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THE FOVRTH BOOKE OF THE HISTORIE OF HVNGARIE. (Book 4)
SOlyman prepareth an army to inuade Hungary, and George (Vayuode of Tran∣siluania) leauieth forces against him. Themesuar summoned by the Turkes, and diuers townes with Lippa is yeelded to them. Themesuar besieged by the Turk, but he raiseth his forces and retireth from thence. George is vehemently suspected by Fer∣dinand, who sent aduertisements to Castalde to kill him. The towne of Lippa be∣sieged and taken by Castalde, but the Castle held out, and George endeuoureth to saue Oliman, who was Gouernour thereof, who in the end vpon composition depar∣ted in safetie from thence: but was set vpon by our men, who were ouerthrowne by him. Aldene made Gouernour of Lippa. The conspiracie of George, his death, who was slaine at Buise; his buriall, and his moueables seized vpon to Ferdinands vse, for whose death the Sicilians began to mutine: but were appeased by Chendies wisedom.
AFter that the agreement passed betweene Ferdinand King of the Romanes, and Queene Izabella was ended and concluded, and that the Queene peaceably lea∣uing the kingdome, was wholly freed out thereof; the Transiluanians for two causes thought happely [ I] to liue a long time in a peaceable tranquilitie, and to haue brought to fortunate issue, the bitter afflictions which they in former time, with many perturbations, sorrowfully endured. The first whereof was, because they saw the sonne of King Iohn in league with the now present King, and to haue taken in mariage the Infanta Ioane his daughter, which aliance and amitie did indifferently mi∣nister to euery one an assured expectation of a perpetuall and quiet repose, and that in time, by meanes of Ferdinands clemencie and bountie, the way should not altogether be taken from Iohn one day, to reenter againe into that kingdome. The other was, that for the late sustentation which by these new [ K] agreements happened to them, they thought themselues so sufficiently assu∣red in abilitie, that the Turk for feare of the puissant authoritie of Ferdinand, and of the Emperour Charles his brother, durst neuer more, or at the least not so often as hee had done, molest and spoyle them: but on the contrarie, in