Solyman disdayning at this repulse, thought to moue an other way, & so brynging his power toward þ^e gate, called þ^e kyngs gate, there makyng his trēches & bulwarks, planted his ordināce, with the violēce wherof the walles were so battered & shaken, that no man was hable there to stande. MarginaliaAn other assault of the Turkes agaynst Vienna.Wherefore the Turke seyng ij. great breches made in the walls, commaunded his souldiers couertly in the darke smoke of gunpouder, to preasse into the Citie. The like also was done at þ^e Scottish tower, wherby the Citie was inuaded in two sundry places at one time. The Viēnians at the first, freshly beganne to withstand them, new souldiers still comming into the place of them that were slayne and hurte: and so this assaulte continuyng more then vi. houres together, our men beganne at length to languishe and fainte, not onely in strength, but also in courage: wherby the Citie had ben in great daūger of losing, had not the ij. foresayd Captaines Rogendorffius in the one place, and the Earle of Salme in the other place, māfully encouraged their souldiers to abide the brunte and to beare out a whyle the violence of the Turkes, promising that immediatly they shoulde haue ayde from Ferdinandus. In the meane time the Turkes came so thicke for gredynes of the victorie, scalyng, clymyng, and fighting vpon the walles, that had it not bene for the preasse and throng of the great multitude of the Turkes, commyng so thicke that one of them could not fight for an other, Vienna that same day had bene taken and vtterly lost: MarginaliaAn other repulse of the Turkes.But by the policie of the captaynes geuing a signe within the Citie, as thoughe new souldiers were called for, our men beganne to be encouraged, and the Turkes hartes to be discomfited.

When Solymannus sawe his armye the second tyme repulsed, he beganne to attempt a new way, purposing by vndermyning to ouerthrow the Citie: in the whiche worke specially he vsed the helpe of the Illyrians, of whō he had a great number in his campe, expert in that kynd of feate. MarginaliaVienna vndermynet by the Turkes.These Illyrians begynnyng to breake the earth at the gate Carinthia, and commyng nere to the fundations of þ^e tower, which they by strength of hand attēpted to breake, could not worke so closely vnder the grounde, but they were perceiued by certeine men aboue, which were skilfull and experte in that kynd of matter: who cōtrarywise vndermynyng agaynst them, and fillyng their trēches as they went, with gunpouder, so cōueyed their trayne that when fire should be set vnto it, the violence therof should brast out by the trenches of the enemyes: whiche done, suddenly the ground beneath made a great shakyng, so that the tower did cleue asunder, and all the vndermyners of the Turkes working in their trenches, were smothered and destroyed, whiche came to the number (as it was supposed afterward) of 8000. persons: in so much that yet till this day, a great nūber of dead mens skulles are found in the ground.

MarginaliaAn other assault of the Turkes agaynst Vienna.When Solyman sawe that this waye also would not serue, and had priuie intelligence that the walles about the gate of Stubarium were negligently kept, and that he might haue there more easy entraunce: secretly he cōueieth about, 10. garrisōs of fresh souldiers, in such sort as the townes men should not perceiue them: who came so sodenlye vppon them, that they had filled the ditches, and were vpon the toppe of the forteresses and munitions, before that our men were aware of them or could make thēselues ready to resiste them. For although there was no lacke of souldiers within þ^e Citie, yet for somuch as þ^e whole brunte of þ^e siege did lye specially at þ^e ij. gates aforesayd, from whence the souldiers which were there wardyng could not be well remoued, for a shift þ^t the rescuers (whiche within þ^e Citie were ready for all suddein aduentures) were sent to the walles: by whose cōming, those few which kept the enemyes of before, beyng sore hurted and wounded, were succoured and sent to surgery: MarginaliaThe Turkes agayn repulsed.and thus þ^e said assault continued terrible & doubtfull vntill (the darke night cōmyng vpō them) they could not well know the one from þ^e other. In this bickering were counted of the Turkes to be slayne more then. 5000.

