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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A70642	The Russian imposter, or, The history of Muskovie, under the usurpation of Boris and the imposture of Demetrius, late emperors of Muskovy	Manley, Roger, Sir, 1626?-1688.	1674 (1674)	Wing M440A; ESTC R22560	101,264	264

could not appease the tumult neither would they any more be Commanded by him but chusing one Tiskevicius for their General prepare to follow Demetrius their old Lord. For all this the Chief Officers and those most in favour with the Souldiery had by their diligence and Authority welnigh appeased these disorders which they had also probably effected if new Commotions had not interven'd upon new considerations to wit that it was not safe to remain longer in the Camp so distracted and divided without Order or Discipline and in sight of an Enemy vigilant and intent upon every occasion This hurried them into new Confusions and like so many Furies they all cry out they would immediately be gone and packing up their Baggage fired their Camp which for the variety and Magnificence of its Structures seemed another great City and being ready to march mutually engaged to keep together till they came to Volock where every body should be at liberty to dispose of himself as he thought most for his advantage Being come thither Sapiha and all his men resolving to follow the fortune of Demetrius went to Caluga to him Rosinski and Alexander Zbarowski with 4000 Horse and the Dunensian Cossacks went to their King at Smolensko And thus this power which had so long blocked up Musko and had trampled upon the Empire two years and would certainly have subjugated both was dispersed in the beginning of March 1610 by the ill Counsel and to the very great detriment of King Sigismund for the Enemy being well-nigh broke with the long Siege of their Metropolitan gathered new force and vigour upon the raising of it and the King who might have prosecuted the War at the expence and danger of others drew the whole burthen of it as it were voluntarily upon his own shoulders In the mean time the Zuiskian Muskovites not ignorant of the dissentions in the Camp began to hope well but leaving them to their discords lest by attempting them the sense of their common danger might unite them they turned their forces another way They turned the Poles out of Peraslaw and Alexandria which lay there drive Sapiha from the Siege of Troyeze and reduced all the places about the Volga into their power But when the City it self was delivered from their troublesome Neighbours then as if they had broken their Fetters been delivered out of a long Imprisonment they reassumed new courage and new vigour and having in a short time recovered most of the Provinces which revolted to them they sent the best part of their Army to follow Rosinski who had possessed himself of Volock and the strong Monastery of Osippow He was necessitated to stay there by reason of the indisposition his hurts had procured him He kept with him 1500 Poles and 400 Cossacks having sent the rest of the Army with Zbarowski to the King His health was much impaired through his daily toils and the smart of his old hurt to which also contributed the perturbation and grief of his mind which his ill Successes had created him in that he had quitted Musko with less Glory and Splendor than he had attempted it Nature and strength being decayed in him he was overcome by the violence of his Malady and unable to resist longer was forced to submit to the necessity of his Fate which deprived him of his life and hopes in a strange Country which he had entred in Pomp and Triumph Rosinski being dead Volviovius the Zuiskian General taking the occasion of the distraction his loss had bred amongst the Garrison besieged Volock and took it without much difficulty Ossipow defended it self better in so much that the Auxiliaries from Sweden being French and desirous to shew of what importance they were to their Party having opened a passage into the Fortress with a Petard were after a very bloody Assault baffled and beaten off But the place being more oppressed by wants from within than by any force from the Enemy from without were forced to yield to the necessity of their condition but scorning a tame surrender they resolved upon a Salley and to take the hazard of that as their safest and last refuge The obscurity of the night was judged fittest for the Exployt which being come they refreshed themselves with the whole Provisions of the place and after mutual embracings and encouragement of each other they set open their Gates and made towards Smolensko Their Sally was furious like that of men resolved to die and they performed it with a Courage hurried on by despair which made the Fight bloody and the carnage great amongst the Muskovites but they abounding in their numbers and not being surprized upon this occasion killed most of the Poles so that scarce 300 of them escaped in safety and they were 1200 who sallied out to Sigismund's Camp The Muskovites raised with this variety of Successes formed to themselves an Army of 30000 men to which were added 1000 French De la Garde's Germans and 6000 Suedes newly arrived under the Command of Count Edward Horn. Demetrius after his quitting the Camp lay with a few Sapihans at Caluga but they despising his small force marched to the relief of Smolensko King Sigismund having notice of these preparations and their approach Commanded Stanislaws Zolkievius his General with 8000 choice men to obstruct their passage The two Armies engaged at Clusinum where the Muskovites were again overcome by the Fatal Virtue of the Poles in a great and memorable Battle But it cost the Poles dear for though their Right Wing had routed the Enemies Left Commanded by Demetrius Zuiski the Great Dukes Brother yet the other Wing consisting of Germans and other Strangers stood their ground which they had chosen advantageously