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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A11195	The reporte of a bloudie and terrible massacre in the citty of Mosco with the fearefull and tragicall end of Demetrius the last Duke, before him raigning at this present.	Russell, William, fl. 1607.	1607 (1607)	STC 21461; ESTC S107467	16,489	30

THE Reporte of a bloudie and terrible Massacre in the Citty of Mosco with the fearefull and tragicall end of Demetrius the last Duke before him raigning at this present AT LONDON Printed by Val. Sims for Samuel Macham and Mathew Cooke and are to be sold at their shop in Paules Churchyard at the signe of the Tigershead 1607. ¶ The report of a bloudie and terrible Massacre in the Cittie of Mosco with the fearefull and tragicall end of Demetrius the last Duke before him raigning at this present After that Peter Vendronitz Basmaneuf one of the principallest and most valiant Boyars had béene magnificently brought into the Citie and most honourablie received by Boritz Fendronitz Godena who was then Prince of the countrie and all this because of his magnanimious defence and kéeping of the Castle of Novomerskigrod against the forces of Demetri Ioanavitz and that for so valiant an act he had béene rewarded by his said Prince with great and rich presents the which fell out in the moneth of Februarie 1605. It happened that about the 13. of Aprill the said Boritz Fendronitz Godena sodainlie died not without suspition of having béene poysoned and he being interred the day after his wife a desolate widdowe and his sonne Fender Borissovitz were incontinently placed in the Imperiall throne and received for Prince and Princesse by every one of the Citie and of the Countrie who did them homage and sware vnto them fidelitie subiection and obedience Wherefore they dispatched incontinently the said Peter Fendronitz Basmaneuf towards the Campe as he that was Generall of al the men of warre to sweare them according to the custome which was performed by the greatest part of them But by reason that the Prince Demetri Ioanovitz drew every day nearer and nearer and that his force apparantly augmented by reason of the great multitude of good fighting men and other hyred souldiers which were sent him out of Poland so that those of the champion countrie presently ioyned with them principally because by permission divine all the world was of opinion and fullie perswaded that hee was the man which should be true heire and successor to the Crowne to which in like manner many of the Boyars willingly gaue an eare and those also of Boritz Fendronitz Godenaes partie who knew not well their owne power and were ignorant how to prevaile with their naturall authority as also there was a great part of the men of warre which desired rather to worship the Sunne rysing as the said Basmaneuf in like manner did to insinuate betimes into the favour of their new Prince so that in conclusion all the Campe revolted adhering with the greatest part of the Almaines to that Prince Demetrius who drew nearer every day to the chiefe Citie of the countrie and in his way all the world fell downe before him and thus the 20. of June he made his entrie into the Citie of Moscovie The 28. of the said moneth there arived also the old Princesse who was supposed to be the Mother or rather indéede the wife of the Tyrant Ioan Vasiliovitz who during her widdow-head had béene shut vp in a little obscure cloyster like a poore prisoner which was distant an hundred leagues from the said Citie And the said Prince by supposition h●●●onne presented him selfe before her accompanying her by the chariots side with his head alwaies vncovered on foote never mounting so much as on horse backe whilst they entered into the Castle where the said pretended mother betooke her selfe to an other of the principall Monasteries wherein there was none but of the greatest Ladies in the countrie and where she as yet remayneth being very well entreated as a Princesse or Empresse and as the wife and dowager of an Emperour of that countrie This Demetrius stayed not long but caused himselfe to be crowned the 21. of the said moneth notwithstanding that the Emperours of Russia were alwaies wont to put over this inauguration vntill the fift of September which is the day when they begin to count the new yeare But it seemes necessitie made him hasten the celebration of this solemnitie for verie urgent reasons He had about his person a guard of certaine Almayne Halberdiers which hée brought with him out of Poland but by reason that this was not the manner and custome of other Princes vpon their residence within the Citie they were all presently discharged as in like manner all souldiers of any strange nation were licensed and cashierd the which was put in execution so confusedly and sodainely as divers were very male-content therewith by reason they gave them not that which was promised whereby they found themselues but evilly rewarded and slenderly recompensed for their good services and namelie there was a certaine great Lord and Prince of Russia the faire who was called Adam Visnevetskie that amongst other of his complaints intimated how he had lent the said Demetrius while he remayned in Poland about the summe of 80000 Roubles a kinde of coyne Wherefore it is I cannot well tell but the said Lord was dislodged without giving him either payment or contentment and now there runnes a rumor abroad that he forageth vpon the frontires of that countrie with divers others of the same faction like male-contented people doing there al damage and waste that they can devise At the verie beginning of this Demetrius his Empire there were many which as well in publike as private affirmed that hée was in no sort true successor heire or Prince of the countrie amongst whome was also a great Lord and a Monke But the said Monke was quicklie dispatched and the Lord whose name was Vasilius Ioanovitz Cinskie who is now Prince of the countrie was brought into the open market place before the seate of Iustice and stripped readie to have his head cut off with an hatchet who notwithstanding at the same instant and by the intercession of the Chancellor Ossinassi Ioanovitz obtayned mercie and preservation of his life and was verie honourablie entertayned and from that time forward one could heare no speach of any thing else but daylie treasons and all kinde of conspiracies whereof haue ensued so manie tortures flagellations disgraces releasements confiscations and censure of goods with new confirmations of estates as it was most wonderfull to heare but this cursed race and perverse generation of vipers never ceased vntill they had executed their tyranicall designes during the governement of a strange Prince For his owne person he maintayned his greatnesse verie well he was a man of meane stature browne of hew prompt to choller but quickly appeased he hath broken many a staffe and given sentence of death vpon the Marshalles and other officers when they did but a little swarve from their dutie he liked well to be on horse backe and loved to go often on hunting being a man of great expedition that would quickly order whatsoever came before him commanded with excellent forecast even in the least matters he was