Took up the Crown of fair and puissant France Now falling to him by Inheritance I write the just words of my Authors Text Puts this in year five hundred seventy sixt AFter the Recess of this last nam'd Prince The Poles next Diet were not of one sense One Party nam'd for KING Stephen Bathor The Transylvanian prince as many more The Austrian Arch-Duke Maximilian Which 'twixt those Princes open War began But Stephens Valour with the Victory Obtain'd the Crown who Issueless did dye In year of Christ five hundred eighty sixt Then Sigismund the third succeeded next Son to the King of Sweden named Ihon Being chose to fit on Polands mighty Throne Soon after which the Father Ihon deceast Did Sigismund with 's Native Crown invest This Sigismund now King of Pole and Swed Had by his Mother secretly been bred In Popish Tenents And all this was done Without least Inkling of his Father Ihon As Zealous Protestant as any one On whose Election unto Polands Crown He Protestant suspect'd not Popish known And Romes Religion still obtaining there To satisfy the Poles he did declare That he for ever would maintain and own The Roman Catholick Religion This made the wary Swedes still Lutheran Desire conditions that he should maintain Their Protestant Religion as 't then was And let no Popish Innovations pass But some few Churches by his sufferance Or sloath not known some Places of Defence Had Popish Priests and Catholick Commanders Which made those stiff and jealous Swedenlanders Suspect this Sigismund of Male-intent And then Revolt at last with joynt consent Charles third son of Gustave Errickson His Uncl's lift up to the Swedish Throne HEnce came those Strifes and Fends and Wars amain 'Twixt Polands Kingdom and the Crown of Sweden For Sigismund did prosecute his Claim And Charles maintaind's Election by the same Which Strise 'twixt Vncle and Nephew did not dy But did descend to both's Posterity Just in the year six hundred thirty two Dy'd sigismund succeded Ladislow His eldest son who dy'd in fourty eight Whose brother Cazimir had next that Right By Choise who after twenty years of Reign The Polish Crown did willingly resign Michael Coribut Wiesnowitski Came next and now this glorious SOBIETSKI Who for his Countreys Honour Safety Crown Hath done yet doth such deeds of loud Renown Made them so great and glorious in each thing As mov'd each Polish heart to choise him King REader I hope thou 'l pardon this Deduction Plain as it is was meant for thy Instruction And understanding things express'd of Course Which needs we must recount in this Discourse Nor can't be needless you should also hear That KINGS of POLAND still Elective are Marvel with me how comes't their Sov'raign pow'r So much restrain'd should yet so long endure Or how Poles Princes straight bound up with Fetters Their Royal Hands so Chain'd with Words and Letters Should sway a Scepter or a Sword should shake To Rule or ' Fend their People while one Sneak Or Waspish Fellow in their Parliament Tho the least Nuntio shall dissassent In any point of greatest Importance Be it the Kingdoms Ruine or Defence The KING himself and the whole Polish Diet Must leav 't undone and sculk away in quiet Some Authors talk but whether lye or troth I shall not say that Polands Kings take Oath Not only to Govern conform to the Laws And Constitutions Statutes Customs Cause O' th' Kingdom to maintain the sev'ral Rights And Priviledge of all their Orders right And not to mince the Kingdoms Revenue But that there 's yet in th' Oath a Clause more blew In case the King should rule in otherwise Absolving People from Obedience Tyes I shall not here my doubts again renew Tho unto me this seems more strange than true That Fundamental Law of Germany Call'd Aurea Bulla can 't compared be VVith this for not to name the many things VVherein the Emp'rors case is wide of Kings In Pole th' Electors ev'ry one by one Are sev'ral pieces of a State that 's one All private men Subjects at most at best But in the Empire this may well be prest Where each Elector's Prince of Sov'raign State And cannot yoak his Pow'r at other rate It s then a Fancy or is't be ought true It s but of yesterday and late and new For in th'authentick form of the old Oath Of Polish KINGS which Orichovius hath There is not the least mention made of this HOw e're it be without Oath true it is That by their ancient Constitutions known Their KING can nothing great perform alone Without consent of th' whole Estates in one In making War or in contracting Peace Levying of Taxes or in Crown-Lands Lease Nor any important affair of State But by the joynt advice of full Senat. Yet as the stern stout Poles Nobility Have such strong Holds of Soveraignity So they assume and still pretend each one At least presume or formerly have done Unto themselves a more transcendent Pow'r Then they 'd allow to King or Emperour In all their Seigniories as accords They do behave themselves like abs'lute Lords This Kingdoms Palatinats thirty four Or Governments each of whom all is o're His own Castellans which of Cities are Captains or Governors in Peace and War Of whom in Poland if we 've counted even There are in all much about eighty seven Of Grand Ecclesiasticks they have two Archbishops GNESNA and of Le'pold too Of old a third at RIGA also had Until that City sell unto the Swed This Gnesna is prime Senator of State Who when the KING shall die without debate He hath the chief mannage of great Affairs During the Interreign tho 't were for Years And Issues Warrants for the States to come To the Election of a new Prince whom When Chose the Oath administers to him And sets upon his Head Poles Diadem All their most important Affairs are done Determin'd and advis'd resolved on In Diets or in Parliaments alone Which Parliaments or Diets thus are held Being summon'd by the King and thus they 'r call'd To Prelats Palatines the KING doth send By 's Chanc'lor Letters of Instruction pen'd Which mentions all his Majesty thinks sitting To be propos'd then ' points their time of Meeting Which Letters had each Senator alone Considers the Design they drive upon The Consequences Qualities and Natures Of those Affairs propos'd in the KINGS Letters The very same and of that full extent The KING' 's to offer to 's next PARLIAMENT Concerning all each Free-man of his Vote Hath a full Liberty o's yea or not Just as he pleaseth or he is in Mood For privat Interest or publick good Beside all these the KING doth Letters send Into each Pa'atinate to be kend When the Nobility are all to meet That ev'ry Province then may have its Leet And Representatives they may be chose Who here are always called LAND-NUNTIOS For which effect Convention's held in all And ev'ry County which they LANDT-JAG call
