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

him for the fifth King of the Turks The battel betwixt the two Brethren Mahomet and Musa M●homet his Letters unto the Prince Dulgader Ogli his Father in law The answer of Prince Dulgader Ogli to Mahomet Hadrianople besieged by Mahomet Musa his chief Captains revolt to Mahomet Musa taken Musa strangled Prusa burnt by the Caramanian King. M●homet invade●h the Caramanian King. Valachia Tributary to the Turk Burgluzes slain Bedredin hanged Mahomet dieth at Hadrianople The death of Mahomet cunningly concealed from the Ianizaries by the three great Bassaes. Murat is the same that we call Desiderius Mustapha the supposed Son of Bajazet raiseth Rebellion against Amurath Mustapha flieth Mustapha hanged Two Asapi sold by a Ianizary for a sheeps head Constantinople in vain besieged by Amurath Mustapha betrayed and strangled Eivases Bassa his Eyes put out The King of Caramania slain Thessalonica besieged Thessalonica taken by Amurath A Plague among the Turks Hungary spoiled by Amurath Amurath contrary to his Faith invadeth Servia and subdueth it Uladislaus accepteth of the the Kingdom offered Belgrade besieged of the Turks Belgrade in vain assaulted The notable Speech of Amurath to encourage his Souldiers to the assault of Belgrade Belgrade notably defended by the Christians Amurath his answer to the Embassadors Transylvania invaded and spoiled by Mesites Bassa Hun●ades flieth Hun●ades and the Bishop of Alba Jula entrapped by the ●●rks A great battel betwixt Mesites and Huniades Great rejoycing for the victory The Speech of an old Turk in delivering the Present unto the King. Valachia grievously s●oiled by ●he Turks The most Christian Speech of Huniades to encourage his Souldiers against the Turks A cruel Battel betwixt Huniades and Abedin Bassa The Turks flie The effectual Speech of Julian the P●p●s Legate in the Parliament to perswade the War. The pitiful complaint of the Despot of the cruelty of the Turks perswading the Hungarians to take the War against them in ●and Sophia taken Huniades with ten thousand Horsemen assaileth the Turks by night The meeting of Uladislaus and Huniades after the Victory The Hungarians inforced with the difficulty of the passage of the M●untain Hemus retire A great Battel betwixt Huni●des and the Bassa Carambey The Turks overthrown and Carambey taken Prisoner Scanderbeg revolteth from the Turks Uladislaus seeketh in vain to open the passage of the Mountain Hemus The Hungarians mu●h troubled in pa●i●g a ●●ick wood Uladislaus honourably received at Buda Scanderbeg wisely dissembleth his desire for the delivery of himself and his Country Scanderbeg cometh with his Army to Petrella Petrella yielded unto Scanderbeg Petra-Alba yielded Stellusa yielded by the Garrison A notable Speech of a Common Souldier to the rest of his fellows for the holding out of the City against Scanderbeg Scanderbeg his short answer to the Souldiers Speech Desdrot Governor of Stellusa executed Macedonia spoiled by Scanderbeg Alis Bassa with an Army of ●orty thousand sent against Scanderb●g The battel betwixt Alis Bassa and Scanderbeg A great slaughter of the Turks Amurath in despair Amurath by the perswasion of Caly Bassa seeketh for Peace of King Uladislaus The Capitulations of the ten years peace concluded betwixt Uladislaus and Amurath Amurath envadeth Caramania The cunning Speech wherewith Julian the Cardinal perswadeth King Uladislaus to break the League he h●d b●fore ●ade with Amurath Jul●an the Cardinal absolveth King Uladislaus and the rest from their Oath before given to Amurath The L●tters of King Uladislaus to Scand●rbeg Scanderbeg his Answer by Letters unto King Uladislaus King Uladislaus s●tteth forward against the Turks Dracula aideth Uladislaus with his Son and four thousand Horse His last farewel unto the King. The great Battel of Varna fought between Uladislaus and Amurath Amurath prayeth unto Christ. A cruel Fight Amurath in danger King Uladislaus slain Huniade● flieth Amurath to persorm his vow resigneth his Kingdom to his Son Mahomet which he in short time after taketh again upon him The comparison betwixt Huniades and Scanderbeg The sullen and crafty Letters of Amurath to Scanderbeg The reso●u●e answer of Scanderbeg to Amurath his Letter● Amurath his passionate speech in his rage against Scanderb●g Scanderbeg his valiant resolution for the assaulting of Mustapha in his Camp. Peloponesus made tributary unto the Turks Bajazet born Huniades i● t●e minority of the Ki●g chosen Governor of all the Kingdom of Hungary Huniades g●●th against the ●arks The false Despot giveth Amurath knowledge both of Huniades his coming and of his Strength The ominous speech of an old Woman The notable Speech of Hun●ades to encourage his Souldiers against the Turks The great battel of Cos●ova fought betwixt Amurath and Huniades three days together The battel began again the second day Huniades encourageth his Souldiers The battel again began the third day Huniades fli●th The number of the Turks and Christians slain in the battel of Cossova Huniades taken Prisoner by the Despot The Despot invaded by Amurath craveth aid of Huniades Amurath his grave Letters of advertisement to Mustapha concerning his going again into Epirus The Speech of Caragusa the Turk to Manessi Manessi his s●out Answer to Caragusa The batt●l betwixt Scanderbeg and Mustapha Mustapha ransomed The lamentable departing of the weak Citizens out of Croia Scanderbeg cometh to Sfetigrade The effectual Speech of Scanderbeg unto the Souldiers and Citizens of Sfetigrade to encourage them against the coming of Amurath A notable stratagem of Scanderbeg f●r the intrapping of his 〈◊〉 Amurath c●●eth to S●e●igrade with his A●my The resolute Answer of Perlat the Governor unto the Bassa Sfetigrade assaulted The Turks repuls●● re●●●e The Ianizaries d●sperately attempt to su●p●ise the City The Ianiz●ries repulsed Scanderbeg cometh to trouble the Assault and is met with by