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A33410	The history of the Turkish War with the Rhodians, Venetians, Egyptians, Persians, and other nations being a compact series of the memorable battels, sieges, and progress of the Ottoman armies in Europe, Asia, and Africa, for near an hundred years, with their various success by sea and land : but a relation more particularly of the first bloody siege of Rhodes in the reign of Mahomet the Great ... and the last under the command of Solyman the Magnificent, who ... totally subdued that famous city and island, defended by the valour of the renowned Peter Aubusson ... / written by Will. Caoursin and Rhodgia Afendy.	Caoursin, Guillaume, d. 1501.; Sinan Paşa, 1440-1486.; Bouhours, Dominique, 1628-1702.	1683 (1683)	Wing B3824D; Wing B3827; Wing C464_CANCELLED; ESTC R24724	170,593	517

of the Capital and those that stood out were for the most part reduc'd by force Aubusson every where gave signal marks of his Courage but upon one occasion he made it apparent that a young Warriour might be as well prudent as cunning At what time the power of the English abated in the Kingdom that of the fair Agnes increas'd at Court. As she was wonderfully charming and one that understood better then any woman of her sex how to govern her Lovers she obtain'd in a short while an absolute Dominion over the King But according to the custom of women whose credit arises from their Beauty she made but an ill use of the Kings Favours The Dolphin who was not naturally very docible could not endure a haughty and imperious woman who had but little respect for him On the other side the great Authority of Charles of Anjou Brother to the King of Sicily offended him extreamly He took it ill that a Prince for whom he had no kindness should have so great a share in the confidence of his Father So that the Favorite was no less a trouble to him then the Mistress But that which vex'd him most of all was that after the taking of Montereau where he fought so well against the English that in Courtship they applauded him for it before the King he had but a bad reception from bis Father instead of the thanks which he expected For the King perceiving that this first Essay had puft up the mind of his son he return'd him under the Discipline of his Government and remov'd him also from the Court Whether he were jealous of a valour that made such a noise in the world or whether understanding the bad disposition of the Dolphin he thought this first success of his might transport him too far if he did not take care to curb him The Dolphin dissembl'd his dissatisfaction for some time but a young Prince once provok'd whose passions are violent and who never wants bad counsel is soon aweary of counterfeiting And therefore to revenge himself like the Son of a King he went and put himself at the head of the Rebellious Nobility The Count of Marche to whom the revolt of his disciple was no small dishonour omitted nothing that might reduce him to his duty Besides what he did himself he made use of the management of Aubusson whom the Prince lov'd and who had found a means to preserve his favour without confederating in the revolt Certain it is that the Dolphin was of a jealous ticklish disposition not easie to manage and one of those who are of that head strong obstinate humour that they are seldom to be recover'd when they have once fix'd upon their party But Aubusson knew him very well and understood which way to take him For he had those sweet and insinuating charms which are not imcompatible with a fierce and fiery Disposition But above all he had a natural Eloquence that always wrought it's Effect and which perswades so much the more by how much it is the less distrusted So that he had not much to do to make the Prince list'n to reason He so dextrously mannag'd his passions and mollify'd him in such sort by degrees that when the Count of Eu came afterwards to treat with him on the Kings behalf he found him altogether enclin'd to lay down his Armes and beg pardon The King was so satisfy'd wi●h Aubussons address upon this occasion that he employ'd him in other Negotiations of concernment In all which he so behav'd himself that Charles the fifth highly applauded the sharpness of his wit Insomuch that one day speaking of Aubusson he said it was a hard matter to find so much fire and so much prudence both together After the Princes were come to an accommodation the War grew very warm between the French and English and much blood was shed on both sides But the truces that were afterwards made chang'd the whole face of affairs France began to breath a more quiet Aire and the pleasures which afterwards succeded the Toyles of war had perhaps effeminated the hearts of the souldiers if their Marches into Lorrain and Germany had not found them work Rene of Anjou King of Sicily and Duke of Lorrain requested aid of Charles King of France his Brother in Law against some places in the Countrey of Messin that would not acknowledg his Iurisdiction Charles presently appeares before Nancy with a great Army of which one part went briskly to beseige Mets. The City defended it self with great courage and obstinacy Upon which the Dolphin with whom the tediousness of the seige did not agree found a fair occasion to satisfie his boyling and ambitious Humour The Emperor Frederick the third dissatisfi'd with the Swisses who pretended to have nothing to do with the House of Astria and who under that pretence affected a kind of Independencie not much differing from a Revolt invited France by the mediation of Sigismund Duke of Austria to come and defend the Rights of the Empire There needed no more encouragement for the Dolphin who had espoused the Sister of the Dutchess of Austria to enter Alsacia with an Army Aubusson was one of the young Lords that attended him and one who had the greatest share in the defeat of the Swisses near Basle But the Duke having reduc'd