The thre bokes of cronicles, whyche Iohn Carion (a man syngularly well sene in the mathematycall sciences) gathered wyth great diligence of the beste authours that haue written in Hebrue, Greke or Latine Whervnto is added an appendix, conteynyng all such notable thynges as be mentyoned in cronicles to haue chaunced in sundry partes of the worlde from the yeare of Christ. 1532. to thys present yeare of. 1550. Gathered by Iohn Funcke of Nurenborough. Whyche was neuer afore prynted in Englysh. Cum priuilegio ad imprimendum solum.

Maxi milianus the .xxxviii. Germane Emperoure.

THe yeare of Christe .M. ccccxciiii. began* 1.1 Maximilianus hys raygne, when his fa∣ther was deade, with whome he gouer∣ned the empyre his lyfe tyme .viii. yeres. But after hys fathers deceasse raygned he .xxv. yeares. Though the begynnynges of the empyre were lowe and weake: yet at the last turned they to hygh auauncement and encrease of the Germane kyngdome.

In the begynnynge of Maximilanus raygne,* 1.2 brought Charles wyth the crooked backe an army into Italy, and toke Naples. But a yeare after, when he was returned into Fraunce, gat Ferdinā∣dus the yonger Naples agayne with ayde of Ma∣ximilian dryuynge the Frenchemen out of Italy, whiche the Frenche kynge had left at Naples, for a garryson.

Maximilian had many and great battails. First in low Germany. Flaunders and Brabant, in the whiche it is sayd he dyd many noble actes with his owne hande, where of I haue herde some, but I know not the very truth thereof. And would God

there would once come one that is sure of such thyn¦ges, who would writh all those histories in a cōplet boke to the prayse of so greate a prince, and myght auaunce worthely, before the worlde the puyssaun∣ce and vertues of so doughty an Emperoure. I my¦selfe* 1.3 haue herde of Pyrcamer of Norenberg, that Maximiliane hymselfe had written some of his de∣des for certayne yeares. For he sayde: He sayled from Lynda to Constance with Maximilian the Emperoure: and when Maximilian was nowe at leasure in saylyng, he called his Scribe to hym, and rehersed to hym in Latine hys dedes of one yeare, in a moste feate order, with the declaracion of all the circunstaunces and occasions. But when Pyrca∣mer thought the Scribe should note some secrete thynge, and therefore would auoyde, the Empe∣roure cōmaunded hym to remayne and lysten. Yea and at euening he toke it to Pyrcamer that he had rehersed to rede, and asked: whether that souldi∣ours Latine dyd lyke hym? and should haue sayde moreouer: He were mynded to comprehende those thynges so brefely and clerely, that afterwarde lear¦ned men might declare them so muche the more di∣ligently by their causes and circumstaunces. And Pyrcamer sayde: that no Germane history writer had vsed so pure a stile, as was that of Maximilian: And that after maximilianus death he had asked af¦ter this writynge, but he coulde not obteine it. But let this suffyse to be spoken of low Germany.

The yeare .M. ccccxcv. was in the parliament* 1.4 holden at Worms of the earldome of Wirtenberg made a duchy, and erle Ebrarde was made the

fyrst duke.

The yeare .Mccccxcix. toke the Switzers warr* 1.5 against their neyghbours them of Eastenrich, the whiche to rescue, Maximiliane came haystely out of Gelderlande, where at that tyme he had to do al so. Wherefore hauing many skyrmyshes of both sy∣des, it is certayn that .xx. thousand mē were slayn: at the last was an agrement made.

The yeare .MDi. were euery where figures of* 1.6 crosses sene vpon mens garmentes. But suche lyke was oft happened before also.

The yeare .MDiiij. was the warre of Baier∣lande,* 1.7 wherein the Emperoure Maximilianus de∣fended the princes of Baier, agaynst Philip count Palatine of the Rene, and duke Ruperte sonne to Philippe the Palatine. For the same maryeng the daughter of George duke of Baier, woulde haue Landshut and thatsame parte of Baier to be geuē ouer to hym by a tytle of inheritaunce. But Ruper∣tus dyed with his spouse, whyle this warre was in hand, & the count Palatine was put besyde a great parte of his lordeshyppe by the Emperoures men and them of Wirtenberg. Yea and a great army of the Bohemyes that came to helpe the count Pala∣tine, were ouerthrowen of the Emperoure. At the last neuerthelesse Maximilian vsyng no lesse wysdō than fauoure, toke the count Palatine to mercy, lest any perturbacion myght be raysed in the ryght of the election in the empyre, that long sence was alo∣wed and approued.