Fer●-Bassa Amurath by great Promises seeketh to corrupt the Garrison of Sfetigrade A Traytor corrupted with Amurath his large promises conspires to betray the City Th● G●vernor in ●ain s●●k●th ●o per●●●de the Gar●ison So●ldiers to d●ink of the water of the w●ll A Traytor worthily rewarded acc●rding to his Treason Amurath assembleth again his Army at Hadrianople Croia battered The chearful Speech of Uranacontes the Governor to encourage his Souldiers Cro●a assaulted Mahomet thinking to deceive Scanderbeg is himself by him deceived Amurath his comfortable Speech unto his wearied Souldiers The Turks retire Amurath seeketh to unde●mine Croia The crafty Speech of the Bassa sent from Amurath to corrupt the Governor and to perswade the Souldiers to yield up the City Uranacontes rejecteth Amurath 's Presents and threatneth the Bassa Croi● again in vai● ass●●lted The last Speech and ad●●nitio● of Amurath to his Son Mahomet upon his death bed Amurath his death Amurath an example of the vanity of worldly honour Amurath buried at Prusa A great Policy Amurath his disposition The Sons of Amurath Mahomet of no Religion Mahomet murdereth his Brethren A cruel revenge of an angry Woman Mahomet reformeth the Turkish Common-Weal Mahomet goeth against the King of Caramania Mentesia subdued by the

to the setting forth of himself making semblance of more than was indeed in him obtained as if it had been against his Will Riches Honour Fame and Authority of all which things he as a notable dissembler seemed to make no account or reckoning neither were there some wanting which would sware that Haider his Father as he was an excellent Astronomer calculating his Nativity should say That he should prove a great Prophet and the Author of true Religion who subduing the greatest part of the East should become as glorious both in matters of Religion and Martial Affairs as was Mahomet the Great Prophet himself Which report being bruted abroad amongst the Vulgar People greatly increased his Authority and gave them occasion to talk of wonders Not long after Hysmael was first by the admiration or rather assentation of his Friends and Followers and afterwards as if it had been by a general consent sirnamed Sophos which amongst those People signifieth a wise man or the Interpreter of the gods These prosperous beginnings with the troubled State of the Persian Kingdom encouraged him to take in hand great matters for his Uncle Iacup the Persian King was long before dead being together with his Son poisoned by his adulterous Wife which thing he presently perceiving enforced her to drink of the same Cup and because he would be sure that she should not escape with his own hand struck off her Head and immediately after died with his Son. After whose Death great Troubles arose about the Succession and divers great men one after another aspired to the Kingdom which they enjoyed not long And amongst the rest Elvan-Beg whom Iovius calleth Alvantes at that time stood in no sure possession of the Kingdom being mightily impugned by his Brother Moratchamus Hysmael taking hold of this opportunity armed divers of the most able men of his Followers and receiving some small Aid from his poor old Friend Pyrchales entred into Armenia and there partly by the Fame that ran of him and partly by the good Will of the People rather than by any force recovered his Fathers Inheritance whereunto the remembrance of his dead Father did not a little further him He encouraged with this good beginning daily grew stronger and stronger by the continual repairing unto him of such as having once received the Doctrine of Haider were glad of long for fear of Persecution to dissemble the same but now having got an Head and Chieftain to cleave unto began openly to shew themselves again and in great number to resort unto him in hope of the good success of their Religion not so happily begun by his Father His power thus dayly increasing beyond his expectation he laid Siege unto Sumachia a City in the Confines of Media which he took by force and sacked and with the Spoil thereof both inriched and armed his Souldiers which before were for most part naked men The taking of this City wonderfully increased both his Fame and Courage as oftentimes it falleth out That haughty minds couragiously attempting high exploits by the good event of their first attempts make way unto the full of their stately desires So after this Hysmaels thoughts were not so low as to think of the taking of this or that little City but how he might now compass the great City of Tauris the very Seat of the Persian Kings and afterwards the Kingdom it self Whereupon reposing no less confidence in his own good Fortune than the Valour of his Souldiers he marched with his Army directly to the City of Tauris and that with such expedition that he was come before it before any such thing was feared much less provided for Elvan the Persian King was then at Tauris and had but a little before fought a great Battel with his Brother Moratchamus for the Kingdom and having vanquished him drave him out of Armenia and Persia and afterwards as it commonly falleth out in the winding up of Civil Wars had caused divers of the chief Citizens of Tauris which had taken part with his Brother against him to be severely executed filling the Eyes of their Friends with the horrible spectacle of their dismembred Bodies and the Hearts of most men with sorrow and heaviness whereby he had so alienated the minds of the Citizens from him that now upon the approach of Hysmael they were all ready to forsake him of which disposition Hysmael was beforehand informed and upon the good hope thereof had hasted his coming Elvan the Persian King thus overtaken on the suddain had not time to raise such Forces as might suffice either to encounter his Enemy or defend the City wherefore despairing of his own Strength and justly fearing the revolt and fury of the discontented Citizens as a man dismaid suddainly fled out of the