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A47710	Memorable accidents, and unheard of transactions containing an accout of several strange events: as the deposing of tyrants, lamentable shipwrecks, dismal misfortunes, stratagems of war, perilous adventures, happy deliverances, with other remarkable occurrences, and select historical events, which have happened in several countries in this last age. Translated from the French, printed at Brussels in 1691. and dedicated to his present Majesty William King of England, &c. Published in English by B.B.	B. B.; Léonard, T.	1693 (1693)	Wing L1100A; ESTC R217274	108,650	193

the Algerine Galleys descry'd a Dutch Ship that carry'd twenty eight Guns and forty Men The Weather was very calm so that the Hollander could make no advantage of his Sails Pegelin caus'd the Galleys to advance within Cannon-shot of the Ship and seeing that it bore Dutch Colours he sent a Zelander Renegado in one of the Brigantines who deliver'd the following Message to the Captain General Pegelin hath sent me to advertise you that if you will yield he will set you ashore in some Christian Land and this he hath Sworn to perform by the Head of Mahomet I know Pegelin answer'd the Captain who had been a Slave formerly The Ship belongeth to the Owners and the Goods to the Merchants I cannot give away that which is none of my own but if he doth covet it so much let him come aboard and he shall see whether we can satisfie him The Renegade return'd with this Answer which Incens'd Pegelin to such a degree that he gave Orders to the Gallies to rank themselves in form of a Half-Moon and in that order to come up with the Poop of the Ship and to discharge their Guns all together and to batter her crosswise Their pieces were forty eight Pounders His Orders were Executed but as they were ready to Fire the Guns the Hollander who was a skilful and experienc'd Seaman by the help of a small Gale that God sent him without losing time turned about his Ship By this means he put the Enemies into confusion and broke all their measures For the five Galleys coming with full Sails and hasten'd forwards by the utmost endeavours of the Rowers instead of surrounding the Ship in form of a Half-Moon as they design'd they found themselves pell-mell dashing and breaking upon one another Nevertheless Pegelins Galley boarded the Ship and seventy Turks entring it with their Scimitars in their Hands begun to cut the Cables and throw Fire-works to burn the Ship but the Dutch Captain who had all his Men under Deck made them Fire both from Poop and Prow some Guns charg'd with Musket-Bullets which kill'd abundance of the Turks In the mean while the Galley that had boarded the Ship durst stay no longer in so hot a place because the Vessel being deep Loaden the Mouths of the Guns lay so low that they just flank'd the Deck of the Galley which Pegelin seeing he commanded the Galleys to retreat The Turks who at the beginning of the Fight enter'd the Ship were much astonish'd to see the Galleys abandon them and leave them to the Mercy of their Enemies and losing all Courage they that could swim threw themselves into the Sea and the Wounded and they that could not swim remain'd idle Spectators of the Fight The Dutch Captain caus'd his Men to discharge the Guns charg'd with Nails Musket-Bullets and pieces of Iron and in less than a Quarter of an hour more than two hundred Turks were kill'd in the Galleys who retir'd without seeing an Enemy The Hollander finding himself out of the reach of their Cannon commanded to kill all the Turks that were left in the Ship who during the Fight had sav'd themselves on the Ropes for it was too hot staying on the Deck Then did the Captain with his Men come up above Deck and fir'd upon the Turks as if they had been so many Popingays This was a Recreation for the Dutch but a Tragedy for the Turks who had two Captains kill'd and the Bassa of Tripolies Lieutenant was mortally Wounded These Galleys that came out a few days before and were a Terror to all the Mediterranean Sea return'd thus rudely handled to the Port of Algiers Hist of the Captivity of Emanuel d'Aranda The Memorable but Vnhappy Retreat STanislaus Zolkierius a Person of an eminent Extraction dedicated himself to Arms so soon as he was well able to wield them making his first Campaign under that Great Chancellor and Captain of Poland John Zamoyski who at the famous Battel of Byezin which decided the contest between Sigismund and Maximilian concerning that Crown in favour of the former had the Honour to command the Right Wing of Zamoyskies Army to the defeating of that Enemy which opposed him in which Encounter he received a dangerous Wound in the Knee His conduct in this Ingagement soon after advanced him to be Lieutenant-General of Poland during which command he was imployed against the Rebellious Cossacks whom after many doubtful Fights he reduc'd to his own Terms Of delivering