The yeare .MDv. besyeged the army of the Em¦peroure the duke of Gelders in the citie Arnheym,

and constrayned hym to yelde hymselfe.

The yeare .MDvi. died Philippe sonne to Ma∣ximilian,* 1.8 kyng of Spayne and duke of bourgundy, beyng of age .xxviii. yeares.

The yeare .MDvii. beganne Maximiliane the warre againste the Venecians, no lesse greate then durable: in the whiche befell both many bloudy bat∣tails, and wonderfull mutacions. Lewis kynge of Fraunce was first with the Venecians, afterwarde fell he from them to the Emperour. Contrary wy∣se the byshop of Rome Iulius, was first of the Em∣peroures syde, afterwarde toke he parte with the Venecians. The Venecians lost in this warretheir best cities. Verona, Pauy, Teruas & other many. Howbeit when the Romysh byshop deciuered and fell to the Venecians, the Frenche kyng began to warre vpon hym also, seyng he had yet the Empe∣rours souldiours in Italy. Now feared the Empe∣roure, lest if he had the victory, he shuld fall into Na¦ples also, and do also some euell at Rome, to the em∣pyres destruction. Wherfore he sent the Cardinall Matheus Langius bishop of Saltzburg one of his counsaill to Iulius the byshop of Ro. to demaunde peace, before the Ro. byshop and the Frenche kyng* 1.9 had foughten a felde. Iulius, for asmuch as he was very well appoynted with the ayde of Spaniardes and Italians, he thought to be sure of the victory, & therfore refused he the peace. The battail was vpō Easter daie the yeare .MDxii. by Rauennas. The byshop of Romes host lay vnder, & there were slain in that battaill syxtene thousand. Nether is there red of a more greuous felde to haue ben about this

tyme, wherein men haue fought so fearcely. But af∣ter this victory lost, dyd Iulius frely demaūde pea∣ce. Howbeit lest the French kyng enterprisedought farther in Italy, dyd Maximilian and the bysh. of Rome set the kyng of Englande, Germany and the Switzers against hym: and of this wyse was the Frenche kyng at the last constrained to leaue Ita∣ly. The Venecians were afterwarde reconciled to to the Emperoure also.

The yere .MDxix. dyed Maximilian the Em∣peroure, and thatsame yere the princes Electors* 1.10 Albert Cardinall byshop of Mentz. Herman by∣shop of Colen erle of Wida. Richarde byshop of Trierlorde of Grieffenklau, the deputie of Le∣wis kyng of Bohemy. Lewis coūt Palatine of the Rene. Frederick duke of Saxony. Ioachim mar∣ques of Brandenburg, did chose lawfull and with great wisdom at Frāckford Charles duke of Eastē ryche and Bourgundy, and kyng of Spayne, the xxviii. daye of Iune.

Pius the iij. was bysh. of Ro. after alexander the vi. The same died shortely after.

Iulius the .ij. succeded Pius. Against him wrote Bernardin{us} the Cardinal in the tyme of the Vene¦cian warre of kepyng a counsail. The matter shuld haue geuen an occasion of a diuision, had not Maxi∣milian preuented it by his syngulare wisedome.

Leo the .x. sonne to Laurence Medices was ma¦de byshop of Rome. after Iulius.

In the tyme of this Leo y^• yere .MDxvii. wrote* 1.11 Martin Luther fyrst against the Romysh byshops pardons, & from thence rose many disputaciōs after ward, whiche thynge caused no small alteracionin

the churche by the Germanes.

Notes

• * 1.1

  Maximilia∣nus the Em∣peroure.
• * 1.2

  Charles with the bunched back the Frē∣che kyng.
• * 1.3

  Pyrcamer.
• * 1.4

  When the du¦chy of Wirtē¦berg began.
• * 1.5

  The switzers warre against their neigh∣bours them of Eastenriche.
• * 1.6

  Figures of a crosse sene v∣pon garmēts.
• * 1.7

  The warre of Baier.
• * 1.8

  Philip sonne to Maximi∣lian d〈…〉〈…〉th Maximilian warreth a∣gainst the Ve¦necians. Lewis kyng of Fraunce.
• * 1.9

  Iulius the by shop of Rom. was discomfi¦ted in a bat∣taill by the ci∣tie Rauennas vpon Easter daye.
• * 1.10

  What Elec∣tors chose Charles that now is Em∣peroure.
• * 1.11

  Martine Lu∣ther▪