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A33328	The life of Tamerlane the Great with his wars against the great Duke of Moso, the King of China, Bajazet the Great Turk, the Sultan of Egypt, the King of Persia, and some others ... : wherein are rare examples of heathenish piety, prudence, magnanimity, mercy, liberality, humility, justice, temperance, and valour.	Clarke, Samuel, 1599-1682.	1653 (1653)	Wing C4535; ESTC R3775	50,971	60

with himself twenty thousand of his best horse who of themselves were able to make a new Battel if any mischance should befall the former For he understood that it was the custome of the Kings of China to enclose themselves in the middest of their Chariots with their footmen and not to hazard their persons but upon extremity The Chinois failed not to march directly unto Calibes the whole Army following and setting upon him Calibes with his six thousand Scythian horse after their usual manner in retreating gave many charges giving and receiving hurt The King of China marched with much gallantry with his Army which seemed to be twice so big as that of Tamerlane's He had very many armed Chariots wherein he put his principal trust they had much Gold and Silver as well in the trappings of their horses as one their Armour which glistered exceedingly against the Sun to the admiration of the Tartars Tamerlane who with a troop of horse beheld the Chinois marching after Calibes commended greatly the drawing forth of their men to compell Calibes to fight endeavouring to discover and note with his eye the place where-abouts the Kings person was having by him the Chinois Lord to instruct him who knew well the manner of their fight They had no Avantguard but were all in a gross commanded by the King inclosed with his Chariots which being shewed to Tamerlane by this Lord he turned to those Captaines that were neer him and said Yet must we disperse this guilded cloud and the King of China and my self must make a partition thereof Thus having sufficiently viewed the enemy and observed their maner of marching he thought it not convenient to suffer them to take breath nor to rally being something disordered in their march whereupon he sent to Calibes to will him to begin the fight and when those that were with him should be weary to retreat to him But as soon as his Scythians heard this word Fight they required the first charge with a young Lord that commanded over them called 〈◊〉 making it to appear to the Chinois to what end their former flight was charging very furiously upon the formost of the enemies which occasioned the first beginning of the Battel And indeed there could not be seen a more gallant onset wherein the Scythians desired to manifest the valour of their Nation and to procure honour to their Prince This sight endured a long hour before they had overthrown Calibes Tamerlane beheld all patiently saying that the great multitude how disorderly soever they were would at length carry it away from the order and valour of his souldiers yet could there not be discerned any alteration of his countenance adversity and prosperity being both alike so indifferent to him Calibes being wounded retired himself neer to the Emperor having with him two thousand horse that were rallied again many more flocking to him The Emperor viewed his wound causing him to be conducted behind his footmen and care to be taken for the dressing of his wound and of such others as were wounded with him Calibes with his thirty thousand Scythians was not able to charge thorow the Chinois but when they retreated Odmar with his Parthian horsemen advanced forward and used them more roughly for he ran clean thorow them and returned by the right wing of the Army where he fought most valiantly and having beaten them even within the Kings chariots he thought he should not do wisely to attempt the breaking of such forces The King of China coming forwards and the horsemen that had been broken by Odmar joyning themselves to him Odmar sent to Tamerlane desiring him that the Footmen and Artillery might advance forward sending him word that he might assure himself of the victory Hereupon Tamerlane commanded Axalla to advance with fifty thousand foot and part of the Artillery requiring him to set upon the Chariots and to make an entrance The Artillery marching in the first place did greatly astonish the enemy for the Governours of the horses belonging to the Kings Chariots could not rule them it made also a great spoile Axalla perceiving the disorder hasted forwards till they came to handblows The King of China had yet about his person a hundred and fifty thousand men Yet Axalla full of courage fought so valiantly that they never beheld any man to do more bravely During this fight Odmar againe charged the horsemen that were retired to the Kings aid and put them to flight Then did Tamerlane himself march forward with the rest of the Footmen for the aid of Axalla and brake thorow even to the person of the King of China who as yet was enclosed within a second rank of Chariots with about thirty or fourty thousand men and after he had fought two or three hours the horse assisting the foot and they principally whom the Prince had kept as a reserve the King at length remained wounded in the power of Tamerlane the battel being won and the enemies Camp forced The fight endured eight hours and the night coming on saved the lives of many of the Chinois There were slaine two