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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
enemy_n	city_n	great_a	siege_n	1,089	5	8.9397	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A68979	Newes of the present miseries of Rushia occasioned by the late warre in that countrey. Commenced betweene Sigimond now King of Poland. Charles late King of Swethland. Demetrius, the last of the name, Emperour of Rushia. Together with the memorable occurrences of our owne nationall forces, English, and Scottes, vnder the pay of the now King of Swethland.	Brereton, Henry.	1614 (1614)	STC 3609; ESTC S114176	37,550	62

cut off all succour that should be brought into the Citty so that the Muscouite in short time endured great want and misery to wright all the particulars of this siege that continued for the space of two yéers would aske a whole volume by it selfe I will onely touch the most speciall occurrants according to my best intelligence that happened in that time Vansusce vnderstanding the miseries that the Country people indured by the cruelty of the Poles and fearing all great miseries in the Citty if the fiege endured sent spéedily and secretly his Cursitours to Charles King of Sweathland whom hée knew to be mortall enemy to Sigismond King of Poland demanding vpon certaine condicions his aid to remoue the Leagure King Charles hauing at that time an Army of French English and Scottish in pay for any occasion offered from Sigismond but vnderstanding at that time all his preparations were disposed of in Rushia and knowing also that it the Pole set footing their hée should find him more dangerous there then in his owne Country yéelds easily to Vansusces demand imploying the forces of those strangers which he had strengthened with many companies of Swethens to the full number of twelue thousand vnder the conduct and generall command of one Pontus de la Guard a French Captaine a man of more fame then worth among them CHAP. 9. Sr. Robert Sherly comes as Embassadour from the Persian to Demetrius in the Leager the Muscouite mutiny but are appeased Glasco is suspected conuicted arraigned and executed in the Mosco KNesevansusee albeit he bare no great affection to King Charles and was loth also that so many strangers should bée brought into Rushia to harry and spoyle the Country yet knowing the difference that was betwixt him and Sigismond King of Poland he held it his best to make vse therof to serue his owne turne in their dissention and by any meanes rather to remooue the pole then vpon the best conditions to yéelde vnto their habitation there making choice rather of a sufferable than an intollerable stranger Now while these forces were thus a raising in Swethland for these designes in Russia Demetrius with his Army lying still before the City of Mosco that braue Spirit of England Sir Robert Sherley came as Embassador to Demetrius from the Sophie of Persia demanding his aide in the generall hostility to be made by christian princes against the common enemy the Turke where hee found that entertainement that those tumultuous times in warrelike leager could afford but for the matter of his Embassie the present troubles cut off the meanes of any present aid so that after his stay there some few daies hauing receiued many honourable giftes and presents hée departed onely furnished with hopes and faire promises howbeit his comming thither put the Muscouite into more then a presumption that it was the true Demetrius that beleagerd their Citty and that the report of his death was but a fained matter insomuch that in most places especially in the Mosco they beganne to murmure whispering one to an other that God had forsaken the guidance of them and their Citty and had giuen them ouer into the hands of strangers and others for their disloyalty they saide betwéene themselues that it could not be that the King of Poland other Princes and many noble men of Russia in the leager could be so long deceiued with a counterfet Emperour but either his countenance behauiour spéech or som ones report or other would betray him They compared the times present with the times past and found that the Errours and Indiscretions of a yong Prince being their naturall Lord were more easie to endure than the milder gouernement of an Vsurper for that the abuse and instabilitie of his estate had drawne infinite daungers and miseries by a contrary faction which they now endured in no meane degrée and were like héereafter to suffer in the greatest extreames these murmurings and priuie whisperings being brought to Vansusces eare he beganne to looke about and to preuent all occasions that might be offered for the raising of a faction within the Citty hée therefore sought to pacifie the Muscouites in the best manner he could and withall sent colourably vnder safe conduct certaine Gentlemen his friends to the Emperour in the Leager that if he were the right Demetrius his true and lawfull Prince he should shew it in a naturall loue and care vnto his Countrey and not suffer him to be thus defiled with the bloud of his people by the Poles crueltie and for his owne part if he found that it were so he would not onely surrender vp vnto him the Title and gouernement that he now held together with the Citty and other places in his command but also in all submission acknowledge and serue him in all faithfulnesse and duety as his naturall liege Lord hée further instructed them to excuse him in the plottes and courses that hée had taken and to blame but respectiuely his sufferance in the abuses of the Poles that had drawne on the hatred and indignation of the Muscouite so farre as being gathered to a head and breaking forth into action it prooued as a raging Torrent or violent Inundation that no wayes could be stopped hée willed them further to descend into particularities and to touch the seuerall factions on his part that it stoode him vpon to take the aduantage of his friends offers and the opportunity of euery reuolt to the end that the head of all which was himselfe might be the surer garded and this hée said hée learned of Nature and Necessitie that teacheth euery creature to defend herselfe and that albeit he could a long time endure the siege and that hée knew also the Forces were ready in Swethland to attempt the Leager he would yet neuerthelesse giue ouer these new hopes and designes for warre and with all his best endeuour to conclude a peace protesting with this conclusion that if by his maiesties fauor hée might enioy those lands honors and offices to the which partly he was borne partly he enioyed by the deceased Emperours gift and his owne admission no Prince in the world should finde a more loyall subiect or more faithfull Gentleman than himselfe Demetrius albeit he suspected a Padde in this straw did neuerthelesse either simply or colourably put them in hope of a Parlée and for a time held a cessation discharging the Messengers with faire words and countenance who at their returne into the Citty gaue out that this was not the true Demetrius but a counterfet by Vansusces instructions and that if they held out but a few dayes till the comming of the Swethen Army the Leager would easily be remooued Vansusce also bestirres himselfe to stirre vp the Muscouite to endure the siege vntil the comming of King Charles his forces In the meane time Demetrius had vnderstanding secretly of some causes of discontent giuen from Vansusce to the traytour Glasco both in the barres to his expected recompence and