
             to
             be
             guessed
             at
             .
             Nor
             did
             
               Christopher
               Teiffenbach
               ,
               Bathori
            
             ,
             and
             Homonnai
             lesse
             bestir
             themselves
             ,
             prompted
             thereunto
             by
             Palfi
             ,
             first
             reducing
             Sabaton
             by
             Rinia
             ,
             then
             besieging
             Filek
             the
             Garrison
             whereof
             troubled
             with
             a
             new
             disease
             of
             the
             Vertigo
             ,
             at
             
             Palsi's
             approach
             yeilded
             themselves
             ,
             as
             did
             ten
             strong
             places
             more
             ,
             the
             last
             of
             which
             was
             Palanka
             :
             all
             of
             them
             with
             
             Ca●sar's
             fortune
             ,
             
               he
               came
               ,
               see
               ,
               and
               overcame
               .
            
          
           
           
             Matthias
             being
             made
             Governour
             of
             Hungary
             ,
             
             at
             which
             time
             also
             to
             the
             Duke
             of
             Parma
             succeeded
             Ernestus
             in
             the
             Government
             of
             the
             Low
             Countries
             ;
             Palfi
             and
             Hardeck
             to
             hold
             fortune
             by
             the
             Forehead
             ,
             resolutely
             and
             secretly
             attempted
             Novigrad
             ,
             
             the
             Governour
             Meheneth
             seeing
             as
             soon
             as
             hearing
             of
             them
             ,
             who
             notwithstanding
             manfully
             defended
             the
             place
             ,
             till
             Matthias
             came
             into
             the
             Camp
             ,
             to
             whom
             it
             was
             honourably
             rendred
             the
             42.
             year
             after
             its
             revulsion
             from
             the
             Hungarian
             Crown
             .
             With
             the
             same
             Current
             of
             successe
             Serini
             recovered
             
               Bersencia
               ,
               Segusdium
            
             in
             Illyria
             ;
             and
             Tieffenbach
             forced
             Iasbrynium
             ,
             and
             besieged
             Hatvan
             ,
             which
             Hasan
             of
             Buda
             attempting
             to
             relieve
             with
             ten
             thousand
             men
             ,
             was
             there
             vanquished
             ,
             and
             25
             Ensigns
             ,
             with
             17.
             great
             Guns
             left
             to
             the
             Victor
             .
          
           
             But
             so
             speeded
             not
             Matthias
             ,
             who
             with
             an
             Army
             of
             50.
             thousand
             men
             besieged
             Strigonium
             ,
             
             for
             although
             he
             had
             intercepted
             their
             relief
             by
             the
             Danow
             ,
             by
             the
             valour
             of
             
               Francis
               Balassius
            
             ,
             and
             was
             by
             the
             Treason
             of
             the
             Thracian
             Soldiers
             ,
             possessed
             of
             the
             old
             Town
             ,
             as
             of
             the
             Mount
             of
             St.
             Thomas
             ,
             by
             the
             fall
             of
             Caralibeg
             ,
             and
             Isaac
             the
             Governours
             yet
             by
             a
             supply
             of
             500.
             
             Janizaries
             ,
             who
             by
             negligence
             of
             the
             guards
             slipt
             into
             the
             Town
             ,
             and
             the
             news
             of
             the
             approach
             of
             Sinan
             the
             Vizier
             from
             Constantinople
             ,
             he
             broke
             up
             his
             Siege
             ;
             although
             Maximilian
             in
             Trial
             of
             his
             better
             fortune
             against
             the
             Turkish
             power
             in
             Illyria
             ,
             had
             razed
             
             Petrinia
             ,
             and
             had
             recovered
             
               Rastowitz
               ,
               Gora
            
             ,
             and
             Siscia
             .
          
           
             Sinan
             followed
             with
             a
             100
             thousand
             Turks
             ,
             
             and
             60
             thousand
             Tartars
             ,
             having
             reduced
             Tata
             and
             St.
             Martin
             ,
             came
             and
             beleagured
             Raab
             ,
             by
             the
             ancienter
             name
             called
             Iaurinum
             ,
             governed
             by
             Count
             Hardeck
             ,
             who
             gloried
             that
             such
             a
             singular
             opportunity
             was
             afforded
             him
             ,
             wherein
             he
             might
             give
             proof
             of
             his
             Virtue
             :
             but
             these
             proved
             but
             magnificent
             words
             :
             for
             
               Perliny's
               Mounts
            
             being
             taken
             by
             the
             resolute
             Courage
             of
             the
             Enemy
             ,
             wherein
             (
             for
             that
             Perlini
             was
             famous
             for
             fortification
             )
             the
             Garrison
             mainly
             confided
             ,
             and
             
               Valentinus
               Torus
            
             his
             Bulwark
             subverted
             by
             mine
             ;
             the
             Defendants
             who
             had
             no
             relyance
             now
             but
             upon
             Matthias
             ,
             attending
             the
             Enemy
             neer
             at
             hand
             ,
             
             grew
             faint-hearted
             .
             In
             the
             interim
             Cazy
             General
             of
             the
             Tartars
             ,
             swimming
             the
             river
             over
             against
             St.
             Vitus
             ,
             was
             bravely
             received
             by
             Palfius
             on
             the
             other
             shore
             ,
             supplied
             with
             fresh
             men
             by
             Matthias
             ,
             who
             at
             the
             same
             instant
             gave
             notice
             to
             Hardeck
             to
             make
             a
             brisk
             Salley
             ;
             He
             himself
             making
             so
             vigorous
             an
             impression
             upon
             
             Sinan's
             Camp
             ,
             reduced
             now
             to
             the
             number
             of
             60
             thousand
             ,
             that
             without
             doubt
             had
             not
             Palfi
             received
             a
             dangerous
             wound
             ,
             and
             could
             have
             been
             assisted
             with
             some
             naval
             power
             ,
             the
             Turks
             had
             been
             overthrown
             ;
             but
             being
             thus
             disappointed
             ,
             he
             drew
             off
             in
             some
             disorder
             to
             Ovarum
             ,
             which
             Sinan
             made
             advantage
             of
             ,
             and
             slew
             a
             number
             of
             his
             men
             in
             his
             passing
             his
             bridge
             laid
             over
             the
             
             Danow
             .
             Hereupon
             Hardeck
             and
             Perlinius
             not
             willing
             to
             wait
             two
             dayes
             longer
             for
             relief
             from
             Matthias
             ,
             
             delivered
             Raab
             ,
             for
             which
             being
             seized
             ,
             they
             were
             both
             condemned
             and
             beheaded
             at
             Vienna
             .
             There
             were
             found
             in
             this
             well
             stored
             City
             150
             Guns
             ;
             of
             the
             Garrison
             6000
             were
             slain
             ,
             and
             3000
             dismissed
             .
             Thereafter
             Sinan
             forced
             Papa
             ,
             but
             from
             Commorra
             he
             was
             repulsed
             with
             a
             vast
             slaughter
             of
             his
             men
             ,
             
             in
             the
             opposite
             Isle
             of
             Czallok●es
             by
             the
             valour
             of
             Praunius
             and
             Starcitius
             ,
             and
             obliged
             to
             rise
             thence
             by
             the
             fear
             of
             the
             approach
             of
             Matthias
             ;
             notwithstanding
             at
             his
             return
             to
             Constantinople
             he
             boasted
             that
             he
             had
             reduced
             Caesar
             to
             the
             necessity
             of
             intreating
             a
             Peace
             .
          
           
             Indeed
             the
             Emperour
             sent
             
               Stanislaus
               Paulovius
            
             ,
             and
             
               Wenceslaus
               Berca
            
             his
             Embassadors
             to
             the
             King
             of
             Poland
             ,
             requesting
             him
             to
             take
             Arms
             with
             him
             against
             the
             Enemy
             of
             the
             name
             of
             Christ
             ;
             but
             Samoiscius
             the
             great
             Chancellor
             ,
             and
             only
             Minister
             of
             State
             ,
             put
             them
             off
             contemptuously
             ,
             telling
             them
             that
             his
             King
             was
             in
             League
             with
             the
             Turks
             ,
             and
             that
             Christ
             required
             he
             should
             observe
             it
             :
             nor
             could
             they
             be
             ignorant
             what
             punishment
             both
             Divine
             and
             Humane
             attended
             the
             breach
             of
             the
             Law
             of
             Nations
             .
             
             
               Sigismund
               Bathori
            
             was
             more
             pliable
             .
             Geczi
             his
             Tutor
             was
             newly
             dead
             ,
             leaving
             him
             at
             the
             age
             of
             17.
             years
             under
             the
             protection
             of
             the
             Turks
             ,
             (
             by
             which
             his
             Provinces
             had
             flourished
             in
             all
             Prosperity
             )
             and
             a
             full
             Exchequer
             ,
             but
             his
             youthful
             mind
             transporting
             him
             to
             the
             
             desire
             of
             Martial
             Employment
             ,
             restrained
             only
             by
             his
             Faith
             given
             to
             Infidels
             ,
             His
             Confessors
             perswaded
             him
             to
             send
             to
             Rome
             to
             Pope
             Vrban
             the
             Seventh
             for
             Satisfaction
             of
             his
             Conscience
             ,
             
             whether
             he
             were
             bound
             to
             pay
             them
             Tribute
             or
             no
             ?
             when
             by
             the
             Jesuits
             Oracle
             ,
             who
             are
             never
             without
             a
             new
             device
             to
             perplexe
             and
             interrupt
             the
             general
             Commerce
             of
             the
             World
             ,
             he
             was
             easily
             solved
             and
             freed
             from
             all
             manner
             of
             Obligation
             .
             After
             this
             discharge
             or
             dispensation
             ,
             to
             colour
             his
             taking
             up
             Arms
             ,
             he
             objects
             against
             
               Sinan
               Bassa
            
             ,
             his
             Pride
             ,
             Arrogance
             ,
             and
             several
             injuries
             sustained
             from
             him
             by
             his
             people
             ,
             and
             therewith
             summons
             a
             Diet
             or
             Assembly
             at
             Sebessum
             ,
             where
             he
             opened
             his
             purpose
             ,
             but
             the
             Estates
             generally
             dissenting
             ,
             and
             objecting
             the
             just
             defeat
             of
             Vladislaus
             at
             Varna
             ,
             though
             absolved
             by
             Pope
             Eugenius
             ,
             and
             that
             if
             Glory
             were
             the
             incentive
             to
             the
             War
             ,
             he
             should
             remove
             all
             impiety
             with
             which
             Glory
             could
             not
             consist
             :
             but
             if
             wealth
             was
             aimed
             at
             the
             Enemy
             was
             more
             potent
             ,
             nor
             could
             it
             advantage
             any
             man
             when
             gained
             by
             infamy
             ;
             He
             dissolved
             this
             Convention
             ,
             
             and
             called
             another
             at
             Thorda
             ,
             where
             he
             declared
             that
             he
             believed
             in
             the
             
               Roman
               Catholick
               Church
            
             ,
             by
             which
             being
             set
             at
             liberty
             ,
             he
             was
             ignorant
             how
             he
             could
             yet
             be
             obliged
             to
             his
             Conditions
             with
             the
             Turks
             ;
             but
             perceiving
             the
             same
             party
             to
             be
             too
             potent
             here
             also
             ,
             he
             withdrew
             his
             presence
             ,
             and
             having
             packt
             up
             his
             rich
             moveables
             ,
             and
             committed
             the
             Administration
             to
             his
             Uncle
             Balthasar
             ,
             
             withdrew
             out
             of
             the
             Principality
             with
             Iosica
             his
             Chancellor
             to
             Kuevara
             .
          
           
             Transylvania
             streight
             multiplied
             into
             Division
             ,
             for
             Sigismund
             protested
             he
             would
             renounce
             the
             Government
             unlesse
             the
             Turk
             were
             abandoned
             by
             the
             Estates
             ,
             bidding
             the
             people
             to
             follow
             some
             few
             factious
             persons
             ,
             and
             see
             what
             would
             come
             of
             it
             ;
             whereupon
             the
             vulgar
             in
             a
             rage
             ,
             by
             a
             brute
             instinct
             readily
             complied
             with
             this
             Princes
             will
             ,
             none
             daring
             so
             much
             as
             to
             mutter
             against
             it
             ,
             and
             sent
             away
             
               Gabriel
               Kendi
            
             with
             two
             other
             Nobles
             to
             bring
             him
             back
             to
             Claudianopolis
             ,
             where
             by
             the
             instigation
             of
             
               Stephen
               Bockskay
            
             Governour
             of
             Varadin
             ,
             and
             
               Gasper
               Cornissius
            
             Governour
             of
             Marmorusse
             ,
             
             he
             was
             highly
             incensed
             against
             the
             chief
             of
             the
             refractory
             Noblemen
             ,
             whose
             blood
             he
             thirsted
             and
             liberally
             shed
             .
             Their
             Names
             were
             
               Stephen
               Lazar
            
             ,
             and
             
               Michael
               Kalmandi
            
             ,
             Captains
             of
             his
             Guard
             ,
             Alexander
             one
             of
             his
             former
             Tutors
             ,
             and
             Prince
             of
             the
             Senate
             ,
             
               Gabriel
               Kendi
               ,
               Iohn
               Ifju
               ,
               Gregory
               Barnomiza
               ,
            
             the
             Son
             of
             him
             who
             was
             so
             renowned
             for
             his
             Service
             at
             Agria
             ,
             and
             
               Iohn
               Forro
            
             the
             heads
             and
             Ornaments
             of
             the
             Kingdome
             ,
             all
             of
             them
             (
             such
             the
             rash
             fury
             and
             cruelty
             of
             Sigism●nd
             )
             of
             a
             sudden
             ,
             and
             without
             any
             Tryal
             or
             Cause
             shown
             ,
             beheaded
             in
             the
             Market
             place
             of
             the
             said
             City
             .
             They
             all
             suffered
             with
             exemplary
             Constancy
             ,
             rather
             gratulating
             then
             grudging
             at
             their
             fortune
             ,
             not
             a
             word
             coming
             from
             ,
             though
             reproached
             by
             Sigismund
             as
             they
             went
             to
             execution
             ,
             in
             any
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             unseemly
             regestion
             or
             Complaint
             .
             Not
             long
             after
             to
             satisfie
             his
             blood
             thirstinesse
             ,
             
             his
             own
             Uncle
             
               Balthasor
               Bathori
               ,
               Lupus
               Kovasoczi
            
             ,
             once
             his
             Tutor
             ,
             
               Francis
               Kendi
            
             ,
             and
             
               Iohn
               Bornamisza
            
             ,
             were
             strangled
             at
             Gyula
             ,
             whose
             large
             and
             inestimable
             Revenues
             he
             seized
             to
             himself
             ;
             
               Lonyas
               ,
               Salanczi
               ,
               Szylvasi
               ,
               Gerendi
               ,
            
             obtained
             pardon
             for
             the
             same
             fault
             .
             Sigismund
             boasted
             of
             this
             cruel
             fact
             as
             his
             Justice
             ,
             and
             while
             all
             other
             men
             trembled
             at
             the
             sight
             of
             it
             ,
             he
             with
             a
             dire
             Countenance
             unmoved
             beheld
             their
             Tragedies
             .
          
           
             This
             perpetration
             over
             ,
             by
             
               Stephen
               Booskay
            
             ,
             he
             confirmed
             the
             League
             with
             the
             Emperour
             against
             the
             Turks
             ,
             having
             engaged
             Aaron
             and
             Michael
             the
             Vayvods
             of
             Moldavia
             and
             Valachia
             ,
             in
             the
             same
             confederacy
             .
             By
             that
             conclusion
             betwixt
             the
             Emperour
             and
             him
             ,
             it
             was
             agreed
             that
             Sigismund
             should
             hold
             and
             enjoy
             all
             Dacia
             without
             any
             tribute
             by
             the
             Title
             of
             High
             and
             Mighty
             Prince
             ,
             
             as
             also
             what
             he
             should
             recover
             and
             take
             from
             the
             Turks
             in
             Hungary
             ,
             without
             any
             pretensions
             by
             the
             Emperour
             ,
             but
             his
             Family
             extinguished
             Transylvania
             should
             be
             united
             to
             Hungary
             ;
             He
             should
             Marry
             
               Maria
               Christina
            
             Daughter
             of
             Charles
             the
             Arch-Duke
             ;
             &
             if
             it
             should
             happen
             that
             he
             were
             beaten
             by
             the
             Turks
             ,
             that
             he
             should
             have
             a
             retreat
             into
             Bohemia
             or
             Silesia
             .
          
           
             While
             this
             was
             transacting
             ,
             Amurath
             the
             grand
             Signior
             dyed
             ,
             and
             Mahomet
             his
             eldest
             Son
             succeeded
             ,
             having
             solemnized
             his
             Fathers
             
             Funeralls
             with
             the
             death
             of
             18
             of
             his
             Brethren
             strangled
             by
             a
             Bow
             string
             ,
             
             which
             scelerate
             beginning
             of
             his
             Raign
             the
             Christians
             successe
             noted
             to
             the
             world
             :
             for
             Caesar
             having
             implored
             aid
             throughout
             Germany
             and
             Italy
             ,
             was
             supplied
             after
             this
             large
             manner
             .
             The
             Pope
             sent
             1000.
             
             Horse
             ,
             and
             12000.
             
             
             Foot
             under
             his
             Generall
             
               Sigismund
               Francis
               Aldobrandin
               ,
               Florence
            
             1000
             Horse
             ,
             and
             3000.
             
             Foot
             ,
             
               Ferrara
               1500.
               
               Mantua
               1000.
               
               Tyrol
               4000.
               
               Bavaria
            
             3000.
             
             Foot
             ,
             Bohemia
             2000.
             
             Horse
             ,
             600.
             
             Dragoons
             ,
             and
             6000.
             
             Foot
             ,
             Sile●ia
             1500.
             
             Horse
             ,
             2000.
             
             Foot
             ,
             Austria
             2000.
             
             Horse
             ,
             6000.
             
             Foot
             ,
             
               Franconia
               1000
            
             Horse
             ,
             Suevia
             4000
             Foot
             ,
             the
             Nobility
             of
             the
             two
             last
             places
             and
             of
             the
             Rhine
             by
             themselves
             4000
             Foot
             ,
             which
             were
             numerously
             increased
             by
             the
             Hungarian
             Army
             under
             Count
             Palfi
             .
             
             Matthias
             was
             made
             by
             the
             Emperour
             Generalissimo
             ,
             and
             under
             him
             Charles
             Count
             Mansfield
             (
             upon
             this
             occasion
             created
             a
             Prince
             )
             who
             had
             lately
             done
             the
             King
             of
             Spain
             excellent
             Service
             under
             Ernestus
             in
             the
             Low
             Countries
             ;
             Nor
             was
             he
             himself
             unfurnished
             of
             an
             Army
             ,
             carrying
             with
             him
             under
             his
             own
             Ensigns
             ,
             by
             the
             Conduct
             of
             
               Adolph
               Swartzenburgh
               ,
               &c.
            
             a
             1000.
             
             Curassiers
             ,
             1000.
             
             Dragoons
             ,
             and
             6000.
             
             Walloon
             Foot
             out
             of
             Flanders
             .
          
           
             With
             this
             noble
             Army
             (
             and
             most
             strictly
             disciplined
             )
             sufficient
             to
             terrifie
             the
             world
             ,
             having
             traversed
             the
             County
             about
             Alba
             to
             amuse
             the
             Enemy
             ,
             he
             came
             at
             last
             and
             clapt
             down
             before
             Strigonium
             ,
             &
             presently
             erected
             Castles
             
             a
             futlong
             distant
             from
             one
             another
             on
             the
             Mount
             of
             St.
             Thomas
             for
             the
             security
             of
             his
             Camp.
             
             Twice
             by
             the
             tumultuary
             onset
             of
             the
             Hungarians
             and
             Walloons
             ,
             were
             the
             Walls
             attempted
             and
             they
             repelled
             ,
             but
             the
             Walloons
             enraged
             with
             the
             repulse
             ,
             
             renewed
             it
             of
             themselves
             singly
             ,
             possessed
             the
             rampire
             and
             drove
             the
             Enemy
             into
             the
             Inner
             Town
             ,
             while
             Palfius
             took
             the
             Fort
             of
             Parcanum
             ,
             on
             the
             other
             side
             the
             Water
             opposite
             to
             Strigonium
             and
             razed
             it
             ,
             and
             with
             the
             same
             Successe
             defeated
             their
             releif
             under
             Hasan
             the
             Beglerbeg
             ,
             and
             the
             Bassa
             of
             Buda
             amounting
             to
             Thirty
             thousand
             men
             ,
             his
             own
             Forces
             making
             no
             more
             than
             the
             tenth
             part
             of
             them
             .
             He
             was
             engaged
             in
             an
             Ambuscade
             ,
             but
             desperation
             not
             onely
             saved
             his
             own
             Men
             but
             put
             the
             Enemy
             to
             flight
             ,
             neverthelesse
             he
             must
             have
             fallen
             by
             their
             fresh
             numbers
             but
             that
             the
             Walloons
             came
             readily
             and
             unexpectedly
             to
             his
             assistance
             .
          
           
             But
             the
             Turks
             through
             very
             fear
             ,
             
             and
             the
             consideration
             of
             the
             losse
             of
             the
             Town
             ,
             came
             on
             very
             boldly
             
               (
               Mansfeld
            
             having
             taken
             the
             Charles
             Bulwark
             )
             and
             engaged
             the
             besiegers
             in
             a
             most
             terrible
             and
             bloody
             fight
             ;
             but
             such
             was
             the
             chearful
             readynesse
             of
             the
             Christians
             ,
             advantaged
             by
             those
             Castles
             aforesaid
             ,
             which
             grivously
             annoyed
             the
             Turke
             with
             shot
             ,
             that
             14000
             of
             them
             were
             slain
             and
             their
             Camp
             taken
             .
             Immediately
             after
             which
             glory
             accrued
             to
             those
             other
             felicities
             and
             accomplishme●ts
             of
             the
             Noble
             Mansfeld
             ,
             he
             fell
             sick
             of
             a
             surfeit
             
             by
             too
             greedy
             eating
             of
             Melons
             a
             common
             Disease
             among
             the
             Germans
             in
             Hungary
             )
             and
             died
             before
             the
             Town
             ,
             
             much
             lamented
             and
             honoured
             by
             all
             men
             .
             The
             Seige
             was
             neverthelesse
             continued
             by
             Matthias
             ,
             who
             had
             newly
             welcomed
             the
             Duke
             of
             Mantua
             to
             the
             Camp
             ,
             and
             the
             water-Town
             gained
             when
             the
             same
             defeated
             Turks
             endevoured
             again
             its
             releif
             (
             their
             Life
             and
             Honour
             being
             concerned
             in
             it
             )
             but
             were
             routed
             by
             the
             Walloons
             again
             under
             Oberenprucius
             ,
             
             who
             came
             opportunely
             to
             the
             Relief
             of
             Nadasdi
             beset
             with
             their
             whole
             Power
             ,
             and
             too
             late
             expecting
             the
             Succour
             of
             
               Charles
               Burgrave
            
             :
             which
             being
             told
             Mahomet
             the
             Governour
             of
             Strigonium
             ,
             distressed
             also
             for
             Water
             ,
             
             he
             yeilded
             the
             City
             the
             fifty
             second
             year
             after
             its
             Captivity
             by
             Solyman
             ;
             and
             now
             
               Vissigrade
               ,
               Vaccia
            
             ,
             and
             all
             the
             Towns
             as
             far
             as
             Pesth
             ,
             resounded
             with
             this
             Victory
             ,
             which
             dismissed
             Matthias
             to
             Vienna
             ,
             having
             placed
             Palfi
             Governour
             of
             Strigonium
             ,
             and
             sent
             Maximilian
             with
             part
             of
             the
             Army
             into
             
               Upper
               Hungary
            
             to
             have
             an
             eye
             to
             the
             Affairs
             with
             Triffenbach
             in
             those
             parts
             .
          
           
             In
             
               Illyria
               ,
               Serinus
            
             and
             Hebberstain
             took
             
               Babocza
               ;
               Erdoedius
            
             ,
             &c.
             
             Petrinia
             ,
             restored
             to
             the
             Turks
             with
             Rastowitz
             and
             Gara
             .
             Greater
             was
             the
             Effort
             as
             greater
             was
             the
             Power
             of
             Sigismund
             ,
             who
             having
             solemnized
             his
             Nuptials
             at
             
               Alba
               Iulia
            
             ,
             with
             the
             two
             Vayvods
             had
             shook
             off
             the
             Turkish
             Yoke
             ,
             and
             had
             ignominiously
             treated
             his
             Envoy
             .
             For
             his
             General
             
             
               George
               Barbelius
            
             and
             his
             united
             Nobility
             ,
             took
             in
             a
             great
             number
             of
             Towns
             ;
             
             Michael
             the
             Vayvod
             of
             Valachia
             ,
             and
             
               Albertus
               Kyrali
            
             sent
             him
             as
             his
             Assistant
             by
             Sigismund
             carrying
             the
             War
             further
             to
             prevent
             
             Sinan's
             Design
             upon
             them
             at
             home
             .
             By
             them
             Floccium
             neer
             Nicopolis
             was
             seized
             ,
             Arsena
             burnt
             ,
             and
             Selistria
             plundred
             ;
             Achomat
             the
             Eunuch
             sent
             by
             Sinan
             to
             their
             seizure
             with
             Twenty
             five
             thousand
             men
             ,
             they
             engaged
             and
             totally
             routed
             ,
             so
             that
             Thrace
             seemed
             to
             be
             joyned
             to
             Germany
             ,
             and
             probably
             enough
             ,
             if
             there
             had
             been
             as
             much
             Prudence
             in
             retaining
             as
             there
             was
             Valour
             in
             getting
             of
             it
             .
             Michael
             returned
             to
             Bucorestum
             ,
             but
             Kyrali
             sliding
             over
             the
             Danow
             now
             frozen
             ,
             warmed
             his
             fingers
             with
             the
             fire
             of
             several
             noted
             ●owns
             in
             Bulgaria
             .
          
           
             Sinan
             like
             a
             Tempest
             departed
             from
             Constantinople
             with
             menaces
             and
             curses
             against
             these
             Revolters
             ,
             
             took
             Bucor●st
             ,
             and
             Fortified
             Tergowist
             the
             Metropolis
             of
             
               Valachia
               ;
               Michael
            
             and
             Kyrali
             as
             unable
             to
             resist
             ,
             passing
             over
             the
             untrodden
             
             Alps
             ●o
             Novigrad
             .
             In
             whose
             pursuit
             ,
             Sinan
             being
             himself
             engaged
             ,
             sent
             away
             Twelve
             thousand
             men
             to
             make
             an
             Invasion
             upon
             his
             Countrey
             ,
             Ten
             thousand
             of
             whom
             were
             presently
             slain
             ,
             and
             a
             Consternation
             brought
             upon
             the
             whole
             Turkish
             Camp
             ;
             even
             Sinan
             himself
             was
             meditating
             of
             a
             flight
             ,
             and
             hardly
             retained
             by
             the
             memory
             of
             his
             past
             actions
             ,
             for
             he
             was
             so
             far
             forward
             ,
             that
             he
             was
             crowded
             off
             the
             Bridge
             ,
             straitned
             with
             runnawayes
             ,
             
             and
             two
             ▪
             of
             his
             teeth
             beaten
             out
             ;
             the
             shame
             whereof
             converted
             into
             Desperation
             ,
             whereby
             he
             drove
             Michael
             into
             his
             furthest
             retreats
             amongst
             Rocks
             and
             Precipices
             :
             to
             which
             streights
             reduced
             ,
             he
             experimented
             the
             present
             deliverance
             of
             Almighty
             God
             ,
             
             being
             rescued
             by
             the
             advance
             of
             Sigismund
             with
             an
             Army
             of
             Twenty
             thousand
             Horse
             and
             thirty
             thousand
             Foot
             ,
             enforced
             by
             the
             
               Siculi
               ,
               Cosacks
            
             ,
             and
             Valachians
             ,
             upon
             promise
             of
             Liberty
             .
             By
             the
             notable
             Valour
             of
             these
             
               Siculi
               ,
               Tergovist
            
             was
             regained
             ,
             it
             being
             not
             advisable
             to
             leave
             any
             place
             possessed
             by
             the
             Enemy
             in
             their
             Reer
             .
             The
             news
             of
             this
             recovery
             made
             Sinan
             fly
             to
             Bucorestum
             ,
             which
             Town
             he
             burned
             ,
             and
             destroyed
             all
             manner
             of
             Provision
             ,
             thinking
             want
             and
             Hunger
             would
             have
             stopt
             
             Sigismund's
             pursuit
             ,
             and
             in
             great
             hast
             passed
             the
             Danow
             ,
             but
             not
             with
             such
             speed
             ;
             for
             Sigismund
             being
             at
             his
             heels
             surprized
             Eight
             thousand
             Turks
             ,
             
             the
             Reer-guard
             of
             those
             Christians
             he
             was
             carrying
             into
             Captivity
             ,
             of
             this
             side
             the
             River
             ,
             every
             man
             of
             whom
             were
             presently
             put
             to
             the
             Sword
             and
             killed
             in
             a
             moment
             .
             Sinan
             hereupon
             partly
             with
             Greif
             and
             old
             Age
             ,
             and
             not
             without
             suspicion
             of
             poyson
             ,
             breathed
             out
             his
             unhappy
             Soul
             ,
             obnoxious
             to
             the
             revenge
             of
             the
             Bassa's
             for
             the
             arrogance
             and
             insolence
             of
             his
             great
             Fortune
             ,
             which
             is
             subject
             not
             onely
             to
             others
             Envy
             ,
             but
             mens
             own
             miscarriages
             and
             misdemeanours
             .
             Sigismund
             entrusting
             the
             reduction
             of
             the
             Army
             to
             Boczkay
             ,
             arrived
             at
             Stephanopolis
             ,
             where
             he
             displaced
             
             Aaron
             from
             his
             Vayvodship
             of
             Moldavia
             as
             suspect
             of
             Perfidy
             ,
             and
             settled
             
               Stephen
               Resvan
            
             ;
             
             but
             him
             ,
             
               Iohn
               Samoiscius
            
             provoked
             by
             the
             slaughter
             &
             cruel
             usage
             of
             some
             Podolians
             ,
             overcame
             and
             Vanquished
             after
             two
             or
             three
             successful
             Encounters
             ,
             and
             having
             taken
             him
             drove
             a
             Stake
             through
             his
             Groyns
             and
             set
             him
             aloft
             for
             a
             spectacle
             ,
             substituting
             in
             his
             place
             
               Ieremy
               Mogilla
            
             ,
             
             as
             Tributary
             to
             the
             Turk
             ,
             
             but
             Beneficiary
             to
             the
             Kingdome
             of
             Poland
             .
             Nothing
             is
             to
             be
             mentioned
             of
             Maximilian
             ,
             but
             that
             he
             in
             vain
             besieged
             Szolnoc
             ,
             being
             destitute
             of
             firing
             in
             a
             very
             cold
             and
             unseasonable
             Autumne
             ,
             followed
             by
             a
             most
             rigorous
             Winter
             .
          
           
             This
             February
             ,
             
             Sigismund
             disquieted
             with
             the
             Care
             of
             the
             future
             ,
             as
             the
             hatred
             of
             his
             past
             affairs
             ,
             journyed
             to
             Prague
             to
             the
             Emperour
             ,
             where
             he
             was
             honourable
             received
             ;
             but
             during
             his
             stay
             there
             was
             seized
             with
             a
             Feaver
             which
             turned
             to
             the
             Small
             pox
             ;
             at
             which
             time
             the
             Siculi
             Rebe●led
             ,
             pretending
             they
             were
             deceived
             of
             their
             promised
             Liberty
             ,
             but
             were
             by
             Boczkay
             soon
             reduced
             and
             severely
             punished
             .
             Dalmatia
             had
             a
             share
             of
             these
             Troubles
             ,
             Berthusius
             a
             Knight
             of
             Rhodes
             ,
             having
             intelligence
             that
             
               Ibrahim
               Bassa
            
             Governour
             of
             Clissa
             ,
             was
             at
             the
             Mart
             of
             Drilon
             ,
             having
             acquainted
             Lencovitius
             with
             his
             Design
             ,
             with
             Five
             hundred
             Segnians
             by
             a
             Hole
             in
             the
             precipice
             of
             the
             Rock
             not
             observed
             by
             the
             Turks
             ,
             crept
             into
             the
             Fortresse
             ,
             and
             mastered
             the
             Turks
             ,
             whom
             they
             
             slew
             betwixt
             sleeping
             and
             waking
             .
             Ibrahim
             mad
             at
             this
             losse
             ,
             came
             and
             besieged
             it
             with
             Apardi
             Bassa
             of
             Bosnia
             ,
             whom
             Lencovitius
             with
             5000
             men
             drawn
             out
             of
             the
             adjacent
             Garrisons
             drove
             with
             much
             gallantry
             out
             of
             their
             Trenches
             and
             Leagure
             ,
             with
             a
             total
             rout
             ;
             but
             too
             secure
             of
             an
             unfledged
             victory
             ,
             was
             by
             the
             unexpected
             return
             of
             Ibrahim
             (
             who
             had
             collected
             his
             scattered
             dispersed
             remnants
             among
             the
             Hills
             and
             Woods
             )
             himself
             discomfited
             ,
             
             remembring
             nothing
             of
             the
             Encounter
             but
             the
             Prey
             they
             had
             lost
             :
             Lencovitius
             got
             into
             Clissia
             ,
             whence
             fearing
             the
             want
             of
             water
             ,
             he
             escaped
             with
             200
             men
             ,
             leaving
             the
             rest
             to
             the
             Sword
             or
             Captivity
             ;
             and
             Clissia
             fainting
             with
             thirst
             lost
             to
             the
             Bargain
             .
          
           
             While
             Caesar
             was
             busied
             at
             his
             Diets
             held
             at
             
               Prague
               ,
               Vienna
               ,
               Presburgh
            
             ,
             and
             Ratisbone
             ,
             as
             Sigismund
             at
             Claudianopolis
             ,
             *
             the
             noise
             of
             Mahomets
             vast
             preparations
             had
             terrified
             all
             those
             parts
             of
             Christendome
             .
             To
             be
             before
             hand
             with
             him
             therefore
             ,
             Herbersteyn
             ,
             and
             Dracovitius
             the
             Successor
             of
             Erdoedius
             (
             a
             man
             whose
             noble
             Acts
             had
             raised
             him
             beyond
             all
             Accessions
             of
             Felicity
             ,
             so
             that
             he
             had
             nothing
             to
             fear
             but
             Fortune
             )
             invested
             Constanicia
             ,
             attempted
             to
             be
             relieved
             by
             Apardis
             of
             Bosnia
             ,
             but
             he
             was
             beaten
             and
             the
             Town
             taken
             ;
             with
             the
             like
             Fate
             Achomet
             the
             Eunuch
             with
             20
             noised
             to
             be
             a
             100
             thousand
             men
             ,
             coming
             too
             late
             to
             his
             Assistance
             ,
             besieged
             Petrinia
             joyntly
             with
             him
             ;
             to
             the
             relief
             hereof
             
               Drascovitius
               ,
               
               Lencovitius
               ,
               Erdeodus
               ,
            
             and
             Heberstayn
             ,
             assayed
             to
             passe
             the
             Colapis
             ,
             but
             neither
             Ford
             nor
             Bridge
             being
             feasible
             ,
             they
             retreated
             toward
             the
             head
             of
             the
             River
             ,
             
             which
             the
             Enemy
             mistaking
             for
             a
             Flight
             ,
             suddenly
             by
             swimming
             and
             wading
             passed
             over
             in
             pursuit
             of
             them
             ,
             but
             was
             so
             gauled
             in
             his
             passage
             by
             Musquet
             shot
             ,
             and
             so
             well
             received
             at
             his
             Landing
             ,
             that
             happy
             was
             he
             could
             get
             back
             again
             ,
             in
             which
             endevour
             many
             of
             them
             perished
             .
          
           
             At
             Siscia●
             the
             Christians
             found
             passage
             ,
             and
             the
             Enemy
             besieging
             it
             ,
             whose
             Scouts
             they
             put
             to
             flight
             ,
             sending
             with
             them
             the
             terror
             and
             rumor
             of
             a
             numerous
             Army
             ,
             with
             which
             they
             advanced
             and
             besieged
             the
             besiegers
             ,
             who
             valorously
             attempted
             to
             break
             through
             ,
             or
             to
             carry
             the
             place
             ,
             but
             were
             at
             last
             ,
             what
             by
             the
             Bullets
             from
             the
             Castle
             ,
             and
             the
             Sword
             from
             the
             Camp
             ,
             reduced
             to
             the
             Discretion
             of
             the
             Victor
             .
             Onely
             Aphus
             and
             Odaverdus
             ,
             Achomet's
             Assistants
             escaped
             away
             .
          
           
             In
             Hungary
             the
             ballance
             of
             ill
             Fortune
             we●●
             equal
             ,
             
             Solyman
             Bassa
             of
             Temeswar
             ,
             and
             En●nehan
             of
             Belgrade
             ,
             besieged
             Lippa
             ,
             whence
             the
             obstinacy
             of
             the
             besieged
             ,
             and
             the
             fame
             〈◊〉
             Barbelius
             had
             repulsed
             them
             ,
             and
             Sigismun●
             subdued
             Nagylachum
             at
             the
             same
             time
             ,
             toge●ther
             with
             the
             
               Tartar
               Cham
            
             ,
             (
             who
             in
             mo●
             savage
             manner
             destroyed
             the
             Countrey
             )
             in
             th●
             great
             plain
             betwixt
             Belgrade
             and
             Temeswar
             ,
             a●
             pursued
             him
             almost
             30.
             miles
             :
             Maximili●
             also
             besieged
             Hatvanum
             aided
             by
             Swartzr●●burgh
             ,
             
             his
             forces
             amounting
             to
             20000.
             
             Foot
             ,
             and
             15000.
             
             Horse
             :
             the
             Governour
             of
             this
             place
             was
             Arslanes
             the
             Son
             of
             Saralibeg●
             ,
             a
             youth
             of
             great
             virtue
             above
             his
             Age
             ,
             who
             by
             a
             fortunate
             and
             vigorous
             Salley
             so
             terrified
             the
             General
             of
             the
             Ordnance
             that
             he
             abandoned
             his
             Battery
             .
             