one made strong with pow'rful Alliance As might best Help the Kingdom to Advance And fairly carry on the present work Of the great Warr in hand against the Turk Upon all which mature Consideration They knew none fitter for their Nominations Nor for the Queen nor worthier to Reign Then Charles Prince of Lorrain were he KING THen some the Prince of Neuburg nominat Altho their Votes in number was not great YEt after all these Disputes SOBIETZKI This Polar Starr whose Light may overmate Skie As with one Vote or shout was chosen KING On twenty first of May begun his REIGN In sev'nty four with greatest joy of all Beyond what Pole e're saw both great and small Poles Primat Gnesna Bed-rid at that time Who by his Office should the KING proclaim He absent Ex Officio it was due Unto the then Arch-bishop of Cracow Who did with wont Solemnities Proclaim Him KING by IHON the Third of the same name Of Poland KING great Duke of Litwanie WHo forthwith of himself most graciously Was pleas'd to promise that Queen Dowagier Should be provided as best suited her High quality As also the Arrear Of Polish Army he should forth with Clear And quite discharge from out 's own Revenue Seeing the Publick could scarce spare it now At which time also further did express His Inclinations and great willingness To grant the Trust of the Grand Mareschal Or Which is here the same Crown General One Prince Demetrius Wiesnowis ki Vncle to late KING And also this Of Crowns Lievtenant Generalship thus void Should by Kiovies Palatine be joy'd BUt as he signifi'd his strong intent To prosecute this present Warr full bent Against the Insidels with utmost vigor And with pursuits of dreadful Armies Rigor To Rout and Kill and put their Troops to chace Or force them to some honourable Peace And to that purpose at 's own proper Charge A thousand Foot he would raise and Discharge Their Pay enduring this same next Campaign For to Encourage all the Noblemen And other Polish Grandees ev'ry one To do the like in their Proportion So he desired that he might Retain The Trust of General till this Campaign Were ended for the Kingdoms present State Urg'd the Delay o's Coronations date Till the Campaign be over Whereanent The whole Nobility gave their Assent And that the Article they offered Into the Pacta or Agreements made Obliging SOBIETZKI now their KING The Crown on no occasion to Resign Should be Cancell'd Expung'd or quite Omitted This at 's Desire was also freely Quitted ARchbishop Gnesna scarce warm in his Place On twenty fifth of May he did Decease The KING thought fit to raise into his ROOM The much Esteemed Learned Bishop Culm Who did Succeed in that high Dignity Of Metropolitan and Primacy Queen Dowagier had by a full Consent Both of his Majesty and Parliament Two hundred thousand Guilders yearly Rent Assigned Her with freedom to Reside In any place of Poles Dominion wide Except Cracow and some more Fortify'd Places on Borders of Silesia side Her Majesty for her Convenience Made choice of Thorn in Prusse for Residence ALtho the KING for carrying on the WAR Impatiently Solicitous by farr Yet 's Noblemen and Senators in this Were all in general just as Remiss For tho at first they had him promise made Of sixty thousand Men Maintain'd and Pay'd He now desir'd but fourty thousand strong Yet their Dissentions such so sharp so long And wretched Jealousies to Factions bent As could not let them hereunto Consent MEan while the Muscovite who did pretend Himself the Polish Kingdoms mighty friend And that with open force he would oppose The Cruel Turk and all Poles common Foes Had on the contrar only fall'n upon Doroskensko Head of the Rebels strong The Cossacks and had many Places tane Strong Holds and Castles in the Vkrain That with this foul and false tho open play He might enlarge his great Empire that way HOw e're the Mighty Cham of Tartary And the Great Turk with Forces Hastily Rush'd thither to oppose the Muscovite And in short time had over-run as quite Another great part of that Countreys Coast So that the whole was likely to be lost WHerefore to give what Aids his Haste prepaâ—â—â— In such unlucky Posture of Affairs KING IHON by this time seeing that in plain No Money nor Recruits he could obtain On August twenty second he departs From Warsaw towards Polands Frontier Parts Appointing Rendezvouz of that small Army Was left him after Cochmis Victory To hold upon the fifteenth of September A Month which Turks have been bid oft Remember They being not as t 's told and all believe In number sixteen thousand effective IT s true that General Romadanowsko Led ' bove an hundred thousand men of Musco Encamped near unto the River Dniester With all which he did small or no Service there Being they say diverted by the Turk Who on their nat'ral Jealousies did work Causing Reports and Rumors to be spred That all the Poles new Terms with them had made And with the Port were clapping up a Peace Without including them within its Lease THis Stratagem did serve both Turks and Tartars With small Resistance to possess those Quarters So that save two or three strong Holds in fine They 'r Masters of the whole of Vkrain At last great City Haman they Invest Which with Assaults they furiously prest While Muscovites who promis'd to Relieve it In stead thereof o're Neister were Retrived Whose sudden base and timorous Retreat Occasion'd Hamans Towns entire defeat Which yeelded on such Terms as Victors gave it To have their Lives Persons and Goods all saved But this most Barb'rous faithless cruel Nation Without Regard to their Capitulation Or any Promise made by Write or Word Put Men Wives Children to the Edge of Sword So that of hund'red thousand Souls just now Remain'd alive in few Hours none or few ABout beginning of next Month came up To the KINGS Camp the Litwanian Troops In all twelve thousand thence did come along Which made the KING near thirty thousand strong And now at Slotzow on the Frontier far From Warsaw in a Council held of War Resolv'd to Head them to the Vkranie And quickly fall upon the Enemy Without least thoughts of further Treaty had Which now again the Grand-Vizier made Since the Grand-Seignior's Master had repast The Danube on his March homewards in haste Fresh offers of on purpose to Amnze The Poles and cred'lous Muscovites abuse And to foment their mutual jealousies And so Divide then Rout them at more ease ACcordingly his Martial MAJESTY To learn the Posture of the Enemy Did Russias Waywood send with some good Force Who did Surprize a thousand Turkish Horse Near Camien's Walls and did them quite Defeat With Slaughter for their Number very great And that the KING might see they 'd won the day Thrice fifty Prisoners they brought away His Majesty thus recommenc'd the War Just then in Person
