many other things i haue omitted, because i beheld them not with mine owne eyes. howbeit from day to day i purpose with my selfe to trauell countreyes or lands, in which action i dispose myselfe to die or to liue, as it shall please my god. of the death of frier odoricus. in the yeere therefore of our lord 1331 the foresayd frier odoricus preparing himselfe for the performance of his intended iourney, that his trauel and labour might be to greater purpose, he determined to present himselfe vnto pope iohn the two and twentieth, whose benediction and obedience being receiued, he with a certaine number of friers willing to beare him company, might conuey himselfe vnto all the countreyes of infidels. and as he was trauelling towards the pope, and not farre distant from the city of pisa, there meets him by the waye a certaine olde man, in the habit and attire of a pilgrime, saluting him by name, and saying: all haile frier odoricus. and when the frier demaunded how he had knowledge of him: he answered: whiles, you were in india i knew you full well, yea, and i knew your holy purpose also: but see that you returne immediatly vnto the couer from whence you came, for tenne dayes hence you shall depart out of this present world. wherefore being astonished and amazed at these wordes (especially the olde man vanishing out of his sight, presently after he had spoken them) he determined to returne. and so he returned in perfect health, feeling no crazednesse nor infirmity of body. and being in his couen at vdene in the prouince of padua, the tenth day after the foresayd vision, hauing receiued the communion, and preparing himselfe vnto god, yea, being strong and sound of body, hee happily rested in the lord; whose sacred departure was signified vnto the pope aforesaid, vnder the hand of the publique notary in these words following. in the yeere of our lord 1331, the 14. day of ianuarie, beatus odoricus a frier minorite deceased in christ, at whose prayers god shewed many and sundry miracles, which i guetelus publique notarie of vtina, sonne of m. damianus de porto gruaro, at the commandement and direction of the honorable conradus of the borough of gastaldion, and one of the councell of vtina, haue written as faithfully as i could, and haue deliuered a copie thereof vnto the friers minorites: howbeit not of all, because they are innumerable, and too difficult for me to write. the voyage of the lord iohn of holland, earle of huntington, brother by the mothers side to king richard the second, to ierusalem and saint katherins mount. [sidenote: 1394. froyssart.] the lord iohn of holland, earle of huntington, was as then on his way to ierusalem, and to saint katherins mount, and purposed to returne by the realme of hungarie. for as he passed through france (where he had great cheere of the king, and of his brother and vncles) hee heard how the king of hungary and the great turke should haue battell together: therefore he thought surely to be at that iourney. the voiage of thomas lord moubray duke of norfolke to ierusalem, in the yeere of our lord 1399. written by holinshed, pag. 1233. thomas lord moubray, second sonne of elizabeth segraue and iohn lord moubray her husband, was advanced to the dukedome of norfolke in the 21. yeere of the reigne of richard the 2. shortly after which, hee was appealed by henry earle of bullingbroke of treason; and caried to the castle of windsore, where he was strongly and safely garded, hauing a time of combate granted to determine the cause betweene the two dukes, the 16. day of september, in the 22. of the sayd king, being the yeere of our redemption 1398. but in the end the matter was so ordered, that this duke of norfolke was banished for euer: whereupon taking his iourney to ierusalem, he died at venice in his returne from the said citie of ierusalem, in the first yeere of king henry the 4. about the yeere of our redemption, 1399. the voiage of the bishop of winchester to ierusalem, in the sixt yeere of the reigne of henry the fift, which was the yeere of our lord, 1417. thomas walsingham. vltimo die mensis octobris, episcopus wintoniensis accessit ad concilium constanciense, peregrinaturus hierosolymam post electionem summi pontificis celebratam, vbi tantum valuit eius facunda persuasio, vt et excitaret dominos cardinales ad concordiam, et ad electionem summi pontificis se ocyùs præpararent. the same in english. the last day of october the bishop of winchester came to the councell of constance, which after the