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the_o which_o be_v do_v be_v again_o bring_v down_o by_o one_o of_o the_o vizier_n page_n and_o place_v as_o before_o whereupon_o the_o ambassador_n seize_v the_o stool_n with_o his_o own_o hand_n carry_v it_o on_o the_o soffrá_fw-fr and_o sit_v upon_o it_o which_o be_v report_v to_o the_o vizier_n then_o in_o his_o retire_a chamber_n he_o send_v twice_o to_o he_o to_o remove_v let_v he_o know_v that_o unless_o the_o stool_n be_v return_v into_o the_o place_n appoint_v by_o he_o he_o will_v not_o appear_v in_o the_o chamber_n of_o audience_n whereunto_o his_o excellency_n return_v this_o prudent_a answer_n that_o the_o vizier_n may_v dispose_v of_o his_o chair_n as_o he_o please_v but_o not_o of_o his_o person_n in_o which_o interim_n the_o chaousbashee_a come_v in_o roar_v out_o calder_n calder_n which_o be_v take_v it_o away_o take_v it_o away_o mean_v the_o stool_n at_o which_o noise_n the_o ambassador_n arise_v to_o see_v what_o the_o matter_n be_v have_v the_o stool_n take_v from_o under_o he_o whereat_o be_v great_o enrage_v he_o throw_v out_o of_o the_o room_n in_o a_o high_a passion_n and_o cause_v the_o present_n which_o he_o bring_v to_o be_v again_o return_v with_o he_o he_o mount_v his_o horse_n and_o depart_v afterward_o it_o be_v intimate_v unto_o the_o english_a ambassador_n that_o he_o may_v if_o he_o please_v receive_v audience_n of_o the_o great_a vizier_n but_o his_o excellency_n understand_v in_o what_o manner_n the_o french_a ambassador_n have_v be_v treat_v excuse_v his_o go_v on_o pretence_n of_o a_o indisposition_n of_o health_n howsoever_o the_o venetian_a bailo_n and_o the_o resident_n of_o holland_n and_o genova_n be_v content_v to_o be_v admit_v unto_o audience_n on_o those_o term_n which_o the_o vizier_n be_v please_v to_o allow_v and_o though_o during_o the_o time_n that_o he_o be_v chimacam_n and_o bear_v other_o inferior_a office_n and_o charge_n of_o trust_n his_o behaviour_n be_v gentle_a affable_a and_o civil_a yet_o i_o fear_v that_o now_o have_v change_v his_o office_n he_o will_v have_v alter_v his_o humour_n and_o that_o his_o greatness_n will_v have_v increase_v his_o pride_n avarice_n and_o fierceness_n thus_o no_o man_n know_v what_o another_o will_v be_v when_o he_o shall_v enter_v into_o power_n dic_fw-la mihi_fw-la si_fw-la fueris_fw-la tu_fw-la leo_fw-la qualis_fw-la eris_fw-la and_o as_o magistratus_fw-la indicat_fw-la virum_fw-la so_o in_o the_o action_n of_o his_o management_n the_o temper_n and_o constitution_n of_o this_o great_a person_n will_v be_v discover_v and_o thus_o have_v give_v a_o short_a account_n and_o character_n of_o this_o present_a vizier_n his_o future_a act_n and_o monument_n must_v be_v the_o subject_a of_o other_o pen_n finis_fw-la the_o table_n to_o the_o reign_n of_o sultan_n morat_n or_o amurat_n iu._n a._n abassa_n pasha_n of_o erzirum_n his_o rebellion_n pag._n 2._o he_o advance_v towards_o constantinople_n 9_o be_v reconcile_v to_o the_o grand_a signior_n 21._o and_o make_v pasha_n of_o bosna_n 22._o make_v general_n in_o the_o war_n with_o poland_n 44._o he_o be_v strangle_v by_o command_n of_o the_o grand_a signior_n pag._n 49_o algierines_n infest_a the_o sea_n cast_v off_o their_o reverence_n to_o the_o sultan_n 16._o land_n at_o scanderone_n and_o rob_v the_o warehouse_n and_o then_o set_v they_o on_o fire_n 16_o 17._o infest_a the_o gulf_n of_o venice_n 72._o be_v block_v up_o by_o the_o venetian_a in_o valona_n ibid._n ali_n pasha_n slay_v in_o mesopotamia_n by_o the_o persian_a and_o his_o army_n rout_v pag._n 10_o sultan_n amurat_n advance_v to_o the_o throne_n at_o fourteen_o year_n of_o age_n 3._o describe_v ibid._n his_o lewd_a debauch_a life_n 27_o 28._o like_a to_o have_v be_v kill_v by_o lightning_n 31._o which_o work_v some_o reformation_n in_o he_o for_o the_o present_a ibid._n he_o send_v a_o ambassador_n into_o persia_n 32._o a_o peace_n make_v with_o the_o persian_n but_o quick_o break_v 38._o several_a act_n of_o his_o tyranny_n 43._o he_o destroy_v tavern_n ibid._n make_v war_n on_o the_o pole_n 44._o sue_v to_o they_o for_o peace_n 49._o more_o act_n of_o his_o cruelty_n 51._o forbid_v all_o house_n of_o entertainment_n 52._o go_v in_o person_n with_o his_o arniy_n into_o persia_n ibid._n muster_n at_o erzrum_n three_o hundred_o thousand_o sight_a man_n 57_o his_o patience_n and_o labour_n ibid._n cause_v his_o two_o brother_n bajazet_n and_o orchan_n to_o be_v strangle_v ibid._n he_o return_v from_o persia_n to_o constantinople_n 58._o his_o aversion_n to_o tabaco_n 59_o more_o instance_n of_o his_o cruelty_n ibid._n &_o 60._o &_o 69_o 70._o he_o resolve_v again_o to_o march_v in_o person_n into_o persia_n pag._n 68_o he_o begin_v his_o march_n in_o may_n 1638._o 71._o the_o history_n of_o his_o march_n 77_o 78._o the_o whole_a army_n arrive_v before_o babylon_n or_o bagdat_n 79._o he_o take_v it_o 81._o his_o
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