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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A68979	Newes of the present miseries of Rushia occasioned by the late warre in that countrey. Commenced betweene Sigimond now King of Poland. Charles late King of Swethland. Demetrius, the last of the name, Emperour of Rushia. Together with the memorable occurrences of our owne nationall forces, English, and Scottes, vnder the pay of the now King of Swethland.	Brereton, Henry.	1614 (1614)	STC 3609; ESTC S114176	37,550	62

yet nobly to die together whilest a trusty seruant of the Emperors found away and meanes for their escape the Prince in the habit of a slaue the Lady in mans apparrel thus in great sorrow and feare these two younge louers in this disguise tooke hand in hand and with their faithfull guide by his direction past through by-waies out of the Pallace then burning about their eares he deserueing for his care and duty to his Prince no lesse fame and memory then that patterne of all piety Aeneas did carrying vpon his shoulders his old father Anchises euen through the flames of Troy CHAP. V. Demetrius with his Empresse flies to the Dukedome of Collooge and findes entertainment Vansusce bruits him dead and causeth one like him to be carried thorow the Citty murdered the Muscouite beleeues it THus these two yoong Princes sprung from the lines of Kings in the chiefe pride of their flowring youth and beauty in the height of all their state and dignity in the middest of al their pleasures and delights from the happy society of their friendes and great Allies are now by the vilde treachery of Vansusce their sworne subiect and forsworne vassaile brought from their Imperiall greatnesse to so wretched and miserable a state as not the meanest in the Empire would now willingly change fortunes and conditions with them But to returne to their tragicke story They hauing by the aide of their trusty guid past the feares and dangers of the Pallace tooke the Riuer of Volga in a little boate the Prince himselfe helping his trusty seruant to row downe the streame O what a piteous sight it was to behold a Prince that but the day before held a Septer of so rich royall and spacious a kingdome serued in all state and maiesty attended on with Nobles and infinite numbers of men to be now tugging at a simple Oare and labouring for his life to preserue her whom aboue his life and all the world hée preferred and of all that he inioyed but thrée houres before to haue only this remnant left that he might call his owne his desolate Quéene his faithfull seruant and two silly Oares and a little Boate. But holding on our course we must publish to the world those dolorous occurrents and heauy calamities that followed to fill vp this sad Sceane of sorrow with matter more tragicall then that of Seneca in the wretchednesse of Locasta or that of Homer in the miseries of Hecuba thus this poore rich remaine of Rushia these two pretious iewels pluckt rudly from their golden frame these two great personages in this little Boate easing themselues in this heauy burden of care by the naturall participation of sorrow and comforting themselues in the sight each of other hold on their course towards the Dukedome of Colloga some fourescore verse as the Rushe cals it from the great Citty of Mosco which is about thréescore miles English a place for the naturall scituation so defensible by reason of Riuers Rockes and Castles that with an Army it is well neare vnaccessible Demettius hauing héere safely set his foote the whole Dukedome did generally entertaine him some also of the Nobility and many of his old seeuants that had past the dangers of the Pallace and the tiranny of Vansusce fled vnto him in whose sight hée comforted himselfe with this that he was not vtterly forsaken thanking almighty God vpon his knées that his state thorough this treason was not reduced to so low an ebbe but that hée might yet liue to out liue this misery and sith hée was in this short time raised from the attendance of one seruant and a little Boate to the possession of many seruants and a whole Dukedome he might also afterward by the reuolution of time and fortune recouer and repossesse his whole Empire checking his present feares with the hope of future contingents striuing thus to make a body of a limbe and to beguile the actuall condition of his fortunes with imaginary conceits of better But we will now leaue this crosse starre Prince in the sorry comfort of his wan hopes building new Castles in the aire while his fatall enemy Vansusce possesseth his old Castles in the Empire and letting him rest a while after the vnrest of that dismall night we will now returne where we left Vansusce burning or spoyling that great Castle and Palace of Mosco the royall Seate of many Emperours in many precedent ages which had bene a building many yeares and was thus miserably in one night destroyed or so much defaced that to this day it is not re-edin̄ed now must we bring vpon the stage Vsurpation attainders forfeitures and confiscation of Lands and Goods plots and stratagems to supplant polices and deuices to establish a Crowne vniustly gotten vpon an Vsurpers head that is neuer at rest or seldome sléepes in quiet Vansusce notwithstanding that euery thing succéeded according to his desire but that which was the maine of his proiect the flaughter of the Prince Demetrius whose escape none but his trusty friends knew of procéeds in his purposes to make himselfe