up their General a common Souldier but of great Conduct with three other principal Officers into his Hands He defeated the Swedes at Revel and afterward being made General he beat the Russians at Clusinum entred Musko forced Demetrius to quit his Siege and led away the Emperour Zuiski and his two Brothers Captives into Poland Being seventy years of Age he was created Great Chancellor of Poland He repressed the Tartars in their Invasion at Orimen and soon after marched with his Army into Moldavia to the Aid of Gratian the Vayvod against the Turks who so extreamly oppressed him that he came in to Zolkierius with but six hundred Horse and so satally negligent that he could give no account of the Enemies number or force even in his own Country so that the General had no certainty till he saw them cover the surrounding Fields with their numerous Hosts He himself had Incamped upon the Plains of Cicora determining in that place to attend their motions This was in September 1620. The Tartars who had joined with the Turks upon this occasion having taken some Christian Prisoners gained from them an Account of their Strength which did not exceed Ten Thousand effective Men whereupon they drew up within view of them with an Army double their number led by their Commander Cantimer Mursa A few hours after they were followed by Skinder Bassa General of the Turkish Army who pitch'd their Tents near those of the Confederates and likewise in sight of the Christians The Poles contained themselves within their Trenches till a Squadron of Cossacks who had the Out guard Encountred that of the Tartars whom after a smart dispute they forced to a Retreat but being relieved by their own Men they turned upon the Christians pursuing them up to their very Trenches where they also being seasonably reinforced opposed the prevailing Enemy with so great Success that having killed a great number they chased them into their main Body but giving no Quarter did consequently take no Prisoners and so made no discovery of the Enemies strength insomuch that Zolkierius making his computation by what appeared in view and finding his Army chearful upon the Success of that days Action resolved to put all upon the Fortune of a Battel That Night there came to the Turkish Camp Sultan Galga the great Chams Brother with a fresh Army of thirty thousand choice Souldiers whereof Zolkierius had no knowledge and therefore according to his former determination he drew out his whole Army early the next

Morning and ranging them in Battel strengthned both Wings with Forts made of his Waggons and Carriages closed together on all sides and filled with Foot and Cannon so that the Enemy could make no advantage of their numbers to infest their Flanks Skinder Bassa on the other side seeing the Order of the Christians drew his Army into a Line of Battel placing only the Turks Revolted Walachians and Transylvanians in view the Auxiliary Tartars being placed out of sight and commanded not to stir till a Signal was given them to move which should be when the Christians were Ingaged The Poles had indeed ordered their Reserves but by an over confidence advanced upon the Enemy without the Protection of their Forts contrary to the Generals Orders which the Turks observing the Tartars shewed themselves on the Right Wing and extending that way endeavoured to get between the Christians Camp and the Rear of their Army which obliged Zolkievius to oppose against them his Reserves The Fight was bloody and doubtful for two hours together but the main Battel of the Poles having no seconds by reason of the diversion of their Reserves to defend the Rear oppressed by the often repeated charges of the Enemies fresh Troops though keeping themselves on the Left Wing within the protection of their Forts yet were no longer able to sustain the force of those multitudes that swarmed around them they therefore faced about and breaking through those Squadrons of Tartars who had got between them and the Camp made their Retreat in reasonable good order the Barbarians being checked in their pursuit by the Forts above-mentioned which were still defended by the Poles That on the Right Wing was violently assaulted by the Enemy who killed three hundred of the Defendants and took four of their Field-pieces Neither had their success rested there but that the Christians valiantly advanced in this extremity with their best Troops to their relief obliging the Infidels after a hot dispute to a confused Retreat The Fort or Castle on the other Wing was left unattempted and Night coming on the Enemy after a kind of drawn Battel wherein there fell one thousand of theirs and about six hundred Christians retreated to their Tents That Night and the next day passed without any Action the Poles in the mean time consulted what to do in this Exigency but could not readily come to any determination during which a Report was spread about the Camp that the chief Officers