An abridgement of the book of acts and monuments of the ChurchAn abridgement of the booke of acts and monumentes of the Church

Now while this stir was betwixt the Emperor and the pope, Ochodarius the Emperor of the Tartarians son, with a great power invaded the borders next adjoining unto him, & there wan Ropolanum, Rodolium, Mundanum, with diverse other cities & towns, killing man, woman, & child, and destroyed all Hungary, & made great spoil in both the Pannonias, Mesiarum, Bulgaria, & Seruia. When Belus the king of Hungary had gotten to Pola, a city of Histria: unto Otho duke of Dalmatia, he sent his Legates to Frederick the Emperor, promising, if that he would send him aid to expel the Tartars, Hungary should ever after be under the jurisdiction of the Empire. The Emperor was in respect of the common cause of Christians,¹ very willing to satisfy his request, but the pope with his confederates hindered the same, as he signified to the king of Hungary by his letters. Notwithstanding he sent Conradus Caesar king of Bohemia, and other Princes more of Germany, to withstand the enemy, as much as lay in them to do. But the great army and number of soldiers that ware the cross, by the Popes assignment, differed their journey against the ⟨p. 226⟩Tartarians, and had commandment given them by Albertus the Popes procurator, to abide at home, till they should be called for in battle to fight against the Emperor: and notwithstanding this spoil and havoc of Polonia, Bohemia, and Hungaria, by the Tartarians, it was determined that at Libussa the Princes confederate should be assembled, about the deposing of the Emperor, and creating an other: & the league with him and the French king by the popes means,² either was utterly infringed or else in variable suspense. Wherefore Frederick now seeing no other remedy, prosecuteth his war to the uttermost, and wasteth all the country about Rome,³ wherewith the Pope was so dismayed, that being in despair to obtain his purpose, he died for very anger and thought.

Now while this stir was betwixt the Emperour and the pope, Ochodarius the Emperour of the Tartarians sonne, with a great power inuaded ye borders next adioyning vnto him, & there wan Ropolanum, Rodolium, Mūdanum, with diuerse other cities & townes, killing man, woman, & child, and destroyed all Hungarie, & made great spoile in both the Pannonias, Mesiarum, Bulgaria, & Seruia. When Belus the king of Hungarie had gotten to Pola, a citie of Histria: vnto Otho duke of Dalmatia, hée sent his Legates to Fredericke the Emperour, promising, if that he would send him aid to expell the Tartars, Hungarie should euer after bée vnder the iurisdiction of the Empire. The Emperour was in respect of the common cause of Christians,