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A47555	The Turkish history from the original of that nation, to the growth of the Ottoman empire with the lives and conquests of their princes and emperours / by Richard Knolles ... ; with a continuation to this present year MDCLXXXVII ; whereunto is added, The present state of the Ottoman empire, by Sir Paul Rycaut ...	Knolles, Richard, 1550?-1610.; Rycaut, Paul, Sir, 1628-1700. Present state of the Ottoman Empire.; Grimeston, Edward.; Roe, Thomas, Sir, 1581?-1644.; Manley, Roger, Sir, 1626?-1688.; Rycaut, Paul, Sir, 1628-1700. History of the Turkish empire.	1687 (1687)	Wing K702; Wing R2407; Wing R2408; ESTC R3442	4,550,109	2,142

away into Captivity Women ravished before their Husbands faces and afterwards slain with their Children young Infants were ript out of their Mothers Wombs and others taken from their Breasts were cut in pieces or else thr●●t upon sharp Stakes yielding up again that breath which they had but a little before received with many other incredible Cruelties which were then by the merciless Enemy committed Solyman himself shortly after followed these forerunners and seting forward with all his Army from Buda towards Vienna by the way took the Castle of Altenbourg whether by force or composition is diversly reported of the Garrison Souldiers there placed by King Ferdinand he reserved three hundred Bohemians whom he commanded to follow his Camp. He also assaulted the little City of Neapolis seven times in one day and was as often repulsed but being loath to spend any longer time about a Town of so small importance he forsook that and held on his way to Vienna whither he came about the six and twentieth day of September and incamped in five places round about the City with such a World of People that unto them which viewed his Camp from the highest Tower in Vienna it seemed that the ground was for the space of eight miles all covered with the multitude of his Tents and People King Ferdinand who from the time that he had by his Embassador Oberdanscus received the hard answer from Solyman alwaies stood in doubt of his coming and beside his own Forces which were not great to oppose against so mighty an Enemy craved Aid of the Christian Princes his Neighbours especially of the Princes of the Empire Who granting him Aid against the common Enemy appointed Frederick Count Palatine of Rhene and Duke of Bavaria General of their Forces But whilst the Germans after their manner slowly set forward and made less hast than the greatness of the present danger required Solyman coming in the mean time had so belaid the City that it was not possible for Duke Fredrick by any means to get into it but was glad to stay with his Army at Chremse about twelve miles from Vienna A few days before by good hap upon the report of the loss of Buda twenty thousand Souldiers Horsemen and Footmen out of divers Countries were in good time come to Vienna Amongst these the chief Commanders was Philip the Palsgrave Duke Fredericks Nephew a young Gentleman of great Courage and Hope sent thither but a little before with a few Companies of Horsemen and Footmen by Frederick his Uncle who was coming after with a great power himself but was now shut out of the City by Solyman Nicholaus Count of Salma the Lord William Rogendorff Steward of the Kings Houshold Ioannes Cazzianer a noble man of Croatia and afterwards Governor of Vienna and next unto them Nicholaus Turrianus Ioannes Hardecus Leonardus Velsius Hector Ramsack Men both for their Birth and Valour of great account amongst the G●●mans The City of Vienna as it was of some good strength toward the North by reason of Danubius so in other places it was at that time neither by Art nor Nature strong The Ditches such as they were were altogether dry and easie to be passed over the Walls of Brick built round without any Flankers and neither high nor thick but after the ancient simple manner of Fortification of Cities for before that time neither had King Ferdinand fearing no Enemy neither they of Vienna who had not of many years seen an Enemy had any care to fortifie the City but as men altogether buried in security and nothing fearing the coming of so mighty an Enemy although they were thereof before admonished by Oberdanscus had not so much as cast up any Rampier or Bulwark more than at the Gate of Carinthia whereon they might conveniently place their great Ordnance so that of an hundred great Pieces and three hundred others of less charge which might have wonderfully annoyed the Enemy a great part served to no use for want of convenient place to mount them upon Yet as the suddain coming of the Enemy and the shortness of the time gave leave such Bulwarks as they could upon the suddain they cast up and planted their Ordnance thereon The City was divided into divers quarters and to every part a strong Garrison appointed for the defence thereof all the Gates of the City were mured up except such as were of purpose reserved