designed to steal away from the Army which caused much disturbance till the generous assurances of their Leaders had composed their Spirits who vowed to live and dye with them Zolkierius proposed in Council that they should next day try the Fortune of another Battel wherein they might easily correct the Errors of the former Day and being now informed of their own and the Enemies strength they could better understand their advantages having hitherto failed more in Conduct than in Courage and if the Success should answer the Attempt they might then think of retiring towards the Confines of their own Country where they would be sure to meet with new Supplies for the further prosecution of the War The very mention of another Battel surprized many of the great Persons especially Alexander Kalinowski Duké Corecki and Nicholas Struse three of the most Eminent Lords in the Army who envying the Command of Zolkierius were the more apt to oppose his Advice especially in this juncture when they must bring their Lives to an apparent hazard They therefore absolutely declared against it and that there was no safety but in a sudden flight by vvhich means they might avoid Death or a Turkish Bondage vvhich vvas yet more Terrible And being resolved to put the Councils they had given in Execution that Night they took the first opportunity after the Watch vvas set to quit the Camp proposing to themselves that by the favour of the darkness they might get over the River Prut which covered the Rear of the Camp before the Enemy could take the alarm of their departure Gratian the Vayvod for whose preservation the War was undertaken went away with them and having by the number of their Train and Dependants made a considerable party they concluded themselves of Strength able by the advantage of the Night to break through all opposition There was a second Report spread in the Army that the General himself was gone likewise which carrying Terror with it the inferior Officers and Souldiers were upon preparation for the flight also whereof Zolkierius having speedy notice mounted on Horseback and caused many lighted Torches to be carried before him shewed himself to his Souldiers surrounded their Quarters spoke to every one he met and incouraged all with his presence and chearfulness He added That he could not be guilty of so nefarious a Treason as to desert fo many brave Men his fellow Souldiers that they had served too long under his Command to conceive their General capable of so wicked an Act as to sully all his Honour by so sordid a Retreat That for his part he had no other consideration for his Life but in order to their preservation and since some he must confess Eminent Persons had preferred their own Safety above all sense of Honour he was glad they were gone hoping they had carried away with them that Contagion of Cowardice which might have infected the whole Army He also would wish them a good Journey provided they would tell the King and such of their Friends as should inquire after them That they had Abandoned the Army and their General in the Plains of Cicora engaged against theirs and the Common Enemy of Christendom Though Zolkierius had harangued his Souldiers in such Terms as these and with a serene Countenance yet he could scarce compose the Minds of those who were disturbed with Terror and Fear and could not be obliged to return to their Duty till a sence of the danger of their Disobedience obliged them to it But they were wholly confirmed by the ill success of those Lords and others that had Deserted them who by their Ungenerous flight had hastened and not prevented their own Ruine for in passing the River which was rather rapid than deep many of them missing the Ford were overwhelmed in it Kalinowski himself perished in the Stream and such as got over were most of them knocked on the Head by the Tartars who Guarded that Post Gratian and his Moldavians being skilled in the passage and ways got clear off but being pursued by his ill Fate had the recompence of his Infamous flight rewarded upon him by the Treachery of his own Servants who murdered their Lord to possess themselves of what Treasure he had brought away with him The rest of the party after a vain attempt to pass the River not daring to Land on the other side wet weary and confounded with shame came back to the Camp which awhile before they had forsaken as desperate reposing now all their

