THOMAS STUKELEY ad. 



1578. 

 summes indebted, the Emperors pleasure and com- 

 mandement was> that they should without further ex- 

 cuse or delay, pay and discharge the same. And thus 

 at length I was dismissed with great honour and speciall 

 countenance, such as hath not ordinarily bene shewed 

 to other Ambassadors of the Christians. 



And touching the private affaires intreated upon be- 

 twixt her Majestie and the Emperour, I had letters from 

 him to satisfie her highnesse therein. So to conclude, 

 having received the like honourable conduct from his 

 Court, as I had for my part at my first landing, I 

 embarked my selfe with my foresaid company, and 

 arriving not long after in England, I repaired to her 

 Majesties court, & ended my Ambassage to her high- 

 nesse good liking, with relation of my service performed. 



The voyage of Thomas Stukeley, wrongfully 

 called Marques of Ireland, into Barbary 1578. 

 Written by Johannes Thomas Freigius in 

 Historia de caede Sebastiani Regis Lusitanias. 



Enerant autem ad regem etiam sexcenti 

 Itali, quos Papa subministrarat, Comiti 

 Irlandiae : qui cum Vlissiponem tribus 

 instructis navibus appulisset Regi operam 

 suam condixit, eumque in bellum sequi 

 promisit. Cap. 7. 



Totum exercitum divisit in quatuor 

 acies quadratas : In dextro latere primum agmen erat 

 Velitum & militum Tingitanorum, eosque ducebat Alvarus 

 Peresius de Tavara : sinistram aciem seu mediam tenebant 

 Germani & Itali, quibus imperabat Marchio Irlandiae, &c. 

 Cap. 11. 



Inter nobiles qui in hoc praelio ceciderunt, fuerunt, 

 praeter regem Sebastianum, dux de Avero, Episcopi 

 Conimbricensis & Portuensis, Commissarius generalis a 

 Papa missus Marchio Irlandiae, Christophorus de Tavora, 

 & plures alii. Cap. 13. 



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