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A51900	The sixth volume of letters writ by a Turkish spy who lived five and forty years undiscover'd at Paris : giving an impartial account to the Divan at Constantinople of the most remarkable transactions of Europe, and discovering several intrigues and secrets of the Christian courts (especially of that of France) continued from the year 1659 to the year 1682 / written originally in Arabick, translated into Italian, and from thence into English by the translator of the first volume.	Marana, Giovanni Paolo, 1642-1693.; Bradshaw, William, fl. 1700.; Midgley, Robert, 1655?-1723.	1694 (1694)	Wing M565DA; ESTC R36909	159,714	389

Multitude of their Brethren Whereas they consider not that they are dispers'd up and down over the whole Earth like Sheep without a Shepherd not permitted to possess a Cubit of Land which they can call their own Contemn'd hated and made a Proverbial Scoff among all Nations Infamous Vagabonds Usurers Slaves and Pimps to other Men's Pleasures Men of no Fame or Character Finally in their present Circumstances the most Spurious and Ignoble of all the Sons of Adam except the Kafars of Ethiopia who feed on the Guts and Dung of Beasts 'T is true indeed their Ancestors made a Considerable Figure in the World in the Days of Solomon and other Victorious Kings during their Possession of Palestine And yet in those very Times they were often humbled and led away into Captivity by the more Fortunate Kings of Babylon Persia and Assyria and afterwards subdu'd by the Grecians till at last they were totally Ruined their Cities laid Waste their Temple burnt to Ashes and their Country quite dispeopled by the Romans If we ascend yet higher to their Celebrated Migration out of Egypt of which their own Historians make such a Noise and tell so many Fabulous Wonders We shall find a very Mean and Contemptible Character given of 'em by Egyptian Writers and those of other Nations Men of as great Authority as Josephus or any other Jewish Historian Manethos a Priest of Egypt calls 'em a Crew of Leprous and Nasty People and says they were expell'd the Country by Amenophis then Reigning and driven into Syria their Captain being Moses an Egyptian Priest A like Relation we have from Chaeremon an Author of good Credit among the Greeks who tells us That in the Reign of Amenophis Two Hundred and Fifty Thousand Lepers were forcibly banish'd out of Egypt under the Conduct or Tisithen and Peteseth i. e. Moses and Aaron And tho' other Writers differ in the Name of the King then Reigning in Egypt yet all agree in asserting the Israelites to be a Nasty Sort of People over-run with Scabs and Infectious Boils and that they were esteem'd the Scum and Filth of the Nation Tacitus a Roman Writer of Unquestionable Authority adds That Moses one of the Exil'd Lepers being a Man of Wit and Reputation among them when he saw the Grief and Confusion of his Brethren bid them be of good Cheer and neither trust the Gods or Men of Egypt but only confide in him and obey his Counsel For that he was sent from Heaven to be their Conductor out of this Calamity and to Protect them from all their Enemies Upon which the People not knowing what Course to take surrendred themselves wholly to his Disposal from which Time he became their Captain and Lawgiver leading them through the Desarts of Arabia where they committed great Rapine and Spoil putting Man Woman and Child to the Sword burning their Cities and laying all Things desolate Dear Dgnet What could be said worse of a Company of Robbers and Banditi Moses is gone to Paradise and when I mention his Name it is with a profound Reverence for he was the Greatest of the Ancient Prophets Yet give me Leave to have some Regard for my own Reason He was but a Mortal as well as I and without doubt was not exempt from Humane Frailties He had the Advantage to be Educated in the College of the Royal Priests at Memphis which none of his Nation could boast of besides himself Suffer me to tell thee my Thoughts frankly and without Disguise Magick and Astrology were the only Sciences then in Vogue And he being perfectly vers'd in all the Mysteries and Secrets of Egyptian Wisdom 't was no hard Task for him to possess the Rude and Ignorant Sont of Jacob with a profound Attach and Veneration for his Person And in that distress'd Condition to mold their flexible Spirits to what Discipline he pleas'd Suspect me not for an Infidel or an Atheist because I discourse with this Freedom I have heard some of our