quickly marcht to Bar A fenced City in the ukranie Which when approacht he storm'd so furiously That it was his in twinkling of an eye THe Turks and Tartars garrison'd therein Fled when they saw the Poles the City win Unto the Castle which was very strong And yet this proved not their Shelter long But forc'd upon the eighteenth of November Upon the KINGS discretion to surrender Who did the Turks most gen'rously dismiss With safe Convoy unto Caminiec But all the Lipher Tartars quickly were Each dealt a Slave unto each Litwaneer Next his Victorious MAJESTY no Rester In Field march't to Mohilow on the Neister A Place of great Import unto the Pole Because it is the only Pass to Mol davie who when they knew the King in Field Did to 's victorious Arms most quickly yield Thus did Sciana Kalnick Fourty more Podolian Holds of Strength the Turks gave o're NO Force resists the Tempest of that Fame Which always conquer'd wheresoe're he came Without Sword drawn his Word these wild Beasts tame Just at this time ne're more untimously Did all those Troops had come from Litwanie Leave him just in the nick of Hopes and Victory Pretending all that none of them could bear The rig'rous Season of that time of year T' was now December in the sev'nty four Yet 's MAJESTY tho weak'ned in his Pow'r Resolved with his gallant Poles amain Still to Continue on in this Campaign And notwithstanding left almost alone His prosp'rous Fortune bravely to push on Scarce past one Week wherein some fenced Place Or other 's not surrender'd to his Grace And tho the Turks were num'rous in those Places Yet durst they not ' gainst him once shew their Faces TO Hansel sev'nty five New-Years-day saw His MAJESTY by Storm take in Raskaw Upon the Niester stood this strengthned Hold Where sixteen hundred of the Turks were told Of whom while all their Foot were cut in pieces Their Cavalry being forc'd to mend their Paces Escap'd The Polish Horse so wearied With those continual Services late made That there was none of them in posture now On Foes fresh valiant Horses to pursue So that his MAJESTY had now subdu'd All that part of the Vkrain which stood Westward the Neiper save the City Czebryn The Residence of Dorokensk had ay been Head of allVkrains Rebellion Whom he endeavour'd from his Perdwellion By Treaties to reduce unto his Duty And this made Shews of promising his Feawty And readiness to own the KINGS Commands If 's Majesty'd vouchsafe these eight Demands 1. FIrst That the Cossacks should continue free In Exercise of the Greek Liturgie And that without Disturbance they might own That Antient Churches old Religion 2. That some Arch-Bishop of their Church should have A Place and sit amongst Poles Senat Grave 3. That of the Ukrain some good fit part Be for the Cossacks Army set apart 4. That Polands KING at 's Coronation Oath Confirm these and their Priviledges both 5. That Poles Republick ever shall make knowen When they have need of Cossacks service done And on what Terms they do desire 't be shown 6. That Cossacks Deputies sent to the Diet Shall be receiv'd welcom'd and treated by it With equal Honour 's any Deputie Sent from the Dukedom of great Litwanie Or from the Kingdom of old Polonie 7. That they have freedom to Trafficque and Trade With all their Neighbours as before they 've had 8. What still the Turks refus'd those Savage Fools They may Erect Print Offices and Schools BUt all these Overtures to nothing came Sly Doroskenko did but play his Game Between the Poles and jealous Muscovite A Friend to neither more then 's Aims thought meet IN April sev'nty fift the Turks and Tartars Having by this time left their Winter Quarters Weary of Rest and Rust did now take Arms And came to Field in hideous Throngs and Swarms KING IHON had maugre all their Force held out This Winter in those Parts without Recruit Whereby his Army small so lessened That all believ'd he should be hastened To quit the Vkrain foresake the Field But his great Sp'rit which knew not how to yield To any Hazards but Necessitie And th' utmost point of last Extremitie Resolved to the last to stand it out And from those Quarters not to stir a foot And therefore Reinforc'd the Garisouns Of these his following late Regained Towns Of Bracklaw and Kalnick and Nimirow Bialacierkew and Mohilow Which being done he left not Force enow To have an Armies either name or shew Had not his Valour and his Conduct been Like a new Figure making Vnits ten Rend'ring their num'ral Hundreds virtually As many thousands by his Courage high IN following May the KING to Slotzkow held Sited eight Leagues distant from Leopold Where with some Senators of Polands Nation He had a long and serious Consultation Laying before them all his just Complaints On their neglect of his sad pinching wants Since after sev'n Months time of this Campaign Wherein with such an Handful of few Men. So great Advantages perform'd and done And been procured unto Polands Crown Restoring to t 's Obediense again The greatest part of all the Vkrain In which himself and his few Souldiery Had mett with so much Pinch and Scarcity Of all Provisions that their wants did force Their Food from Flesh of Catts and Dogs and Horse And other Beasts beside their endless Toils And dreadful Dangers infinite Turmoils And yet no care was taken to supply His Wants which now lookt stern as Destiny Nor to enable him with fresh Recruits To store his Army fewer then the Scouts Of the GRAND SEIGNIORS now become so Weak As 't cannot keep the Field another Week His Majesty b'ing hitherto enforc'd This Warr to have maintain'd at his own Cost Which amidst all those sad Perplexities He yet Resolv'd maugre Difficulties And yet for all these Instances he made Nothing to store his Needs was done or had BAck to the Army turneth which did hold Near his Head Quarter City Leopold And in good Season for it was high time He should assure the People of that Clime By 's ROYAL presence who were otherwise To leave their Dwellings ready to Advise In dreadure of those Swarms of Turks and Tartars Which ev'ry day pour'd down too near those Quarters Whose vastest Numbers of two hundred thousand Did fill those Parts with Horrour and Confusion ON the seventeenth of August sev'nty five Turks Tartars Chief Commanders did contrive In the dread Presence of Himself great Cham And the Vizier Bassa Ibrahim In Council mett first to attempt the Town Of Slotzkow which being once possest and won Next to Attacque the City Leopol The present Quarter of the KING of Pole Who had in all scarce fourteen thousand men For 's Litwanian Troops had not joyn'd then PUrsuant-hereunto some five days further Marcht Sultan Nuradin still breathing Murther Chief of his fourty thousand Tartars led The Flow'r of all that Army C ham there had Attended with the eldest