City After whose departure the Gates were presently set open to Hysmael For the Citizens which in those troublesome times wherein the two Brethren contended for the Kingdom had suffered great calamity chose rather in that present danger to receive a Conqueror of so great fame as was then Hysmael than to their utter destruction to oppose themselves against him in the quarrel of their cruel King and the rather for that they saw a general security and open way to Preferment proposed unto all such as should receive the reformed Religion of this new Conqueror Hysmael entring the City slew certain of the Kings Guard which were not yet departed and then utterly rased the stately Tomb wherein his Uncle Iacup was after the manner of the Persian Kings royally buried And to mitigate the sorrow he had so long conceived of his Fathers death and with revenge to appease his angry Ghost he caused the Tyrants bones to be digged up and scattered abroad and the memorial of his name to be quite rased out of all places of the City Although Hysmael was thus possessed of the Regal City of Tauris and had thereby made a way for the obtaining of the whole Kingdom yet he knew that so long as Elvan lived his Conquest was not unto him assured and therefore to the uttermost of his power he augmented his Army with new supplies taken up in that populous City whom he furnished with Armor and Weapons taken out of the Kings Armory In the mean time news was brought unto him that the Persian King before fled into the farthest part of his Kingdom was now coming from Scyras with a great Army against him and that Moratchamus his Brother forgetting in this common danger all former quarrels had raised a great Army about Babylon in Assyria in short time to joyn with his Brother Hysmael nevertheless nothing terrified with the report of the great preparation of the two Brethren against him to the intent he might seem to undertake this War by the appointment of God and upon a greater assurance than upon his own Strength resolved to go against them And so after he had mustered his Army and in best manner

both the next day to be slain either for that their Wounds were supposed to be incurable or else for that it was his pleasure with the death of those two honourable Personages to appease the angry Ghost of Sinan Bassa whose death he wonderfully lamented The Turks although they still prevailed yet was their Army greatly impaired even in their prosperous success and fortunate Battels the fourth part of their Army was consumed with Sickness and the Sword and that days labour had tyred a great number of their Horses beside the long Journey they had before endured For which causes Selymus was enforced to slack somewhat of his accustomed hast for as yet he had no experience of the disposition of the Egyptians which dwelt at Caire neither could he understand by any certain report where Tomombeius stayed or upon what resolution he rested Which things not throughly known he thought it not good to commit himself and his Army into that most populous and spacious City but staying four days at the Village of Matharea and Rhodania carefully provided for his Wounded Souldiers and caused the Bodies of such as were slain to be buried but the dead Carcasses of his Enemies he left to the Birds of the Air and Beasts of the Field And afterward removing his Camp thence that he might more commodiously water he came to the Plains between the old Caire and Bulach In the mean while Tomombeius nothing discouraged with so many mishaps gathering together the Mamalukes from all places encamped his Army commodiously between the new City of Caire and the River Nilus he also Armed eight thousand Ethiopian Slaves which kind of Men he had not before used for the remembrance of their old Rebellion beside that he opening the old Armory put Arms into the Hands of the Mamalukes Sons and Moors his Vassals into the Hands of the Jews and Arabians also and couragiously prepared for a greater and more mortal War than before But forasmuch as there were many difficulties in the mannaging thereof having almost lost all his great Artillery with many of his most valiant Horsemen slain in the former Battels he in his troubled mind did so cast the doubtful hopes of his last device which cruel necessity wrung from him that forasmuch as he had by manly force nothing prevailed in open Field he would now altogether use policy as he which of late having unfortunately made proof of his strength his forces yet all whole thought it not good again to adventure the fortune of a Battel neither was he in hope if he should so do to be able with his small power and desperate supplies to protract the War until the heat of Summer as he desired Wherefore he resolved by night to assail the Turks Camp and if possibly he could to set it on Fire For which his device he seemed to have two reasons whereof the one consisted in the speedy execution that he might desperately attempt to do some notable exploit in the night before the Enemy should perceive the weakness of his power which was not great and scambled upon the suddain as also before he himself should grow into contempt with the natural Egyptians who desiring nothing more than to cast off the servile Yoke of the Mamalukes Government with wavering minds expected but some fit occasion to Rebel The other was That by the benefit of the night he might avoid the danger of the great Ordnance which in suddain accidents and especially in the darkness of the night serveth to little or no purpose in which kind of strength he had before to his great loss learned that his Enemies were too good for him But these his reasonable policies when all things were in readiness to have put the same in execution were in like manner as the first overthrown by the Treason of such as secretly revolted from him to the Enemy For Selymus understanding the whole Plot by certain Mamalukes which having the Kings evil fortune in contempt as it commonly falleth