all this while The French having pretty good successe there last year were contented to be on the defensive only this year Duke of Sâ—â—oy Invades the Dauphinate The Duke of Sovoy in the Month of July marches into the Dauphinate with twenty thousand Men where having pillaged La Roche Chantelouvi and some other Villages he marches to Ambrun which on the 5th day after surrendered to him upon Articles From thence he marched to Guillestre which after a brisk Seige of about 9 days yeelded upon Articles here he got 20 peice of Cannon and the City granted him forty thousand Livers Contribution besides sixty thousand Livers in Gold of the French Kings Money Takes some Towns which he got in the hands of the Treasurer From thence he marched to Gap a City upon the Frontiers of Provence which on the first Summons surrendred Fals sick and returns home He designed the taking of Brianson and Quieras but the smal Pox taking him broke all his Measures and hindred his keeping of what he had Conquered in the Dauphinate so as his Army plundering all the Countrey and burning and destroying what they could not carry away returned home and so ended this Campaign SECT 4. Sect. 4 The Emperour encouraged with the late great Victory at Salankemen thought fit now to attack Great Waradin Hungary which had been Blocked up for some years past and appoints General Heusler for that service Great Waradin taken by Heusler who arrived at the place about the end of April and pushed on the Seige with great vigour to the 30th of May throwing in an infinite number of Bombs and the same day sprung a mine to good purpose he then sent a threatning Summons to the Aga. who answered he would perish in the defence of the Place yet on the 2d of June when he saw all things prepared for a General Assault he beat a Parley and agreed on Articles and surrendered After which the General took a smal Garison on the Danube caled Pescabara And this was all the service was performed on that side also Pescabara during this Campaign This year on the 18th of July the Venetians laid Seige to Canea Venice in the Isle of Candia the gaining whereof they had good hopes at first but by the great policie and valour of the Basha of Retino both their hopes and endeavours were frustrate in so much as they were forced to leave it re-infecta and Sailed away towards Napoli di Malvasia Morosini made Captain General again This with some Incursions of the Turks into the Venetians Territories made the Senate very uneasie so as they began to think of a new Captain General And this Trust and Honour they unanimously devolved on the Serene Doge Morosins who had formerly served the Re-pulick so succesfully and which nothing but his great age made him unwilling to accept off As for the Polish Army they made a shift to get into the Feild in September and in Ostober they Blocked up Caminiec And so for this Campaign exeunt Mr. Robert Boyl dyed this year This year dyed the Famous Robert Boyl Esquire a Philosoper of a particular and extraordinary Character And yet he was so far from Atheism that is too usual for such Speculative heads as he lived and dyed a sincere Christian whereof he gave a convincing Testimony at his death by the Legacie he left to have a Monthly Sermon Preached against Athism On the 7th of June happened a terrible Earthquake in the Island of Jamaica Earthquake in Jamaica in the Town of Port-Royal the cheifest of the English Plantations and the greatest Mart in that part of the World the Town was intirely ruined with the loss of fifteen hundred people And on the 8th of September we had a touch of it in England but did little hurt blâ—ssed be GOD. The Elector of Bavaria and Prince Waldeck dyes On the 24th of December dyed the Serene Electoress of Bavaria in Vienna 23 years old This year also dyed the Valiant Prince Waldeck And this year the Duke of Hanover a Protestant Ptince is Constituted the 9th Electorate of the Empir CHAP. XVIII Anno 1693. SECT 1. In Britain and Ireland England things went well between the King and all his Parliaments An 1693 for Scotland and Ieâ—land appeared very forward in all matters tending to the Common good and safety and to the Kings Honour and Satisfaction and the Parliament of England came nothing short of the Kings expectation and desires passing many Acts and laying on taxes and all for raising of Money for carrying on the War against France For all which the King gave them hearty thanks and Prorogued the Parliament to the 2d of May. and then he went to Holland But before he went he laid aside Admiral Russel for causes to himself best known and constituted Henry Kuligrew Esquire Sir Ralph Delavalle and Sir Clovasley Shoved Commanders of the Fleet this Summer The Smyrna Fleet attached by the Frend. This year our Smyrna Fleet outward bound consisting of near four hundred Saile of several Nations under the Conduct of Sir George Rook with a Squadron of 23 Men of War were attack't by the whole French Fleet. And tho Sir George neglected nothing of the duty of an expert and