Mollahs say a great deal more in their Private Conversation And 't is a superstitious Timerousness not to be bold in the Exercise of our Reason which taught even the Prophet Moses himself the Methods of Conquest and getting a Fame which should know no End I am not Ambitious nor would I tempt thee to aspire at an undue Grandeur But let us not be less than our selves that is Men There is no reason we should be impos'd upon by Fabulous Reports of Interress'd and Designing Writers Or that we should give Faith to every Credulous Fool Doubtless there were many Nations establish'd on Earth before the Israelites and Great Prophets who were not of the Lineage of Abrahim The Date of the Olympiads is much more certain to a Day nay to an Hour than the Hejira of the Israelites since the Former is Demonstrated by the Eclipses of the Sun and Moon interwoven by the Gentile Historians in the Body of their History whereas the Latter is defective in this Material Point and is expos'd to a Thousand Disputes among Writers My Friend let not thou and I trouble our selves with Needless Controversies or be Zealous for Things of no Moment but Adoring One God and believing what is Rational we may possess our Souls in Tranquility and Peace Paris 11th of the 5th Moon of the Year 1660. LETTER VIII To the Kaimacham AT length after a long Alienation the Prince of Conde is restor'd to the King's Favour For which he is oblig'd to the King of Spain I have already intimated in one of my Letters That this was agree'd on in the Treaty of Peace between these Two Crowns as an Article Equivalent to that of the Duke of Lorrain's Release sollicited by the King of France Now 't is put in Execution and the Rebel Prince is receiv'd with Abundance of Caresses by the King Queen-Mother Cardinal Mazarini and the whole Court He is counted the Valiantest Man of this Age and was so pronounc'd long ago by the Mareschal Turenne who is a Souldier of no mean Character both for his Judgment and Courage He was once extremely belov'd by all the French But his Wildness and Inconstancy with the Destructive Effects of the Civil Wars which he rais'd chang'd their Affections for a while into Indifference Coldness and Ill-Will But now all 's well again He and his Brother the Prince of Conti seldom agree'd being often the Heads of Contrary Parties during the Minority of this King And the Younger being crump-Shoulder'd Conde us'd to be a little Sarcastick upon him threatning to shave his uncourtly Back into the Fashion with his Sword It is certain the Prince of Conde was very wild and profuse when Young but now he begins to take soberer Measures During his Father's Life he was call'd the Duke of Enguien And to reflect on the Parsimony of the Old Prince he us'd to take several Handfuls of Gold with one Hand and fill a Purse saying This is my Father's Practice Then he would turn the

Gold or the King's Touch or the Prayers and Ceremonies of the Priests or finally in the Patients Fancy it matters not much This is certain That Thousands who come to the King's Feet very much disorder'd by this Evil find a sensible Alteration in their Bodies before they depart from his Presence and in a few Hours or Days at most are perfectly recover'd Perhaps the Kings of France have some Magical or Physical Tincture in their Blood Or it may be they have found out the Philosopher's Stone so much talk'd of and deliver'd it down to their Posterity as a Part of the Royal Inheritance Which enables the present King to do so many Prodigious Things both at Home and Abroad in Peace and in War besides his Part in Curing this Sickness I am no Rosicrucian nor very fond or credulous of Miracles yet I often wonder at the Treasures of this Monarch which appear Inexhaustible But the Ways of Kings are secret and he of France is singular in his Mysterious Methods of growing Rich and Great Neither do all his Magnificent Expences seem to diminish his Wealth The King of Sueden has been his Pensioner ever since he began to Reign And Millions of French Gold are dispersed among the German Princes These Things cause his Subjects to descant variously But I referr 'em to thy Oraculous Judgment whose Single Tefta is of Ten Thousand Times more Worth than the Decrees of a French Parliament Paris 3d. of the 7th Moon of the Year 1661. LETTER VI. To Mirmadolin Santone of the Vale of Sidon NOW I will vent Holy Things and what the Divinity shall inspire The World was in Weeds when Hosain the Prophet was slain and the Moon put on her Mourning Dress The Tymbrels of Persia