DUKE OF MOSCOVYS GENEALOGY a.d. 



1580. 



From thence Bathy and his company with the same [I. 223.] 

 bloodthirstie intent marched into Hungarie, and had 

 almost slaine king Bela the fourth, who together with 

 his sonne escaping by flight did scarcely ridde them- 

 selves out of the enemies hand. And when the whole 

 world almost was exceedingly terrified at the cruell 

 invasions of this most barbarous nation, at length Pope 

 Innocentius the fourth sending ambassadours unto Bathy These ambas- 

 obtained peace for five yeeres : but to forsake his odours were 

 heathenish superstitions and to become a Christian, hee pi am Qarpini 

 would by no meanes bee perswaded. For he was by y Frier 

 the instigation of the Saracens infected with devilish Benedict a 

 opinions of Mahomet, as being more agreeable unto Po ^ an - 

 his barbarous rudenes, which even unto this day the 

 Tartars do maintaine, like as the prophane Turkes also. 



This Bathy had a sonne called Tamerlan, whome 

 the Moscovites call Temirkutla, who likewise, as it is 

 recorded in histories, attained unto great renoume. For 

 he caried about with him in a cage Bajazet the Turkish 

 Emperour being fettered in golden chaines, and made 

 him a laughing stocke unto all men. 



Let us now returne unto the Russians. George being 

 slaine, Jaroslaus his brother succeeded in his roome, and 

 left behinde him three sonnes, Theodorus, Alexander 

 and Andreas. Daniel the sonne of Alexander first estab- 

 lished his royall seate in the citie of Mosco, and mag- The citie of 

 nificently building the castle which before time had Mosco first 

 bene obscure, he tooke upon him the title of the great m i , r sea c 

 Duke of Russia. He had five sonnes, namely, George, D u k e . 

 Alexander, Borissus, Ophonias, and John. This John 

 succeeded his father, and because he continually caried 

 a scrippe about with him to bestow almes, he was 

 sirnamed Kaleta, which word signifieth a scrippe. His 

 sonnes were, Simeon, John, and Andrew. He gave unto 

 his sonne Simeon the provinces of Vulodimiria and 

 Moscovia : which Simeon deceasing without issue his 

 brother John succeeded, who begate a sonne called 

 Demetrius. This Demetrius had seven sonnes, namely 



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