Hysmael fought by the violence of which such a slaughter was made as well of his own men as of the Enemies mingled together that what for the dust smoak and thundering of the Artillery having on both sides lost their sight and hearing the Persian horse were so terrified that they were not to be ruled wherefore the battle soon became broken and disordered so that both Armies retired upon the Approach of night leaving the Victory doubtful The Turks to express the terror of this day number it amongst their dismal ones calling it the only day of Doom Hysmael in this furious battle having received a wound under the left Shoulder with a small shot by the perswasion of his friends withdrew himself to have his wound search'd which past doubt was the safeguard of Selymus and his Army for the Persians following their King left the Victory almost gotten but the Persian finding his wound not mortal was about to return but hearing of the Death of Vsta Ogli his General a man of Great experience and that by reason of the Thundering of the great Ordnance his Horsemen could not rule their Horses he caused the retreat to be sounded and so retired in good order the Turks so much dispairing of Victory that they durst not follow him and so he passing by the City of Tauris admonished the Inhabitants to open their gates to Selymus thereby to avoid being sacked and so Marched into the Confines of Media The Persians out of sight the Turks then and not till then durst seize upon their Camp where they found divers rich Pavilions wrought with Needle-Work and Gold as also many beauteous Ladies who had accompanied their Husbands to the Wars all which he presently caused to be set at liberty unless one of Hismaels Wives whom he gave in Marriage to one of his Bassas In this Battle fought in the Galderan Fields near the City of Coy Anno 1514. Selymus lost 30000 of his men and amongst them many Bassas and great Commanders even all the flower of his Army which consisted of 300000 Horse and Foot of the Persians there fell not above 8000 Hysmaels Army not consisting of above 30000 so that the Turks were 8 to 1 And amongst the slain were found the Bodies of several Persian Women who Armed had accompanied their Husbands to participate of their good or evil fortune at which Selymus admiring caused them to be Honourably interred and then received the Embassadors of the several adjacent Cities who upon condition their Goods Lives and Liberties might be preserved delivered up the Keys of their respective Cities so that having taken possession thereof he called a Council of his Bassas and great Captains to consult what was best to be done himself being desirous to Winter in Tauris for opposing which Mustapha his chief Bassa was by him disgraced and thrust from all his honours of which the Janizaries having notice began to Mutiny telling him to his face they would not stay in that desolate Country where they had suffered such hardship daily to be exposed to the fury of the Enemy who was raising great forces to come down against them and that if he would not in time depart they were resolved to forsake him whereupon he as needs must changed his former determination resolving to return into Cappadocia whereupon contrary to his Promise exacting a great Mass of Money from them of Taurus and carrying with him 3000 families the best Artificers in that City especially those that were Skilfull in making Armour he raised his Camp and Marched towards Euphrates a longer way then that by which he came fearing to return again by the head of Araxis and the Mountains of Periardes lest he should meet the Iberian and Albanian Horsemen who as he was informed were following hard after him who indeed came within sight of him as he was passing the Euphrates which raised such consternation in his Camp that in hastily passing the River 2000 Turks were drowned and a great many of his Ordnance together with much Baggage left as a Prey to the Persians nor had he better Success in passing the Huge Mountain Anti-Taurus for the Mountain Kings despising him by reason of his bad proceedings with their savage People lay'd all the ways and by frequently falling upon the Rear of his Army killed many of his People and took great spoil though the Kings upon his sending to complain thereof excused the matter promising to punish the offenders so soon as they should be known At length passing the many dangers he came to Amasa where he wintered with his broken and crazed Army resolving to return the next spring with a far greater Power the cause why Hismael being Lord of such great Countries came with so small a Power was for that he to win the Hearts of his People the better to be established in his new acquired Kingdom had remitted most of the Taxes and Customs formerly pay'd to his Prodecessors all his forces consisting in the Souldiers of the Court those that were by right bound to serve him and such as were sent to him by the petty Princes his Neighbours when as on the other side Selymus had always by him an Inestimable Mass of Money kept in seven Towers in Constantinople his yearly tributes and revenues