Then the Captaine Rogendorffius commēdyng thevaliaunt standing of his souldiers, misdoubtyng with him selfe (as it happened in dede) that the Turkes would not so geue ouer, but would set vpon them þ^e next day with a fresh assault, prouidyng with all diligēce for the purpose: MarginaliaAn other assault of the Turkes repelled.made vp þ^e breaches of the walles, & prepared all thinges necessary for resistance: The next mornyng folowyng, whiche was somethynge darke and mystie, the Turkes thinkyng to preuent our men with their suddeyne commyng, beganne againe bisely to bicker vpon the toppe of the walles. It would require a lōg tractation here to describe the great distresse & daūger that the Citie, those iij. dayes folowing, was in. During all þ^e whiche time there was no rest, no intermission, nor diligēce lackyng, either in the enemyes fightyng agaynst the Citie, either in our men in defending the same. For the Turkes, besides the multitude of þ^e great ordinance, wherwith (as w^t a great tempest of gunshot) they neuer ceased, still batteryng the walles and beatynge the munitions of the Citie, sente also such heapes and multitudes of the Turkes to the scalyng and clymyng the walles, that vnneth with all the ordinaunce and shotte of the Citie, either the violence of them could be brokē, or the number of them diminished: MarginaliaThe Turkes at variance among them selues.till at the last, the souldiers of the Turkes perceauing thē selues hable by no meanes to preuaile, but onely to rūne in daunger of lyfe, and to do no good, began to wrangle among them selues, grudging & repynyng agaynst their dukes and captaynes, imputyng the whole cause onely to them: that the Citie was yet vntaken, seing there was in them neither diligēce nor good will lacking: and so ceased the siege for that tyme.

After this, when Solymannus had purposed in him selfe, with his last and strongest siege, to trye agaynst the Citie the vttermost that he was hable to do, & had encouraged his souldiers to prepare them selues in most forcible wise thereunto: the souldiers shewed them selues much vnwillyng to returne agayne from whence they were so oftē repulsed before: by reason wherof great cōmotion began to rise in the Turkes campe. MarginaliaThe Turke and his souldiours could not agree.The rumour wherof when it came to Solymans eares, he sendeth his graunde captaine to kepe all the souldiers in order and obedience, or if they would be stubborne, to cōpell them whether they would or not, to accomplish his cōmaundement. MarginaliaThe Turke entreateth his souldiours.Who cōmyng to the souldiers, shewed to them þ^e great Turkes messege, and to animate & encourage thē, declared that þ^e oportunitie of þ^e tyme present was not to be neglected, neither could they now without greate shame geue ouer, after so many assaultes attēpted: Who if they woult susteyne but one brunte more, the victorye were in their owne handes. The townesmen, he sayd, were wasted and their victuales spent: and the more to enflame their mindes, he promised thē not onely great thankes and rewarde of their Emperour, but also the whole spoyle of the Citie, in recompence of theyr trauaile. But when all this could not styrre vp the sturdy stomackes of the tiered Turkes, vsinge compulsion where persuasion would not serue, he appoynted a number of horsemen to be set at their backes, wherby to enforce them, either to go forward, or if they denyed, with gunnes and speares, to destroy them. MarginaliaCompulsion of men serueth not, wher the lord defēdeth.The Turkes seyng thē selues in such a straite that whether they went or taryed, it was to thē like perill, yet would they not set forwarde except the Captayne would take the venture before them. Who wardyng forewarde in his arraye, thus spake vnto his felows, saying: Do you forsake your faith & allegeance, and betray the Emperor of Constantinople vnto the Christians, if you will: but I will discharge my dutie towardes the commune wealth and my Emperour, and with that woorde auaunced his ensigne, making toward the Citie walles. MarginaliaThe slaughter of the Turkes at Vienna.Whō whē other folowed, and still moe and moe pressed after, so it came to passe that whole routes of them were ouerthrowne and slaine of our men vpon the walles, before it was knowe what they ment. Other terrified by theyr example, gaue backe and left their array, & windyng thē selues by bye wayes and vnder couerte of hylles, returned agayne into theyr