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A64070	Memoires of the life and actions of the most invincible and triumphant prince, Ihon the Great, third of that name, present king of Poland containing a succinct series of affairs from craddle to his present day : with a particular relation of his many great and stupendious victories obtain'd against the Turks and Tartars, from the time he was first made crown-general, and afterwards elected King of Poland / done in verse, out of H. G's historical account of the said princes life and actions, by a lover of the peace and glory of Christendome.	Tyler, Alexander.; H. G. Scanderbeg rediviuus.	1685 (1685)	Wing T3558; ESTC R14474	74,153	177

design'd With winged speed to give those mighty parts Nature gave him improv'n with Thought and Arts To 's Kings and Countreys Service posteth home Where when arriv'd as soon imploy'd as come At Court and Camp by then KING CASIMIR Who did his Wit and Valour so admire That for 's great Specimens of Sword and Gown He made him first Grand Master of the Crown And next Grand Gen'ral of the force of Pole And then Grand-master of the Kings Houshold And to sum up his Honours in a Line Of ancient Cracow made great PALATINE GReat was the worth of this great Subjects Spirit As great his Princes Knowledge of his merit Which on the sev'ral turns of great affairs And Traverses of Providence appears Clear in the sequel of th' ensuing Story No Honour 's great like SOBIETZKIS Glory Yet for our Readers better apprehension Of these Preferments which wee 'l needs oft mention And other Passages which needs we must Oft name to make this Story clear and just It s fit he should succinctly hear the whole Past Government and History of Pole Where let him not expect our numbers Terse In Things and Names will scarcely fold to Verse And in all such here in the general Take naked Truth for fancy wit and all Chap. II. The Kingdom of POLAND Described with its Laws and Customs with a brief Deduction of the State thereof for some hundreds of years past POLAND is said from Pole to take its Name Or Poln which in Sclaves Tongue is just the same And in that Di'lect which those Countreys grace Doth signifie a Plain or Field for Chase Because this Kingdom is a vast Campaign Compos'd of level Woods for Hunting Plain But Polish Orichovius denys This Derivation and doth thus advise That first Polachia this Land was Term'd From Lachus their first King or Leader arm'd Both may be true because both may agree Natives and Readers take your Choice for me WHich e're of either of these two be true This mighty Kingdom in the bulk it s now Having great Litwan's Dukedom now annex't And other Provinces may number next The largest Kingdoms Europe's Continent Contains for breadth and length of that extent From fourty eight to fifty sev'nth degree Of Latitude It s Longitude count we From thirty eight to sixty and perchance A greater Continent by far then France Muscovie and the petty Tartars east The Baltick Sea and Germany the west Do bound it but the great Carpathian Mountains And Ister Europes greatest Child of Fountains Divide it on the South from Hungary From Transilvania and Moldavie Upon the North Livonia of Sweden And some good part of Muscovie again Poland is blessed with a fruitful Soil And purest Air breath'd from the Woods recoil Furs Honey Wax Buff-hides and other Skins Huge Masts for Ships Timber and other things For Building Flax Pot-ashes and all Grain In great abundance yeelds which drives great gain To Dantzick Gentry with Nobility Are here Magnifick bold and brave and free And most Tenacious of their Liberty But all the Peasants and the common Rout Are as meer slaves as they were bought throughout Their Lives are valu'd as we prize a Neat The Tennent kill'd his Lord receives the Rate No Inquest's for the Blood this being pay 't ANd not with standing that the Reformation Beam'd here its Light first from the German Nation Yet Ignorance and want of publick Care For Lopping of wild Tenents here not rare Extravagant Opinions did promote Mong Citizens and mongst the Rabble Rout Socinus 'bove them all did here take foot The Catechism of Cracow proveth this Their other Books being deriv'd from this But that which here 's establish'd by the Laws Is the great daring Roman-Cath'lick-Cause Their Language is Sclavonian Dialect Tho most of them do also Latin speak This only Kingdom 's elective alone Of all that are this Day in Europe known Under which Term we mean not to include The Empire which can ne're be understood A Monarchy but rath'r a Septarch-head And tho the Danish Crown Elective were For many ages till the sixtieth year Of this same age when Denmarks King thought fit To cause that Kingdoms Senat alter it His Majesty Hereditar