to sally out at Now had Abraham the great Bassa encamped himself upon an high Hill where stood a ruinous Castle from whence he might overlook all the City yet so as that he lay out of danger of Gun shot Becrambeius Solymans great Commander in Asia lay at the Gate called P●rgatoria near the Church of Saint Ulderich In the third Camp towards the rising of the Hills lay Michael-Ogli towards the Church of Saint Vitus At the Scottish Gate toward Danubius lay the Aspi with divers Companies of the Janizaries which with Shot out of their Trenches suffered no man to appear upon the Walls in that quarter without most manifest danger and poured such showers of Arrows over the Walls into City as if they had fallen out of the Clouds that hardly could any man stir in the City unarmed but he was forthwith wounded Solyman himself lay near unto Saint Marks Church compassed about with the Janizaries and other Souldiers of the Court defended also with the brick Walls of the Gardens thereabouts Whilst the Turks were thus incamping themselves the Christian Defendants oftentimes fortunately sallied out upon them and slew many of them In one of which sallies Wolfgangus Hagen a valiant Captain with cetain old Souldiers of the Spaniards was slain fighting most valiantly at the Gates of the Castle and in another skirmish Christopherus Zetlitz a man of great courage sallying out of the City with five hundred Horsemen even unto the Enemies Trenches was intercepted and taken with six others of his Company who were all compelled by the Turks to carry so many Heads of their slain Fellows upon Poles and so presented unto Solyman of whom he inquired many things as well concerning Ferdinand himself and where he was as concerning the Princes which had the charge of the City whether they were in hope to defend the same against his mighty power or not Whereunto Christopherus aptly and wisely answered although not altogether so truly That King Ferdinand lay not far off at the City of Lintz expecting the Assembly of a great Army and that the Princes of Germany Bohemia Moravia and of divers other places were coming unto him with great Aid so that if he would but stay a little until his Forces were come together he should then see whether of them were of great Strength and Power forasmuch as it would not be long before the King would come and give him Battel as for the Princes in the City he said he knew no more of their minds but that both they and all the Souldiers

became Provinces of the Turkish Empire in the year 1534. Where Solyman after he had spent that Winter in great Joy and Triumph according to the manner of the Turkish Government placed a great Commander which they by a proud Name call the Beglerbeg which is as much as to say the Lord of Lords and under him divers others for the Government of these Countries by parts which they call Sanzacks who are ever at the Command of the Beglerbeg Whilst he thus wintered at Babylon he caused Ashender Zelibi which is to say Alexander the Noble his great Treasurer for the Wars to be hanged for that he had unfaithfully dealt in his Office and confiscated all his Goods Tamas hearing that Solyman was gone to Babylon returned to Tauris of whose speedy coming the Janizaries and other Captains there left by Solyman understanding fled in hast out of the City leaving all such things as were committed to their custody fo● a prey unto the Persian Souldiers year 1535. Solymans Army being mightily increased by the coming into him of the great Bassa of Caire with the Sanzacks of Alexandria Iudea Syria and Comagena by the perswasion of Abraham and Ulemas the Spring now well come on departed from Babylon again towards Tauris with purpose either to draw Tamas to battel or else to his eternal infamy before his face to sack that his regal City But Tamas advertised of his coming and knowing himself too weak to give him battel forsook the City and fled into the Mountains of Hircania destroying all the Country before him as he went and carrying away the Inhabitants leaving nothing to relieve the Turks Souldiers if they should pursue him Solyman understanding that Tamas was again fled sent Ulemas with all the choice Horsemen of his Army to overtake him if it were possible and to fight with him But when he had followed him two or three days Journey and still found the Country desolate as he went yielding neither Forrage for his Horses nor Relief for his Men and saw no hope to overtake the King he began as a provident General to forecast the extremities like to befal in his return through those desolate Countries with the Enemy at his heels and thereupon in time retired back again to Solyman declaring unto him what had hapned Who fretting in his mind that the Persian King was not to be drawn to battel marched forthwith to Tauris entring it without resistance the Citizens submitting themselves unto him whose lives spared he gave that rich City for a prey to his Souldiers who left neither House nor corner thereof