             He
             was
             incited
             the
             more
             to
             this
             Gallantry
             ,
             by
             his
             Mother
             Fatima
             ,
             a
             Woman
             of
             a
             virile
             and
             noble
             Spirit
             ,
             who
             set
             before
             him
             the
             reward
             of
             Victory
             or
             an
             Honourable
             glorious
             Death
             ,
             if
             vanquished
             ;
             but
             such
             was
             his
             fatal
             oversight
             ,
             that
             while
             his
             men
             wearied
             with
             toyle
             and
             anguished
             with
             wounds
             ,
             were
             taking
             their
             repose
             by
             his
             order
             ,
             and
             had
             abandoned
             their
             Stations
             ,
             the
             Christians
             entred
             ,
             and
             with
             Turkish
             Cruelty
             put
             them
             all
             to
             the
             Sword.
             Arslanes
             making
             a
             resolute
             opposition
             fell
             not
             unrevenged
             .
          
           
             This
             Slaughter
             at
             
               Ha●vanum
               ,
               Agria
            
             expiated
             ;
             for
             Sultan
             Mahomet
             with
             200
             thousand
             men
             ,
             a
             greater
             number
             then
             Solyman
             e're
             brought
             into
             Christendome
             ,
             being
             arrived
             at
             Belgrade
             sent
             away
             
               Gyaffer
               Bassa
            
             an
             Eunuch
             before
             him
             to
             that
             place
             ,
             the
             Christians
             as
             accustomed
             to
             the
             War
             ,
             being
             no
             way
             daunted
             at
             his
             approach
             .
             
             His
             first
             Assault
             was
             with
             great
             constancy
             and
             courage
             repelled
             ,
             and
             the
             maintenance
             of
             the
             Town
             resolved
             on
             by
             
               Tersco
               ,
               Nyari
            
             ,
             and
             Kinski
             the
             Commanders
             ,
             but
             the
             Germans
             and
             Walloons
             being
             afraid
             of
             their
             Lives
             ,
             articled
             and
             delivered
             it
             ,
             although
             they
             saved
             not
             their
             lives
             thereby
             ,
             being
             first
             stripped
             and
             then
             put
             to
             the
             Sword.
             Nyari
             hiding
             
             himself
             in
             their
             Camp
             ,
             as
             Barisonius
             and
             Kinnski
             in
             the
             Belgrade
             Tower
             ,
             escaped
             away
             in
             the
             night
             .
             At
             length
             Maximilian
             came
             to
             Rimaszombathum
             ,
             and
             at
             
               Rimaszecsum
               Sigismund
               Bathori
            
             joyned
             his
             Forces
             with
             him
             ,
             amounting
             to
             32
             thousand
             Horse
             ,
             and
             28
             thousand
             foot
             .
          
           
             At
             Keresture
             both
             Armies
             engaged
             ,
             and
             the
             Turks
             by
             the
             valour
             of
             the
             Fronteers
             of
             
             Swarzemburgh's
             ,
             
             
             Palfi's
             ,
             and
             
             Kyrali's
             Brigades
             ,
             with
             the
             losse
             of
             8000.
             men
             ,
             and
             43.
             great
             Guns
             ,
             were
             driven
             back
             to
             the
             Camp
             ,
             which
             Mahomet
             opposed
             to
             the
             Christians
             ;
             Maximilian
             seeing
             the
             presentnesse
             and
             heat
             of
             the
             Souldiers
             ,
             
             passed
             over
             the
             Morasse
             before
             him
             ,
             and
             came
             to
             succour
             his
             Companions
             .
             Hereupon
             ensued
             in
             the
             Turks
             Camp
             ,
             great
             lamentation
             and
             fear
             ,
             Mahomet
             himself
             flying
             to
             Szolnoc
             ,
             while
             the
             slaughter
             was
             continued
             upon
             his
             men
             .
             And
             now
             without
             dispute
             the
             Turk
             had
             been
             totally
             routed
             ,
             when
             the
             Christians
             neglecting
             the
             pursuit
             ,
             and
             disorderly
             rifling
             their
             Camp
             ,
             were
             themselves
             put
             to
             flight
             .
             It
             is
             reported
             that
             there
             were
             not
             above
             500.
             
             Turks
             that
             made
             this
             first
             resistance
             ,
             by
             whose
             hardnesse
             Cicala
             Bassa
             streight
             collected
             40.
             thousand
             more
             ,
             and
             furiously
             prosecuted
             this
             turn
             of
             Fortune
             ,
             slaying
             these
             Camp
             pillagers
             like
             sheep
             :
             of
             whom
             (
             by
             meer
             fear
             only
             )
             10.
             others
             say
             20
             thousand
             were
             missing
             ,
             with
             all
             the
             Baggage
             which
             fell
             to
             the
             Enemy
             :
             so
             that
             a
             brave
             victory
             was
             slot
             by
             Covetousnesse
             .
             Nor
             
             did
             the
             Enemy
             carry
             away
             an
             unbloodyed
             Conquest
             ,
             leaving
             behind
             him
             twenty
             ,
             others
             write
             ,
             fifty
             thousand
             slain
             .
             
             Mahomet
             to
             Constantinople
             ,
             and
             Maximilian
             troubled
             in
             mind
             (
             and
             having
             gathered
             his
             dispersion
             )
             to
             Vienna
             ,
             while
             Serini
             worsted
             the
             Governour
             of
             Zigeth
             (
             puft
             up
             with
             this
             Event
             )
             at
             his
             siege
             of
             Babocza
             ,
             and
             Palfi
             confirmed
             the
             wavering
             Towns
             of
             Strigonium
             and
             Vacia
             .
          
           
             Sigismund
             to
             be
             installed
             and
             honoured
             with
             the
             Order
             of
             the
             Godlen
             ●leece
             ,
             took
             a
             journy
             to
             Prague
             ,
             appearing
             much
             troubled
             at
             this
             unhappy
             issue
             of
             the
             War
             ,
             
             and
             the
             Conscience
             of
             his
             Facts
             ,
             being
             by
             nature
             more
             difficile
             to
             blot
             out
             the
             memory
             of
             them
             ,
             than
             to
             commit
             them
             in
             his
             anger
             ;
             and
             therefore
             now
             he
             resigned
             his
             Principality
             for
             fear
             of
             the
             Turk
             ,
             and
             his
             own
             Concerns
             to
             Maximilian
             ,
             although
             advised
             by
             Caesar
             that
             the
             affections
             of
             the
             People
             were
             more
             enclined
             to
             a
             Prince
             of
             their
             own
             Nation
             ,
             and
             that
             the
             present
             exigence
             of
             affairs
             could
             not
             but
             cause
             some
             discontents
             in
             the
             State
             ;
             notwithstanding
             he
             persisted
             in
             his
             Humour
             ,
             and
             gave
             a
             Divorce
             to
             his
             Wife
             ,
             Conditioning
             for
             the
             Principality
             of
             Opulia
             ,
             fifty
             thousand
             pounds
             ,
             and
             a
             Cardinals
             Hat
             to
             be
             obtained
             for
             him
             by
             the
             Emperour
             ;
             he
             seeming
             to
             loath
             the
             unstable
             state
             of
             Greatnesse
             ,
             being
             yet
             himself
             the
             ficklest
             of
             all
             .
          
           
             Maximilian
             stood
             more
             firmly
             to
             his
             businesse
             resolving
             to
             recompence
             his
             late
             losse
             ;
             and
             suddenly
             (
             accompanyed
             by
             Palfi
             and
             his
             other
             
             Generals
             )
             forced
             Tata
             with
             a
             Petard
             ,
             and
             besieged
             Papa
             ;
             the
             Governour
             whereof
             Semendrus
             had
             sent
             him
             word
             to
             know
             ,
             whether
             he
             that
             had
             dared
             to
             fight
             with
             Mahomet
             would
             try
             his
             force
             upon
             his
             Castle
             ?
             if
             so
             ,
             let
             him
             but
             come
             and
             give
             him
             liberty
             to
             draw
             his
             sword
             given
             him
             by
             the
             Sultan
             ;
             and
             to
             a
             person
             of
             such
             Valour
             and
             boldnesse
             as
             him
             ,
             the
             Gates
             should
             be
             opened
             .
             This
             Garrison
             being
             forced
             at
             last
             to
             render
             ,
             the
             Walloons
             in
             Revenge
             slew
             most
             of
             them
             ,
             the
             rest
             were
             saved
             by
             the
             means
             of
             the
             above-named
             Commanders
             .
             Maximilian
             likewise
             beleagured
             Raab
             ;
             but
             such
             was
             the
             Confidence
             of
             
               Aly
               Bassa
            
             the
             Governour
             thereof
             ,
             
             that
             he
             set
             open
             the
             Gates
             and
             drove
             the
             Cattel
             out
             of
             the
             Town
             to
             graze
             ,
             shewing
             much
             jollity
             at
             the
             businesse
             ;
             for
             soon
             after
             came
             Mahomet
             the
             Vizier
             ,
             with
             80000
             Men
             ,
             and
             took
             Vacia
             and
             Tata
             ,
             after
             a
             siege
             of
             five
             weeks
             ,
             &
             Maximilian
             being
             of
             no
             Competent
             Force
             to
             oppose
             ,
             having
             done
             sufficiently
             by
             Defeating
             the
             Tartars
             a
             little
             while
             before
             ,
             retreated
             to
             Csallokena
             ,
             where
             he
             encamped
             ,
             and
             built
             several
             Castles
             to
             secure
             his
             Entrenchments
             which
             Mahomet
             attempting
             ,
             was
             by
             the
             Courage
             of
             Colonitzius
             and
             Nadasdi
             ,
             with
             losse
             disappointed
             ;
             as
             was
             
               Sigismund
               Bathori
            
             with
             14
             thousand
             before
             Temeswar
             ,
             from
             whence
             he
             was
             dislodged
             by
             a
             numerous
             Multitude
             of
             Turks
             and
             Tartars
             ;
             but
             yet
             so
             easily
             that
             he
             took
             Chanada
             in
             his
             return
             home
             .
          
           
             The
             Estates
             being
             assembled
             at
             
               Presburgh
               ,
               
               Stephen
               Szulai
               ,
               Nicholas
               Istua●fi
               ,
            
             and
             
               Bartholomew
               Pecfi
            
             ,
             were
             delegated
             to
             receive
             the
             Government
             from
             Sigismund
             ,
             as
             being
             fully
             resolved
             for
             a
             Private
             Life
             ,
             by
             the
             Examples
             of
             Dioclesian
             ,
             who
             retired
             to
             Salonas
             ,
             and
             Charles
             the
             fifth
             ,
             to
             the
             Monastery
             of
             Iustus
             ;
             but
             with
             greater
             Moderation
             than
             Constancy
             :
             passing
             now
             from
             Kovasockzium
             thorough
             Hungary
             into
             Silesia
             :
             So
             the
             
               Hungarians
               ,
               Siculi
            
             ,
             and
             Saxons
             ,
             swore
             Allegiance
             to
             the
             Emperour
             ,
             against
             whom
             the
             Turk
             having
             effected
             nothing
             by
             his
             Chiauxes
             ,
             
             threatned
             an
             Army
             of
             Three
             hundred
             thousand
             Men
             ;
             but
             Fortune
             had
             otherwise
             disposed
             a
             kindnesse
             for
             him
             at
             hand
             ,
             by
             prompting
             Swarzemburg
             and
             Palfi
             to
             the
             recovery
             of
             Raab
             ,
             by
             the
             Device
             of
             a
             Petard
             and
             the
             secret
             close
             conveyance
             of
             the
             Design
             .
             Swarzemburg
             to
             this
             purpose
             chose
             out
             2050
             of
             his
             most
             daring
             Souldiers
             ,
             and
             
               Palfi
               3000
            
             ;
             these
             without
             Drum
             or
             Trumpet
             passed
             over
             the
             Memphon
             Woods
             in
             the
             silence
             of
             the
             night
             being
             guided
             by
             Felnemeth
             newly
             discharged
             out
             of
             the
             Prison
             of
             that
             place
             :
             but
             nothing
             contributed
             so
             much
             to
             the
             Successe
             of
             this
             Enterprize
             as
             the
             Confidence
             of
             the
             Enemy
             ,
             who
             boasted
             ,
             that
             When
             the
             Weather-co●k
             upon
             one
             of
             the
             Towers
             should
             crow
             out
             ,
             then
             Raab
             should
             be
             regained
             by
             the
             Christians
             .
             Being
             thus
             arrived
             unseen
             or
             unheard
             ,
             to
             the
             Walls
             of
             the
             Town
             ,
             Babacurtus
             to
             whom
             the
             lesser
             Petard
             was
             entrusted
             ,
             found
             the
             outward
             Gate
             ,
             and
             that
             leading
             to
             Albae
             (
             by
             the
             fatal
             negligence
             
             of
             the
             Enemy
             )
             not
             locked
             up
             ,
             which
             he
             straightwayes
             opened
             ,
             when
             they
             all
             took
             it
             for
             an
             Omen
             that
             the
             Presence
             of
             God
             was
             with
             them
             ,
             and
             that
             he
             had
             been
             by
             Prayers
             interessed
             in
             the
             attempt
             .
             To
             the
             inward
             Gate
             the
             Petard
             was
             applied
             which
             shivered
             it
             in
             peices
             ,
             and
             broke
             the
             Bars
             and
             Hinges
             ,
             making
             way
             for
             Babacurtus
             and
             Oberenpruccus
             ,
             to
             enter
             and
             gain
             the
             Market
             place
             .
             Swarzemburgh
             staied
             at
             the
             Gate
             careful
             of
             the
             Event
             ,
             as
             to
             avoyd
             Confusion
             among
             one
             another
             ,
             and
             to
             secure
             them
             of
             Aid
             ;
             and
             now
             the
             Enemy
             half
             naked
             ran
             to
             Arms
             ;
             but
             as
             if
             cold
             water
             had
             been
             poured
             upon
             them
             ,
             
             were
             assoon
             stupified
             and
             amazed
             ;
             yet
             at
             the
             last
             raged
             with
             such
             fury
             in
             revenge
             of
             their
             unavoidable
             death
             ,
             that
             three
             Ianizaries
             put
             five
             hundred
             to
             flight
             .
             In
             this
             hazzardous
             juncture
             Palfius
             came
             to
             the
             succour
             of
             Swarzenburgh
             ,
             and
             one
             of
             his
             Horsemen
             refusing
             to
             alight
             ,
             dismounted
             first
             himself
             ,
             and
             by
             his
             example
             animated
             the
             rest
             to
             follow
             him
             .
             A
             Bloody
             fight
             being
             now
             renewed
             ,
             
               Haly
               Bassa
            
             was
             slain
             ,
             and
             the
             opened-day
             discovered
             an
             entire
             Victory
             to
             the
             Christians
             .
             A
             very
             great
             spoil
             was
             here
             divided
             ;
             an
             Hundred
             eighty
             eight
             Great
             Guns
             sent
             to
             the
             Emperour
             ,
             by
             whom
             Babacurtus
             the
             messenger
             was
             rewarded
             with
             4000
             Gulders
             ,
             &
             a
             1000
             anually
             ;
             Swarzemburgh
             with
             a
             hundred
             thousand
             Gulders
             ,
             and
             the
             Town
             of
             Hustopecsium
             and
             Government
             of
             
               Raab
               ;
               Palfius
            
             because
             it
             was
             a
             service
             due
             to
             his
             Countrey
             ,
             was
             
             very
             well
             content
             with
             a
             Cup
             worth
             a
             thousand
             pound
             .
          
           
             But
             in
             Transylvania
             Fortune
             shewed
             her self
             partial
             in
             respect
             to
             this
             her
             indulgence
             at
             
               Raab
               .
               Michael
            
             the
             Vayvod
             of
             Valachia
             ,
             a
             Valiant
             Prince
             ,
             had
             voluntarily
             embraced
             the
             present
             state
             of
             the
             Emperours
             Affairs
             ,
             by
             a
             League
             ratified
             with
             his
             Commissioners
             at
             Tergovistium
             ,
             by
             which
             the
             Sons
             of
             Michael
             were
             to
             succeed
             their
             Father
             in
             the
             Principality
             ;
             to
             acknowledge
             the
             Emperour
             without
             any
             Tribute
             ;
             his
             Family
             failing
             ,
             the
             Estates
             shall
             have
             the
             power
             of
             Election
             ;
             the
             League
             to
             be
             offensive
             and
             defensive
             .
             This
             affair
             so
             happily
             transacted
             in
             Valachia
             ,
             was
             crossed
             by
             another
             in
             Transylvania
             .
             
             Sigismund
             with
             his
             usual
             inconstancy
             (
             his
             Crimes
             suffering
             him
             no
             where
             to
             be
             at
             quiet
             ,
             but
             hurrying
             him
             from
             place
             to
             place
             )
             in
             a
             disguise
             arrived
             in
             Transylvania
             ,
             and
             came
             to
             Claudianopolis
             ,
             pretending
             non-payment
             of
             his
             Pension
             ,
             and
             other
             dis-satisfaction
             ;
             and
             was
             there
             by
             the
             Magistrates
             received
             as
             their
             Prince
             ,
             as
             to
             whose
             Government
             they
             had
             been
             accustomed
             .
             The
             like
             did
             
               Stephen
               Bosskay
            
             Captain
             of
             the
             Guards
             ,
             who
             partly
             with
             perswasions
             ,
             and
             partly
             with
             terro●r
             ,
             Awed
             his
             Collegue
             Cornisius
             and
             
               Moses
               Szekely
            
             Governour
             of
             the
             Siculi
             ,
             to
             a
             Complyance
             with
             the
             Faction
             ;
             the
             Force
             and
             armed
             Power
             whereof
             constrained
             the
             Commissioners
             above-named
             ,
             who
             had
             in
             vain
             expected
             
               Sigismund
               Racockzi
            
             the
             Emperours
             General
             ,
             
             to
             swim
             with
             the
             present
             Current
             of
             Affairs
             ,
             and
             to
             Complement
             his
             return
             to
             the
             Government
             ;
             which
             the
             Vulgar
             so
             madly
             entertained
             that
             they
             were
             ready
             to
             limb
             Cornisius
             for
             putting
             them
             in
             mind
             of
             their
             Oath
             to
             the
             Emperour
             .
             The
             Commissioners
             were
             soon
             after
             summoned
             to
             appear
             before
             Sigismund
             ,
             which
             as
             necessity
             required
             they
             obeyed
             ,
             to
             whom
             he
             (
             as
             his
             Custome
             was
             )
             excused
             the
             business
             ,
             
             complaining
             that
             the
             Principality
             of
             Opulia
             answered
             not
             the
             promises
             made
             concerning
             it
             :
             but
             neverthelesse
             he
             would
             continue
             his
             faith
             to
             the
             Emperour
             ;
             and
             so
             dismissed
             them
             to
             Cassovia
             .
          
           
             The
             Province
             thus
             in
             Commotion
             ,
             
             
               Mehemeth
               Satergis
            
             Bassa
             with
             60000
             Men
             ,
             came
             to
             fish
             in
             those
             troubled
             waters
             ;
             and
             although
             deprecated
             by
             Sigismund
             ,
             laid
             Siege
             to
             Varadin
             ;
             the
             Governour
             whereof
             
               George
               Kyraly
            
             maintained
             it
             in
             the
             Right
             of
             the
             Emperour
             ,
             who
             sent
             to
             him
             with
             supplies
             Nyari
             and
             Rederus
             .
             Thirty
             dayes
             the
             City
             was
             besieged
             ,
             at
             the
             Expiration
             whereof
             the
             Turks
             incommodated
             with
             Rain
             and
             tempestuous
             weather
             were
             forced
             to
             rise
             :
             as
             did
             Matthias
             the
             same
             day
             ,
             and
             by
             the
             same
             intemperance
             of
             the
             Weather
             from
             Buda
             ,
             having
             besieged
             it
             just
             so
             many
             dayes
             together
             ;
             but
             he
             lost
             not
             the
             whole
             Expedition
             as
             did
             the
             Turk
             ,
             for
             in
             the
             beginning
             thereof
             he
             took
             
               Palotta
               ,
               Vesprinium
            
             ,
             and
             other
             places
             .
          
           
             Sigismund
             thus
             Established
             endevoured
             his
             
             reconciliation
             with
             the
             Emperour
             ,
             and
             received
             his
             Wife
             again
             ,
             so
             that
             there
             was
             again
             a
             right
             understanding
             ,
             by
             the
             Clemency
             and
             good
             nature
             of
             Rudolphus
             ,
             established
             between
             them
             ;
             insomuch
             that
             he
             sent
             Basta
             with
             an
             Army
             to
             aid
             him
             against
             the
             Turks
             .
             But
             another
             Freak
             taking
             him
             in
             the
             head
             ,
             while
             he
             seemed
             to
             intend
             a
             firmer
             and
             stricter
             Union
             ,
             having
             substituted
             his
             Uncle
             ,
             Cardinal
             
               Andrew
               Bathori
            
             ,
             and
             the
             Bishop
             of
             Varmia
             (
             by
             the
             Policy
             of
             Samoiscius
             ,
             
             who
             designed
             upon
             these
             Provinces
             )
             to
             the
             Government
             ,
             he
             himself
             again
             repudiated
             his
             Wife
             ,
             and
             breaking
             off
             the
             Treaty
             with
             Caesar
             ,
             privily
             fled
             into
             Poland
             .
             by
             which
             means
             the
             Principality
             was
             engaged
             in
             great
             Troubles
             ;
             for
             the
             Cardinal
             presently
             possessed
             himself
             of
             the
             whole
             Country
             ,
             whereupon
             ensued
             Hostility
             betwixt
             him
             and
             
               Maximilian
               ;
               Basta
            
             with
             his
             Army
             moving
             from
             Cassovia
             to
             the
             Expulsion
             of
             Bathori
             ,
             having
             obliged
             Michael
             the
             Vayvod
             of
             Valachia
             to
             be
             constant
             to
             his
             late
             League
             ;
             who
             the
             better
             to
             conceal
             his
             Design
             ,
             pretended
             to
             take
             part
             with
             the
             Cardinal
             ,
             buying
             Powder
             and
             Bullets
             in
             his
             Countrey
             which
             he
             intended
             to
             use
             against
             him
             ;
             and
             first
             took
             Corona
             ,
             and
             drew
             the
             Siculi
             to
             his
             party
             ,
             and
             in
             a
             sudden
             encounter
             ,
             (
             but
             obstinately
             maintained
             )
             put
             Andrew
             to
             flight
             ,
             who
             hoping
             to
             escape
             over
             the
             
               Oytozian
               Alps
            
             into
             Poland
             ,
             was
             there
             torn
             in
             peices
             by
             the
             Siculi
             .
             This
             Event
             determined
             the
             Allegiance
             of
             the
             Transylvanians
             to
             Maximilian
             ,
             
             by
             his
             Commissioners
             Michael
             the
             Vayvod
             ,
             and
             Basta
          
           
             Mahomet
             the
             Grand
             Seigniour
             being
             deterred
             by
             his
             Mother
             and
             his
             Cheif
             Sultana
             ,
             from
             going
             any
             more
             in
             person
             to
             the
             War
             ,
             having
             been
             so
             neerly
             endangered
             at
             Keresture
             ,
             that
             in
             his
             flight
             for
             hast
             he
             lost
             his
             Turbant
             ,
             committed
             the
             Expedition
             to
             Ibrahim
             his
             Chief
             Vizier
             .
             To
             be
             ready
             prepared
             against
             this
             Invasion
             ,
             
               Zwarzemburg
               ,
               Palfi
            
             ,
             and
             Nadasdi
             ,
             reduced
             Tata
             ,
             
             and
             attempted
             
               Alba
               Regalis
            
             by
             Petards
             clapt
             to
             the
             Gates
             ;
             but
             their
             Designe
             being
             discoverd
             ,
             the
             Garrison
             salleyed
             out
             and
             routed
             the
             Frenchmen
             that
             had
             the
             orders
             of
             the
             Engine
             ,
             and
             seized
             one
             of
             the
             Petards
             ,
             which
             was
             carried
             to
             Buda
             ,
             where
             the
             Barbarians
             ,
             not
             daring
             to
             discharge
             it
             ,
             Bastinadoed
             the
             Frenchmen
             they
             had
             taken
             to
             the
             Experiment
             ,
             when
             it
             flew
             into
             peices
             and
             miserably
             mangled
             and
             killed
             the
             standers
             by
             .
          
           
             Ibrahim
             being
             arrived
             ,
             
             pretended
             peace
             and
             gave
             notice
             thereof
             to
             Palfi
             ,
             whereupon
             Deputies
             met
             in
             the
             Island
             of
             Vizze
             ,
             equally
             distant
             between
             Strigonium
             and
             Buda
             .
             The
             Turk
             demanded
             
               Fileck
               ,
               Strigonium
               ,
               Novigrad
               ,
               Raab
               ,
            
             with
             future
             security
             ;
             the
             Christians
             stand
             to
             their
             just
             possession
             of
             them
             ;
             that
             Peace
             would
             be
             welcome
             ,
             but
             not
             upon
             such
             terms
             .
             Ibrahim
             perceiving
             no
             advantage
             could
             be
             expected
             this
             way
             ,
             the
             Christians
             also
             declining
             Battel
             ,
             made
             an
             Irruption
             into
             the
             Countrey
             ,
             and
             most
             barbarously
             laid
             wast
             all
             
             that
             Tract
             of
             Ground
             which
             lies
             betwixt
             the
             Rivers
             
               Waegh
               ,
               Nitre
            
             and
             Ippolus
             ;
             multitudes
             of
             Sick
             and
             Diseased
             persons
             at
             the
             Pesthenian
             Bathes
             ,
             were
             abandoned
             to
             the
             Cruelty
             of
             the
             Enemy
             ,
             and
             crawling
             in
             the
             Roads
             made
             most
             horrible
             lamentations
             .
             Nor
             spared
             he
             any
             place
             Sacred
             ,
             or
             Profane
             ,
             or
             Condition
             of
             men
             ;
             of
             whom
             with
             Children
             and
             Infants
             crying
             after
             their
             Parents
             ,
             
             he
             carried
             3000
             away
             into
             Captivity
             .
             This
             Desolation
             Swarzemburg
             helplessly
             beheld
             ,
             although
             instigated
             by
             Palfi
             to
             set
             upon
             those
             ravenous
             Miscreants
             ;
             but
             he
             was
             loth
             to
             hazzard
             his
             Army
             .
             Palfi
             himself
             therefore
             impatient
             of
             the
             Insolence
             ,
             set
             upon
             a
             Party
             of
             Six
             thousand
             at
             Palankin
             ,
             and
             destroyed
             them
             ;
             and
             upon
             the
             retreat
             of
             Ibrahim
             ,
             with
             the
             highest
             rage
             burnt
             down
             ,
             &
             took
             in
             several
             Towns
             ,
             and
             among
             the
             rest
             Coppan
             ,
             and
             Dombo
             .
          
           
             It
             was
             now
             the
             Year
             1600.
             famous
             for
             the
             great
             Jubile
             of
             Clement
             the
             eighth
             ,
             
             when
             Michael
             the
             Vayvod
             of
             Transylvania
             ,
             elated
             with
             his
             prosperous
             Successes
             ,
             ambitiously
             affected
             the
             Soveraignty
             of
             all
             Dacia
             ,
             and
             by
             keeping
             Transylvania
             in
             his
             Power
             began
             to
             be
             suspected
             by
             the
             Emperour
             ,
             as
             he
             was
             likewise
             hated
             by
             other
             of
             his
             Neighbours
             for
             his
             Invasion
             of
             Moldavia
             ,
             in
             prosecution
             of
             his
             Quarrel
             against
             Sigismund
             ;
             who
             to
             revenge
             his
             Uncles
             Death
             ,
             did
             now
             instigate
             Samo●schus
             to
             send
             Aid
             to
             Ieremy
             of
             Moldavia
             ,
             and
             to
             furnish
             him
             with
             an
             Army
             for
             an
             Expedition
             into
             
             Transylvania
             ,
             in
             which
             he
             was
             assisted
             by
             
               Moses
               Sz●kely
               ,
               Francis
               Vas
            
             ,
             and
             
               Gabriel
               Bethlen
            
             (
             better
             known
             to
             the
             English
             by
             the
             name
             of
             
               Bethlehem
               Gabor
               )
               Michael
            
             having
             timely
             notice
             of
             their
             Embodying
             (
             leaving
             his
             Wife
             and
             his
             Son
             Peterschones
             in
             Transylvania
             )
             speedily
             passed
             over
             the
             Alps
             ,
             and
             at
             Nester
             fell
             unexpectedly
             upon
             Ieremy
             and
             Sigismund
             ,
             and
             made
             a
             great
             slaughter
             of
             the
             Poles
             and
             Cossacks
             ,
             with
             the
             Discomfiture
             of
             thirty
             thousand
             of
             his
             Enemies
             .
             By
             this
             Victory
             he
             possessed
             himself
             of
             Suchava
             and
             all
             
               Moldavia
               ▪
            
             and
             horribly
             havocked
             
               Bessarabia
               ,
               Russia
            
             ,
             and
             Podolia
             .
          
           
             Samoyscius
             impatient
             of
             this
             Insolence
             ,
             
             having
             Collected
             an
             Army
             at
             Bosorum
             ,
             wrested
             the
             Victory
             out
             of
             the
             Victors
             hands
             ,
             and
             drove
             him
             out
             of
             Moldavia
             iuto
             the
             abruptnesses
             of
             the
             Mountains
             by
             the
             River
             Sereczinum
             ,
             whither
             having
             also
             pursued
             him
             by
             the
             incess●nt
             diligence
             of
             the
             Cossacks
             ,
             he
             thence
             drove
             him
             round
             into
             Transylvania
             from
             whence
             he
             first
             began
             the
             War
             ;
             when
             judging
             it
             neither
             safe
             nor
             necessary
             to
             engage
             his
             Polish
             Army
             in
             an
             Enemies
             Countrey
             ,
             he
             Deputed
             
               Michael
               Szekhely
            
             to
             follow
             him
             &
             to
             seize
             the
             Principality
             .
             This
             Basta
             opposed
             ,
             sending
             Csaka
             as
             from
             the
             Emperour
             ,
             to
             bid
             them
             desist
             from
             Invasion
             of
             his
             Dominions
             ;
             to
             which
             when
             Samoyscius
             answered
             that
             there
             was
             no
             other
             Design
             ,
             but
             to
             prosecute
             Michael
             as
             the
             Common
             Enemy
             and
             onely
             Cause
             
             of
             these
             Troubles
             by
             the
             
               Turks
               ;
               Basta
            
             enough
             offended
             against
             Michael
             ,
             offered
             his
             own
             Army
             to
             his
             suppression
             ,
             upon
             the
             same
             account
             as
             Csaki
             managed
             his
             Commission
             to
             Samoyscius
             ,
             
             to
             gain
             the
             Principality
             to
             himself
             .
             The
             Vayvod
             understanding
             this
             Conjunction
             ,
             sent
             to
             desire
             leave
             that
             he
             might
             be
             heard
             in
             his
             own
             defence
             ,
             which
             being
             denyed
             ,
             he
             levyed
             an
             Army
             of
             Twenty
             thousand
             men
             ;
             but
             was
             again
             Defeated
             and
             forced
             to
             fly
             to
             Tergovistia
             ,
             whence
             (
             being
             betwixt
             the
             Hammer
             and
             the
             Anvile
             ,
             Basta
             &
             
               Moses
               Szekeheli
            
             )
             he
             escaped
             over
             the
             
               Severine
               Alps
            
             to
             Prague
             ,
             where
             he
             hoped
             to
             vindicate
             and
             clear
             his
             actions
             ,
             as
             Csaki
             foolishly
             ,
             
             yet
             impudently
             laboured
             ,
             in
             the
             absence
             of
             Maximilian
             ,
             for
             his
             Investiture
             in
             Transylvania
             ;
             not
             Considering
             that
             
               Dignity
               is
               not
               hastily
               to
               be
               desired
               &
               prosecuted
               ,
               although
               by
               a
               person
               of
               great
               Merits
               :
               Time
               must
               be
               attended
               in
               which
               it
               may
               appear
               that
               by
               such
               preferment
               a
               man
               hath
               rather
               given
               then
               received
               a
               benefit
               .
            
          
           
             As
             the
             distempers
             of
             the
             Great
             ones
             were
             monstrous
             ,
             
             so
             was
             the
             malign
             dispositions
             of
             the
             Souldiery
             .
             The
             French
             Garrison
             of
             Papa
             mutyning
             for
             their
             Pay
             ,
             had
             seized
             and
             secured
             the
             Governour
             
               Michael
               Marochi
            
             ,
             and
             slew
             all
             that
             opposed
             them
             ,
             Conditioning
             with
             the
             Turk
             ,
             for
             their
             Arrears
             ,
             to
             deliver
             them
             the
             Castle
             ;
             but
             the
             Turk
             ,
             either
             mistrusting
             them
             ,
             or
             too
             tenacious
             of
             his
             money
             ,
             made
             no
             use
             of
             the
             advantage
             .
             News
             hereof
             being
             brought
             
             to
             Swarzemburg
             ,
             he
             laid
             Siege
             to
             them
             ,
             losing
             a
             great
             many
             men
             by
             a
             fierce
             Eruption
             of
             the
             French
             ,
             who
             knew
             what
             they
             might
             trust
             to
             if
             taken
             ,
             wherein
             himself
             also
             was
             slain
             by
             a
             Bullet
             .
             Rederus
             succeeded
             him
             in
             the
             Supreme
             Command
             ,
             who
             beat
             the
             French
             back
             into
             the
             Town
             and
             there
             closely
             shut
             them
             up
             ;
             but
             he
             also
             died
             of
             a
             sudden
             Disease
             before
             the
             surrender
             ,
             and
             left
             the
             Atchievement
             to
             Nadasdi
             ;
             who
             having
             reduced
             them
             to
             a
             dog-hunger
             ,
             and
             starved
             them
             to
             skin
             and
             bone
             ,
             
             made
             them
             yeild
             the
             place
             ;
             at
             which
             time
             some
             few
             were
             by
             the
             pittyful
             Souldiers
             knockt
             on
             the
             head
             ,
             the
             rest
             were
             tortured
             to
             death
             with
             most
             Exquisite
             Cruelties
             ,
             some
             of
             them
             Choaked
             to
             death
             upon
             the
             Wheels
             of
             a
             Water-mill
             ,
             after
             many
             Descents
             and
             Ascents
             ;
             some
             Roasted
             with
             a
             slow
             Fire
             ;
             and
             others
             given
             to
             the
             Dogs
             .
          
           
             Transylvania
             is
             our
             next
             Stage
             ,
             
             troubled
             with
             a
             smatch
             of
             the
             same
             disloyalty
             to
             the
             Emperour
             ;
             who
             delaying
             his
             answer
             to
             their
             Commissioners
             ,
             Sigismund
             again
             stept
             in
             and
             recovered
             the
             Principality
             ,
             vacating
             those
             Powe●s
             and
             Instructions
             given
             them
             to
             treat
             .
             Next
             he
             imprisoned
             
               Cornifius
               ,
               Pancratius
               ,
               Senegus
            
             ,
             and
             others
             ,
             who
             favoured
             the
             Emperours
             Title
             .
             This
             afforded
             an
             occasion
             to
             
             Michael's
             Restitution
             ,
             who
             being
             dismist
             from
             Prague
             with
             a
             substitutory
             Command
             and
             Power
             ,
             and
             seemingly
             reconciled
             with
             Basta
             by
             th●
             mediation
             of
             Gonzaga
             Governour
             of
             Varadin
             ,
             
             joyntly
             engaged
             Sigismund
             and
             his
             Generals
             Barbelius
             (
             lame
             with
             the
             Gout
             and
             Cramp
             )
             and
             
               Moses
               Szekehely
            
             ,
             as
             their
             Army
             (
             in
             a
             Confusion
             and
             without
             any
             care
             )
             was
             descending
             from
             the
             Mountain
             of
             Doroslone
             ,
             
             and
             soon
             put
             them
             to
             flight
             .
             Here
             were
             slain
             Ten
             thousand
             ,
             and
             a
             hundred
             and
             thirty
             Ensigns
             taken
             .
             This
             new
             Successe
             so
             Exalted
             the
             mind
             of
             the
             Vayvod
             that
             he
             could
             in
             no
             wise
             brook
             
             Basta's
             Superiority
             (
             by
             so
             many
             prosperous
             accidents
             transported
             indeed
             from
             a
             just
             and
             moderate
             man
             ,
             to
             very
             ungoverned
             and
             rapinous
             actions
             .
             )
             They
             were
             both
             at
             Claudiopolis
             where
             the
             old
             Grudge
             seemed
             to
             have
             been
             wholly
             forgotten
             ,
             when
             Basta
             by
             a
             crue
             of
             bloody
             Walloons
             caused
             him
             to
             be
             assassinated
             ;
             
             and
             his
             Companions
             and
             followers
             to
             be
             dispersed
             and
             to
             fly
             for
             their
             lives
             ;
             by
             which
             Artifice
             and
             impudence
             together
             ,
             he
             imposed
             on
             the
             Emperour
             that
             he
             was
             killed
             in
             a
             fair
             manner
             and
             upon
             a
             just
             Quarrel
             ,
             which
             the
             Emperour
             was
             glad
             to
             dissemble
             ,
             while
             from
             this
             impune
             and
             flagitious
             fact
             he
             took
             courage
             to
             proceed
             to
             greater
             and
             more
             dedecorous
             and
             base
             practises
             .
          
           
             For
             now
             under
             colour
             of
             Heresy
             and
             Schism
             and
             the
             care
             of
             the
             Emperour's
             Revenue
             ;
             whatever
             Silver
             or
             other
             moneys
             could
             be
             discovered
             was
             seized
             by
             him
             ,
             so
             that
             the
             People
             when
             they
             looked
             for
             a
             protection
             ,
             perceived
             their
             was
             no
             such
             thing
             meant
             them
             by
             this
             Stork
             ,
             who
             pilled
             and
             fleeced
             them
             to
             their
             skin
             ;
             
             
               Glory
               is
               cherished
               by
               industry
               ;
               when
               there
               is
               no
               room
               for
               that
               ,
               Vertue
               her self
               is
               very
               unpleasant
               ,
               and
               where
               rewards
               attend
               the
               vicious
               ,
               scarce
               any
               will
               be
               good
               gratis
               .
            