Kings Allies to the King of China Inestimable riches were gotten in golden vessels preecious stones and as fair and rich Chariots as could possibly be seen The Emperor would not see the Captive King till the next day but being mounted on hoseback he rode about the field to stay the slaughter and to rally his men that the accustomed watch might be kept whereof he gave the charge unto Axalla commanding him also to keep the King of China in the middest of his souldiers who was dressed of the wound which he had received in his right arme It was a strange sight to see the diversity of the enemies weapons and the variety of their Streamers and Ensignes which seemed afar off as beautiful as the diversity of colours plentiful The King of China's Army was very great consisting of a hundred and fifty thousand horse and two hundred thousand footmen but the greatest part of them were rude and barbarous people far inferiour to Tamerlane's in valour who suffered themselves to be slaine one upon another not marking their advantages and having little skill in warlike affaires Tamerlane continued on horseback till about two a clock in the morning when as they brought him a Tart and his water for he never dranke wine and then lying down upon a Carpet he passed the rest of the night untill morning After this so great a victory there was never the least boasting or vauntiug heard to proceed out of his mouth The next day after the burial of the dead he publikly gave thanks to God for his victory Then caused the wounded to be cured and amongst others Calibes who more through the distemperature of the aire then from the danger of the wound found himself very ill yet would he not omit his duty in commanding the Van which was very

that they should receive them into their squadrons and so retire altogether He in the mean time with the other part stood close in a valley neer unto a wood-side wholly unseen where having suffered two thousand of the enemies horse the vant-curriers of the Turks army to pass by him he following them in the taile charged them home the other also which before retired now turned again upon them so that the Turkes seeing themselves thus beset and hardly layed to both before and behind as men discouraged fled but in their flight were most of them slaine the rest of them taken prisoners This was the first encounter between the Turkes and the Parthians All the prisoners taken were by the Prince sent as a present to Tamerlane and amongst the rest the Bassa of Natolia who led those Troops of whom Tamerlane earnestly demanded what caused his Master Bajazet so little to esteem him as to shew so great contempt of his Army Which saith he he shall finde strong enough to abate his pride To this the Bassa answered That his Lord was the Sun upon earth which could not endure any corival And that he rather was astonished to see how he from so far a Country had undertaken so dangerous a journy to hinder the fortune of his Lord in whose favour the heavens as he said did bend themselves to further his greatness and unto whom all the world subjected it self and that he committed great folly in going about to resist the same Unto this proud speech Tamerlane replied That he was sent from Heaven to punish his insolency and to teach him that the proud are hated of God whose promise is to pull down the mighty and to advance the lowly As for thy self said he thou hast already felt though I pitty thy mishap what the valour of my Parthian horse is against thy Turkish and I have already caused thy Master to raise his siege before Constantinople and to look to his affaires here in Asia He also asked him whether his Master did come resolved to give him battel Assure your self said he that there is nothing that he more desireth and would to God that I might acknowledge your greatness in giving me leave to assist my Lord in that battel Good leave have thou said Tamerlane go thy wayes and tell thy Lord that thou hast seen me and that in the battel he shall finde me on horseback there where he shall see a green Ensigne displayed The Bassa thanked him and swore that next unto his Lord he vowed unto him his service And so returning he related unto Bajazet how he had seen Tamerlane and reported to him truly all that he had willed him to say not forgetting above all to praise his courtesie and bounty who besides that he had frankly set him at liberty had also given him a very faire horse well furnished although he well knew that he was to serve against himself To this Bajazet answered no more but that he would shortly make trial of him and that he doubted not but before he had done with him he should make him acknowledge his folly The next day the two Armies drew neer together and encamped within a league the one of the other where all the night long you might have heard such noise of horses which filled the heavens with their neighings and the aire with sounds and every man thought the night long that they might come to the trial of their valours and the gaining of their desires The Scythians a people no less greedy then needy talked of nothing but the spoile the proud Parthians of attaining honour the poor Christians of their deliverance from an insulting adversary all to be gained by the next dayes victory Every man during the night-time speaking according to his humour All which Tamerlane walking privately up and down in the Camp heard and much rejoyced to see the hope which his souldiers