unransacked abusing the poor Citizens with all manner of Insolency every common Souldier without controlment fitting himself with whatsoever best pleased his greedy desire or filthy lust Tamas had in this City a most stately and Royal Palace so had also most part of the Nobility their sumptuous and rich Houses which by the commandment of Solyman were all rased down to the ground and the greatest part of the best Citizens and beautiful Personages of all sorts and condition at his departure thence carried away Captives Solyman contenting himself to have done the Persian King this disgrace in spoiling this his rich and Royal City returned again towards Mesopotamia destroying the Countries all the way as he went killing the very Beasts and Cattel thereby the more to impoverish the Persians wishing to leave nothing unto them but penury and misery He was scarcely past Coim and the Calderan Fields famous for his Fathers Victory against Hismael but that certain Troops of Persian Horsemen were in the tail of his Army and had taken away some of his Baggage and slain divers of the sick and stragling Souldiers and with their often Skirmishes did not a little trouble his whole Army Besides that it was noised through all his Camp That Tamas himself was coming after him with a greater Power of Horsemen taken up in Hiberia Albania Parthia Media and Armenia and would be at their backs before they could get out of Armenia for which cause he appointed the two great Bassaes of Caire and Syria for so they were called and Ulemas the Persian with 18000 good Souldiers to follow him in the Rereward of his Army to receive and repress the sudden Assaults of the Persians if need should require and so still kept on his March until he was come to Amida now called Caraemida an ancient City of Mesopotamia In the mean time Tamas the Persian King was returned to Tauris with a mighty Army in hope there to have suddenly surprised his Enemy surcharged with the pleasures of so rich a City but finding him gone and beholding the miserable spoil and desolation he had made in the City moved with Indignation he resolved to pursue him whither soever he were gone and was now on his way as far as Coim Where understanding that Solyman was gone so far before that he was hardly to be overtaken and finding the noble Gentlemen in his Army unwilling in their heavy Armor to undertake such a pursuit as could not be performed without the wonderful toil of themselves and most assured loss of their goodly Horses alledging that they were provided to fight a battel and not to travel so long a Journey all which Tamas now that his choler was over knew to stand with good reason he changed his former determination thinking it best there to stay and not to follow the pursuit of his Enemies any further until that Delimenthes one of his Noblemen always more forward than the rest offered with five thousand chosen Horsemen to overtake some part of the Turks Army and to do on them some good service Which his offer Tamas gladly accepted commending him greatly for the same promising him most honourable Reward and so in hast sent him away He forthwith taking the well known and nearest way used such Expedition that he was in hope to overtake the Rereward of the Turks Army marching not far now before him about the foot of the Mountain Taurus as in deed it fell out at a place called Bethlis This Bethlis is a famous Town in the Confines of the Persian Kingdom where it bordereth upon Mesopotamia standing in a pleasant Valley by which runneth a little River falling out of the Mountain Antitaurus and had a Castle kept with a Garrison of Persians In this Valley the two Bassaes of Caire and Syria conducted by Ulemas thinking they had now been past all danger of the Enemies pursuit staid with the Rereward of their Army to refresh their wearied Souldiers upon certain knowledge that Solyman with the rest of his Army was already come in safety to Amida in Mesopotamia And therefore lay as men secure without any suspicion of the coming of the Persians whom they had not so much as heard any thing of in long time before But Delimenthes using most faithful and diligent Espials of that Country people by that time he was come within one days journey of

