AFter that the Emperour of Turkie had besieged with an army of thirty thousand horsmē and footemen, the famous town and strōg Castel of Iula in Hungary, lying .xl. dutch myles beyōd the ryuer Danubius, which City had by the space of .vj. weekes sustayned many greuous assaultes: God through his great mercy and goodnes so comforted the sayd towne of Iula and the poore Chri­stians therein, at their earnest praiers, that the Turke with all his host was driuen backe, by the handes of the General called Keretshim Laslawe and hys valiant company. Who not onelye defen­ded the sayd Towne, but also constrayned the cru­ell Turkes to retyre, to their great shame and con­fusion, w ^t the slaughter of a great nomber of their Turkish rable. For the which the euerliuyng God be praysed for euer. The manner of their ouer­throw was thys.

As the foresayd Generall Keretshim did se his aduauntage, wyth Captayne George and other horsmen of Schesians and Hungary, he set vpon the arereward of the Turkes, and kylled about .8. thousand of them, and tooke also some of their ar­tillery, [Page] and followed them so fast, that the Turkes were constrayned to flee into a marrish grounde, and to breake the wheeles of the rest of their artil­lery, to saue them selues: which the Christians al­so tooke, and haue rescued and taken besydes from the Turkes a great nomber of Christiā prisoners, and th [...]rewyth a very rych bootye.

The like also hath done that valiant man Magotsrhie the Captayne of Erla, the which making toward the Turkes, did encounter with the Ter­tarians, setting most valiantly vpon them, and killed about eyght hundred of them.

A few dayes past the Earle of Serin did en­counter with a Turkish Capitayne called Begen, the which Capitaine then had with him a thousād fresh horsmen then comming out of Turkye, to go to a towne called Fynffekyrchen. Which Earle did set vpon them in the night, and killed the Captain, and tooke .vjij. Camels, and .viii. Moyles laden wyth treasure, and got also twoo read Gwydons, wyth a whole great peece of rych cloth of gold, and also a very fayre and straunge Iewel or token of the field. This foresayd Earle dyd sende vnto the Emperours Maiesty to Vienna for a present, the foresayd Captaynes horse, the which was not one [...]y a v [...]ry fayre one and good, but also betrapped & decked moste rychly. For fyrst the poniel & the back part of the saddel was couered ouer with plate of fine Arabick gold, and the rest of the saddel besyde the sytting place, was drest wyth syluer plate very [Page] fyre gilded, which sitting place was couered with a fine purple veluet, and y ^e trappers & bridle beset w ^t litle Turkies and Rubies. The Earle would very fayne haue saued the sayd Capitayne, but the tur­kish Ianyssery defended them selues so manfully, thinking to haue caryed away safelye their Capi­taine, y ^t the said Earle w ^t hys company was con­strayned to kyll both them and their Captayne.

Also this valiant Earle of Serin hath got a­mongest other great prices from the Turkes .xv. thousand Turkish and Hūgarish Ducates, which money was brought for the payment of the Tur­kishe men of warre, which are in the towne called Fynffkyrchen. Thus not onely this said Earle had got to himselfe rich and great prices, but also hys Souldiours haue met with very rich prayes and spoyles.

And now to declare the Mahometical and tur­kish cruelty of these hellish Turks, which they vse agaynst the Christians (which cannot be declared without weeping and sorowfulnes of mynde) is this in effect. Where euer they ouercome the Chri­stians and take them captiues, they take the yong and lusty men tying them to their horses & famishe them to death. The old men and women they cut in peeces, deflouring the maydens and young wo­men very villanously. The sely Infants and yong Babes lying in their cradels smyling vpon them, they take out very cruelly and sticke them on long poles and so gore them to death without pitye or [Page] mercy, and this very spitefully they do in the sight of the Infantes Parentes. The residue of them which they keepe alyue being men, they vse as be [...] ites for all kynde of drudgery and toyle, more cru­elly entreating them then their brute beastes. To the women and children whych they keepe alyue, they vse such Sodomish abhomination and tyranny as may not for shame be knowen, nor wythout harty sorow be declared. Wherefore it behoueth al Christian Princes and good Christians to wyth­stand thys cruel Turckish enemy, & to set to theyr helpyng handes, such as can to helpe to resist hym with some power of warre: and suche other good Christians as cannot helpe these our Christian brethrē (so cruelly assaulted) by this kinde of meanes: yet at least to helpe them with their godly praiers. For if thus he proceede forwarde to take the vpper land, it wyl redound to the great plague and ruine of whole Christendome. Wherefore that thus it may not come to pas, let vs not cease to cal vp­on our heauenly father for his mightye de­fence, who so mercifully hath heard the praiers of his poore afflicted children. And also geue him hartye thankes for this great o­uer­throw of thys his Christes and our cruell e­nemy.