exceeding his expences by a fourth part Selymus not thinking himself sufficiently revenged of the Persians having reised his Camp at Amasa Early in the Spring passing the Euphrates with his whole Army consisting of 300000 Horse and Foot came before Clamassum a City of the Persians situate on the further Banks which he so suddenly invested and so furiously assaulted that the Gates being broken up and the Walls in many places won the defendants retired into the Market-place and there fought against the whole Power of Selymus to the last man after the taking of this City he took two Castles not far distant from it and being pricked forward with the desire of Glory purposed to have subdued the Kingdom of Persia which he might the easier have done by reason Hysmael was Waring against the Bactrians and Hyrcanians a savage People dwelling near the Caspian Sea who had Rebelled against him but considering what damage he had received from Aladeules the Mountain King and others inhabiting the Desolate Countries at the entrance into Armenia he purposed e're he further proceeded to subdue him wherefore he Marched thitherward with all his People of which the poor Prince having notice gathered all his strength and drawing his Horsemen who were but 15000 into a pleasant Valley commanded his Footmen to keep the Mountains and from thence with shot of Arrows annoy the Turks in passing the straights upon which Selymus considering the disadvantage of the place commanded Sinan Bassa General of the European Horsemen to charge him with a square Battle afront whilst himself with the Janizaries and Asian Horsemen followed him in the Rear the Ground by reason of its Scantiness not admitting the use of Wings upon
Bassa of whose coming Scanderbeg having notice retired into Epirus and putting all things in order raised what forces he could to oppose the Turks comforting his People in the best wise who upon the Bassa's approach were filled with fear and then marching against him set upon him as he was wasting his Country of Vpper Dibra and overthrew him with the Slaughter of 22000 of his men with the loss of Scarce 300 of his own the news of which raised such dispair in Amurath that he was glad to accord a peace with the Hungarian King by renouncing his claim to Moldavia Transilvania and Bulgaria and then turning his Arms against the Carramanian King his Brother-in Law seized upon the greatest part of his Country but upon his Submission and giving in Hostage his Eldest Son for the performance of paying double tribute he restored him again to his former dignity and then as a man weary of the World sent for his Youngest Son Mahomet his Eldest Son Aladine being killed at the Siege of Iconium by a fall from his Horse and appointing Caly Bassa his Tutor and Chosore a learned Doctor of the Law his Counsellors he resigned to him the Kingdom being as yet but 15 Years of Age and retiring into Asia entered into a Cloister of Turkish Monks there intending to spend the remainder of his Days But he had no sooner resigned his Government ' ere Vldislaus King of Hungary perswaded thereto by Julian the Popes Legate who absolved him of his Oath broke the 10 Years League made with the Turks But God let not so heinous an Offence against his divine Majesty pass long unrevenged For Amurath roused with this unexpected news leaving his Cloister passed over into Europe with an Army of 100000 Turks and advancing with all speed against the Christians who had â—uâ—dued most of his Countries in Europe near the City of Varna both Armies meeting a cruel Fight began with an infinite Slaughter of the Turks whom Huniades and the King charged with such fury that all the Fields lay covered with the Slain which Amurath perceiving and finding his Battle to Swerve and his men at the point to Fly pull'd the Writing containing the League he had made with Vldislaus out of his Bosom and holding it up with his Eyes lifted towards Heaven with a loud Voice said Behold thou Crucified Christ this is the League they Christians in thy name made with me which they have without any cause Violated now if thou be a God as they say thou art and we deem revenge the wrong now done unto they name and shew thy power upon thy perjured People who in their deeds deny thee their God Upon this Speech of Amurath's the Christians who before were well nigh Conquerers began to give Ground which the Hungarian King perceiving charging into the Thickest of the Turkish Army in hopes to restore the Battle was there Slain which so discouraged the Hungarians that Huniades not being able to stay their Flight giving place to necessity and reserving himself for better fortune fled with them and left the Turks the Victory but so dearly bought that only thinking the Christians had retired to their Camp they durst not venture upon it for two Days space till by the profound silence they perceived it was abandoned In this Fight most of the Hungarian Nobility were slain and amongst the rest Julian the Popes Legate the Author of the perjurous Expedition who being wounded and slying out of the Battle fainted for loss of Blood dyed in a Ditch And thus