safety in that of the Army The Poles by these losses and the escape of nine hundred Cossacks who by a more lucky Fate than that of their Fellows had broke through a neglected Quarter without opposition being much weakned and far unequal in strength to the Enemy and not daring to attempt another Fight without manifest danger of losing all they resolved upon a Retreat They had lost many of their Horses and more died daily for want of Forrage they were harassed with Duty and had no hope of Relief from Poland being Besieged by a Barbarous Enemy ready in their apprehensions to Storm their Camp every moment Their Provisions were short and no possibility of Supplies from without all the sides of their Camp being Invested so that it was impossible for them to subsist for want of Food in expectation of Succour from their own Country neither had the King by reason of the Interruption of the Passages received but one Letter from Zolkievius when it was too late wherein he gave him an account of his condition and how he had been unseasonably abandoned by some of the Army This was the State of Affairs in the Camp while the Enemy without lay close upon them and computing the distresses and disorders within by the Desertion of those that had left them they were much raised in their hopes despising all Proposals of quitting the place so that Sept. 22. the whole Turkish Army was drawn up before the Camp threatning a general Assault unless they instantly surrendred at discretion Next day they did the like and on the 26th the Galga or Prince of Tartary approaching near the Trenches was met by Duke Corecki upon Parole who proposed an excessive Ransom for himself and some few with him and descending to some particulars for Rendition of the Camp desiring only that the Souldiers might March away with their Swords the Tartarian left them with Scorn and Anger and clapping his Hand to his Scimiter bid them expect no other conditions than what the sharpness of that would afford them Zolkierius having throughly computed the State of his Affairs resolved to quit the Camp and having ordered all things accordingly which took up three days time being assisted in the Method of his Design by Martin Kasanowski an old Experienced Collonel Sept. 29. that part of the Wall through which the Camp was to pass being opened the Army about Sun-set began its March in the following Order On both sides a row of Waggons as it were chained together five hundred paces in length drawn by their Horses closed the Wings the Front consisting likewise of linked Waggons took up three hundred paces and the Rear being fenced with the like Barricado together with the outside of the Camp was fortified with Cannon The Wounded Sick Baggage and all the best Horses of the Army were placed in the midst while the Officers and Souldiers marched on the outside of the Camp with Colours flying and their Arms ready fixt to resist any Assault The Tartars observing this order of the Poles at first imagined they had drawn out to Fight but when they discerned the whole Camp to move and that no Man stirred out of his Rank they stood amazed at the Novelty and the Night approaching they durst only send out small parties to observe their motion and so they marched two Moldavish miles that Night without any disorder but what they received at the passage of a Lake which yet did not much incommode them since they were not eagerly pressed upon by the Enemy Sept. 30. Skinder Bassa assaulted the Camp on all sides with his united Forces but being repulsed with great loss they marched yet two Moldavish miles more that Night which is about Ten English miles Oct. 1. The Camp being Lodged near a great Pool continued there that whole Day and the Night following The Infidels galled them extreamly from the other side of the Water with their Shot and from the open side by their Skirmishing but were bravely repulsed with great slaughter of their Men. About Noon that Day they prepared for a fresh Assault but instead thereof sent a Trumpet to the Camp to demand their Turkish Interpreter that they might speak with him which being granted they only detained him making no attempt that Day Oct. 2. The Turks having viewed the Camp Stormed it with greater fury than ever and being repulsed returned fifteen times to the Assault The Courage of the Defendants increasing by their being able to resist it did not suffice them at length to make good their Station but they followed the flying Enemy a good distance from it taking in the pursuit two Colours and a piece of Cannon having killed multitudes of their Men. Towards Sun-set they began their March with their Shot 〈…〉 which must needs hinder their pace and yet they had advanced fifteen English miles before Morning The next day having gained the advantage of a Rivolet and heights of Ground they easily repressed the violence of the Enemy and took a Tartars Colours they also eluded an Ambuscade and continued their Journey that Night strengthning their Camp by the Neighbourhood of a River Skinder Bassa considering that by these Night Marches the Prey might slip out of his Hands and being sensible of the disgrace that would attend him to suffer it resolved to make an attempt with the hazard of his whole Army and consequently gave order for a general Assault But the Tartars not seeming so forward as he expected having already been so often rudely handled and pretending the great difficulty of the Design by reason of