¶How the Corasmyns cōque∣red the realme of Persy.

IN the realme of Coras∣mȳs was a maner of pe¦pyll that dwelled in the mountayns and in the feldys fedynge theyr beestes the which were bolde men of armes / these men vnderstode that the re∣alm of Persy was without a lord wherfore they thought for to con∣quer it lightly. And than thei cam togyder and dyde chose a lorde a∣mōge thē which was called Iala∣adȳ & whan they had so done they went to the noble cytye of Torys without any cōtradictyon of / any man / and there they dwelled and made theyr lorde Ialaadyn Em∣perour of Asye for they thought to occupy other realmes of Asye as they had taken y^e realm of Per¦sy / this Corasmȳs rested there cer¦tayn dayes and there they were al full of goodes & ryches of Persy / wherof they toke so great pryde y^t they entred into y^e realm of Tur∣kye and thought to haue ocupyed it & enioyed it / but the sowdan of Turky that was called Ialaadȳ gethared his hoost and fought a∣gaynst the Corasmyns and ouer cam them and droue theym out of Turky and Ialaadyn theyr Em¦perour was slayn in batayle / and they that scaped went into the re∣alme of Mesopotamy / and than came to gyther into the playne of Royhas & there they toke coūsayl betwene them to entre into the re∣alme of Syry which was at that tyme gouerned by a Lady / & then the Corasmyns cam & brought to¦gyther agayne the hoost & entred in to Siry. And this noble Lady brought her men togyder in y^e cy∣te of Halap & nygh to the flode of Eufrates / cam to mete the Coras∣myns & fought there great was y^e batayle / but at the later ende the Corasmyns were ouercome / and fled awaye towarde the desert of Arabe / and after they passed ouer the flod of Eufrates nygh to a ca∣stell that was called Racabe & en∣tred into the realme of Syry and cam to the prouince of Palastyne that is in the realme of Hyerusalē and dyde great damage to the cri¦sten mē as it apereth in y^e historis of the passage of Godfray debul∣layn / & at the last this Corasmins began to murmure & wolde not Page  ix obey to theyr lorde / and than they departed so that some went to the sowdan of Harmes and to other sowdans. Which were .v. in Sy∣ry. Whan that y^e Corasmins duke that was called Beretall / se y^t his men were wasted / send his messā∣gere to the sowdan of Babilon & profered hym his seruice / wherof the sowdan was ryght glad and receyued hym with a good wyll & dyde great honour to y^e duke and to them y^t came with hym and de∣parted the Corasmyns by all his landes bycause that he wolde nat haue theym all togyther. And be∣cause of that / the sowdans power of Babylon rose moche for the cō∣myng of the Corasmyns / that be∣fore was ryght smale. And in con¦clusyon & in short tyme the natyon of the Corasmyns cam to nought And then after the Tartas began to haue the lordshippe.