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.

IN the yeare of our Lorde, 1535.* 1.1 the Emperoure Charles prepared hym selfe wyth greate power, and made out a myghty Armada or na∣uy, furnyshed wyth all maner of ne∣cessaries, and thoroughlye manned wyth Duche, French and Spanyshe warriours,* 1.2 wherewyth he sayled fyrste oute of Spayne into the Ile of Sardinia. From thence into Sicilia, and from thence he sayled into Affrica in the mo∣neth of Iune, and recouered the cytye and kynge∣dome of Thunise agayne, whyche Barbarossa had taken before, whome the Emperoure expel∣led

agayne from those quarters, and restored* 1.3 the olde kynge Altzachenus agayne to hys kingedome on thys condytyon that he shoulde yearelye paye a certayne trybute to the Empe∣roure. But the Castell of Golleta dyd thempe∣roures Mayeste reserue to hys owne vse, whyche he furnyshed also wyth men, retaynynge the same onelye from the kyngdome of Tunyse, All the residue of the sayde kyngdome dyd he delyuerer to the sayde king.

Thys battayll and affayres beynge ended* 1.4 themperoures Maiestye returned agayne wyth hys Nauy into Sicylya, and arryued wyth a pros¦perous course at Palerrno, (whyche sometyme was called Panormus.

Whyle the Emperoure was busy to sett* 1.5 all thynges in ordre in the kyngdome of Tu∣nise, Barbarossa inuaded the Ile called My∣norca, whyche is the leaste amonge the Iles of balearis, destroyenge the same by spoylynge and burning very piteously.

Also the Affrycanes in the kyngdome* 1.6 of Thunyse dyd not behaue themselues verye faithefullye towardes themperoures Mayesty. For when they woulde saue them selues from hys power and some of them wente aboute to make an insurrectyon.

The Emperoures Maiestye sente hys* 1.7 chiefe Capytayne Andrewe de Aurea vpon the sea towardes Affryca to punyshe and correcte the rebelles, for the better establyshemente of all thynges in the kyngdome of Tunyse.

In the lowest partes of Ducheland dyd the* 1.8 Secte of the Anabaptistes myghtelye increase, Wherefore the townes by the sea syde feared a great destruction on there behalfe. Among the whych Secte some were so deuelysh and shame∣les, that they dyd not onelye wythoute anye con∣scyence and shame take manye wyues, but also went altogether naked euen as they were borne in thys worlde. Suche is the ordre where the Deuell is Capytayne, that neyther nur∣tour, honestye nor yet the feare of God is regar∣ded.

But they that were wythin the Towne* 1.9 of Mynster, and had ben nowe more then a yeare therein besyeged, were not very well at ease, all∣though by the reason of theyr foolyshe Phanta∣syes and hardened hartes they coulde not nor yet woulde not perceyue it, vntyll they were vtterlye destroyed.

For notwythstandyng that the sayed syege pressed them, and an horrible and importunate famine (as was mencioned before in the last yeare) reygned among them, Yet were they by the com∣fortable persuasyons of theyr false Prophetes so hardened, that they mynded nothynge lesse then to yelde by the Towne and saue theyr ly∣ues, notwythstandynge that thereunto they were often tymes requyred wyth lyberall and gracy∣ous promyses.

But contrary wyse they defended themselues the longer the fearcer, and shot out of the Towne

with ordinaunce as though the deuell had bene a∣mong them, to the great auoyaunce of their aduer∣saries, in so muche that not a fewe valiaunt war∣riours in the Campe were slayne with their ordi∣naunce. And to declare the madnes of the said Ana¦baptistes* 1.10 I haue thought it mete not to omitte a fo∣lysh acte done by a certayne woman among them. Forasmuche therfore as they within the towne had this opinion of the saied towne of Mynster, that it* 1.11 was that new Ierusalem mencioned in the Apoca∣lipse, thorough the whiche all the heathen should be destroied, so that the christians should reigne in pea¦ce a thousand yeres (whiche sayeng although they must be vnderstande spiritually were they expoun∣ded by them carnally) the said folysh woman would* 1.12 counterfette the acte of Iudith which slewe holo∣fernes, and deliuered her Citie. Wherefore she made her boaste that if she myght be costely arayed and decked, she woulde go furth (if she were per∣mitted) into the hooste of her aduersaries, and ea∣sely ouercome the byshop. Whyle nowe the kyng & the other in the town were so foolysh and made not only to beleue her, but also to further her in the said affayres, trustyng that their deliueraunce was at hand, she went out, and behaued her selfe in all poin¦tes as though she had bene escaped and fled out of the citie. But her dissimulacion beyng espied & per∣ceyued, she was taken and brought before the By∣shop, and after her confession, rewarded wit death, accordyng to her deseruyng.

