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A57997	The history of the Turkish Empire, from the year 1623, to the year 1677 Containing the reigns of the three last emperors, viz. Sultan Morat, or Amurat IV. Sultan Ibrahim, and Sultan Mahomet IV, his son, the thirteenth emperor, now reigning. By Sir Paul Rycaut, late consul of Smyrna.	Rycaut, Paul, Sir, 1628-1700.; Knolles, Richard, 1550?-1610. Generall historie of the Turkes. aut; Manley, Roger, Sir, 1626?-1688. History of the Turkish Empire continued. aut; Rycaut, Paul, Sir, 1628-1700. Memoirs. aut; White, Robert, 1645-1703,	1687 (1687)	Wing R2407; ESTC R8667	720,857	331

from thence first thought fit to acquaint the King thereof who was pleased in person to go and see it which appearing a strange and almost a miraculous accident His Majesty commanded it to be taken out and as I am informed it is kept in his Closet And now for the better description of this Rock and for the avoiding of it Seamen may observe and take notice of it in this manner The shallow water Rocks about Ipsera or the Rock whereon we struck bore N. N. W. ½ N. from the place where we anchored on the North of Great Ipsera and lyes about half a mile from the shore The mark is the falling away of the South end of the first gray-cliff which a gall upon the foot of the high hill on which is a house there is also a white sand by the gray cliff the longest way of the Rock is N. W. and S. E. and the length not longer than the Ship the water in the shallowest part thereof is about thirteen or fourteen foot with a Northerly wind and seventeen foot or more in the deepest which is the place where we struck yet as the people of the Island report it hath six foot more with a Southerly wind so that it is not strange that our Master though he had frequented this place with the Venetian Fleet should not have knowledg of it for such a depth of water is seldom noted in Waggoners for a place of danger There is also another Rock near the Town about half a mile distant from the shore bearing N. B. E. of the Point the neat fluff point E. N. E. the Northermost point of little Ipsera N. W. B. N. the Southermost point of little Ipsera S. W. ½ W. the Southernly point of Great Ipsera S. E. 1 S. upon it there is not above four foot water We rode here until the 14th day when between one and two in the morning the wind sprang out of the W.S.W. with an easie gale with which we weighed our Anchors and put to Sea the next morning early being the 15th day we were up with the Island of Tenedos and towards Noon we entered the Hellespont with a fresh gale which was necessary to stem the strength of the current and about three a Clock we passed the Castles of Sestos and Abydos from whence came off a boat with a Druggerman and Janizaries bringing Letters from Sir Thomas Bendish then Ambassador at Constantinople congratulating the Arrival of his Excellency and soon returned again ashoar to carry the news of our entrance within the Castles On the Seventeenth Day about Noon being just Three months since the Lord Ambassador with his Family embarked we came to an Anchor near the Seven Towers from whence we gave notice to St. Thomas Bendysh of our near approach and having given Two hours space for to carry the intelligence we weighed our Anchors and stood in for the Port of Constantinople At this time a Bostangee one belonging to the Grand Signior's Garden came aboard sent by the Bostangee-bashee or Head of the Gardeners to discover and know what Ship it was of such Equipage and greatness advising us also that the Grand Signior was seated in a Chiosk or Summer-house on the corner Wall of the Seraglio Having thus our Anchor aboard with a fresh and favourablegale our Flags and Ensigns displayed and a Streamer at every Yard-arm our Guns and Wast-clothes out and being near the Wall of the Seraglio the same Bostangee came again aboard acquainting us that it was the Grand Signior's pleasure that we should rejoyce with Guns which was his expression the Ship having her Sails swelled out with a gentle Gale and the swiftness of her motion retarded by the current gave the Turks an opportunity to take a full prospect of her the decks being full of men we fired Sixty one Guns as we passed Salutation of the Seraglio and with that order that the Vessel could never appear with better advantage had she been described by the Hand of the most skilful Painter And thus we came to an Anchor on Toppennau side where Sir Thomas Bendysh came immediately aboard to congratulate the safe arrival of this new Ambassador And now here it may be enquired whether the Seraglio returned any answer to this salute by those Guns which lye under the Garden-wall of which most or all are dismounted I answer not for this having been the first Man of War or first Royal ship that ever carried up an English Ambassador to Constantinople it having been the custom formerly to have them transported thither on some goodly Merchant-ship laden with the rich Commodities of our Country a return of Guns was never demanded or expected and perhaps it was a matter not then thought of which if it had and been required it is probable in that conjuncture if ever it would have been granted both because old Kuperlee the Father then governed