Writes ay Himself of Denmark as of Norway IT is the common undisputed Thought That the first people that to Poland sought Were Huns and Slavons Orichovius sayes Who came from Macedon and thereaways Their vulgar Language which they daily speak Retaining yet some Relish of the Greek And that from thence they having driv'n the Swevi And other People and Goths a mighty Covey Possest that huge vast Tract of champaign Land Ev'n to the Elb from River vistul's Strand When Lechus or else Lachus at the last Became their Chief and as their Leader past About our LORDS three hundred fiftieth year Commenc'd the Monarchy of Poland here From whom fourteen are reck'ned to Micislas First Christian Duke match'd Daughter of BOLESLAS Duke of Bohem the sev'nt day he was Wife't Of March in year nine hundred sixty fift Upon which Match Micislas Christian made His Son Boleslas for Successor had In year of Grace nine hundred ninety nine The sixteent Duke which came of Lachus Line Who while the Emp'rour OTHO of that name The Third to visit Tomb of Albort came Whom barb'rous hands of Prussia had slain Was creat KING by the Emp'rour amain To whom another Micislas succeed Father of Cazimir the first we Read The second Boleslas succeed him Sirnam'd the cruel like a Devils Limb He murther'd Stanzlaw Bishop of Cracow For punishment Whereof Pole losed now Its title of a Kingdom being sway'd By sev'ral Princes Regents for long Tide Till under Primislaus it again The former Kingdoms Title did Regain Which was if Poles chranology belive't In year of God two hundred ninety fift Next Primislaus the third Ladislas Who after four years past expelled was And Vinceslaus chosen in his stead Ladislas five years re-established To whom succeeded Casimir the Great Of whom brave things their Histories relate Th' Hungarian Monarch LEWIS next chosen KING Two Daughters left after his Death and Reign The younger whereof being declared Queen Married Jagellon great Duke Litwin Who tho a Pagan Prince before had been On this his Match Baptiz'd turn'd Christian King And was accepted by the Polish State On this condition that his Dutchy great He should to Polands Kingdom ev'r annex This was in year three hundred eighty six At 's Christ'ning took the name of Ladislas Two of which name his next Successors was Then Cazimir the fourth then Ihon Albert Next Alexander he dead in his part Came Sigismunds the first and second too Which last left Crown and Life without Issue In year of Grace five hundred seventy two The Polanders chose Henry Duke Anjow The second son of Henry King of France Who after two years Reign did home advance His Brother Charles the ninth then Childless dead This quit his Crown Elective and in'ts stead

owning Christian Name To pay just Praises to 's Immortal Fame VVhich whosoe're shall grudge in envys mood Is guilty of most base Ingratitude To God himself and all men that are Good Heav'ns Pow'rs to us are three ways notifi'd And in all these should God be glorifi'd In 's Word in 's Works and in his mighty Wonders VVhich all not Fool or Mad or Atheist ponders Or shuts their eyes to see no Sun their ears to hear no Thunders IF God himself should not be honor'd than In all his Gifts instill'd in this great MAN And 's VVondrous Feats atchiev'd by Divine Aid 'T might Atheism and Blasphemy be said Twixt Non-confession and denying Gods Goodness and Power there 's but a slender-odds Be it then known to all the World abroad He that Lauds SOBIETZKI praifes God AND as all love to see that happy Hand Has Rap't them from the Flames or Sword or Strand And as sweet fruits delicious Liquorish taste To know the Tree makes our Impatience haste Even so the shade of his most prosp'rous Arms Which next to God from barb'rous Turkish Harms Has giv'n Repose to ev'ry Christian Nation Attracts all Ears to hear the just Relation Of the great Actions of his former Story And 's present dazling all th' old Worlds Glory And as no Crabb-tree yields desired Fruits As goodly Branches grow from stronger Roots As Healine-streams ne're flow from Common-springs So each Parental-stock's not fit for KINGS To understand what blessed Heav'n-Born Pair Did yield to Christendom this Tutelar And trace the Progresse of his younger Years Those signal Services whereby he Wears And did deserve ere ev'r he wore a Crown As well by Sword as by his Pen and Gown That Sov'raign Power which in all Kingdoms else By Natures Gift the first-born Males befals Amongst the Poles it is much otherwayes Or Virtues Guerdon or Happs chance in Choyce Transcendent Merit here oft bears the Van Where Hanours Temple 's reacht throw Viriues Fane Chap. I. Being an Accompt of his Descent of the Noble Family of the SOBIETZKI and the Parents of this Illustrious Prince with his Education