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A55663	The serasquier bassa an historical novel of the times, containing all that pass'd at the siege of Buda / out of French.	Préchac, Jean de, 1647?-1720.	1685 (1685)	Wing P3208A; ESTC R235346	38,314	158

her Lover's Billet took a great share in the publick Joy Yet neither Zouglan's Letter nor all she heard in commendation of the Serasquier who had the Reputation not to suffer any Injustice could re-assure her She thought her Lover flatter'd himself and that his Passion gave him this great Confidence she remarkt in his Letters Cabstan perpetually troubled her and she fear'd the last day of the Siege would be the Beginning of her Misfortunes prepossest that this Bassa would seize of all her Father's Estate and of her self too without her being able to hinder it since her Father dy'd in that Will Zouglan appear'd to her a weak Protector against a Bassa so authoriz'd Her Love and her Fear made her see a thousand Dangers in the Assistance she might expect from her Lover for she doubted not but he had Resolution enough to kill Cabstan but she foresaw he would be immediatly punisht for it and that she should still equally lose him All these Reflexions cruelly perplext her and she saw some Moments when she knew not whether she ought to desire the raising of the Siege In fine after having a long time tormented her self she found some Consolation in thinking she might avoid Cabstan by casting her self at the feet of the generous Serasquier asking him his Protection and informing him of the particular Reasons she had to prefer Zouglan before this Bassa Animated with this Hope she fail'd not to wish the Siege were ended and was already meditating upon all she should say to the Serasquier that she might encline him to her Interest when one of her Slaves acquainted her That her House was guarded by Fifty Janisaries and that the Aga who commanded them desir'd to speak with her Her Fear or rather her Love alarm'd made her presently judge they were Cabstan Bassa's Emissaries who would secure themselves of her Father's Succession and perhaps of her Person but the Aga presenting himself before her told her He was of the number of those that entred into the Place the day before and that he had Orders from the Serasquier Bassa to continue near her Person with Fifty Janisaries and to obey whatever she would command him and if through Misfortune the Place should be assaulted by the Christians which was not probable not to abandon her but rather to be all cut in pieces than to let her fall into their hands Zaratima was extremely surpriz'd at the Aga's Discourse not being able to comprehend through what Motive the Serasquier should so much concern himself for a Person he had never seen Having reason'd long within her self to divine the cause of it she imagin'd the Serasquier had perhaps heard something to her Advantage and that he was without doubt of the same Humor with the greatest part of the Turks who always begin to satisfie their Love before they declare their Passion to the Person that causes it This Thought gave her a thousand Horrors and engag'd her to make Reflexions on the unhappy Condition of the Turkish Women who are rather their Husband's Slaves than Companions She was troubled at the Education her Father had taken so much Care to give her since it serv'd only to make her more severely feel the Infelicity of her State She thought nevertheless she should be the most happy Person of her Sex if she might pass her Life with her Lover and maugre all the Reasonings she had made she found a sensible Pleasure in reading over again Zouglan's Letter judging also that if it were true the Serasquier had a Merit proportion'd to his Reputation it was not impossible he might be her Lover's particular Friend and might seek to give him an essential Proof of it by the Care he took of a Person which was not indifferent to him Whilst Zaratima was busied with such like Thoughts the Elector of Bavaria who was vext that he could not fight the Serasquier visited the Attack of his Troops and finding it very much advanc'd made them mount to the Assault The Breach which was not sufficient oblig'd them to retreat and expect till a Mine that was to be sprung had made a greater Tho the Christians Army began to want Victuals and Ammunition and was extremely diminisht by the frequent Combats they had with the Turks by the ordinary Fatigues of so long a Siege and by the continual Sallies they were forc'd to oppose yet were they not rebutted The Duke of Bavaria also declar'd That he would not raise the Siege