             Bistricia
             had
             refused
             to
             open
             the
             Gates
             to
             him
             ,
             which
             he
             forced
             and
             basely
             plundred
             ,
             seizing
             all
             their
             best
             wealth
             in
             money
             and
             attire
             to
             his
             own
             use
             ,
             and
             then
             gave
             it
             a
             spoyl
             to
             his
             Souldiers
             ,
             who
             left
             not
             a
             Covering
             to
             the
             Women
             .
             Nay
             ,
             so
             miserable
             was
             the
             Calamity
             of
             the
             Transylvanians
             at
             this
             time
             ,
             that
             they
             were
             neer
             famished
             ,
             all
             their
             Cattel
             being
             driven
             into
             Silesia
             ;
             and
             one
             measure
             of
             Wheat
             sold
             at
             25
             Guilders
             ,
             which
             money
             would
             have
             bought
             formerly
             two
             hundred
             .
             
             Thus
             by
             leisurable
             degrees
             did
             the
             Divine
             Justice
             and
             indignation
             proceed
             to
             punish
             and
             revenge
             the
             breach
             of
             their
             League
             with
             the
             Turks
             ,
             the
             heavynesse
             of
             the
             infliction
             computing
             for
             the
             delay
             of
             it
             .
             Sigismund
             fled
             to
             Brassone
             to
             excite
             and
             engage
             the
             Turks
             ,
             in
             which
             affair
             after
             he
             had
             fruitlesly
             employed
             
               Moses
               Szekelehy
            
             ,
             he
             began
             to
             sink
             and
             despond
             and
             finally
             cast
             himself
             upon
             the
             Emperour
             ,
             of
             whom
             after
             a
             Truce
             condescended
             to
             by
             Basta
             ,
             he
             obtained
             pardon
             ,
             and
             a
             yearly
             Revenue
             of
             50000
             Guilders
             ,
             with
             the
             Principality
             of
             Lobkowitz
             which
             maintained
             him
             among
             the
             Bohemians
             to
             an
             old
             &
             unreverenced
             Age.
             
          
           
             But
             the
             stirs
             in
             Transylvania
             ceased
             not
             with
             him
             :
             for
             another
             intestine
             War
             was
             kindled
             by
             
               Moses
               Szekelehi
            
             and
             
               Bethlen
               Gabor
            
             ,
             in
             pretence
             of
             asserting
             their
             Countrey
             ,
             but
             really
             ,
             
             it
             was
             a
             Turkish
             Design
             :
             these
             two
             Basta
             encountered
             between
             
               Alba
               Iulia
            
             and
             Varadgya
             ,
             &
             after
             a
             Bloody
             dispute
             put
             them
             to
             flight
             :
             both
             the
             Captains
             escaped
             ,
             but
             whither
             ?
             to
             Bectessus
             the
             Bassa
             of
             Temeswar
             ,
             as
             more
             humane
             then
             the
             German
             Christians
             ;
             whose
             outrages
             and
             their
             Generals
             uncontrolled
             power
             and
             insolence
             was
             solely
             imputable
             to
             the
             sloth
             and
             degenerous
             idlenesse
             of
             
               Rudolph
               .
               Basta
            
             used
             this
             Victory
             with
             all
             extremity
             of
             Fire
             ▪
             and
             Sword
             ,
             to
             such
             a
             ruine
             and
             destruction
             of
             the
             Commonalty
             ,
             Gentry
             and
             Nobility
             ,
             that
             they
             wished
             for
             Turkish
             and
             Tartarian
             Slavery
             .
          
           
             The
             State
             of
             Styria
             in
             the
             Western
             parts
             of
             Hungary
             was
             alike
             Calamitous
             ,
             
             groaning
             under
             the
             Tyranny
             of
             the
             Enemy
             and
             the
             pressures
             of
             their
             lawful
             Soveraign
             .
             Ibrahim
             Bassa
             with
             the
             Aga
             of
             the
             Janizaries
             with
             a
             body
             of
             them
             amounting
             to
             twenty
             four
             thousand
             ,
             arrived
             at
             Mohacz
             intending
             the
             siege
             of
             Strigonium
             ;
             but
             at
             the
             intreaty
             of
             Nasaff
             Governour
             of
             Sigeth
             ,
             whose
             Contributaries
             Herbensteyn
             had
             severely
             handled
             ;
             they
             first
             blocked
             up
             and
             took
             Babocza
             ,
             and
             then
             besieged
             Canysa
             ,
             where
             
               George
               Paradyser
            
             was
             Governour
             (
             the
             same
             who
             perswaded
             the
             surrender
             of
             Clissia
             in
             Illyria
             )
             who
             with
             the
             heighth
             of
             Courage
             maintained
             it
             against
             the
             Turks
             ,
             after
             he
             had
             sustained
             great
             losse
             by
             the
             blowing
             up
             of
             his
             Powder
             ,
             which
             was
             supplied
             to
             him
             by
             
               George
               Serinus
            
             ;
             and
             at
             the
             same
             time
             came
             Matthias
             
             the
             Arch-Duke
             ,
             and
             
               Philip
               Emanuel
            
             Duke
             of
             Mercoeur
             ,
             with
             25
             ,
             others
             say
             but
             Fourteen
             thousand
             to
             his
             releif
             .
             This
             Duke
             did
             excellent
             service
             against
             the
             Enemies
             Horse
             ,
             and
             in
             his
             last
             Encounter
             with
             them
             gave
             them
             so
             notable
             a
             Defeat
             ,
             that
             it
             was
             not
             doubted
             but
             that
             the
             Enemy
             would
             rise
             &
             be
             glad
             to
             be
             gone
             ;
             but
             Provision
             being
             scarce
             in
             their
             Camp
             (
             of
             which
             the
             Turks
             are
             alwayes
             frugal
             and
             yet
             better
             provided
             )
             they
             were
             forced
             to
             forsake
             the
             Town
             ,
             and
             that
             in
             such
             haste
             and
             disorder
             ,
             that
             Paradyser
             daunted
             therewith
             (
             although
             he
             knew
             the
             necessity
             of
             the
             Turks
             departure
             )
             for
             that
             the
             Horse
             had
             nothing
             but
             a
             few
             Leaves
             to
             feed
             upon
             ,
             and
             was
             encouraged
             to
             hold
             out
             till
             their
             return
             ,
             
             delivered
             the
             place
             to
             the
             Enemy
             ,
             upon
             Condition
             of
             a
             free
             departure
             ,
             which
             brought
             him
             to
             Vienna
             ,
             where
             being
             publiquely
             Convicted
             he
             lost
             his
             head
             upon
             a
             Scaffold
             ,
             Ibrahim
             after
             this
             Acquist
             was
             very
             solicitous
             about
             a
             Peace
             ,
             but
             while
             it
             was
             negotiated
             he
             died
             .
          
           
             Ferdinand
             ,
             afterwards
             Emperour
             ,
             the
             Nephew
             of
             Rudolphus
             by
             Charles
             his
             Brother
             ,
             was
             at
             this
             time
             Governour
             of
             
               Styria
               ,
               Carniola
            
             ,
             and
             Carinthia
             ;
             he
             in
             the
             Year
             1660.
             had
             Married
             Mariana
             the
             Daughter
             of
             Will.
             Duke
             of
             Bavaria
             ,
             which
             Lady
             being
             a
             zealous
             Catholick
             ,
             would
             not
             enter
             the
             Limits
             of
             his
             Dominions
             until
             purged
             of
             Haeresie
             ,
             &
             the
             Libertys
             granted
             to
             those
             of
             the
             Augustan
             Confession
             were
             taken
             away
             ;
             which
             the
             Arch-Duke
             at
             the
             instance
             of
             the
             Jesuits
             rescinded
             ,
             and
             by
             
             Oath
             obliged
             himself
             to
             the
             Pope
             that
             he
             would
             severely
             handle
             the
             Professors
             of
             the
             Protestant
             Religion
             within
             his
             Dominions
             ,
             and
             hereupon
             they
             were
             either
             banished
             and
             forced
             from
             their
             Houses
             ,
             
             or
             plundred
             and
             killed
             ,
             with
             such
             inhumanity
             that
             the
             Papists
             blowing
             up
             their
             Churches
             with
             Gun-powder
             ,
             raged
             against
             the
             bones
             of
             the
             dead
             and
             the
             graves
             of
             them
             ,
             common
             and
             allowed
             to
             all
             men
             ;
             insomuch
             that
             what
             the
             Turks
             had
             spared
             ,
             was
             not
             spared
             by
             them
             .
          
           
             To
             these
             outrages
             ,
             the
             Protestants
             opposed
             the
             Treaty
             at
             
               Passaw
               ▪
            
             and
             challenged
             the
             assurance
             and
             faith
             plighted
             by
             the
             Arch-Duke
             himself
             ,
             by
             which
             in
             1581.
             he
             confirmed
             his
             Fathers
             Agreement
             with
             the
             States
             ,
             during
             which
             space
             of
             eighteen
             years
             and
             upwards
             ,
             he
             had
             received
             the
             sum
             of
             Nine
             hundred
             thousand
             Florens
             of
             the
             Rhine
             ,
             the
             price
             of
             their
             Liberty
             of
             Conscience
             ;
             but
             notwithstanding
             this
             manifesto
             they
             were
             commanded
             to
             depart
             ,
             and
             those
             that
             stayed
             spoyled
             and
             undone
             .
             No
             hopes
             of
             redresse
             appearing
             ,
             and
             the
             rumour
             of
             
             Bozckay's
             proceeding
             in
             Hungary
             in
             favour
             of
             the
             Religion
             inviting
             them
             thither
             ,
             they
             forsook
             their
             Countrey
             and
             prosperously
             Seated
             themselves
             there
             .
             To
             omit
             the
             barbarity
             practised
             on
             the
             inhumed
             Corps
             (
             as
             the
             demolishing
             of
             their
             Churches
             at
             Gratz
             )
             of
             
               William
               Zimmerman
            
             the
             Protestant
             and
             an
             eminent
             Minister
             of
             the
             place
             ,
             which
             they
             threw
             into
             the
             River
             Mur.
             
          
           
           
             But
             
             Ferdinand's
             successe
             was
             answerable
             to
             this
             injustice
             ,
             
             he
             was
             engaged
             in
             the
             siege
             of
             Canysa
             (
             assisted
             therein
             by
             Aldobrand
             the
             Popes
             Legate
             with
             his
             Italian
             Forces
             )
             wherein
             none
             but
             
               Roman
               Catholicks
            
             by
             the
             advice
             of
             Sigismund
             Count
             of
             Thurn
             ,
             afterwards
             drowned
             ,
             were
             suffered
             to
             be
             listed
             ,
             lest
             the
             impiety
             of
             the
             Protestants
             might
             cause
             the
             Enterprise
             to
             miscarry
             .
             The
             Governour
             of
             the
             Town
             was
             Hasanes
             ,
             who
             with
             800
             men
             and
             as
             many
             more
             received
             from
             Zigeth
             and
             Buda
             ,
             (
             by
             the
             negligence
             of
             
               Orphus
               Gallonius
            
             the
             General
             of
             the
             Ordinance
             )
             resolutely
             maintained
             it
             ;
             this
             Orphus
             in
             filling
             the
             ditches
             with
             Wood
             from
             the
             adjoyning
             Forrest
             (
             which
             work
             went
             slowly
             forward
             )
             was
             shot
             with
             a
             Culverin
             bullet
             and
             killed
             .
             Nor
             did
             
               Caesar
               Porta
            
             his
             Successour
             make
             much
             more
             haste
             or
             speed
             ,
             being
             tired
             out
             with
             the
             Enemies
             salleys
             :
             no
             more
             then
             the
             relief
             from
             Matthias
             to
             animate
             his
             cousin
             ,
             which
             consisted
             of
             6000
             men
             led
             by
             
               Christoph.
               Roseworm
            
             ,
             and
             the
             Duke
             of
             Mercoeurs
             Leiutenant
             General
             :
             for
             by
             the
             unexperience
             of
             the
             General
             and
             Officers
             (
             who
             failing
             of
             their
             reinforced
             attempts
             had
             no
             mind
             to
             venture
             again
             )
             they
             protracted
             so
             long
             ,
             till
             cold
             Winter
             with
             storms
             and
             frosts
             made
             them
             desert
             their
             stations
             (
             a
             thousand
             Horsemen
             being
             frozen
             stiff
             in
             one
             nights
             time
             )
             being
             also
             surcharged
             with
             snow
             ,
             
             hunger
             ,
             wearinesse
             ,
             and
             which
             is
             worst
             of
             all
             ,
             over-watching
             in
             at●●nding
             the
             industrious
             Enemy
             ;
             who
             now
             by
             their
             
             departure
             gained
             their
             Ordinance
             ;
             and
             satisfied
             their
             Cruelty
             upon
             the
             sick
             and
             wounded
             persons
             left
             behind
             .
             Thus
             the
             Protestants
             ,
             who
             were
             scandalized
             from
             being
             present
             ,
             were
             saved
             from
             the
             ruine
             that
             involved
             the
             Papists
             .
          
           
             Far
             more
             renownedly
             did
             the
             Duke
             of
             Mercoeur
             deport
             himself
             at
             Alba
             ,
             which
             he
             besieged
             with
             twenty
             thousand
             Men
             ;
             
               Christopher
               Roseworm
            
             with
             great
             labour
             and
             diligence
             passing
             a
             thousand
             men
             over
             the
             Bog
             to
             the
             Subburbs
             ,
             two
             whereof
             the
             Insulary
             and
             the
             Destiacan
             were
             easily
             gained
             ,
             others
             being
             encouraged
             by
             the
             adventure
             to
             follow
             them
             .
             
             The
             Enemy
             having
             nothing
             but
             the
             City
             to
             defend
             made
             a
             resolute
             resistance
             ,
             but
             was
             in
             fine
             beaten
             off
             the
             Walls
             ,
             and
             the
             Town
             regained
             in
             the
             58
             year
             after
             it
             had
             been
             taken
             by
             Solyman
             .
             This
             Victory
             the
             licentiousnesse
             of
             the
             Souldiers
             greatly
             blemished
             ,
             the
             City
             being
             ransacked
             by
             them
             ,
             where
             they
             spared
             not
             the
             bones
             of
             the
             Kings
             from
             which
             the
             Turks
             had
             Religiously
             abstained
             .
             The
             new
             Garrison
             consisting
             of
             a
             thousand
             German
             Foot
             ,
             and
             six
             hundred
             Hungarians
             ,
             was
             committed
             to
             the
             Government
             of
             
               Marcus
               Insulanus
            
             ,
             famous
             for
             his
             Defence
             of
             Varadin
             ,
             and
             
               Michael
               Vatai
            
             .
          
           
             The
             report
             of
             this
             losse
             being
             brought
             to
             Hasanes
             ,
             he
             joyned
             with
             the
             Vizier
             Bassa
             ,
             resolving
             to
             attempt
             Mercoeurs
             Camp
             ,
             to
             whose
             rescue
             very
             opportunely
             came
             Matthias
             ;
             the
             fight
             was
             managed
             with
             equal
             spirit
             and
             strength
             
             till
             the
             Hungarians
             began
             to
             flinch
             ,
             at
             which
             time
             
               Amurath
               Bassa
            
             of
             Buda
             ,
             with
             
               Mahomet
               Beg
            
             were
             slain
             with
             a
             Bullet
             ,
             which
             changed
             the
             fortune
             of
             the
             day
             ,
             and
             put
             the
             Turks
             to
             flight
             .
             There
             were
             slain
             5000.
             of
             them
             ,
             but
             yet
             they
             gave
             not
             over
             their
             design
             ,
             for
             the
             next
             year
             ,
             the
             noble
             Duke
             of
             Mercoeur
             being
             dead
             at
             
               Norimberg
               ,
               Hasanes
            
             returned
             to
             Alba
             ,
             and
             before
             the
             Governors
             had
             repaired
             the
             ruins
             of
             the
             Fortifications
             ,
             was
             close
             at
             the
             Walls
             ,
             whereupon
             the
             Germans
             basely
             betrayed
             the
             Town
             .
             The
             Garrison
             was
             dismissed
             ,
             but
             Insulanus
             and
             Vatai
             being
             interrogated
             ,
             if
             the
             Delivery
             was
             made
             with
             their
             Consent
             ,
             
             to
             which
             they
             answered
             peremptorily
             in
             the
             Negative
             ,
             were
             both
             of
             them
             laid
             hold
             on
             ,
             and
             made
             Captives
             ,
             the
             Turks
             saying
             ,
             
               That
               their
               promise
               was
               made
               to
               the
               willing
               ,
               nor
               were
               they
               obliged
               to
               them
               with
               whom
               they
               had
               made
               no
               Contract
               .
            
          
           
             To
             maintain
             this
             violent
             Turkish
             War
             the
             Estates
             of
             Germany
             proffered
             80
             months
             pay
             to
             the
             Emperour
             ,
             whose
             General
             Roseworm
             ,
             to
             recompence
             the
             losse
             of
             Alba
             ,
             besieged
             Buda
             ,
             while
             Althamius
             who
             succeeded
             Palfi
             in
             the
             Government
             of
             Strigonium
             valiantly
             gained
             
               Pesth
               ;
               Buda
            
             being
             hereby
             hard
             put
             to
             it
             ,
             Hasan
             with
             30
             thousand
             men
             came
             to
             besiege
             it
             ,
             
             and
             had
             beaten
             Roseworm
             ,
             who
             passed
             the
             Danow
             to
             encounter
             him
             ,
             to
             the
             very
             walls
             of
             Pesth
             ,
             when
             Matthias
             came
             in
             and
             rescued
             him
             :
             but
             they
             parted
             so
             equally
             that
             both
             Sieges
             were
             carried
             on
             at
             the
             same
             time
             ,
             in
             which
             nothing
             
             was
             memorable
             but
             an
             Engagement
             of
             Craczius
             ,
             the
             General
             of
             the
             Horse
             ,
             with
             the
             Turks
             ,
             in
             which
             he
             was
             worsted
             ,
             until
             Hasan
             for
             want
             of
             Provision
             departed
             for
             Belgrade
             ,
             and
             left
             Roseworm
             in
             his
             old
             leagure
             .
          
           
             The
             Christians
             were
             much
             animated
             at
             the
             sight
             of
             it
             ,
             taking
             in
             after
             him
             
               Colocza
               ,
               Paxus
            
             ,
             and
             other
             places
             60.
             miles
             below
             Buda
             ,
             by
             the
             Heyducks
             ;
             and
             the
             Budenses
             the
             more
             spirited
             and
             quickned
             to
             a
             resistance
             ,
             as
             they
             made
             appear
             in
             their
             Salleys
             and
             resolute
             Eruptions
             ,
             seizing
             their
             very
             Cannons
             ,
             and
             nailing
             up
             their
             touch
             holes
             ,
             which
             was
             acted
             while
             Roseworm
             was
             playing
             at
             Cards
             ,
             and
             carelesse
             of
             the
             matter
             ;
             This
             dishonour
             was
             seconded
             with
             a
             greater
             danger
             ,
             Oner
             and
             
               Ibrahim
               Beg
            
             having
             drained
             the
             Garrisons
             of
             
               Alba
               ,
               Sygeth
            
             ,
             and
             Canysa
             ,
             came
             afresh
             to
             their
             relief
             ,
             but
             after
             a
             sharp
             Conflict
             they
             were
             overthrown
             by
             Nadasdi
             ,
             &c.
             
             While
             Collonicz
             sustained
             and
             repelled
             the
             besieged
             .
             
             Notwithstanding
             such
             was
             the
             unclemency
             of
             the
             weather
             ,
             by
             showers
             ,
             frost
             ,
             and
             snow
             ,
             that
             Matthias
             cursing
             the
             place
             where
             he
             had
             been
             so
             often
             unfortunate
             ,
             was
             forced
             to
             draw
             off
             to
             Winter
             quarters
             ,
             leaving
             
               Albert
               Princestayn
            
             to
             the
             defence
             of
             Pesth
             .
          
           
             The
             Plague
             and
             Earthquakes
             in
             H●ngary
             and
             Austria
             this
             year
             denoted
             the
             ensuing
             mutations
             in
             the
             Kingdome
             ;
             
             for
             the
             Tartars
             and
             Turks
             by
             a
             most
             sudden
             irruption
             laid
             wast
             all
             the
             Country
             ,
             extending
             Westward
             to
             Papa
             ,
             the
             Mountain
             
             of
             Camenesum
             ,
             and
             what
             ground
             lyes
             between
             the
             rivers
             Dravus
             and
             the
             Mur
             to
             Perlatum
             ,
             not
             without
             the
             indignation
             of
             Count
             
               George
               Serini
            
             ,
             then
             lying
             on
             his
             death
             bed
             .
             Transylvania
             was
             in
             the
             usual
             variable
             condition
             ,
             there
             was
             a
             general
             famine
             ,
             with
             a
             scarcity
             of
             money
             ,
             and
             all
             other
             mischiefs
             arising
             thence
             ;
             the
             Soldier
             demanded
             his
             pay
             and
             provision
             ,
             which
             being
             not
             to
             be
             had
             ,
             a
             defection
             followed
             ,
             and
             the
             Army
             marched
             to
             Zacmar
             .
             Upon
             their
             departure
             ,
             
               Moses
               Szekhelij
            
             was
             constituted
             Prince
             ,
             and
             did
             Homage
             to
             Mahomet
             ,
             and
             aided
             by
             Bectessus
             the
             Bassa
             of
             Temeswar
             ,
             and
             the
             affections
             of
             the
             people
             took
             in
             
               Caransebesse
               ,
               Alba
               Inlia
               ,
               Claudiapolis
               ,
            
             *
             Cibinium
             ,
             and
             soon
             after
             possessed
             himself
             of
             all
             Transylvania
             ,
             but
             this
             good
             fortune
             lasted
             not
             long
             ,
             
             for
             Radulo
             the
             Successor
             of
             Michael
             in
             the
             Vaivodship
             of
             Valachia
             a
             friend
             of
             the
             Emperours
             ,
             and
             who
             made
             good
             his
             predecessors
             League
             ,
             surprized
             him
             by
             night
             ,
             routed
             his
             Turks
             and
             Tartars
             ,
             and
             sent
             30.
             
             Standards
             to
             Prague
             .
             There
             were
             slain
             in
             this
             Fight
             Moses
             himself
             ,
             with
             many
             Nobles
             ,
             and
             4000.
             others
             ,
             revenged
             in
             part
             soon
             after
             by
             the
             defeat
             of
             the
             Count
             of
             Solms
             who
             was
             sent
             Prisoner
             to
             Constantinople
             ,
             the
             reciprocation
             of
             which
             ill
             fortune
             ,
             befel
             the
             aforesaid
             Bassa
             of
             Temeswar
             ,
             and
             
               Albertus
               Nagii
            
             ,
             whom
             
               Henry
               Duval
            
             Count
             of
             Tampyrium
             ,
             and
             
               Lewis
               Rakoczi
            
             totally
             vanquished
             ,
             and
             again
             recovered
             Transylvania
             to
             the
             Emperour
             ,
             who
             by
             
             the
             advice
             of
             
               Iohn
               Molard
            
             ,
             and
             
               Nicholas
               ●rukhayser
            
             ,
             appointed
             a
             Decemvirate
             for
             the
             Government
             of
             the
             Province
             ,
             which
             continued
             till
             annulled
             by
             Boczkay
             .
          
           
             Things
             succeeded
             as
             prosperously
             in
             Hungary
             ,
             but
             the
             Covetousnesse
             of
             the
             Governours
             spoiled
             all
             ;
             Nadasdi
             and
             Collonicsius
             subdued
             Laccu●●
             and
             Bolondvarum
             ,
             and
             cruelly
             wasted
             the
             Country
             in
             revenge
             of
             the
             late
             irruption
             ,
             and
             before
             Amurath
             of
             Buda
             could
             joyne
             with
             Hasanes
             ,
             forced
             him
             to
             fight
             and
             routed
             him
             ,
             at
             last
             came
             Hasanes
             ,
             and
             faced
             Roseworm
             encamped
             at
             Strigonium
             ,
             who
             no
             way
             declining
             the
             Encounter
             ,
             which
             lasted
             till
             Evening
             with
             great
             fury
             ,
             put
             the
             Infidels
             to
             the
             run
             ,
             (
             the
             great
             Guns
             having
             peppered
             the
             Janizaries
             )
             with
             the
             losse
             of
             7000
             men
             .
          
           
             The
             fruit
             of
             this
             victory
             was
             the
             reduction
             of
             Hatvanum
             ,
             newly
             restored
             to
             the
             Turk
             ,
             and
             the
             firm
             Munition
             and
             strengthning
             of
             Pesth
             .
             This
             year
             Sultan
             Mahomet
             ,
             
             unable
             to
             go
             or
             scarce
             stand
             upon
             his
             Legs
             by
             reason
             of
             his
             fatnesse
             ,
             died
             among
             his
             Concubines
             ,
             Pathick
             boyes
             ,
             and
             Troops
             of
             Eunuchs
             ,
             
             leaving
             his
             Son
             Achmet
             a
             stripling
             to
             the
             Succession
             in
             the
             Government
             ,
             who
             presently
             applied
             himself
             to
             Peace
             .
             In
             order
             whereto
             Commissioners
             met
             in
             the
             Fields
             neer
             to
             Rakos
             ,
             but
             the
             Turks
             insisting
             on
             the
             Restitution
             of
             Strigonium
             and
             Raab
             ,
             and
             the
             Emperour
             demanding
             Canysa
             ,
             the
             Treaty
             came
             to
             nothing
             .
          
           
             The
             year
             1604.
             began
             with
             the
             old
             grievances
             
             in
             Transylvania
             concerning
             Religion
             ,
             and
             the
             great
             Church
             of
             Cassovia
             ,
             that
             had
             been
             granted
             by
             Basta
             to
             the
             Cannennicks
             of
             Amna
             ,
             
             besides
             that
             
               Iohn
               Barbianus
            
             the
             Count
             of
             Belgiocosa
             and
             the
             Emperours
             Governour
             in
             that
             Town
             by
             his
             Jesuiticall
             and
             most
             severe
             inquisition
             was
             horribly
             dreaded
             by
             the
             Protestants
             ,
             an
             infinite
             number
             of
             whom
             he
             had
             banished
             out
             of
             their
             Countrey
             :
             About
             this
             time
             came
             an
             Ambassadour
             from
             Hodabanda
             King
             of
             Persia
             ,
             offering
             his
             assistance
             against
             the
             Turk
             ,
             in
             this
             j●ncture
             of
             the
             minority
             of
             Achmet
             ,
             and
             advising
             the
             Christians
             to
             Unity
             ,
             which
             so
             encouraged
             Rodolph
             ,
             that
             he
             resolved
             to
             employ
             all
             his
             Forces
             against
             that
             Enemy
             .
             Basta
             was
             therefore
             placed
             in
             the
             Command
             of
             Roseworm
             ,
             thought
             too
             slow
             in
             the
             service
             ,
             Barbianus
             made
             Governour
             of
             Transylvania
             ,
             and
             Collonicz
             in
             the
             Room
             of
             Thurzo
             of
             that
             part
             of
             Hungaria
             which
             lyes
             beyond
             the
             Danow
             to
             
               Dravus
               .
               Hasanes
            
             hearing
             of
             these
             preparations
             took
             the
             feild
             and
             frighted
             the
             Governour
             out
             of
             Pesth
             and
             the
             Garrison
             out
             of
             
               Hatvanum
               ,
               Strigonium
            
             was
             by
             him
             in
             vain
             beseiged
             ,
             &
             thereby
             the
             Turkish
             power
             had
             in
             Contempt
             ,
             for
             that
             the
             Hungarians
             perceived
             they
             were
             more
             oppressed
             by
             their
             own
             Souldiers
             and
             the
             feuds
             of
             their
             Commanders
             ,
             then
             they
             were
             by
             their
             Enemies
             .
          
           
             This
             ,
             and
             some
             other
             Instigations
             and
             instincts
             concerning
             their
             privileges
             ,
             the
             insolence
             of
             the
             Germans
             and
             the
             late
             Inquisitions
             ,
             caused
             them
             to
             adhere
             to
             
               Stephen
               Bocskay
            
             ,
             then
             
             appearing
             in
             Transylvania
             ,
             to
             which
             Province
             the
             Turks
             had
             preferred
             
               Gabriel
               Bethlen
            
             ,
             but
             he
             modester
             in
             prosperous
             then
             adverse
             fortune
             ,
             had
             passed
             it
             to
             Bocskay
             ,
             
             and
             made
             himself
             a
             Partisan
             to
             his
             Designs
             ,
             having
             with
             Bectessus
             of
             Temeswar
             ,
             attempted
             Lippa
             :
             but
             while
             he
             lingred
             there
             ,
             
               Lewis
               Racokzi
            
             ,
             and
             the
             Count
             of
             Tampirium
             ,
             surprized
             their
             Camp
             and
             made
             a
             great
             slaughter
             ,
             the
             Bassa
             and
             Bethlen
             made
             a
             shift
             to
             escape
             half
             naked
             and
             half
             a
             sleep
             ;
             Bethlen
             leaving
             his
             Cloaths
             to
             be
             ransacked
             ;
             where
             were
             found
             some
             Letters
             with
             the
             Heads
             of
             the
             Conspiracy
             agreed
             upon
             between
             Bocskay
             and
             himself
             ,
             which
             were
             afterwards
             confirmed
             by
             some
             of
             the
             Prisoners
             .
          
           
             Barbianus
             ,
             the
             matter
             being
             so
             full
             of
             danger
             ,
             instantly
             hasted
             to
             the
             Camp
             at
             Rokomaza
             ,
             and
             put
             the
             Souldiers
             in
             readinesse
             ,
             and
             summoned
             Bocskay
             ,
             
             who
             made
             many
             tergiversations
             and
             delayes
             but
             denyed
             the
             Confederacy
             .
             This
             encreased
             the
             suspition
             ,
             and
             advised
             Barbianus
             to
             put
             it
             to
             a
             speedy
             decision
             by
             battel
             .
             The
             Heyducks
             were
             at
             first
             induced
             to
             take
             up
             arms
             with
             him
             ,
             but
             understanding
             the
             peril
             of
             their
             Religion
             ,
             although
             their
             Commanders
             had
             been
             newly
             ensnared
             by
             an
             Oath
             of
             fidelity
             to
             Caesar
             ,
             they
             revolted
             to
             the
             Confederates
             .
             Thereafter
             ensued
             a
             fight
             at
             Adorjanyum
             ,
             where
             Bocskay
             prevailed
             against
             Becsius
             one
             of
             the
             Emperours
             Generalls
             ,
             by
             a
             casuall
             firing
             of
             his
             Train
             of
             Powder
             ,
             and
             took
             his
             Camp
             richly
             furnished
             ,
             which
             ill
             successe
             so
             ferretted
             Barbiani
             shut
             
             up
             by
             forces
             on
             every
             hand
             ,
             and
             informed
             likewise
             that
             
               Valentine
               Homonnai
            
             was
             declared
             for
             Bocskay
             ,
             
             that
             he
             departed
             from
             Tockay
             ,
             as
             he
             fled
             before
             from
             Varadin
             (
             mistrusting
             the
             defence
             of
             both
             places
             )
             and
             came
             to
             Cassovia
             where
             
               Iohn
               Bocacius
            
             the
             Mayor
             of
             the
             City
             being
             a
             Lutheran
             denyed
             him
             entrance
             ,
             whose
             examples
             
               Eperjessum
               ,
               Cibini●m
            
             the
             lesse
             and
             other
             places
             soon
             after
             followed
             .
             Bocskay
             departing
             for
             Cassovia
             ,
             sent
             before
             him
             
               Blasius
               Lippai
            
             (
             whom
             for
             his
             brute
             valour
             he
             raised
             from
             a
             sordid
             degree
             to
             a
             great
             Command
             ,
             and
             afterward
             for
             his
             insolence
             beheaded
             him
             ,
             and
             reduced
             his
             Wife
             to
             her
             former
             condition
             )
             who
             was
             wellcomed
             and
             the
             Magazines
             and
             Treasures
             afterwards
             opened
             to
             Bocskay
             ,
             soon
             after
             saluted
             and
             presented
             there
             with
             all
             the
             Princely
             Ensignes
             and
             Ornaments
             by
             
               Rako●zi
               ,
               Homonnai
               ,
               Nyari
            
             and
             other
             the
             chieif
             Noblemen
             ;
             In
             the
             mean
             while
             
               Blasius
               Lippai
            
             befieging
             Barbianus
             in
             Scepusium
             ,
             was
             repelled
             by
             the
             valour
             of
             Thurzo
             ,
             as
             
               Blasius
               Nemethus
            
             the
             Captain
             of
             the
             Heyducks
             ranging
             for
             prey
             ,
             was
             intercepted
             by
             Basta
             ,
             defeated
             ,
             and
             his
             head
             struck
             off
             .
          
           
             Basta
             with
             15000
             men
             shook
             the
             confidence
             of
             the
             confederates
             ,
             whereupon
             they
             strengthened
             themselves
             with
             the
             assistance
             of
             Mahomet
             the
             Grand
             Vizier
             ,
             and
             encountred
             the
             Imperiallists
             at
             the
             River
             Moldava
             ,
             where
             although
             they
             stood
             the
             first
             shock
             yet
             were
             they
             not
             able
             to
             endure
             the
             firm
             constancy
             of
             the
             Germans
             ;
             who
             thereupon
             recovered
             Szendreira
             and
             freed
             
             Ruberus
             beseiged
             in
             
               Tockay
               :
               Basta
            
             being
             thus
             every
             day
             victorious
             admonished
             Bocskay
             ,
             to
             lay
             down
             his
             Arms
             ,
             and
             frame
             and
             compose
             his
             seditious
             mind
             to
             his
             Duty
             and
             Aleigeance
             ;
             to
             which
             Bocskay
             answered
             ,
             that
             war
             was
             better
             than
             Peace
             unlesse
             Transylvania
             were
             left
             wholly
             to
             him
             ;
             and
             the
             Generals
             ,
             Governours
             ,
             and
             Castellanes
             of
             Hungary
             be
             all
             of
             that
             Nation
             ,
             that
             the
             forraign
             Souldiery
             be
             put
             out
             of
             the
             Realm
             ,
             and
             the
             free
             Exercise
             of
             Religion
             allowed
             .
             But
             this
             Confidence
             of
             Basta
             was
             soon
             blasted
             ,
             for
             his
             Coveteousnesse
             having
             made
             him
             odious
             to
             his
             Souldiers
             who
             were
             without
             pay
             ,
             
             they
             fell
             into
             a
             Mutiny
             and
             assaulted
             him
             in
             his
             Quarters
             (
             the
             Convoy
             of
             twenty
             nine
             Waggons
             laden
             with
             money
             and
             Cloth
             for
             the
             Souldiery
             ,
             themselves
             having
             stollen
             and
             carried
             them
             away
             ,
             part
             into
             Poland
             ,
             and
             part
             to
             
               Bocskay
               :
            
             )
             neverthelesse
             having
             something
             pacified
             the
             Souldiers
             he
             attempted
             Cassovia
             but
             in
             vain
             ,
             &
             thence
             retreated
             to
             Leuchovia
             ,
             his
             Army
             deserting
             him
             in
             the
             way
             ;
             insomuch
             that
             
               Francis
               Redei
            
             with
             a
             small
             party
             of
             2000
             Heyduhks
             ,
             and
             the
             bent
             of
             the
             People
             ,
             took
             in
             twenty
             Towns
             :
             besides
             many
             Castles
             betwixt
             the
             Rivers
             
               Sayon
               ,
               Ippolus
            
             ,
             and
             Waegh
             ,
             revolted
             to
             him
             .
          
           
             These
             Successes
             caused
             the
             Emperour
             to
             send
             away
             the
             Bishop
             of
             Vesprinium
             ,
             and
             
               Sigismund
               Forgacz
            
             his
             Ambassadors
             to
             Bocskay
             ,
             to
             whom
             (
             the
             Turk
             being
             very
             observant
             and
             intent
             upon
             his
             actions
             )
             he
             at
             the
             first
             audience
             publickly
             profest
             ,
             that
             if
             they
             were
             sent
             
             from
             the
             Hungarian
             Nobility
             ,
             their
             Embassy
             was
             welcome
             and
             acceptable
             to
             him
             ;
             but
             otherwise
             ,
             
             if
             they
             came
             from
             the
             Emperour
             it
             was
             to
             no
             purpose
             ,
             for
             that
             he
             had
             engaged
             so
             far
             that
             he
             could
             not
             possibly
             recede
             .
             At
             a
             Diet
             held
             at
             Szerencsium
             soon
             after
             ,
             he
             laid
             down
             the
             Causes
             of
             his
             present
             undertaking
             ,
             namely
             ,
             the
             Defence
             of
             Religion
             ,
             the
             Liberty
             and
             safety
             of
             the
             People
             .
             At
             the
             end
             of
             which
             Oration
             he
             was
             confirmed
             by
             the
             Estates
             in
             the
             Principality
             ,
             and
             the
             
               Roman
               ,
               Lutheran
            
             ,
             and
             Calvinian
             Doctrines
             received
             promiseuously
             .
             The
             Cheif
             Praefecture
             of
             Transylvania
             ,
             and
             the
             Supreme
             Command
             of
             the
             Army
             was
             conferred
             ,
             the
             first
             on
             
               Sigismund
               Rakoczi
            
             ,
             the
             latter
             on
             
               Valentine
               Homonn●●
            
          
           
             From
             this
             Diet
             in
             〈◊〉
             he
             returned
             into
             Transylvania
             ,
             where
             he
             was
             met
             with
             a
             Turkish
             Chiaux
             ,
             who
             presented
             him
             with
             the
             usual
             Ensigns
             of
             the
             Investiture
             from
             the
             grand
             Seigniour
             ,
             to
             whom
             he
             dispatched
             ●way
             
               Stephes
               Corlatus
            
             ,
             and
             
               George
               Kikedi
            
             ,
             his
             Ambassadors
             with
             the
             Homage
             and
             Presents
             ,
             the
             more
             envious
             ,
             for
             that
             some
             German
             Youths
             were
             added
             thereunto
             .
             From
             
               Cassovia
               ,
               Rocskay
            
             invited
             
               Stephen
               Illyeshazi
            
             (
             fled
             for
             his
             Treason
             )
             out
             of
             Poland
             ,
             
             and
             by
             the
             valour
             of
             the
             Heyduckes
             took
             
               Trincinum
               ,
               F●eleck
               ,
               Zackmar
            
             ;
             as
             Nitria
             by
             the
             inconstancy
             of
             the
             Garrison
             was
             delvered
             to
             
               Francis
               Redei
            
             by
             
               Sigismund
               Forgacz
            
             the
             Bishop
             of
             the
             place
             .
             Which
             losses
             with
             want
             of
             money
             so
             disabled
             Basta
             ,
             besides
             
             that
             he
             was
             in
             great
             danger
             of
             his
             life
             ,
             that
             he
             fled
             to
             Presburgh
             ,
             where
             Collonitz
             endevoured
             to
             relieve
             him
             ,
             but
             his
             Souldiers
             turned
             sides
             ;
             Tyrnaw
             hereupon
             yeilded
             ,
             and
             Stanislaus
             and
             
               Christopher
               Thurzo
            
             submitted
             to
             Redejus
             .
          