had already conceived of the victory and so after the second watch returning into his Pavilion and there casting himself upon a carpet he purposed to sleep a while but his cares not suffering him so to do he then as his manner was called for a book wherein was contained the Lives of his Fathers and Ancestors and of other valiant worthies which he used ordinarily to read in as then also he did not vainly to deceive the time but to make use of it by imitating that which by them was worthily done and declining such dangers as they by their rashness or over-sight fell into After having slumbered a little he commanded Axalla to be sent for to him who presently came accompanied with diverse other great Lords and Captaines of the Army with whom after he had consulted a while about the order of the battel himself presently mounted on horseback and sent each of them to their charge to see their orders put in execution At which very instant he received intelligence that the enemy was marching forwards and come to chuse his ground for the battel whose order of marching Tamerlane was very desirous to see that so he might marshal his own Army accordingly For said he I do not so much trust to the Lions skin wherein I wrap mine arme but that withall I will make use of the Foxes therein to wrap mine head which my grandfather neglected to his overthrow in a battel against the Persians for being in a place of advantage he went out of it to seek his enemy that was lodged strongly contrary to the advice of all his Captaines which proved his ruine Then did he cause three thousand horsemen to advance forward with charge to begin the skirmish himself following after to lodge every part of his forces in such places as he had foreseen to be fittest for his advantage And seeing the Turkish Janizaries marching in a square battel in the middest of the Army and upon the two Fronts two great squadrons of horsemen which seemed to be about thirty thousand and another which advanced before and covered the Battalion of the Janizaries he thought this their order to be very good and hard to be broken and therefore turning himself to Axalla he said I had thought this day to have fought on foot but I see that it behoves me now to fight on horseback to encourage my souldiers to open that great Battalion of the enemies And my will is that my men come forwards to me so soon as may be for I will advance forward with a hundred thousand footmen fifty thousand upon each of my two wings and in the midest of them fourty thousand of my best horsemen And my pleasure is that after I have tryed the force of these men that they come unto my Avantguard of whom I will dispose and fifty thousand horsemen more in three bodies whom thou shalt command which I will assist with eighty thousand horse wherein shall be mine own person having a hundred thousand footmen

for the defence of Alexandria as neerest to the enemy But understanding this news used such diligence that he entred into Caire with fourty thousand horse and sixty thousand foot even as Tamerlanes Army approached to it By this unexpected coming of that Sultan the great City that before was ready to have revolted was again confirmed in his obedience to the great prejudice of Tamerlanes affaires For to remaine long before it was impossible thorow want of victuals for so great an Army in an enemies Country Yet this discouraged not Tamerlane from approaching to it and with all his Army to encamp neer unto the same having caused a great trench to be made for the security of his horsemen and therein to lodge his Army more safely during which time he caused diverse attempts to be made as well to try the enemies confidence as to see how the people of the City especially the slaves which in that populous City are in great numbers were affected towards him who indeed were glad to see the state of his Army and the proud Mameluks still put to the worst but farther stirred not During this siege he thought good one day to draw forth his Armie before the Citie to try whether the enemie had any minde to come to a battel as also to view his own forces and so indeed to seek occasion to fight hoping that if the Sultan should come forth with his Army some revolt might happen at the same time in the Citie as well by the slaves unto whom by secret Spies he had promised liberty as by the Citizens themselves who were much discontented with the insolency of the Mamelukes and to whom Tamerlane by the same Spies had made it known that he came not to hurt them but to deliver them from the tyranny of his and their enemies But standing thus in battel array none stirred out of the Citie neither was there any tumult raised within according as he expected For the Sultan being plentifully provided with all things in that rich Citie resolved to weary out Tamerlane by lying still and not to put all to the hazard of a Battel Tamerlane perceiving his design yet resolved not to depart till he was victorious whereupon he thought fit also to attempt him in his greatest strength and in the heart of his greatest Citie though it could not be done without great hazard such confidence had he in the valour and multitude of his Army Now his purpose was first to take one of the Cities for Caire is divided into three and therein encamping himself by little and little to advance forwards as he could finde opportunity Upon this resolution he commanded a strong assault to be given and having conducted