He travelleth into Syria to the Bassa and is by him commended to Solyman His return to Constantinople Roscete● Barbarussa his speech to Solyman to perswade him to invade Tunes Barbarussa is made Solymans great Admiral He spoileth the Coast of Italy Jul●a Gonzaga a air Lady hardly distressed by B●rbarus●a The Romans afraid of Barbarussa Muleasses King of Tunes The ingratitude of Muleasses Roscetes riseth against his brother Muleasses Forsaken of the Numidian Princes he flieth to Barbarussa Barbarussa la●deth at Biserta Biserta yielded Barbarussa cometh to Guletta Muleasses flieth out of Tunes Barbarussa enters into Tunes The Citizens deceived of their expectation rise against the Turks Muleasses returned into the City The Citizens of Tunes discomfited by the Turks Muleasses flieth The Citizens of Tunes yield themselves to Barbarussa The description of Abraham the Bassa His bringing up in the Court. His great credit with Solyman Abraham Bassa perswadeth Solyman to make War upon the Persians Solyman resolveth to go against the Persians Abrahams credit maligned by Solymans mother and Roxolana Abraham Bassa sent before with an Army into Syria The City of Tauris yielded unto the Bassa Solyman cometh to Tauris Solyman followeth Tamas the Persian King into Sultania Solymans Army d●stressed with tempest Babylon yielded to Solyman The Countries of Assyria and Mesopotamia possessed by the Turks Tamas comes to Tauris Tamas hearing of the coming of Solyman to Tauris flyeth into Hyrcania Solyman ransack● Tauris Delimenthes with 5000 Persians pursues the Turks Delimenthes assails the Turks Camp by night and maketh a great slaughter Solyman discouraged Abraham the great Bassa in disgrace with Solyman Abraham Bassa murdred in the Court by the Commandment of Solyman The causes that moved Charles the Emperor to invade Tunes The Emperors great Preparations for the invasion of Tunes Andrew Auria the Emperors Admiral Alphonsus D'aualus Vastius General of the land forces The Emperor passeth over into Africk Barbarussa hearing of the coming of the Emperor is much discouraged In his rage he ●xecuteth Aloysius Praesenda Barbarussa encourageth his Souldiers B●rbarussa his chief Captains The situation of Guletta The Christian Army landeth at Guletta Salec sallieth out upon the Count and the Italians The Count slain and his Head and right Hand sent to Barbarussa The Spaniards rejoycing at the Overthrow of the Italians are themselves foiled by Tabacches Vastius his Speech to the Spanish Captains The Turks sally again out of Guletta Giaffer Captain of the Ianizaries slain Guletta f●riously battered Guletta assaulted by the Christians Guletta won and Barbarussa his Fleet taken Barbarussa rageth The short answer of Sinan the Iew unto Barbarussa Mulea●ses cometh to the Emperor The Oration of Muleasses unto Charles the Emperor The Emperors answer to Muleasses The behavior of Muleasses His opinion and couns●l concerning the present War. The Spanish light Horsemen put to flight The Emperor restoreth the Battel and with his own hand rescueth Andreas Pontius of Granado The Emperor advised by his Counsellors to return home The resolute answer of the Emperor The Emperor marcheth toward Tunes The Souldiers for 〈…〉 of water 〈…〉 their march A draugh● of water sold for two Ducats Barbarussa in Field against the Emperor Vastius commandeth the Emperor Barbarussa flieth to ●unes Barbarussa in mind to kill all the Christian Captives is disswaded by Sinan the Iew. The Christian Captives break prison and drive the Turks out of the Castle of Tunes Tunes yielded to the Emperor Tunes spoiled by the Christians Three things especially lamented by Mul●asses in the spoil of the Castle of Tunes Barbarussa flieth to Hippona and th●re comforteth his Souldiers Auria sendeth certain Gallies to intercept Barbarussa Barbarussa escapeth to Algiers The Kingdom of Tunes is by the Emperor restored to Muleasses The Emperor returneth with Victory into Italy The Egyptian Kings about to let in the Red Sea into the Mediterranean 〈…〉 the Turks The treacherous dealing of Solyman the Eunuch Bassa with the Kings of Arabia Solyman incited by the French Embassador to invade Italy S●lyman with an Army of two hundred thousand Men cometh to to Aulona S●lyman sends Lutzis and Barbarussa with his Fleet to invade Italy Castrum in Apulia yielded to the Turks and by them contrary to their faith spoiled The Turks spoil Apulia Junusbe●us with two Gallies driven by the Venetians upon the Acroseraunian Rock Auria taketh 12 of the Turks Gallies full of Ianizaries and Solymans other best Souldiers Junusbeius Barbarussa and Ajax incense Solyman against the Venetians Solyman converteth his Forces from the Italians against the Venetians Solyman in danger to have been slain in his Tent in the midst of his Army Solyman invad●th the Island of Corcyra Good Iustice done by Solyman The Turks depart from Corfu and carry away with them above 16000 Christians into Captivity Aegina with other Islands of the Aegium ●poiled The blunt Speech of a Turk sent by Lutzis Bassa unto the Duke of Naxos Naxos becometh tributary unto the Turks Lutzis Bassa disgraced by Solyman and exiled The Turks spoil the Venetians and the Venetians them likewise Mahometes Governour of Belgrade An ●evil assured Peace King Ferdinand breaketh his ●●ague with the Turks Cazzianer General of King Ferdinands Army Mahometes Governour of Belgrade aided by the other Turks Captains A slow march Cazzianer cometh to Walpo The Turks Skirmish with the Christians The Christians come within sight of Exek The Turks Skirmish with the Christians in passing the Forrest Mahometes wisely refuseth to fight with the Christians offering him Battel Balthazer Pamphilus his counsel for