we may see how just the Almighty is in punishing those that dishonour him and little Availes the Popes dispensation This great and mortal Battle in which perished on both sides 60000 men was Fought Anno 1444 after which Amurath glad of the Victory tho much dismayed with his great loss returned to Adrianople and again resigned his Kingdom to his Son but soon after being weary of the Melancholy Life he again assumed his kingly Dignity At this great Battle of Varna Scanderbeg should have been present being on his way with 30000 Horse and Foot in order to have joyned King Vladislaus But God prevented his ingaging in so bad a Quarrel by permitting both Armies to ingage ' ere he could arrive of which intention of Scanderbeg's Amurath having notice sent sharply to reprove him of Ingratitude to which the Valiant Prince as sharply reply'd upbraiding the Turk with the Poysoning his Brothers seizing upon his Kingdom and often determining to take his Life whilst he remain'd in his Court which so throughly netled the old Turk that he raised great forces to invade Epirus sending of Ferises and Mustapha his chief Bassas with promise of great reward if they could take Scanderbeg and subdue the Country but on the contrary they were both overthrown by the Invincible Prince and forced to return with great dishonour yet the Prince of Peloponnesus had not the like good Fortune but for the preservation of his Country was obliged to become tributary to the Turk Vladislaus being Slain as aforesaid Humiades was made Governour by the general cousent of the Hungarian Nobility during the Minority of the Young King Son to the deceased Queen who having setled the necessary Affairs of the Kingdom with great discretion and finding the Turks since the late dreaful overthrow at Varna greatly to have incroached upon the Hungarian Territories he raised a great power and marched against them when in the Territories of his Country near the River Schichniza meeting Amurath with a vast Army he couragiously charged upon his formost Battle so that within a while new Succors being sent the whole Armies were ingaged which Battle without any other pausing then what Night obliged them to Fought for the space of 3 Days at the end of which the Christians being rather overpowred by number then true valour having done all that men were capable of doing Fled disorderly and were Slain in great abundance Humiades himself Flying after having Incountered and overcome two sturdy Thieves who set upon him to Rob him was taken Prisoner by the ungrateful Despot of Servia whose Country he had a little before rescued out of the Hands of the Turks And forced to deliver up several strong Towns which the Despot pretended belonged to his Territories for his Ransom In this Battle were Slain of the Turks 40000 and of the Christians 17000. The Year following Amurath invaded the Despot's for not delivering into his power Humiades his Capital Enemy whereupon he was constrained to send his humble Supplication to Humiades whom he not long before had so evil intreated for aid who notwithstanding leavyed a great Army and passing through Servia where tho false Despot to curry Favour with Amurath taking an account of his Army secretly sent the Turk notice what number the Christians were and what they intended yet this great Captain marched on to the Plains of Cassova famous for the many Battles there Fought between the Turks and the Christians
in German with their Successful Entrance into the Bowels of Hungaria Together with a Table to the whole Book LONDON Printed by Ralph Holt and John Richardson for Thomas Passinger upon London Bridge William Thackery in Duck-Lane and Thomas Sawbridge in Little-Britain 1684. THE Turkish History EPITOMIZED CHAP. I. The Original of the Turks according to the Opinion of sundry Learned Authors with the Means by which they acquired their first Monarchy in Persia Together with the Reign and Death of Tangrolipix their first King IT has and at this day does cause sundry Disputes amongst the Learned from what Nation or People the Turks now so formidable by extending their Empire o're a third part of the known World are sprung or derived some being of opinion that they are descended of the Remnant of the Trojans that scaped the Sword at the Destructiou of the City of Troy and strengthen their Argument with this Reason viz. That the Word Turcii signifying a Trojan is corruptly called Turci or Turk and that on all hands it is affirmed that they originally inhabited the lesser Asia where the City so much Renowned in Story for its holding out a ten years Siege against the Power of the then Grecian Empire stood others affirm they sprung from the ten Tribes carried away captive by Salmanaser the Assyrian King and that from them likewise sprung the Tartars inhabiting the Northern Climes and their Reasons are for as much as the great Lords of Tartary derive their Pedigree from Tribes calling themselves Danists Zebulonians and Napthalists and that the Word Turk in the Hebrew signifies a banished man or one in disgrace and further that they still retain many Ceremonies of the Jewish Nation