his footmen to the place chosen by him for the onset for the Citie was not walled but onely fortified with ditches and trenches he commanded the Prince of Thanais with fiftie thousand men to begin the assault even in the face of the enemy which he most valiantly performed which occasioned a great and terrible fight Axalla in the mean time deeming as the truth was that the Sultan had drawn the greatest part of his forces to that place fetched a compasse about and in another part of the City with small resistance passed the trenches where he presently left thirty thousand men to fill up the ditches thereby to make way for the Horsemens entrance himself with the rest advancing forwards against twenty thousand sent by the Sultan to oppose his farther passage the Prince of Thanais being at the same time almost beaten back by the Mamelukes But the ditches being presently levelled ten thousand horsemen entred who charged upon the backs of the Mameluks where the Sultan himself was they were likewise seconded by ten thousand more sent in in by Tamerlane himself following after with all his power Hereupon the Sultan retreated into a second strength which he had made in the next Citie This fight endured full seven houres wherein were slain of the Sultans men above sixteen thousand and of Tamerlane's between seven and eight thousand Tamerlane being well contented that he had dislodged his enemy and gained one of the Cities caused a retreat to be sounded hoping the next day to win all the rest as indeed he did For the next morning the Prince of Thanais storming the trenches in one part as Axalla did in an other the Sultan after a great fight finding himself hardly pressed by the obstinate enemy and unable longer to hold out retreated abandoning the Citie and encamping himself along the River Nilus resolving to retire to the Citie of Alexandria his second strength and onely refuge which Tamerlane suspecting followed after him with his Horsemen who onely were in order and some few foot hardly drawn from the Citie which their fellows were in plundering Tamerlane promising them both to regard and reward their good service Against these the Sultan upon a narrow cawse way had opposed twelve or fifteen thousand men to favour his passage who being of his best Souldiers maintained their ground stoutly the place being much for their advantage yet at length their enemies still encreasing and pressing hard upon them they were forced to cast themselves into the great River and made a most honourable retreat every man having his weapon in one hand and swimming with the other hand to the farther banke The Sultan flying with about eighteen thousand Horse the rest being either drowned or dispersed is said to have comforted his flying men by telling them they were not men but gods that had vanquished them Divers of the Mameluks that were taken prisoners being brought before Tamerlane were by him courteously used and asked if they would be content to serve him seeing their Master was fled and gone This they all utterly refused whom notwithstanding for their fidelity Tamerlane set at liberty to go again to their Master being no lesse desirous to be admired by his enemies for his goodnesse and bounty then to be feared for his force and valour The wonderful wealth of this so great and famous a Citie became a prey to his Souldiers who for the space of twentie four houres had the spoil thereof At the end whereof every man was straitly charged by open Proclamation to retire to his quarters Tamerlane would not suffer any of the Citizens to be taken Prisoners and such as were he released and so leaving ten thousand good Souldiers with many others that followed his Camp for the guard of the Citie and taking with him all such persons as he thought might hurt him he caused his Armie to passe over the River and to follow the Sultan to Alexandria that so his victory might be compleated Axalla hasting before with the Avantguard to hinder the Sultan from gathering up his forces together The rest of the Army was conducted by the Prince of Thanais Tamerlane himself with an infinite number of Boats and many Souldiers

certainly resolved to come to a pitched Battel with him not so much trusting to the multitude of his men as to the experience and valour of his souldiers being long trained up in the wars At which unexpected news Tamerlane greatly rejoyced yet without insolency and vaunting but rather with the countenance of such an one as judged the event of Battels to be alwayes doubtfull saying some times That a small number well conducted did carry away the victory from the confused multitude Three daies after he stayed at Buisabuick causing his souldiers continually to march forward which at two places passed over the river Euphrates which he did the rather to maintaine his Army upon the spoile of the enemies Country chusing rather there to attend his coming then amongst his friends and allies All the Cities that yielded to him in the way as he marched he favourably received the other that refused to submit themselves to his obedience he used with all extremity especially the great and strong City of Sebastia where certaine of the forerunners of his Army were by the Turks that kept Garrison in it cut off and slaine and to despite him the more the City gates were set open in contempt of him whereupon being justly offended he sent out certaine Tartarian horsemen charging them upon paine of his