till the last Extremity sending to his States for other Troops for Munitions of War and Mouth and for Cloths to keep the Souldiers from the Cold which began to incommode them A French Engenier who had serv'd in the King's Armies being at that time arriv'd in the Imperialists Camp gave them new Hopes they being perswaded that a Man which had made War under a Monarch who never undertook Siege without Success might facilitate their taking of the Place The Count Bielk whom we have seen Ambassador from Swedeland in France and who was a Voluntier in the Imperial Army presented this Engenier to the Elector of Bavaria This Prince who neglected nothing that might contribute to the taking of Buda gave him Employ the same Day He wrought to make a great Mine of which the Effect would have been infallible had it not been overflown by the running in of Water from the Town The Turks who from the Beginning of the Siege foresaw that the Christians might take from them the Water of the Danow digg'd a prodigious number of Pits which were afterwards very serviceable to them for the Elector of Bavaria perswaded of his Engeniers Capacity had already dispos'd his Troops to go up to the Assault assoon as this great Mine should be Sprung but at the time when they no longer doubted of Success word was brought them that many of these Pits were broken into the Miners Work and had quite drown'd it This hindred not the Elector of Bavaria whom all these Difficulties could not rebut to give immediately new Orders for beginning a Mine on another side In the mean time the Serasquier having receiv'd a Reinforcement of Troops and seeing that the Besiegers Army daily decreas'd appear'd before the Christians Camp at the Head of a great Body of Horse The Besieged made at the same time a vigorous Sally Whilst a Part of the Imperial Army was busied in repelling it and the Serasquier amus'd the Horse by Skirmishes eight great Boats laden with Men and Provisions sent by the Bassa of Agria pass'd the Danow above Pest A Detachment of these Turks having charg'd a a small number of Imperialists who guarded the Redoubts drove them away without much difficulty because all the Troops were employ'd another way which was the Cause this Relief got easily into the Place Nevertheless this hindred not the Imperialists who expected great Effects from their Mines to dispose all things for the giving a general Assault but a Deserter of the Imperial Troops being at

THE SERASQVIER BASSA AN Historical NOVEL OF THE TIMES Containing all that pass'd AT THE SIEGE of BVDA Out of FRENCH LONDON Printed for Henry Rhodes next Door to the Swan Tavern near Brides-Lane in Fleet-street TO MADAM THE DAVPHINESS MADAM I Present you a Book compos'd of a Mixture of real Facts and gallant Intrigues It bears the Name of the Serasquier In the mean time this General is only the Hero of the Romance My Lord Elector of Bavaria being the real Hero The Glory he has acquir'd at the raising the Siege of Vienna and the great Actions he did before Buda in the frequent Sallies he oppos'd and the several Combats in which he repell'd the Serasquier shew that he is animated with the Blood of the famous Emperor Rodulphus one of your Ancestors who so often made the Ottoman Empire tremble I believed Madam you would be well pleas'd to read in repose the Particular of so worthy a Brother's glorious Actions which have given you so many Alarms and this only Reason oblig'd me to this Work to assure you that I am with a most profound Respect Madam Your most Humble and most Obedient Servant TO THE READER HAVING given you The Grand Visier and The Illustrious Genouese Two Novels mixt with Incidents of the Times which have been favorably receiv'd by every one I present you with The Serasquier Bassa of the same Author hoping you will be no less satisfied with it than you were with his two first Works This last contains nothing but what is grounded on faithful Memoirs in respect of Zouglan's Fortune and his Elevation to the Office of Serasquier As to the Circumstances of the Siege of Buda you will find them here such as the exactest Relations have Publisht them THE SERASQVIER BASSA An Historical Novel OF THE TIMES IT has ever been a Maxim with the Ottoman Emperors to Educate in the Seraglio a great Number of Young Persons without any Distinction of Birth or Country The Education they receive is so conformable to the Interests of the State that all these Young Men acknowledging no Kindred propose to themselves no other aim but the Empire 's Grandeur and the Sultan's Glory At their going out of the Seraglio they are usually