For asmuche nowe as the saied craft and practise bad no good successe the Anabaptistes within the

citie ought to haue consydered that there was no fortune in their doyng, seyng they were yet oppres∣sed to the vttermost. But they dyd herein resemble the Iewes in their last destructiōat Ierusalem, for the more God plaged them with famine and dissen∣tion among them selues, the more hard harted and stifnecked they were, vntill at the last one escaped priuely out of the saied citie, and brought in certaine of the byshops souldiours at the gate called the ho∣ly crosse gate, which souldiours after they had slain the watchemen opened the gate and so made away into the citie for the other. Thus was the citie of Mynster taken in again and deliuered from the po∣were of the Anabaptistes at the feast of S. Iohn the baptiste in the night. And the next day folowing whatsoeuer would make any resistaūce being slayn with the sworde, the kyng with his chief counsayl∣lours craftyng and knipperdulling were taken pri¦soners.* 1.13 These three were aftewarders for the spa∣ce of certayne monethes caryed about in the coun∣trey from place to place for a spectacle and example to all men. And at the last on S. Vincentes day in the yere of our lorde .MDxxxvi. they were put to death with fyry tonges, and their dead bodies han∣ged vp in yron baskettes or grates, out of the steple of S. Lamberts Churche, within the saied citie of Mynster, the kyng in the middes somewhat hyer then his said two coūsailers, for a perpetual memo∣riall and warning to all commocioner raysers of tu¦multe & rebelles against y^e lauful magistrates ordei¦ned of God. Thus toke this kyngdom of the Anaba pristes a shameful ende, according to their desertes.

In Denmarke raged the duke of Oldenborough

with the capitaines of Lubeke (as he had begonne the yere before) but the moste part of the germayne counsayll chose Christiane Duke of Holston to be* 1.14 kyng in Denmarke, desyring hym to assiste them a∣gainst the saied duke of Oldenborough and them of Lubeke. While nowe the said request was easy to be graunted, and the said duke of Holston had taken Iudland in possession all ready (whiche is no small porcion of the kyngdome of Denmarke, abutting v∣pon the lande of Holstone) he passed with his army into the Ile of Funa▪ otherwyse called Fion, and o∣uercame the citie of Asnites. But when the duke of Oldēborough with them of Lubeke assaulted him with an hoost of men well appointed both on horse∣backe and on foote, the said Christian obtayned the victory, so that the duke of Oldēborough lost much people where among other was slayne Iohn count* 1.15 of Hoya, and an Erle of Teckelburgh in Westphale, and euen the same daye (whiche was the .xi. daye of Iune) they of Holstone toke from them of Lubeke an Armada of shippes, and put the men of Lubeke whiche they founde in the same, in captiuitie. In so∣muche that the said Christiane had the ouerhande on euery syde, whiche was vnto him a witnes from God that he should be kyng in Denmarke.

In Hungary and Austrich were diuers loueda∣yes* 1.16 kept betwene Ferdinando and Iohn Weyda kinges of Hungary, and the Turkes imbassadour, to wete if Hūgary might be brought to apeaceable estate neuer theles there was nothing concluded that was notable and profitable.

Also in this yere. 1535. there was a mariage cōclu∣ded* 1.17 betwen y^e king of Poles & the king of Boheme.

For Sigismonde kyng of Poles maried Sigismū∣de his sonne to Elisabeth the daughter of Ferdi∣nando kyng of Bohemy, whiche in the yere of oure Lorde .MDxliij. folowyng was celebrated with great solempnitie, as shalbe mentioned hereafter in place conuenient.

In the moneth of Nouember the second day the* 1.18 duke of Mylan departed out of this world. And im¦mediatly, after Frauncis the Frenche kyng prepa∣red hym selfe with all his power to recouer the du∣kedome of Mylan, and entred into the land of Sa∣uoy, whereof ensued great warres the yere next fo¦lowyng, in those quarters.