who was a great friend to the English and Enemy to the French whose Ambassador was then under restraint would have in meer opposition and hatred to them bestowed those honours on our Nation which at another time could not have been extorted for a great Sum of Money and so much I collect from the very words of Kuperlee who after our Lord Ambassador had made his Entrance in a more splendid manner than usual as we shall understand by the sequel he demanded of our Chief Druggerman how the French resented this treatment He answered not well but with an envious Eye as he supposed let them burst with malice replied the Vizier Of late years since the glory and greatness of France their Ambassadors have been always transported up to Constantinople in the Kings Ships Monsieur la Haye the younger came on Man of War of the Kings and a Fireship Monseur de Nointel with Two men of War and a Fireship and now lately Monsieur de Guilleragues with no less an Equipage than the former All which before they entered Constantinople made a stop about the Seven Towers capitulating first to have a re-salute from the Seraglio before they would pass their Complement to that place which being denied as a thing never practised the French Men of War have of late passed with silence without giving or receiving a salute Howsoever as things stand now I should scarce advise that English Men of War should insist upon the like for we having once done it a custom may be pretended and that may give a beginning to such a dispute which a new Ambassador ought studiously to avoid the present circumstances of France not suiting exactly with the sole Interest of Trade which is exercised by England Against the next Day being the Eighteenth The Lord Ambassador landing at Constantinople things were provided for the entrance of his Excellency and indeed with that state and handsome Equipage that neither any Embassador from England nor yet from the Emperor passed with greater Splendor and Honour than this For when his

from thence to the Christian Arms nothing succeeded fortunately this Year For the Turks having gained their landing at first without opposition overthrew the Christians in several small Skirmishes and afterwards forced Canea the second City of that Island which they took with much blood and slaughter of the Christians The Turks having made so successful a progress this first Year as to possess themselves of one of the most considerable Cities took Courage to proceed in their Conquests in which they had the fortune to make themselves Masters in the next place of Retimo in defence of which the General Andrea Cornaro lost his Life by a Musket shot Nor more successful were the Venetians this Year at Sea for what with Quarrels among the Commanders and with their coldness and negligence in their Business they suffered the Turkish Vessels to pass freely without giving them that interruption which was very facil to Men resolute and concerned Nor was the opportunity which presented to ruine the Turkish Fleet made use of then lying half disarmed and ill provided at the Isle of St. Theodoro which is a Rock opposite to Canea where at that time it is believed they might all have been burned had the occasion been improved agreeable to that Advantage which then offered so that towards the latter end of the Year the General Molino returning Home either by reason of some distemper or by revocation from the Senate which seemed to be ill satisfied with his ill Fortune or his ill Management of the Publick Affairs he was dismissed from his high Charge And Gio. Capello Procurator of St. Mark was constituted in his place This Year was remarkable for the ruinous Differences between Sir Sackvile Crow Baronet our King's Ambassador then residing at Constantinople and the Turky Company The Original of which seemed to arise from the Civil Dissentions at Home for so unhappy were those Times and so ill affected were English Minds with Rancour and Malice against each other that this Leaven of Discord could not be confined within the Banks of Great Britain and Ireland but seemed to diffuse it self over the Seas and as a Contagion infected the Minds Goods and Interests of the English to what Quarter or Climate soever they were transported In the Year 1638 Sir Sackvile Crow was with the Consent and Approbation of the Turky Company dignified by his Majesty with the Title and Authority of his Ambassador to the Grand Signior For Maintenance and Support of which the said Company were to pay him the yearly Sum of five thousand Zechins in four equal Proportions which is above the value of two thousand Pounds Sterling And farther before his departure from England paid him six hundred Pounds Sterling towards the Furniture of his House Plate and other Necessaries defraying all the Charges expended for Transportation of his Lady Followers and Provisions to Constantinople Sir Sackvile Crow from the time of his arrival at the Ottoman Court until the end of the Year 1645 managed the Affairs of the Company to their general Satisfaction and with the Esteem and Honour of the Turkish Ministers who considered him as a Person of Courage and Resolution and in every way qualified for that Employment At length Differences arose between this Ambassador