resolute Captain for the safty of these under his protection yet being over matched by a greafer force he could not prevent a great damage to the Fleet of whom the French burnt â—7 and took 32 Merchant Men. And 2 Dutch Men of war And soon after Sir George brought his Squadron and many Merchant Ships safe in to Kinsale in Ireland SECT 2. Sect. 2 The French Army in Flanders this year did exceed ours in number very much the Troops of Lâ—â—ge being on their march to joyne the King Luxemburg sent out a strong Detachment which surprizing them in the hollow ways charged them smartly and forced Count Tilly who commanded them to retreat towards Mastreicht Huy taken by the French This encouraged Luxemburg to lay Seige to Huy which he invested the 9th of July and in few days had it surrendered to him Which the King hearing of and fearing Luxemburg might attempt Letâ—e being not far from it he sent ten Batalions who with great difficulty got into the Place Luxemburg made as tho he had a design on Leige but he had a greater design really in his head for knowing the King had sent off the Duke of Wertemberg and several other considerable Detachments he resolved on no less then atracking the King in his Camp his Army at this time being thirty five thousand stronger then the Kings Army Luxemburg approaches the Kings Camp And with all carried the matter so closs as tho the King sent out several parties to observe the Enemies motion he could get no certain Intelligence till himself Bavarâ—a and some other Officers took Horse and went out and were not far till they met with Luxemburgs
Wounded Men to be Hang'd and that with the Solemnity of Trumpets Drums and Bag-pipes making a noise all the time of their Execution And after all this Alerman Cornish a Worthy Honest Citizen of London is Apprehended Arraign'd Condemn'd Mr. Cornish Executed and Executed and that for no other Cause Realy but that being Sheriff of London at the Discovery of the Popish Plot he had appeared Active in prosecuting the Conspirators and this was the Demonstration of the Kings Clemency and tenderness towards his People which he so fairly promised first to the Privy Council and soon after to the Parliament SECT 3. Sect. 3 All things going so fair on in England with the King he begins to take Ireland under consideration and in the first place he begins to turn out some Eminent Protestant Officers as the Lord Shannon Captain Robert â—itzgerald Captain Richard Coot and Sir George St. George all Captains of Horse and fills up these Vacancies with Popish Officers Then he calls over the Duke of Ormond Collonel Talbot sent to Enland to no other end then that by divesting him of the Government of that Kingdom he might make way for the advancement of his darling Richard Talbot a bigot Papist whom he first makes a Collonel of Horse and afterwards Lord Deputy and General of all his Forces in Ireland and creats him Earl of Tirconnel who being cloathed with this Grandour and Power He disbands Protestants began presently to Exereise it he Disbanded whole Companies and Troops at once stripping them of their Cloaths and depriving them of their Horses and Accutrements all which they had payed for he turn'd off two or three hundered Protestant Officers And makes up the Army of Irish Papists many of Whom had purchassed their Commissions at a dear rate and in a short time turned out of the Army Five or Six thousand Protestant Souldiers most part of whom went a Begging and formed the Army entirely of Irish Papists with a mixture of some few French Officers all Papists King James being elated and animated with his Success hitherto The Kings speech to the Parliament in November 1685. both in England and Ireland and finding his Parliament so plyable to all his desires in the last Session at their meeting in November 1685 he layes before them the necessity of Encreassing the Army and of a continual standing Force to defend Him and the Nation from all attempts of their Enemies either abroad or at home and desires a supplie answerable to the necessary expence in that matter And in the next place he extolls the Loyalty and good services of many Popish Officers he had taken into the Army and declared plainly that he would not expose them to disgrace nor deprive himself of the benefite of their service if a new Rebellion should happen The Parliament taking thir motions into Consideration The answer of both houses the Lords Voted tho faintly and not unanimously that thanks should be returned to his Majesty for his Speech But the house of Commons went to work more Ingenuously and roundly for on the sixteenth of November they addrest the King That finding his Majesty not fully satisfied with the Militia in the late troubles they would take care to make them more usefull for the future but not on word of Encreassing the Army and for the Popish Officers they were preparing a Bill for indemnifying them from the penalty they had incurred by Law but because the continuing them in the Army without ane Act of Parliament