relief of the Army Balthazer taketh the Town of Hermande The Castle of Hermande yielded unto the Christians Cazzianer to retire with more haste would have broken his great Ordnance The Turks sore trouble the Christians in their retiring A general fe●r in the Christians Camp. The fearful resolution of the Christians to get from the Turks The vigilancy of Mahometes The Christian Captains shamefully flie some one way some another in the night The dishonourable Flight of Cazzianer Lodroni encourageth the Footmen An old German Souldier jesteth at Lodronius The ●●rs●men discomfi●●d b● the Tu●ks The Christian Footmen overthrown Lodronius slain Three of the great Captains Heads presented to Solyman at Constantinople Cazzianer generally hated Cazzianer imprisoned breaketh Prison Cazzianer most shamefully murdred and his Head sent unto King Ferdinand The Emperor the Venetians and the Bishop of Rome enter into a Confederation against the Turks Solyman sendeth Barbar●ssa against the Venetians Barbarussa landing in Creete is repulsed with loss The confederate Princes Fleets meet at Corcyra Gongaza his opinion Auria of another opinion Auria braveth Barbarussa lying in the Bay of Ambracia Barbarussa reproved of cowardise by one of the Turks Eunuchs Barbarussa his answer to Salec concerning the Eu●uchs speech Barbarussa putteth out of the Bay of Ambracia and followeth Aur●● The order of the Turks Fleet. Auria his politiqu● course The Christian Fleet shamefully ●●ieth Barbarussa jeasteth at Auria Barbarussa

Summons given promising to yield the City after they had once won the City of Ierusalem From thence they came to Cesarea in Palestine where they solemnly kept the Feast of Whitsontide and so to Rama which they found for fear forsaken of the Infidels Marching from Rama and drawing near to Ierusalem they in the Vantgard of the Army upon the first descrying of the Holy City gave for joy divers great Shouts and Outcries which with the like applause of the whole Army was so doubled and redoubled as if therewith they would have rent the very Mountains and pierced the highest Heavens There might a man have seen the devout passions of these most worthy and zealous Christians uttered in right divers manners some with the●r Eyes and Hands cast up towards Heaven called aloud upon the name and help of Christ Jesus some prostrate upon their faces kissed the ground as that whereon the Redeemer of the World sometime walked others joyfully saluted those holy places which they had heard so much of and then first beheld in brief every man in some sort expressed the joy he had conceived of the sight of the Holy City as the end of their long travel This most ancient and famous City so much renowned in holy Writ is situate in an hilly Country not watred with any River or fresh Springs as other famous Cities for most part be neither yet was it well seated for Wood or Pasture ground but what wanted in these and such other benefits of Nature was by the extraordinary blessings of the most High so supplied as that the Jews there dwelling so long as they kept the Ordinances of the Lord were of all other people in the World justly accounted the most happy and fortunate Yet in those so blessed times was this City for the sin of the people oftentimes delivered into the Enemies hand and the glory thereof defaced as well appeareth by the whole course of the History of holy Scripture as also by the ancient and approved Histories as well of the Jews themselves as others Nevertheless it still rose again though not in like glory as before in the time of King David Solomon and the other next succeeding Kings and so was still repeopled by the Jews until that at last according to the foretelling of our Saviour Christ it was with a great and of all others most lamentable destruction utterly rased and destroyed by the Romans under the leading of Vespasian the Emperor and his noble Son Titus forty years after our Saviour his precious Death and Passion Since which time it was never until this day again repaired or yet well inhabited by the Jews but lying buried in the ruines of it self all the Reign of Domitian Nerva and Trajan until the time of the great Emperor Aelius Adrianus it was again by him re-edified about the year 136 and after the name of him called Aelia who together with the name changed also in some part the ancient situation of the City For whereas before it was seated upon the steep rising of an hill in such sort that towards the East and the South it overlooked the whole ground having only the Temple and the Castle called Antonia in the highest part of the City Adrian translated the whole City unto the very top of the hill so that the place where our blessed Saviour suffered his most bitter Passion with the Sepulchre wherein he was also laid and from whence he in Glory rose again before without the City were then inclosed within the Walls thereof as they are at this day to be seen Yet for all that the Emperor being dead in process of