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if_o it_o be_v not_o speedy_o relieve_v by_o take_v of_o which_o city_n that_o tartar_n prince_n be_v like_a to_o make_v a_o great_a entrance_n to_o the_o hazard_n of_o the_o whole_a country_n wherefore_o mahomet_n have_v his_o army_n always_o in_o readiness_n march_v day_n and_o night_n with_o such_o speed_n to_o caesaria_n as_o that_o he_o be_v upon_o cubad_n ogli_n before_o he_o be_v aware_a of_o his_o come_n and_o there_o slay_v most_o of_o his_o soldier_n and_o put_v he_o with_o the_o rest_n to_o flight_n after_o that_o he_o return_v into_o cubad_n ogli_n his_o country_n in_o pontus_n and_o grievous_o spoil_v and_o destroy_v the_o same_o at_o which_o time_n he_o also_o by_o force_n win_v the_o strong_a castle_n peltae_n in_o the_o confine_n of_o phrygia_n immediate_o after_o that_o inael_n ogli_n another_o of_o tamerlanes_n captain_n which_o at_o their_o pleasure_n without_o let_v forage_v all_o the_o country_n of_o the_o lesser_a asia_n during_o the_o time_n that_o tamerlane_n 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from_o the_o manner_n and_o law_n of_o the_o true_a mahometan_n or_o right_a believer_n for_o if_o thou_o will_v not_o only_o be_v account_v but_o indeed_o be_v a_o true_a musul-man_n thou_o shall_v forthwith_o depart_v out_o of_o my_o kingdom_n with_o thy_o army_n thou_o shall_v not_o thus_o shed_v the_o innocent_a blood_n or_o without_o cause_n thus_o wrong_v my_o people_n but_o forasmuch_o as_o thou_o know_v not_o what_o beseem_v thou_o neither_o will_v listen_v unto_o good_a counsel_n but_o wilful_o proceed_v in_o thy_o wicked_a purpose_n false_o persuade_v thyself_o this_o my_o kingdom_n to_o be_v destitute_a of_o a_o lawful_a inheritor_n and_o therefore_o do_v so_o great_a wrong_n and_o injury_n unto_o the_o defender_n of_o the_o true_a mahometan_a religion_n i_o will_v thou_o shall_v know_v that_o i_o with_o my_o so_o often_o victorious_a army_n will_v short_o by_o the_o power_n of_o god_n come_v against_o thou_o and_o in_o plain_a field_n according_a to_o thy_o desert_n chastise_v thou_o therefore_o whilst_o thou_o yet_o may_v reclaim_v thyself_o and_o proceed_v not_o too_o far_o in_o thy_o obstinacy_n too_o late_a repentance_n do_v never_o man_n yet_o good_a thus_o much_o we_o think_v good_a to_o advise_v thou_o that_o thou_o shall_v not_o be_v ignorant_a of_o our_o purpose_n but_o may_v so_o better_v consider_v and_o dispose_v both_o of_o thyself_o and_o thy_o affair_n in_o the_o year_n after_o the_o departure_n of_o the_o great_a prophet_n mahomet_n 806._o unto_o which_o letter_n inall_z ogli_n return_v this_o answer_n in_o writing_n prince_z inall_z ogli_n to_o mahomet_n mahomet_n why_o do_v thou_o mahomet_n with_o such_o letter_n provoke_v i_o why_o do_v thou_o so_o uncivil_o taunt_v i_o be_v thyself_o but_o a_o boy_n and_o in_o truth_n a_o very_a child_n it_o beseem_v thou_o not_o to_o have_v enter_v into_o these_o country_n or_o to_o lay_v hand_n thereon_o wrongful_o grace_v thyself_o with_o the_o title_n of_o a_o sultan_n neither_o be_v there_o any_o cause_n why_o thou_o shall_v complain_v that_o i_o shall_v lie_v in_o wait_n or_o seek_v after_o thy_o life_n thy_o kingdom_n or_o any_o thing_n that_o thou_o be_v i_o challenge_v unto_o myself_o this_o kingdom_n but_o none_o of_o thou_o out_o of_o which_o it_o be_v reason_n for_o thou_o as_o a_o wrongful_a intruder_n of_o thyself_o to_o depart_v who_o otherwise_o i_o will_v forthwith_o thrust_v out_o and_o join_v the_o same_o unto_o the_o rest_n of_o my_o territory_n wherefore_o except_o thou_o without_o delay_n get_v thou_o pack_v and_o cease_v to_o oppose_v thyself_o against_o my_o design_n i_o denounce_v unto_o thou_o all_o the_o calamity_n of_o war_n and_o wish_v thou_o with_o speed_n to_o prepare_v thyself_o to_o battle_n for_o that_o i_o mean_v short_o to_o meet_v with_o thou_o this_o year_n of_o our_o great_a prophet_n 806._o mahomet_n short_o after_o mahomet_n according_a to_o his_o promise_n