amongst shrubs and other rubbage in such a place where the Enemies Horse could not come up to charge them without much difficulty but being well seconded by their Reserves they at last made so violent an impression upon this Wing also that it was put to flight There remained yet the Main Body of Foot made up of Germans and Swedes which kept entire and the Polish being recalled from the pursuit prepared to make a Charge upon them but they seeing themselves abandoned by their Horse and left singly to the fortune of the day many of their men likewise stealing from them and running to the Enemy durst not stand out the shock but waved their Hats and hands about their Heads in signe of Parley which being granted and Hostages delivered they surrendered themselves for all what la Guarde who was newly returned from the flight whilest they were in Treaty could intreat or do to the contrary Those Wings that had been defeated having rallied themselves returned also to their Station upon a confidence their Foot had stood their ground but they came only time enough to be beaten over again the Poles having the pursuit of them till late in the night and thus the Field being cleared of the Enemy they had the entire

were engaged The Poles had indeed ordered their Reserves but by an over-confidence advanced upon the Enemy from without the protection of their Forts contrary to the Generals Orders which the Enemy 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 Battle 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 however keeping within the protection of their Forts on the left Wing were no longer able to sustain the Impression of those multitudes that swarmed upon 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 before-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 not wanting to themselves in that extremity advanced with their best Troops to their relief forcing the Infidels after a hot dispute to a confused Retreat The Fort or Castle on the other Wing was left unattempted and night drawing on the Enemy after a kind of drawn Battle wherein there fell 1000 of theirs and about six hundred of the Christians retreated to their Tents The rest of that night and the following day were past without any Attempt on either side The Poles in the mean time went to counsel what was to be done upon this pressing occasion which being of an extraordinary nature they were able to fall upon no probable Resolutions During this time of their Consultation there was a report spread about the Camp of a purpose in the Chief Officers to steal away from the Army which put the Souldiers into confusion till they were undeceived by the generous professions of their Leaders who vowed to live and die with them Zolkievius proposed in Council that they should the next day try the fortune of another Battle 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 lay hold of such advantages as should occur having failed more in Conduct than Courage and if the Success of the next day should not answer the Attempt they might then think of retiring towards the confines of their Countrey where they should be sure to meet with new Supplies for the further prosecution of the War The very mention of another Battle surprized many of the Great Persons especially Alexander Kalinowski Duke Corecki and Nicholas Struse three of the most eminent Lords in the Army who maligning the Command of Zolkievius were the more apt to oppose his Counsels especially in this juncture which 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 which means they might avoid death or a Turkish Bondage which was yet more terrible and being resolved to put the Counsels they had given in execution that night they took the first opportunity after the Watch was 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 Rumour spread about in the Army that the General himself was likewise gone which bearing terrour with it the inferior Officers and Souldiers were upon preparation for their flight also whereof he having speedy notice mounted on Horsback and causing many lighted Torches to be carried before him shewed himself to his Souldiers surrounded the Quarters spoke to every one he met and animated all with his presence and chearfulness He added That he could not be guilty of so nefarious a Treason as to desert so many brave men his fellow-Souldiers they had served too long under his Command to conceive their General capable of so wretched 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 that to all sence of Honour he was glad they were gone hoping they had carried away with them that infection of Cowardize which might have tainted the whole Army He also would wish them a good Journey provided they would tell the King and such of their Friends that should enquire after them that they had abandoned the Army and their General in the Plains of Cicora engaged against theirs and the Common Enemy of Christianity Zolkievius though he had harangued his Souldiers in these kind of Terms and with a serene Countenance yet had he much ado to compose those minds which were agitated with terror and fear who could not be perswaded to return to their Duty until a sence of the danger of their disobedience obliged them to it But they were wholly confirmed by the ill Success of those who had deserted them who by their degenerous flight had hastened not prevented their 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 at least most of them were knocked in the head by the Tartars who had the Guard of that Post Gratian and his Moldavians being skill'd 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 perfidy of his own Servants who murthered 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 for refuge to the Camp which a while 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 900 Cossacks who by a more lucky fate than that of their Fellows had broke through a neglected Quarter of the Enemy without opposition being much weakned and far unequal in strength to the Enemy and not daring to attempt another fight without manifest hazard to loose all resolved upon a