and the Company touching the Right and Title to that Benefit which is called ‖ Strangers Consulage is 2 in the hundred in the value of all the goods belonging to Stranger-Merchants laden on English Ships and all other Ships which not being in amity with the G. Signior set up the English Colours come under the English Protection as is lawful by our Capitulations Strangers Consulage the first pretending to the same on a Grant made to him thereof by his Majesty and the Custom of Sir Peter Wych and other preceding Ambassadors The others challenging the same as the chief and principal Means they had to ease the vast Expences they were at for maintenance of their Trade and Government for which they had always contended and strugled with the Power of preceding Ambassadors and which Sir Sackvile Crow himself seems by an Article which he had made with the Company to have relinquished to them in these words That during the time of his Employment as Ambassador he would content himself with such Allowance from the said Company for his Pains and Care to be taken in their Business as is specified in the said Articles being 5000 Zechins per Annum This Right of Strangers Consulage is now confirmed to the Turky Company by virtue of their Charter which his Majesty was pleased in the Year of his Happy Restauration graciously to Renew Confirm and Amplify to them the which was more easily granted by the concurrent Assistance of the Right Honourable the Earl of Winchelsea then designed for Ambassador to Constantinople who on some Considerations offered from the said Company assented thereunto But Matters of a higher Nature than this inflamed the Accounts and Differences between the Ambassador and Company For first one John Wolfe at that time Treasurer at Constantinople becoming Insolvent for great Sums of Mony Sir Sackvile Crow alledged that those Debts were National arising from the late Changes of State Officers their extravagant Exactions and Avanious Practices and therefore to extinguish this Publick Debt he made a Leviation of one hundred and ten thousand nine hundred and fifty Dollars on the English Estates at Constantinople and Smyrna detaining the Companies Ships in those Ports until the aforesaid Debt was satisfied and cleared The Ground and Cause of which will more plainly appear by this following Warrant Sir Sackvile Crow his Order dated in Pera of Constantinople the 26th of January 1645. Directed to all Captains Commanders of Ships c. Prohibiting the lading of any Goods or Estate on their Ships WHereas by the unhappy failings of some of our Nations here and at Smyrna and through the many late Changes of this State 's Officers and their extravagant Exactions on us in those Difficulties and by sundry other avanious ways our Nation is brought into a great Debt For which We or those and that Estate which shall remain on the Place who and whatever in case of Exigent and force of Paiment when-ever that shall happen must if not otherwise provided for in all probability and according to the rude Customs of this State in like case look to be made liable unto There being at present a full and competent Estate of the Levant Companies arrived here and at Smyrna which as well by the Obligations of their Charter as by the Laws of England the said Companies own Institutions and Customs in cases of like Nature ought as well to bear the said extraordinary as ordinary Charges and so pay those Debts which either are or shall be adjudged and declared to belong unto them We having taken pains in drawing the said Accompts to a Head and for discovery of the Truth thereof and after a Certificate being directed thereon for the more

Hungarians is a large Hexagon Newheusel besieged by the Christians well bulwork'd and moated the Plain about being Moorish and Fenny The River Newtra runs within Pistol-shot of it furnishing the Town-Ditch with its Water by a cut or trench which conveys it into it The resolution of attacking this important place being taken Jul. 7th it was invested by the Imperial Army the lines of Circumvallation were made and a resolution was taken to attack the place with vigour and conduct Two lines of approaches were advanced towards two Bastions that to the right by the Imperialists and they of Lunebourg and the other by the Imperialists and the Bavarian Troops the one commanded by the Princes of Hanovre and Croy byturns and the other by Count Serini with each three Master Generals to assist them The same night the Trenches were opened by three thousand Foot and the Approaches carried on seven hundred paces Those on the Bavarian side towards the Mosque were enlarged and deepened so that three Men might pass a-brest and be covered On the Imperialists side the Duke caused two Batteries to be raised both on the right of his Approaches whereon they worked the whole Night and though the Enemy continued to shoot their Cannon without ceasing there were but very few killed or wounded In short the Approaches on both sides were carried on with such care and industry and courage the Duke seldom leaving the Trenches till very far in the Night but assisting and encouraging the Souldiery by his presence and authority that maugre all the brave opposition of the Garrison and their