time this new built City recovered again the ancient name of Ierusalem whereby it hath ever since and is at this day yet known This City so re-edified the Emperor first gave unto the Jews whom he afterwards thrust out again for their Rebellion and gave it to the Christians to inhabit over whom one Mark first Bishop of the Gentiles there had the charge But forasmuch as the Roman Emperors were at that time altogether Idolaters and Persecutors of the poor Christians the Church also at Ierusalem with others endured sundry and many grievous Persecutions under the Emperors Antonius Commodus Severus Maximinus Valerianus Aurelianus Dioclesianus and Maxentius until that at length Constantine the Great converted unto the Faith of Christ about the year of Grace 320 suppressing the Pagan Idolatry gave general Peace to the afflicted Church whereby the Christian Church at Ierusalem for the space of three hundred years after happily flourished under the Greek Emperors until the time of the Emperor Phocas who having most cruelly slain the good Emperor Maurice with his Children and so possessed himself of the Empire gave occasion thereby unto Chosroe the Persian King in revenge of the death of Maurice his Father in law with all his Power to invade Syria who as a tempest bearing down all before him took also by force the City of Ierusalem having that year which was about the year Six hundred and ten slain almost an hundred thousand Christians But Phocas the Usurper being by them of his Guard most cruelly slain and Heraclius succeeding in his stead Chosroe was by him again driven out of Syria and the Holy City again recovered about the year 624. In these great Wars against the Persians Heraclius had used the help of the Arabians called Scenite a warlike people of Arabia Deserta altogether given to the Spoil who the Wars now ended expecting to have received their pay were contrary to their expectation and without all reason rejected by them that should have paid them with very foul and contumelious words as that there was not mony enough to pay the Christian Souldiers of the Latines and the Greeks much less those vile dogs whom they so called for that they had but a little before received the damnable Doctrin of the false Prophet Mahomet the great Seducer of the World who even in that time flourished Upon which discontentment they at their return revolted from the Empire and joyned themselves unto their great Prophet and so afterwards unto the Caliphs his Successors extending his Doctrin together with his Soveraignty to the utmost of their power and that with so good success that in short time they had overrun all Aegyp● Syria the Land of Promise and taken the Holy City With these the Disciples of Mahomet and his Successors the Sarasins for so now they would be called the Greek Emperors ensuing had for certain years divers conflicts with diverse fortune for the possession of Syria But at length wearied out and by them overcome they left the aforesaid Countries wholly to their Devotion Hereby it came to pass that the Sarasins for the space of 370 years following held these Countries with many others in great subjection oppressing still the poor Christians in Ierusalem with most grievous Tributes and exactions unto whom they yet left a third part of the City

for them to dwell in with the Temple of the Sepulchre of our Saviour and Mount Sion not for any devotion either unto them or those places but for that it yielded them a great profit by the recourse of devout Christians travelling thither reserving in the mean time unto themselves the other two parts of the City with the Temple of Solomon before re-edified by the Christians Now whilst the Sarasins thus triumph it in the East and not in the East only but over a great part of the West also contenting themselves with such Tributes as they had imposed upon the subdued Nations and Countries up start the Turks a vagrant fierce and cruel people who first breaking into Asia as is before declared and by rare fortune aspiring unto the Kingdom of Persia subdued the Countries of Mesopotamia Syria with the greatest part of the lesser Asia and Iudaea together with the Holy City who both there and in all other places held the poor oppressed Christians in such Subjection and Thraldom as that the former government of the Sarasins seemed in comparison of this to have been but light and easie Neither was there any end or release of these so great miseries to have been expected had not God in mercy by the weak means of a poor Hermit stirred up these most worthy Princes of the West to take up Arms in their defence who having with their victorious Armies recovered the lesser Asia with a great part of Syria were now come unto this Holy City The Governour of Ierusalem understanding by his Espials of the proceedings of the Christians had before their approach got into the City a great garrison of right valiant Souldiers with good store of all things necessary for the holding out of a long