           
             Hence
             the
             War
             was
             carried
             into
             Moravia
             by
             Eight
             thousand
             Heyducks
             and
             a
             thousand
             Turks
             ,
             Commanded
             by
             Dengelegius
             who
             brought
             away
             4000
             Captives
             thence
             ;
             and
             Tockay
             was
             at
             the
             last
             extremity
             delivered
             by
             Reuberus
             ,
             whose
             Fidelity
             and
             Valour
             Bocskay
             himselfe
             commended
             .
             The
             Revolt
             of
             the
             Isle
             of
             Csallockoes
             followed
             this
             rendition
             ,
             
             and
             gave
             advantage
             to
             6000
             of
             the
             Confaederates
             (
             so
             were
             
             Bocskay's
             party
             called
             )
             to
             make
             an
             attempt
             upon
             Presburgh
             (
             burning
             in
             their
             way
             thither
             
               St.
               George
            
             and
             other
             Towns
             )
             whence
             being
             rejected
             by
             Basta
             ,
             they
             turned
             their
             Invasion
             upon
             Austria
             ,
             which
             they
             destroyed
             as
             far
             as
             Prinquelia
             .
             At
             the
             same
             time
             Nemethus
             to
             enlarge
             this
             Devastation
             passed
             the
             Da●●bius
             at
             Sabaria
             ,
             to
             whom
             Nadasdi
             and
             other
             Noblemen
             for
             fear
             of
             their
             own
             Territories
             ,
             joyned
             themselves
             ;
             and
             even
             to
             the
             wonder
             of
             the
             Barbarians
             ,
             sacked
             all
             that
             Tract
             of
             ground
             lying
             betwixt
             Layla
             and
             Arrhabon
             ,
             pretending
             Religion
             as
             the
             incentive
             to
             this
             im●ane
             Cruelty
             ;
             although
             they
             unmercifully
             tortured
             the
             reformed
             Ministers
             ,
             and
             sold
             very
             Infants
             for
             Slaves
             to
             the
             Turks
             ,
             to
             such
             a
             detestation
             ,
             that
             God
             caused
             Blood
             to
             drop
             out
             of
             Gold
             paid
             by
             a
             Turk
             to
             a
             Christian
             for
             one
             of
             those
             Captives
             .
          
           
           
             This
             Countrey
             Desolated
             ,
             he
             fell
             next
             into
             Styria
             ,
             
             and
             barbarously
             used
             the
             Town
             ,
             situated
             betwixt
             
               Arrhabon
               ,
               Pingua
            
             ,
             and
             Lappinicia
             ;
             and
             had
             almost
             shook
             the
             Allegiance
             of
             Drascovitius
             the
             Governor
             of
             Illyria
             ;
             but
             he
             recovering
             himself
             ,
             and
             assisted
             by
             :
             Trautsmandorf
             ,
             raised
             an
             Army
             of
             ten
             thousand
             men
             and
             drove
             Nemethus
             out
             of
             Sclavonia
             together
             with
             his
             Partakers
             ,
             among
             whom
             were
             some
             Tartars
             ,
             to
             
               Zigeth
               ,
               Coppan
            
             ,
             and
             other
             their
             respective
             Holds
             and
             Garrisons
             :
             by
             which
             mean●
             Drascovitius
             gained
             to
             himself
             great
             Authority
             and
             Renown
             .
             But
             these
             most
             horrid
             Divisions
             hastned
             the
             Common
             Ruin
             ;
             for
             Mahomet
             the
             now
             prime
             Vizier
             ,
             who
             had
             delivered
             Strigonium
             himself
             to
             the
             Christians
             ,
             besieged
             it
             in
             person
             ,
             which
             Bocskay
             quarrelled
             ,
             alleadging
             that
             by
             his
             League
             with
             them
             no
             City
             in
             Hungary
             ought
             to
             be
             taken
             by
             the
             Turks
             ;
             but
             being
             not
             Master
             of
             himself
             ,
             he
             sent
             Homonnai
             either
             at
             the
             request
             or
             Command
             of
             Mahomet
             with
             6000
             men
             :
             
             and
             not
             long
             after
             the
             Town
             within
             ten
             years
             of
             its
             reduction
             ,
             was
             delivered
             by
             
               William
               Oetingensis
            
             and
             his
             Germans
             ;
             who
             diffiding
             in
             the
             Hungarians
             dismist
             them
             out
             of
             the
             Town
             ,
             not
             to
             this
             onely
             disadvantage
             ,
             for
             they
             presently
             thereupon
             joyned
             with
             Redejus
             against
             the
             Emperour
             ,
             to
             whom
             Ersek●yvarum
             was
             yeilded
             by
             the
             consent
             of
             Matthias
             ,
             upon
             the
             promise
             of
             Rodejus
             that
             it
             should
             not
             come
             into
             the
             
             Tark●
             ●●ands
             ,
             but
             be
             restored
             when
             ever
             the
             Wa●
             should
             be
             composed
             .
          
           
           
             Mahomet
             the
             Vizier
             now
             summoned
             Boczkay
             to
             Buda
             ,
             to
             the
             Solemnization
             of
             the
             Marriage
             of
             the
             Bassa
             of
             that
             City
             ,
             who
             met
             him
             on
             his
             way
             as
             far
             as
             Rakos
             ,
             and
             introducted
             him
             in
             State
             ,
             
             where
             Boczkay
             did
             Homage
             for
             Transylvania
             ,
             and
             submitted
             it
             under
             the
             protection
             of
             the
             Turks
             :
             whereupon
             he
             was
             presented
             with
             a
             Crown
             as
             King
             also
             of
             Hungary
             (
             supposed
             to
             have
             been
             the
             Constantinopolitan
             Emperours
             ,
             or
             the
             Despots
             of
             Thrace
             )
             and
             a
             Sword
             embellished
             with
             Gold
             ,
             Jewels
             ,
             and
             other
             Ornaments
             ;
             all
             which
             (
             except
             the
             Crown
             )
             Boczkay
             accepted
             ,
             but
             that
             he
             refused
             ,
             acknowledging
             Caesar
             to
             have
             been
             duly
             crowned
             ,
             for
             which
             his
             modesty
             was
             worthily
             praised
             ,
             however
             he
             may
             be
             justly
             taxed
             of
             Sedition
             and
             Rebellion
             .
             By
             reason
             of
             this
             fealty
             the
             Vizier
             made
             him
             Tribute
             free
             for
             ten
             years
             ,
             those
             expired
             ,
             the
             yearly
             Tribute
             of
             ten
             thousand
             Guilders
             to
             be
             paid
             at
             the
             Port
             for
             the
             Upper
             Transylvania
             ,
             at
             which
             agreement
             the
             Janiza●●es
             made
             great
             acclamations
             of
             Felicity
             ,
             as
             expecting
             a
             Donative
             and
             Gratuity
             .
          
           
             A
             Diet
             was
             soon
             after
             held
             by
             Boczkay
             at
             Corpona
             ,
             whither
             came
             
               Sigismund
               Forgacz
            
             from
             Caesar
             ,
             with
             Conditions
             of
             Peace
             ,
             to
             which
             the
             Turk
             engaged
             by
             the
             Rebel
             Bassa's
             of
             Aleppo
             and
             Caramania
             ,
             was
             inclinable
             also
             in
             his
             own
             behalf
             ,
             having
             first
             seen
             Boczkays
             Propositions
             .
             This
             Overture
             came
             to
             a
             Conclusion
             at
             Vienna
             ,
             managed
             by
             Illyeshazi
             and
             Mlasodo●itius
             ,
             on
             the
             part
             of
             the
             
               Transylvanian
               
               Caesar
            
             consenting
             to
             whatsoever
             Propositions
             ,
             as
             knowing
             Boczkay
             must
             ere
             long
             dye
             without
             Issue
             .
             
             The
             Terms
             were
             ,
             a
             general
             and
             mutual
             Amnesty
             and
             Oblivion
             ,
             a
             Toleration
             of
             the
             
               Roman
               ,
               Lutheran
            
             ,
             and
             Calvinian
             Professions
             ,
             a
             Palatine
             to
             be
             elected
             by
             the
             Votes
             of
             the
             Hungarians
             ;
             the
             Chambers
             and
             new
             Courts
             to
             be
             abolished
             ;
             The
             Treasury
             to
             be
             regulated
             by
             new
             Commissioners
             ,
             the
             Hungarians
             to
             redeem
             the
             Castles
             pawned
             to
             the
             Germans
             ;
             The
             Government
             to
             be
             administred
             by
             Hungarians
             ;
             but
             Raab
             and
             Comorra
             may
             be
             governed
             by
             deserving
             Germans
             ;
             All
             Transylvania
             ,
             with
             that
             part
             of
             Hungary
             which
             
               Sigismund
               Bathori
            
             enjoyed
             ,
             to
             belong
             to
             Boczkay
             ,
             together
             with
             the
             Lordships
             of
             
               Tockay
               ,
               Sacmar
               ,
               &c.
            
             
             Which
             for
             want
             of
             Issue
             ,
             
             shall
             revert
             to
             Caesar
             :
             if
             the
             Peace
             be
             not
             concluded
             with
             the
             Turk
             they
             shall
             joyn
             Arms
             ;
             Bishops
             descended
             of
             the
             Nobility
             to
             have
             Voyce
             and
             place
             in
             Counsel
             ,
             others
             not
             .
             This
             was
             ratified
             by
             the
             Dep●ties
             of
             all
             the
             upper
             Hereditary
             Provinces
             of
             the
             Emperour
             and
             firmed
             by
             the
             eminentest
             Nobility
             of
             both
             sides
             .
             Varadin
             was
             herewith
             yeilded
             to
             Bocskay
             ,
             having
             all
             along
             been
             stoutly
             defended
             against
             him
             by
             
               Baptista
               Pecsius
            
             ,
             as
             St.
             George
             and
             B●zinium
             were
             rendred
             to
             Illyeshazi
             .
          
           
             The
             Peace
             was
             also
             concluded
             with
             the
             Turk
             for
             20.
             years
             .
             
             Achmet
             the
             Sultan
             to
             call
             Caesar
             Father
             ,
             he
             Achmet
             Son
             ,
             both
             to
             be
             saluted
             by
             the
             name
             of
             Caesars
             ;
             all
             differences
             arising
             
             to
             be
             composed
             by
             the
             Governours
             of
             Raa●
             and
             Buda
             .
             The
             Castles
             and
             Fortresses
             to
             stand
             ,
             
             but
             no
             new
             ones
             to
             be
             built
             ,
             only
             the
             Hungarians
             may
             repair
             
               Vaccia
               ;
               Caesar
            
             shall
             pay
             this
             year
             200
             thousand
             Imperials
             ,
             but
             nothing
             afterwards
             ;
             every
             three
             years
             the
             Emperours
             shall
             interchange
             Presents
             ,
             and
             a
             faithful
             friendship
             shall
             be
             consolidated
             between
             them
             .
             This
             Transaction
             was
             followed
             by
             the
             Death
             of
             Boczkay
             ,
             who
             professed
             himself
             willing
             to
             dye
             ,
             so
             that
             he
             had
             had
             the
             opportunity
             of
             purging
             himself
             ,
             before
             the
             World
             and
             the
             Empire
             ,
             of
             Sedition
             .
             He
             declared
             
               Valentine
               Homonnai
            
             by
             his
             last
             Will
             ,
             for
             Prince
             of
             Transylvania
             ,
             which
             Homonnai
             gaped
             after
             ,
             but
             the
             Transylvanians
             chose
             
               Sigismund
               Rakoczi
            
             ,
             
             and
             although
             he
             made
             great
             reluctancy
             pretending
             several
             Excuses
             ,
             yet
             at
             last
             they
             compelled
             him
             to
             Clausenburgh
             ,
             and
             made
             him
             assume
             the
             Principality
             ,
             while
             Homonai
             mad
             with
             rage
             ,
             having
             plundered
             
             Boczkay's
             treasures
             committed
             to
             him
             ,
             retired
             to
             Ungnade
             ;
             by
             whose
             Example
             Szecfi
             and
             
               Paul
               Nyari
            
             shared
             the
             like
             entrustments
             among
             themselves
             ,
             the
             deserved
             and
             desired
             End
             of
             Goods
             got
             by
             Violence
             and
             Oppression
             .
          
           
             Just
             before
             the
             Confirmation
             of
             this
             Turkish
             Peace
             ,
             an
             Embassador
             from
             Persia
             ,
             came
             to
             Prague
             ,
             and
             there
             by
             extolling
             his
             Masters
             power
             ,
             and
             his
             resolution
             of
             destroying
             the
             O●toman
             Name
             and
             Nation
             ,
             put
             a
             demur
             to
             the
             ratification
             ,
             which
             passed
             not
             till
             somewhat
             
             after
             ,
             when
             Matthias
             the
             Brother
             of
             the
             Emperour
             ,
             was
             possessed
             of
             the
             Crown
             of
             Hungary
             ;
             The
             Turk
             was
             instant
             to
             have
             it
             finished
             ,
             and
             stormed
             exceedingly
             at
             the
             delay
             ,
             for
             that
             Serdar
             Bassa
             who
             had
             possessed
             himself
             of
             
               Aleppo
               ,
               Damascus
            
             ,
             and
             Tripoli
             ,
             with
             a
             formidable
             power
             ,
             under
             smooth
             &
             dutiful
             pretences
             threatned
             Constantinople
             .
          
           
             In
             the
             mean
             while
             (
             and
             the
             licentious
             rapines
             of
             the
             Heyducks
             upon
             all
             such
             Intervalls
             )
             Matthias
             ,
             
             his
             Brothers
             Viceroy
             ,
             prepared
             his
             way
             to
             the
             Crown
             of
             Hungary
             ,
             urged
             thereunto
             by
             Illyeshazi
             ,
             whose
             interest
             Rudolphus
             had
             used
             at
             the
             Diet
             at
             Ratisbone
             to
             prefer
             Ferdinand
             the
             Nephew
             of
             Charles
             his
             Brother
             ;
             Hereupon
             Souldiers
             were
             listed
             by
             Matthias
             ,
             to
             obviate
             the
             designs
             of
             the
             Spaniards
             ,
             who
             would
             advance
             Ferdinand
             as
             more
             Catholick
             then
             himself
             :
             with
             these
             ,
             under
             pretence
             of
             repressing
             the
             Heyducks
             ,
             he
             came
             suddenly
             to
             Presburgh
             ,
             and
             was
             received
             into
             the
             Castle
             by
             the
             Archbishop
             and
             Cardinal
             Pazman
             and
             Illyezhazi
             ,
             at
             whose
             instances
             he
             possessed
             himself
             of
             the
             Crown
             .
             By
             him
             the
             late
             Articles
             of
             Vienna
             were
             confirmed
             (
             the
             Hungarians
             being
             obstinate
             to
             those
             terms
             )
             and
             upon
             that
             score
             Austria
             and
             Moravia
             also
             joyned
             with
             him
             ,
             and
             vowed
             to
             live
             and
             dye
             in
             his
             Cause
             .
          
           
             Having
             from
             hence
             raised
             an
             Army
             of
             20.
             thousand
             men
             ,
             he
             marched
             to
             Prague
             ,
             where
             the
             Emperour
             delaying
             of
             his
             Grants
             to
             the
             Bohemians
             ,
             
             (
             who
             had
             armed
             themselves
             in
             vindication
             of
             their
             Religion
             ,
             and
             the
             same
             Priviledges
             with
             the
             Papists
             )
             found
             himself
             so
             disappointed
             ,
             that
             he
             condiscended
             to
             the
             Inauguration
             of
             Matthias
             ,
             
             in
             the
             kingdome
             of
             Hungary
             .
             He
             arrived
             at
             Presburgh
             the
             22.
             of
             October
             ,
             where
             he
             allowed
             the
             priviledges
             aforesaid
             ,
             the
             Election
             of
             a
             Palatine
             within
             a
             year
             after
             the
             others
             Decease
             ,
             which
             Dignity
             had
             been
             vacant
             46.
             years
             ,
             ever
             since
             Nadasdi
             ,
             together
             with
             the
             expulsion
             of
             the
             Jesuits
             .
             From
             thence
             he
             went
             to
             Cassovia
             ,
             at
             which
             Diet
             held
             there
             ,
             
               Sigismund
               Racockzi
            
             ,
             as
             Prince
             of
             Transylvania
             did
             him
             Fealty
             ,
             and
             soon
             after
             resigned
             the
             Principality
             to
             
               Gabriel
               Bathori
            
             ,
             having
             gained
             the
             Confirmation
             from
             Achmet
             ,
             and
             an
             uninteressednesse
             from
             Matthias
             .
             In
             all
             things
             ,
             
             he
             shewed
             himself
             a
             person
             of
             great
             Justice
             and
             Modesty
             ,
             in
             declining
             his
             assistance
             of
             the
             Rebels
             in
             Poland
             ,
             and
             transferring
             this
             Soveraignty
             to
             another
             ,
             when
             he
             was
             so
             beloved
             and
             courted
             by
             the
             people
             .
          
           
             To
             passe
             by
             new
             commotions
             and
             discontents
             of
             the
             Hungarians
             about
             their
             Religion
             now
             invaded
             and
             infringed
             ,
             but
             vindicated
             by
             the
             Elector
             of
             Saxony
             ,
             and
             other
             Protestant
             Princes
             ,
             who
             by
             arming
             themselves
             over-ruled
             Matthias
             ;
             we
             return
             to
             matters
             of
             State
             :
             Illyezhazi
             the
             new
             Palatine
             ,
             built
             a
             new
             Fabrick
             in
             the
             Castle
             of
             Presburgh
             ,
             for
             the
             Conservation
             of
             the
             CROWN
             ;
             and
             Collonicsius
             was
             advanced
             to
             a
             higher
             Dignity
             in
             that
             Kingdome
             ,
             
             which
             had
             hitherto
             been
             in
             no
             condition
             to
             respect
             his
             merit
             .
             As
             to
             war
             it
             had
             its
             divertisement
             in
             
               Transylvania
               ;
               Radulo
            
             the
             noble
             Vayvod
             of
             Valachiae
             ,
             refused
             Homage
             to
             Bathori
             ,
             who
             incensed
             thereat
             (
             and
             designing
             the
             Seizure
             of
             all
             Dacia
             which
             the
             Turks
             had
             promised
             to
             Boczkay
             )
             raised
             a
             puissant
             Army
             such
             as
             was
             hardly
             seen
             there
             before
             ,
             
             and
             gave
             him
             Battle
             at
             Brassovia
             ,
             where
             he
             was
             totally
             routed
             by
             the
             valour
             of
             the
             said
             Vayvod
             ;
             which
             opportunity
             Matthias
             in
             Confederacy
             with
             that
             gallant
             person
             ,
             so
             improved
             ,
             that
             he
             possessed
             himself
             of
             Clausenburgh
             ,
             and
             other
             chief
             Holds
             by
             his
             General
             Forgacz
             ,
             while
             Bathori
             betook
             himself
             to
             the
             Mountains
             .
          
           
             This
             Enterprize
             was
             the
             more
             easily
             carried
             on
             against
             him
             ,
             for
             that
             his
             prodigious
             Lust
             made
             him
             odious
             to
             his
             Subjects
             ,
             whose
             beautifullest
             Wives
             and
             Daughters
             he
             frequently
             and
             most
             openly
             vitiated
             .
             Notwithstanding
             such
             was
             his
             Fortune
             ,
             
             that
             he
             beat
             Forgacz
             out
             of
             his
             Dominions
             ,
             and
             forced
             him
             to
             hide
             himself
             in
             the
             Woods
             of
             Bohemia
             ,
             after
             he
             had
             suffered
             very
             great
             Extremities
             .
             Yet
             the
             same
             Vicissitudinary
             fortune
             undid
             Bathori
             ,
             betrayed
             by
             his
             Embassador
             
               Andrew
               Geczi
            
             to
             the
             Grand
             Seigniour
             ,
             who
             designed
             the
             Principality
             to
             himself
             ,
             and
             whom
             the
             Bassa
             of
             Buda
             would
             have
             confirmed
             ,
             but
             that
             Bathori
             betook
             himself
             (
             such
             the
             Reciprocation
             of
             these
             Interests
             )
             to
             the
             Protection
             &
             Friendship
             of
             Matthias
             ,
             now
             elected
             Emperour
             of
             Germany
             ,
             by
             whose
             assistance
             
             the
             at
             instance
             of
             Thurzo
             the
             Palatine
             in
             the
             room
             of
             
               Illyeshaeci
               Geczi
            
             was
             overthrown
             ,
             &
             at
             the
             same
             time
             
               Bethlen
               Gabor
            
             substituted
             by
             the
             Turks
             to
             the
             same
             Dignity
             ,
             at
             the
             price
             which
             Bathori
             had
             payed
             for
             it
             .
          
           
             He
             enraged
             with
             this
             affront
             (
             besides
             that
             he
             was
             a
             man
             of
             a
             most
             incredible
             strength
             )
             ravagely
             fell
             upon
             his
             poor
             Subjects
             ,
             who
             yet
             again
             bore
             with
             him
             while
             he
             renewed
             his
             debaucheries
             ,
             whose
             vengeance
             every
             one
             of
             the
             Nobles
             incited
             .
             At
             this
             Juncture
             Bethlen
             made
             use
             of
             the
             Turks
             power
             and
             subdued
             
               Lippa
               ,
               Aradum
            
             ,
             and
             other
             places
             ,
             whose
             rendition
             made
             Bathori
             ,
             suspectfull
             of
             all
             people
             ,
             to
             betake
             himself
             by
             a
             speedy
             flight
             from
             Clausenburg
             to
             *
             Varadin
             ,
             where
             admitted
             into
             the
             Castle
             ,
             consultation
             was
             held
             concerning
             him
             by
             the
             Nobles
             ,
             who
             advised
             
               Gregory
               Nadanyj
            
             ,
             and
             
               George
               Szylasi
            
             to
             assassinate
             him
             ,
             and
             they
             after
             some
             reluctancies
             of
             Conscience
             animated
             by
             the
             mortall
             jealousie
             of
             Decsius
             a
             Preacher
             of
             the
             Calvinist
             Faction
             ,
             
             whose
             Wife
             Bathori
             most
             leudly
             loved
             ,
             at
             the
             second
             resolution
             assaulted
             &
             slew
             him
             in
             the
             street
             of
             Varadin
             called
             Velenze
             ,
             as
             he
             was
             going
             to
             the
             Baths
             .
          
           
             Bethlen
             was
             immediately
             acknowledged
             by
             the
             Transylvanians
             ,
             and
             confirmed
             for
             his
             presents
             &
             acknowledgments
             ,
             both
             by
             the
             Turk
             and
             Emperour
             .
             His
             first
             Act
             was
             the
             vindication
             of
             
             Bathori's
             death
             ,
             by
             the
             popular
             fury
             permitted
             upon
             his
             Assassinates
             ,
             whom
             he
             summoned
             to
             the
             dyer
             (
             with
             a
             
               salvo
               statu
            
             )
             then
             held
             at
             Medgysium
             .
             
             
             At
             the
             same
             time
             Achmet
             was
             ready
             at
             Adrianople
             with
             an
             Army
             to
             invade
             Hungary
             ,
             but
             the
             Emir
             of
             Sidon
             (
             who
             derives
             himself
             from
             Godfrey
             of
             Bu●loyn
             )
             gave
             him
             a
             diversion
             ;
             as
             did
             the
             Cossacks
             plague
             him
             in
             the
             Euxine
             Sea
             ,
             by
             burning
             24
             of
             his
             Galleys
             ,
             and
             infesting
             Thracia
             also
             by
             Land
             ,
             but
             the
             chief
             remora
             of
             all
             was
             His
             death
             in
             the
             year
             1617.
             
             Mustapha
             his
             brother
             succeeded
             him
             ,
             but
             was
             presently
             deposed
             ,
             and
             
               Osman
               Achmets
            
             Son
             aged
             16
             years
             was
             saluted
             Emperour
             ,
             
             who
             survived
             not
             long
             after
             ,
             being
             strangled
             by
             Daout
             Bassa
             .
             Not
             to
             mention
             the
             War
             now
             commenced
             between
             the
             Emperour
             and
             the
             Venetians
             about
             Pyracies
             committed
             by
             the
             Uschock●
             and
             Chroats
             upon
             their
             Maritine
             Territories
             ,
             as
             publick
             in
             a
             discourse
             by
             it self
             ,
             which
             war
             was
             managed
             with
             great
             resolution
             by
             both
             parties
             in
             Dalmatia
             and
             Friuli
             .
          
           
             The
             event
             of
             this
             unkind
             war
             ,
             redounded
             to
             a
             good
             and
             amicable
             understanding
             between
             Matthias
             and
             Ferdinand
             ,
             who
             was
             now
             adopted
             to
             the
             Crown
             ,
             provided
             that
             he
             intermedled
             not
             during
             the
             life
             of
             the
             Emperour
             ;
             and
             the
             next
             year
             he
             was
             Crowned
             King
             of
             Hungary
             ,
             at
             which
             time
             three
             Suns
             appeared
             denoting
             the
             mischeifs
             (
             if
             they
             may
             be
             so
             construed
             )
             that
             befell
             his
             Dominions
             in
             the
             ensuing
             War
             of
             Bohemia
             ,
             
             first
             managed
             by
             Ernest
             Count
             Mansfeld
             for
             the
             reformed
             ,
             and
             Count
             Bucquoy
             for
             the
             Emperour
             Matthias
             ,
             who
             wearied
             with
             a
             lingring
             and
             continual
             distemper
             having
             lived
             
             62
             years
             ,
             and
             governed
             Hungary
             12
             ,
             as
             
               Germany
               7
            
             years
             ,
             deceased
             with
             the
             blessings
             of
             a
             Peace
             to
             his
             Subjects
             .
          
           
             FERDINAN
             the
             2d
             .
             by
             the
             endevours
             of
             Matthias
             being
             elected
             King
             ,
             
             administred
             the
             Government
             Government
             by
             many
             alterations
             ,
             the
             cause
             of
             which
             changes
             was
             the
             same
             with
             the
             usuall
             excesses
             of
             arbitrary
             Innovation
             ,
             for
             he
             recalled
             the
             Jesuits
             in
             hatred
             of
             the
             Protestants
             ,
             and
             very
             much
             infringed
             the
             Articles
             of
             Bocskay
             ,
             which
             made
             them
             have
             recourse
             to
             the
             Count
             of
             Thurn
             then
             in
             Arms
             near
             Vienna
             .
          
           
             At
             the
             same
             time
             the
             Bohemian
             Estates
             prevailing
             no
             more
             as
             to
             Liberty
             of
             Conscience
             ,
             
             conferred
             the
             Kingdome
             on
             Frederick
             Count
             Elector
             Palatine
             ,
             who
             animated
             by
             his
             Wife
             the
             only
             Daughter
             of
             Iames
             King
             of
             England
             ,
             (
             of
             whose
             assistance
             together
             with
             the
             Dutch
             ,
             he
             was
             made
             confident
             ,
             as
             assured
             of
             a
             nearer
             help
             from
             
               Bethlen
               Gabor
            
             upon
             the
             same
             account
             of
             Religion
             )
             accepted
             thereof
             :
             The
             Hungarians
             raised
             hereupon
             by
             Teiffenback
             ,
             thrust
             themselves
             into
             Silesia
             ,
             more
             intent
             upon
             the
             prey
             then
             studious
             of
             the
             cause
             ,
             while
             Bethlen
             having
             repulsed
             Homonnai
             ,
             who
             had
             introduced
             the
             Jesuits
             into
             Claudiopolis
             ,
             either
             hung
             or
             banished
             them
             ,
             publishing
             a
             Proclamation
             against
             the
             entertainment
             or
             reception
             of
             any
             of
             that
             Society
             .
             
          
           
             And
             now
             in
             pursuance
             of
             his
             Confederacy
             with
             Frederick
             the
             Count
             Palatine
             ,
             he
             rushed
             into
             Hungary
             ,
             with
             an
             Army
             of
             18000
             men
             ,
             
             and
             18
             great
             Guns
             ,
             where
             meeting
             with
             a
             discontented
             part
             of
             the
             Nobles
             by
             the
             infringment
             of
             the
             abovesaid
             Articles
             ,
             and
             strengthned
             by
             them
             ,
             he
             took
             in
             Cassovia
             by
             his
             Lieutenants
             Redei
             and
             Szecsi
             ,
             and
             by
             fair
             words
             cajoled
             
               Andrew
               Docrius
            
             the
             Generall
             of
             Upper
             Hungary
             by
             pretence
             of
             peace-making
             into
             a
             Captivity
             in
             Transylvania
             wherein
             he
             dyed
             .
             
             This
             proceeding
             so
             frighted
             the
             Jesuits
             and
             Friers
             ,
             that
             they
             made
             what
             hast
             they
             could
             out
             of
             his
             way
             ,
             so
             many
             places
             rendring
             themselves
             (
             led
             by
             the
             examples
             of
             the
             Mine
             Towns
             ,
             of
             which
             Rosnoboyana
             was
             the
             first
             )
             as
             
               Fileck
               ,
               V●●zia
               ,
               Tyrnaw
               ,
               Nitria
               ,
               Posing
               ,
            
             &c.
             that
             they
             knew
             not
             where
             to
             be
             secure
             ,
             only
             Comorra
             and
             Raab
             firmly
             Garrisoned
             by
             Austrians
             withstood
             his
             Fortune
             .
          
           
             Part
             of
             the
             Army
             therefore
             was
             employedin
             an
             irruption
             into
             Moravia
             ,
             the
             other
             being
             joyned
             with
             Thurn
             beseiged
             Presburgh
             ,
             wherein
             was
             the
             Palatine
             of
             Hungary
             with
             a
             small
             Garrison
             ,
             and
             some
             Troops
             of
             Bucquoy
             in
             the
             Suburbs
             ,
             the
             which
             he
             presently
             cut
             off
             ,
             and
             thereupon
             the
             City
             yeilded
             it self
             with
             the
             Crown
             &
             other
             regal
             Ornaments
             ,
             and
             gave
             him
             liberty
             by
             the
             seizure
             of
             some
             interjacent
             places
             ,
             as
             Viscetus
             and
             Eberstorph
             to
             carry
             the
             terrour
             ,
             with
             the
             sight
             of
             his
             Arms
             ,
             to
             Vienna
             .
          
           
             But
             here
             the
             misfortune
             that
             befell
             
               George
               Rakoczi
            
             ,
             whom
             he
             had
             left
             his
             Vicegerent
             in
             Transylvania
             ,
             impeded
             his
             further
             Progresse
             :
             
               George
               Honnonnai
            
             a
             firm
             adherer
             to
             the
             House
             
             of
             Austria
             ,
             having
             fled
             from
             his
             late
             defeat
             into
             Poland
             ,
             with
             a
             fresh
             supply
             thence
             ,
             returned
             and
             encountred
             Rakoczi
             ,
             by
             whom
             he
             was
             worsted
             ;
             but
             recruited
             with
             present
             supplies
             engaged
             him
             again
             ,
             which
             fight
             had
             lasted
             two
             dayes
             ,
             when
             Homonnai
             by
             the
             counterfeit
             of
             a
             flight
             drew
             him
             into
             his
             ambushes
             and
             there
             discomfited
             him
             ,
             
             the
             foot
             were
             all
             of
             them
             slain
             ,
             Rakoczi
             and
             the
             Horse
             escaped
             by
             flight
             .
             This
             emergency
             recalled
             Gabor
             from
             Vienna
             ,
             after
             he
             had
             caused
             himself
             to
             be
             proclaimed
             King
             of
             Hungary
             in
             defyance
             of
             Ferdinand
             ,
             and
             contracted
             a
             firmer
             league
             with
             the
             Bohemians
             ,
             to
             the
             designation
             of
             higher
             matters
             .
          
           
             Ferdinand
             was
             absent
             at
             the
             diet
             at
             Franckfurt
             ,
             when
             the
             Bohemians
             revolted
             ,
             where
             having
             complained
             ,
             as
             also
             to
             the
             Kings
             of
             France
             and
             England
             of
             their
             insolence
             ,
             he
             appointed
             Maximilian
             of
             Bavaria
             his
             Generall
             the
             Duke
             of
             Saxony
             and
             the
             Catholick
             Elector
             being
             also
             made
             sure
             to
             his
             Interest
             ,
             and
             besides
             a
             truce
             was
             concluded
             on
             with
             Gabor
             to
             Michaelmasse
             .
             And
             now
             ready
             for
             a
             war
             in
             Germany
             ,
             the
             French
             suspended
             it
             by
             their
             interposition
             at
             Ulms.
             
          
           
             That
             not
             proving
             durable
             ,
             
               Ioachim
               Ernestus
            
             the
             Marquesse
             of
             Anspach
             ,
             
             was
             entrusted
             by
             Frederick
             with
             the
             charge
             of
             the
             Palatinate
             and
             the
             Government
             of
             Heydelberg
             ,
             who
             being
             ready
             to
             engage
             with
             Maximilian
             ,
             was
             not
             only
             diverted
             and
             recalled
             by
             
             Spinola's
             arrivall
             ,
             who
             took
             in
             
               Oppenheim
               ,
               Baccharach
            
             ,
             and
             other
             
             places
             ,
             but
             corrupted
             also
             by
             his
             Gold
             ,
             although
             the
             Prince
             of
             Aurange
             had
             engaged
             to
             his
             assistance
             .
             
             Maximilian
             freed
             of
             this
             Enemy
             ,
             marched
             to
             Prague
             with
             an
             Army
             of
             25
             Thousand
             men
             ,
             attended
             with
             Count
             Bucquoy
             ,
             whose
             Troops
             in
             the
             night
             surprized
             the
             Hungarians
             ,
             sent
             to
             aid
             the
             Palatine
             by
             Bethlen
             ,
             that
             were
             quartered
             upon
             the
             White-hill
             and
             carried
             away
             1500
             Horses
             after
             a
             great
             slaughter
             committed
             on
             the
             Riders
             .
             This
             ominous
             defeat
             so
             heightned
             Maximilian
             that
             he
             dared
             the
             Enemy
             to
             an
             engagement
             ,
             against
             the
             advise
             of
             Bethlen
             ,
             who
             would
             have
             had
             the
             Bohemians
             temporize
             till
             he
             could
             personally
             assist
             them
             ,
             but
             such
             was
             the
             Palatines
             fate
             ,
             that
             a
             battel
             ensued
             ,
             wherein
             at
             first
             by
             the
             rout
             of
             the
             young
             Prince
             of
             Anhalt
             ,
             the
             Bohemians
             seemed
             to
             be
             fortunate
             ,
             but
             the
             sudden
             flight
             of
             8000.
             
             Hungarians
             altered
             the
             Case
             ,
             
             and
             gave
             the
             Imperiallists
             a
             compleat
             victory
             .
             Frederick
             with
             his
             Princesse
             fled
             to
             Vratislavia
             ,
             and
             Bohemia
             as
             not
             long
             after
             Moravia
             and
             Silesia
             accepted
             of
             the
             Emperours
             Conditions
             .
          
           
             Bethlen
             summoned
             a
             Diet
             in
             Hungary
             at
             Ersekuyvarum
             ,
             
             where
             partly
             betwixt
             Force
             and
             good
             will
             he
             was
             again
             Proclaimed
             King
             ,
             the
             Majesty
             of
             which
             Title
             his
             Valour
             (
             as
             having
             been
             two
             and
             forty
             times
             present
             in
             Battel
             )
             Magnificence
             and
             Popularity
             very
             well
             suited
             ,
             and
             now
             he
             began
             to
             Act
             as
             a
             King
             ▪
             Tampirius
             Generalissimo
             of
             Hungary
             therefore
             opposed
             his
             Army
             consisting
             of
             ten
             thousand
             
             men
             ,
             and
             by
             Water
             and
             Land
             laid
             Siege
             to
             Presburgh
             ,
             and
             took
             the
             Suburbs
             and
             the
             Fort
             before
             them
             ;
             
             but
             while
             he
             unwarily
             viewed
             the
             Castle
             he
             was
             slain
             with
             a
             Dart.
             The
             Fall
             of
             the
             General
             made
             the
             Souldiers
             desert
             the
             siege
             ,
             and
             suffer
             Bethlen
             to
             Ravage
             Austria
             ,
             where
             he
             had
             effected
             great
             matters
             ,
             but
             that
             the
             over-throw
             of
             his
             Confederates
             at
             Prague
             spoyled
             his
             Designs
             .
             The
             Elector
             Palatine
             being
             yet
             at
             Uratislavia
             in
             the
             Marquisate
             of
             Silesia
             ,
             did
             very
             much
             urge
             him
             to
             proceed
             and
             to
             continue
             his
             Successes
             ,
             for
             that
             speedily
             he
             would
             bring
             an
             Army
             out
             of
             England
             and
             Denmark
             to
             his
             Assistance
             .
             And
             indeed
             Ernestus
             Count
             Mansfield
             ,
             Brother
             of
             Charles
             that
             was
             so
             Famous
             for
             the
             Siege
             of
             Strigonium
             ,
             having
             gained
             Pilsa
             and
             Taborum
             ,
             was
             advanced
             into
             the
             Palatinate
             ,
             and
             had
             reduced
             things
             there
             to
             some
             better
             Conditlon
             ;
             
             but
             in
             the
             mean
             while
             Bohemia
             was
             quite
             lost
             ,
             the
             Palatine
             proscribed
             ,
             the
             Jesuits
             restored
             ,
             and
             the
             Reformists
             driven
             out
             of
             the
             Kingdome
             .
          