out with Men in misery dayly forsook him commanded his Army to be always in readiness and making great Fires in divers parts of his Camp kept most careful and vigilant Watch. By which his diligence it came fitly to pass that the night following Tomombeius approaching his Camp was repulsed with no small loss of his first Troops which unadvisedly were gone on too far and had no doubt that night thereby received his last overthrow but that he wisely misdoubting the unwonted light of the Fires shining in all parts of the Camp in time called back his hasting Troops which were themselves with more haste than good speed marching into the very mouth of the Turks great Artillery bent of purpose upon them Tomombeius disappointed of his purpose by perswasion of his Chieftains retired to Caire for the Mamalukes still put to the worse in plain Field thought it best to proceed in another manner perswading him with the whole strength of his Army to Man all the convenient places of that great City otherwise exposed to the Enemies pleasure and so to keep the Turks from entring For they as Men brought to this extremity that they must now fight for their Dwellings Lives Wives and Children thought it more honourable and better agreeing with their ancient glory so to do in their sight and in the entrance of their Houses than elsewhere further off Wherefore the Mamalukes coming home to Caire furnished all their Families and flat Roofs of their Houses with all manner of Weapons every one of them now humbly requesting the Egyptians their Neighbours to take up Arms against the Turks their ancient and mortal Enemies and not to suffer themselves to be cowardly slain their Goods spoiled and their Wives and Children carried away into most miserable Captivity forasmuch as the merciless and greedy Enemy if he should once get the Victory would no whit spare them although they should as neuters stand looking on and help neither party for Victory asthey said always full of insolent pride would know no Friend but such as with resolute hand did their uttermost devoir in time of danger for the obtaining thereof There were many of the wealthiest of the Egyptians who as they thought the change of the State would be hurtful to their Trades and Wealth so were they ready in all they could to help the Mamalukes their old Lords so on the other side there were many of the middle sort of the Citizens and a far greater multitude of the basest sort of the vulgar People who having little or nothing to lose lived in hope now to make a gain of other Mens Losses and withal remembring what misery and slavery they had endured about the space of three hundred years under the proud Government of the Mamalukes kept themselves close in their Houses expecting the last event of Wars and secretly rejoycing in their Hearts that the time was come God so appointing wherein their outragious and cruel Masters should be justly and

upon another Mans weakness and necessity have encreased his insatiable desire and not granted them Peace being brought low and forsaken except they would deliver unto him the Islands of Cephalenia Zacinthus and Corcyra a matter no less grievous than the destruction of the very City of Venice it self So that the great Embassadors Vastius and Hanebald who came of purpose to have hindred the League with the Turk by their great diligence wrought nothing more effectually than that the Venetians the better fores●eing the danger of their State should as they did make haste to conclude the same for it falleth out in Mens purposes and Actions That a good and happy success otherwise well hoped for is oftentimes marred with too much diligence and care Neither was it any doubt but that Hanebald was sent by the French King but for fashion sake and secretly underhand by Pellicerius the old Embassador perswaded the Venetians to hasten the conclusion of Peace with Solyman Which as Badoerius their Embassador was carefully soliciting the matter at Constantinople and being loath to yield the strong Cities which Solyman required offering unto him in stead of them a great sum of Mony Solyman took him up with threatning words as a shameless Diss●mbler earnestly protesting That he would never grant him Peace without the yielding of those Cities rehearsing unto him the most secret points of his Embassage and how that he was authorized from the Decem-Viri to yield them unto him which thing the Embassador little thought Solyman had known year 1540. Wherefore Bado●rius so shamefully reproved and standing in doubt of his life seeing the greatest secrets of his Embassage revealed to Solyman and his Bassaes was glad to accept of Peace by yielding unto him Nauplium and Epidaurus two Cities in Peloponnesus and with them Nadinum and Labrania two Castles of Dalmatia to the great grief of the whole Senate for granting whereof the Common people ignorant of the secret Decree of the Decem-Viri and supposing that Badoerius had given away that which he had no authority to give were so inraged against him at his return that there was much ado to save the guiltless Man from exile and his Goods from confiscation although the Traitors were then known which had discovered the Secrets of the State unto the Turks These were Mapheus Leonius a Senator and Constantinus Cobatius Secretary to the Colledge of the Decem-Viri and Franciscus Valerius one of the Senators base Sons the Traiterous disperser of the Turks Mony for the corruption of others who with other his Complices were for the same Fact hanged in the Market-place when as Leonius and Cobatius were a little before fled into France About the same time which was in the Year of our Lord 1540 died Ioannes Sepusius King of Hungary Solymans Tributary after whose death ensued great Wars in Hungary and the lamentable subversion of that flourishing Kingdom for the better conceiving whereof it shall not be amiss with as much brevity as the plainness of the History will permit to open the causes and