as Circumcision and the like as also frequently to repeat to themselves Lamentations though corruptly for the fall of Jerusalem and Damascus the chief Cities of Judea and Syria affirming they know not the meaning of such their Lamentations but that they have been taught of their Ancestors so to do Others are of Opinion that they were Scythians who left their Country by reason of the Scarcity thereof and Coldness of the Clime and falling on Armenia grasped it with so hard a hand that all the Power of the Roman Empire then flourishing could not rescue it but as a Token of their first Success in their issuing out of the Caspian Straits they named it Turcomania which name remains to this day And that there were such a People long before their aspiring to Empire in Asia Pomponius Mella Pliny and Ptolomy do aver but about the time of their Eruption Blondus Platina and Segonius disagree the two former declaring it to be in the year of our Lord 755 and the latter in 844. yet conclude upon the reason of their coming forth as aforesaid Their Rise and aspiring to Greatness was after this manner Mahomet the persian Sultan wresting the Government from the Caliph or Successor of Mahomet the Impostor or as they falsly called him their Great Prophet whose Erroneous Doctrine had infected all Asia Affrick and part of Europe to provide against the worst strengthned himself and the better to do it sent to the Turkish Chief in Armenia to furnish him with a competent number of Men of War who in compliance to the Sultans Command caused 3000 to March under the Leading of one of his chief Captains named Tangrolipix by the help of which he overthrew the Caliph of Babylon with an incredible Slaughter of his Army and being further minded to make an Expedition against the Indians that bordered his Country and knowing by Experience the great courage of the Turks and their singular dexterity in Archery he resolved to retain them for his further Service so that when they desired to be conducted over the River Araxis he not only refused to permit it but also threatned them if they offered to make any further mention of their departure which Indignity caused them to take the opportunity of withdrawing themselves into the Desart of Caranonitis and there like Out-laws to live upon Spoil the News of which no sooner reached the Sultan's ear but he commanded ten of his Captains to March against Tangrolipix with an Army of 20000 choice Soldiers composed of divers Nations which Incamping by the border of a Forrest wherein the Turkish Captain resided with his Forces they were in the dead of the night set upon and put to flight with great Slaughter so that the Turks furnishing themselves with the Spoyls of the slain appeared more boldly in the Field and were in a short time increased to 50000 fighting men by such Outlaws and other Villains as upon the bruit of their Success resorted to 'um which caused Mahomet now jealous of his other Subjects revolt to raise a great Army and to advance against Taâ—grolipix First having put out the Eyes of those Captains overthrown in the fight and threatned to disgrace the Souldiers that escaped the slaughter by attiring them in Womans Apparel which afterward redounded to his loss by causing them to avoid future punishment to fly to his Enemy In fine both Armies met on the great Plain before the City Ispahan in Persia and began a dreadful Battle which with great Slaughter lasted till Sultan Mahomet fell from his Horse and broak his neck at what time both Armies ceased from fight and by unanimous consent chose Tangrolipix Sultan of Persia and the Dominions appertaining to that large Kingdom who was no sooner seated in his Throne but he caused the Garrisons that kept the Passage over Araxis to be removed and called in the Turks his Country-men then dwelling on the other side and by degrees advanced them to all the chief Places of Trust deposing the Persians and Sarazens the Ancient Inhabitants of those Dominions but long he had not wielded his Scepter e'r he made War upon Pisasiris the Caliph of Babylon and after sundry Battles having slain him annexed his Kingdom to Persia This Success firing him with a desire to extend his Dominions wider he sent Cutlu-Muses his Nephew to war on the Arabians but those People as dexterous in Archery as the Turks soon overthrew him with the slaughter of a great part of his Army and therefore in his Return requested of Stephen the Greek Emperours Lievtenant in Media that he might pass through those Territories into his own Country but he not only denied him passage but opposed him with a powerful Army which was by the Turks defeated and the Lievtenant taken Prisoner After which the Sultan in Person made an Expedition against the Arabians thinking to revenge the late disgrace but procured a greater for himself was likewise overthrown which caused him to bend his Forces to the Conquest of Media to effect which he sent his Brother Asan but in the mean while his Nephew fearing his displeasure for disobeying his Command fled and gathering to him a strong Power seized on Pasar a strong City of Chorasmians yet the Expedition was not thereby obstructed but