Arabia and Babylon were heard in the Dead of the Night Their Sound reach'd to the Third Heaven The Shepherds ran to the Heights of the Earth to discover the Occasion of so much Noise The Sentinels of Forts and Castles gave the Alarm and the Men of War took hold of the Sword the Bow and the Spear The Tygris overflowed its Banks and Diarbekir became a Lake A Dark Body of Clouds overcast the Sky and poured forth Thunder Lightning and Hail Fire ran along on the Sands of the Desart and the Air was all in a Flame Horrour possess'd the Minds of Mortals and the Angels themselves were Uneasy The Beasts of the Field ran into Dens and Caves and the Dragons were touch'd with Remorse Only the more Venomous Kisilbaschi swell'd with Pride The Poyson of Murder and Heresy had puffed up their Souls They and their Posterity are accurs'd to this Day and to the Hour of the Irrevocable Sentence O Santone Great is thy Faith in that thou hast abandoned the Shadow of this World and separated thy self from the Contagion of Mortals I revere the Majesty of thy Sublime Soul the Intellect ranging at Liberty Thou daily gatherest Flowers from the Garden of Eden and being in the Body enjoyest the Sweets of Paradise Kings would lay down their Crowns to taste of thy Pleasures did they but know them and exchange all the Glory of Empires for one Moment of thy Unspeakable Bliss Thou Companion and Care of Angels Darling of the Monarch Omnipotent Where-ever thou liest down whether by Day or by Night the Watchers Above stand ready with Vmbrella's to skreen thee from the Scorching Beams of the Sun the Chilling Darts of the Moon and Stars and from all Injuries of Weather The Elements go out of their Courses to serve thee and all Nature espouses thy Interest The Merchant hires a Thousand Camels and loads them with the Choicest Riches of the Levant He endures all the Fatigues of a long and dangerous Travel through Syria Arabia and Persia runs the Risque of Robbers Diseases and Ten Thousand Methods of Death and after all his Hazards and Pains is not half so Happy nor so Rich as thou who aboundest in Every Thing because thou desirest Nothing which thou hast not or that is Unnecessary The Plough-men labour for thee in the Field and so do the Artificers in the City The Noble and the Vulgar are thy Purveyors and the Greatest Sovereigns pay Tribute to thee Every House is thy Home and they count themselves Happy under whose Roof thou vouchsafest to sleep They are really so for Benediction accompanies the Perfect Man in all his Ways and the Favours of Heaven over-take them that shew Kindness to him Thou art Lord of other Men's Estates and every Man's Field is thy Inheritance Thou enjoyest the Riches of this World without being tainted with the Vices that attend 'em and receivest Immortal Assurances and Seals of the Future Glory in the Life which is to come Oh! Happy Estate of the Righteous Oh! Life to be truly envied As for me I 'm like a Galley-Slave chain'd down to his Oar and forc'd to Row Incessantly whither the Master of the Vessel Commands So am I oblig'd to obey the Dictates of my Superiours whether there be Sin in the Case or no. I am fasten'd in the Cares of this Vain World and the more Particular Anxieties of State From all which thou art Happily free Oh that it were Lawful for me to shake off the Fretting Yoke and disintangle my self from the Snares of Humane Policy That I might live like the Men of the First Ages who honour'd the Earth as their Common Mother and made no Envious Enclosures They sported Innocently on her Fragrant Bosom and never molested their Kind Parent by Cruelty to any of her Off-Spring They suck'd the Milk of her Breast Her Veins stream'd with Wine and Honey They banquetted on Variety of excellent Fruits and no Body thought of Killing and Eating his Fellow-Animal The Birds could then range the Air without Fear of the Fowler neither did any Yawling Huntsman rouze the Timorous Hare from her Seat The Roes and the Hinds could scamper at Pleasure o'er the Plain without being hatter'd to the Mountains and Rocks for Sanctuary neither did any sly Angler trepan the Fish of the Rivers As for the Sea 't was then Unknown No Man as yet had ventur'd on that Perfidious Element or found out the Use of Ships There was in those Days no Foreign Commerce or Traffick nor any Need of it Every Region supply'd its Inhabitants with what was Useful and Necessary And those Temperate Mortals desir'd no more They liv'd without Irregular Appetites free from Ambition Fraud and Blood This is the Life so much desir'd by me and which thou actually enjoyest God augment thy Felicities and Raptures that thou mayest pass from one Vision and Extasy to another till Gabriel snatch thy Soul away in a Divine Transport beyond the Possibility of a Relapse Holy Santone whilst thou art on Earth pray for me and when thou art among the Immortals do me some Favours which may last for ever Paris 26th of the 8th Moon of the Year 1661. LETTER VII To Dgnet Oglou MY Business in this Place obliges me