grounds of the endless calamities which afterwards ensued and never took end until that warlike Kingdom was to the great weakning of of Christendom utterly subverted King Ferdinand and this tributary King Iohn had with like desire of Peace and quietness made between them a League profitable to them both as their Estates then stood rather than honourable yet most welcome to the Hungarians who divided into Faction and having followed some the one King and some the other enjoyed nevertheless their Lands and Goods by the benefit of this Peace the Towns and Castles being still kept by them in whose possession they then were at the making of the Peace In the capitulations of which Peace it was comprised That Ferdinand should from thenceforth call Iohn by the Name of a King whereas before he had both in his common Talk and Letters called him by the Name of the Vayvod only It was also expresly set down in the same Articles of Peace and subscribed by the Hands of divers of the Nobility of Hungary That if King Iohn should die King Ferdinand should succeed him in the whole Kingdom of Hungary which condition was suppressed and kept very secret for fear of Solyman who accounted of that Kingdom as of his own gotten by Law of Arms and bestowed upon King Iohn as upon his Vassal neither was it to have been thought that if he should have known thereof being of a haughty mind by nature and not able to endure an injury he would have suffered that Kingdom got and defended with so great danger and cost to be by the Will of an unthankful Man transferred unto his Enemy This matter of so great importance was as it is reported by Hieronimus Lascus Embassador for King Ferdinand to Constantinople revealed unto Solyman and the Bassaes to bring King Iohn into hatred So much did this noble Gentleman for his rare Vertues otherwise greatly to have been commended yield unto his grief and desire of revenge when after the death of Aloysius Grittus he fell from the friendship of King Iohn being as is before declared by him committed to Prison and hardly afterwards enlarged at the request of King Sigismund Whereupon Solyman being exceedingly angry with King Iohn called him unthankful Churl and turning himself about to Lu●zis Bassa his Brother in Law said How unworthily do these two Christian Kings wear their Crowns upon their faithless Heads who as shameful deceivers are not afraid either for worldly shame or fear of God for their profit to falsifie their Faith But King Iohn understanding thereof and wonderfully fearing his own Estate did by good Friends and rich Presents pacifie Solyman again laying all the blame upon King Ferdinand as better able to bear it Not long after King Iohn having set his Kingdom in good order and strongly fortified the City of Buda being now far stricken in years at the earnest request of most of the Nobility of Hungary and other his best Friends married Isablla the Daughter of Sigismund King of Polonia a gracious Lady and of great Spirit which King Sigismund had long before married Barbara King Iohns Sister after whose death he married the Lady Bona Sfortia the Daughter of Ioannes Gal●acius Duke of Millain by whom he had this Lady Isabella whom King Iohn now married Which Marriage Solyman liked well of having many times by way of talk before condemned the single life of the King but King Ferdinand liked thereof nothing at all plainly foreseeing that the Hungarians if the King should chance to have a Son would forthwith look upon him as their natural King and reject himself as but a Stranger This young Queen in short time as he had feared conceived with Child and was now very big when King Iohn was enforced to make an expedition in person himself against Maylat famous for the death of Aloysius Grittus and Balas both Governours of Transylvania whereof

the flying Italians and such was the fierce pursuit of the Enemy that those Germans not before wont to turn their backs as if they had been afraid of the Turks white Caps or not able to abide their sight or to hold up weapon against them by and by turned their backs and shamefully fled for Company with the Italians Then the Emperor galloping forth with his Horse and his Sword in his Hand drawn reproving them of Cowardise that fled set forward with the German Squadron and with a stout and manly Courage spake to them these few words in their own Language When will you fellow Souldiers shew your Faces to your proud Enemies if now when you should fight for the honour of the Christian Name for the glory of the German Nation for the safegard of your own Lives in the presence of your Emperor you fear a few disordered and naked Barbarians Immediately when he had thus said the Germans touched with shame and disdaining that it should be thought they needed any exhortation to perform the parts of valiant Souldiers issued out against the Enemy who moved with their coming and seeing the Italian battel again restored by the valour and travel of certain valiant and expert Captains stood still a while and began to retire whether it were becaused they feared the great Artillery and assault of the Germans or that they thought they had done enough for that sally when as for the full accomplishment of the Victory they saw the Christian Fleet overcome with a most horrible Tempest miserably to perish before their Faces and many of their Men especially the Moors hasted to the Sea side in hope of a more certain Prey whereas no Enemy was to be feared For the blustring Winds blowing from divers quarters as if they had conspired to raise a most horrible Tempest had made such a rough Sea and the huge Billows went so high that the Ships by the violence of the Weather and rage of the Sea put from their Anchors fell foul one of another and were so lost or else driven upon the Main were there beaten in pieces in the sight of the Army so that all the Sea Coast Westward from Algiers to Cercello lay full of dead Men and Horses and the Ribs of broken Ships The