dye all hopes of Victory is gone except forrain aid come speedily to our Succour wherefore if you will follow my Counsel let us with Weapons in our Hands until the last Gasp and spending the last drop of our Blood like Valiant men defend our Faith and Nobility received from our Ancestors and the honour which we have of long time gotten both at home and abroad and let it never be said that our honour dyed but with our selves This Speech was approved of by all the Knights of the Order and most of the Soldiers but the Citizens looking back upon their Wives Children and Wealth stood mute for a good while but at length Pity working in their Brest they humbly besought the Great Master that he would yet have Compassion on them and accept of the Tyrants reasonable Conditions since Fame sufficient had been won by their doing all that men were capable of performing and that they would yet hazard their Lives to the utmost if they perceived any hopes of defending the City or that any forain aid in time would come to their assistance but since neither of them were to be expected it was but reasonable to yield to inevitable necessity After these and many the like Arguments and others of the resolute Soldiers and Commanders on the contrary it was concluded that the City was not capable of being defended by so small a Power against such a numerous Army whereupon Messengers were sent to require a Truce for 4 Days which was accordingly granted during which time the Turks presuming on the Truce came in great number to View the Works at which Fornovius a French man being greatly offended in a great heat without any command from the Great Master caused a Fire of Artillery to be discharged amongst the thickest of them whereupon they pretending a Breach of Truce on the part of the Rhodians thrust in at the Breach in great Troops but after a sharp Skirmish were forced to retire in revenge whereof one of the Turks Fencers having taken 3 Christians cut off their Hands Noses and Ears and in that posture sent them into the City threatning within 4 Days to serve the Great Master after the same manner yet Solyman dissembling the matter signed and swore to the Articles of Peace brought to him for that purpose by Nicholas Vergotus and Georgius Sandriticus which were to this Effect That the Churches should remain unto the Christians inviolate that no Children should be taken from their Parents or any Christians be inforced to imbrace the Mahometan Superstition That such Christians as were Contented to remain in the City might so do at their Pleasure and that such as would depart might have Liberty so to do with all their Substance to be furnished with Convenient Shipping Provision and Ordnance as far as Creet that the Christians should appoint a reasonable Day for their Departure and that in Consideration thereof the City to be delivered up to such as Solyman should appoint to take Possession thereof Upon the afore-mentioned Articles though they were not all observed by the Turks the City was delivered up Anno 1522. after it had indured six Months Siege and cost Solyman the Lives of 80000 of his Soldiers having been in the Possession of the Knights of the Order 214 years Upon which the great Master being for his Gravity Virtue and Valour highly Honoured and applauded by the Conqueror imbarked together with the Knights of his Order and such others as would accompany him and the Gallies for that purpose ready in the Port and sailed to Mesina where he was joyfully received and after invited to the Courts of most of the Christian Princes having with Indignation refused Solyman's great Offer made to him provided he would have accompanied him to Constantinople and have spent the remainder of his Days in his Service And thus for want of Relief the Christian Princes at that time being at Variance amongst themselves the famous Rhodes was lost where Solyman having stayed awhile to settle his Affairs appointed a Governour and so breaking up his Army returned to Constantinople where for the space of three years he lived Peaceably giving himself up to all manner of Pleasures but at the end thereof perceiving the Discord amongst the Christian Princes managed by Pope Adrian the sixth to grow hot a fatal over-sight that ever gave the Ottoman Kings and Emperors opportunity of extending their Dominions he conceived it best to fish in troubled waters and thereupon raising an Army of 200000 Horse and Foot he fell like a Tempest upon Hungary subduing all before him till he came within sight of the Walls of their chief City at what time Lewis the young King perswaded thereto by Tomoreus a Fryer who assured him of the Victory and several other rash Counsellors not regarding those of more Gravity that diswaded him from so rash an Attempt with an Army of scarce 30000 raw Soldiers gave him Battle but was overthrown with miserable Slaughter of his men and himself seeking to escape passing over a Fenny Ditch his Horse fell backwards upon which he was loaden with his Armor and none coming to his Relief he was smothered in the Water and Mud In this