Second Repeal Which was granted him And then he took a wet Sponge and wip'd off all the Varnish he had daub'd on the Picture And the Crucifix appeared the same in all Respects as it was before The Pope who looked on this as a great Secret being Ignorant of the Arts which Painters use was ravished at the strange Metamorphosis And to reward the Painter's treble Ingenuity he absolv'd him from all his Sins and the Punishments due to them ordering moreover his Steward to cover the Picture all over with Gold as a farther Gratuity for the Painter And they say this Crucifix is the Original by which the most famous Crucifixes in Europe are drawn I need make no other Reflection on this Than that as the Suppos'd Murder of Jesus the Son of Mary is the Source of all the Christians Devotion so the real Homicide which this Painter committed has made it more intense and fervent by how much the Crucifixes drawn after this Pattern excel all that were seen before them in the Tragical Portraiture of the Martyr'd Messias And from this Reason it is that Painters are in so great esteem among the Italians because they form the Gods which those Infidels Adore It is no wonder therefore that the Chief Head of their Church should so easily Absolve Murder in a Painter as a Venial Sin especially when it is done in Ordine ad Deum as the Jesuits say that is to promote God's Glory as the Pope easily persuaded himself this was Since Idolatry is the main Engine which supports the State and Grandeur of the Roman Court And all the World knows that Holy City is a Type of Heaven or at least the Crafty Priests would fain represent it so My Friend thou and I have seen enough of their Tricks and Holy Frauds in Sicily Praise be to God they had not Power to pervert us Our Faith remains inviolate We still possess the Integrity of Mussulmans the Native Attach we owe to the Prophet who was sent to Exterminate Idols In a word we Adore none but One God Creator of the Worlds May that Incomprehensible for ever keep us in the same Faith and Practice till the Release of our Souls Paris 13th of the 9th Moon of the Year 1661. LETTER VIII To Lubano Abufei Saad an Egyptian Knight THIS Court is now at Fontainbleau and all seems to be dissolv'd in Joy for the Birth of a Dauphin The Queen was delivered of this Young Prince on the First Day of this Moon There 's Nothing but Feasting Dancing and Revelling on this Account with Bonefires and Congratulatory Addresses Only the Duke of Orleans the King's Brother has little Reason to be over-merry since he was the next Presumptive Heir of the Crown in Case the King died without Issue Male For the Laws of France exclude a Female from Reigning Yet this Duke dissembles his Inward Grief for being thus put by his Hopes and appears as Joyful as the Father himself He huggs and admires the Royal Babe wishing him Health and Long Life in a Compliment whom he really could rather wish out of the World or at least that he had never come into it So violent are the Temptations to a Crown so strong the Desire of Empire That the Nearness of Relation which endears the Rest of Mortals one to another enranges the Hearts of Princes from those of their own Blood if they stand in the Way of their Ambition And I can assure thee the French do not spare to say the Duke of Orleans has enough of this Vice to attempt great Things were not his Genius over-aw'd by the Matchless Fortune and Spirit of his Brother Neither is the King himself Insensible of this remembring with what Warmth the Duke received the Flattering Addresses of some Courtiers during his Brother's dangerous Sickness when the Physicians had well-nigh given him over for a Dead Man I was acquainted with this Passage but lately by Osmin the Dwarf who watches all the Motions of this Court. He tells me that the King being inform'd a Rumour was whispered among the Grandees of his Death caused them all to be sent for and to pass through his Chamber whilst the Curtains of his Bed were drawn open that they might see their Sovereign alive tho' in a