Numidians beholding this miserable Wreck came down by great Companies from the Mountains and without mercy slew all that came alive to Land. In the space of a few hours was lost about a hundred and forty Ships and all the small Boats and Carvels which were in number many Some of the Gallies when they had from midnight to the next day at noon by the painful labour of the Mariners and skilfulness of the Masters rid it out being no longer able to endure the rage of the Tempest and fearing to be eaten up with the Sea with Sails and Oars ran aground but the Souldiers and Mariners swimming to Land in hope to save their Lives and thinking that the greatest danger had been now past were by the Numidian Horsemen which ran up and down the Sea side slain There might a Man have seen Free-men of all sorts with Tears commending their lives and liberty to their own Gally-slaves that by the speech and entreaty of them which by the suddain change of fortune had but even now shaken off their Irons and with merry Hearts swam out to their liberty they might be saved from the cruelty of the fierce Numidians It was a most grievous and woful sight for divers hard extremities when as every Man according to the disposition of his mind and skill in Swimming standing doubtful in most assured death which to receive or refuse was by fatal Destiny drawn to his end and either drowned in the Sea or thrust through with the Enemies Lance yet most made voice to abide the danger of the Sea and to expect the event of the Tempest rather than to hasten their end by the Enemies merciless Hand By that means it came to pass that that barbarous Cruelty of the Enemy as a thing most feared of the Mariners and Souldiers saved many Gallies which by the appointment of the fearful Mariners and Passengers should otherwise have been run on ground But after that a notable Galley wherein Iannettin Auria went was seen to come near unto the Shore and to be driven upon the Sands by force of Weather and the beating of other Gallies The Emperor not enduring to see so valiant a young Gentleman Captain of many Gallies slain without help by the Moors in the sight of Auria his Uncle sent by and by one of his Captains called Antonius of Aragon with three Bands of Italians to the Sea side by whose coming the Moors were put to flight and he with the rest in the Galley saved but so that the saving of him was the loss of divers other Gallies For many delivered of the fear of the Numidians and trusting to the rescue of the Souldiers came down to the Sea side desiring to save themselves from the rage of the Sea ran their Gallies on ground and had not some bold Captains grieved to see so great a loss ran up and down the Banks with their drawn Swords in their Hands and by threatning death unto the Galley-slaves and Mariners staied their rowing most part of the Gallies had by the example of the others perished Auria not so angry at himself as at the Emperor who contrary to the observation of skilful Sea-men could not be disswaded from taking in hand that great expedition in so suspicious a time of the year with an invincible courage strove against the violence of the Tempest and rage of the Sea insomuch that being requested by some of his Friends to save himself whatsoever became of the Galley he was so angry thereat that he commanded them to be bestowed under Hatches Four Gallies also of Virginius Ursinus Earl of Anguillaria and as many of the Rhodians after his example rid it out the reputation of their honour exceeding the fear of death Certain Gallies also of Sicilia Naples and Spain happily endured all the rage of the Tempest yet was there fifteen great Gallies cast away with the loss whereof besides the loss of so many Ships the Tempest still enduring so great sorrow and desperation in the woful expectation of the Wreck of all possessed the whole Army that not only the young Souldiers regarding only their own lives but even the most valiant Captains careful of the common Estate were utterly discouraged for never was Army in any memory overwhelmed with a greater concourse of calamities when as all their Victuals being lost in three days nothing was left to relieve them withal and they wanted Tents wherein to shroud and rest the Souldiers spent with labour hunger cold and wounds in such perpetual Rain and so dirty a Country In which so great miseries a wonderful care heavier than the former fear exceedingly troubled the minds of all Men

yet had nor never shall I will therefore my self provide that thou nor none for thee shall ever hereafter in such sort shamefully triumph over a poor crooked Wretch And having thus much said stab'd himself with his own Dagger into the Body whereof he in short time died Which so soon as it came to the old Tygers Ears it is hard to say how much he grieved His dead Body was by his Fathers commandment carried from Aleppo in Syria to Constantinople and afterwards honourably buried on the other side of the Haven at Pera. For all this bloody Tragedy his covetous mind was not so troubled but that he could forthwith command all Mustapha's Treasures and Riches to be brought to his Tent which his Souldiers in hope to have the same given among them for a Prey willingly hasted to perform In the mean time the Souldiers which were in Mustapha's Camp not knowing what was become of their Master seeing such a multitude of Souldiers thrusting into their Camp without all order to repress their tumultuous insolency stept out in their Armor and notably repulsed them not without much Bloodshed At length the noise of this stir was heard by the rest of the Kings Souldiers who seeing the Tumult to increase more and more ran in to help their Fellows so that in short time there began a hot skirmish and cruel fight on both sides insomuch that two thousand were slain and more wounded neither had the broil so ended had not Achomat Bassa a grave Captain and for his long experience of no small Authority amongst the Souldiers kept