fourty hours on Duty THe Souldier's charged under pain of Death Not to stirr from their Ranks one Inch of Path. And to prevent all Hazards of Surprize The Army stood all Night in Battel wise Until next Jovial Morning did appear Telling them all the Turks were Marched cleer When by first Sight of Heav'ns bright glorious Lamp The Souldiers had first leave to Spoil their Camp By Course still going out half Company And t'other half standing the while on Duty And when the first half Company Returned The second half then to the Plunder Journey'd This being done till all the Spoil was come Which did amount unto the following Sum. HEre their whole Baggage and Provision And a vast Store of Ammunition Above one hundred pieces of great Cannon And which as Warrs Denuncement Turks still hang on Two large Horse Tails at ev'ry Expedition The Grand Visurs own Tent Horse Gold Provision And thirty thousand other Tents beside GRAND SEIGNIORS own great STANDARD rich to Pride Whose exact Figure and Inscriptions Arabick with t 's Interpretations Which bear this Warrs false Prophecys and Bage Our Author hath before his Title Page ALL these being tane this mighty victory In whose obtainment scarce one thousand dâ—â— And amongst those few Men of Quality On Christians Part all next to GOD impute And needs to Poles brave PRINCE must Attribute Whose gallant Conduct match'd with Courage high So oft imploy'd for Christians Liberty This day his Royal Person long Engag'd ' Mongst En'mys thickest Throngs and most Enrag'd And with him still the gallant PRINCE his Son Thus early Signaliz'd in this Action Nor ought their Highnesses to want their share Of Glory since they all behaved there So bravely well and gain'd so great Renown Which shall be Famed till the last Trump sound ON thirteenth of September Polands KING His Son PRINCE ALEXANDER following With th' other Princes Grandees Noblemen O're Piles of mangled Corps enter'd Vien Yielding sad Prospect of past Desolation Which more enhanc'd the present Joys occasion HIs MAJESTY in 's Circled Arms soon took The Gallant star'berg whose alone Conduct And Valiant Courage had held out late Siege ' Gainst such vast Numbers Deaths and Dangers Huge Speaking his high Esteem o's Worthy Person And Prudent Conduct in most large Expression NExt day the EMPEROR Arrived there And quickly mett the KING of Poland where He Marched on the Head of his brave Army Who were that time drawn up all in Battalzie To whom in most endearing terms he made 's Acknowledgments of late great Vict'ry had WHo did receive them with a Modesty Equal unto his Magnanimity Professing he had only us'd at large His just and best Endeavours to Discharge Those Obligations Christian KINGS all owes To Christ'ndomes dear Saf'ty and Repose And that his prosp'rous Arms late good Success Was only owing the Divine Goodness And Brav'ry of those PRINCES who had done Him th' Honour that their Troops to his should joyn 'T Was order'd by th' Imperial MAJESTY PRINCE ALEXANDER should presented be With Sword with massie Diamonds richly Sett And so thus past this Interviers short Date Departed And so likewise Polands KING Decamp't his Army that night following They March to Wiscke where Bridge of Boats and Wood Below Presburg take them o're Danows Flood This was upon September twenty fifth Th' Imperial Army which next day did lift Advancing after him with equal Pace On twenty sev'nth past o're at this same place OCtober ninth how soon they heard it told That a great Body of the Turks did hold Near Barkan being fourteen thousand strong The choise of all those Troops scop't here along After their Rout at Vien under th' hand Of sev'ral Bassas of the best Command The KING with some few of th' Imperials Troop Advanced thither all scarce yet come up NO sooner did the Turks perceive them come But with a hideous Shout came briskly one And charged with most desp'rat Resolution Being receiv'd with as warm Execution After a sharp Dispute the Turks all fly Where one of their great Bassas there did die Another Bassa also Pris'ner tane The rest fled hurrying o're the Bridge at Gran Which breaking with the Crowd the Stream then drown'd Near half as many as the Sword did wound SO that of all that Body of the Turks Scarce twice two thousand did escape this Lurch In this ENGAGEMENT one thing 's worthy Note PRINCE ALEXANDERS Horse under him Shot Here a young English Lord who Landsdown hight Did gallantly behave himself in Fight Commanding then a Regiment or Squad Of Souldiers in Count Taasts strong Brigad For which his Valor when he did Retire Homewards by Patent made COUNT of th' EMPIRE And as sure mark of gallant Service done well By th' EMPEROR declared was COUNT GREENVILE THe next Exploit did Polands TRIUMPHS grace Was taking in of Zytchin a strong Place For having parted with the Duke of Lorrain And understanding that the Turks had therein A Garrison which might as them best lists Incommod's Commerce with th' Imperialists The KING did send the PRINCE as young as keen Accompany'd with Lublins Palatine To view it while some Troops of Horse them back't At whose Return gave Order to Attacque't WHere quickly marching to the Place from hence They find the Turks in posture of Defence Who having notice that the KING had given Orders unto the Cossacks to lay ev'n Their Suburbs they prevent the KINGS desire The Night before setting them all on Fire WHich notwithstanding Cossacks did not leâ—t From being soon possessed of a Gate And breaking down its Palisados straight The Turks fought stoutly made a brave Defence And after sharpest Dispute forced thence The much enraged Cossacks to Retire Till b'ing seconded with fresh Troops like Fire Getting new Vent they do renew the Charge With such a forward furious vi'lent Rage Which soon to quit the Town the Turks compells And take them to the Castle and their Heels Which presently his MAJESTY Assails ANd those within desiring to part fairly Hung out a Flagg of white for Peace and Party Their Chief Commander with two others mo Came out and pray'd the KING to let them go To Buda which once granted they came out In all five hundred Horse eight hundred Foot THey took within the Place store of Provision With a great Quantity of Ammunition And twenty Cannon on the City Walls And many Field-Piece in the Castle alse HIs MAJESTY put this Town afterwards Under Imperials Garrisons and Guards Next day he Summoned with Trumpets Hola Other two Castles called Brigh and Holach Who yielded at Discretion without Combat And thence he marched on to Kimasonbat Upon the sixteenth of November where The Litwanian Gen'ral met him there DVring the while his MAJESTY did tarry Within those upper parts of Hungary By all fair means he could he endeavour'd To gain Count Tekly to 's IMPERIAL LORD Giving him all the sweetest Terms best Offers HIMSELF for their Performance SUR'TY Profers But finding all Fssays