THE ancient Poles old Mistris City gave Title to SOBIETZKIS and the brave James SOBIESK Castellan of Cracow Father of elder Mark and this IHON too A person whose great parts were even and patt For Court or Camp or great Affairs of State Having oft signaliz'd his Noble Spirit In all Efforts distinguish'd by his Merit In twenty one he had the great Imploy Not of a Chiaux or a less Envoy Unto the Port but as Ambassadour Plenipotentiar with amplest Pow'r From the Poles Crown to Treat upon a Peace Which by his Prudence Wisdom and Address Concluded on most honourable Terms Of Peace 'twixt Poles and Sultan osmans Arms. Remarkable on many brave occasion And faithful Service after done his Nation In fourty six so far outgone the Poles He left his Body went to dwell with Souls And she that bare Victorious SOBIETZKI Was Daughter of Stanzlaus ZOLTIEUSKI Grand Chanc'lor and Grand Gen'ral of the Crown Great by his Birth Place Prowess and Renown Who gave the Turks Deaths Wounds and Sorrow While he bravely Fought it at Cicora It was upon the nineteenth of September A Day which all the Turks may yet Remember T' was done upon the Worlds great publick Stage The twenti'th year of this same present age And tho upon next Moneths second Day Five times attacqu't by fresh Recruits they say Which he five times as gallantly Repell'd And maugre their huge Number 's stood the Field Till by redoubled Multitudes and Throngs And furious Crouds a-fresh for five Days long The valiant Poles being shrunk into a few Handful that handful wounded weari'd too Gave way to Fate the fifth Day of the Battle Whilst like a mighty Bull 'mong Droves of Cattle Their Gen'ral brave who knew not how to flie But stand or chase or conquer kill or die Having wrought Wonders with his single Hand And throw Red-seas of Blood made shoals to Land Thick throngs of Horse still pressing on a-main Crouded him Dead with Infidels not overcome tho slain Thus fell Brave ZOLTIEUSKI of his Age Full sev'nty three Poles joy and Turkish rage LEaving this gallant Grand-child by his Daughter of all hath been of all that shall come after Inheritor of greater broader Glory Th' Illustrious Theme of this our present Story He was no elder but a younger Brother And yet his greenest years could never smother The blooming Buds o's high Heroick growth To cultivat this Nobiy Toward Youth His joyful Parents spar'd no Cost nor Care Allow'd him Education suiting's fair Both Birth and Hopes and 's brave Celerity Made quick Returns of great Proficiency An innat Magnanimity of Spirit Polisht with nat'ral and acquired Merit Soon told his Fathers hopes th' aboding Story He should surmount all 's Ancestors in Glory With all the Learned Languages acquainted For Pole with Breath of Roman Ghost's so haunted That Latine Tongue the Lingue of old Romes Slaves 'S as frequent there as Dutch or Poles or Sclaves And having Master'd all the Learning Skill Which Polands Education could instil And Read at home in Words all Forraign Places He longs to mark their Manners see their Faces THat as the keen brisk forward active Bee Tho Garden Orchard where it dwells still be Enamel'd with a great variety Of Flow'rs and Blossoms which Sight Smell and Taste And Touch may n't's Eyes Legs and Proboscis Feast Flies on a-pace o're Fields mongst Woods doth Roam And back from Weeds and barren Heath comes home Fraught with that matter that makes Bees Honey and wondrous Comb. So our great SOBIETZKI doth advance With 's elder Brother Mark and comes to France Which valiant Mark the Turks thereafter flew At the unlucky Rout of wretch'd Betow During his stay at Paris he oft ply'd All manly exercise and still outvy'd In th' Academys fencing and Menage His Equals and those 'bove his years in age And not withstanding of his younger years His manly meen and prudence him endears To all that Merit knew and th' highest sort Of primest Quality in the French Court. Eying his toward stay'd high Masc'line Spirit Did much Regard esteem admire his Merit Having acquir'd Wits Valours Courtships Charms In this great School of Europes Arts and Arms Next went to Italy observed Rome And all the finest parts of Chrisiendom Their Manners Int'rests Laws and Politys Where their great Strengths Defects and Weakness lys Intanglements Obligements and in fine Their Courts their Camps and Warlike Discipline The distance of strong Holds their Situations Manner of March Fights and Fortifications All the Remark to speak it in a word Which Travels unto Princes can afford ANd having all the while stor'd up a Treasure Of solid worth which might with equal measure Of Stock and Strength become the lasting Base Of that huge Fame which doth the World amaze Already form'd in his great active Mind Which still his Countreys Glory had