Emperour albeit he knew that he had no title thereunto nor colour like to any The mind of man is infinite in opinion and wéening which being once set vpon ambition nothing can stay or limit her aduentures as appeared in Vansusce in whose way lay two great stumbling blockes the first was the escape of the Prince the other was the life and greatnesse of his Kinsman Tragus who was also great in the peoples opinion him must Vansusce néedes remoue or he finds a greater enemy exposd then Demetrius that was expeld this must be done secretly and vpon the sudden and there was no time slackt for thrée howers before the appearing of the day that followed this fatall night a brother of Vansusces whose name was also Demetrius was sent to surprise him with fiue hundred horse he lying then at a house of pleasure in the country some fiftéene miles from the City and to bring him prisoner to the Mosco where by forme of tryall he was to passe such censure as was preiudicated for him in those false crimes and imputations already set downe to be suggested and inforced against him for he durst not by reason of the peoples fauour procéed against his life but by processe of Law and because he knew also that it would be a hard matter to surprise him in his house he causeth a letter of Credence to be counterfeit in the Emperours name the tenor whereof was onely this That there was some matter of import that craued his present aide at Court and that he should set all other businesse aside and make what spéed he could thither the trust of this letter was committed to that vilde traytor Glasco as being found the fittest for this negotiation howbeit there will come a time wherein he that is now an Agent shall proue also a Patient in this bloudy tragedie when that treasonable bloud that now floweth in his

length so pincht them that they found these mischiefes to be vnsufferable Now was Vansusce without heart or hope fearing daily to bée betrayed by his owne friends if we may call it treason to betray a traitor and his feares prooued true for many noble men that were about him looking into the present times condition and reducing to their mindes the nature of the times past they found Vansusce to be both the originall and efficient cause of all these miseries and that God had thus plagued them with the plagues of men for suffering an vsurper to raigne ouer them so that at last vpon aduice taken they tooke Vansusce prisoner sitting in councell among them with suppose by deliuering him captiue to make their peace with Cholcosce O had the vnkinde and vnstable Muscouite deliuered this vsurper vnto their lawfull Emperour Demetrius that lay on the other side the citie and had brought him in with their submission and acknowledgement of alegeance they might haue had the hand of God to haue fought for them and haply in short time recouered their former peace and glorie But they doubting his weakenesse and fearing the strength of the Poles deliuered vp their prisoner together with the Citty into the power of Cholcosce to be kept for the king of Pole Which in this maner was effected It was agréed vpon betwéene Cholcosce and the State of Russia that he should haue deliuered into his hands the Citty and the Castle to be held with a garrison for Sigismond King of Poland vnto whom they proffered acknowledgement of homage and fraltie conditionally that Cholcosce with his Armie should presently remooue the Leager of the Emperour Demetrius on the other side the riuer These proffers were accepted of Cholcosce together with the condition conditionally that they should deliuer sufficient hostages into his hands sor the safegard of himselfe and his Army which was graunted and a many of the Nobilitie chosen out as the great Patriarch of Mosco KoeIacob Duke of Smalensco and others of great power who being deliuered to the Cholcosce sent them all as pledges to the King of Pole Thus Cholcosce hauing taken possession of the Citty mariheth through to fight with Demetrius and in short time ouerthrew him who fléeing againe to Colloge found himselfe there also abandoued of all his friends Thus this vnhappy Prince fleeing from place to place finding no place for safetie was afterward as I haue heard it reported miserably slaine by a Tartar Thus Cholcosce returning backe to the Citty in triumphant maner was solemnely intertained of the Muscouite who presented him also with many great gifts He hauing stayed a while in the Cittie and planted a garrison of eight thousand Poles in the Castle returned to Smalensco with his prisoner Vansusce and deliuered him to his maister the King of Pole who not long after sent him into Poland to be kept prisoner at the Castle of Waringborrough where he yet liues a miserable captine Sigismond the yeare following takes in Smalensco vpon assault and returnes into Poland disposing the most part of his Armie into garrisons in Russia But the Muscouite in short time after rebelled and hauing drawne the Tartare as their Assistants after a long and bloudie assault they at the last recouered the Cittie and Castle of Mosco putting all the Poles to the sword Thus was the Colloge againe fréed but not secured from the tyranny of the Poales who are still possessors of a great part of that Countrey sometimes losing in one place oftentimes gaining in an other neuer resting but still in action which the wretched people doe miserably sustaine And thus as I vnderstand stands the condition of this torne Empire of Russia at this day FINIS