Battle fought on the 29. of October Anno 1526. perished most of the Hungarian Nobility and well near all the Common Soldiers After this great great Victory obtained Solyman having most of the strong Cities delivered into his Possession gave the Kingdom to Joannes Sepusius Vayvod of Transilvania and taking with him such things of Price as he thought convenient leaving two of his Bassas with flying Armies on the Frontiers he returned to Constantinople but he was no sooner departed and John Crowned by the Consent of the remainder of the Hungarian Nobility who durst do no other for fear of the Turks but Ferdinand King of Bohemia laid Claim to the Kingdom and to make his Title more apparent sent his Ambassadors to the Courts of divers Christian Princes to declare from whom he derived his Claim when aided by Charles the Emperor his Brother he entered Hungary with a great Army and without any considerable Resistance took the strong City of Buda at what time many of the Hungarians joyned with him as not in the least favouring John so that fearing delays might be dangerous he caused his Army under the leading of his expert Captains to pass over the River Tibiscus upon a Bridge of Boats and marched directly to the Cattle of Tocai where King John lay with his Army where the Battle being joyned after a sharp Dispute the Victory fell to Ferdinand when as King John seeing all lost and past recovery fled with several of his trusty Followers into Polonia upon whose departure Ferdinand by the advice of such Hungarians as favoured his Cause was Crowned King at Alba-Regalis the usual place for the Coronation of the Hungarian Kings Whereupon having disposed all things to the best advantage and appointing Stephanus Bator his Vice-Roy hereturned into
night gave a general assault with all their Forces to the Bastions of Panigra Sabionera and St. Andrea together with the great Fort of St. Demetrius but the besieged were armed with all caution and vigilence against surprize and with that conduct and valour that they gave the Enemy three gallant repulses with much slaughter and confusion but yet this success was diminished by the loss of the Count de Maur an experienced Venetian Captain who after proofs of an invincible courage lost his Life in defence of the Christian cause but not long after the Marquess Cornaro and the Barron Spar arriving with a recruit of three thousand men as if they intended to requite the Turks last assault made so resolute and successful a sally that they killed about two thousand Turks amongst whom were divers Commanders of note About this time whilst the Grand Signeour was at Larissa news came of the near approach of the Excelleâ—â—ssimo Abuisse de Molino Ambassador from the Venetian Republique with Propositions of Peace but the haughty Turks before they would admit him to a nearer approach then a days journey would first be resolved whether or no he brought with him the Keys of Candia to which it was replyed by the Interpreter that he was not capable of giving them satisfaction in that particular being but a menial Servant to whom the secrets of State and resolutions of great men were not committed his office being only to render faithfully the words and sense of his Master and not to enter into the private thoughts and Cabinet of their Councils To which the Chimacam proudly and barbarously replyed That he should go tell his Master that unless he brought the Keys of Candia his head should pay for it and that he presumed not in person to approach nearer unto the Court So the Ambassador remained at a distance till he received orders to pass over into Candia there to treat with the Visier who weary of the tedious siege willingly gave him Audience hoping that he came to treat about a surrender of the City which in any case he desired as fearing notwithstanding his bravadoes he should be forced to raise his siege without success but he only offered Suda and a considerable summe of money which not redounding to the glory of the Visier by reason that might have been had ere the War began he would come to no agreement for the Ambassador insisted that Candia being maintained by the Armes of Forreign Princes it could not without their consent be surrendered but that all the rest of the Island should be the reward of their blood and labour and although the Visier afterwards proposed in lieu thereof the Venetians should have free Licence to rebuild Paleo Castro yet the final answer of the Ambassador was that Candia was capable of no conditions but what were imposed on it by force of Armes About this time the French King by reason of the many indignities put on him in the person of his Embassador recalled him without daigning to send another to negotiate his affairs at the Port which greatly amused the Turks as judging he intended to revenge the affronts received at Constantinople upon the Ottoman Forces before Candia as indeed in some measure he did and might have been the preserver of that important Bulwark of Christenaom to this day had not the Caprice of such as commanded his Forces sent there obstructed it About this time likewise the