           
             The
             French
             King
             endevoured
             a
             Peace
             between
             the
             Emperour
             and
             Bethlen
             at
             Hamburg
             ,
             
             but
             with
             no
             successe
             ;
             for
             Gabriel
             would
             neither
             renounce
             his
             Regal
             Title
             nor
             give
             way
             to
             the
             Estates
             of
             Hungary
             to
             transact
             with
             Ferdinand
             ,
             but
             called
             in
             an
             Army
             of
             Turks
             and
             Tartars
             ,
             by
             which
             means
             he
             drew
             Envy
             upon
             himself
             ,
             and
             the
             Estates
             grew
             eager
             against
             his
             Government
             and
             returned
             to
             their
             
             former
             Allegiance
             .
             
               George
               Szecsi
            
             was
             first
             received
             into
             favour
             ,
             who
             drew
             a
             great
             many
             with
             him
             ;
             and
             took
             
               Francis
               Redei
            
             away
             perforce
             ,
             who
             languished
             away
             for
             greif
             not
             long
             after
             .
             As
             to
             matter
             of
             Action
             ,
             
               Charles
               ●ongaevall
            
             Count
             of
             Bucquoy
             ,
             having
             subdued
             and
             tamed
             the
             Moravians
             ,
             with
             an
             Army
             of
             2200
             men
             ,
             and
             22
             Great
             Guns
             marched
             directly
             against
             Bethlen
             ,
             who
             retreating
             into
             Transylvania
             ,
             and
             the
             German
             and
             Hungarian
             Garrisons
             diffe●ing
             among
             themselves
             ,
             recovered
             Presburg
             ,
             with
             
               Tyrnaw
               ,
               Ovarum
               ,
               Schutt
            
             ,
             and
             all
             that
             Tract
             of
             Ground
             as
             far
             as
             Newhausel
             ,
             
             which
             he
             also
             besieged
             ,
             and
             brought
             it
             to
             extremity
             ;
             when
             
               Stanislaus
               Thurzo
            
             salleyed
             out
             upon
             the
             Foragers
             ,
             and
             lighting
             upon
             Bucquoy
             ,
             who
             too
             rashly
             engaged
             in
             their
             assistance
             killed
             him
             after
             sixteen
             wounds
             ,
             his
             Horse
             being
             shot
             under
             him
             ;
             his
             dead
             body
             with
             the
             slaughter
             of
             many
             Imperialists
             ,
             was
             brought
             off
             and
             redeemed
             from
             the
             Hungarians
             ,
             
             and
             in
             the
             beginning
             of
             Iuly
             enterred
             at
             Vienna
             .
          
           
             By
             his
             Death
             the
             Affairs
             of
             Caesar
             were
             shaken
             ,
             
             for
             the
             Walloons
             refusing
             another
             General
             ,
             gave
             opportunity
             to
             the
             Enemy
             of
             reducing
             many
             places
             ;
             Gabriel
             having
             raised
             a
             new
             Army
             and
             overthrown
             the
             Nobles
             of
             
               Hungary
               ;
               Ersekuyvarum
            
             was
             also
             abandoned
             by
             the
             Garrison
             :
             so
             that
             finding
             the
             Kingdome
             naked
             and
             destitute
             of
             Defence
             ,
             
             he
             joyned
             with
             the
             Count
             of
             Thurn
             and
             the
             Marquisse
             of
             I●gerendorf
             and
             forced
             
               Tyrnaw
               ;
               Presburg
            
             he
             
             in
             vain
             attempted
             ;
             whence
             by
             the
             Invitation
             of
             Iagerendorf
             he
             made
             an
             Irruption
             into
             Moravia
             ,
             and
             seized
             and
             pillaged
             several
             places
             ;
             but
             being
             opposed
             here
             by
             the
             Emperours
             new
             Generals
             ,
             
               Esterhasius
               ,
               Wallensteyn
            
             and
             
               Hanibal
               Donaw
            
             ,
             who
             set
             upon
             him
             on
             every
             side
             ,
             (
             and
             Iagerendorf
             departed
             from
             Silesia
             ,
             as
             his
             Transylvanians
             for
             want
             of
             Provision
             were
             privily
             slipt
             home
             )
             he
             bethought
             himself
             of
             a
             Peace
             ,
             which
             at
             the
             instance
             of
             his
             Ambassadors
             was
             first
             treated
             of
             at
             Oedinburg
             ,
             but
             Conc●uded
             at
             Szentmicklosium
             ,
             
             whereby
             Bethlen
             retaining
             Tockay
             and
             Cassovia
             ,
             with
             seven
             other
             Lordships
             in
             Hungary
             ,
             was
             to
             yeild
             up
             and
             resign
             the
             Crown
             with
             all
             other
             places
             and
             Cities
             in
             that
             Kingdome
             ;
             
             to
             forbear
             the
             Regal
             Title
             and
             be
             content
             with
             the
             Name
             of
             Roman
             Prince
             ,
             should
             enjoy
             Opulia
             and
             Ratibor
             ,
             the
             State
             of
             Religion
             ,
             and
             the
             Jesuites
             to
             be
             restored
             to
             the
             places
             they
             were
             in
             before
             .
             Thus
             the
             Elector
             Palatine
             was
             disappointed
             here
             also
             ,
             as
             Mansfield
             ,
             and
             Christian
             Duke
             of
             Brunswick
             had
             been
             unsuccessful
             against
             Tilly
             ,
             so
             that
             driven
             out
             of
             his
             Haereditary
             Countreys
             ,
             he
             fled
             into
             Holland
             ;
             The
             Electoral
             Dignity
             was
             conferred
             on
             Maximilian
             of
             Bavaria
             ;
             when
             ,
             the
             Estates
             of
             the
             Empire
             perceived
             that
             the
             Power
             they
             had
             given
             the
             Emperour
             was
             used
             by
             him
             against
             themselves
             .
          
           
             Iagerendorf
             being
             expelled
             out
             of
             Silesia
             ,
             again
             implored
             Bethlen
             to
             the
             assistance
             and
             Support
             of
             the
             Churches
             ;
             whereupon
             the
             flame
             
             of
             the
             but
             newly
             quenched
             Conflagration
             broke
             out
             again
             .
             Bethlen
             delivered
             Vaczia
             to
             the
             Turks
             ,
             with
             whom
             and
             the
             Tartars
             to
             the
             number
             of
             eighty
             thousand
             excited
             by
             the
             Count
             of
             Thurn
             ,
             
             he
             Invaded
             Hungary
             ;
             pretending
             first
             Religion
             ,
             then
             the
             Money
             not
             paid
             ,
             nor
             the
             Conditions
             of
             the
             Treaty
             at
             Oedinburg
             performed
             .
             At
             Tyrnaw
             he
             defeated
             the
             Regiment
             of
             Tieffenbach
             ,
             and
             falling
             into
             Moravia
             drove
             Swarzemburg
             before
             him
             and
             besieged
             him
             in
             the
             Metropolis
             ,
             building
             four
             great
             Bulwarks
             before
             that
             part
             of
             the
             City
             where
             the
             onely
             Egresse
             was
             ,
             and
             keeping
             strong
             Guards
             on
             that
             side
             where
             it
             was
             Fenced
             with
             the
             Lake
             and
             Woods
             :
             neverthelesse
             Swarzemburg
             by
             a
             frugal
             apportioning
             of
             the
             Allowance
             of
             Provision
             ,
             held
             out
             the
             place
             till
             the
             Winter
             ,
             when
             the
             Grand
             Seigniour
             being
             rightly
             informed
             of
             the
             Quarrel
             by
             Caesar
             ,
             with
             the
             menace
             of
             his
             Scymitar
             ,
             recalled
             Bethlen
             ;
             and
             the
             Turks
             and
             Tartars
             impatient
             of
             the
             delay
             and
             the
             Cold
             ,
             refused
             to
             obey
             him
             ,
             altho●gh
             some
             of
             them
             were
             therefore
             hanged
             up
             :
             
             Besides
             the
             aids
             out
             of
             Germany
             appeared
             not
             ,
             so
             that
             he
             was
             compelled
             to
             make
             a
             Truce
             ,
             and
             the
             Garrison
             (
             almost
             famished
             )
             delivered
             from
             the
             Siege
             .
             His
             Title
             of
             
               The
               Roman
               Prince
            
             ,
             or
             
               Prince
               of
               the
               Romans
            
             ,
             was
             abolished
             ;
             his
             Coadjutors
             the
             Turks
             ,
             left
             to
             get
             home
             as
             well
             as
             they
             could
             ,
             in
             which
             return
             many
             were
             stripped
             and
             slain
             ,
             and
             satisfied
             for
             their
             fellows
             cruelty
             ,
             and
             plunder
             .
          
           
           
             In
             the
             beginng
             of
             May
             this
             year
             the
             Peace
             was
             confirmed
             ,
             
             and
             redintegrated
             :
             Iagerendorf
             quite
             disseised
             of
             Silesia
             ,
             &
             Thurn
             expell'd
             out
             of
             Moravia
             ,
             and
             Bethlen
             deprived
             of
             that
             part
             he
             held
             in
             Hungary
             ,
             but
             restored
             to
             Opulia
             ,
             and
             Ratibor
             taken
             from
             him
             in
             the
             beginning
             of
             these
             Troubles
             :
             And
             lastly
             ,
             the
             Kingdome
             of
             Hungary
             acknowledged
             her
             old
             Soveraign
             ,
             
               Ferdinand
               Ernestus
            
             Eldest
             Son
             of
             Ferdinand
             the
             second
             ,
             
             being
             Crowned
             at
             Ovarum
             ,
             where
             were
             present
             his
             Father
             ,
             his
             Queen
             and
             Children
             ,
             Caraffa
             the
             Popes
             Nuncio
             ,
             and
             the
             Spanish
             and
             Florentine
             Ambassadors
             ;
             Bethlen
             also
             sent
             his
             thither
             ,
             being
             taken
             up
             with
             the
             Solemnity
             of
             his
             Nuptials
             with
             Catharine
             the
             Daughter
             of
             
               Iohn
               Sigismund
            
             Marquiss
             of
             Brandenburgh
             ,
             who
             was
             Married
             at
             
               Alba
               Iulia
            
             .
             
             At
             this
             Diet
             at
             Ovarum
             ,
             great
             was
             the
             Unanimity
             and
             Concord
             of
             the
             Estates
             ,
             by
             whose
             resolutions
             the
             Guards
             and
             Forts
             against
             Canysa
             were
             strongly
             fortified
             ,
             the
             License
             of
             Polygamy
             restrained
             ,
             the
             Road
             secured
             ,
             and
             the
             Tribute
             and
             Tax
             duely
             settled
             ,
             and
             other
             things
             enacted
             which
             concerned
             the
             safety
             of
             the
             Kingdome
             .
             Ezterhesius
             was
             substituted
             to
             the
             Dignity
             of
             Palatine
             in
             the
             room
             of
             Thurzo
             .
          
           
             Next
             succeeded
             the
             Coronation
             it self
             :
             The
             Regal
             Diadem
             ,
             Robes
             ,
             Sword
             ,
             and
             Globe
             ,
             with
             the
             noyse
             of
             the
             Cannon
             ,
             and
             the
             gladsome
             Acclamation
             of
             the
             People
             (
             wishing
             all
             happinesse
             to
             the
             King
             and
             Kingdome
             thus
             restored
             )
             were
             conveyed
             from
             Presburg
             in
             this
             Order
             ;
             
             First
             went
             the
             German
             Trumpeters
             ,
             then
             th●
             Barons
             ,
             the
             Masters
             of
             the
             Horse
             with
             their
             Squadrons
             Armed
             
               Cap
               a
               pe
            
             ;
             next
             followed
             the
             Hungarian
             Noblemen
             ,
             the
             Deputies
             or
             Governours
             of
             Dalmatia
             ,
             
             Sclavonia
             ,
             and
             Croatia
             ;
             then
             the
             Servants
             of
             the
             Palatine
             covered
             with
             the
             skins
             of
             Leopards
             and
             Tigers
             ,
             then
             the
             Palatine
             himself
             in
             the
             middst
             between
             the
             German
             and
             Hungarian
             Barons
             ,
             the
             Crown
             and
             the
             other
             Royal
             Ensigns
             being
             laid
             upon
             a
             Chariot
             .
             The
             Cardinal
             
               Peter
               Pazman
            
             ,
             and
             Arch-Bishop
             of
             Strigonium
             ,
             put
             the
             Crown
             on
             the
             King's
             Head
             in
             the
             Great
             Church
             ;
             where
             were
             present
             a
             great
             Confluence
             of
             Schollars
             to
             attend
             the
             Cardinal
             ,
             from
             the
             Colledges
             of
             Vienna
             ,
             and
             Tyrnaw
             ,
             and
             elsewhere
             ;
             the
             Hungarians
             being
             here
             asked
             if
             they
             did
             accept
             him
             for
             their
             King
             ,
             with
             one
             Voice
             answered
             ,
             
               We
               do
               ;
               We
               will
               and
               require
               it
               ,
               let
               the
               King
               live
               and
               Reign
               long
               ,
               and
               Govern
               us
               .
            
             The
             King
             (
             the
             Divine
             Service
             performed
             )
             turned
             his
             Chair
             towards
             the
             People
             ,
             and
             laying
             the
             Sword
             of
             
               St.
               Stephen
            
             upon
             their
             shoulders
             ,
             Created
             four
             Knights
             ;
             when
             mounting
             his
             Horse
             ,
             in
             an
             Hungarian
             Habit
             he
             galloped
             up
             a
             little
             Hill
             ,
             and
             there
             brandishing
             his
             Sword
             four
             times
             to
             the
             four
             Quarters
             of
             the
             World
             ,
             thereby
             declared
             his
             Majesty
             and
             his
             Empire
             :
             Medals
             of
             Gold
             and
             Silver
             being
             at
             the
             same
             time
             thrown
             among
             the
             People
             .
             For
             Conclusion
             ,
             he
             was
             Nobly
             treated
             at
             a
             most
             sumptuous
             Royal
             Feast
             by
             the
             Nobles
             .
          
           
           
             A
             new
             Storm
             over-clouded
             this
             Serenity
             :
             Bethlen
             instigated
             by
             Count
             Mansfield
             in
             the
             Month
             of
             Iuly
             ,
             
             invaded
             Hungary
             again
             ,
             whither
             the
             said
             Count
             joyned
             with
             the
             Duke
             of
             Weymar
             (
             being
             beaten
             out
             of
             Germany
             ,
             the
             Netherlands
             and
             Bohemia
             )
             was
             bending
             his
             forces
             ,
             but
             both
             of
             them
             although
             additioned
             by
             forces
             from
             Bethlen
             ,
             who
             resented
             his
             losse
             of
             Opulia
             and
             Ratibor
             ,
             were
             vanquished
             by
             Wallensteyn
             .
             Who
             being
             afterwards
             recoyled
             by
             the
             Turks
             about
             Nitria
             ,
             fought
             with
             dubious
             fortune
             against
             the
             said
             Mansfeldians
             ,
             still
             recruiting
             upon
             every
             Disaster
             ,
             as
             if
             they
             had
             been
             the
             Sons
             of
             Antaeus
             .
          
           
             But
             upon
             the
             news
             brought
             to
             Bethlen
             that
             40.
             thousand
             Tartars
             his
             Confederates
             were
             slain
             in
             Poland
             ,
             
             he
             found
             it
             high
             time
             to
             bethink
             of
             Peace
             ,
             by
             which
             on
             shameful
             Conditions
             he
             departed
             out
             of
             Hungary
             ,
             &
             quitted
             his
             Confederates
             Mansfield
             and
             Weymar
             ,
             renouncing
             also
             his
             Tartarian
             friendship
             ,
             with
             an
             Obligation
             to
             free
             all
             Christian
             Captives
             with
             the
             
               Turks
               .
               Mansfield
            
             suspecting
             this
             Collusion
             ,
             with
             his
             most
             expedite
             and
             nimble
             Troops
             hasted
             to
             the
             Venetians
             ,
             leaving
             the
             rest
             of
             his
             forces
             to
             Weymar
             ,
             
             but
             taken
             in
             Bosnia
             with
             a
             Flux
             ,
             proceeding
             (
             as
             some
             report
             )
             from
             poyson
             he
             took
             into
             his
             bowells
             ,
             he
             expired
             his
             busie
             and
             versatile
             Soul
             there
             .
             Weymar
             also
             having
             possessed
             himself
             of
             Hohenwold
             and
             Iabelunca
             ,
             and
             designing
             his
             Efforts
             upon
             Hungary
             ,
             discontented
             with
             those
             practises
             of
             the
             Transylvanian
             ,
             
             
             soon
             wasted
             away
             ,
             aged
             32.
             years
             ,
             much
             beloved
             and
             lamented
             by
             his
             party
             for
             his
             moderate
             ,
             yet
             valiant
             actions
             and
             deportment
             in
             Silesia
             .
             Him
             Bethlen
             followed
             ,
             tortured
             with
             such
             an
             excessive
             pain
             in
             his
             feet
             ,
             that
             he
             commanded
             the
             soles
             of
             them
             to
             be
             lanced
             ,
             to
             give
             passage
             to
             the
             fluid
             humour
             ;
             to
             this
             was
             added
             the
             Disease
             of
             the
             
               Holy
               Fire
            
             ,
             
             which
             gave
             occasion
             to
             the
             Papists
             Invectives
             ,
             that
             all
             the
             Elements
             conspired
             against
             him
             ,
             being
             persecuted
             with
             fire
             ,
             
             water
             ,
             iron
             ,
             &c.
             and
             that
             his
             end
             was
             worthy
             of
             his
             Actions
             .
             He
             bequeathed
             to
             each
             of
             the
             Emperours
             a
             Horse
             ,
             with
             Jewells
             ,
             
             Trappings
             ,
             and
             Furniture
             ,
             worth
             40.
             thousand
             Guilders
             ,
             to
             his
             Wife
             a
             100
             thousand
             Guilders
             and
             as
             many
             thousand
             Imperials
             ,
             and
             Florens
             ,
             with
             3
             Royalty's
             ,
             to
             hold
             and
             enjoy
             for
             her
             life
             ;
             having
             given
             this
             testimony
             of
             
               Caesar
               ,
               that
               it
               was
               a
               very
               hazzardous
               thing
               to
               war
               with
               him
               ,
               as
               a
               person
               who
               was
               neither
               deprest
               with
               adverse
               nor
               lifted
               up
               with
               prosperous
               fortune
               .
            
          
           
             By
             his
             Death
             
               Cassovia
               ,
               Tockay
            
             ,
             and
             all
             the
             places
             granted
             to
             him
             for
             his
             Life
             ,
             reverted
             to
             the
             Emperour
             ;
             and
             his
             Widow
             ,
             although
             proclaimed
             Prince
             of
             Transylvania
             ,
             yet
             wanting
             Title
             and
             Right
             as
             being
             a
             Stranger
             ,
             whether
             spontaneously
             ,
             or
             against
             her
             Will
             ,
             quitted
             the
             Administration
             ,
             having
             procured
             
               Stephon
               Czakius
            
             whom
             she
             loved
             ,
             to
             be
             named
             for
             Prince
             ,
             and
             indevoured
             at
             the
             Ottoman
             Port
             to
             have
             him
             invested
             ;
             but
             the
             Transylvanians
             rejecting
             the
             
             Princesse
             ,
             were
             divided
             into
             two
             other
             parts
             ,
             some
             would
             have
             
               Stephen
               Bethlen
            
             ,
             the
             Brother
             of
             the
             deceased
             Gabriel
             ;
             
             others
             stood
             for
             
               George
               Rakoczi
            
             ,
             whose
             fortune
             and
             wonderful
             felicity
             ,
             carried
             it
             from
             all
             his
             Competitors
             ,
             Catharius
             the
             Agent
             at
             Constantinople
             ,
             prevaricating
             and
             acting
             for
             Rakoczi
             ,
             as
             did
             several
             Castellans
             by
             the
             liberality
             of
             the
             Princess
             granted
             unto
             Csakius
             ,
             who
             took
             fortune
             to
             their
             Counsellour
             ,
             Csakius
             speeds
             thither
             ;
             and
             comes
             to
             Muncacksum
             ,
             given
             him
             by
             the
             same
             hand
             and
             desired
             admission
             ,
             but
             
               Iohn
               Balling
            
             the
             Governour
             of
             the
             Place
             presenting
             the
             Ordnance
             against
             him
             ,
             told
             him
             he
             had
             delivered
             it
             to
             Rakoczi
             ,
             and
             had
             received
             the
             Hereditary
             Government
             of
             it
             for
             his
             rendition
             .
          
           
             Bethlen
             at
             the
             same
             time
             possessed
             himself
             of
             most
             of
             the
             other
             places
             in
             Transylvania
             ,
             
             but
             by
             the
             detestable
             disloyalty
             of
             his
             Son
             Stephen
             ,
             and
             his
             Son
             in
             Law
             
               David
               Zolyomi
            
             ,
             and
             the
             disaffection
             of
             all
             forraign
             Princes
             ,
             he
             was
             forced
             to
             abandon
             his
             pretensions
             ,
             for
             Rakoczi
             invited
             by
             those
             two
             persons
             came
             to
             Varadin
             ,
             where
             by
             their
             Suffrage
             and
             Advancement
             ,
             he
             wrested
             the
             Principality
             from
             Stephen
             ,
             
             created
             Prince
             thereof
             ,
             who
             being
             of
             a
             mild
             and
             quiet
             disposition
             ,
             and
             more
             desirous
             of
             a
             private
             Life
             ,
             by
             his
             own
             Interest
             promoted
             Rakoczi
             ,
             against
             Czakius
             ,
             and
             forgave
             his
             Son
             and
             Son
             in
             Law
             ,
             not
             forgiven
             by
             God
             the
             just
             Avenger
             of
             their
             unnatural
             offence
             ,
             (
             he
             himself
             receiving
             the
             name
             of
             Governour
             :
             )
             for
             not
             
             long
             after
             his
             Son
             Stephen
             ,
             
             a
             youth
             otherwise
             of
             great
             learning
             and
             virtue
             ,
             having
             been
             bred
             up
             with
             his
             brother
             Peter
             at
             Leyden
             ,
             dyed
             at
             Ecsedium
             ,
             his
             body
             being
             horribly
             eaten
             up
             with
             Worms
             :
             
               David
               Zolyomi
            
             was
             committed
             to
             perpetual
             Imprisonment
             by
             Rakoczi
             ,
             whom
             he
             had
             helped
             to
             prefer
             .
          
           
             Caesar
             likewise
             had
             dispatcht
             Esterhasius
             the
             Palatine
             of
             Hungary
             ,
             with
             a
             strong
             Army
             to
             possesse
             himself
             of
             Transylvania
             ,
             but
             before
             his
             Arrival
             Rakoczi
             had
             setled
             himself
             ;
             and
             by
             
               Stephen
               Bethlen
            
             the
             Governour
             of
             
               Dacia
               ,
               pro
               hac
               vice
            
             ,
             in
             an
             Irruption
             into
             Hungary
             ,
             overthrew
             him
             and
             took
             several
             Cities
             ;
             the
             Sultan
             himself
             ,
             while
             yet
             the
             Peace
             was
             in
             force
             betwixt
             him
             and
             the
             Emperor
             ,
             of
             his
             own
             accord
             sending
             10000.
             men
             to
             Ersekuyvarum
             to
             his
             assistance
             ,
             in
             testimony
             of
             his
             affection
             to
             ,
             and
             approbation
             of
             Rakoczi
             ,
             who
             wasted
             the
             Countrey
             on
             purpose
             to
             divert
             Esterhasius
             ;
             wherefore
             the
             Emperour
             not
             willing
             to
             bring
             a
             greater
             War
             upon
             himself
             ,
             
             by
             designing
             upon
             others
             ,
             presently
             acquiesced
             .
             But
             this
             provocation
             determined
             not
             so
             on
             the
             part
             of
             Rakoczi
             ,
             whose
             offence
             thereat
             ,
             the
             Swede
             by
             an
             Embassy
             to
             him
             ,
             so
             aggravated
             (
             finding
             the
             German
             War
             like
             to
             rest
             upon
             his
             own
             single
             Shoulders
             )
             by
             other
             fetches
             of
             the
             common
             Cause
             of
             Religion
             ,
             &c.
             that
             Rakoczi
             began
             to
             arm
             ,
             intending
             at
             once
             to
             be
             revenged
             of
             
               Caesar
               ,
               Esterhausius
            
             ,
             and
             Cszakius
             together
             ,
             and
             to
             that
             purpose
             made
             sure
             of
             the
             protection
             and
             favour
             of
             the
             grand
             
             Seigniour
             ,
             who
             assented
             to
             his
             proposed
             Enterprise
             ,
             and
             Commanded
             the
             Bassa
             of
             Buda
             and
             the
             Moldavians
             to
             assist
             him
             therein
             .
          
           
             Csakius
             no
             lesse
             vigilant
             in
             his
             affairs
             ,
             being
             supplied
             with
             mony
             by
             Gabors
             Widdow
             ,
             pressed
             an
             Engagement
             with
             Rakoczi
             ,
             and
             continued
             and
             renewed
             it
             five
             several
             times
             by
             the
             indifference
             of
             Fortune
             ,
             
             yet
             so
             distastful
             to
             Rak●czi
             ,
             that
             he
             was
             willing
             to
             a
             Peace
             ,
             whereby
             Csakius
             was
             to
             enjoy
             what
             he
             held
             in
             Transylvania
             without
             any
             molestation
             .
          
           
             This
             Province
             thus
             settled
             ,
             arose
             another
             intestine
             Feud
             ;
             
               Stephen
               Bethlen
            
             with
             Peter
             his
             Son
             ,
             had
             killed
             a
             Kinsman
             of
             
             Rakoczi's
             ,
             and
             suspecting
             his
             Revenge
             ,
             had
             gathered
             an
             Army
             of
             Turks
             and
             Tartars
             ,
             and
             brought
             them
             to
             Gyula
             ,
             out
             of
             meer
             fear
             intending
             to
             take
             upon
             him
             the
             Government
             ,
             which
             he
             had
             for
             quietnesse
             before
             resigned
             .
             Rakoczi
             detesting
             this
             wavering
             faith
             of
             the
             Turks
             submitted
             to
             the
             Austrians
             ,
             from
             whom
             he
             was
             supplied
             out
             of
             Silesia
             with
             three
             Regiments
             of
             Foot
             and
             one
             of
             Horse
             ;
             against
             those
             the
             Turks
             opposed
             themselves
             ,
             but
             by
             the
             cunning
             and
             Policy
             of
             
               Iames
               Gyori
            
             (
             a
             person
             skilled
             in
             their
             Language
             who
             pretended
             to
             be
             faithful
             to
             Bethlen
             ,
             
             and
             betrayed
             his
             and
             their
             Designs
             to
             Rakoczi
             )
             and
             by
             the
             valour
             of
             
               Sigismund
               Cornicsius
            
             ,
             twenty
             five
             thousand
             of
             them
             were
             slain
             at
             Szalcula
             .
          
           
             Soon
             after
             
               David
               Zolyomi
            
             having
             leavyed
             2000.
             
             Horse
             to
             the
             assistance
             of
             the
             King
             of
             
             Sweden
             ,
             to
             whose
             War
             in
             Germany
             the
             Transylvanians
             were
             very
             much
             affected
             ,
             Rakoczi
             either
             true
             to
             the
             Emperour
             ,
             or
             suspecting
             this
             as
             ●ome
             design
             for
             his
             Father
             in
             law
             ,
             disbanded
             all
             his
             Troops
             .
             This
             injury
             stuck
             so
             close
             to
             Zolyomi
             that
             he
             resolved
             to
             kill
             him
             as
             he
             was
             a
             hunting
             ,
             
             but
             his
             Conscience
             reclaiming
             ,
             he
             warned
             Rakoczi
             that
             he
             should
             forbear
             hunting
             on
             his
             prefixed
             day
             ,
             but
             to
             send
             some
             armed
             men
             ,
             to
             such
             places
             ,
             where
             they
             should
             find
             the
             Assassinates
             prepared
             for
             the
             Execution
             ,
             who
             being
             accordingly
             discovered
             and
             slain
             ,
             
             Solyomi
             ,
             bound
             in
             Chains
             of
             the
             weight
             of
             50
             pound
             was
             cast
             into
             a
             most
             squalid
             and
             dolefull
             dungeon
             ,
             which
             had
             one
             onely
             prospect
             against
             a
             Wall
             by
             a
             Window
             ,
             of
             a
             Cubits
             length
             and
             bredth
             ,
             where
             he
             was
             kept
             from
             any
             humane
             converse
             the
             whole
             course
             of
             his
             life
             :
             so
             that
             in
             what
             he
             sinned
             by
             advancing
             Rakoczi
             before
             his
             Father
             in
             law
             in
             that
             he
             was
             thus
             severely
             punished
             ,
             alleviated
             onely
             by
             the
             honourable
             respects
             shewed
             him
             by
             
               Vrbanus
               Reoti
            
             the
             Governour
             of
             the
             Castle
             ,
             who
             laboured
             all
             he
             could
             for
             his
             Enlargement
             ;
             but
             neither
             Caesars
             intreaties
             could
             prevail
             in
             that
             point
             .
          
           
             Bethlen
             ,
             
             when
             he
             could
             neither
             obtain
             Oblivion
             and
             indempnity
             for
             his
             late
             actions
             ,
             nor
             procure
             his
             Son
             in
             law's
             deliverance
             ,
             invited
             the
             Turks
             again
             ,
             who
             had
             excused
             their
             late
             Expedition
             in
             behalf
             of
             Bethlen
             ,
             protesting
             their
             exact
             observation
             of
             the
             Peace
             ;
             but
             the
             Palatine
             versed
             in
             those
             frauds
             of
             the
             Infidel
             listed
             the
             
             Heyducks
             ,
             and
             watched
             every
             event
             .
             Many
             Encounters
             happned
             betwixt
             Rakoczi
             and
             bethlen
             ,
             and
             oftentimes
             with
             losse
             to
             the
             Turks
             ,
             which
             so
             vexed
             the
             Sultan
             that
             he
             Commanded
             the
             Vizier
             to
             be
             flead
             alive
             .
             But
             at
             last
             the
             businesse
             was
             composed
             by
             the
             mediation
             of
             Friends
             ,
             and
             Bethlen
             restored
             acknowledge
             Rakoczi
             ,
             whom
             the
             Turk
             again
             Confirmed
             .
          
           
             Ferdinand
             the
             second
             ,
             
             being
             now
             Deceased
             ,
             his
             eldest
             Son
             the
             third
             of
             that
             name
             ,
             succeeded
             him
             in
             all
             his
             Dominions
             ,
             and
             seemed
             to
             have
             restored
             to
             Hungaria
             and
             Transylvania
             ,
             a
             most
             blessed
             Peace
             ;
             had
             it
             not
             been
             for
             the
             Jesuites
             who
             raised
             new
             Troubles
             :
             For
             the
             Catholick
             Nobles
             grudged
             that
             the
             Protestants
             by
             the
             former
             War
             had
             extorted
             some
             things
             in
             favour
             of
             their
             Religion
             ,
             and
             the
             Lutherans
             had
             built
             a
             very
             beautiful
             Church
             at
             Presburg
             ,
             
             which
             Caesar
             resenting
             had
             sent
             his
             inhibition
             ,
             and
             disallowed
             his
             former
             concessions
             .
             The
             Protestants
             hereupon
             addressed
             themselves
             to
             Rakoczi
             as
             their
             Sanctuary
             and
             Anchor
             ,
             who
             had
             been
             also
             offended
             with
             the
             Emperour
             upon
             this
             account
             :
             There
             was
             found
             at
             Varadin
             in
             the
             Vault
             of
             Ladislaus
             and
             Sigismund
             ,
             a
             Treasure
             ,
             with
             a
             Crown
             ,
             Scepter
             ,
             and
             Jewells
             ,
             one
             of
             which
             being
             a
             Diamant
             (
             as
             my
             Authour
             hath
             it
             )
             was
             as
             big
             as
             a
             Hens
             Egg
             set
             in
             a
             locket
             ,
             which
             glittered
             and
             shone
             like
             a
             lighted
             Torch
             ,
             there
             being
             an
             Anathema
             added
             that
             no
             man
             presumed
             to
             meddle
             with
             them
             ,
             while
             the
             
             necessity
             of
             the
             Castle
             should
             require
             it
             :
             These
             Ferdinand
             demanded
             ,
             but
             Rakoczi
             refused
             them
             .
             Add
             to
             this
             a
             worser
             Evil
             ;
             It
             happned
             that
             so
             ne
             Hungarian
             Nobles
             ,
             as
             
               Forgaczi
               ,
               Illyeshazi
            
             ,
             
             and
             others
             ,
             turned
             
               Roman
               Catholicks
            
             ,
             and
             some
             Catholicks
             obtained
             Lordships
             where
             the
             Protestant
             Religion
             was
             before
             exercised
             ,
             which
             they
             took
             upon
             them
             to
             restrain
             ,
             
             and
             converted
             their
             Churches
             to
             Catholick
             uses
             .
          
           
             These
             innovations
             and
             the
             force
             that
             obtruded
             them
             ,
             Rakoczi
             desired
             the
             Emperour
             to
             remove
             ,
             and
             to
             observe
             those
             Immunities
             and
             Priviledges
             which
             he
             and
             the
             Estates
             had
             confirmed
             to
             the
             Protestants
             ;
             but
             the
             Emperour
             ,
             either
             not
             valuing
             Rakoczi
             ,
             or
             secure
             of
             Hungary
             (
             for
             that
             the
             Turk
             engaged
             in
             the
             East
             ,
             
             had
             Concluded
             a
             Peace
             for
             twenty
             years
             )
             put
             him
             off
             with
             continual
             delayes
             ;
             
             and
             raised
             an
             Army
             of
             Hungarians
             against
             the
             Swede
             ,
             who
             neverthelesse
             would
             not
             stir
             out
             of
             their
             Countrey
             .
             Rakoczi
             on
             the
             other
             side
             held
             Intelligence
             with
             General
             Torstenson
             then
             in
             Silesia
             ,
             and
             resolved
             to
             Arm
             ,
             having
             in
             vain
             mediated
             but
             for
             the
             restitution
             of
             three
             hundred
             Protestant
             Churches
             shut
             up
             by
             the
             Emperour
             ;
             besides
             that
             there
             was
             a
             present
             Pique
             and
             grudge
             between
             him
             and
             Homonnai
             ,
             who
             had
             driven
             away
             all
             the
             Protestants
             out
             of
             his
             Government
             ,
             and
             had
             seized
             the
             Wines
             of
             Tockay
             ,
             which
             were
             to
             be
             sent
             as
             the
             Annual
             present
             to
             the
             Grand
             Seigniour
             .
          
           
             There
             was
             at
             this
             time
             at
             the
             Transylvannia
             Court
             ,
             
             the
             Ambassadors
             of
             
               Poland
               ,
               Sweden
               ,
               
               France
               ,
            
             and
             Austria
             ;
             the
             last
             of
             whom
             being
             slightly
             dismissed
             ,
             Rakoczi
             Proclaimed
             open
             War
             against
             Ferdinand
             the
             third
             ,
             
             and
             with
             70000
             men
             Invaded
             Hungary
             ;
             the
             Reasons
             of
             which
             ,
             published
             in
             a
             Manifesto
             were
             these
             ;
             
               That
               since
               the
               last
               nineteen
               years
               ,
            
             Hungary
             
               had
               been
               reckoned
               among
               the
               Hereditary
               Provinces
               ,
               That
               Civil
               and
               secular
               Offices
               were
               conferred
               upon
               Ecclesiastical
               Persons
               ,
               and
               Lands
               of
               maintainance
               assigned
               them
               ;
               and
               Protestants
               put
               by
               from
               all
               places
               ,
               and
               Iesuites
               introduced
               ,
               against
               their
               Consent
               and
               Will.
            
             
             His
             first
             Effort
             was
             upon
             the
             Castles
             of
             Homonnai
             ,
             which
             he
             ruined
             and
             demolished
             ,
             committing
             great
             slaughter
             and
             rapine
             ,
             using
             F●re
             and
             Sword
             to
             Extremity
             .
             Next
             he
             compelled
             Cassovia
             to
             a
             surrender
             ,
             in
             vain
             defended
             by
             Count
             Forgacz
             .
             To
             oppose
             his
             further
             progresse
             the
             Emperour
             dispatched
             away
             Count
             Buchain
             with
             twenty
             thousand
             men
             ,
             while
             the
             Palatine
             was
             employed
             in
             raising
             Eight
             Thousand
             Hungariaus
             ;
             the
             first
             Encounter
             proved
             not
             so
             prosperous
             to
             the
             Transylvanian
             ;
             but
             the
             continual
             revolt
             of
             the
             Hungarians
             was
             cheaper
             then
             Victory
             ,
             which
             now
             favoured
             him
             in
             his
             repulse
             of
             
               Adam
               Forgacz
            
             ,
             from
             
               Rimaszombathum
               ;
               Buchain
            
             was
             advised
             by
             Nadasdi
             to
             make
             a
             diversion
             by
             the
             way
             of
             Agria
             into
             Transylvenia
             ,
             and
             so
             hem
             him
             in
             by
             getting
             below
             him
             ;
             but
             in
             this
             he
             onely
             trifled
             away
             time
             ,
             while
             Rakoczi
             (
             most
             of
             the
             strong
             places
             being
             possessed
             by
             the
             Catholick
             party
             )
             besieged
             Tyrnaw
             ,
             which
             at
             
             last
             opened
             its
             Gates
             to
             General
             Douglasse
             and
             his
             Son
             Sigismund
             ,
             where
             the
             Bishops
             and
             Noblemen
             (
             now
             Crest-fallen
             )
             humbly
             intreated
             Canysius
             the
             Protestant
             Preacher
             of
             the
             place
             ,
             to
             mediate
             with
             the
             Victor
             that
             he
             would
             take
             them
             into
             his
             Clemency
             ;
             which
             was
             granted
             at
             his
             intercession
             .
          