perpetual firing and sallies the works were continued to the very Mote on both sides strengthned not only with Lines of Communication with Redoubts and with multiplied Batteries but the Water also began to be drained out of the Ditch by a Canal made for the purpose The Besieged seeing themselves so sorely pressed amongst others made a Sally about three a Clock with two hundred Men and surprised a Redoubt wherein there were three hundred of the Suabian Troops who together with their Officers were all cut to pieces The Turks were so joyed with this success that they testified it by a consort of Musick after their mode that Night The Besiegers had endeavoured to pass the Ditch in Boats and so carry over their Minery but the said Boats were sunk by the Defendants and many slain and now they begin to fill the said Moat with Faggots and Sacks of Wool and several Galleries were in making for the securer passage but they were often burnt and broke by the Besieged who omitted nothing in their defence They set fire on the Bavarians Gallery with their Arrows at the sharp ends whereof they had fastned a mixture of Sulphur and Pitch which did not only burn it but communicating its flames to the neighbouring Battery burnt it quite down with the Carriages of four of their battering Pieces notwithstanding all the diligence and care to the contrary It was now the beginning of August when the Besieged made a brisk Sally upon them that worked in the advanced Posts over against the Gate of Gran killed fifty and hurt many among which was Gallenfels Lieutenant Collonel Pugerelli a Captain and several other Officers The disorder was so great that the Dukes of Bavaria and Lorrain ran thither the latter wounding sorne of the Run-aways to stay them and ill treating their Officers for their negligence Collonel Burgstorf was killed the Night following in the Approaches and Count Souches dangerously wounded in his Neck The Besieged had filled up the Canal which the Christians had made to drain their Moat but it was opened again And now the Approaches the Galleries and filling the Ditch had been carried on with such violence that the Cannon of the Town were well-nigh all dismounted and the infinite numbers of Bombs and Carkasses which had been thrown into it had well-nigh consumed it The Besieged had indeed made new Retrenchments in the attack'd Bastions where they had re-mounted their Cannon and used them with success but The Breach which the Christians had made was great and the Gallery was carried over The Moat was filled equal with the largeness of the Breach and the Mines were a compleating the Traverses of the Ditch were much enlarged so that the Souldiers might go in a large front to the assault And yet they finish another Battery upon the brink of the Moat where they planted twenty-four Pieces of Cannon of twenty four pound Ball to make the Breach yet larger and easier And now all things being prepared for the assault they were hindred for two or three days by the great Rains. In the beginning of this Month the Bassa had desired a Parley but demanded in case of surrender that he might march away not only with their Arms but all sorts of Ammunition and Cannon and take with him all the Christian Slaves c. which conditions the Duke would not hearken to The Bassa was indeed animated by hopes of relief from the Seraskier who he knew was preparing for it and had already in order to a diversion besieged Gran which obliged the Duke of Lorrain with the Elector of Bavaria and forty thousand men to rise and go and meet him leaving eleven thousand Foot and five thousand Horse with fifty-eight Pieces of Cannon and eighteen Mortars to continue the Siege under the command of Count Caprara Marshal General of the Field and the Prince of Croy General of the Artillery But to return to Newheusel the fatal 19th of August being come a resolution was taken to assault the Town at Eleven of the Clock to which end two Mines were sprung that morning one at the North Bastion and the other upon the neighbouring Curtain which though they had not their wished effect which was to ruine some retrenchments of the besieged yet they did much facilitate the passage rendering the ascent more easie so that it was resolved to assault the place at eight a clock to this purpose three thousand were ordered for the attack in two places to each fifteen hundred which were supported by a Reserve of two thousand The Imperialists had the Van on both sides Count Sherffenberg commanded the right being followed by them of Lunenberg and Suabia and Lieutenant Collonel Samoraski the left with the Troops of Colen Bavaria and Franconia Being thus prepared they fired from all their Batteries and showred in their Granado's and Bombs from nineteen Mortars with that impetuousness that they put them within into such a consternation that for some time they durst scarce appear During this Tempest Count Sherffenberg first enter'd and posting himself upon the Bastion the Sieur Rummel about the same pushing at the new breach the besieged were forced to give way on all sides and retreating upon a Cavalier of their Retrenchments did now the second time lift up a white Flagg demanding quarter but in vain for the Christians rushing on put all they met to