back the Janizaries and staid their fury and turning likewise to Mustapha's Souldiers by gentle and mild words and courteous perswasions in this manner appeased their rage What my Brethren said he will you now degenerating from your ancient Loyalty for which you have been for so many Ages commended impugn the command of the great Sultan our dread Sovereign Truly I cannot sufficiently marvel what thing should move you whom I have hitherto proved to have been most worthy and valiant Souldiers in this civil conflict to draw those Weapons against your Fellows and Brethren which you have most fortunately used against the Enemies of the Othoman Kings except you mean thereby to make your selves a joyful spectacle unto your Enemies who grieving to see themselves overcome by your Victorious Weapons may yet rejoice among themselves to see you turn the same one upon another Wherefore my Sons for your ancient honours sake be careful that you do not by this your insolency lose the reputation of your Wisdom Loyalty and Valor for which you have hitherto been above all others commended reserve these your Weapons which you have now too too much used among your Fellows against your Enemies of whom you may get more Praise and Honour This Speech of the old Bassa so mollified the stout Souldiers that they freely permitted all that was in Mustapha's Tents to be carried to Solyman● but so soon as the death of Mustapha was blown into the Ears of the Janizaries and the rest of the Army in Solymans Camp another Tumult rose among them worse than the first They were quickly all up in Arms again and with a great noise confused with Tears and Lamentation as they were in rage and fury brake violently into Solymans Pavillion with their drawn Swords which struck the Tyrant into such a fear that destitute of all Counsel in himself he was about with the extream peril of his life to have fled but being holden by his Friends and making a Vertue of Necessity upon the suddain adventured to do that which at better leisure he would scarcely have thought upon for going forth out of his Tent but with a pale and wan Countenance he spake unto the enraged Souldiers thus What Broil is this what Stir what so great Insolency what mean your inflamed fierce and angry Looks know you not your Sovereign and him that hath power to command you Have you so resolved to stain the ancient and invincible honour of your selves and your Ancestors with the Blood of your Lord and Emperor Whilst he was yet thus speaking the Souldiers boldly answered That they denied not but that he was the Man whom they many years before had chosen for their Emperor but in that they had by their own Valour got for him a large and mighty Empire and in like manner preserved it that was therefore of them done that he should for the same govern them vertuously and justly and not to lay his bloody hands without discretion upon every just Man and most wickedly embrue himself with innocent Blood and that they came thither armed they did it as they said moved with just cause to revenge the unworthy death of guiltless Mustapha and that for that matter he had no just cause to be angry with them Wherefore they required that they might publickly clear themselves of the Treason whereof they were accused by Mustapha's Enemies and that the Accuser might be brought forth to justifie his Accusation protesting that they would never lay down their Weapons until the Accuser made his appearance in Jugdment and commenced his Accusation judicially upon pain to endure the like punishment if he failed in proof Whilst these things were in doing the hainousness of the late committed fact caused every Man to shed Tears so that Solyman himself seemed to be sorry for the Murther so lately by himself committed wherefore he promised unto the Souldiers whatsoever they required and did what he could to appease their angry minds For all that they in the mean time lest he should craftily slip away and deceive them of that he had promised and of the expectation of such things as they had required with a marvellous care and diligence all kept Watch and Ward Solyman to appease this fury of the Janizaries deprived Rustan Bassa of all his Honours and took from him his Seal whereof he had the keeping and delivered it to Achomates Bassa But Rustan worthily strucken with fear and horror seeing himself now in no safety in his own Tents fled secretly to Achomates asking his Counsel what were best for him to do and what Course to take in so doubtful and dangerous a case To whom the Bassa answered that it were best for him to use the great Emperors advice and to do what he commanded Which answer well satisfied Rustan and so he which of late gave other Men access unto the Emperor at his pleasure was now glad by his old Acquaintance and Friends to prefer this poor suit To know his pleasure what he would have him to do from whom he received this answer That he should incontinently without further delay get him out of his sight and out of the Camp which the Bassa said he could not conveniently do being by his displeasure and the Souldiers rage disfurnished of all things necessary for his departure Whereunto Solyman sent him answer