           
             And
             now
             Rakoczi
             distrusting
             this
             eager
             favour
             of
             Fortune
             ,
             
             inclined
             to
             a
             Composure
             ,
             which
             Caesar
             more
             desirous
             of
             ,
             both
             for
             that
             the
             Climate
             agreed
             not
             with
             his
             forrain
             Souldiery
             ,
             and
             the
             huge
             price
             of
             grain
             ,
             the
             unsuccessful
             siege
             of
             Cassovia
             ,
             
             with
             the
             forced
             retreat
             of
             Bouchain
             to
             Presburgh
             ,
             readily
             consented
             to
             ,
             and
             hastily
             concluded
             ,
             to
             the
             great
             vexation
             and
             anger
             of
             the
             Swede
             .
             This
             Peace
             was
             Proclaimed
             on
             St.
             Bartholomew's
             Day
             ,
             by
             which
             seven
             Lordships
             in
             Hungary
             were
             confirmed
             to
             the
             Transylvanian
             ,
             90
             Churches
             restored
             to
             the
             Protestants
             ,
             and
             the
             rest
             of
             their
             Priviledges
             confirmed
             to
             them
             .
          
           
             Torstenson
             thus
             forsaken
             of
             his
             Confederate
             was
             abandoned
             by
             his
             Fortune
             ,
             
             and
             forced
             to
             rise
             from
             the
             siege
             of
             Prunna
             .
             In
             the
             mean
             while
             died
             the
             Palatine
             ▪
             to
             whom
             Drascovitius
             was
             substituted
             ,
             and
             the
             Instrument
             of
             the
             Transylvanian
             Pacification
             was
             made
             publick
             ,
             
             notwithstanding
             both
             parties
             in
             Hungary
             were
             as
             imbittered
             as
             ever
             about
             the
             Extermination
             of
             the
             Jesuits
             ,
             and
             ready
             to
             draw
             one
             upon
             another
             .
             The
             next
             year
             Ferdinand
             the
             fourth
             ,
             was
             Crowned
             King
             of
             Hungary
             ,
             
             the
             Peace
             
             continuing
             with
             the
             Turks
             ,
             but
             so
             fallaciously
             that
             three
             hundred
             of
             them
             were
             got
             privily
             into
             Raab
             ,
             
             where
             being
             discovered
             by
             a
             Woman
             ,
             they
             were
             all
             of
             them
             slain
             and
             the
             City
             preserved
             by
             the
             Divine
             favour
             and
             protection
             .
          
           
             In
             the
             Year
             1648
             died
             Prince
             Rakoczi
             ,
             to
             whom
             Succeeded
             his
             Son
             George
             ;
             as
             Ferdinand
             the
             fourth
             ,
             Crowned
             King
             of
             the
             Romans
             ,
             
             a
             Prince
             of
             more
             Hopes
             then
             Glory
             ,
             after
             he
             had
             lived
             to
             the
             age
             of
             22
             years
             ,
             Deceased
             in
             the
             Year
             1653.
             and
             
               Leopold
               Ignatius
            
             his
             Brother
             succeeded
             him
             in
             all
             his
             Dignities
             ,
             Kingdomes
             ,
             and
             Dominions
          
           
             In
             the
             Year
             1656
             the
             Swede
             having
             Invaded
             Poland
             ,
             
             and
             almost
             Conquered
             the
             hither
             part
             (
             so
             that
             the
             many
             Garrisons
             he
             was
             forced
             to
             Man
             ,
             had
             almost
             drayned
             his
             Army
             )
             by
             his
             Ambassadors
             invited
             Prince
             Rakoczi
             to
             the
             Spoyl
             and
             his
             Assistance
             ;
             and
             such
             was
             the
             evil
             Fate
             of
             Transylvania
             ,
             and
             Rakoczi
             in
             particular
             ,
             that
             allured
             by
             the
             great
             advantages
             the
             Ruin
             of
             that
             Kingdom
             promised
             him
             ,
             he
             Confederated
             himself
             with
             the
             Swede
             ,
             
             maintaining
             Correspondencies
             and
             intrigues
             with
             all
             his
             Allyes
             ,
             particularly
             ,
             with
             the
             pretended
             Protector
             of
             England
             ,
             to
             whom
             he
             sent
             an
             Envoy
             to
             transact
             his
             Concerns
             of
             Money
             ;
             to
             the
             payment
             whereof
             the
             King
             of
             Sweden
             had
             by
             pact
             obliged
             the
             said
             Usurper
             ,
             the
             consideration
             and
             satisfaction
             whereof
             ,
             are
             of
             no
             great
             moment
             to
             this
             discourse
             .
          
           
             The
             Transylvanians
             betaking
             themselves
             to
             
             their
             Arms
             ,
             from
             which
             they
             had
             been
             longer
             disused
             than
             throughout
             the
             whole
             series
             of
             their
             History
             (
             the
             Turks
             having
             been
             sometime
             before
             engaged
             against
             the
             Persians
             ,
             and
             lately
             against
             the
             Venetians
             ,
             and
             labouring
             with
             their
             own
             mis-carriages
             and
             errours
             of
             Government
             )
             little
             imagined
             they
             should
             wear
             them
             so
             long
             (
             if
             ever
             it
             be
             their
             hap
             to
             put
             them
             off
             without
             parting
             with
             their
             Liberty
             and
             Religion
             )
             and
             to
             such
             a
             Calamitous
             Defence
             of
             their
             own
             Countrey
             .
             In
             fine
             ,
             an
             Army
             of
             16000
             men
             was
             presently
             raised
             and
             put
             under
             the
             Command
             of
             
               Backos
               Gabor
            
             ,
             which
             were
             the
             Van
             of
             those
             Forces
             that
             Rakoczi
             intended
             for
             this
             Expedition
             ,
             
             himself
             following
             in
             person
             with
             another
             Army
             ;
             who
             as
             soon
             as
             they
             were
             entered
             Poland
             in
             most
             horrible
             manner
             fell
             a
             ravaging
             and
             Sacking
             the
             Towns
             ,
             and
             pillaging
             the
             Churches
             ,
             and
             defacing
             the
             beauties
             thereof
             in
             hatred
             of
             the
             Roman
             Catholick
             Religion
             ;
             so
             that
             a
             fearful
             Desolation
             was
             made
             as
             they
             passed
             .
          
           
             To
             passe
             by
             other
             occurrents
             of
             his
             proceedings
             in
             this
             Kingdome
             ,
             
             after
             he
             had
             joyned
             with
             the
             Swedes
             ,
             the
             Enterprize
             of
             Cracovia
             may
             suffice
             for
             instance
             of
             his
             Hostility
             in
             this
             Kingdome
             ,
             which
             he
             besieged
             ,
             and
             after
             a
             short
             Defence
             had
             it
             surrendred
             to
             him
             (
             the
             Swedes
             and
             he
             ,
             demolishing
             almost
             the
             City
             of
             Casimir
             ,
             built
             on
             the
             other
             side
             the
             Weysel
             )
             it
             being
             one
             of
             those
             places
             which
             was
             to
             be
             assigned
             him
             with
             the
             Palatinate
             thereof
             ,
             for
             his
             
             share
             ,
             in
             recompense
             of
             his
             Service
             .
             This
             place
             in
             the
             ballance
             of
             the
             Swedish
             Fortune
             being
             besieged
             by
             Feild
             Marshal
             
               Lubomirsky
               ,
               Rakoczi
            
             came
             to
             its
             relief
             ,
             and
             gave
             a
             notable
             Defeat
             to
             the
             Pole
             ,
             
             who
             raised
             his
             siege
             and
             fled
             before
             him
             .
             The
             said
             Prince
             afterwards
             embodying
             with
             the
             Swedes
             in
             Lithuania
             ,
             took
             in
             the
             strong
             City
             of
             
               Biscia
               Litinsky
            
             being
             there
             personally
             present
             with
             the
             King
             of
             Sweden
             ,
             and
             where
             he
             took
             his
             last
             leave
             of
             him
             ,
             returning
             to
             Samoysch
             ,
             to
             secure
             his
             footing
             and
             maintain
             what
             he
             had
             gotten
             ;
             but
             the
             Danish
             War
             interveening
             and
             calling
             the
             King
             of
             Sweden
             away
             to
             the
             Defence
             of
             his
             own
             Kingdome
             ;
             and
             the
             Duke
             of
             Brandenburgh
             falling
             off
             likewise
             ,
             and
             renouncing
             that
             Kings
             Interest
             ;
             besides
             that
             ,
             the
             Pole
             had
             newly
             made
             a
             League
             with
             the
             House
             of
             Austria
             ,
             who
             upon
             Caution
             and
             Articles
             were
             to
             supply
             him
             with
             an
             Army
             of
             16000
             men
             ,
             then
             upon
             their
             March
             out
             of
             Silesia
             ;
             
             Rakoczi
             perceived
             that
             the
             whole
             brunt
             of
             the
             War
             was
             like
             to
             fall
             upon
             him
             ,
             now
             deserted
             and
             abandoned
             by
             all
             his
             Partakers
             .
          
           
             And
             therefore
             he
             thought
             it
             high
             time
             to
             apply
             himself
             to
             the
             wayes
             of
             Peace
             (
             the
             Turk
             having
             also
             countermanded
             him
             sometime
             before
             at
             the
             instance
             of
             the
             Polish
             Ambassador
             at
             Constantinople
             ,
             
             who
             it
             was
             thought
             ,
             had
             bribed
             Rakoczi
             into
             that
             disfavour
             and
             hatred
             with
             the
             Grand
             Seignior
             ,
             who
             now
             peremptorily
             Commanded
             him
             ,
             he
             having
             delayed
             to
             comply
             
             with
             his
             first
             Orders
             of
             return
             ,
             so
             surrender
             his
             Principality
             to
             his
             Cousin
             Reada
             or
             Radus
             )
             and
             in
             tendency
             thereunto
             made
             offer
             of
             a
             surrender
             of
             all
             those
             places
             he
             had
             taken
             during
             this
             War
             ,
             
             thinking
             thereby
             also
             to
             have
             satisfied
             the
             Tukish
             Emperour
             ,
             provided
             he
             might
             have
             safe
             egresse
             out
             of
             that
             Kingdome
             ,
             which
             was
             now
             very
             hazzardous
             ,
             for
             that
             the
             Poles
             and
             Austrians
             had
             way-laid
             him
             in
             the
             mountainous
             passages
             by
             which
             he
             must
             needs
             return
             .
          
           
             But
             the
             Poles
             so
             stomached
             the
             loss
             &
             prejudice
             they
             received
             from
             him
             causelesly
             ,
             especially
             his
             Church-robberies
             ,
             that
             they
             delayed
             him
             with
             an
             answer
             to
             this
             effect
             :
             
               That
               being
               tied
               to
               such
               Articles
               with
               the
               House
               of
               Austria
               ,
               and
               the
               King
               of
               Hungary
               ,
               they
               could
               make
               no
               Agreement
               without
               them
               :
            
             which
             artifice
             being
             understood
             by
             Rakoczi
             ,
             more
             Forces
             drawing
             likewise
             against
             him
             ;
             besides
             that
             ,
             another
             party
             of
             12000.
             of
             them
             had
             Invaded
             his
             Dominions
             in
             Hungary
             ,
             and
             in
             Revenge
             burnt
             down
             thirty
             six
             Villages
             ;
             he
             resolved
             to
             make
             his
             way
             with
             his
             Sword
             while
             there
             was
             a
             possibility
             of
             effecting
             it
             ,
             which
             with
             much
             difficulty
             and
             hazard
             ,
             
             being
             several
             times
             set
             upon
             ,
             and
             forced
             to
             fight
             his
             way
             ;
             by
             good
             Guides
             and
             happy
             Conduct
             he
             atchieved
             ,
             but
             brought
             a
             sorry
             Army
             home
             in
             Comparison
             of
             what
             he
             marched
             out
             with
             .
          
           
             This
             same
             year
             Died
             the
             Emperour
             Ferdinand
             the
             third
             ,
             
             leaving
             behind
             him
             two
             Sons
             ,
             
             
               Ignatius
               Leopol●us
            
             ,
             and
             
               Charles
               Ioseph
            
             ;
             the
             eldest
             of
             whom
             being
             a
             minor
             ,
             
             much
             canvasing
             there
             was
             about
             the
             Election
             of
             a
             Caesar
             ;
             for
             that
             by
             the
             Custome
             and
             Golden
             Bull
             of
             the
             Empire
             no
             person
             under
             the
             Age
             of
             eighteen
             years
             (
             of
             which
             he
             lacked
             one
             )
             is
             Capable
             of
             being
             chosen
             to
             that
             Dignity
             .
             Notwithstanding
             he
             had
             been
             Crowned
             King
             of
             Hungary
             soon
             after
             the
             Death
             of
             his
             Brother
             Ferdinand
             (
             who
             as
             was
             mentioned
             before
             Deceased
             in
             1653.
             )
             with
             the
             usual
             Solemnities
             ,
             which
             we
             forbear
             to
             recite
             ,
             because
             mentioned
             at
             large
             before
             .
          
           
             Prince
             Rakoczi
             being
             thus
             retreated
             into
             Transylvania
             ,
             was
             there
             again
             by
             a
             Chiaux
             Commanded
             to
             resign
             the
             Principality
             to
             Radus
             ;
             but
             he
             ,
             hoping
             either
             to
             make
             his
             Peace
             at
             the
             Port
             with
             the
             usual
             Purchase
             ,
             and
             so
             countermine
             his
             Enemies
             ,
             or
             trusting
             at
             last
             to
             his
             Interest
             in
             the
             Souldiery
             ,
             and
             his
             People
             ,
             and
             his
             own
             Abilities
             (
             as
             indeed
             he
             was
             a
             Prince
             very
             well
             skilled
             in
             Military
             Affairs
             ,
             and
             of
             personal
             Valour
             ,
             and
             great
             Spirit
             )
             delayed
             any
             such
             surrender
             ,
             but
             strengthned
             himself
             all
             that
             he
             could
             ,
             and
             dispatcht
             away
             Embassadors
             to
             crave
             Aid
             of
             the
             Neighbouring
             Princes
             against
             this
             threatned
             Encroachment
             of
             the
             T●rks
             ,
             but
             the
             Pole
             and
             the
             Austrians
             had
             conceived
             such
             rancour
             against
             him
             ,
             the
             first
             for
             his
             Invasion
             ,
             and
             the
             other
             for
             his
             League
             with
             the
             Swede
             ,
             that
             they
             abandoned
             him
             to
             his
             Fortune
             .
          
           
           
             Neverthelesse
             the
             Princes
             of
             Moldavia
             ,
             and
             Valachia
             ,
             promised
             their
             assistance
             ,
             as
             their
             Common
             Cause
             ;
             while
             the
             Turk
             disturbed
             at
             home
             this
             Year
             1658.
             by
             the
             Mutininies
             of
             the
             Janizaries
             and
             the
             Insurrections
             of
             the
             Bassa
             of
             Aleppo
             ,
             
             permitted
             Rakoczi
             to
             be
             quiet
             ;
             but
             the
             next
             year
             he
             thrust
             in
             an
             Army
             by
             way
             of
             Valachia
             ,
             against
             whom
             that
             Vayvod
             making
             opposition
             was
             by
             them
             totally
             routed
             ,
             and
             eight
             thousand
             of
             his
             men
             slain
             ,
             and
             he
             forced
             by
             a
             timely
             submission
             and
             great
             Presents
             and
             promises
             of
             Hostility
             against
             Rakoczi
             ,
             to
             purchase
             his
             Peace
             and
             Establishment
             in
             his
             Dignity
             .
          
           
             Soon
             after
             the
             Bassa
             of
             Buda
             being
             Commanded
             upon
             the
             same
             service
             ,
             marched
             to
             Lippa
             ,
             and
             thence
             to
             Arad
             Town
             and
             Castle
             ,
             whose
             Suburbs
             the
             Transylvanians
             fired
             ,
             which
             the
             Turks
             Officers
             who
             had
             the
             Avantgurd
             perceiving
             and
             supposing
             the
             Enemy
             had
             deserted
             the
             Place
             ,
             in
             great
             hast
             and
             disorder
             marched
             to
             the
             quenching
             of
             the
             Flame
             ;
             but
             the
             Transylvanian
             and
             Hungarian
             Forces
             not
             far
             distant
             ,
             making
             advantage
             of
             this
             Rout
             ,
             and
             falling
             upon
             them
             in
             the
             smoke
             ,
             
             so
             routed
             them
             that
             they
             were
             driven
             back
             to
             their
             Body
             with
             great
             losse
             ,
             where
             being
             received
             in
             with
             their
             Waggons
             with
             which
             they
             were
             barricado'd
             ,
             the
             whole
             Army
             of
             Rakoczi
             advanced
             ,
             and
             with
             their
             Great
             Cuns
             so
             shivered
             them
             ,
             that
             they
             were
             compelled
             to
             forsake
             their
             Camp
             ,
             and
             to
             fly
             ,
             in
             which
             many
             of
             them
             perished
             
             in
             the
             River
             Mor.
             There
             were
             here
             taken
             Prisoners
             ,
             
               Mustapha
               Beg
            
             ,
             the
             Bassa
             of
             Agria
             ,
             the
             Coll.
             Aga
             of
             the
             Janizaries
             ,
             the
             Aga
             of
             Buda
             ,
             and
             Aga
             of
             Lippa
             ,
             the
             Beg
             of
             Waitzen
             was
             drowned
             ,
             with
             many
             other
             men
             of
             note
             .
             For
             this
             defeat
             the
             grand
             Seignior
             threatned
             to
             flea
             the
             Bassa
             of
             Buda
             ,
             if
             he
             did
             not
             presently
             bring
             him
             
             Rakoczi's
             head
             ,
             and
             forthwith
             Imprisoned
             the
             Emperours
             and
             the
             French
             Kings
             Ambassadours
             .
          
           
             In
             1660.
             the
             Turk
             sent
             a
             greater
             Force
             then
             before
             ,
             into
             Transylvania
             .
             In
             the
             mean
             while
             Prince
             Rakoczi
             march'd
             with
             a
             considerable
             Force
             before
             Hermanstad
             ,
             and
             it
             came
             to
             a
             Bloody
             Encounter
             ,
             
             wherein
             Rakoczi
             deported
             himself
             valiantly
             ,
             killing
             17
             men
             with
             his
             own
             hand
             ;
             and
             so
             the
             Infidels
             for
             That
             Bout
             were
             forced
             to
             quit
             the
             Field
             ,
             and
             leave
             the
             Victory
             to
             the
             Transylvanians
             ,
             leaving
             likewise
             upon
             the
             Place
             ,
             6
             or
             7000
             Turks
             ,
             and
             
               Tartars
               .
               Rakoczi
            
             in
             the
             persuit
             received
             five
             wounds
             ,
             and
             five
             dayes
             after
             this
             Fight
             
               (
               Iune
            
             the
             sixth
             )
             he
             was
             brought
             to
             Great-Waradiu
             ,
             
             where
             he
             departed
             this
             Life
             .
          
           
             The
             fall
             of
             this
             Prince
             ballanced
             the
             Advantage
             of
             the
             Tictory
             ,
             and
             exceedingly
             animated
             the
             Turks
             ,
             who
             pressing
             more
             and
             more
             eagerly
             upon
             the
             Transylvanians
             ,
             drove
             them
             every
             where
             to
             their
             strong
             Holds
             :
             Whereupon
             General
             Souches
             had
             Order
             from
             Vienna
             ,
             to
             draw
             toward
             Transylvania
             ,
             and
             make
             it
             good
             against
             the
             Turks
             ;
             and
             he
             forthwith
             march'd
             thither
             
             with
             a
             considerable
             Body
             ,
             and
             possessed
             himself
             of
             several
             Holds
             .
          
           
             Iuly
             the
             14
             of
             the
             same
             year
             ,
             the
             Turk
             with
             100000
             Men
             laid
             close
             Siege
             to
             Great-Waradin
             ,
             which
             was
             stoutly
             defended
             by
             one
             Collonel
             
               Gaude
               a
               Scotchman
            
             ,
             the
             Governour
             of
             the
             Town
             .
             During
             the
             Siege
             ,
             the
             Turk
             sent
             abroad
             strong
             Parties
             to
             subdue
             smaller
             Towns
             ,
             forcing
             the
             People
             unto
             several
             works
             ,
             as
             the
             building
             of
             Bridges
             ,
             and
             the
             Like
             ,
             putting
             them
             to
             the
             Sword
             at
             last
             for
             their
             Reward
             :
             At
             one
             time
             killing
             150
             Christians
             ,
             and
             at
             another
             ,
             Loading
             20
             Wagons
             with
             Christians
             Heads
             which
             they
             carried
             away
             .
          
           
             On
             the
             6
             of
             August
             ,
             That
             brave
             Souldier
             and
             Governour
             Collonel
             Gaude
             was
             slain
             by
             a
             shot
             ,
             
             and
             (
             the
             Besieged
             being
             left
             without
             any
             hope
             of
             Relief
             )
             This
             strong
             place
             surrendred
             unto
             the
             Turk
             upon
             Accord
             ;
             being
             a
             passage
             into
             
               Transylvania
               ,
               Hungary
            
             ,
             and
             Poland
             .
          
           
             After
             the
             death
             of
             Rakoczi
             ,
             his
             Cousin
             Radus
             being
             disliked
             of
             by
             the
             Turk
             as
             unfit
             for
             his
             designs
             ,
             there
             started
             up
             one
             Barckay
             a
             ●reature
             of
             the
             Turks
             ,
             making
             himself
             Prince
             of
             Transylvania
             ,
             whom
             the
             Turk
             protected
             and
             supplyed
             with
             Forces
             ,
             whereby
             he
             undertook
             to
             reduce
             several
             places
             ,
             siding
             in
             pretence
             with
             General
             Souches
             (
             who
             well
             understood
             this
             violence
             of
             the
             Turks
             ,
             to
             be
             a
             design
             not
             only
             upon
             Transylvania
             ,
             but
             also
             upon
             the
             Empire
             it self
             ,
             )
             and
             making
             large
             promises
             under
             
             hand
             ,
             that
             whatsoever
             he
             got
             by
             the
             Turkish
             Ayd
             ,
             was
             meant
             for
             the
             good
             of
             the
             Emperour
             ,
             to
             whom
             he
             intended
             a
             just
             and
             Honourable
             Restitution
             ,
             reserving
             only
             Waradin
             to
             remain
             under
             the
             Power
             of
             the
             Prince
             of
             Ttransylvania
             ;
             but
             the
             matter
             proved
             otherwise
             in
             the
             end
             .
          
           
             Toward
             the
             end
             of
             this
             Year
             ,
             a
             Blazing-Starre
             appeared
             with
             the
             Tayl
             toward
             Dalmatia
             ,
             and
             the
             Head
             toward
             Transylvania
             ,
             which
             the
             ensuing
             Calamities
             portended
             sadly
             of
             the
             War.
             
          
           
             Soon
             after
             This
             ,
             the
             Labolizish
             Peasants
             Rebelled
             against
             the
             Christians
             in
             Transylvania
             ,
             whom
             they
             partly
             put
             to
             the
             sword
             ,
             some
             they
             took
             Prisoners
             ,
             and
             others
             they
             sold
             to
             the
             Turk
             ,
             the
             right
             Successour
             of
             Rakoczi
             was
             
               Remini
               Ianos
            
             (
             by
             many
             Transylvanians
             received
             and
             entertained
             for
             such
             )
             who
             was
             bitterly
             persecuted
             by
             Barckay
             and
             the
             Turks
             .
          
           
             In
             1661.
             
             Ianos
             fought
             them
             at
             Thassabat
             ,
             
             and
             made
             a
             great
             slaughter
             :
             but
             at
             last
             ,
             oppressed
             with
             Numbers
             ,
             he
             left
             Transylvania
             ,
             and
             retreated
             to
             Tockay
             .
             And
             now
             it
             appeared
             that
             the
             Turks
             Businesse
             was
             not
             to
             stop
             there
             ,
             but
             to
             fall
             also
             upon
             Hungary
             .
             Whereupon
             his
             Imperial
             majesty
             granted
             Commissions
             for
             the
             raising
             of
             an
             Army
             ,
             which
             was
             dispatched
             part
             of
             it
             into
             Transylvania
             .
             In
             the
             Interim
             ;
             Count
             
               Nichola
               Serini
            
             began
             to
             look
             to
             himself
             ,
             and
             raised
             a
             strong
             Fort
             on
             the
             Wall
             over
             against
             Canischa
             Naming
             it
             Serinswar
             :
             getting
             
             together
             a
             strong
             Body
             of
             Croats
             ,
             and
             other
             Nations
             ,
             that
             lay
             heavy
             upon
             the
             Quarters
             thereabout
             :
             which
             the
             Turks
             stomach'd
             not
             a
             little
             ,
             however
             they
             carried
             it
             fair
             at
             present
             ,
             and
             a
             while
             they
             talk'd
             of
             nothing
             but
             Peace
             ,
             but
             at
             last
             they
             brake
             out
             into
             high
             expressions
             ,
             that
             they
             would
             have
             Serinswar
             demolished
             ,
             Count
             Serini
             punish'd
             ,
             and
             Transylvania
             subjected
             to
             the
             Power
             of
             the
             Turk
             by
             way
             of
             Reparation
             .
             None
             of
             which
             followed
             ;
             but
             the
             Christians
             lookt
             upon
             it
             as
             every
             mans
             Interest
             to
             do
             his
             best
             to
             defend
             himself
             against
             the
             Ambition
             and
             Outrages
             of
             This
             common
             Enemy
             ;
             
             and
             there
             being
             nothing
             now
             to
             be
             expected
             but
             a
             great
             Turkish
             Warre
             ,
             which
             was
             already
             begun
             by
             Parties
             ;
             the
             Christians
             entred
             upon
             the
             Borders
             of
             Turky
             ,
             drawing
             toward
             Stul-Weissenburg
             ,
             and
             Offen
             :
             and
             they
             subdued
             
               Zamock
               ,
               Warda
               ,
               Erzy
            
             ,
             and
             Hirr
             :
             all
             these
             being
             inconsiderable
             Houses
             ,
             and
             Castles
             ,
             which
             with
             their
             Defenders
             were
             blown
             up
             ,
             and
             fired
             .
          
           
             While
             this
             was
             doing
             ,
             the
             Turks
             gathered
             together
             a
             Mighty
             Army
             consisting
             of
             
               Asiatick
               ,
               African
            
             ,
             and
             Europaean
             people
             .
             To
             this
             numerous
             Army
             ,
             they
             had
             likewise
             provided
             an
             incredible
             proportion
             of
             Victuals
             ,
             Ammunition
             ,
             and
             Artillery
             .
             Neverthelesse
             ,
             several
             Treaties
             were
             set
             a
             foot
             ,
             which
             the
             Turk
             so
             long
             insisted
             upon
             ,
             till
             he
             had
             gained
             his
             End
             ,
             and
             drawn
             a
             formidable
             Power
             into
             the
             Field
             ,
             to
             break
             in
             upon
             the
             Christians
             ,
             who
             laboured
             as
             much
             as
             
             in
             them
             lay
             ,
             to
             preserve
             the
             Peace
             ;
             seeming
             to
             take
             small
             notice
             of
             the
             Turks
             hostile
             preparations
             .
             The
             Army
             of
             the
             Christian
             :
             in
             Hungary
             co●sisted
             of
             38000
             German
             Soldiers
             ,
             who
             had
             the
             Turks
             for
             their
             Open
             ,
             and
             the
             Hungarians
             for
             their
             Private
             Enemies
             (
             the
             Animosity
             being
             so
             great
             ,
             that
             many
             times
             it
             came
             to
             Blowes
             betwixt
             the
             Germans
             and
             the
             
               Hungarians
               .
            
             )
             These
             Troups
             finding
             themselves
             under
             many
             inconveniencies
             ,
             partly
             from
             the
             Hungarians
             ,
             who
             denyed
             accommodation
             to
             the
             Germans
             ,
             and
             partly
             from
             Diseases
             arising
             from
             the
             disagreement
             of
             the
             Climate
             ,
             were
             much
             weakned
             and
             diminished
             .
             Hungary
             is
             questionlesse
             a
             very
             brave
             Country
             ,
             and
             abounds
             in
             Wine
             and
             other
             Fruits
             ;
             which
             taken
             to
             Excesse
             ,
             breed
             dangerous
             Surfeits
             .
             The
             Hungarians
             in
             their
             deportment
             are
             generally
             Grave
             ,
             and
             Modest
             ,
             but
             being
             Affornted
             by
             the
             Germans
             ,
             and
             others
             not
             of
             their
             own
             Religion
             ,
             they
             are
             Apt
             to
             Revenge
             ,
             and
             hard
             to
             be
             Reconciled
             .
          
           
             Toward
             the
             Month
             of
             October
             ,
             
             the
             Dutch
             Army
             was
             exceedingly
             pester'd
             with
             Surfeits
             ,
             so
             that
             betwixt
             those
             that
             dyed
             ;
             a
             Number
             that
             lay
             sick
             ,
             and
             others
             that
             were
             carried
             out
             of
             the
             Country
             ,
             it
             fell
             to
             a
             low
             Ebbe
             :
             and
             moreover
             ;
             being
             then
             as
             far
             as
             Clausenburg
             ,
             in
             Transylvania
             ,
             they
             were
             put
             to
             some
             distresse
             for
             Victuals
             and
             Forage
             :
             the
             Enemy
             increasing
             daily
             more
             and
             more
             against
             them
             for
             in
             those
             Parts
             the
             Turkish
             Power
             was
             strongest
             .
             About
             
             this
             time
             ,
             the
             Upstart
             Prince
             Barckay
             fell
             into
             disgrace
             ,
             and
             the
             Turk
             preferred
             one
             Apaffi
             to
             that
             dignity
             in
             his
             stead
             .
             Against
             
               Him
               ,
               Remini
               Ianos
            
             bore
             up
             ,
             Opposing
             him
             ,
             and
             his
             Promoters
             in
             the
             head
             of
             8000
             men
             ,
             and
             fortune
             so
             far
             befriended
             him
             in
             the
             first
             Engagement
             ,
             as
             to
             deliver
             his
             great
             Enemy
             Barkay
             into
             his
             hands
             ,
             whose
             Head
             he
             caused
             to
             be
             struck
             off
             ,
             and
             then
             for
             a
             while
             the
             people
             flocked
             in
             to
             him
             ,
             and
             Augmented
             his
             Army
             ;
             yet
             neither
             their
             aid
             nor
             his
             valor
             availed
             him
             when
             being
             surrounded
             on
             all
             sides
             ,
             and
             striving
             to
             clear
             his
             passage
             ,
             he
             seemed
             only
             careful
             how
             he
             might
             fall
             with
             Honour
             :
             for
             his
             Army
             through
             many
             skirmishes
             ,
             Diseases
             ,
             and
             great
             Scarcity
             of
             Provision
             ,
             was
             melted
             away
             ,
             and
             hope
             of
             Succour
             there
             was
             none
             left
             ;
             the
             German
             Army
             by
             the
             like
             Accidents
             being
             weakned
             and
             put
             to
             a
             Retreat
             .
             Upon
             these
             Terms
             it
             was
             ,
             that
             he
             committed
             himself
             to
             places
             of
             more
             security
             ,
             
             and
             in
             Sakmar
             ,
             He
             with
             others
             ,
             expected
             the
             Issue
             of
             the
             Treaty
             .
             But
             the
             Turks
             ,
             (
             as
             has
             been
             said
             already
             )
             making
             use
             of
             a
             Treaty
             only
             for
             their
             own
             advantage
             ,
             put
             themselves
             into
             a
             stronger
             posture
             :
             In
             the
             mean
             time
             discharging
             their
             Choler
             with
             great
             indignation
             ,
             as
             well
             against
             the
             Valiant
             Venetians
             ,
             (
             that
             have
             held
             them
             tack
             so
             long
             in
             Candia
             )
             as
             against
             the
             neutral
             Valachians
             ;
             and
             now
             and
             then
             against
             the
             half-conquered
             Transylvanians
             ;
             but
             not
             a
             word
             all
             this
             while
             ,
             nor
             so
             much
             as
             a
             look
             of
             displeasure
             against
             Hungary
             .
          
           
           
             This
             Deceit
             of
             a
             Treaty
             lasted
             till
             the
             Year
             1663.
             and
             then
             the
             Fury
             of
             these
             Infidels
             brake
             out
             ,
             not
             only
             upon
             Transylvania
             ,
             and
             Hungaria
             ;
             but
             upon
             some
             of
             the
             Emperours
             Hereditary
             Countries
             also
             .
          
           
             Upon
             Iuly
             the
             17.
             the
             Grand
             Vizier
             came
             in
             great
             Pomp
             and
             Magnificence
             to
             Offen
             ,
             
             encamping
             himself
             in
             the
             Pesterfield
             ,
             being
             four
             German
             miles
             in
             Compass
             .
             His
             Army
             was
             upward
             of
             a
             hundred
             thousand
             men
             ,
             above
             one
             hundred
             great
             Guns
             ,
             and
             of
             Wagons
             ,
             and
             Beasts
             ,
             a
             number
             not
             to
             be
             believed
             .
             His
             first
             work
             was
             to
             lay
             two
             Ship-bridges
             over
             the
             Danube
             ;
             the
             one
             near
             to
             Gran
             ,
             and
             the
             other
             not
             far
             from
             Parkham
             .
             His
             forces
             being
             quarter'd
             about
             those
             parts
             in
             Prodigious
             Multitudes
             ,
             it
             was
             as
             yet
             doubtful
             ,
             whether
             he
             would
             fall
             upon
             Newhausel
             ,
             or
             Raab
             ;
             having
             his
             eye
             indifferently
             upon
             both
             ,
             and
             lying
             still
             for
             a
             good
             while
             without
             action
             .
             But
             the
             design
             had
             shew'd
             it self
             much
             sooner
             ,
             if
             a
             continual
             fall
             of
             Rain
             ,
             and
             the
             Overflow
             of
             the
             Danube
             had
             not
             hindred
             him
             :
             However
             at
             length
             ,
             he
             passed
             some
             Thousands
             of
             his
             Army
             over
             the
             Bridge
             near
             Parkham
             toward
             the
             side
             of
             Newhausel
             ;
             when
             immediately
             a
             Report
             was
             spread
             by
             some
             of
             the
             Pesants
             that
             were
             turn'd
             to
             the
             Turk
             ,
             that
             the
             River
             had
             torn
             their
             Ship-bridges
             ,
             and
             that
             those
             4000
             Turks
             that
             had
             passed
             over
             ,
             were
             now
             Cut
             off
             from
             the
             Main
             body
             .
             This
             Rumor
             it
             was
             that
             inveigled
             the
             Governour
             of
             Newhausel
             (
             Count
             Forgatz
             )
             
             into
             a
             Couragious
             but
             an
             unhappy
             Resolution
             ,
             which
             was
             to
             fall
             upon
             those
             4000.
             
             Turks
             ,
             upon
             the
             supposition
             ,
             that
             the
             Miscarriage
             of
             the
             Bridge
             had
             cut
             off
             their
             Retreat
             .
             It
             is
             very
             true
             ,
             that
             he
             was
             earnestly
             disswaded
             form
             that
             Attempt
             ,
             
             and
             told
             ,
             that
             the
             Body
             was
             greater
             then
             he
             imagined
             ,
             but
             still
             persisting
             in
             his
             Resolve
             to
             fight
             them
             ,
             upon
             the
             28
             of
             Iuly
             ,
             with
             his
             
               Hungarians
               ,
               Hussars
            
             and
             Heyducks
             ,
             and
             11
             Troups
             of
             Germans
             ,
             and
             500
             Musquetiers
             (
             in
             all
             6000
             strong
             )
             he
             marched
             up
             to
             them
             ,
             and
             finding
             the
             Enemy
             four
             times
             stronger
             then
             he
             expected
             ,
             became
             sensible
             of
             the
             Abuse
             although
             alas
             !
             for
             the
             Infidels
             having
             gotten
             certain
             Intelligence
             of
             the
             Christians
             design
             ,
             and
             of
             their
             coming
             ,
             caused
             the
             Bridges
             presently
             to
             be
             repaired
             ,
             which
             they
             had
             purposely
             disordered
             ,
             and
             marching
             over
             with
             a
             strong
             power
             surrounded
             them
             .
             The
             Hungarians
             and
             Hussars
             ,
             that
             were
             appointed
             to
             stand
             for
             a
             Reserve
             ,
             seeing
             the
             Enemy
             come
             on
             so
             strong
             ,
             betook
             themselves
             to
             flight
             ;
             but
             the
             Germans
             and
             Heyducks
             that
             gave
             the
             Onset
             behaved
             themselves
             stoutly
             ,
             and
             sold
             a
             dear
             Victory
             to
             the
             Turks
             .
             At
             last
             by
             Multitudes
             they
             were
             overcome
             ,
             and
             those
             that
             could
             not
             get
             away
             were
             miserably
             Cut
             ,
             and
             Mangled
             .
             Forgatz
             ,
             and
             some
             few
             others
             escaped
             to
             Newhausel
             .
             This
             Combat
             lasted
             about
             three
             hours
             ,
             and
             about
             3000
             of
             the
             Germans
             ,
             and
             Heyducks
             were
             put
             to
             the
             Sword.
             
          
           
           
             After
             this
             Victory
             ,
             the
             Turks
             being
             therewith
             encouraged
             ,
             and
             the
             Christians
             not
             a
             little
             dejected
             ,
             the
             Enemy
             made
             ready
             to
             lay
             a
             Formal
             Siege
             unto
             Newhausel
             :
             which
             after
             many
             Attempts
             and
             Approaches
             they
             Battered
             so
             furiously
             ,
             
             that
             Frederick
             and
             Serin-Sconces
             were
             beaten
             to
             the
             ground
             ,
             and
             with
             incredible
             Labour
             and
             delving
             ,
             raised
             a
             Mount
             of
             Earth
             so
             high
             that
             from
             thence
             ,
             they
             could
             command
             the
             Town
             ,
             and
             beat
             the
             besieged
             from
             the
             Walls
             .
          
           
             Whereupon
             the
             Hungarians
             whispered
             one
             another
             to
             Surrender
             ,
             (
             out
             of
             a
             fear
             to
             dispute
             it
             any
             longer
             )
             which
             moved
             the
             Garmans
             likewise
             to
             speak
             of
             an
             Accord
             ,
             and
             sent
             to
             the
             
               Grand
               Vizier
            
             demanding
             honourable
             Conditions
             ,
             whose
             Answer
             was
             ,
             that
             they
             should
             set
             down
             their
             own
             Terms
             ,
             leaving
             only
             their
             Great
             Guns
             in
             the
             Fort.
             