the posture of the Camp seated upon the advantage of a River whereby they would be able to bring more hands to the defence of those parts that were Assaultable The Inraged Bassa impatient of Arguments turned hastily to his Janisaries And are you also affrighted with the greatness of the danger said he And will you suffer this handful of Men to slip out of your hands for want of a vigorous attempt upon them But they cried out He should not reproach but Command them for nothing was terrible to them but the Anger of their General The rest of the Turks swayed by his example would be of the party prompted by an Ambition to do the Service with their own hands without the Assistance of the Tartars Armed with these Resolutions they Assaulted the Camp from all their Quarters and incited by a mixture of Shame and Fury broke in upon it in one place carrying Terror into the Bowels of the Christians notwithstanding all the resistance made against them all their former Disputes and Conflicts seemed but Sport to this The Turks hurried on by their Principle of Predestination added to a Zeal of Gratifying their General exposed their Lives without Discretion to preserve the Footing they had gained in the Camp doing more than Men in prosecuting the Advantage The Christians Armed with a Native Courage and more Inflamed by their Despair exceeded their Enemies for despising

time there happened a pleasant passage for without a lye he satisfy'd the curiosity of those who seeing him expect the coming of that Chest with so much Impatience ask'd the reason of his so eager earnestness There is something in it said he that I have reserv'd for my own private use This Unhappy Prince set Sail with his Wife and Children on the 20th of April 1523. He had no sooner lost sight of the shore of Copenhagen but he was assaulted by a Tempest equally extraordinary in its fury and unparallel'd in its duration It never slacken'd for the space of three Weeks and the Fleet was quite broken and dispers'd The King was Shipwrack'd on the Coast of Norway and of all his Ships he had only one Skiff left in which he was constrain'd to put to Sea again with the Queen the Prince and the two Princesses of Denmark Hunger doth not respect Crown'd Head and only spared the King of Denmark because he was reserv'd to longer and incomparably more grievous punishments than all the industry of studied malice could have inflicted upon him It is not known what became of his miserable Harlot the silence of the Danish Historians cannot be excused in this respect and seeing they speak no more of her in the History of the remaining part of Christian the Seconds Life than if she had never been in the World we may probably presume that she died in the Admirals Ship before the King sav'd himself in the Shallop A savourable Gale of Wind when he expected it least set him ashore at the Port de la Vere in Zeland We believe nothing so easily as the return of Good Fortune and the King was perswaded of it when he saw himself in the Dominions of the Emperor Charles the Seventh his Brother in-Law But all the Troops and Vessels which that potent Monarch gave him and all the efforts that he made to remount his Throne were to no purpose and never was he able to chase from thence Frederick Duke of Holstein his Unkle whom the Danes had receiv'd for their King he was even reduc'd to so forlorn a condition that he knew not where to find a Sanctuary when Canut of Guldestein Bishop of Ollion who had ever maintain'd a secret correspondence with him assur'd him that he needed only to appear in Person and that his presence alone would produce the effect that he had in vain hop'd for from the assistance of a Forreign Power He added that His Majesty might lye concealed in his Episcopal Palace till the Faction that he manag'd in his Favour was strong enough to pull off their Vizards The Prelates advice was follow'd and the King went thither Disguis'd like a Merchant but was discover'd and imprison'd in the Fort of Sundeburg whence he came not out but to change it for another in Cronenburg He liv'd thirty five years in Exile and these two Prisons and did not find till the Age of seventy seven years the Death that he had so often desired Annals of Denmark The Faithful Subjects USanguey General of the Chinois Army which Guarded the Frontiers of that vast Empire against the Irruptions of the Tartars lay Encamp d by a City upon the Confines to observe the Enemies motions Licon who had Dethron'd the Emperor Zunchin in the year 1636. and Usurp'd the Kingdom determin'd to attack this brave Captain who would not acknowledge him for his Lord with an Army of two hundred thousand men but before he had recourse to force he was willing to see the event of a Straragem Amongst the Grandees of the Empire whom the chance of War had constrain'd to submit to his Unjust Scepter there was an Old man Named Vz Vsangueys Father The Usurper going to make War upon the