MarginaliaLadislaus Huniades sonne.bles, did sitte in coūsaile, requiryng also Ladislaus to resorte vnto them: who first doubtyng with him selfe what he might doo, at length putteth on a priuey coate of mayle, and cōmeth to them. MarginaliaDebate betwene Vlricus and Ladislaus, Huniades sonne.Whether the Earle first began with him, or he with the Earle, it is not knowen. The opiniō is of some, that Vlricus first called him traitour, for shuttynge the gates agaynst the kynges souldiours. How soeuer the occasion began, this is vndoubted, that Vlricus takyng his sworde from his Page, let flye at his head. To breake the blowe, some puttyng vp their handes, had their fingers cut of. MarginaliaVlricus Earle of Cicilia slayne.The Hungarians hearing a noyse and tumulte within the chamber, brake in vppon, them, and there incontinent slue Vlrike the Earle, woūdyng and cuttyng hym almost all to peeces. The kyng hearyng therof, although hee was not a litle discontented thereat in his minde: yet seyng there was then no other remedie, dissembled his grief for a tyme.

MarginaliaThe cruell dissimulation of Ladislaus the kyng.Frō thence þ^e king toke his iourney againe to Buda, accōpanied with the foresaid Ladislaus, who passyng by the towne, where the wife of Huniades, was mournyng for the death of her husband, semed with many fayre wordes to cōfort her: and after he had there sufficiently repasted hym self, with such pretense of dissēbled loue, & fayned fauour, that they were without all suspiciō and feare: MarginaliaThe ii sonnes of Huniades, and Mathias.from thence he set forward in his iourney, taking with him the. ij. sonnes of Huniades, Ladislaus and Mathias, who were right ready to wayte vpon him. The kyng beyng come to Buda (whether of his owne head, or by sinister counsaile set on) when he had them at a vantage, caused both þ^e sonnes of Huniades: to witte, Ladislaus & Mathias, to be apprehēded. MarginaliaLadislaus Huniades sonne, innocently put to death.And first was brought forth Ladislaus the elder sonne, to the place of executiō, there to be beheaded: where mekely hee suffered, beyng charged with no other crime, but this, published by the voyce of þ^e cryer, saying: Thus are they to be chastened, whiche are rebels agaynst their Lord. MarginaliaA miraculous token at the death of Ladislaus.Peucerus writing of his death, addeth this moreouer, that after the hangman had. iij. blowes at his necke, yet notwithstandyng þ^e sayd Ladislaus hauing his handes bound behinde him, after the third stroke, rose vpright vpon his feete, & lookyng vp to heauen, called vpon the Lord, and protested hys innocencie in that behalfe: and so lyeng downe his necke agayn, at the iiij. blow was dispatched. MarginaliaEx Peucer. Chro. lib. 5.Mathias þ^e other brother was led captiue with the k. vnto Austria. The rest of the captiues brake the prison and escaped.

It was not lōg after this crueltie was wrought vpon Ladislaus, þ^e K. being about þ^e age of. 22. yeres, that talke was made of þ^e kings mariage, with Magdalene daughter to the Frenche kyng. MarginaliaPreparation to the kynges mariage.The place of the Mariage was appointed at Prage, where greate preparation was for the matter. MarginaliaLadislaus the kyng, receaued in Boheme.At the first entraūce of the kyng into the Citie of Prage, Rochezana with a company of ministeries, such as were fauourers of Iohn Hus, & of syncere Religion, came with all solemnitie to receaue the kyng, makyng there his oration to gratulate the kynges moste ioyfull and prosperous accesse into the same hys owne realme and countrey of Boheme. Vnto whiche Rochezana, after he had ended his oration, scarse the k. would open his mouth to geue thankes to hym, nor any cherefull continaunce vnto hys companye, MarginaliaLadislaus the kyng, an infest enemie against the Hussians.but fiercely semed to frowne vpō thē. In the next Pagen after these, came foorth the priestes of the hygh mynster, after the most Popish maner, metyng hym with procession, and with the Sacrament of the aulter: MarginaliaThe Sacramēt of the aultar vsed to many purposes.For as Panacea among Phisicions serueth for all diseases, so the Sacrament of the Popes aultar serueth for all pompes & Pagens. First it must lye vpon the altare, then it must bee holden vp with handes, then it must hang in the pyre, it must serue for the quicke, it must also helpe the dead, it must moreouer visite the sicke, it must walke about the Churcheyarde, it must go about the