          
           
             On
             the
             26
             '
             of
             September
             the
             Christians
             marched
             out
             with
             2422
             Sound
             ,
             
             and
             Armed
             men
             ,
             and
             four
             Peice
             of
             Ordnance
             .
             At
             this
             Surrender
             ,
             the
             Enemy
             got
             seventy
             Piece
             of
             Ordnance
             ;
             great
             store
             of
             Arms
             ,
             Powder
             ,
             Wine
             ,
             Meal
             ,
             and
             Corn.
             In
             the
             mean
             while
             ,
             some
             1000
             of
             
               Tartars
               ,
               Moldavians
            
             ,
             and
             Valachians
             ,
             as
             bad
             Brutes
             as
             the
             worst
             of
             the
             Infidels
             ,
             drawn
             hither
             in
             hope
             of
             plunder
             ,
             made
             their
             way
             over
             the
             Waegh
             by
             force
             ,
             puting
             those
             Christians
             to
             the
             Sword
             that
             Guarded
             the
             Pas●
             ,
             and
             so
             crossing
             the
             Mountains
             ,
             they
             entred
             into
             Moravia
             ,
             and
             the
             parts
             about
             Olmitz
             ,
             
             which
             Towns
             ,
             together
             with
             a
             great
             number
             of
             the
             neighbouring
             Villages
             ,
             they
             burnt
             to
             the
             Ground
             .
             Their
             Guides
             and
             Leaders
             they
             had
             from
             among
             the
             Boors
             of
             the
             Country
             ,
             who
             most
             unnaturally
             and
             treacherously
             shewed
             them
             the
             wayes
             and
             passes
             ,
             and
             had
             therefore
             for
             their
             pains
             some
             share
             of
             the
             booty
             .
          
           
             This
             Havock
             lasted
             in
             Moravia
             10
             dayes
             ,
             and
             then
             they
             pass'd
             over
             the
             March-stream
             into
             Austria
             (
             at
             which
             time
             ,
             the
             Country
             People
             with
             their
             best
             moveables
             were
             fled
             to
             
               Vienna
               .
            
             )
             At
             length
             ,
             having
             laden
             themselves
             with
             all
             manner
             of
             Booty
             ,
             they
             return'd
             to
             the
             Camp
             at
             Newhausel
             ,
             where
             they
             exposed
             the
             Men
             and
             Beasts
             ,
             which
             they
             had
             taken
             up
             in
             several
             places
             ,
             to
             common-sale
             in
             the
             Market
             :
             While
             these
             things
             were
             doing
             ,
             the
             Turks
             busied
             themselves
             against
             the
             Fort
             Serinswar
             ,
             and
             by
             way
             of
             Stratagem
             attempted
             Clausenburgh
             in
             Transylvania
             ;
             but
             at
             both
             Places
             they
             were
             repuls'd
             with
             losse
             and
             shame
             .
             At
             which
             time
             Count
             Serini
             with
             a
             considerable
             Body
             of
             Croatians
             ,
             
             and
             other
             neighbouring
             People
             ;
             made
             a
             sudden
             Incursion
             into
             Turky
             ,
             to
             the
             great
             dammage
             of
             the
             Infidels
             .
             At
             his
             Return
             the
             said
             Count
             was
             made
             Generalissimo
             of
             all
             the
             Emperors
             forces
             ,
             then
             rendezvouzed
             at
             Presburgh
             under
             their
             former
             General
             Montecuculi
             .
          
           
             Newhausel
             being
             reduced
             ,
             which
             was
             supposed
             ,
             and
             vainly
             hoped
             ,
             would
             have
             disappointed
             the
             Turks
             progresse
             ,
             and
             successe
             for
             
             this
             year
             (
             being
             declined
             so
             far
             as
             the
             depth
             of
             Winter
             )
             the
             Grand
             Vizier
             undertook
             some
             farther
             Conquest
             ;
             and
             with
             his
             Army
             ,
             leaving
             a
             sufficient
             Garrison
             ,
             and
             other
             numbers
             to
             repair
             and
             better
             fortifie
             the
             Fort
             ,
             by
             bringing
             the
             River
             Niutre
             round
             about
             it
             ,
             marched
             towards
             Presburgh
             ,
             the
             Capital
             City
             or
             Mehropolis
             of
             
               Lower
               Hungary
            
             ,
             and
             with
             his
             approach
             gave
             out
             ●umours
             of
             his
             resolution
             to
             attaque
             it
             ,
             relying
             on
             his
             first
             Fortune
             ,
             and
             those
             popular
             insinuations
             he
             had
             spread
             abroad
             of
             his
             reality
             ,
             justice
             ,
             and
             tendernesse
             to
             such
             places
             as
             should
             come
             into
             his
             Masters
             Protection
             ,
             with
             which
             thriving
             Artifice
             he
             had
             already
             gained
             upon
             the
             credulity
             of
             most
             of
             the
             Pesants
             and
             indefensible
             places
             .
          
           
             Besides
             the
             Honour
             of
             the
             place
             ,
             
             as
             the
             Repository
             of
             the
             Crown
             of
             Hungary
             (
             which
             the
             Hungarians
             most
             Religiously
             reverence
             ,
             as
             placing
             the
             safety
             and
             Glory
             of
             their
             Nation
             therein
             ,
             and
             which
             being
             seized
             ,
             would
             have
             Intituled
             the
             winner
             and
             wearer
             to
             the
             Kingdome
             )
             the
             convenience
             thereof
             as
             freeing
             his
             way
             to
             Vienna
             ,
             on
             one
             part
             ;
             and
             to
             
               Commorra
               ,
               Raab
            
             ,
             or
             Newhausel
             on
             the
             other
             ;
             and
             contrarily
             incomodating
             his
             attempt
             upon
             the
             Island
             of
             Schut
             ,
             by
             its
             Neighbourly
             Correspondence
             and
             Assistance
             in
             case
             of
             Danger
             ,
             where
             at
             present
             the
             General
             Count
             Serini
             was
             enquartered
             ,
             was
             a
             great
             motive
             and
             enticement
             to
             an
             Attempt
             against
             it
             .
             But
             such
             had
             been
             the
             Vigilance
             and
             Care
             of
             Count
             Strozzi
             ,
             a
             
             Famous
             and
             experienced
             Souldier
             ,
             in
             providing
             and
             furnishing
             the
             City
             ,
             wherein
             the
             hope
             of
             the
             Kingdome
             was
             concerned
             ,
             and
             his
             Courage
             ,
             and
             all
             other
             excellent
             qualities
             of
             a
             Governour
             ,
             so
             known
             and
             believed
             by
             this
             Discreet
             Vizier
             ,
             that
             contenting
             himself
             with
             the
             submission
             of
             
               Modern
               ,
               St.
               George
               ,
               Posing
               ,
            
             and
             other
             places
             that
             lay
             open
             and
             exposed
             to
             his
             Power
             ,
             and
             the
             bravery
             and
             gallant
             Designment
             of
             so
             high
             an
             Enterprise
             ,
             with
             the
             unimpeded
             conduct
             of
             the
             Affair
             ;
             he
             retreated
             honourably
             :
             and
             as
             if
             he
             had
             proceeded
             so
             far
             meerly
             upon
             a
             plot
             and
             Designe
             to
             surprize
             some
             places
             by
             his
             sudden
             Return
             ,
             
             he
             presently
             invested
             Niutra
             ,
             a
             place
             neer
             Newhausel
             ,
             and
             as
             well
             Fortified
             ,
             and
             more
             respected
             ,
             because
             of
             its
             Ecclesiastical
             Concernment
             ,
             as
             being
             a
             Bishops
             See
             ;
             and
             by
             terrifying
             Menaces
             and
             preparations
             for
             a
             storm
             ,
             soon
             wrought
             upon
             the
             Defendants
             to
             a
             Surrender
             ,
             who
             by
             the
             Articles
             thereof
             were
             conveyed
             to
             Presburgh
             .
          
           
             The
             speedy
             and
             lucky
             Event
             of
             this
             rendition
             ,
             
             was
             effectual
             to
             his
             practises
             on
             other
             places
             ;
             for
             upon
             the
             same
             score
             Tyrnaw
             ,
             and
             some
             other
             Towns
             thereabouts
             ,
             opened
             their
             Gates
             and
             submitted
             to
             him
             ,
             upon
             his
             Common
             terms
             of
             Religion
             and
             Liberty
             ;
             which
             Successe
             invited
             him
             to
             the
             siege
             of
             Schinta
             ,
             a
             very
             strong
             and
             considerable
             Fortresse
             ,
             and
             a
             Magazine
             of
             a
             great
             and
             the
             best
             quantity
             of
             the
             Emperours
             Artillery
             ;
             but
             by
             the
             Fidelity
             and
             
             Valour
             of
             the
             Governour
             and
             his
             men
             ,
             was
             repulsed
             thence
             ,
             and
             glad
             to
             abandon
             the
             Enterprize
             ,
             for
             that
             October
             was
             more
             than
             half
             spent
             ,
             and
             the
             Climate
             did
             much
             incommodate
             his
             Asian
             and
             African
             Souldiery
             .
          
           
             Therefore
             to
             provide
             them
             of
             warmer
             Winter
             Quarters
             ,
             
             to
             keep
             them
             well
             and
             in
             health
             against
             the
             Spring
             ,
             he
             repassed
             his
             Great
             Guns
             with
             some
             of
             his
             Army
             ,
             over
             his
             Ship-bridge
             to
             Gran
             or
             Strigonium
             ,
             rum
             ouring
             that
             when
             he
             had
             disposed
             of
             those
             unuseful
             peices
             in
             the
             depth
             of
             Winter
             ,
             he
             would
             return
             himself
             with
             his
             Europeans
             to
             prosecute
             the
             War
             ;
             but
             in
             fine
             ,
             he
             passed
             over
             his
             whole
             Army
             ,
             being
             followed
             in
             his
             Rear
             ,
             in
             expectation
             of
             advantage
             ,
             
             by
             General
             Serini
             ,
             who
             having
             parted
             with
             General
             Montecuculi
             (
             conjoyned
             in
             attendance
             of
             the
             Newhausel
             Design
             upon
             the
             Island
             of
             Schut
             )
             did
             at
             last
             cut
             off
             some
             six
             hundred
             Janizaries
             ,
             with
             two
             hundred
             
             Pesonio's
             ,
             or
             Baggage
             people
             ,
             engaged
             in
             the
             defence
             thereof
             ,
             which
             they
             resolutely
             maintained
             ,
             by
             barricadoing
             themselves
             among
             the
             Waggons
             ,
             so
             that
             
             Serini's
             Hussars
             were
             forced
             to
             alight
             and
             follow
             them
             a
             foot
             in
             their
             advantages
             ,
             and
             there
             Couragiously
             slew
             them
             .
             This
             was
             some
             expiation
             of
             that
             Defeat
             given
             to
             Count
             Forgaz
             very
             near
             the
             same
             place
             ,
             
             as
             a
             fortnight
             before
             his
             Brother
             and
             he
             had
             Defeated
             two
             great
             parties
             ,
             but
             not
             with
             so
             great
             successe
             .
             This
             happned
             about
             the
             last
             of
             October
             ,
             and
             so
             those
             parts
             of
             this
             side
             the
             Danow
             ,
             conceived
             
             some
             joyful
             hopes
             of
             a
             respit
             till
             the
             coming
             of
             the
             Spring
             .
          
           
             But
             the
             Vizier
             by
             those
             other
             after
             accessions
             had
             so
             strongly
             fixt
             himself
             ,
             by
             leaving
             a
             Garrison
             of
             4000.
             men
             in
             Newhausel
             ,
             and
             1500
             in
             Niutre
             ,
             besides
             a
             body
             of
             10000.
             men
             to
             be
             ready
             to
             assist
             upon
             all
             occasions
             ,
             that
             the
             Christians
             are
             still
             kept
             to
             their
             Arms
             ,
             to
             attend
             their
             motion
             and
             to
             Guard
             themselves
             .
             And
             to
             increase
             the
             Danger
             ,
             Apaffi
             the
             Prince
             of
             Transylvania
             ,
             
             whom
             they
             looked
             upon
             as
             under
             a
             Constraint
             of
             Compliance
             with
             the
             Turks
             ,
             and
             a
             secret
             well-wisher
             to
             the
             Christian
             Cause
             ,
             discovered
             himself
             a
             Declared
             and
             profest
             Enemy
             ,
             being
             inveigled
             with
             an
             investiture
             of
             those
             places
             taken
             this
             Campagnia
             ,
             and
             upon
             the
             total
             Conquest
             ,
             with
             the
             Crown
             of
             
               Hungary
               ▪
            
             For
             as
             soon
             as
             they
             were
             rid
             of
             the
             Infidels
             ,
             he
             wi●h
             his
             half
             Christians
             ,
             
               Valachians
               ,
               Moldavians
            
             ,
             intermixed
             with
             Tartars
             ,
             and
             his
             own
             plundering
             Transylvanians
             ,
             undertook
             the
             Lieutenant-ship
             of
             the
             Winter
             War
             ;
             those
             Nations
             being
             better
             able
             ,
             as
             inured
             to
             the
             Climate
             ,
             to
             undergo
             the
             extremities
             of
             the
             weather
             .
          
           
             
             Apaffi's
             first
             Designe
             was
             upon
             the
             Berg
             Towns
             ,
             
             or
             Mine-Hills
             ,
             whence
             the
             Hungarian
             Gold
             is
             fetcht
             ,
             which
             as
             soon
             as
             he
             had
             parted
             with
             the
             Grand
             Vizier
             ,
             then
             retreating
             to
             Belgrade
             ,
             he
             attempted
             ,
             and
             this
             the
             easier
             for
             that
             there
             was
             no
             resistance
             in
             readinesse
             to
             oppose
             him
             ;
             the
             Forces
             that
             were
             
             raised
             by
             the
             Counts
             of
             Cochary
             and
             Tekelly
             ,
             in
             the
             
               Vpper
               Hungary
            
             ,
             for
             the
             most
             part
             (
             for
             that
             the
             Lower
             was
             already
             joyned
             with
             Serini
             ,
             
             or
             awed
             by
             the
             Turks
             )
             were
             a
             little
             before
             (
             maugre
             the
             Enemys
             Design
             of
             impeding
             them
             )
             already
             arrived
             to
             the
             grosse
             of
             the
             Army
             ;
             which
             also
             for
             want
             of
             necessaries
             for
             Man
             and
             Horse
             ,
             devoured
             by
             the
             Turks
             was
             now
             dispersed
             into
             Quarters
             .
          
           
             The
             two
             first
             obstacles
             of
             his
             Design
             upon
             the
             Mine-Towns
             ;
             and
             which
             barred
             his
             entrance
             ,
             were
             the
             two
             Towns
             of
             Levents
             and
             Novigrad
             ,
             reputed
             one
             of
             the
             prime
             places
             of
             
               Upper
               Hungary
               ;
               Levents
            
             was
             also
             well
             appointed
             ,
             
             having
             in
             it
             a
             Castle
             Manned
             with
             Couragious
             Souldiers
             ,
             and
             firmed
             with
             thick
             Walls
             ,
             flankers
             ,
             and
             Turrets
             ,
             that
             accordingly
             gave
             the
             Enemy
             a
             rude
             and
             unwelcome
             entertainment
             ,
             but
             their
             numbers
             being
             not
             to
             be
             wearied
             ,
             and
             no
             Relief
             to
             be
             expected
             by
             the
             besieged
             ,
             it
             was
             yeilded
             by
             Agreement
             ,
             and
             the
             Articles
             ,
             according
             to
             the
             modern
             Policy
             of
             the
             Turks
             ,
             punctually
             observed
             .
          
           
             From
             thence
             Apaffi
             marched
             to
             Novigrad
             ,
             lying
             further
             in
             
               Upper
               Hungary
            
             ,
             which
             after
             a
             stout
             but
             short
             resistance
             not
             without
             suspicion
             that
             the
             Governour
             was
             of
             
             Apaffi's
             party
             (
             more
             obvious
             now
             by
             his
             retreat
             into
             the
             Enemies
             Countrey
             ,
             and
             the
             neutrality
             or
             rather
             assistance
             of
             the
             whole
             Province
             ,
             as
             to
             the
             generality
             ,
             towards
             Apaffi
             )
             was
             rendred
             
             likewise
             and
             the
             Garrison
             dismist
             ,
             but
             not
             into
             Christian
             quarters
             ,
             being
             set
             to
             work
             ,
             and
             enjoyned
             to
             be
             in
             a
             readinesse
             to
             assist
             their
             late
             Besiegers
             .
          
           
             The
             Enemy
             encroaching
             thus
             upon
             the
             Mine
             Towns
             ,
             some
             Regiments
             which
             could
             be
             best
             got
             together
             ,
             were
             sent
             to
             enforce
             them
             ,
             and
             to
             hinder
             the
             enemy
             from
             settling
             their
             Winter
             Quarters
             in
             those
             places
             ,
             which
             were
             neverthelesse
             much
             despaired
             of
             ,
             for
             that
             Apaffi
             with
             his
             Aids
             threatned
             Cass●via
             the
             Metropo●is
             of
             
               Vpper
               Hungary
            
             with
             a
             present
             siege
             ,
             
             as
             he
             did
             in
             effect
             beleagure
             Fillek
             ,
             some
             ten
             miles
             distant
             ,
             prejudging
             that
             :
             the
             Christians
             ▪
             if
             once
             able
             to
             take
             the
             Field
             ,
             would
             carry
             the
             War
             into
             these
             Quarters
             ,
             of
             which
             therefore
             they
             would
             betimes
             possesse
             themselves
             ;
             and
             therefore
             notwithstanding
             the
             prevention
             aforesaid
             ,
             they
             soon
             after
             seised
             on
             
               Shoninitz
               ,
               Cre●nitz
            
             ,
             and
             other
             Towns
             of
             the
             Mines
             ;
             and
             by
             threatning
             Letters
             and
             Summons
             terrified
             the
             People
             thereabouts
             to
             an
             acquiescence
             and
             submission
             under
             their
             Command
             :
             They
             faced
             likewise
             Tockay
             (
             the
             strongest
             Hold
             of
             all
             )
             with
             Parties
             ;
             but
             neither
             their
             Courage
             ,
             Multitudes
             ,
             Practises
             ,
             or
             Hopes
             ,
             served
             them
             to
             the
             Adventure
             of
             a
             siege
             .
          
           
             Naverthelesse
             to
             countenance
             such
             resolutions
             ,
             they
             spread
             rumours
             abroad
             ,
             as
             if
             the
             Grand
             Vizier
             would
             presently
             return
             ,
             and
             Orders
             were
             indeed
             to
             that
             purpose
             dispatcht
             to
             the
             Magistrates
             of●
             Frystad
             to
             make
             ready
             two
             
             Bridges
             over
             the
             Waegh
             ,
             so
             broad
             as
             that
             whole
             Squadrons
             might
             passe
             over
             there
             a
             breast
             ,
             upon
             the
             design
             of
             another
             Irruption
             into
             Moravia
             .
          
           
             This
             news
             caused
             Count
             Serini
             ,
             who
             till
             then
             continued
             in
             the
             Island
             uf
             
               Schut
               ▪
            
             observing
             the
             Designs
             of
             them
             at
             Newhausel
             ,
             to
             put
             himself
             into
             motion
             ,
             which
             presented
             him
             with
             some
             considerable
             booties
             (
             but
             inconsiderable
             parties
             )
             designed
             for
             Constantinople
             ;
             
             and
             that
             was
             all
             he
             was
             able
             to
             do
             ;
             the
             Auxiliaries
             of
             the
             Empire
             amounting
             in
             all
             not
             to
             above
             8000.
             men
             ,
             under
             the
             Command
             of
             the
             Count
             of
             Hohenlo
             ,
             (
             whose
             Ancestors
             were
             famous
             in
             the
             
               Low
               Country
            
             War
             )
             by
             their
             surfeits
             upon
             the
             Fruits
             of
             the
             Countrey
             ,
             which
             are
             in
             great
             abundance
             in
             the
             Hereditary
             Dominions
             ,
             being
             so
             Diseased
             that
             they
             were
             in
             no
             condition
             or
             capacity
             for
             any
             field
             service
             ;
             to
             increase
             these
             Auxiliaries
             the
             Swedes
             were
             neer
             their
             arrival
             from
             Bremen
             ,
             with
             seven
             hundred
             Horse
             well
             mounted
             ;
             but
             now
             like
             to
             have
             met
             with
             some
             danger
             at
             Erford
             ,
             as
             the
             
               Hessen
               Darmsted
               Ayds
            
             perished
             with
             a
             greater
             misfortune
             upon
             the
             Danubius
             in
             their
             passage
             to
             Vienna
             .
          
           
             Neither
             were
             the
             Frontire
             Garrisons
             better
             Conditioned
             ,
             by
             want
             of
             many
             necessaries
             ,
             even
             Raab
             ,
             and
             Commorra
             ,
             where
             the
             Officers
             that
             surrendred
             Newhansel
             had
             ben
             newly
             acquitted
             ,
             so
             that
             amidst
             so
             many
             exigences
             and
             streights
             every
             thing
             was
             feared
             to
             excesse
             .
             The
             Emperour
             himself
             was
             at
             this
             time
             departing
             from
             
             Vienna
             to
             the
             Diet
             he
             had
             summoned
             at
             Regenspurgh
             ,
             
             to
             Consider
             with
             the
             Princes
             of
             Germany
             of
             some
             quick
             expedient
             to
             redresse
             those
             evils
             ,
             leaving
             the
             Arch-Duke
             
               Charles
               Ioseph
            
             ,
             to
             Govern
             in
             his
             absence
             ,
             who
             (
             to
             add
             affliction
             to
             misery
             )
             is
             since
             Deceased
             ,
             
             and
             the
             direct
             Line
             of
             the
             Imperial
             Family
             (
             save
             in
             the
             Person
             of
             the
             present
             Emperour
             )
             totally
             extinguished
             ;
             a
             matter
             of
             no
             small
             moment
             to
             some
             Designs
             in
             the
             world
             ,
             especially
             since
             the
             Pope
             and
             the
             French
             were
             so
             neer
             a
             Rupture
             ;
             yet
             to
             alleviate
             the
             present
             distresse
             ,
             Providence
             was
             pleased
             to
             bestow
             on
             the
             Vigilance
             and
             Conduct
             of
             Count
             Serini
             ,
             a
             very
             remarkable
             successe
             .
             Some
             Forces
             of
             Apaffi
             intermingled
             with
             Tartars
             ,
             and
             many
             Turks
             ,
             pursuing
             their
             Design
             of
             another
             Invasion
             into
             Moravia
             ;
             having
             also
             an
             eye
             upon
             the
             Island
             of
             Schut
             ,
             had
             privily
             laid
             a
             Bridge
             over
             the
             River
             Mur
             ,
             and
             had
             passed
             two
             thousand
             Horse
             already
             over
             it
             ;
             of
             which
             Serini
             having
             good
             and
             timely
             notice
             by
             a
             discharge
             of
             a
             Cannon
             ,
             he
             rose
             from
             his
             post
             ,
             and
             with
             his
             Troops
             so
             fiercely
             charged
             them
             ,
             that
             betwixt
             surprized
             and
             dismaid
             ,
             and
             fairly
             worsted
             ,
             they
             betook
             themselves
             back
             to
             the
             Bri●ge
             ,
             where
             rancountring
             with
             numbers
             of
             their
             fellows
             passing
             over
             in
             great
             haste
             to
             them
             ,
             they
             could
             neither
             go
             forward
             ,
             nor
             backward
             ,
             but
             were
             forced
             to
             take
             the
             River
             ,
             which
             spared
             none
             :
             there
             escaped
             very
             few
             of
             those
             two
             thousand
             .
             This
             was
             done
             in
             the
             morning
             ,
             Novemb.
             27.
             when
             
             Serini
             brought
             two
             field
             peices
             and
             300.
             of
             his
             Foot
             to
             face
             the
             Enemy
             ,
             
             who
             stood
             on
             the
             other
             side
             the
             Water
             and
             managed
             a
             revengeful
             Skirmish
             all
             the
             day
             long
             ,
             and
             then
             retreated
             towards
             Canisia
             ,
             from
             whence
             they
             are
             dreaded
             to
             reinforce
             this
             their
             first
             attempt
             ,
             being
             exceedingly
             enraged
             at
             this
             disgraceful
             disappointment
             .
          
           
             There
             was
             mention
             made
             in
             the
             Diet
             ,
             of
             Mars
             .
             Turenne
             to
             succeed
             in
             the
             Supreme
             Command
             in
             Hungary
             ,
             by
             means
             of
             an
             Invitation
             and
             request
             to
             the
             French
             King
             ,
             but
             it
             was
             more
             out
             of
             complement
             to
             oblige
             that
             King
             ,
             then
             any
             such
             resolution
             of
             the
             States
             of
             the
             Empire
             ,
             who
             have
             found
             it
             the
             greatest
             difficulty
             of
             the
             whole
             affair
             as
             to
             the
             Ricks
             aid
             ,
             to
             satisfie
             the
             Pretensions
             and
             Ambitions
             of
             their
             own
             Princes
             to
             that
             Command
             ,
             and
             in
             fine
             have
             concluded
             without
             constituting
             any
             Generalissimo
             ,
             but
             left
             the
             Army
             to
             their
             distinct
             Generalls
             of
             Horse
             and
             Foot.
             The
             Emperours
             General
             is
             Count
             Mountecuculi
             ,
             the
             Feild
             Marshalls
             are
             the
             Paltsgrave
             of
             Sultzbach
             for
             Horse
             ,
             and
             General
             Spar
             a
             Subject
             of
             the
             Marquesse
             of
             Brandenburg
             ,
             of
             Foot.
             Over
             the
             Ayds
             ,
             the
             Generall
             of
             Horse
             is
             Leopold
             Marquesse
             of
             Baden
             ;
             of
             Foot
             ,
             Vlrick
             Duke
             of
             Wittenberg
             ,
             with
             Count
             Fugger
             M.
             Gen.
             of
             Horse
             ,
             Duke
             Adolph
             of
             Holstein
             ,
             Duke
             Gustave
             of
             Durlach
             ,
             (
             the
             Younger
             House
             of
             Baden
             )
             and
             Baron
             
               de
               Souches
            
             Major
             General
             of
             Foot.
             
          
           
           
             The
             Ayds
             of
             the
             four
             Circles
             of
             the
             Rhine
             without
             their
             Auxiliaries
             will
             amount
             to
             28000
             men
             ,
             
             the
             other
             circles
             out
             of
             which
             the
             hereditary
             Provinces
             of
             
               Austria
               ,
               Bohemia
            
             ,
             and
             are
             to
             be
             excepted
             will
             make
             as
             many
             more
             ,
             which
             with
             the
             13000
             advanced
             by
             the
             Pope
             ,
             and
             the
             French
             Forces
             ,
             and
             the
             aforenamed
             Auxiliaries
             will
             make
             up
             a
             body
             of
             80000
             men
             ,
             besides
             the
             Emperours
             own
             Army
             ,
             which
             will
             amount
             and
             is
             to
             be
             made
             up
             to
             40000
             men
             Effectif
             .
          
           
             In
             the
             mean
             time
             of
             these
             consultations
             at
             
               Regensburg
               ,
               Apaffi
            
             the
             Prince
             of
             Transylvania
             ,
             was
             driving
             on
             his
             designs
             in
             that
             Province
             ,
             
             working
             upon
             the
             Emperours
             necessities
             and
             the
             discontents
             of
             the
             Garrisons
             of
             Zekelkeyt
             and
             Clausenburg
             ,
             which
             in
             conclusion
             for
             want
             of
             pay
             ,
             dismist
             their
             Officers
             and
             submitted
             the
             Towns
             to
             Him
             ,
             having
             been
             held
             by
             the
             Emperour
             ever
             since
             the
             Troubles
             and
             death
             of
             Prince
             
               Rakoczi
               .
               Zacmar
            
             also
             wavered
             ,
             but
             was
             happily
             reclaimed
             by
             some
             moneys
             that
             came
             opportunely
             ,
             to
             satisfie
             the
             Souldiers
             .
          
           
             The
             year
             proving
             very
             mild
             and
             gentle
             in
             the
             depth
             of
             winter
             ,
             had
             frustrated
             many
             designes
             of
             the
             Tartars
             ,
             who
             had
             taken
             up
             their
             Quarters
             in
             Hungary
             to
             be
             ready
             for
             some
             Invasion
             ,
             whereupon
             overburdening
             the
             places
             and
             Garrisons
             they
             were
             in
             ,
             and
             provisions
             growing
             scarce
             ,
             after
             some
             quarrels
             'twixt
             the
             Turks
             and
             them
             for
             victuall
             ,
             they
             dispersed
             themselves
             for
             better
             accommodation
             .
             At
             the
             same
             time
             
             Count
             
               Nicholas
               Serini
            
             the
             Emperours
             General
             took
             advantage
             of
             this
             their
             separation
             ,
             and
             the
             benefit
             of
             a
             sudden
             Frost
             ,
             and
             with
             his
             Army
             consisting
             of
             between
             30
             and
             35000
             men
             ,
             among
             whom
             were
             the
             German
             ayds
             under
             Count
             Hohenlo
             ,
             made
             an
             Invasion
             into
             the
             Turks
             Countrey
             ,
             
             in
             the
             lower
             Hungary
             and
             parts
             of
             Croatia
             ,
             as
             far
             as
             Esseck
             near
             the
             conjunction
             of
             the
             Danow
             and
             the
             River
             Dravus
             ,
             a
             place
             infamous
             for
             the
             descent
             of
             Caczianerus
             King
             
             Ferdinand's
             the
             First
             's
             Generall
             ,
             and
             the
             noble
             Lodr●●us
             ,
             defeated
             there
             hard
             by
             ,
             by
             the
             policy
             of
             the
             Turks
             ,
             as
             mentioned
             before
             .
          
           
             This
             Bridge
             it
             the
             onely
             passage
             the
             Turks
             have
             ,
             besides
             sudden
             shifts
             by
             boats
             ,
             &c.
             for
             conveyance
             from
             Belgrade
             ,
             otherwise
             called
             
               Greek
               We●ss●nburg
            
             ,
             and
             those
             parts
             possessed
             by
             the
             Turk
             ,
             both
             for
             Waggon
             and
             Artillery
             ,
             so
             that
             the
             〈◊〉
             Count
             well
             knowing
             what
             disadvantage
             the
             breaking
             down
             thereof
             would
             cause
             to
             the
             Turks
             designs
             at
             the
             approaching
             Campagnia
             ,
             resolved
             to
             destroy
             it
             or
             render
             it
             unserviceable
             to
             the
             Enemy
             ;
             and
             fortune
             so
             favoured
             the
             Enterprize
             ,
             
             that
             Maugre
             all
             opposition
             made
             by
             the
             Enemy
             ,
             he
             in
             one
             night
             and
             day
             had
             so
             maimed
             and
             disjoynted
             it
             ,
             that
             a
             great
             part
             of
             it
             fell
             into
             the
             Dravus
             ,
             the
             rest
             being
             set
             on
             Fire
             towards
             the
             Turks
             side
             ,
             but
             hastily
             quenched
             by
             them
             ;
             since
             when
             they
             have
             been
             very
             busie
             in
             repairing
             it
             ,
             the
             Grand
             Vizier
             storming
             exceedingly
             ,
             that
             it
             was
             no
             better
             defended
             ,
             and
             (
             for
             which
             he
             hath
             called
             the
             Officers
             
             appointed
             to
             maintain
             it
             ,
             into
             question
             for
             their
             lives
             )
             but
             it
             is
             judged
             impossible
             ,
             that
             it
             can
             be
             reedifyed
             this
             Summer
             ,
             so
             as
             to
             be
             made
             able
             to
             bear
             Carriages
             ,
             which
             will
             be
             a
             great
             stop
             to
             the
             Turks
             progresse
             by
             way
             of
             lower
             Hungary
             .
          
           
             Count
             Serini
             having
             finished
             this
             exploit
             with
             so
             good
             successe
             ,
             
             laid
             waste
             all
             the
             Countrey
             round
             about
             of
             this
             (
             that
             is
             )
             the
             Northern
             side
             of
             the
             Dravus
             ,
             betwixt
             that
             and
             the
             Danow
             ,
             among
             which
             were
             many
             places
             formerly
             the
             possessions
             of
             his
             noble
             Ancestors
             (
             who
             enjoyed
             a
             〈◊〉
             and
             plentifull
             reven●ue
             in
             those
             parts
             ,
             encreased
             by
             the
             additions
             of
             the
             patrimony
             of
             the
             Carlovitii
             and
             Torquati
             ,
             which
             fell-likewise
             to
             them
             )
             but
             now
             thralled
             to
             those
             Infidels
             ;
             insomuch
             that
             some
             have
             reckoned
             ●1000
             Vil●ages
             burnt
             by
             him
             ,
             but
             the
             Turk●sh
             desolation
             hath
             scarse
             left
             so
             many
             for
             him
             to
             destroy
             .
          
           
             This
             work
             being
             over
             ,
             and
             having
             thus
             revenged
             himself
             for
             the
             spoil
             of
             his
             Fortunes
             ,
             he
             thought
             it
             time
             to
             return
             ;
             for
             that
             there
             were
             severall
             confident
             rumours
             that
             the
             Enemy
             with
             a
             great
             body
             was
             marching
             after
             him
             ,
             although
             it
             proved
             a
             meer
             lye
             raised
             and
             industriously
             spread
             by
             the
             Turks
             for
             fear
             of
             further
             mischief
             to
             be
             done
             them
             by
             his
             staying
             in
             those
             parts
             ,
             where
             h●s
             name
             was
             grown
             most
             formidable
             ,
             and
             the
             effects
             of
             his
             conduct
             highly
             dreadful
             .
          
           
           
             But
             yet
             he
             made
             not
             such
             hast
             ,
             but
             that
             in
             his
             way
             home
             he
             made
             a
             halt
             at
             
               Quinque
               Ecclesiae
            
             and
             summoned
             it
             ,
             
             which
             the
             Tow●men
             seemed
             to
             entertain
             ,
             and
             by
             that
             means
             drew
             some
             of
             his
             Forces
             not
             suspecting
             Hostility
             under
             reach
             of
             their
             Cannon
             ,
             which
             they
             furiously
             discharged
             upon
             them
             ,
             and
             killed
             some
             Eminent
             Officers
             and
             men
             of
             valour
             ;
             which
             Action
             so
             incensed
             Serini
             ,
             that
             he
             gave
             order
             for
             a
             present
             storm
             ,
             by
             which
             the
             Town
             was
             mastered
             and
             entred
             ,
             and
             the
             plunder
             thereof
             given
             to
             the
             Souldiers
             ,
             and
             soon
             after
             sack'd
             and
             set
             on
             Fire
             ,
             the
             Souldiers
             and
             such
             as
             escaped
             ,
             flying
             into
             the
             Castle
             ,
             which
             held
             out
             and
             was
             in
             prudence
             given
             over
             by
             the
             Genera●l
             ,
             whose
             men
             having
             been
             so
             much
             toyled
             and
             wearied
             already
             were
             in
             no
             condition
             for
             a
             Seige
             ,
             and
             a
             sudden
             attempt
             was
             improbable
             of
             successe
             .
             Here
             were
             slain
             many
             Officers
             ,
             the
             greatest
             number
             whereof
             was
             of
             the
             Germans
             under
             Count
             Holenlo
             .
          
           
             From
             hence
             ,
             passing
             by
             Zigeth
             (
             the
             Town
             and
             Castle
             whereof
             were
             so
             famously
             defended
             by
             his
             Grandfather
             as
             too
             tite
             and
             tedious
             a
             peice
             of
             work
             )
             he
             fell
             upon
             Segess
             a
             Town
             distant
             Westward
             two
             Hungarian
             miles
             
               (
               18
               English
            
             )
             from
             Zigeth
             ,
             
             which
             he
             took
             by
             assault
             ,
             with
             the
             losse
             of
             more
             Officers
             of
             note
             ,
             requited
             upon
             the
             Turks
             by
             a
             promiscuous
             slaughter
             of
             them
             all
             (
             as
             for
             Tartars
             no
             quarter
             was
             any
             where
             allowed
             them
             )
             and
             there
             he
             left
             a
             Garrison
             in
             the
             very
             midst
             of
             the
             Enemies
             Country
             
             and
             came
             home
             by
             Canysia
             ,
             
             which
             place
             he
             had
             designed
             to
             besiege
             ,
             but
             his
             Army
             being
             much
             diminished
             ,
             the
             Enterprize
             is
             laid
             aside
             ,
             till
             he
             shall
             be
             recruited
             with
             new
             Levyes
             ,
             answerable
             to
             so
             great
             an
             undertaking
             ,
             in
             which
             affair
             he
             is
             at
             present
             employed
             ;
             but
             it
             is
             feared
             the
             sudden
             appearance
             of
             the
             Grand
             Seignior
             who
             will
             open
             this
             Campagnia
             in
             person
             ,
             will
             put
             him
             on
             other
             Councels
             and
             designes
             .
          
           
             FINIS
             .
          
           
        
      
    
     
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A44720-e870
           
             The
             Derivation
             of
             the
             Huns
          
           
             Scithia
             their
             place
             of
             Extraction
             .
          
           
             It
             s
             Description
             and
             division
             .
          
           
             The
             Asian
             Scythia
             .
          
           
             Scythia
             
               now
               called
            
             Tartary
             .
          
           
             It
             s
             Desart
             and
             Inhabitable
             side
             
          
           
             The
             Antiquity
             of
             the
             Scythians
             ,
             their
             propagation
             .
          
           
             Their
             change
             of
             Name
             into
             Huns.
             
          
           
             The
             Destruction
             of
             the
             Huns.
             
          
           
             The
             former
             inhabitants
             of
             Hungary
             .
          
           
             The
             Danubius
             .
          
           
             The
             Description
             of
             Dacia
             .
          
           
             Pannonia
             whence
             so
             called
             .
          
           
             The
             invitation
             of
             the
             Huns
             into
             Europe
             .
          
           
             *
             or
             Roxolans
             now
             Russes
             .
          
           
             B●lamber
             their
             first
             Captains
             Conquest
             .
          
           
             Attila
             his
             Son
             succeeds
             him
             .
          
           
             *
             not
             Chaalans
             in
             Burgundy
             as
             is
             mistaken
             ,
             by
             a
             place
             called
             Maurice
             neer
             the
             River
             Matrona
             or
             Marn
             in
             France
             .
          
           
             The
             Original
             of
             the
             Venetians
          
           
             Attila's
             Death
             .
          
           
             His
             Title
             .
          
           
             His
             two
             Sons
             succeed
             .
          
