ing of Bezeneger, but by treason. The
king of Bezeneger was a Gentile, and had, amongst all other of his
captaines, two which were notable, and they were Moores: and these two
captaines had either of them in charge threescore and ten or fourescore
thousand men. These two captaines being of one religion with the foure
kings which were Moores, wrought meanes with them to betray their owne king
into their hands. [Footnote: A most vnkind and wicked treason against their
prince: this they haue for giuing credit to strangers, rather then to their
owne natiue people.] The king of Bezeneger esteemed not the force of the
foure kings his enemies, but went out of his city to wage battell with them
in the fieldes; and when the armies were ioyned, the battell lasted but a
while not the space of foure houres, because the two traitourous captaines,
in the chiefest of the fight, with their companies turned their faces
against their king, and made such disorder in his armie, that as astonied
they set themselues to flight. Thirty yeeres was this kingdome gouerned by
three brethren which were tyrants, the which keeping the rightful king in
prison, it was their vse euery yeere once to shew him to the people, and
they at their pleasures ruled as they listed. These brethren were three
captaines belonging to the father of the king they kept in prison, which
when he died, left his sonne very yong, and then they tooke the gouernment
to themselues. The chiefest of these three was called Ramaragio, and sate
in the royall throne, and was called the king: the second was called
Temiragio, and he tooke the gouernment on him: the third was called
Bengatre, and he was captaine generall of the army. These three brethren
were in this battell, in the which the chiefest and the last were neuer
heard of quicke nor dead. [Sidenote: The sacking of the city.] Onely
Temiragio fled in the battel, hauing lost one of his eyes: when the newes
came to the city of the ouerthrow in the battell, the wiues and children of
these three tyrants, with their lawfull king (kept prisoner) fled away,
spoiled as they were, and the foure kings of the Moores entred the city
Bezeneger with great triumph, and there they remained sixe moneths,
searching vnder houses and in all places for money and other things that
were hidden, and then they departed to their owne kingdomes because they
were not able to maintaine such a kingdome as that was, so farre distant
from their owne countrey.