in the Garden according to his usual Custom throwing them one on the other into the Water the Queen grew so furious that she could not contain longer from venting her Anger in unhansome Terms and jealously against the Nurse and her Son. At which the Sultan being much displeased and being ill-natured if we may speak boldly of an Emperor took her Son which is now Sultan Mahomet out of her Arms and with some few Curses swung him into a Cistern where he had been certainly drowned had not every one in that instance applied themselves to save him at which time he received the Mark or Scar he wears at this day in his Forehead All th●se Matters served for farther Fuel to nourish the implacable Spirit of the Queen which the Kuzlir Aga well observing judged it prudence to give way to her Fury and so begged his Dismission from the Court together with his Slave and Son and that having visited Mecha according to his Law he might enjoy a R●tirement in Egypt which is the Portion of banished Eunuchs The Queen easily consented hereunto nor was it difficult to procure the Licence of the Sultan who was as easily perswaded to any by those who were about him wherefore the Eunuch having provided to be gone shipped himself with his great Treasure on the Fleet which was now designed and ready to depart for Alexandria which consisted of three Ships one a great Gallion and two others of lesser Burthen and seven Saiks these having at the beginning of their Voyage found contrary Winds put into Rhodes from whence loosing with more favourable Weather they unfortunately met with six Malta Gallies ex●ellently well manned and provided The Admiral Gally immediately Boarded one of the Saiks and took her manned only by Greeks by whom they were informed of the Condition Quality and Cargo of the greater Ship which gave Heat and Resolution to the Souldiery In like manner with little Opposition the Gallies called the St. Iohn and Ioseph possessed themselves of one of the lesser Ships which being laden only with Timber brought from the Black Sea to build Ships at Alexandria was of little value having forty Turks aboard eight Women and a Child which sucked at the Mother's Breast In the mean time the three other Gallies called the St. Mary St. Lorenzo and Victory attacked the great Gallion and having cast their Iron Graples into the Ship with the Motion of the Ship the Irons gave way and broke only that of the St. Lorenzo held fast so that the whole force of the Ship both of small and great Shot was poured in upon the Gally to their damage and loss of Men. In the mean time the Admiral Gally came in to their Assistance and Assaulting the Ship on the other Quarter made a Diversion of their Men and having thrown in their Graples they scaled the sides of the Gallion as if it had been a Fortress where being entred they remained for some time at handy-blows with the Turks but at length all the Gallies coming to their help having made an end of subduing the other Ships the Turks were forced to retire under Covert of their Decks which they defended still with singular Valour wounding the Christians with their half Pikes through the Gratings But in fine the Captains of the Gallies perceiving that this was not the way to compel them to a speedy Surrender ordered several Musquetiers out of every Gally to fire in at the Windows and loop-holes of the Ship by which having killed their Commander in Chief their Valour and Constancy began to fail and desirous to save their lives with loss of Liberty and Estates they cast down their Arms and begged Mercy In this Engagement were killed the Captain of the St. Mary and seven Cavaliers of which sive were French one Italian and one German the Admiral himself and the Captain of his Gally were both wounded seventy nine Souldiers and Mariners killed and an hundred thirty two wounded Of the Turks it is not certain how many fell in regard as they were killed according to Custom they cast them over-board the Eunuch himself though always educated in the softness of the Seraglio and in the Conversation of the Female Court yet in the end concluded his days like one of the Masculine Sex fighting valiantly with his Sword until overwhelmed by his Enemies by which it is observable that those Persons lose not their Courage with their virile Parts for it hath been known in former days how that Eunuchs have been Generals in the Turkish and other Armies and conducted their Affairs with admirable Courage and Success The Prize which the Christians had gained in this manner was very considerable for besides the Gold Silver and Jewels which were the Treasure this Eunuch had amassed in the Reign of three several Sultans they gained three hundred and fifty Slaves besides thirty Women some of which were young and Virgins so that there was not a Souldier or Seaman who had not a considerable share of benefit proportioned unto him With this Fortune towing their Prizes they in a short time came to an Anchor in the Port of Calismene in the Island of Candia called anciently Phenice on the South-side of the I●land remote from all Venetian Garisons and where as it is reported they were supplied with no Provisions excepting a small quantity of Bisket which was furnished by a Country Fellow who for that very Cause was shot to Death From hence the Gallies departing arrived in Malta with their Prizes where they were received in great Triumph The young Son of the Eunuch for so we call him was reported to be a Son of the Grand Signior sent into Egypt to be Educated and was accordingly saluted treated and reverenced by the Grand Master the same Opinion was dispersed and confirmed in all parts of Europe and the Errour for many Years maintained at the Expence of the Religion until the Boy growing up to a good Age and not judged worthy of a Ransom or enquiry after by the Turks it was thought convenient for him to put off his State and Greatness and become a Fryer and I think a Dominican and this is he who now goes under the name of the Padre Ottomano The News hereof arriving at the Ottoman Court Sultan Ibrahim was transported with Anger threatning Destruction and Ruin unto Malta besides he shewed a most inveterate Passion against the Venetians for not guarding the Seas from his Enemies and for relieving them in their Ports In which Rage and Fury he put his own Captain Pasha to death and Summoned the Christian Ambassadors braving them all for the little respect was shown to his proper Shiping and in short was angry with all but reserved the Effect of his Wrath to be poured on the Venetians to which this Accident administred the first Original and will afford us ample matter of Discourse in this ensuing History For the Grand Signior first made his Complaints against Venice to their