chusing of the pope determined to take his iourney to ierusalem: where his eloquent perswasion so much preuailed, that he both perswaded my lords the cardinals to vnity and concord, and also moued them to proceed more speedily to the election of the pope. a preparation of a voyage of king henrie the fourth to the holy land against the infidels in the yere 1413, being the last yere of his reigne: wherein he was preuented by death: written by walsingham, fabian, polydore virgile, and holenshed. [sidenote: order taken for building of ships and gallies.] in this fourteenth and last yere of king henries reigne a councell was holden in the white friers in london, at the which among other things, order was taken for ships and gallies to be builded and made ready, and all other things necessary to be prouided for a voyage, which he meant to make into the holy land, there to recouer the city of ierusalem from the infidels: for it grieued him to consider the great malice of christian princes, that were bent vpon a mischieuous purpose to destroy one another, to the perill of their owne soules, rather than to make warre against the enemies of the christian faith, as in conscience, it seemed to him, they were bound. we finde, sayeth fabian in his chronicle, that he was taken with his last sickeness, while he was making his prayers at saint edwards shrine, there as it were, to take his leaue, and so to proceede foorth on his iourney. he was so suddenly and grieuously taken, that such as were about him feared least he would haue died presently: wherefore to relieue him, if it were possible, they bare him into a chamber that was next at hand, belonging to the abbot of westminster, where they layd him on a pallet before the fire, and vsed all remedies to reuiue him. at length he recouered his speech, and perceiuing himselfe in a strange place which he knew not, he willed to knowe if the chamber had any particular name, whereunto answere was made, that it was called ierusalem. then sayde the king, laudes be giuen to the father of heauen: for now i knowe that i shall die here in this chamber, according to the prophesie of mee declared, that i should depart this life in ierusalem. of this intended voyage polydore virgile writeth in manner following. post haec henricus rex memor nihil homini debere esse antiquius, quàm ad officium iustitiæ, quæ ad hominum vtilitatem pertinet, omne suum studium conferre, protinùs omisso ciuili bello, quo pudebat videre christianos omni tempore turpitèr occupari, de republica anglica benè gubernanda, de bello in hostes communes sumendo, de hierosolymis tandem aliquando recipiendis plura destinabat, classemque iam parabat, cum ei talia agenti atque meditanti casus mortem attulit: subito enim morbo tentatus, nulla medicina subleuari potuit. mortuus est apud westmonasterium, annum agens quadragesimum sextum, qui fuit annus salutis humanæ, 1413. the same in english. afterward, king henry calling to minde, that nothing ought to be more highly esteemed by any man, then to doe the vtmost of his indeuour for the performance of iustice, which tendeth to the good and benefite of mankinde; altogether abondoning ciuill warre (wherewith he was ashamed to see, how christians at all times were dishonourably busied) entered into a more deepe consideration of well gouerning his realme of england, of waging warre against the common enemie, and of recouering, in processe of time the citie of ierusalem, yea, and was prouiding a nauie for the same purpose, whenas in the very midst of this his heroicall action and enterprise, he was surprised with death: for falling into a sudden disease, he could not be cured by any kinde of physicke. he deceased at westminster in the 46 yeare of his age, which was in the yeere of our lord, 1413. the voyage of m. iohn locke to ierusalem. in my voyage to ierusalem, i imbarked my selfe the 26 of march 1553 in the good shippe called the mathew gonson, which was bound for liuorno, or legorne and candia. it fell out that we touched in the beginning of aprill next ensuing at cades in andalozia, where the spaniardes, according to their accustomed maner with all shippes of extraordinarie goodnes and burden, picked a quarell against the company, meaning to haue forfeited, or at least to haue arrested the sayd shippe. and they grew so malicious in their wrongfull purpose that i being vtterly out of hope of any speedie release, to the ende that my intention should not be ouerthrowen, was inforced to take this course following