deditione accepta Smolensko Reipublicae restituta Basilio Zuiskio Magno Duce Moscoviae Et Fratre ejus Demetrio Militiae Praefecto Captivis jure Belli receptis Et in Arce Gostienensi sub custodia habitis ibique vita functis Humanae sortis memor Ossa illorum huc deferre Et ne se regnante etiam hostes Injusteque Sceptra parantes Justis Sepulturaque carerent IN HOC A se ad publicam Posteritatem Memoriam Regnique sui Nomen Extructo Trophaeo DEPONI JUSSIT ANNO A PARTU Virginis MDCXX Regnor ' POLONIAE XXXIII SUECIAE XXVI And this was the end of Basilius Zuiski who having by many extraordinary Actions raised himself to the Throne enjoyed it no more than his Predecessor either long or quietly He had to do with an unstable People hurried from one extreme to another and being of a jealous nature had recourse to Witchcrafts and Incantations endeavouring by the help of Sathan to preserve what he had gained by improving the violent humour of the giddy multitude And his Wizards furnishing him with Discoveries of the unfaithfulness of some about him or he pretending such Discoveries to gratifie his fears put many eminent Persons to death proposing to settle that Dominion by Blood and Fraud the same Arts whereby he had obtained it And his nature by frequent practises being hardened in cruelty he caused three of his most faithful Servants and Friends to be made away only because their names were Michael for he had been told by his Soothsayers that one of that name should Succeed him in the Empire which proved true for all his barbarous precaution which hurried him upon doing those horrid things that hardly any Story can parallel He would tear up the Wombs of great-bellied women and rip open the breasts of the mettledst Horses for the immature fruit of the one and the hearts of the other wherewith he used to make his Diabolical Infusions as well to charm the Poles whom he could not overcome as his Rebel-Subjects whom he could not bring to their Duty But no Magick is of power against the Providence of God which after a short turbulent Reign removed him from the Throne to a Prison where he ended his days The Method of our Tragick History doth invite us back to Musko to observe the actions of that place but Zolkievius whose Army we left there having in the succeeding course of his life rendered himself famous upon the account of many Enterprizes especially his unparallel'd Retreat at Cicora from the Turks a short digression as to his Affairs may not be wholly impertinent wherein I shall observe my accustomed brevity to relate only matter of fact and so return to where we left Stanislaws Zolkiewski the Sirnames of most of the Polish Nobility do end in ski a Person of an eminent extraction dedicated himself to Arms so soon as he was well able to wield them making his first Apprentiship under that Great Chancellour and greatest Captain that Poland hath produced for many Ages John Zamoyski who at the famous Battle of Byczin which decided the contest between Sigismund and Maximilian concerning the Crown in favour of the former had the Honour to Command the Right Wing of Zamoyski's Army to the defeating of that Enemy that opposed him in which encounter he received a sore wound in the Knee His Conduct in that Adventure raised him in short time after to the Preferment of being Lieutenant-General of the Kingdom during which Command he was employed against the Rebellious Cossacks whom after many doubtful Fights he reduced to his own Terms of delivering up their General a Plebeian but of great Conduct with three other of their Principal Officers into his hands He defeated the Swedes at Revel And afterwards being made General he did beat the Russians at Clusinum entred Musko forced Demetrius to quit his Siege and led away the Emperour Zuiski and his two Brothers Captive with him into Poland as we have formerly mentioned and likewise that he left the Army in Musko upon discontent by reason Sigismund refused to ratifie the Articles which Zolkievius by his directions had in his name sworn to Being 70 years of Age he was created Great Chancellor of Poland He repressed the Tartars in their Invasion at Orimin and a while after marched with his Army into Moldavia in aid of Gratian the Vayvod against the Turks that oppressed him to so great an extremity that he came in to Zolkievius but with six hundred Horse but so fatally negligent that he could give no account of the Enemies number or force even in his own County so that the General had nothing certain of them till he saw them cover the Campania about him with their numerous hoast He himself had encamped upon the Plains of Cicora determining in that place to attend their motion This was in Sept. 1620. The Tartars who had joyned with the Turks upon this occasion having taken some Christian Prisoners gained from them an account of the Christian strength which did not exceed 10000 effective men whereupon they drew up within view of them with an Army of double their number led by their Commander Cantimir Mursa A few hours after they were followed by Skinder Bassa General of the Turks and of the War who pitcht his Tents near those of his Confederates within view 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 in so much that Zolkievius 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 fottune of a Battle That night there came to the Turkish Camp Sultan Galga the Great Chams Brother with a fresh Army of 30000 choice Souldiers whereof Zolkievius had no knowledge and therefore in order to the determinations of the day before he drew out his whole Army early the next morning being the 19th of Sept. 1620. and ranging them in Battalia strengthened 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 Battle placing only the Turks revolted Wallachians 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