450 OF THE STATE OP EUROPE. 



The chief in credit with him of martial men and 

 for counsel are .... 



He maketh account to have in continual pay 

 fifty thousand soldiers. 



He maintaineth galleys to the number of one 

 hundred and forty, whereof there are sixty in Por 

 tugal, the rest are at Naples and other places. Now 

 is on league with the Turk. 



D. Antonio, elect King of Portugal, thrust out 

 by the King of Spain, of forty-five years of age, a 

 mild spirit, sober and discreet : he is now in France, 

 where he hath levied soldiers, whereof part are em 

 barked, hoping by the favour of that king, and the 

 good will the Portugals do bear him, to be restored 

 again. He holdeth the Torges, and the East Indians 

 yet remain well affected to him, a case of itself de 

 serving the considering and relief of all other princes. 

 Besides in his person, his election to be noted with 

 the title he claimeth very singular, and seldom the 

 like seen, being chosen of all the people ; the great 

 dangers he hath escaped likewise at sundry times. 



The King of Poland, Stephen Batoaye, a Baron 

 of Hungary, by the favour of the Turk chosen King 

 of the Pollacks, after the escape made by the French 

 king ; a prince of the greatest value and courage of 

 any at this day, of competent years, sufficient wisdom, 

 the which he hath shewed in the siege of Danske, 

 and the wars with the Muscovite. 



The Hungarians could be content to exchange 

 the emperor for him. The Bohemians likewise wish 

 him in the stead of the other. He were like to attain 