Earl of â—inchelsea Ambassdor for his Majesty of Great Brittain having had his Audience of the Grand Seignior at Salonica returned into England and was succeeded by Sir Daniel Harvy Anno 1669 The Turks finding a great cheat through their Empire by light and false Moneys introduced by the French Dutch and Italians for in Turky the Money of all Nations in currant to a certain value they complained to the Cadies or chief Judges who with the consent of the Grand Seignior called it into the Mint allowing no more for it than it was in true value to the infinite loss both of Turks and Strangers and soon after the Grand Seignior being greatly fearful that the people growing weary of his Government might place one of his Brothers in the Throne to secure any danger that way sent an Officer to the Queen-Mother under whose Tuition they were to demand their heads and bring them to him at Larissa but she upon sight of his mandate abhorring the Fact secretly gave notice thereof to the Janizaries to whom she had sworn the protection of the Young Princes which unexpected News blew up such a flame as had like to have turned all into confusion and wrote worse effects than any the Grand Seignior had before causelesly imagined but in the end with large promises and larger Donations the Tempest was alayed Spring approaching the Turkish Army which for the most part had layn immured all Winter twixt the Walls of earth crept forth as Worms out of the ground and again began to run their Trenches towards the Walls of Candia before which Mountains and confused heaps of rubbish and Mold lay which had been thrown up by the Mines and Frencellos which so loosned the nerves and pores of the Earth that all about it seemed hollow insomuch that light appeared often out of one Mine into another which gave either side frequent opertunities of stealing ponder out of each others Mines the Turks like Moles working still underground so that the strongest City in the World was rather reduced to extremity by such as knew no use of any thing but of the Spade and Mattock rather than by force of Armes for many were of opinion that all the Forces of the Ottoman Empire could not otherwise have taken it by this means being so near advanced that their Granadoes could easily be slung into the City they did great mischief wounding and killing many of the Prime Commanders and beating down houses in abundance when amongst the rest a Cannon shot fell into a Magazine of Fireworks and striking upon a Granado shell that was filled with powder fired that firing about a hundred more containing thirty barrels of powder which beat down most of the adjacent houses and did great hurt to the Garison and on the 28th of May the Turks sprung 5 Mines in the mouth of the breach they had made on the Fort of St. Andrea and pressed hard to carry it now weak and almost turned into a heap of rubbish which caused the Captain General the Marquess of Montburn and all the chief Officers to take up their quarters on that side The City of Candia thus in danger the Princes of Christendom were not slow in relieving it but above the rest Pope Clement the 9th Expressed his zeal for the defence of this place not only sending succours himself but inciting and stirring up others to do the like and mostly the present French King who was best able to send a strong power who was not wanting to comply for the defence of
the Christian cause who in order thereto raised seven or eight thousand foot under the command of the Duke of Beaufort near Kinsman to the King the Duke of Navailles the Marescaâ—s Lambert and Colebert with many others of note who were desirous to signalize their vallour in the Field of Fame who imbarquing on the Ships for that purpose prepared at Toulon arrived before the City of Candia on the 19th of July where fourteen Venetian carnals laden with horse attended their coming on which they were mounted and now began the hopes of the besieâ—â—â— to rise high and the Turks although within thâ— City in a manner to despair nor were the French slow in entering the City for the night of the same day they arrived the Duke of Navailles with the Regiment of old Souldiers Mounted the guard on the Fort of St. Andrea the place of greatest danger and the next day a council of War was called wherein it was concluded that the Town was not Tenable or to be long maintained without some extraordinary Enterprize attempted on the Enemy and by some furious sally performed with resolution and stratagems of War in order unto which it was resolved that the 27th should be the day for sally both with Horse and Foot an the Fleet not to lose their part in this action but should play their great Guns on that side next St. Andrea making as it were a Wing to the Army The Sally agreed on the Army was drawn up in four Battalions the first called the Admirals commanded by the Sieurs Martel Vander and Grauier the second was the Vice-Admirals commanded by the Sieurs deâ—la-Mothe and Planta the third was the Rear-Admirals under the command of the Chevaliers Bovillion Gabaret and Dailly the fourth was the Battalion of the Sieur d' Almeras