put into the Troops with very small Pay having neither Goods Protection nor any other Refuge but the Hopes of Meriting Rewards by their Service Those that want Wit and Address to raise themselves pass their Lives in a Condition unhappy enough whereas those who have Merit attain sometimes to the greatest Dignities of the State It is certain that the most considerable Officers of the Ottoman Empire have had this Beginning which is the Cause that the Turks who are in the first Stations are ordinarily Men of Active Spirits and full of Address although for the most part of an insatiable Avarice which obscures all their good Qualities Zouglan who is at this day so well known in Hungary by the Name of the Serasquier Bassa was Educated in this Manner He was Handsom very Generous and full of high Thoughts but so Proud that being yet in the Seraglio he disdained the greatest part of his Commarades which much contributed to the getting him Enemies It very often happens that these Young Men uncertain of their future Lot joyn themselves five or six together making a kind of Union or Society whereby they reciprocally engage themselves to a mutual Participation of Estates and Fortunes if they have one day the Happiness of being advanced which promise is afterward performed with very much fidelity Zouglan would never enter into any such Engagements with any one Ibrahim was the only Person of his Comarades whom he esteemed and familiarly convers'd with He lived in so great a Confidence of his Fortune that he many times promised Ibrahim to contribute to his Advancement without troubling himself to require from him the same Condition In fine Zouglan at his going forth from the Seraglio went to serve at Sea where he gave Proofs of his Courage on many Occasions meriting the Applause of his Generals but foreseeing he could at most arrive to be only Bey or Captain of a Galley because the great employs of the Sea were given only to very experienc'd Officers so limited a Charge not being capable to satisfie his Ambition he resolved to serve on Land putting himself in the Army the Grand Seignior had on foot against Poland He was not long there e're he acquir'd a great deal of Glory His Name became Famous in the Ottoman Army and they spake of him in all the Frontier Places as of an Adventurer that knew no dangers These happy Successes augmented his natural Haughtiness and also gave a jealousie to many Officers of the Army Cabstan Bassa who commanded the Cavalry hindring one day his going forth of the Camp with an hundred Horse he had chosen for a very bold Attempt Zouglan shewed himself not a little discontented at it saying publickly That he would complain to the Grand Visier of Cabstan Bassa's having made him lose a favorable Occasion to destroy the Enemies of the Port. Cabstan Bassa informed of it sent to seek him in his Tent and after having spoken to him in very outrageous Terms threatned to treat him very severely if he ever happened to fail of the Respect he ow'd him The fierce Zouglan penetrated with Spight and Choler laid his Hand on his Sabre The Bassa would have killed him on the Place had he not been stayed by some other Officers that were near him Zouglan was Arrested and the whole Army blam'd his Action The Bassa would not however have it brought before the Council of War being contented with sending him Prisoner to the Castle of Temisoüar of which Selim Aga was at that time Governor He was a Man of Service who had acquir'd a great Estate by the Favor of the Sultaness Valida his Protectress He had a great Authority in his Government living more like a Bassa than a particular Governor He had only one fair Daughter whom he lov'd with extream Tenderness She being born in Hungary he bred her up after the manner of the Country making her always eat with him and not Subjecting her to the particular and retir'd Life of the Turkish Women Zouglan being arriv'd at the Castle of Temisoüar Selim who knew his Reputation treated him with a great deal of Respect and seeking to sweeten the Discontents the loss of his Liberty might have caused in him gave him a Chamber commodious enough in the Castle where he was so strictly Guarded that none was permitted to see him Selim trusted no body with him but himself scarce suffering his Keaia or Intendent tho' he were a Man in whom he confided to enter with him into his Prisoners Chamber Zaratima this is the Name of Selim's Daughter having often heard her Father speak of Zouglan's Courage and the Gallant Actions he had done was touch'd with his Disgrace through a Sentiment natural to Persons of her Sex who