spurred on This Ragietzki Poles Vice-Chancellour Had match'd a Lady of all beauties Flower Whom CASIMIR did Court for his Amour Which Ragietzki smelling at the last Convey'd away his fairest Wife in haste Dreading the KINGS Assaults might storm'd the Fort T' a Mannor House and far from Courts resort The KING incensed to be thus depriv'd Of her fair Sight by which his pleasure liv'd Under Pretence of Services in short His Office ow'd commands him back to Court. Of Cabaling accused after soon Against the State with En'mys of the Crown And notwithstanding stiffest opposition Made by th' ARCH-BISHOP GNESNA in 's tuition Condemn'd to forefault both his Goods and Place Exiled from his KINGS and Countries face Whereat the Kinred of this Nobteman Aloud to murmure presently began And thousand others did not stick to say That this Procedure was the readiest way To violate the Honour Dignity And Priv'ledge of the whole Nobility All quite undone in this abused man From which day forward most of them were draw'n To dis-affect the KING Whilst not in vain Griev'd Ragietzki shelter seeks in Sweden Where he at length spreads out his Grievance Cause Unto its valiant KING Charles Gustaus Who listens to it with attentive ear Then which he could no sweeter Musick hear Then Weaknesses of Pole discovered And Discontents amongst its Grandees spred This Exile all that Wit and Vengeance bears Recounts then speaks the rest in Sighs and Tears JUst like late blust'ring Gale on Sea or Plain Puff'd near a alm but with new Drifts of Rain Far more incens'd it rustleth yet the more With Gusts and Blasts more vi'lent then before Grows Storm then Tempest which aloud doth roar Straight fills the Sea with Waves Deaths Drownings Wracks Tall Trees stocks up and strongest Castles shakes It mingleth Heav'n with Earth and Night with Day And what stands loose or light or weak it cleanly sweeps away So Ragietskis plaintful Moans Tales Tears Such strong Impressions on the Swedes soul bears That notwithstanding a depending Peace 'Twixt Swed and Polish Crowns whose signed Leace Had long t' expire with dreadful Armies came Charles ent'ring Poland like some Hurrican He forc'd his Passage and with small ado Seizes their chiefest Cities old Cracow And Warsaw own'd by most and best o' th' whole Great Palatines and chiefest Lords of Pole And like some Whirlwind whisking all around Licking the very Dust from of the Ground Ne're stinted till he 'd over-run the whole Towns Cities Castles Provinces of Pole EV'n as that man whose House is all on Flames Half sindg'd scapes forth from Fury of its Gleams Being driv'n on with Fire Sparks Smoak and Wind Ne're turns his face for fear nor looks behind Till got without its reach he calmly spys That Smoak which did menace his Breath those Sparks which dar'd his Eyes Sees Throngs and Crouds who made as if they meant To quench the fierce devouring Element But more attentive knows those Enemies First laid the Train feeding the Flame when 't dies And all his Neighbours busy'd with the toil For one poor drop of Water brought rav'ning ten loads of spoil Till having recollect'd his Sp'rits and Friends To quench the Fires fierce Rage and quell those Fiends The rav'nous Harpys beats and routs and then home empty sends THe bold KING CASIMIR was forc'd to flie To the utmost Borders of the Vkranie Just so pursu'd with Vengeance Sword and Fire His Friends forsake him and his Guards retire Being deserted left almost alone Ev'n when his routed Hopes were almost gone And all that knew him knew him for undone All the strong Holds and Cities in his Land Came by prevailing Force to Charles his Hand Only the City Dantzick still held out Persisting Loyal for its King most stout Which Gustave seeing he could not come by By Gold nor open Force nor Jeopardy Despairing therefore e're to conquer it His Souldiers bloody Cruelties commit And barb'rous Spoils and horrid Villanys Which made the Poles repent with wat'ry eyes Such unadvised rashness all bemoan That for a Foraign Master quits their own Astonish'd at the Swedish Tyranny So soon commenc'd in 'ts early Infancy What Havock Massacre what day of Doom Might Poles expect from Charles in CAS'MIRS Room On t' other hand Dantzicks brave constancy Doth shame them to their wonted loyalty These forc'd the Poles Gustavus to forsake Who to their Duty and their KING come back THey seek him in his utmost Frontiers fled Promising if his MAJESTY'l make Head Against his own and now their Enemy They 'l expiat their late Disloyalty Renew'd with Oaths by all that Honour bounds To Seal their Faith in Swedish blood and wounds LIke one new fred from Prison loos'd from Rack Pardon'd for Life or rescu'd from a Wrack Ev'n so KING CASIMIR rejoyc'd to see Himself once more in some Capacitie To Dispute's Crown and Kingdom with that hand Had nearby left him scarce one Pole of Land And lest their forwardness for fight should yield Or faint Amidst their eagerness takes field Where in a trice old Fortune turns her face And Poles stern Valour puts the Sweds to chase Worsted and Routed quite in many a Battle They flee and die like droves of Sheep or Cattle And as one Mischief falls upon another Like Waves succeeding Waves so ills together Befall the Great the Small the Prince the Begger Whil'st Sweds are routed Poles have sackt their Leaguer Just at that very time the Dane Invades Gustavus Kingdom routs and kills his Sweds So he that but just now for Conquest 's come Must quit's new Victories and hasten home Has much ado to hold maintain his own While gaping to have grasp'd his Neighbours Crown ANd as a Leech new suck't a teeming fill of Blood falls off but doth more grossly spill That swelling draught which leisurly before It sipp't and drunk most quickly Spues that Gore So CHARLES his Conquests great and sudden fast More so his losses Nothing vi'lent lasts And Casimir no sooner vanquished The Swed when quickly re-established In 's own Dominions to chastize the CZAR who 'd giv'n the Swed his Aid in this late War His valiant Poles march on successfully With Fire and Sword harrassing Muscovie Where 's Mighty Victories soon turn'd the Chess Oblig'd the Muscovites to sue for Peace WArs Tempest overblown succeeds calm Peace Which did renew both Courts and Countreys face Yet like one from a Fever newly fred Fond of Recov'ry and too grossly fed To please wild Appetite as 't often haps The Patient 's threatned with a worse Relapse Ev'n so King CASIMIR these grand Affairs Having Compos'd so well next bends his Cares To please a fondness in his French-born-Queen Both He and She having yet Childless been And like to be so still did move the State A Successor in 's life to nominate The Queen most eagerly strove to advance Because born there the Interest of France Sparing no Cost not Care to have this done In favours of the only living Son O' th