commanded under him by the Siâ—urs Panetire de la-Rogne Fontier Bitault and the Chevalier de Nemond On the Left hand of these â—â—re the Guards of the Duke of Beaufort himself though thereto perswaded by all the Nobility not refraâ—ing to make one in the Enterprize who after he had given order for the Fleet to accoast the shoar on the side of St. Andrea as near as coâ—iâ—sted with their security and from thence with their great Guns to play upon their Enemies Camp he resolved to fight at the head of the Forlorn hope consisting of Four Hundred Men preceded by Fifty Granadeers flanked with Three Troops of Horse Commanded by Count Dampire and the Regiment of Guards with Four Troops of Horse for their Wing flanked with Three Regiments of Foot The reference consisted of the Regiments of Harcourt Conti Lignieâ—es Rosan Mont-Pesat and Vendosme flanked with Four Troops of Horse under the Command of Count Choiseul which placed themselves on a rising-ground to hinder all communications between the Visier whose Camp was before St. Andrea and the Janizaries Aga who was Incamped before Sabiâ—â—era between the first and second Line were placed Fifty of the Kings Musquentiers to be assistant on occasion and the other Troops of Horse were to take the left hand along the Trenches leading to the Sabionera The Regiment of â—â—oâ—peyrâ—â—x was appointed to mount the Guard of St. Demetrius to second the retreat if occasion required it in like manner Five Hundred Pioneers were ordered to level the Trenches of the Enemy on the quarter of St. Andrea whilst the Body of the Turks Army was imployed in repulsing the violence of the Sally All things being in a readiness the French about Two hours before day in the secretest manner imaginable sallied at St. Georges Gate the Signal to fall on being the springing of the Royal Mine which through the Dampness of the Powder or the timerousness of the Enginiere took not effect the General impatient of delay not staying for the onset of the forlorn-hope which lay within half Musquet shot of the Enemy assaulted two redoubts took them and put all he found in them to the Sword with the like courage the other Regiments entered the Line and after much blood and slaughter made themselves Masters of the Trenches storming a Fort on which was a Battery directed against St. Demetrio possessed themselves of it 〈…〉 up all the Cannon found therein at what time day appearing discovered the bloody Scene which caused the Turks to hasten from the Hills near New Candia in great number to regain their Trenches whereupon the Duke D' Navailles perceiving his forlorn hardly beset came in with Two Troops of Horse and two Regiments of Foot who with great slaughter beat the Turks out of their Trenches following the Execution even to the heart of their Camp but whilst fortune seemed thus to favour the Christians an unhappy accident fell out which quite turned the scale of Victory for a Magazine of Powder containing One Hundred Thirty Four Kintals being won from the Turks and possessed by the Christians accidentally or as some suppose by lighted Matches purposely dropped into it upon its surrender blew up with such a terrible noise that it not only destroyed most of the Battalian of Guards but terrified the rest of the Army by making the Earth as with a violent Earthquake tremble under them that they verily believing a great number of Mines were springing under them opened in great confusion to the right and left and in the end notwithstanding the endeavours of the Commanders to restrain them the Souldiers betook themselves to open and shameful Flight nor could they be perswaded to rallie or once more face the Enemy but in great disorder re-entered the City The Duke of Beaufort is said to have laboured much in resisting the shameful flight of his Men and ventering his Person into danger from whence he resolved never ingloriously to retreat was oppressed by Numbers and fighting couragiously amongst the thickest of his Enemies expired on the heaps but by reason his Body though much sought after could not be found many conjectured him to have perished by the fatal blow of Powder which so frighted and disordered the Christian Army nor had the French Fleet much better success for being driven from shoar by a strong Wind they little or nothing indamaged the Turks but received considerable dammage for a great Ship of Sixty Brass Guns blew up in which Two Hundred Ninety Two perished and her shot passing through the Admiral killed several on board and indamaged other Ships by the fall of her Timber and Splinters The Loss the Turks sustained is uncertain but however according to their own report Eight Thousand are said to fall in the Trenches Forts and Redoubts the loss amongst the French consisted mostly in their Nobility and Officers of note a fate incident to that Nation the chief of which were the Duke of Beaufort Count Rosan the Marquess D' Fabert the Chevalier Villereceaux and the Chevalier D' Quelas with about Twenty others all Commanders and a Thousand common Souldiers many of note were likewise wounded the Prisoners taken exceeded not Seven or Eight