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A Letter from the French King to the great Turk
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1692
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Wing L1520A; ESTC R43879
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A LETTER from the FRENCH KING TO THE GREAT TURK Lamenting the woful Loss of his Noble FLEET and earnestly requiring his present Assistance With the Grand Seignior's ANSWER Most dear Brother PAR Dieu I am undone undone for ever and bloodily afraid that our good Cause which we have jointly carried on so long will now on a sudden fall to the Ground For alas alas I must let you know that my Invincible Armado hath most unhappily rancounter'd with an English Drake who hath publickly evinc'd to the unlooking World That I can be Over-come O wo wo to me what shall I do I shake and tremble I quake with a panick Fear and the Violence of Passion at the first receiving of this amazing Disaster hath again occasion'd the tormenting Fistula in my distressed Ano. What shall I do what shall I do I 'm undone undone undone every where beset with implacable Enemies and my utter Ruin is nigh at hand Enraged Neptune doth distract me at Sea and thundering Mars afrights me at Land From Abroad I 'm strangely terrify'd with the very thoughts of my formidable Adversaries and at Home I continually dread the rising of the unruly Mob To all which add that my Ghostly Father at Rome hath long ago declared me a Bastard and says That I no ways belong to the Holy See In short I 'm forsaken both by God and Man I have pray'd to S. Denis twice but he hath not heard me and S. Ignatius I think is fallen asleep All my Beads and Gaudes do now avail me nothing and a thousand Ave Maries are said but all in vain Thus my dearest Brother I do let you know of these my perplexing Circumstances beseeching you for the sake of Mahomet's Sleeve to assist me now in this my greatest Extremity Great Sir I need not tell you that my Enemies are also yours and that yours are truly mine I beg it of you that you would be pleased to cause your great Mufti grant me the benefit of his Prayers and that in all haste imaginable he would dispatch some Lamenting Pilgrim to the famous Mecca to salute in my Name the splendid Sepulchre of your great Prophet assuring him of my faithful Allegiance for the future and that henceforth I will no longer act the part of an Hypocrite that being in all probability some Cause of my present Ruine but will publickly own his noble Principles and that in the Face of the Sun still carrying before my marching Armies a glittering Crescent with the following Motto In hoc vince and to the utmost of my Power I will propagate the Holy Alcoran through the Western Parts of the Heretical World I need not tell you of my fervent Zeal to that meritorious Work you being fully convinc'd thereof long ago I am not able to write one Word more at present because excessive Grief overwhelms my drooping Spirit Therefore my dearest Brother I do again and again request your present Assistance And expecting an Answer with the first convenience do subscribe my self Great SIR Your greatly afflicted Brother Louis le Grand Be pleased to direct for me at Valenciennes at the Sign of the Lion above the Flower de Lis lodging with the Countess of Bourbon one of my Seraglio A Copy of the Grand Seignior's ANSWER to the French King's LETTER sent to him in all haste by the Flying Post Dear and disconsolate Brother I Have received your Lamenting Letter by the foresaid Post and am heartily sorry at your woful present Circumstances but assure your self that I will truly Assist you to the utmost of my Power And that you may be fully convinced of my Sympathy with your sad Condition I do hereby give you my Royal Word that for three Days to come I will abstain from being Drunk with Claret Wine And that my great Concern for you may farther appear I 'le command a publick Fast to be kept through all my Dominions strictly charging my dutiful Subjects that when they 'r best at leasure they may consecrate at least half a Day for publick Mourning and Humiliation enjoining a severe Penance on any Person who will dare to eat Meat twice before Dinner that day And to avoid all sign of Joy or Rejoicing whatsoever I 'le promise you that during our Humiliation no Bell shall be toll'd in any of my Sacred Mosques And finally for your farther Comfort I am fully resolv'd to denounce open War against the great Kingdom of China and that because it doth so abound with that nauseous Fruit called Oranges a Fruit most detestable to your Sacred Palat. But since all this though very great Comfort indeed doth not answer the chief End of your Epistle it being present Assistance you want I do hereby let you know that in that Point I 'le fully satisfy you also Courage courage Brother there 's no fear Are not you Louis le Grand and I Seignior le Grand the Devil 's in 't if we maul not the Rogues now Your Personal Valour hath sounded all the World over pray therefore rouse up your self now at this Time a Time of so great Danger to our Sacred Cause Come come Brother chear up your musing Mind and fear nothing at all It 's true you want both Ships and Money at present and what then can't I furnish you with both Yes truly and I will do it You know Brother I designed to have done great Things upon the Danube this Summer but that devilish Pass near Orsoway hath utterly ruin'd my Design Now seeing that it is so I can freely spare you my whole Fleet of Barks and Boats especially those that your shallow Seas can well admit of whereby you may be able not only to re-ingage but I hope also to defeat your Enemies Therefore I desire that upon the receiving of this my Letter you will cause instantly dispatch an Express to your Royal Harbour at Barfleur commanding three of your best Ships namely the Royal Sun the Conquerant and Admirable to meet my Fleet at the Straits Mouth and from thence to conduct them safe to the English Channel and then if we chance only to get but one sight of the Rogues the Day will certainly be our own I 'le warrant it yea par ma foy en verité I can take my Oath upon it As for Money Brother fear not I 'le furnish you with your own Luidores with which you formerly gifted me in so great Abundance Pray fear not you shall have true French Gold and that as much as I can spare You tell me in a most tragical manner that you are ruin'd both by Sea and Land your whole Kingdom being in a dreadful Consternation at present and the greatest part of your Fleet either sunk or burnt so that Earth Water and Fire do seem all at once to fight against you What then Brother have you forgot all your Philosophy Are there not four Elements make hast therefore and fly speedily to the Prince of the Air and betake your self to his Royal Protection and presently establish a firm League Offensive and Defensive with him I say do it presently before he hear of all your Disasters lest then he be unwilling to consent unto it Make haste and quickly dispatch your great Trustee the D. of Luxenburgh his good Friend and old Acquaintance for if any Man in the World prevail it will be him I desire to be a Member of that Noble Confederacy my self so that being Three in Number I hope we shall prove the Invincible Triumviri But pray observe one thing that we must both give the precedence to this our great Friend But to comfort you Brother by all means you shall sit next to him so that in your Imperial Dets our Royal Writs shall be thus superscrib'd Lucifer le Grand Louis le Grand Seignior le Grand Every one Le Grand Are not these confounding Titles enough to conquer the VVorld it self suppose we never strike a Stroke Yes truly and that without any Miracle too Assure your self therefore of a most glorious Triumph over all your perplexing Foes which is the constant Prayer and hearty VVish of MONSIEVR Votre tres cher Ami Frere Le Grand Seignior Printed in the Year 1692.