bad State of Health He says moreover That the true Reason why several Lords of late have been removed from their Offices about the King is because he resented ill the too early and passionate Court they made to the Duke of Orleans on the Report of his Brother's Death 'T is natural to all Men to love themselves and to desire the Disposal of their own Affairs No Man would be content to have his Estate given away by his Servants at their own Discretion And Sovereign Monarchs are the most Jealous of all Men in such Cases Particularly the King of France is known to be a Prince very sensible of his Honour and soon touched in that Point by the least Appearance of Dis-respect in his Subjects and of Encroachment in his Neighbours As for the Duke of Orleans he is a Prince of no great Character either as a Souldier or a Statesman Neither has he been much talked of in the World till the Beginning of this Year when he Married an English Princess by Name Henrietta Daughter to the late Murder'd King of that Nation We have had another Match here also between the late Duke of Orleance's Daughter and the Prince of Toscany These things occasion various Discourse among those who pretend to weigh exactly the different Interests of Christian Courts especially of such as are concerned in the New Alliances For the Greatest Monarchs here in the West marry only for Profit and Advantage to Fortify themselves by a closer Union with the House to which they are Ally'd Whereas our Eastern Princes only indulge their Passions in the Choice of their Wives admitting none to their Embraces but the most Exquisite Beauties that can be found And where they once pitch their Phancy they neither regard Riches Honour or any other Recommendation save what their Love suggests being themselves Inexhaustible Fountains of Wealth Nobility and good Fortune to all who have the Happiness to be in their Favour They scorn to sell themselves and prostitute the Glory of their Diadems to a Foreign Prince for the Sake of a little Gold and much Trouble with a proud Female whom perhaps they never saw Yet this is the common Practice among the Princes of the Nazarene Belief Who consider not that instead of a Wife a Partner of their Empire and a Friend they often entertain a Snake a Traytor an Enemy Especially if she be a Woman of Wit and Intrigue as most of them are This made the now Queen-Mother the Relict of Lewis XIII suspected by her Husband and the present Queen of France is under the like Circumstances And it will always be so where Princes Match themselves after this manner and cannot debar their Wives from holding a

he return'd my Compliments with much Civility and desir'd me to come to him at a more convenient Season and to leave my Name that he might order his Servants to give me a kind Reception at any Time if he himself shou'd be out of the Way because it was Common to send many from the Door without introducing ' em I told him my Name was Titus of Moldavia and that my Business at Paris was to study in the Academy in Order to my Preferment in the Church When he had taken this down in Writing with the Hour and Minute of the Day after the Manner of Astrologers he begg'd me to excuse the Necessity he was under of returning to his Company and so I took my Leave Not many Days after I went to him again full of Hopes that I should benefit much by his Company But as soon as he saw me he surpriz'd me with this Language Sir you have ventur'd much in coming to me For now 't is in my Power to discover you and your Business in this City But if I shou'd betray any Man my Gift wou'd be taken from me I am neither a Follower of Moses Jesus or Mahomet nor of any Sect that is now extant on Earth But I adore the Spirit and Soul of the Vniverse which is Eternal and Infinite Therefore I hate no Man for his Religion let it be what it will And you that are not what you seem to be shall receive no more Hurt from me in this Place than the Coadjutor of Paris For I am of no Party or Faction All Men are equally my Friends who do me no Wrong and every Place is my Home Thou may'st imagine that I was in no small Astonishment at this Discourse But recollecting my Spirits and considering it had always been my Opinion That these Fortune-Tellers deal by Confederacy and suspecting that my Name being known to him so long before it was not difficult for him to inform himself something of me or that somebody of his Acquaintance who knew me had seen me go in and out from him and so told him some of my Circumstances I made a Shew of