Siege The Chrstians with their Army approaching the City encamped before it on the North for that toward the East and the South it was not well to be besieged by reason of the broken Rocks and Mountains Next unto the City lay Godfrey the Duke with the Germans and Lorains near unto him lay the Earl of Flanders and Robert the Norman before the West gate lay Tancred and the Earl of Tholouse Bohemund and Baldwin were both absent the one at Antioch the other at Ediss● The Christians thus strongly encamped the fifth day after gave unto the City a fierce ass●ult with such chearfulness as that it was verily supposed it might have been even then woon had they been sufficiently furnished with scaling ladders for want whereof they were glad to give over the assault and retire But within a few days after having supplied that defect and provided all things necessary they came on again afresh and with all their power gave unto the City a most terrible assault wherein was on both sides seen great valour policy and cunning with much slaughter until that at length the Christians weary of the long Fight and in that hot Country and most fervent time of the year fainting for lack of Water were glad again to forsake the assault and to retire into their Trenches only the Well of Siloe yielded them water and that not sufficient for the whole Camp the rest of the Wells which were but few being before by the Enemy either filled up or else poysoned Whilst the Christians thus lay at the Siege of Ierusalem a Fleet o● the Genowaies arrived at Ioppa at which time also a great Fleet of the Aegyptian Sultans lay at Ascalon to have brought relief to the besieged Turks in Ierusalem whereof the Genowaies understanding and knowing themselves too weak to encounter them at Sea took all such things out of their Ships as they thought good and so sinking them marched by Land unto the Camp. There was amongst these Genowaies divers Engineers men after the manner of that time cunning in making of all manner of Engines fit for the besieging of Cities by whose device a great moving Tower was framed of timber and thick planks covered over with raw Hides to save the same from fire out of which the Christians might in safety greatly annoy the Defendants This Tower being by night brought close to the Wall served the Christians instead of a most sure fortress in the assault the next day where whilst they strive with warlike Valour and doubtful Victory on both sides from morning until midday by chance the wind favouring the Christians carried the flame of the fire into the face of the Turks wherewith they had thought to have burnt the Tower with such violence that the Christians taking the benefit thereof and holpen by the Tower gained the top of the Wall which was first footed by the Duke Godfrey and his Brother Eustace w●●h their followers and the Ensigns of the Duke there first set up to the great encouraging of the Christians who now pressing in on every side like a violent River that had broken over the Banks bare down all before them All were slain that came to hand Men Women and Children without respect of Age Sex or Condition the Slaughter was great and the sight lamentable all the Streets were filled with blood and the bodies of the dead Death triumphing in every place Yet in this confusion a wonderful number of the better sort of the Turks retiring to Solomons Temple there to do their last Devoir made there a great and terrible Fight armed with dispair to endure any thing and the victorious Christians no less disdaining after the winning of the City to find there so great resistance In this disperate conflict fought with wonderful obstinacy of mind many fell on both sides but the Christians ●ame on so fiercely with desire of blood that breaking into the Temple the foremost of them were by the press of them that followed after violently thrust upon the weapons of their Enemies and so miserably slain Neither did the Turks thus oppressed give it over but as men resolved to dy desperately fought it out with invincible courage not at the gates of the Temple only but even in the midst thereof also where was to be seen great heaps both of the Victors and the vanquished slain indifferently together All the Pavement of the Temple swam with blood in such sort that a man could not set his foot but either upon some dead man or over the shooes in blood Yet for all that the obstinate Enemy still held the Vaults and top of the Temple when as the darkness of the night came so fast on that the Christians were glad to make an end of the Slaughter and to sound a Retreat The next day for Proclamation was made for mercy to be shewed unto all such as should lay down their weapons the Turks that yet held the upper part of the Temple came down and yielded themselves Thus was the famous City of Ierusalem with great bloodshed but far greater honour recovered by these worthy Christians year 1099. in the year 1099 after it had been in the hands of the Infidels above