Son commanded the Father to follow him and there was no other remedy for a man of that Character but Obedience Vz was forc'd to comply and followed the Army not knowing what use his new Master design'd to make of him but he was better inform'd when he came before the place whither his brave Son had retir'd to put a stop to the Tyrants progress not being strong enough to keep the Field The Father was the first Engine that was made use of to batter the Sons Constancy The Barbarous Usurper brought the Old man before the Walls of the City and advertis'd his Son that he was come thither on purpose to speak with him They were no sooner in sight of one another but the General receiv'd a Message from the Tyrant that the only way to save his Fathers Life was to yield to the Conqueror Never was a Generous Soul so rudely agitated with differing passions or more furiously attack'd with violent tentations then was that of the astonish'd Vsanguer finding himself distracted between his Father and Country and in a sad necessity to Sacrifice the one or the other and to shed his Fathers Blood if he would Revenge that of his Prince His love to Glory was powerfully resisted by Natural affection but after a short struggling obtain'd the Victory for taking counsel only with his Virtue he cast himself upon his Knees and with Eyes full of Tears and an Air which was an undeniable proof of the Sincerity of his Heart that it was with an unconceiveable Sorrow that he was forc'd to see him to whom he ow'd his life lose it to save his Country but that this was his first and chief Duty and after all it was better that one of them should finish his Days by an Honourable Death than that both should live in Infamy and Reproach If the Sons Courage appear'd great on this occasion the Fathers was admirable for instead of complaining of his Son he only lamented his own ill Fortune and praising Vsangueys Fidelity he yielded himself to the Tyrants Barbarity suffering Death with a Resolution more worthy of a Roman Courage than of a Chinese Effeminacy History of the two Conquerors of China The Furious Tempest SUltan Ibrahim Emperor of the Turks order'd two Gallies to carry Peter Foscarini as far as Negropont in his return to Venice from whence he came as Ambassador Extraordinary to Congratulate with the Sultan upon his Accession to the Empire The Ambassador embark'd at the Port of Constantinople on the 10th day of May 1641. in a Galley commanded by an old Officer of the Grand Signiors Naval Army call'd Kara Kodgia in which I also was with his Children and some Gentlemen In three days we made the Dardanels and Anchor'd on the Asian side where next day our Captains spent some time in consulting whether in their intended course to Lemnos they should pass behind Tenedos or between that Island and the Coast of Troas The first course is shortest but most dangerous for Galleys because they are oblig'd to cross a Gulf which stretcheth out in length a hundred miles and is by them call'd the Gulf of Magaris and Cassander This was nevertheless the way that they resolv'd to take believing that a

their multitudes and resolving to Conquer or Dye they made a Charge upon those that had entred with a fury suitable to the circumstance of their Affairs and forcing the foremost back on their Fellows made them contribute to their own Disorders so that not being able to Rally they were repelled with a great Slaughter and having cleared themselves from this Storm they continued their March that Evening along the Banks of the River for three miles the Enemy Coasting them on the other side with an equal pace The Tartars having got before them Oct. 5. lay directly in their way but they having taken up a Resolution to surmount every difficulty and being grown Skilful in this kind of March broke through all the Resistance made against them though with some disorder in the Rear occasioned by the Fears of the Waggon-men which rendred them less exact and faithful i● their Charge but by the Valour and Conduct of Zemberg who commanded in that part the Enemy was Repulsed and the Disorder being Regulated they Marched two Miles that Day They still continued to advance and like a Wedge of Iron divided their passage through the numerous Squadrons of the Turks who clouded their very sight with their showers of Shot and Arrows but since they could make no Impression upon them they burnt up and destroyed all their Grass and Forrage in the way whereby they were extreamly incommodated and by reason whereof and their often Skirmishing they were able to March but one Moldavish Mile a Day The Poles still followed the Banks of the River Tire with a design to gain Mokilow a safe Retreat after their tedious March They were constrained to avoid the nearest way thither as Mountainous and Boggy besides great Woods in it which would obstruct them in the manner of their motion chusing for the sake of a more even passage to go about by such