Prince of Condee who was Duke D'Engwin Design'd to Match the Niece of the said Queen Born of her Sister Princess Palatine NOr were French Pistols wanting to dispose The whole Court-Party to advance that choise Which much incensed other Noble Peers And near once more set Poland by the Ears In opposition to the Queens design Many great Persons joyntly did combine Of all whom Lubomirski was the Chief A mighty Party joyn'd to their Relief In this Rebellicus Consorts and Commates Naming themselves Polands Confederates But after sev'ral Traverses of Warr Treaties of Peace to heal this Rending Jarr 'Twixt both The Rebels to their Homes are forc'd And Lubomirski's Party's put to worst Being deserted o's Confederats To Breslaw in Silesia retreats His place Grand Mareschal was taken fro'm And SOBIETSKI ' stablish'd in that Room The Rebel Lubomirski hence was driven In Januar sixty six or sixty seven And of a Palsie shortly after 's dead Who with late Ague Pole's State shaken had SOon after this Crown-General Potoski Dying 't fell to th' share of SOBIETZKI As hath been said ere while tho most oppose Alledging two such mighty Trusts as those Of Marshal General to and by one Could not be well conferr'd nor rightly done And would have had the last of those we name To Prince Demetrius great by Worth and Fame But Casimir Poles wise and generous Prince Foreseeing's late shak't KINGDOMS Exigence Requir'd no less then Peerless SOBIETSKI In Council prompt in matchless Valour Brisk ay FOr as when Head or Heart of any Wight Affect'd with Maladie grown to some hight The Eyes look pale and dull and languishing The Pulse beats saint unev'n like slack'ned String Of Lute or Viol Hands Feet Fingers Toes And th' extream parts which from the. Body grows Refuse that Duty which of right to Head Heart allows Ev'n so the Cossacks Poles remoter parts Inhabiting when hearing Jarrs and Thwarts 'Twixt Prince and Peers resolve to take their time Of Courts Vertigo's still Rebellions prime Joyning the Tartars promised Turks Aid Poles Frontiers with great Spoils forthwith invade And in their Insurrections furious Maza They seise the strong Town known by name PODHAYS And in the Month which doth preceed September Flock'd up from all Resort the strong RUSS-LEMBER THese COSSACKS are a compound mingled Rout Of many Nations hardy fierce and stout The gross whereof are Polish Peasants who T' avoid the slav'ry of the Tyrant Po lish Noble-men forsaking Pole as Cain Did SETH withdrew so to the UKRAIN A Province near the Turks and Tartars plac'd With all things sit for Humane Life well grac'd Being all Greeks as to Religion Having a Select PATRIARCH of their own Residing at the great and strong and mighty Fenced with Art and Nature KIOFF'S City Acknowledging themselves in gross and whole Liege-men and Subjects to the KING of Pole Serving his Majesty in 's Wars they say Against the Infidels still without Pay In Arms are born bred live and die these mighty men of Prey This Armed State for their Security Partly and part for Poles Nobility They keep These Nobles they do still despite And these with mutual hatred them requite They for their Freedom ' gainst Poles Lords still Rage These would reduce them to their Vassalage So that 'twixt mutual Fears Hopes Spoils and Harms Th' one ' gainst th' other frequently take Arms. Against which Cossacks with fierce Tartars joyn'd Great Gen'ral SOBIETZKI is enjoyn'd To march Who by their dreadful num'rous swarms Reduc'd to greatest Straits this Son of Arms. For while h' hath scarce once seen descry'd and found'em They with most thick Batallions quite surround him Amidst which pinching Push and Jeopardy No Council's left save either do or dy THen like some Lyon roused from his Den With Noise of Hounds and Huntsmens voice a main Great SOBIETZKI startled once next animats his men ' ANd thus Accosts them Valiant Native Poles ' My fellow Souldiers Can your fearless Souls ' Whose glorious Arms late quell'd the Roaming Swed ' And chas'd him from our Bounds and home him sped ' Can all those Trophees num'rous as your feet ' Late trampling down the Marshie Muscovite ' Giving that proud and mighty Knez the Chase ' And bending back the VVar to Mosco's face ' Forcing him to our KING to sue for Peace ' Those dreadful Swords which did at once give Laws 'To the Great Czar and Warlike stout Gusta'us ' And Lubomirski and 's Confederates al 's ye ' Fought vanquish'd routed frighted in a Palsie ' But those you 'l say were Strangers or Piastis ' And what 's this Raff and Mungrel Race of Mastives ' But the vile Scumm of Polish Slaves a Rabble ' Of coarsest Dregs of all God drove from Babel ' Shall we who 'd well near giv'n snatch'd back Poles Crowns ' And of two crowned Heads cropt such Renowns ' Be fac'd crouded to our Beards with such Rafscalion Clowns ' Up up March on Charge Fight what needs more words ' Let 's force and cut this Vict'ry with our Swords THen as a Flash of Light'ning rends a Cloud Next killing Thunder comes which roars aloud Then plump suden Rain like that which made No's Flood Just so their Swords Shout Shot Shock rains Seas of Cossacks Blood When in a trice or twinkling of an Eye Thousands of Rebels bleed full spraul and dy By num'rous Heaps vast Swarms and hideous Shoals With little loss or none to th' Gallant Poles Thus having quit himself of pinching strait He forc'd the Rebels first to Begg then Treat A Peace most Honourable for Polands Crown Whose terms are in the following Words set down 1. ANd first as to the Tartars there should be For all in this late War an Amnestie Until that Casimir great Polands KING The Purport of this Treaty should once Sign 2. And next if after Differences arise They should not Arm in any kind of ways But strive to reconcile't by their Envoys 3. The Sultan Galga promis'd in the name Of his own Master Tartarys great Cham To be an Enemy to all and whole Such as should War against the Crown of Pole With all his Force to Aid when e're requir'd Being of Poles with yearly Pension hir'd And for so doing Hostages to give Until the States assembling them relieve By Moneys rais'd for their Redemption And Tartars present Satisfaction 4. And in the fourth place that the. Tartar Cham Nor any else of his or in his Name In Vkrain should Quarter any Forces Neither of Infantry Dragoons nor Horses Nor any other part of Poles Dominion Without the KINGS consent and full Opinion 5. If any Forraigners in this Campaign Who serv'd the Cham should pole invade again Of their own Head or others Mal-direction That Cham give them no aid nor yet Protections 6. That Prisoners on both sides be releas'd And with restored Liberty be grac'd That Sultan Galgas Force nor Spoil Kill Burn Nor least Disorders act in their Return WIth Doroskensko Gen'ral of the