Frederike Duke of Baier, Palatine by the Rene* 1.19 (now electour imperiall) toke to wyfe the right ex∣cellent princesses Dorothee, daughter to Christier∣ne late kyng of Denmarke, whiche he had begotten of Izabel syster to Charles themperour, the solem∣pnitie whereof was kept at Bruxelles in Brabant.* 1.20

In England, in the moneth of Iune the byshop of Rochester, and Sir Thomas More (which had bene lorde chauncellour of Englande, and in great aucthoritie vnder the kyng) was beheaded for de∣nieng the kyng to be supreme heade of the churche of Englande.

And in this yeare were there thre monkes of the* 1.21 Charter house executed in Englande for the same offence.

In the partes of Shlesy about and within the* 1.22 the towne of Olse arose the same yeare on Sainct Gyles day an horrible tempest, in suche sorte, that the bookes whiche were newely prynted, were ta∣ken

out of the Iewes houses and founde in a great corne felde harde packed in belles as though they had bene stamped and beaten into them with pestel¦les, whiche belles were conueyed thether out of the churche steples by the violence and outragiousnes ••o the saied tempest. Besides this there were men and women taken vp in the stretes, & caried a great way of into y^• feldes. In the houses were in dyuers* 1.23 places the dores and wyndowes lifted of from the hynges, the tables subuerted, and great holes ma∣de and beaten in the walles: So that there was ne¦uer suche a tempest sene before.

Besides this there was the same yere in the par¦ties of Duchelād in Sommer very many sodaine & fearfull tempestes, with hayle, lightenyng and thō∣der, more then euer was hard of before, with great colde and muche rayne, which also was an occasion that the wines in many places had no good successe

This yere the .viij. day of Ianuary. died in Eng¦lande the lady Katherine Dowager which had ben* 1.24 diuorsed from the kyng, by due proces of the lawe two yeres before.

This yere in England was Anne bulleyne que∣ne of Englande, the lorde Rochiford, Nores, We∣ston,* 1.25 Brutō, and Markes beheaded. And the kyng maried lady Iane Seimour.

This yere also in October began in Englande a foolysh commotion in Lincolinshyre and in yorke shyre, whiche by the kynges wysedome and his pru¦dent coūsaill were appesed without bloud sheding.

Notes

• * 1.1

  Themperour prepareth an armada to∣wardes Affri¦ca.
• * 1.2

  The kingdō of Tunise re∣c••••••red b•• the pe••our. Barbarossa ex••••lled frō Tunise.
• * 1.3

  Kyng Altza∣chenus resto∣red to hys kyngdome of Tunise. The castell of Golleta reserued for themperour.
• * 1.4

  Themperour returneth frō Affrica.
• * 1.5

  Barbarossa inuadeth the Ile of Mi∣norca.
• * 1.6

  The Affrica∣nes attempte rebellion.
• * 1.7

  Andrewe ••e Aurea apoin∣ted to kepe y^e Affricanes in awe.
• * 1.8

  The sect of the Anabap∣tistes in crea∣s••eth. The Anabap¦tistes ••••kem•• ••••w〈…〉〈…〉 •• go naked.
• * 1.9

  The Anabap¦tistes within 〈…〉〈…〉e ••pp••••lled.
• * 1.10

  The madnes of the Anaba∣ptistes.
• * 1.11

  The Anaba∣ptistes bele∣ued that Min¦ster was new Ierusalem.
• * 1.12

  A woman would con∣terfet Iudith.
• * 1.13

  The kynge 〈…〉〈…〉ing and knipperdulling taken. The kyng of the ••••bapti∣stes with his cōsellers put to death.
• * 1.14

  Christian du∣ke of Holston chosen to be kyng in Den¦marke.
• * 1.15

  The count of Hoya, and the Erle of Tec∣kelborough slayne.
• * 1.16

  Louedayes kept in Hun∣gary.
• * 1.17

  The kyng of Poles ma∣ried the daughter of ••erd••••anto kyng of Bo∣hemy.
• * 1.18

  The death of the Duke of Mylan.
• * 1.19

  The duke of ••a••er mari∣eth the daugh¦ter of Den∣marke.
• * 1.20

  ••ir Thomas more Chaun∣celour of En¦gland and y^• byshop of Ro¦chester behea¦ded.
• * 1.21

  The monkes of the charter house.
• * 1.22

  A wonderful tempest.
• * 1.23

  Neuer suche a tēpest sene.
• * 1.24

  Quene Ka∣therine dow••¦ger dieth.
• * 1.25

  Quene An∣ne Bullyn be headed. Que. Iane Semour ma¦ried to the kyng of En∣land.