a way as brought them within a mile of their desired Harbour The Camp was in perfect order and the Enemy tired with the repetition of their fruitless Attempts and Labours had forborn to press upon them being content to wait their motion with a few Scouts only The Poles about the Evening of this seventh Day of their March continued their Journey according to their former Method and meeting in their way some Barns Stored with great quantities of Hay and Corn many of them but without Order run to the Bait to supply themselves with Provisions for their well nigh starved Horses In the mean time the Van of the Camp began to March without calling in their Forragers or giving notice as they ought and used to the Rear of their motion The Rear for want of the accustomed Sign being thus separated from the Main Body was seized on by a sudden Horror and Pannick Fear which having affected some was like Wild-fire spread through all Their apprehensions were various but all upon the account of fear heightned by the darkness and imaginary noises concluding the Van was cut off and that the Sword was at their Throats The same Plague being carried over the rest of the Army infected the whole in a moment with its Contagion whereupon the Carters Waggon-men Paddees and Servants imployed about the Carriages unlosed the Horses to save themselves by flight upon them so that the whole Fabrick and Machine of the Camp being dissolved they could move no further There was yet another cause that contributed to this Evil Upon the departure of Gratian and other Fugitives from the Camp of Cicora the Rascality of the Army with a mixture of Souldiers Robbed and Plundered their Tents and Lodgings but being got on the Banks of the River Tire they began to speak of it and Koninkspolski the Lieutenant-General had that very Evening very Imprudently uttered some threatning expressions about it The number of the Guilty being many they began to think of their proper safety and the avoiding that punishment which if they stood to it would fall upon them they therefore in great numbers fled away from their Friends as well as from their Foes These Wretches having begun a Tumult upon this occasion it was seconded by the dividing of the Camp as is before declared The confusion was so great that Zolkievius and the chief Officers about him could not be heard the variety of noises with the apprehension of the danger and the darkness of the Night rendring the Army deaf to all his Commands and Orders The Tartars being advertised by their Scouts of these Disorders and Tumults failed not to hasten thither and catching hold of the advantage given them by the Poles prepared to it by their own fears fell in among them with Shouts and Terrors Zolkievius had commanded that for the better safety of the Quarters and incouraging of the Souldiers That all Men should quit their Horses and March on Foot wherein himself was the first Example which was the Reason that so many of the chief Commanders fell and were taken in that Encounter for when the Rout was become so Universal that all Resistance was to no purpose they perished upon the place for want of Horses to carry them off except such as escaped by swimming and so got away Zolkievius's Son with his Nephew and Strusius the two former being weak of their Wounds and forsaken by their Coachman were made Prisoners and presented to the Tartarian Galga Zolkievius had before taken an eternal farewel of his Son and then having made a short confession of his Sins was lost in the confusion and found dead next morning upon the Skirts of the Camp Some say he caused himself to be killed by one of his Followers a Cossack chusing rather to perish with his Army than fall into the Enemies hands or survive his own Glory but the Wounds in his Sword-hand on his Face and Breast and a Tartarian laid Dead along by him seem to declare that he dyed Fighting Skinder Bassa caused his Head to be cut off and fixed upon a Pike exposing it for that day to the view of the whole Army and afterward to be sent to the Signior his Master as a Testimony of his Victory The Lieutenant General Corecki the young Zolkievius with the other Prisoners of Quality were sent to Constantinople where after three years Imprisonment they were Ransomed and returned to their own Country and thus like a Ship after a long Voyage sunk in the Harbour Zolkievius having through all the accidents of his Life proceeded regularly from the Quality of a private Souldier to the Supream command of an Army was raised by his own Virtue to those Honours which rendred him eminent in those parts of the World neither was there any thing wanting to compleat his Glory besides the success of this Unfortunate Retreat which was reduced to that point that there wanted but one hour to render him eminent among the most Illustrious Captains of Antiquity It is held on all hands that the most difficult part of Military Service is a Retreat and it