           
             The
             intestine
             feuds
             of
             the
             Huns
          
           
             Their
             Destruction
             ▪
             
          
           
             *
             Now
             called
             Siculi
             .
          
           
             The
             Lombards
             possesse
             Hung●●y
             ▪
             
          
           
             *
             The
             O●●ginal
             of
             the
             firrt
             Huns.
             
          
           
             The
             AVARES
             poss●sse
             themselves
             of
             Hungary
             .
          
           
             Afflict
             the
             Roman
             Dominions
             .
          
           
             The
             Avares
             extinguished
             .
          
           
             The
             remains
             of
             the
             old
             Huns
             repossesse
             themselv●s
             
          
           
             Their
             Successes
             .
          
           
             The
             Huns
             defeated
             by
             Luithpoldus
             .
          
           
             *
             Auspurg
             seated
             neer
             the
             River
             Rhodanum
             ,
             on
             whose
             Banks
             this
             Feild
             was
             ●ought
             .
          
           
             Lewis
             the
             Emperour
             defeated
             the
             second
             time
             by
             the
             Hun●
             .
          
           
             Their
             ravage
             and
             Devastations
             .
          
           
             They
             invade
             Grecia
             .
          
           
             The
             Description
             of
             Hungaria
             as
             then
             possessed
             by
             that
             Nation
             .
          
           
             *
             not
             that
             in
             Lower
             Hungary
             .
          
           
             The
             Germans
             arm
             against
             them
             .
          
           
             Their
             second
             Expedition
             into
             Italy
             .
          
           
             The
             Italians
             under
             Berengrius
             Vanquished
             .
          
           
             They
             Master
             all
             places
             .
          
           
             The
             Divisions
             in
             Italy
             and
             Rome
             .
          
           
             The
             Huns
             third
             and
             fourth
             Expedition
             into
             Italy
             .
          
           
             The
             Germans
             under
             Henry
             the
             Emperour
             ,
             refuse
             the
             Tribute
             .
          
           
             Defeat
             the
             Huns
             at
             Meersburgh
             .
          
           
             The
             Hungarians
             stunned
             &
             stupified
             withthe
             losse
             .
          
           
             Their
             Fortune
             changeth
             .
          
           
             Huns
             Invade
             Italy
             again
             .
          
           
             As
             Germany
             also
             .
          
           
             The
             Huns
             totally
             and
             finally
             overcome
             by
             Otho
             the
             Great●●
             
          
           
             Sense
             of
             misery
             the
             way
             to
             Christianity
             .
          
           
             Geysa
             the
             first
             King
             of
             Hungary
             .
          
           
             His
             zeal
             to
             Christianity
             .
          
           
             His
             Actions
             .
          
           
             Stephen
             the
             second
             King.
             
          
           
             His
             Atchievments
             
          
           
             Peter
             the
             3d.
             King.
             
          
           
             Peter
             deposed
             .
          
           
             Abas
             the
             4th
             .
             King.
             
          
           
             Abas
             
               slain
               at
            
             Sh●ba
             .
          
           
             Peter
             restored
             .
          
           
             Deposed
             by
             Andre●
             &
             his
             eyes
             put
             out
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             Andrew
             the
             5th
             .
             K.
             
          
           
             His
             War
             with
             Germany
             .
          
           
             Bela
             the
             6th
             .
             King.
             
          
           
             His
             virtues
             
          
           
             Solomon
             the
             7th
             .
             K.
             
          
           
             Bela's
             sons
             pacified
             .
          
           
             Geysa
             the
             8th
             .
             King.
             
          
           
             The
             Emperors
             of
             Germany
             no
             right
             in
             Hungary
             .
          
           
             Geysa
             dieth
             .
          
           
             Ladislaus
             9th
             .
             King
             his
             brother
             succeeds
             .
          
           
             *
             The
             reason
             why
             the
             Hungarians
             have
             such
             a
             veneration
             for
             that
             sacred
             Symbol
             of
             Majesty
             .
          
           
             The
             strange
             forlorn
             condition
             of
             Solomon
             .
          
           
             Ladislaus
             his
             valour
             .
          
           
             Russes
             .
          
           
             His
             Successes
             .
          
           
             Ladislaus
             invited
             to
             the
             Holy
             Land
             war
             
          
           
             Coloman
             
               the
               tenth
               King.
            
             
          
           
             The
             Crusado
             brought
             into
             Hungary
             .
          
           
             Peter
             the
             Hermit's
             ●verthrow
             
          
           
             Godscalk●
             like
             Fortune
             by
             
               Coloman
               ▪
            
          
           
             Godfrey
             of
             Bollign
             his
             safe
             passage
             through
             Hungary
             .
          
           
             Feud
             betwixt
             the
             royal
             Brethren
             .
          
           
             Stephen
             the
             10th
             .
             King.
             
          
           
             Calo
             Johannes
             defeated
             .
          
           
             Stephen
             puts
             himself
             into
             a
             Monastery
             ,
             and
             resigns
             
          
           
             Bela
             the
             11th
             .
             King
             
          
           
             Borichus
             the
             Bastard
             Son
             of
             Coloman
             solicited
             to
             invade
             the
             Government
             .
          
           
             Geysa
             the
             12.
             
             King.
             
          
           
             Manuel
             the
             Greek
             Emperors
             Exploits
             .
          
           
             The
             Holy
             War
             resumed
             .
          
           
             Stephen
             the
             13th
             .
             King.
             
          
           
             Bela
             the
             14
             King.
             
          
           
             Emerick
             the
             15.
             
             K.
             
          
           
             Andrew
             the
             16
             K.
             
          
           
             His
             Expedition
             into
             the
             Holy
             Land.
             
          
           
             Bela
             the
             17.
             
             King.
             
          
           
             The
             Tartars
             Invade
             Hungary
             .
          
           
             The
             Tartar
             r●vage
             the
             Country
             
          
           
             Stephen
             the
             18
             K.
             
          
           
             Ladislaus
             the
             19th
             .
             King.
             
          
           
             The
             Original
             of
             the
             House
             of
             Austria
             .
          
           
             Rudolphus
             Emperour
             .
          
           
             The
             Tartars
             reinvade
             Hungary
             .
          
           
             Andrew
             the
             20
             K.
             
          
           
             Andrew
             established
             in
             the
             Government
             .
          
           
             Wencess●us
             chosen
             King
             by
             the
             Nobility
             .
          
           
             Charles
             named
             for
             King
             ,
             and
             imposed
             upon
             the
             Hungarians
             by
             the
             Pope
             .
          
           
             Otho
             Duke
             of
             Bavaria
             chosen
             K.
             by
             the
             Nobility
             .
          
           
             Charles
             the
             21
             K.
             of
             Hungary
             .
          
           
             The
             Virtues
             of
             Charles
          
           
             Lewis
             the
             22.
             
             King.
             
          
           
             The
             Tart●rs
             beaten
             and
             expelled
             out
             of
             Hungary
             .
          
           
             The
             Histor●
             of
             J●an
             the
             v●ulter●us
             Qu
             ▪
             of
             Naples
             .
          
           
             Lewis
             success
             against
             her
             .
          
           
             Avignion
             how
             invested
             in
             the
             Pope
             .
          
           
             
             Lewis's
             successe
             against
             the
             Venetians
          
           
             The
             Genoese
             and
             Venetian
             Quarrel
             .
          
           
             Invention
             of
             Guns
             .
          
           
             Joane
             
               taken
               in
            
             Castel
             Novo
             ●n
             Naples
             .
          
           
             Lewis
             of
             Anjou
             
               invested
               in
            
             Naples
             .
          
           
             Lewis
             chosen
             King
             of
             Poland
             .
          
           
             His
             Exploits
             aainst
             his
             Rebels
             .
          
           
             His
             Death
             .
          
           
             Mary
             notwithstand-ing
             her
             sex
             styled
             the
             23.
             
             King.
             
          
           
             Charles
             assassinated
          
           
             Sigismund
             Husband
             of
             Mary
             undertakes
             and
             effects
             her
             Restitutio●s
             .
          
           
             Sigismund
             his
             〈…〉
             .
          
           
             Mary
             dies
             ,
             the
             Title
             to
             the
             Succession
             disputed
             .
          
           
             
             Bajazet's
             great
             Successes
             .
          
           
             The
             Battle
             of
             Nicopolis
             most
             fatal
             to
             the
             Christians
             .
          
           
             Bajaze●
             a
             sad
             Spectacle
             of
             humane
             Frailty
             .
          
           
             Sigismund
             seized
             and
             made
             a
             Prisoner
             .
          
           
             *
             The
             City
             of
             Z●ra
             .
          
           
             Sigismund
             ●reed
             .
          
           
             The
             
             Hungarians
             ●●orsted
             by
             the
             Turks
             .
          
           
             Belgrad●●
             put
             into
             the
             possession
             of
             Sigismund
             .
          
           
             The
             Death
             of
             Sigismund
             .
          
           
             Albert
             of
             Austria
             succeeds
             .
             the
             25.
             
             K.
             
          
           
             Rascia
             subdued
             by
             the
             Turks
             .
          
           
             Albert
             Dies
             .
          
           
             Divisions
             in
             Hungary
             about
             a
             new
             King
             
          
           
             Uladislaus
             of
             Poland
             Innaugurated
             .
          
           
             Albert's
             Relict
             wages
             war
             in
             right
             of
             her
             Son.
             
          
           
             Belgrade
             in
             vain
             Beseiged
             by
             Amurath
             .
          
           
             Huniades
             his
             Exploits
             and
             Atcheivements
             .
          
           
             Uladislaus
             his
             Succesful
             Invasion
             of
             the
             Turkish
             Territory
             .
          
           
             His
             Victory
             over
             the
             Turks
             .
          
           
             Amurath
             begs
             a
             Cessation
             .
          
           
             Uladislaus
             perswaded
             by
             the
             Pope
             to
             break
             his
             Truce
             with
             the
             Tu●k
             .
          
           
             The
             fatal
             Battel
             of
             Varna
             .
          
           
             Ladislaus
             the
             26.
             
             K.
             
          
           
             Scanderbeg
             .
          
           
             Huniades
             defeated
             in
             the
             Plains
             of
             Cossov●
             .
          
           
             Constantinople
             
               taken
               by
            
             Mahomet
             .
          
           
             Belgrade
             besieged
             by
             him
             ,
             Defeated
             there
             by
             Huniades
             .
          
           
             His●●amented
             Death
             .
          
           
             A●
             Interregnum
             in
             Hungaria
             .
          
           
             Matthias
             saluted
             the
             King.
             
          
           
             Frederick
             the
             Em●erour
             mal●s
             War
             against
             him
             .
          
           
             Matthias
             his
             War
             with
             the
             Band●ts
             of
             the
             Mountains
             
          
           
             The
             Turks
             make
             war
             against
             Matthias
             .
          
           
             An
             Expedition
             into
             Bosnia
             .
          
           
             Matthias
             ●●alous
             for
             the
             Pope
             .
          
           
             A
             Treasonable
             conspiracy
             against
             Matthias
             .
          
           
             Ladislaus
             Defeated
             .
          
           
             Matthias
             his
             War
             in
             Poland
             .
          
           
             Schodra
             in
             vain
             besieged
             .
          
           
             Sabarium
             
               taken
               by
            
             Matthias
             .
          
           
             Matthias
             war
             against
             the
             Emperor
             Frederick
             .
          
           
             Solyman
             the
             Beglerbeg
             of
             Romania
             defeated
             by
             him
             .
          
           
             Defeats
             the
             Turks
             in
             Transylvania
             .
          
           
             His
             sucesse
             in
             Austria
             .
          
           
             His
             Vertues
             and
             Commendations
             .
          
           
             His
             Death
             .
          
           
             Corvinus
             his
             bastard
             claims
             the
             Crown
             .
          
           
             Corvinus
             defeated
             .
          
           
             His
             submission
             and
             agreement
             .
          
           
             *
             Hermanstaet
             .
          
           
             Vienna
             restored
             to
             Maximilian
             with
             other
             places
             in
             Austria
             .
          
           
             Uladislaus
             makes
             peace
             with
             Maximilian
             .
          
           
             Bajazet
             dareth
             not
             enter
             Hungary
             .
          
           
             His
             Bassa's
             defeated
             .
          
           
             Diencenus
             
               defeated
               by
            
             Jacup
             Aga
             .
          
           
             *
             Dobrse
             the
             same
             with
             the
             Russes
             .
          
           
             Kin●sius
             successes
             .
          
           
             His
             death
             .
          
           
             The
             King
             punisheth
             his
             seditious
             Grandees
             .
          
           
             Insurrections
             and
             Outrages
             in
             Hungary
             by
             the
             Clergy
             Souldiers
             .
          
           
             The
             death
             of
             King
             Ladislaus
             .
          
           
             Lewis
             succeeds
             his
             Father
             Ladislaus
             &
             is
             the
             29.
             
             King.
             
          
           
             Belgrade
             
               taken
               by
            
             Solyman
             .
          
           
             The
             barbarous
             perfidy
             of
             Lewis
          
           
             Divisions
             and
             Innovations
             about
             Religion
             in
             Hungary
             .
          
           
             Lewis
             his
             unadvised
             rashnesse
             .
          
           
             The
             fatal
             Battel
             of
             
               Mohacz
               :
               Lewis
            
             killed
             .
          
           
             Buda
             
               taken
               by
            
             Solyman
             .
          
           
             Civil
             Wars
             ensue
             this
             Calamity
             .
          
           
             John
             named
             King
             by
             a
             Convention
             of
             the
             Hungaran
             Nobility
             at
             
               Alba
               Regalis
            
             .
          
           
             John
             beaten
             and
             dispossessed
             by
             Ferdinand
             .
          
           
             John
             flyes
             for
             shelter
             into
             Poland
             .
          
           
             John
             complyes
             with
             the
             Turks
             and
             joyns
             Interests
             .
          
           
             Solyman
             undertakes
             his
             Cause
             and
             Quarrel
             .
          
           
             Vienna
             besieged
          
           
             1529.
             
          
           
             The
             siege
             raised
             .
          
           
             Peace
             concluded
             betwixt
             John
             &
             Ferdinand
             .
          
           
             Griti's
             Designs
             .
          
           
             Solyman's
             terms
             of
             Peace
             .
          
           
             Griti
             '
             
               s
               End.
            
             
          
           
             Cibacus
             murdered
             by
             him
             .
          
           
             A
             Rupture
             between
             K.
             John
             and
             Ferdinand
          
           
             *
             Siculi
             .
          
           
             Felsius
             the
             Emperours
             General
             's
             successe
             .
          
           
             John
             and
             Ferdinand
             Friends
             .
          
           
             The
             lamentable
             Defeat
             of
             Caczianerus
             and
             Lodronius
          
           
             The
             noble
             Valour
             of
             Lodronius
             .
          
           
             Solyman
             accuseth
             J●hn
             of
             perfidy
             &
             Ingratitude
             .
          
           
             His
             Excuse
             
          
           
             New
             Troubles
             betwixt
             both
             Kings
             .
          
           
             The
             Death
             of
             John.
             
          
           
             Solyman
             invited
             to
             be
             Guardian
             to
             his
             Son.
             
          
           
             Ferdinand
             '
             
               s
               Intrigues
            
             .
          
           
             Buda
             
               besieged
               by
            
             Rogendorf
             .
          
           
             Defeated
             there
             .
          
           
             Solyman
             in
             person
             again
             in
             Hungary
             .
          
           
             Caeesses
             the
             Q.
             and
             her
             Son.
             
          
           
             Buda
             put
             into
             the
             Turks
             possession
             .
          
           
             Solyman's
             insolent
             Demands
             to
             Ferd●nand
          
           
             Aids
             offered
             Ferdinand
             .
          
           
             1542.
             
          
           
             Solyman's
             Su●cesses
             .
          
           
             Strigonium
             taken
             .
          
           
             
               Alba
               Regalis
            
             yeilded
             to
             him
             .
          
           
             Visigrade
             taken
             .
          
           
             Count
             Serini
             defeated
             by
             Ulumas
             .
          
           
             A
             Peace
             procured
             Ferdinand
          
           
             George
             Monachus
             
               his
               designs
            
          
           
             Isabel
             the
             Q.
             resigns
             her
             right
             and
             Interest
             .
          
           
             Solyman's
             resentment
             of
             these
             proceedings
             .
          
           
             The
             fatal
             End
             of
             George
             .
          
           
             George
             Monachus
             assassinated
             .
          
           
             The
             attempt
             of
             the
             Hungarians
             upon
             Segedine
             .
          
           
             1553.
             
          
           
             Vesprinium
             yeilded
             to
             the
             Tu●ks
             .
          
           
             Their
             further
             successes
             .
          
           
             Theuffelus
             and
             Pallavicinus
             defeated
             .
          
           
             Agria
             nobly
             defended
             by
             Dobo
             and
             Neskeyus
             .
          
           
             1555.
             
          
           
             Count
             Serini
             his
             Successes
             .
          
           
             Aly
             the
             Bassa
             of
             Buda
             Defeated
             .
          
           
             1556.
             
          
           
             Dissentions
             ●n
             Tran●ylvania
             between
             the
             Governours
             .
          
           
             The
             Emperours
             ●osses
             in
             Transylvania
             .
          
           
             1560.
             
          
           
             The
             Queens
             administration
             in
             Transylvania
             .
          
           
             She
             puts
             sundry
             Noblemen
             of
             her
             party
             to
             death
             .
          
           
             The
             Death
             of
             
               Q.
               Isabel
            
             .
          
           
             John
             Sigismund
             
               worsted
               in
            
             Transylvania
             .
          
           
             Arslanes
             defeated
             by
             Count
             Serini
             .
          
           
             The
             calamitous
             condition
             of
             Transylvania
             and
             Hungary
             .
          
           
             1562.
             
          
           
             The
             death
             of
             Ferdinand
             .
          
           
             Maximilian
             succeeds
             in
             the
             Kingdome
             to
             his
             Father
             Ferdinand
          
           
             1564.
             
          
           
             Maximilian's
             
               Successes
               in
            
             Transylvania
             .
          
           
             1565.
             
          
           
             A
             Peace
             concluded
             between
             John
             and
             Maximilian
             .
          
           
             New
             troubles
             in
             Transylvania
             by
             the
             Turks
             .
          
           
             Composed
             again
             .
          
           
             Solymans
             last
             Expedition
             into
             Hungary
             .
          
           
             1566.
             
          
           
             His
             enterview
             with
             
               John
               Sigismund
            
             .
          
           
             John
             requests
             Buda
             to
             be
             delivered
             to
             him
             but
             in
             vain
             .
          
           
             Gyula
             betrayed
             to
             the
             Turks
             by
             the
             Governour
             Kerecsenius
             .
          
           
             Count
             Nicholas
             Serini
             
               besieged
               in
            
             Sigeth
             .
          
           
             1566.
             
          
           
             Solyman
             in
             the
             47.
             year
             of
             his
             Reign
             dieth
             at
             
               Quinque
               Ecclesiae
            
             three
             dayes
             before
             the
             surrender
             of
             Sigeth
             .
          
           
             Zigeth
             taken
             .
          
           
             The
             Death
             of
             the
             Noble
             Count
             Serini
             .
          
           
             
               John
               Sigismund
            
             aided
             with
             an
             Army
             of
             Tartars
             .
          
           
             Their
             cruel
             rapine
             makes
             him
             engage
             and
             vanquish
             them
             .
          
           
             Various
             success●s
             in
             Tran●ylvania
             .
          
           
             Sig●smunds
             soul
             Practises
             .
          
           
             1567.
             
          
           
             1570.
             
          
           
             The
             Peace
             betwixt
             Maximilian
             and
             Sigismund
             .
          
           
             The
             death
             of
             Sigismund
             .
          
           
             1571.
             
          
           
             Bekessius
             his
             ambitious
             designes
             upon
             the
             succession
             ,
             but
             conferred
             on
             
               Stephen
               Bathori
            
             .
          
           
             1572.
             
          
           
             A
             Phanatick
             story
             in
             Hungary
             .
          
           
             1574.
             
          
           
             The
             same
             acted
             in
             Illyria
             .
          
           
             The
             seeds
             of
             new
             troubles
             in
             Hungary
             .
          
           
             As
             also
             in
             Transylvania
             .
          
           
             Bekessius
             ruined
             .
          
           
             Affairs
             of
             Poland
             relating
             to
             Hungary
             .
          
           
             Bathor●'s
             Successes
             .
          
           
             1575.
             
          
           
             Elected
             K.
             of
             Poland
             His
             Generosity
             to
             Bekessius
             .
          
           
             A
             new
             Rupture
             with
             the
             Turks
             .
          
           
             The
             Death
             of
             Maximilian
             .
          
           
             Rudolphus
             the
             second
             succeeds
             his
             Father
             Maximilian
             .
          
           
             1579.
             
          
           
             The
             Turks
             vanquished
             
          
           
             1583.
             
          
           
             1584.
             
          
           
             1585.
             
          
           
             Prodigies
             in
             Hungary
             .
          
           
             1586.
             
          
           
             Frequent
             Military
             actions
             in
             Hungary
             .
          
           
             1586.
             
          
           
             Affairs
             in
             Poland
             .
             Decemb.
             2.
             
             Anno
             Regni
             10.
             
          
           
             
               Maximilian
               ,
               Rudolph's
            
             Brother
             taken
             prisoner
             and
             civilly
             treated
             by
             Samoyscius
             the
             Chancellour
             of
             Poland
             .
          
           
             1587.
             
          
           
             S●svares
             defeated
             ,
             poysons
             himself
             .
          
           
             Fe●hates
             Bassa
             
               Defeated
               by
            
             Racockzi
             .
          
           
             1590.
             
          
           
             Military
             Actions
             in
             Illyria
             by
             the
             rupture
             begun
             by
             
               Bassa
               Hasanes
            
             .
          
           
             *
             The
             place
             where
             the
             Prodigy
             of
             the
             Ducks
             and
             Geese
             lately
             happened
             .
          
           
             The
             Exploits
             of
             Hasanes
          
           
             1592.
             
          
           
             Hasanes
             rowed
             and
             drowned
             ,
             12000
             Tur●s
             slain
             
          
           
             Sinan
             Bassa
             
               arrives
               in
            
             Hungary
             .
          
           
             Has●nes
             &
             Mehemet
             Bassa
             
               defeated
               at
            
             Alba
             Regalis
             .
          
           
             1594.
             
          
           
             Novigrad
             and
             other
             places
             reduced
             by
             the
             Hungarians
             &
             the
             Turks
             defeated
             .
          
           
             Strigonium
             in
             vain
             besieged
             by
             Matthias
             .
          
           
             Raab
             besieged
             and
             taken
             by
             
               Sinan
               Bassa
            
             .
          
           
             The
             boldnesse
             and
             Courage
             of
             the
             Tartars
          
           
             Co●nt
             Hardeck
             the
             Governour
             &
             Perlini
             beheaded
             at
             Vienna
             .
          
           
             1595.
             
          
           
             1594.
             
             Novemb.
             
          
           
             Young
             Sigismund
             the
             Prince
             of
             Transylvania
             headily
             engages
             against
             the
             Turks
             .
          
           
             His
             Declaration
             thereof
             to
             the
             estates
             ;
             &
             their
             disallowance
             .
          
           
             His
             cruel
             proceedings
             with
             the
             refractory
             Nobility
             .
          
           
             Strangles
             his
             own
             Uncle
             Balthasor
             with
             others
             .
          
           
             His
             League
             with
             the
             Emperour
             .
          
           
             Mahomet
             the
             3d.
             succeeds
             his
             Father
             Amurath
             .
          
           
             The
             large
             supplies
             given
             the
             Emperour
             .
          
           
             Count
             Mansfield
             Gene●all
             .
          
           
             1584.
             
          
           
             Strigonium
             besieged
             by
             Count
             Manfeld
             .
             The
             Courage
             of
             the
             Walloons
          
           
             The
             Turks
             attempting
             the
             releif
             of
             the
             Town
             defeated
             ,
             14000.
             slain
             .
          
           
             Mansfeld
             dies
             of
             a
             Surfeit
             .
          
           
             Turks
             again
             defeated
             .
          
           
             Strigonium
             yeilded
          
           
             Sigismund's
             Enterprises
             and
             Successes
             conjoyned
             with
             the
             two
             Vayvods
             of
             Valachia
             and
             Moldavia
             .
          
           
             Sinan
             Invades
             Hungary
             .
          
           
             Michael
             the
             Vayvod
             distressed
             .
          
           
             Sinan
             Bassa
             defeated
             as
             he
             in
             flight
             passed
             over
             the
             
               Danow
               Sinan's
            
             Death
             .
          
           
             Revolutions
             in
             Moldavia
             .
          
           
             1594.
             
          
           
             O●●ob
             .
          
           
             1596.
             
          
           
             The
             Christians
             unsuccessful
             attempt
             on
             Clissia
             .
          
           
             *
             Clausenburg
             .
          
           
             The
             Turks
             defeated
             before
             Petrin●●
             in
             Illyria
             .
          
           
             The
             Affairs
             o●
             Hungary
             .
          
           
             The
             Siege
             of
             Harvanum
             ,
             taken
             by
             M●ximilian
             .
          
           
             Agria
             yeilded
             to
             Sultan
             Mahomet
             in
             person
             .
          
           
             The
             Battel
             of
             Keresture
             betwixt
             Mahomet
             and
             Maximilian
             .
          
           
             1596.
             26.
             
             Oct.
             
          
           
             Mahomet
             
               returns
               to
            
             Constantinople
             .
          
           
             Sigismunds
             despondencies
             and
             fluctuations
             .
          
           
             Vascia's
             
               suuccesses
               in
            
             Hungary
             .
          
           
             Palfi's
             &
             Swarzemburgh's
             Successful
             Enterprize
             upon
             Raab
             .
          
           
             Raab
             surprized
             &
             taken
             after
             a
             sharp
             &
             bloody
             Dispute
             .
          
           
             Sigismund
             resumes
             ●be
             Principolity
             of
             Transylvania
             by
             means
             of
             B●●zkay
             .
          
           
             Sigismund's
             Excuses
             .
          
           
             The
             Turks
             intermeddle
             and
             besiege
             Varadin
             but
             repulsed
             .
          
           
             Sigismunds
             new
             practises
             .
          
           
             
               Alba
               Regalis
            
             attempted
             by
             Petards
             in
             vain
             .
          
           
             Ibrahim
             the
             cheif
             Viziers
             Expedition
             into
             Hnngary
             .
          
           
             His
             ravaging
             Crueltys
             
          
           
             The
             end
             of
             Michael
             the
             valiant
             Vayvod
             of
             Valachia
             .
          
           
             Samoyscius
             his
             revenge
             against
             him
             .
          
           
             Michael
             defeated
             flyes
             to
             Prague
             .
          
           
             Csaki
             '
             
               s
               Intrigues
            
             .
          
           
             The
             French
             mutiny
             at
             Papa
             .
          
           
             Their
             punishment
             .
          
           
             Sigismund
             resumes
             his
             Principality
             .
          
           
             Sigismund
             Defeated
             .
          
           
             The
             Vayvods
             assassinated
             .
          
           
             
             Sigismund's
             &
             the
             Transylvanians
             Breach
             of
             League
             with
             the
             Turks
             severely
             punished
             .
          
           
             Affairs
             in
             Illyria
             .
          
           
             Canysa
             yeilded
             to
             the
             Turks
             by
             Paradyser
             for
             which
             he
             lost
             his
             head
             at
             Vienna
             .
          
           
             Ferdinands
             outrages
             against
             the
             Protestants
             
          
           
             Canysa
             
               besieged
               by
            
             Ferdinand
             
          
           
             The
             siege
             broken
             up
             .
          
           
             
               Alba
               Regalis
            
             taken
             by
             the
             D.
             〈◊〉
             Merc●ur
             .
          
           
             〈◊〉
             regained
             by
             the
             Turks
             .
          
           
             The
             Sieges
             of
             Buda
             &
             Pesth
             .
          
           
             
             Buda's
             Seige
             broke
             up
             .
          
           
             1603.
             
          
           
             *
             Hermanstad
             .
          
           
             Radulo
             the
             Vayvods
             Successes
             against
             the
             Rebels
             in
             Transylvania
             .
          
           
             Sultan
             Mahomet
             dies
             .
          
           
             1603
             
          
           
             Persecution
             against
             the
             Protestanes
             in
             Transylvania
             .
          
           
             Bocskay
             
               appears
               in
            
             Transylvania
             .
          
           
             The
             Imperiallists
             worsted
             by
             Bocskay
             .
          
           
             Bocskay's
             appearance
             in
             Transylvania●
             assisted
             by
             the
             Nobility
             .
          
           
             Basta
             deserted
             by
             his
             Souldiery
             for
             want
             of
             Pay.
             
          
           
             
             Bockskays
             ●nswer
             to
             the
             Emperours
             Ambassadours
             .
          
           
             His
             success●s
             .
          
           
             Presburgh
             attempted
             and
             Austria
             invaded
             by
             Bockskay●
             Partys
             .
          
           
             The
             like
             ravage
             made
             in
             Styria
             by
             Nemethus
             and
             others
             .
          
           
             S●rigonium
             〈◊〉
             again
             to
             th●
             Tu●ks
             1605.
             in
             the
             th●●d
             year
             of
             the
             reign
             of
             〈◊〉
             
          
           
             Boczkay
             doth
             Homage
             to
             the
             great
             Vizier
             at
             Buda
             for
             Transylvania
             .
          
           
             The
             Emperor
             makes
             Peace
             with
             Bocskay
             ,
             the
             reason
             thereof
             .
          
           
             The
             Articles
             of
             the
             Peace
             .
          
           
             Peace
             with
             the
             Turk
             also
             .
          
           
             The
             Conditions
             of
             it
             .
          
           
             Bocskay
             dyeth
             and
             appointeth
             Homonnai
             for
             his
             successor
             but
             the
             people
             chuse
             Rakoczi
             .
          
           
             Matthias
             gains
             to
             himself
             the
             Crown
             of
             Hungary
             .
          
           
             Matthias
             allows
             the
             Hungarians
             their
             Privileges
             .
          
           
             Rakoczi
             '
             
               s
               Modesty
            
             .
          
           
             Prince
             Bathori
             defeated
             by
             Radulo
             Vayvod
             of
             Valachia
             .
          
           
             He
             recovers
             his
             Losses
             again
             .
             His
             infamous
             lust
             .
          
           
             *
             Which
             he
             rode
             in
             one
             day
             being
             distant
             150
             English
             miles
             .
          
           
             Prince
             Bathori
             assassinated
             by
             some
             of
             the
             Nobles
             .
          
           
             Achmet
             in
             preparation
             for
             War
             in
             Hungary
             dies
             1617.
             
          
           
             Sultan
             O●man
             strangled
             .
          
           
             The
             Emperors
             Matthias
             dieth
             .
          
           
             Ferdinand
             the
             2d
             .
             K.
             of
             Hungary
             .
          
           
             The
             Bohemian
             War
             in
             Brief
             .
          
           
             
               Bethlen
               Gobor
            
             takes
             part
             with
             Frederick
             K.
             of
             Bohemia
             .
          
           
             Bethlen
             '
             
               s
               successes
               in
            
             Hungary
             .
          
           
             Rakoczi
             his
             Vice
             Roy
             defeated
             by
             Homonnai
             .
          
           
             The
             Marquesse
             of
             Anspach
             his
             Treachery
             .
          
           
             The
             Treachery
             of
             the
             Marquiss
             of
             Anspuch
             .
          
           
             The
             King
             of
             Bohemia
             defeated
             at
             Prague
             .
          
           
             Bethlen
             stiled
             King
             of
             Hungary
             .
          
           
             Tampiri
             slai●
             .
          
           
             Bohemia
             lost
             .
          
           
             1621.
             
          
           
             Newhausel
             
               besieged
               by
            
             Bucq●oy
             .
          
           
             Bucquoy
             slain
             .
          
           
             1621.
             
          
           
             
             Gab●iel's
             new
             Later●
             prises
             in
             Hungary
             .
          
           
             A
             Peace
             betwixt
             Gabor
             &
             the
             Emperour
             .
          
           
             1622.
             
          
           
             A
             new
             Rupture
             on
             the
             part
             of
             
               Bethlen
               G●b●r
            
          
           
             Gabor
             deserted
             by
             the
             Turk
             renews
             the
             Peace
             with
             disadvantage
             .
          
           
             1624.
             
          
           
             Ferdinand
             the
             3d.
             K.
             of
             Hungary
             .
          
           
             1626.
             
          
           
             The
             Coronation
             of
             Ferdinand
             the
             third
             .
          
           
             New
             stirs
             and
             an
             Invasion
             into
             Hungary
             by
             Bethlen
          
           
             1627.
             
          
           
             The
             Death
             of
             Count
             Mansfeld
             .
          
           
             And
             of
             the
             Duke
             of
             Weymar
             .
          
           
             Sacer
             Ignis
             
          
           
             
               And
               of
            
             Bethlen
             Gabor
             .
          
           
             Anno
             1628.
             
          
           
             Divisions
             in
             Transylvania
             about
             Election
             of
             a
             new
             Prince
             
          
           
             1631.
             
          
           
             Rakoczi
             established
             Prince
             of
             Transylvania
             .
          
           
             Unnatural
             Disloyalty
             punished
             .
          
           
             Rakoczi
             incensed
             against
             the
             Emperour
             .
          
           
             Csakius
             forceth
             his
             peace
             from
             Rakoczi
             .
          
           
             Turks
             assist
             against
             R●koczi
             and
             are
             defeated
             .
          
           
             The
             vengeance
             that
             pursued
             
               David
               Zolyomi
            
             .
          
           
             1633.
             
          
           
             Bethlen
             raiseth
             a
             new
             war
             against
             Rakoczi
          
           
             1637.
             
          
           
             Troubles
             about
             Religion
             in
             Hungary
             .
          
           
             Maintained
             and
             abetted
             by
             Rakoczi
             .
          
           
             1639.
             
          
           
             1642.
             
          
           
             Rakoczi
             sl●ghted
             by
             the
             Emperour
             .
          
           
             1644.
             
          
           
             War
             proclaimed
             by
             Rakoczi
             against
             Ferdinand
          
           
             His
             manifest
             and
             successes
             .
          
           
             Rakoczi
             yeilds
             to
             a
             Peace
             with
             the
             Emperour
             .
          
           
             1645.
             
          
           
             General
             Torstenson
             abandoned
             by
             Rakoczi
             .
          
           
             Ferdinand
             the
             4th
             .
             K.
             of
             Hungary
             .
          
           
             1646.
             
          
           
             Raab
             designed
             upon
             by
             the
             Turks
             .
          
           
             Rakoczi's
             and
             Ferdinands
             Death
             .
          
           
             The
             Swedes
             invade
             Poland
             .
          
           
             Rakoczi
             joyns
             with
             him
             .
          
           
             The
             Transylvanians
             ravage
             Poland
             .
          
           
             Cracovia
             taken
             by
             the
             Swedes
             and
             Rakoczi
             .
          
           
             Rakoczi's
             
               actions
               in
            
             Poland
             .
          
           
             Deserted
             by
             the
             Swede
             .
          
           
             Rakoczi
             commanded
             by
             the
             Grand
             Seigniour
             to
             retire
             out
             of
             Poland
             .
          
           
             And
             to
             surrender
             his
             Principality
             .
          
           
             Fights
             his
             way
             out
             of
             Poland
             .
          
           
             1657.
             
          
           
             The
             death
             of
             Eerdinand
             the
             3d.
             Emperour●
             
          
           
             The
             Vayvod
             of
             Valachia
             worsted
             in
             his
             Quarrel
             .
          
           
             Turks
             
               Defeated
               at
            
             Arad
             .
          
           
             The
             Turks
             again
             defeated
             at
             Hermanstadr
             .
          
           
             The
             death
             of
             Rakoczi
             .
          
           
             Varadin
             yeilded
             .
          
           
             
               Remini
               Janos
            
             the
             successor
             of
             Rakoczi
             oppressed
             with
             numbers
             .
          
           
             A
             Warbegun
             in
             Hungary
             .
          
           
             The
             German
             Army
             moulders
             away
             .
          
           
             J●mes
             forced
             to
             desist
             from
             his
             Claime
             .
          
           
             The
             Turks
             appear
             with
             a
             formidable
             Army
             in
             Hungary
             .
          
           
             Count
             Forgatz
             defeated
             .
          
           
             The
             Siege
             of
             Newhausel
             .
          
           
             An
             Invasion
             into
             Moravia
             .
          
           
             Count
             Serini
             made
             Generalissimo
             .
          
           
             The
             Grond
             Vizier's
             aspect
             upon
             Presburgh
             .
          
           
             Niutra
             taken
             by
             the
             Vizier
             .
          
           
             Tyrnaw
             likewise
             and
             other
             places
             .
          
           
             Comes
             before
             Schinta
             in
             vain
             .
          
           
             The
             Vizier
             departs
             out
             of
             Hungary
             .
          
           
             His
             rear
             attaqued
             .
          
           
             Apaffi
             appears
             for
             the
             Turks
             .
          
           
             〈◊〉
             Actions
             
          
           
             He
             Attempts
             the
             Mine
             Towns.
             
          
           
             Novigrad
             and
             Leventz
             
               yeilded
               to
            
             Apaffi
             .
          
           
             Apaffi
             seizeth
             some
             of
             the
             Mine
             Towns.
             
          
           
             Count
             Serini
             moves
             from
             his
             Quarters
             .
          
           
             The
             Emperour
             to
             the
             diet
             at
             Regensburg
             .
          
           
             The
             Death
             of
             the
             Arch-Duke
             
               Charles
               Joseph
            
             .
          
           
             The
             Turks
             defeated
             in
             their
             passage
             over
             the
             Mur
             ,
             by
             Count
             Serini
             .
          
           
             The
             force
             of
             the
             Empire
             sum●ed
             up
             .
          
           
             Severall
             places
             revolt
             in
             Transylvania
             to
             Ap●ffi
             .
          
           
             Count
             
             Serini's
             expedition
             into
             the
             Turks
             Country
             .
          
           
             The
             Bridge
             of
             Esseck
             burnt
             by
             him
             .
          
           
             Count
             Serini
             layes
             waste
             the
             Country
             round
             about
             .
          
           
             The
             Town
             of
             
               Quinque
               Ecclesiae
            
             stormed
             and
             sacked
             by
             him
             .
          
           
             S●gess
             taken
             and
             Garrisoned
             by
             him
             .
          
           
             Count
             
             Strini's
             honourable
             Return
             .