might be thought a dispensing power with that Law they humbly prayed he would be pleased to give such directions therein that no Jealousies might râ—main in the hearts of his faithful Subjects The consequent of this address was The Parliament dissolved â—ust a prorogation and then a dissolution of the Parliament And so the King is left at liberty to persue his designs by such methods as he thought fit SECT 4. Sect. 4 Tho it be a long stept From Enâ—land to Hungary yet thither we go to enquire how affairs went there this last campaign Hungary On the the thirteenth of June 1685. The Duke of Lorrain arrives at the Imporial Camp Newheusel beseiged by Lorrain between Newheusel and Barkan where the Seige of Newheusel is resolved on thither the Duke marches and on the eleventh of July the Trenches are opened and the Seige carried on with great resolution till the end of july the beseiged making obstinate resistance Duke of Lorrain marches to releive Gran beseiged by the Turks The Duke having certain advice that the Scrasquier Basha had Beseiged Gran with an Army of near sixty Thousand Men resolved to leave a sufficient body for carrying on the Seige and with the greatest part of the Army to march to the râ—leise of Gran The Emperour approving this resolution on the first of August The Duke began his march towards Gran and on the fourteenth Encamped very near the Enemy The Turks beleiving the Christian Army to be not above twenty Thousand attached them with great furie but were so warmlie received as they were soon convinced of their mistake and repented of it tho to late The Turks totaly routed at Gran. The Imperialist pursues them hotly even to their Camp making great slaughter and without any stop drove them from their Camp and gave them a total overthrow In this action the Turks lost sour Thousand Jamsaries and two thousand Spah's their Baggadge and all their Artillery being twenty three prices of Cannon and four Mortars The Christians lost not above an Hundered Men and of them no person of Note Vicegarde taken by the Turks But while the Serasquier lay before Gran where he lost near three Thousand in the attaches he detach't a partie to Vicegrade which after a whiles brave defence was forced at last to surrender carrying off their Arms and Baggage and came safe to the Imperial Army This small loss was a boundantly Compensed with the gaining the strong Garison of Newheusel which was thought invincible Newheusel taken by storme by the Duke of Croy and Caprara for the General Caprara and the Duke of Croy who commanded the Forces left at the Seige by the Duke of Lorrain having by great application and industry made their approaches so near as their Cannon had made a breach in one of the Bastions so broad that three Men might enter a breast resolved on a general Assault the next day being the ninteenth of August which accordingly was performed and carryed on with such incredible Resolution that notwithstanding the Vigorous resistance made by the Defendants they rushed into the Town and put all to the Sword only Hassan Basha who was ill wounded and ten Officers were saved They found in the Town seveny five peices of Cannon besides a great quantity of Warlike provisions This great loss of the Turks moved the Serasquier Ipradim to wriâ—e to the Duke of Lorrain offering some
Proposals for Peace which was earnestly seconded by the Aga who brought the Letter To which the Duke answered That he had no Instructions to listen to any Overturs for Peace but that he would acquaint His Imperial Majesty with the Serasquiers Proposals And so we leave Affaires here and see what the Gernâ—anâ— have been doing in other places all this time General Leslie Commanding in Croatia formed a designe against Esseck and on the ninth of August directed his march thitherward General Leslie takes Esseck The Town of Michalowitz lying in his way and hearing it was keept by sixty Turks only he forced it to surrender at discretion and so continued his march towards Esseck to which he drew near the fourteenth of August where being opposed by a Bodie of Turks he attached them and drove them into the Town and followed them so closs that his men presently scaled the Walls which were not very strong and made themselves Masters of the Town the pillage whereof the General gave to the Souldiers And so with the loss of no more then sixty Men he returned to Michalowitz Esperies taken by General Leslie In upper Hungary General Schultz layes Seige to Esperies which was stoutly Defended but at last the Governour understanding some Additional Forces were coming to the Beseigers on the 11 of September he desired a Parley when Articles being agreed on the Town is put into the Germans hands on the 12. And Baschaw by Caprara And soon after the City of Baschaw was taken by General Caprara Agria was Bombarded by the Baron de Merci and all the Country round it ravaged and destroyed After which the Troops went into their Winter Quarters SECT 5. Sect. 5 We find but smal Feats of the Poles this