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A07604	The Turkes secretorie conteining his sundrie letters sent to diuers emperours, kings, princes and states, full of proud bragges, and bloody threatnings: with seuerall answers to the same, both pithie and peremptorie. Translated truly out of the Latine copie.; Epistolae magni Turci. English	Mehmed II, Sultan of the Turks, 1432-1481.; Laudivio, de Vezzano.	1607 (1607)	STC 17996; ESTC S112757	26,146	48

of warre be men horse munition money and victuals you ought rather to haue regard to your owne estate then vnaduisedly to prouoke vs to come in battell against you for it is not all one to exceed your enemies in courage of minde and to be able to ouercome them by might and force of armes The Rhodians to the Turke IT is not vnknowne vnto you that we haue alwaies had as well might strength as courage and will and that you haue sufficiently proued by the many and them no small ouerthrowes your men haue receiued by vs we haue made plentifull prouision and preparation of all things that can be expedient or necessary for vs in these affaires so that the policie prouidence and wisedome of the Rhodians at home will driue you to no lesse admiration of them then their prowesse and manhood abroad And we are thus resolued though our forces be not so great as yours that you shall vanquish vs rather for want of good Fortune then good courage The Turke to the Rhodians I Vnderstand that you of Rhodes haue alreadie enuironed your citie with deepe trenches and fortified the wals with three great rampiers and haue linked vp the harborough towards Mandrachium Colossi with iron chaines that your Citie may be free from incursion and inrodes of enemies and we discouraged and with held from laying siege vnto you A matter indeed woorthy to be remembred and spoken of For what is more glorious for a man then to venture his life in fighting for his liberty countrey children and parents that the common-wealth may be preserued But I pray you by that immortall God whom you serue what courage haue you to resist our forces by sea and land with so great preparation For seeing we haue after assault ouercome and vanquished that famous citie Constantinople the I le Metelin the countries of Morea and Colchis it were better and more befitting you to beware by others calamitie follow their example in yeelding then to make your selues a spectacle to others of miserie and destruction They who audaciously attempt matters beyond their strength for the most part suffer condigne punishment of such foole-hardinesse The Rhodians to the Turke YOu ought not so much to make relation to vs of the captiuitie of the Grecians as to set vs before others as a paterne of fortitude and valour who as we haue a more iust cause to take vp armes so we haue greater confidence of better successe You had the ouerthrow by vs once at the Iland Coes or Langa and twise at the citie Calymnum we also besetting the armies of the Soldan king of Babylon ouerthrew him and put him to flight Yea moreouer the Admirals of Rhodes haue often made warre against the Egyptians Syrians and Phoenicians Doe not therefore blame and reproch vs for confidence who haue preuailed and got the better against so many nations who may sooner make others more resolute against you by our example then any whit be discouraged by the rehearsall of them you haue made your vassals The Turke to the Epirotes VVE vnderstood by the Ambassadors of Molossia of late that Dyrrachium Apolonia and all that part of Sclauonia is annoied and molested by the incursions and forraging of our armies and they told vs that theeues lie in waite by the way side in euery narrow passage that nothing in Macedonia is in safetie You inhabitants of Epire we haue long since giuen sufficient credite to all they haue informed vs of but our maner is to trie our right by dint of sword wherefore I suppose it a matter more beseeming you if you call to minde your former valour to take reuenge on them that doe you wrong then by your Ambassadours vainely to make complaint to vs of them for the violence of a mans enemie is hindered not by oratorie but by force of armes The Epirotes to the Turke INdeed if it were free for vs and we had power to doe it by deeds of armes we had rather our selues be reuenged on our enemies that offer vs iniuries then intreat of these things before you by our Ambassador but seeing we are too weake to compasse it we haue thought it more for our safety to sue to our enemies for peace then vndertake warre to no purpose or profite For it ought to be thought no lesse valour then policie to foresee and order all things by good aduice The Turke to the Dalmatians VVE enioyned you the paiment a certaine taxe and subsidie which seeing you brought in later then was requisite you make vs to thinke that you doe it grudgingly and vnwillingly wherefore either approoue your faithfulnesse towards vs in deeds which need requires otherwise we will proceed against you in hostilitie and manifest to the world that we esteeme you as enemies Dissembling and double dealing is as vnmeet amongst friends as may be The Dalmatians to the Turke YOu should rather blame our want of abilitie in this case then our backwardnesse for it is not possible that he should pay subsidies that hath no meanes to get money where nothing is to be had the king must lose his right wherefore they are not to be esteemed as enemies who are still faithfull to their friends though they cannot expresse it by their bountifull gifts The Turke to the Apulians VVE are purposed once againe to returne vnto the Cities of the Brutians and all Apulia farre and neere to make iust warre against them who as we haue forcibly brought into subiection the Grecians and ioined them to our Empire now also make preparation to inuade with our forces that coast of Italie which heeretofore was called great Graecia You therefore wisely imitating the ancient inhabitants of those parts make surrender of your selues and your cities into our hands it seemes to be a great shame for good Citizens to reuolt from the customes of their Ancestors and Lawes of their countrie The Apulians to the Turke THey which make their owne will a law doe declare that all the right and title they haue is by their force in armes But you although you will vs to follow the lamentable example of the Grecians doe not so much endeuour to perswade vs to the imbracing of their lawes as to the entertaining of that gouernment which they are brought vnder but it is impossible that we should become more ready to yeeld our selues to your mercy then others seeing you haue most cruelly put to death such men of ours as you haue taken captiue omitting no torments that you could inflict vpon them For kingdoms are easily gotten and inlarged by mercy liberality and iustice but can hardly be kept with any force whatsoeuer if they be tyrannically dealtwithall The Turke to the Brundusians VVE haue intelligence by the Embassadours of Calabria of your gallant hauens and ports to harbour our ships in and of the situation of your Citie Therefore we appoint you together with the men of Otronto to associate vs to the warres for we are