all with such Consternation Receiv'd as Souldiers do a Decimation VVhen the sad fatal Military Lots The Dy thrown on the Drum cuts all tenth Throats Or a Storm'd Town or near sure Victory Snatch'd from their hands and hopes unluckily By Ambush laid or succours sent from some new Enemy HOw much brave Armies prize their valiant Chiftain It straight appear'd by all their sudden Huff tane Yet as all Passion 's strongest at Rebound So Rage succeeding Grief's most eager found Not those cold Griefs which Sin brings and save Crosses And Cares and Tears leaves nothing But from Losses Not Irreparable and a Frustration Of Hopes which swell'd the mind with expectation Defeated fills the Soul with sharp vexation Commencing Rage menaceth all those Harms Vengeance can breath gives Souldiers Arms new Arms. Then as pure oyl which feeds a clear bright Lamp When wet doth sparkle so the Polish Camp Dissolv'd in Tears which nothing could asswage But vengeance wreckt on those wrought this Outrage These who had late but grumbled for Arrears Now for their Gen'ral turn'd all Mutineers Swearing tho it should cost their Lives and Souls They'd have their Chieftain maugre all the Poles And with loud Cryes mad Shouts their voices Hoarse all Eccho'd around le ts on le ts on to Warsaw Let 's Teach this new made KING by whom he stands Which of his Scepter or our Swords Commands WHen in good time the General was sent Unto the Army posted as he went And as the Sun after impetuous Flouds Of Rain when once wink'd up dispels the Clouds So the first fight of SOBIETZKI's Face Hush'd all their Tumults into Joy and Peace Who as a most discreet and wise Physicion That Cures the sharpest Humors by diversion Takes first occasion which did then present To give their itch of Fighting fullest vent THose Wretches without Faith to Man or God The Tartars that are of Bialagrod Upon Podolia and the Vkrain In hideous Numbers having fallen in And made great Spoil and Havock and in Droves Led the poor People of those parts their Slaves Against whom SOBIETZKI marcheth straight Did in an instant put them all to Flight Whose Courteous Haste had made them all so kind As leave their Prey and Prisoners behind VPon the twenty sev'nth of Februar In sixty nine or sev'nty in stile newer Did KING Michael Match QVEEN Eleanor Sister unto the German EMPEROUR By reason of which Match some Jealousie Was raised that his Royal Majesty Had thoughts himself Hereditar to make And all the Polish Rights to quash and shake Insomuch at a Diet short while thence Th' Equestrian Order sev'ral suits Commence ' Mongst others openly the KING hear read PACTA CONVENTA or agreements made Which they had finally concluded one At 's Majesties own free Election All else their Suits the KING did freely grant But this with 's greatest loathness scarce obtain 't Until his Majesty perceiving that Their Resolutions were obstinat Not to proceed in any State-affair Till that their Proposition granted were Unwillingly thereto he gave Assent And so next day the Knights together went Into the Honse of Senators where sat His Majesty under a Cloath of State On whose each side were plac'd Poles greatest Peers Where the said PACTA read at full length hears At whose last Article which did Import That if the King o's Duty should fall short Of what he then and there had promised That they from their Allegiance quite were fred Which last words were no sooner full Read out When all the Knights did Seal them with a shout WHich passage reasonably may compone Some Authors differences hereupon Concerning Poles KINGS Oath spoke of before 't Which some would stretch beyond its due Import Tho no such words at all are to be had In all the Oath but in the Agreements made THe Prince Demetrius WIESNOWITZKI The same Kings Vncle under SOBIETZKI Lievtenant General now between these Lords There was no tender Friendship nor Accords To have which two some better understood The KING in 's Royal Wisdom thought it good Having us'd sundry means this Work to Crown He did think fit a Marriage to propound 'Twixt Prince Demetrius Princess Ostrogie Niece to the General SOBIETSKI Which Consummat with all Solemnities Did henceforth Stopp their Animosities IN sev'nty two the Cossacks with the Tartars Or weary of their Faith or of their Quarters Having again fall'n to their wonted Trade Of old Rebellions an In-rode made Whom General SOBIETSKI did Chastise Forcing their Leader now defeated twice 'T was Doroskensko mentioned before A Man enur'd to Robb'ries Murthers Gore To leave 's Rebellious Arts of Sword and Fire And with more Haste than good Speed to Retire FRom whence the great Turk takes occasion To pick a quarrel with the Polish Nation Upon pretence that he had taken on The Cossacks into his Protection And with a quick Incursion in a trice Invests the City strong Caminiec Where having made Approaches slow and soft Under the shelter of great Sacks well stuff't With Cotton Wool and rais'd a Battery Upon the which they plant twelve Cannons high Wherewith twelve days they furiously play While those within having done all they may VVere forc'd on Articles the Town to Morgage For Marching out alive with Bagg and Baggage The Garrison were not two thousand strong Of whom two hundred men were quite undone By their own Powders blowing up a Tow'r Which with their Courage less'ned much their Pow'r And was ' mongst many others one great Cause Of so soon yielding to the Conqu'rors Laws Grand Seignior in Person present was At taking of this Town and ent'red as Poles Garrison march'd off placing thereon Eight thousand Janizars in Garrison His Army whole had the prodigious Force Of hundred ninety thousand Foot and Horse AT Janowitz this time Poles KING did ly Waiting Arrival o's Nobility Who now from all Parts unto him Resort While he to gain time sent unto the Port Ambassadors unto Grand Seignior Whose Peace or else Cessation might procure To whose Vice-Chancellor the Grand Vizier In Barb'rous Stile return'd him this Answer Which as I had you's have it Just as Terse For 't speaks it self better in Prose than Verse To the Vice-Chancellor of Poland ' THe Letters of the most Serene and Honourable KING of Poland our great Friend to our most Serene most Glorious and most Potent Emperor of the World and Monarch like to Alexander the Great who is the Shield of the whole World was together with your Letter directed to me brought to my Hands in our Camp near Caminiec some days before our taking that Place I delivered the Imperial Letters to his Majesty and having caused mine to be Translated I understood what you Wrot That which I Wrot to you from Andrianople gave you notice of what hath since happened and may serve for Answer to those Letters But you were wanting to do these things in time which were necessary for the preservation of your Countrey And therefore have seen and