streates, it must bee caryed about the fieldes to make the grasse to growe, it must bee had to the battaile, it must ride on horsebakebefore the Pope, and finally it must welcome kynges into Cities. Wherein these catholicque fathers do seme somewhat to forget them selues. For if the Pope, being inferiour to the Sacrament of the altare, at the commyng of kings, do vse to sit still while the kynges come and kisse his feete, what reason is it that the Sacramēt of the altare, which is (I trow) aboue the Pope, should meete kynges by the waye, and welcome them to the towne? But this by the waye of parenthesis: let vs now continue the texte: MarginaliaEx Ænea Siluio, in histo. Bohem.When Ladislaus this catholike king, who had shewed him selfe before so stoute and sterne agaynst Rochezana and his company, had sene these ca- catholique priestes with their procession, and especially with their blessed Sacrament, to come: with all reuerence and much deuotion, hee lighted downe from hys horse, he embraced the crosse and kyssed it, & with cherefull countenaunce saluted the priestes in order. All this while his yong wife was not yet come out of Fraunce, but Legates were sent, after most sumptuous wise, to conducte her. Other Legates also were sent the same time, to the Emperour Fridericke, for cōclusion of peace. The third Legacie was directed lykewise to Pope Calixtus about Religion, how to reduce the Bohemians to the Churche of Rome. The author of this story (whiche was Pope Pius him self) declareth farther þ^e opinion of some to be, þ^t king Ladislaus the same time had entended, to make a finall ende and destruction of all that secte in Bohemia, which held with the doctrine of Iohn Hus, and Hierome, MarginaliaA great concurse of Catholique princes intended agaynst the Hussites.by the assemble and concourse of the catholique princes, and Popish prelates, whiche were appointed there to meete together at that Mariage in Prage. For there should be first the Emperour Fridericke, Elizabeth the kinges mother, and his. ij. sisters Elizabeth, and Anna, the princes of Saxonie, Baioria, Slesia, Franconia, the Palatine, and other princes of Rhene: many also of the Lordes of Fraūce, besides the Popes Cardinals, Legates, Prelates and such other potestates of the Popes Churche. Who if they had altogether conuented in Boheme, no doubte but some greate mischief had bene wrought there agaynst the Hussites: agaynst whom this Ladislaus, folowing þ^e steppes of Sigismundus his graūdfather, and Albertus his father, was euer an vtter enemie. MarginaliaMan purposeth, but God disposeth.But when man hath purposed, yet God disposeth, as pleaseth hym. And therefore, trulye it is written of Æneas Syluius in the same place, saying: MarginaliaEx Ænea Siluio.De regimine ciuitatum, de mutatione regnorum, de orbis imperio, minimum est quod homines possunt (tū vero De religionis cōstitutione multo minus) magna magnus disponit Deus. i. MarginaliaGouernāce of Imperies & kingdomes, is not in mās power, much lesse the goueruaunce of Religion.In regimēt of Cities, in alteration of kyngdomes, in rulyng and gouernyng the world, it is lesse then nothyng that man can doo: it is the hygh God that ruleth hyghe thynges. Wherunto then I may well adde this more ouer, and saye: that if the gouernaunce of worldly kyngdomes standeth not in mans power, but in the disposition of God, much lesse is it then, that mans power cā do in the regiment and gouernyng of Religion. Example wherof in this purposed deuise of princes, doth euidētly appeare. MarginaliaThe great worke of God in defending his poore seruauntes.For as this great preparation and solemnitie of mariage was in doyng, and the princes ready to set forth, with a litle turne of gods holy hād, all these great purposes were sodeinly turned and dashed. MarginaliaThe death of king Ladislaus.For in the middest of this busines, about the. xxi. day of Nouēber. an. 1461. this great aduersarie of Christes people, king Ladislaus, kyng of Boheme, of Vngarie, and prince of Austria, sickened and within. 36. houres dyed, some say of a pestilent sore in hys gryne, some say of poyson. MarginaliaBloud reuēged by godBut how soeuer it was, as it came not without the iust iudgemēt of God, reuengyng the innocent bloud of Ladislaus Huniades sonne, wrongfully put to death before: so by the oportune death of this kyng, þ^e poore Churches of Boheme were gratiously deliuered. And this ende made Ladislaus, one of þ^e mighties princes at that tyme,