Campaign for they suffered the Provinces of Podolia to be ravaged by the Tartars Poland They came late into the Feild under the Crown General Poland does but little made two or three smal skirmishes with the Enemy and so returned to their Winter Quarters Francisco Morosins Venetians Captain General of the Venetian Forces set Sail for Coron in July Morosins beseiges Coron To which he laid Seige but was soon Assaulted by a Bodie of Turks whom he defeated killing four Hundered of them and as many wounded yet in a few days after the Turks rallied again and on the 30th of July made a new attempt of breaâ—ing into the Venetian Trenches Beâ—ts the Tuâ—ks tuice but were valiantly repulsed and beaten back to their own Retrenchments lossing near four Hundered more and Kalib Basha killed with a Cannon bullet yet for all this the Beseiged make a brave Resistance and will not listen to any proposals trusting alwayes for releif from the Turkish Camp which lay not far from the Venetians the Captain General understanding this resolves wiâ—h consent of all his Officers to force the Enemyes Camp He forces the Turks Camp and and outs them which the next morning early they attempted and proved therein very successful for the Turks expecting no such thing were mightly surprysed both with the suddenness and boldness of the attempt and being in great Terrour and Confusion forsook their Camp and fled the Venetians making a horrible slaughter of them in their flight They found in the Camp a rich Booty of Artillery Arms and all sorts of provisions After this the Beseiged began to flag and loss Courage yet holding out obstinatly till at last after 49 days Seige the Beseigers made a General Assault and porsecuted the same so eagerly as they took the Town by meer Force He takes Coron be storm puting all to the Sword without respect of age or sex In the Town they found a Hundred and twenty eight Peices of Cannon whereof sixty six were Brass with a great deal of Riches and Provisions of all sorts After this he took the stronge Garison of Zarnata which surrendered to him the 11 of September thence coming to Calamata he was attached by the Captain Bassa and ten Thousand Turks whom he valiantly fought and defeated possessed himself of Calamata and brought the whole Province of Mayna under the Jurisdiction of the Re-publiâ—k This was a fatal year to the French Protestants for for by an Edict the 22d of October An. 1686 the Edicts of Nants and Nisines are repealed Pâ—rsecution of the French Protestants began whereon followed a severe Persecution CHAP. XI Anno 1686. SECT 1. Sect. 1 We return again to England The late Parliament being dissolved the King indeavours to get all the Judges in Westminster Hall to be such as would Justifie all his Actions England so as he might at least seemingly have the Law on his side To which end he begins to Bargain with them that they should declare the Kings Power of dispensing with the Penal Laws and Tests made against Recusants out of Parliament and manadged this design so as he brought it a great length The high Commission In the next place he gives a Commission of Ecclesiastical Affaires to the Bishop of Chester the Bishop of Canterbury refuseing the Imployment and several others of Clargie and Ley-men which Commission is to be seen at large in Cokes Detection c. The first that this Commission fastened upon Bishop of London suspended by it was the Bishop of London whose Crime was that he did not suspend Doctor Sharp for Preaching in his Parish Church of St Giles against the Frauds and Corruptions of the Church of Rome for which he is suspended ab Officiâ— tho the real cause was for moving in the last Parliament that the Kings speech might be Debeated which stuck in the Kings stomach and is now remembered to the Bishop Also the fellows of Magdalen Colledge The next blow the Commission gives is at the Fellows of Magdalen Colledge in Oxford for chuseing for their President Doctor Hough a person very well qualified and refuseing the Bishop of Oxford Recommended to them by the King but after they had chosen the other for which cause the Commissioners not only turns them out of their Fellowships but makes them uncapable of any other Ecclesiasticall Preferments Now comes on the stage Thomas Dangerfeâ—d who discovered the Meal-tub-plot Dangerfend killed for which he is sentenced to be whip't with Doctor Oats and at his return from Tyburne towards Newgate he is run into the eye with a Tuck on the end of a cane by Robert Francis a Papist of which and the agony of his severe whipping he dyed soon after However Francis is hauged for that base and Barbarous Act. Mr. Johnson whip't and for what crime And Mr. Samuel Johnson a Minister was Sentenced also to stand 3 times in the Pillory and to be whip't between Tyburne and Newgate which was executed severely his crime being a humble and hearty addresse to the Protestant Officers in the Kings Army Showing them the sin and danger of Associating themselves with Papists and earnestly exhorting them