there And with the quickest speed he doth provide To have those Places strongly fortify'd And thinking Vien far from this ado And out of Danger was not so lookt to THe Prince and Duke of Lorrain used all Endeavours of a prudent General In his Decamp to safe-guard his Retreat But Haste doth all his Forces so amate That when the Garrison from Town fell on His Reer-guard made small Opposition Who with quick March to save themselves did by And so exposed all the Infantry Which he to Flank the Enemy design'd Had plac'd in certain Houses them behind To certain Death like Criminals to Axes ' Mongst whom was there the Spanish Count de Taxis Who tho descended of the best of Spain By Savage Hands of Insidels lay Slain The Duke with all the Rest did safely put Themselves and Army in the Isle of Schut MEanwhile the Troops which then entrusted was To guard the Vaags most important Pass Revolted being Knaves before its likely To that vile Shame of Christ'ndom Count Tekley Head of the Mal-contents in Hungary And with the Turks in strict Confederacy THese turning as wee 've said to this ARCH-ROGUE Open'd their Way and so they Past the Vaag Advancing to the Danow which to Pass They built a Bridge some Miles above Papas Their Cavalry and Baggage marching round Came o're the Bridge which is at Papas Town And presently to shew their Force and Number Sent out great Parties to Harass and Plunder Which having done they kindled Fires around And burn and raze the Country to the Ground WHen of their great Detatchments one Pursues Th' Imperial Army now in others Views Falls with a strong Impression on their Rcer Whose sudden comming made them quake for fear And so amazed at their hideous Numbers As guiltiest Conscience can be when it Thunders That notwithstanding all the Duke could do His Cavalry again the Foot forgo And at a full Carrier passing the Wien Retired in a Body towards Vien ANd tho the Chevalier of Savoy Son Of the late Count and Lord of Soisson And the Count Taaf made a brave Resistance Wherein the former fell in that 's Assistance Yet notwithstanding all Endeavours made The Turks the Christians Baggage quickly had Three hundred thousand Crowns which valued ANd now once more the Infantry do putt Themselves securely in the Isle of Schutt And were in dreadful Hazard of the worst Had not the Duke quickly brought back his Horse And for their safe Relief a Passage forc'd And then put Part as ordered before In these Towns Presburg Raab and Comorre THen with the Rest and 's Cavalry withdrew Within th' Imperial City Viens view For which Vienna's sake this first Mishapp May well be counted a most Lucky Happ For if these Forces had not been thus driv'n Thither it could not for nine Weeks have striv'n Against the Ott'man Force so fierce so huge During that time o't's unexpected Siege THe Turks vast Swarms advancing still more neer Put their Imperial MAJESTIES in fear And all the Court who July sev'nth went thence And in good Plight and Safty come to Lintz Thence to Passaw but scarce gone frome the City They had a Prospect mov'd their Grief and Pity Each House Town Village t' other side the Danow Kindl'd Fir'd Flaming all in one bright Glow For wheresoe're these Hellish Locusts came They left their Footsteps mark't with Smoak and Flame THe Court Remov'd Duke Lorain next thought fitt With what small Force he could best spare to Flitt Leaving Count Starberg to govern Vien And under his Command twelve thousand men Which with old standing Garrison made out Some fifteen thousand or much thereabout Beside the Scholars Burgers and Tradesmen Who all bore Arms and still did Duty then JVly fourteenth the City was Invested By Turks huge Army which at least consisted About one hundred fifty thousand men Beside Count Tekleys thousands five times ten AGainst which dreadful Force and all t 's Attacques Wherein no Art 's forborn no Courage slacks Altho its true they did more mischief thrice By unseen Mines then open Batteries The Garrison tho very ill provided Did with the bravest Manhood still abide it Encourag'd by their Matchless Governour To Feats and Wonders thought beyond their Pow'r Their brave Defences was with Resolution In valiant Sallys did huge Execution The Fields with thousands slaughtered Turks still strowing Those Infidels by Regiments down Mowing Until September twelfth day following Entirely Routed by the Imperials whole Force with this great Victorious KING of Pole BUt more at large no sooner News were come To Pole that Turks had enter'd Christendome But his great Majesty with utmost speed Together draws his Forces to a Head And tho some say that some about him were Suspected to the French brib'd Pensioner That were not wanting to Insinuat How Hazardous unto the Polish State 'T might be for these its Forces to March out To others Aid while others Arms no doubt Might mean while Polands Kingdom overrun Which thus disarm'd might quickly be undone Being thus exposed to the deadly Blows Of Turks and Tartars its invet'rat Foes YEt notwithstanding this Great HERO found Himself in Justice Honour Conscience bound Quite to neglect such base Misprision And put his Army with all Expedition In Marching Posture having first Dispatch'd Sieur Lubomirski with a brave Detach Of three full Reg'ments of as gallant Horse As ever Pranc'd or Nigh'd or Charg'd Foes Force Who notwithstanding Tekleys base Endeavour To Intercept them or at least Dissever Yet maugre this vile Atheist Rebels Gutts They joyn'd entire with Troops of General Schutts And did thereafter many brave Exploits HIs Majesty went first to Crenstochow To do's Devotions then came to Cracow On twenty ninth of July and next day Or shortly after through Silesia Advancing with 's whole Army causing't tread Three diff'rent Ways and in three Bodies Led For more Convenient March and greater Speed THe Schaf gats from th' Imperial Court appears To Complement HIM first on the Frontiers On August twenty third the Emp'ror comes From Passaws City unto that of Krembs Which he for common RENDEZVOUZ ordains For Forces of the KING and Duke Lorains SEptember second August being done His MAJESTY of pole came to Holbron Heading the stoutest bravest Cavalry The Earth e're Bore or Sun did ever see Tho with a tedious Journey much Harass'd Being sore fatigu'd with March so long so fast Horses nine thousand twice number'd this Host Who were all Polish Gentlemen for most Each of whom had stout Servants one or moe Arm'd at all Points against the Common Foe His Infantry were fifteen thousand men Who came not up till three days after then These weary'd Forces had some days Refection Erethey adventured on any Action For which Lorain had wisely stor'd great Force Of all provisions both for Men and Horse THis time which was allow'd for the Repose Of Poles long marched Troops Duke Lorain chose To wait upon 's Victorious MAJESTY Like as both