going away dissatisfy'd saying It will be but lost Time to hearken any longer to you For I perceive you know nothing of me in telling me I 'm not the Man I seem to be No reply'd he with an obliging Kind of Earnestness you are an Arabian and serve some Eastern Prince Incognito Then he went on and told me in a few Words some Former Passages of my Life He hinted at the Dangers I had been in during my Residence at Paris mention'd my Captivity at Palermo and the Rencounter I had with my old Sicilian Master To be brief he told me so many other Things which I knew to be true of my self that I grew very uneasie in his Company and yet durst not depart from him of a suddain or shew any Discontent But mustering together all the Dissimulation and Artifice I cou'd I turn'd the Discourse to other Subjects seeming very Importunate to learn Astrology of him and promising him a large Gratuity if he would teach me I fairly took Leave resolving if possible never to see him more Never was Man in greater Anxiety than I was when I came home to my Chamber and ponder'd on what had pass'd between this Stranger and me I am not Credulous of Miracles Prophecies or pretended Revelations Yet I protest solemnly I cou'd not forbear thinking he was endu'd with an extraordinary Faculty of Divining or at least that he was an excellent Astrologer Nay to this Day I know not well what to conclude of him He may for ought I know be a Daemon Incarnate or perhaps he is a Magician Sometimes I think one Thing and sometimes another If he performs these Prophetick Parts by Confederacy still I 'm at a Loss how he shou'd come to know so much of me who always thought my self the privatest Man in Paris and have neglected no Methods that were proper to render me such in Truth Then I suspect my Old Sicilian Master is one of this Man's Correspondents and has told him some of my Circumstances For I have no Reason to be jealous of Eliachim the Jew It must be some such Way or else he is more than a Man that can thus readily penetrate into the Secrets of a Stranger Sage Kaimacham I pray God defend thee from the Snares of Counterfeits and False Pretenders Paris 13th of the 1st Moon of the Year 1663. LETTER XX. To the Captain Bassa WHAT I am going to relate wou'd seem Incredible to my self and for that Reason I wou'd not give it any Room in a Letter to all the discerning Ministers of the Port were it not confirm'd by Letters from several Merchants in the North Parts of Holland to their Correspondents in this City And they all agree That on the 9th Day of the Moon of November a Strange Man was seen to float on the Sea near the Shore being supported by a Piece of Timber on which he sate with a Bottle of Strong Waters in his Hand Those who first beheld this Spectacle were Fishing in a small Boat and judging him to be the Relique of some Shipwreck for there had been Violent Tempests in those Seas about that Time made up to him and took him into their Skiff He express'd his Gratitude for this Kindness in the best Manner he cou'd for no Body understood his Language And when he was come ashore he fell on his Knees and having lift up his Eyes and Hands to Heaven he prostrated himself and kiss'd the Earth His Garments were made of the Skins of Fishes the Hair of his Head of a Flaxen Colour and he seem'd not to be Faint for Want of Sustenance Which made every one conclude That he had kept up his Spirits with that Chymicai Liquor in the Bottle which was near half emptied As soon as he saw the Rising Moon he fell on his Face and mutter'd certain Barbarous Words knocking his Fore-head against the Ground Then he rose and danc'd after a Wild Manner singing pretty Natural Airs And at every Stop with his Right Hand extended pointed to that Planet expressing both in Tone and Actions much Devotion and Love Many Learned Men were sent for to consider this Stranger and if possible by Signs or other Means to discover from whence he came and what Fate or Accident had thus abandon'd him to the Fury of the Winds and Waves to the Extremity of Hunger Cold and Watching and to the devouring Jaws of Sea-Monsters But all their Efforts were unsuccessful They spoke to him in several Languages and he answer'd them but still in a Dialect different from any of theirs and altogether unknown He seem'd to utter his Words in a Tone between whi●…ling and singing which made some conclude he was a Chinese because that People pronounce many of their Letters after the same Manner So do the Inhabitants of Tunquin and Ma●…bar with other Kingdoms in