displeasure so to behave themselves against their enemies that at his coming up to them he might finde either the City taken or at least the gates shut up against him and he had his men at so great command that no danger was unto them more dreadful then his displeasure neither did he punish any thing so severely as cowardize Now the Turkes in Sebastia seeing these Tartarian horsemen marching towards the City making little account of them because their number was not great issued out to meet them where they were so furiously charged by these few horsemen that they were glad to retire and for hast to shut the gates against some of their own men lest the enemie should have entered pell mell with them which Turkes were there slaine at the gates of the City Shortly after came Tamerlane with all the rest of his Army and sat down before the City where he lay still seven dayes not making any shew of violence at all The defendants because the City was of great strength thought that his purpose was by a long siege to distresse the same But about the eight day the Towers and walls being undermined in sundry places suddenly fell down leaving large breaches for the enemy to enter wherewith the Turks being dismayed surrendred the City to Tamerlane in hope so to have saved their lives but he caused them all to be buried quick and the City utterly to he razed and then calling the Governour whose life he had spared for that end he bade him go and tell his Master what had happened to his strong City of Sebastia and what himself had seen there of which Tragical action when the Governour had made report to Bajazet he demanded of him whither of the two Armies he thought bigger or stronger for he had now assembled a mighty Army of three hundred thousand horse and two hundred thousand footmen whereunto the Governour having first craved pardon answered That it could not be in reason but that Tamerlane had the greater Army for that he commanded over far greater Countries wherewith proud Bajazet being offended replyed in great Choller Out of doubt the sight of the Tartarian hath so affrighted this coward that he thinks every enemy to be two As Bajazet marched forward he heard a Country-Shepherd merrily pleasing himself with his homely pipe as he sat on the side of a mountaine feeding his small flock whereupon he stood still and listened to him to the admiration of many and at last brake forth into these words O happy shepherd which hadest no Sebastia to lose bewraying therein his own discontentment and yet withall shewing that worldly bliss consisteth not so much in possessing of much subject unto danger as in enjoying content in a little devoid of fears The rest of the Cities as Tamerlane marched forwards warned by the destruction of Sebastia yielded to him the Citizens whereof he used courteously especially the Christians whom he set at liberty for the Greek Emperors sake whom he sought therein to gratifie But Tamerlane had not gone far in the Turkes dominions before he was certainly informed that Bajazet was coming against him with a mighty Army and was now within thirty leagues of him which caused him from thence forward to march with his Army more close together Axalla leading the Van sent forth Chianson Prince of Ciarchan with four thousand Parthian horsemen to get knowledge of the Turkish Army and where Bajazet lay as also what manner of Country it was beyond Sennas and if he could learn any thing thereof to make relation of it to him This Prince of Ciarchan was Tamerlanes neer kinsman a man of great reputation and next to Axalla in whose absence he had the command of the Avantguard who also sent before him an other Parthian Captaine with five hundred horsemen who having advanced about ten leagues and surprized Sennas was certainly informed there of the state of Bajazets Army which was now at Tataia and so marching forward which Tamerlane being informed of commanded him not to retire from that place till he saw the arrival of the enemy and thereof to give him advertisement every hour resolving himself to pass on no farther being encamped in a faire large plaine which was very advantagious for him his Army being bigger then Bajazet's which made him make choise of those large plaines His Army also being compounded of sundry Nations he considered that he was not to fight against the Chinois a soft effeminate people as of late but against the Turkes a most warlike Nation and well acquainted with all manner of sights and warlick stratagems and therefore he judged it necessary to proceed warily against them Upon this consideration he presently sent for Axalla with him to view the said place and to have his opinion whether it would be advantagious for him to stay there or no Axalla not misliking his choice of the place yet withall advised him to keep Sennas as long as possibly he could and accordingly he sent word to them at Sennas that when they could keep the place no longer they should set fire of it and so retreat and this he did that the enemy should have no desire to encamp there but to march forwards to those places where Tamerlane desired to fight the rather because he was stronger in horse then Bajazet Accordingly the Prince of Ciarchan sent out a hundred horse toward the Turkes then divided the rest of his forces into two parts commanding the former that as soon as they perceived the enemy to pursue the hundred horse whom he had commanded to fly disorderly before them