meet_v with_o this_o tartar_a prince_n by_o plain_a force_n overthrow_v he_o and_o have_v of_o he_o a_o notable_a victory_n the_o like_a good_a hap_n he_o have_v also_o not_o long_o after_o against_o coster_n ogli_n and_o kiupeck_n ogli_n two_o other_o tartarian_a captain_n at_o the_o castle_n of_o chara-chizar_a and_o the_o plain_a of_o artuck-ova_a and_o hear_v that_o one_o mesites_n a_o turk_n have_v fortify_v himself_o in_o the_o ruin_n of_o sebastia_n and_o from_o thence_o spoil_v the_o country_n round_o about_o he_o send_v bajazet_n one_o of_o his_o bassa_n against_o he_o who_o in_o short_a time_n take_v he_o and_o bring_v he_o bind_v unto_o he_o by_o who_o he_o be_v adjudge_v to_o die_v but_o see_v in_o the_o man_n a_o invincible_a courage_n and_o contempt_n of_o death_n at_o such_o time_n as_o he_o shall_v have_v be_v execute_v move_v therewith_o he_o give_v he_o his_o pardon_n for_o which_o he_o ever_o after_o continue_v unto_o he_o faithful_a and_o do_v he_o great_a service_n mahomet_n have_v many_o time_n thus_o vanquish_v the_o straggle_a tartarian_a prince_n which_o have_v seek_v the_o spoil_n of_o his_o country_n become_v thereby_o famous_a among_o the_o great_a commander_n of_o tamerlane_n his_o army_n insomuch_o that_o the_o bruit_n of_o his_o name_n come_v at_o length_n to_o tamerlanes_n ear_n yet_o lie_v in_o the_o lesser_a asia_n who_o as_o he_o think_v it_o not_o worth_a his_o greatness_n and_o labour_n himself_o in_o person_n to_o go_v against_o so_o great_a a_o enemy_n so_o he_o think_v it_o not_o good_a or_o convenient_a quite_o to_o neglect_v he_o but_o by_o some_o other_o mean_n if_o he_o can_v to_o overtake_v he_o for_o which_o purpose_n he_o begin_v to_o speak_v many_o time_n very_o honourable_o of_o he_o high_o commend_v his_o great_a valour_n and_o forwardness_n in_o so_o tender_a year_n and_o call_v for_o bajazet_n tell_v he_o what_o great_a commendation_n he_o have_v hear_v of_o his_o son_n mahomet_n and_o that_o he_o be_v therefore_o very_o desirous_a to_o see_v he_o where_o if_o he_o find_v that_o true_a which_o be_v report_v of_o his_o great_a virtue_n he_o will_v bestow_v one_o of_o his_o daughter_n upon_o he_o in_o marriage_n with_o many_o other_o great_a preferment_n and_o therefore_o will_v bajazet_n to_o write_v unto_o he_o not_o to_o doubt_v to_o come_v unto_o he_o to_o the_o great_a good_a both_o of_o himself_o and_o his_o father_n which_o thing_n bajazet_n at_o the_o first_o doubt_v the_o worst_a request_v tamerlane_n not_o to_o believe_v that_o of_o his_o son_n be_v yet_o very_o young_a and_o not_o worthy_a of_o so_o great_a a_o favour_n nevertheless_o partly_o persuade_v by_o tamerlane_n his_o protestation_n and_o importune_v by_o he_o that_o may_v now_o command_v he_o he_o with_o a_o evil_a will_n write_v to_o his_o son_n mahomet_n to_o such_o effect_n as_o tamerlane_n require_v with_o which_o letter_n and_o other_o of_o like_a purport_n from_o himself_o with_o many_o rich_a
length_n two_o mile_n set_v full_a of_o gallow_n gibbet_n wheel_n stake_n and_o other_o instrument_n of_o terror_n death_n and_o torture_n all_o hang_v full_a of_o the_o dead_a carcase_n of_o man_n woman_n and_o child_n thereupon_o execute_v in_o number_n as_o be_v deem_v about_o twenty_o thousand_o there_o be_v to_o be_v see_v the_o father_n with_o his_o wife_n child_n and_o whole_a family_n hang_v together_o upon_o one_o gallow_n and_o the_o body_n of_o suck_a babe_n stick_v upon_o sharp_a stake_n other_o withal_o their_o limb_n break_v upon_o wheel_n with_o many_o other_o strange_a and_o horrible_a kind_n of_o death_n so_o that_o a_o man_n will_v have_v think_v that_o all_o the_o torment_v the_o poet_n feign_v to_o be_v in_o hell_n have_v be_v there_o put_v in_o execution_n all_o these_o be_v such_o as_o the_o notable_a but_o cruel_a prince_n jealous_a of_o his_o estate_n have_v either_o for_o just_a desert_n or_o some_o probable_a suspicion_n put_v to_o death_n and_o with_o their_o 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