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 yere of our Lorde. 1548. in the moneth* 1.1 of Iuly themperour sent an army of Spanyar¦des priuely to inuade the citie of Conitaunce▪ while the legates of Constaunce that were sent to August vnto themperour to intreate for peace we∣re not yet retourned homewarde. For he intended quite to extinguish the citie because they professed y^• Gospell. Wherfore the sixt day of August early in y^• mornyng the said army inuaded y^• citie, & ouercame the basse towne which ioyneth to y^• great bredge cō¦monly called Peter housen. When this was obtay∣ned, and ouercome at their first assaulte, some fell to spoiling and rouing, some to deflouring of virgin••s and honest matrones, & some gat thē to the bridge, and there made a bartaill with the citesens, whiche were constrained to re••ule back into the citie being

ouerpressed with the multitude of their enemies vnto whō they barred y^• gates of the bredge. The bridge was ful of Spanish warriours, against whō the citesens could nothing preuayle vntil many pe∣ces of artillery whiche kept the bridge being losed by chaunce, but yet not without the will of God per sed the gate & ouerthrewe the enemies, & put thē in such feare y^t they fled euerychone, setting the bridge on fyre & also Peterhousen, least the citesens should haue folowed & pursued after them. So that Con¦staunce sawe in one daye y^• iuste punishmēt of pride, & the singular benefite of God towardes his electe, would to God they had not vnthankefully forgot∣ten this great benefite.

Themperour after that he had in Germany set* 1.2 all thinges in ordre, & propounded a certain fourme in religion after the prescripte whereof they should liue while a counsaille were decreed, & hauing com∣mitted the Landgraue of Hessen in safe custody, re retourned into Flaunders bringing with hym the Duke of Saxon captiue.

Thither came Leonora Themperours sister & late Quene to the Frenche king departed.

This yere Maximiliane the first sonne of Ferdi∣nandus king of the Romaines toke to wife thempe¦rours daughter. This yere also y^• king of Spay¦ne leauing his brother Maximiliane as gouernour in his absence, departed out of Spayn into Italy, & went frō thence to Trident & into Germany, & so* 1.3 at y^• last came into Flaūders to his father thēperour

The same yere towardes the spring time the first begottē sonne of y^• Turke, which was gone ouer to y^• king of y^• Persiās, because he thought his brother

should be by his father promoted before hym to the Empyre, assembled an army of Persianes, and ma∣de insurrection against his father, and inuaded the borders of Turkie nere vnto the lande of Persia, and had ouercome many places, vntyll his father beyng armed with fyue hundred thousande souldi∣ours came thither and caused the Persianes, being striken with feare, to recule. But they hauyng set on fyre all the townes and villages by the whiche they fled the space of fyue dayes, brought their ene∣my whiche folowed and pursued after them, too greate pennury, in so muche that an hundred thou¦sande of his men being dead thorough pouertie fa∣mine and pestilence, he was constrained of necessitie to returne thither agayne from whence he came▪

A certayne king in Aphrica toke Argieres and* 1.4 the other places there about, with certayne ca∣stels and strong holdes whiche themperoure vsed for the defence of Spayne: and also certaine strong holdes in the coastes of Portingall towardes the sea occeane.

In Englande at Easter was there a great con∣iunction* 1.5 of rustikes in Cornuall, by p••pysh priestes.

There was also great disputation in the Parlia∣mēt that yere for putting downe of the masse. And Images were put downe in al churches thorough out Englande to auoyde Idolatry.

This yere the last daye of Iuly Stephen Gar∣diner* 1.6 byshop of Winchester in Englande, was com∣mitted to the Towre of London for papisme, and this sedicious opinion, that the kynges maiestie in his minoritie or none age coulde not make or ordei∣ne

any lawes in his Realme, as did Iosias & other godly & vertues princes, and gouernours in their dominions.

This yere the mariage of priestes was graunted* 1.7 lawfull in England by the Lawes of God, to the vt¦ter abolyshement of all Papisticall sodomitry.

This yere in august was a great insurrection of rustikes at Norwiche, one kite (a rustike) beyng their Capitayne▪ and the .xxvij. daye of August it was ended, foure thousand beyng slayne, the vic∣tory geuen (through goddes grace) by the handes of Iohn the noble Erle of Warwyke.

At the same tyme the Cornysh and Deuonshyre* 1.8 men were ouercome, and very many of them slayn, besydes many of their gentilmen taken.

This yere also Bonner byshop of London was put from his byshoprike for his stubborne Popysh∣nes the first day of October, and for certainte obsti∣nate articles cōmitted to the Marshalsee, the peo∣ple muche reioysyng at it.

In this moneth the Duke of Somerset was cō∣mitted to the toure, to the great lamentacion of ve∣ry many.

In this moneth also died the Pope of Rome cal∣led Paule the thyrde.

This yere the weke before Whitsontide, thre ho¦nest marchauntes and a younge lad, beinge honest mens sonnes of Brunswyke yourneyed from And∣warpe to Brunswyke, there to heare at that feast goddes word preached. And as they rode on Whit¦son euen after midnight halfway betwene Celle & Brunswyke on a heath ouer gainst a certayn farme, they〈2 pages missing〉〈2 pages missing〉

nor yet Christ hymselfe dyd knowe, namely, howe a man can serue twoo maisters at ones, God and the wicked worlde. Item howe we can be good Chri∣stianes & yet knowledge not Christ, nor helpe hym to beare his crosse, yea rather persecute hys poore membres, God geue vs grace to knowledge his son ne a ryght, suffre paciently all miuries and endure to the ende, that he may also at the great and feare∣full day of the lorde knowledge vs before hys hea∣uenly father, and hys vniuersal churche, and before all hys aungels. Amen.

Notes

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  The Empe∣rour retour∣neth out of Germany in∣to Flaūders The Duke of Saxon cap¦tiue. Leonora re∣tourned to themperoure The sonne of Ferdinando marieth them perours dau∣ghter.
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  The eldest sonne of the Turke 〈…〉〈…〉∣keth insurr••••¦tion ag••ynst his father.
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  Argiers takē 〈…〉〈…〉
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  A ••••m••••ociō •••• cor••••••all. The masse & Images put downe in En¦glande.
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  The byshop of Winche∣ster commit∣ted to thei our of ••o〈…〉〈…〉.
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  The maria∣ge of priestes graunted law¦full. An insurrec∣tion at Nor∣wiche.
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  The rebelles in Cornwal 〈◊〉〈◊〉 Deuonshere subdued. The byshop of London de¦posed and cō¦mitted to pri∣son. The duke of Somerset cō∣mitted to the tour of Lōdō. The death of the Pope. A wonderful vision sene be¦sydes Brun∣swyke.