should put to sword the townes of the conquerour and waste his fieldes with fire doe not they seeme too late to prouide for the good of their countrey who when all things are desperate venture vpon impossibilities and cast themselues on all extremities The Nauplensians to the Turke FOr our natiue countries sake the common mother of vs all and for the safetie of our Citizens as the common good that sits so neere vs all to which two things we owe our selues and all that 's ours doe we willingly sacrifice our liues and obiect them to all extremities For either will we die with honour in the defence of our country and maintenance of our freeborne liberty or els as victorie may fall on our side our hands shall keepe our neckes from the heauie yoke of tyrannie and preserue vs still for terme of life our ancient freedome For we esteeme nothing more glorious then to preferre our countries libertie before our parents our children and all things els The Turke to the Pannonians HOwsoeuer ô Pannonians you haue oft giuen triall how great your man-hood is in warre yet haue you alwaies found it in experience how little you haue got by it if you compare your goods and ils together For they that beare stomacks greater then their strength and cary minds larger then the measure of their owne power haue euer beene too rash in vndertaking and impotent in vndergoing warre The Pannonians to the Turke VVE come not to aske counsell of thee vnto our wars we chalenge thee not for want of wisdome to order thy affaires neither will we require a reason of our enemie for those armes he beares against vs for they haue wit enough to doe their businesse and manage their actions that by valour of minde and constancie haue purchased themselues victory with praise The Turke to the Macedonians YOur Ambassadours brought me that you gaue them in charge whereby you prouokt me rather vnto pitie than vnto hate for it seemed to become you farre better who haue beene conquered so oft and brought so oft to be suters on your knees to receiue with thanks and not to offer with such impudencie the conditions of peace is it not shame that men in miserie by war should stand on proud termes with their conquerors The Macedonians to the Turke WHat iust and equal peace can there be twixt thee and the Macedonians we desire and endeuour to defend our country and our lawes thou not content with thine owne thirstest after other kingdomes by force of armes and seekest to stretch out thine Empire beyond thy bounds we cannot but speake touching our common-wealth as it becomes our constancie and generous mindes that we hold nothing dearer and sweeter among men then libertie yet this hath alwaies beene the common vice and fault of tyrants free states they hate to death free cities stand too much in their sight The Turke to the Asiaticks YOur Ambassadors deliuered their ambassage at Zizicus In words it seemes you are our friends and confederates vnto armes but in deed and trueth you are our enemies Either therfore send vs in all haste large ships for assistance or chuse vnto you warre for the affection of friends consists not in words but in deeds when need requireth The Asiaticks to the Turke THat we promise many things before thee by the mouth of our Ambassadors and performe but fewe things of what we promised the one was the issue of thankfull mindes the other must be ascribed to wants We sent thee presents by Mearchus which if they seeme lesse then thy desert and too little for thy greatnesse yet well maiest thou thinke them greater then our abilitie is able wel to giue howsoeuer thankfulnesse makes vs stretch out our hands beyond our reach The Turke to the Bithynians YOu neither sent vs ships for the vse and seruice of warre nor yet money in due time We accuse therefore and charge you with vnfriendly backwardnesse Take heed I pray you how you make them angrie with you and prouoke them to hostile indignation whom you now seeme to contemne with neglect For its better alwaies to take vp voluntarie armes against our enemies then after many dammages and manifold indignities to be enforced to the field The Bithynians to the Turke THe ships we lost of late conquered vnto ashes by the furie of the fierie conquerour come to the number of twise ten in all as for the rest of our ships some split themselues on hardie rocks at Malea and found to their owne vndooing that stones are stronger some perished in the conflict with our enemies the sea swallowed others vp by drowning saued frō other deaths yet dead drowned are both but one this perisheth as well as that For our money it s run low our treasurie is neere drawn dry by feeding the fire of warre so long thou therefore for thy humanitie pardon we pray thee those whom Fortune hath made so miserable for how can they giue that haue their hands cut off and what can they giue that licke their knife The Turke to the Coronensians ARe you not ashamed ô Coronensians after you haue beene thrice ouerthrowen in open field and ouercome on euen ground to reuiue battell yet againe and yet againe to patch vp an army do you therfore so often reiterate armes and renue old warres that late repentance may the oftner make rods for your follie and bring a potion in her hand when all is too late and life is gone If the bent and aime of those armes you beare against vs be for the purchase of peace we pardon your feare if in a hope of victory considering your case so desperate your state and strength at so low an ebbe we accuse your madnesse The Coronensians to the Turke VVHatelse doe they that often raise warre against their enemies but shew themselues more then most desirous of peace For no peace can be secured nor security established to Citizens with hope of continuance without warring with their aduersaries and opposition to their opposites The arbitrement of war and peace consists in victory The Turke to the Florentines YOur Merchants which trafficke in Pontus and Galatia sent to intreate vs at Thessalonica for freedome from tribute and toultakers with free cariage and recariage We therefore that delight in nothing more and hold nothing more honorable then to exercise liberality towards our friends liberality the fairest and loueliest of vertues haue granted and freely giuen the liberties and priuiledges of our City to your Citizens for who bestowes a benefit on weldeseruing men seemes not so much to giue any thing as to requite a good turne The Florentines to the Turke VVE will easily yeeld to thee as far inferiour to striue with thee in greatnesse of good-turnes but pardon vs if we will not be ouercome in thankefulnesse of minde the abundance of our harts shall make some amends for the shortnesse of our hands for we haue alwaies prized it highly and valued it in the