some places and cast a terror upon others march'd back again sooner then was expected Either because the Emperour unwilling to draw upon himself ill will for being the occasion of the war in some measure disown'd it or because the German Lord who had conducted the French Army into Switzerland and was to have been their guide through all the narrow and difficult streights of the Mountains being slain there was no safety in proceeding farther In the mean time the Affair of Mets being brought to an accommodation advantageous for the Beseigers and honourable for the Beseiged the Embassadors of the German Princes whom the Dolphins march had alarm'd came to demand a confirmation of the ancient Alliances between France and Germany Their demands were granted them and as there is a time when the Spirit of Peace is predominant the truce was prolong'd for five years between France and England The Court in such a quiet calm began to think of nothing but divertisement and the Marriage of Margaret Daughter of the King of Sicilie with Henry King of England occasion'd such extraordinary rejoycings that they had almost forgot their last troubles Never was a more beautiful Court nor a more numerous then that of Nancy For not to speak of the several Princes and Princesses that were of lesser dignity there were two Kings and three Queens beside The Earl of Suffolk who was sent to fetch the new Queen of England had with him the flower of the English Nobility Several daies were also spent in magnificent Turnaments where the King of France and the King of Sicily ran together But Aubusson soon grew weary of

THE HISTORY OF THE Turkish War WITH THE Rhodians Venetians Egyptians Persians and other NATIONS BEING A Compact Series of the memorable Battels Sieges and progress of the Ottoman Armies in Europe Asia and Africa for near an hundred years With their various success by Sea and Land But a Relation more particularly of the first Bloody Siege of Rhodes in the Reign of Mahomet the Great Emperour of the Turks and the last under the command of Solyman the Magnificent who at the expence of an 100000 Lives totally subdued that famous City and Island defended by the Valour of the Renowned Peter Aubusson Grand Master of Rhodes and the Christian Knights of the Order of St. John against the whole Power of the Ottoman Empire for 230 Years With a Pathetick account of many other remarkable Passages Written by Will. Caoursin Chancellor of the Order and Rhodgia Afendy a TURK London Printed for Will. Whitwood next to the George Inn in Little Brittain 1683. To the READER MEN of Active Spirits and designing Fame and honour hereafter can no where better benefit themselves then by reading the lives of such Persons as have trod the same steps before them For in the lives of great Personages they find those Examples of Conduct which they are either to follow or avoid Since that by celebrating the deeds of good men they that come after are incited to deserve well of mankind To this purpose the Author of this short story chose to revive the memory of Peter D'Aubusson Grand Master of Rhodes a Person for courage and piety not inferiour to any of his time For the truth of what he writes He informes ye where he had it from an ancient Manuscript written by William Caoursin Chancellour of the Order who wrote nothing but what he was an eye-witness off As also from several other original Papers which he found in Malta it self Nor did he refuse the help of Khodgia Afendy a Turk who living at the same time wrote a Relation of the Siege with a great dead of Justice to the high merits of the Grand Master Thus then the vigorous fury of Mahomet the zealous and fortunate resistance of D'Aubusson the misfortunes of Zizim a pleasing yet melancholy variety though inseparable from the story being the Subjects of this Relation 't is something probable that they that seek either for instruction or divertisement cannot fail of their expectation However it is wholly left to them to be either severe or Candid Judges as they find most Reason The loss of Rhodes is added not only to compleat the story but to revive the renown of the Great and Famous Villerius who sustain'd the whole power of the manificent Solyman till his Pride was quite tyr'd out Insomuch that had not Treachery within put a fatal period to the flourishing Estate of Rhodes Solyman might have waited long enough upon Palermos for the conquest of that City In short they that read to the end of these few Pages will find variety sufficient for so small a volume and a recital of such actions as rather deserv'd the Grandeur of a Heroick Poem then the ordinary dress of Prose THE HISTORY OF Peter D'Aubusson Great Master of RHODES PEter D'Aubusson whose History I have undertaken to write was by providence chosen out among the French about two hundred years since to set bounds to the Conquests of the Infidels And He it was that sav'd Rome from the destiny of Constantinople defending Rhodes against all the force of Mahomet the second Emperour of the Turks He was the Son of Reginald D'Aubusson Lord of Monteil-au-Viconte in Marche and Margaret of Comborn both of the most Ancient and Illustrious Houses in the Kingdom He receiv'd from nature together with a Noble Birth a strong and proportionable body fit for great undertakings a quick wit and vertuous inclinations As he was born valiant and that the fiery constitution of his body could not away with an idle life he took upon him the profession of Arms so soon as he was of Age to handle a sword The Truce which had been concluded between France and England by the address of Cardinal Sainte Croix Legate to Pope Eugenius the fourth and the Peace which follow'd oblig'd him to seek for Employment and Hounour in Germany The Emperour Sigismund had potent enemies both at home and abroad The Hussites made war against him in Bohemia and though they seem'd inclinable to a submission after the bloody Battel of Pragne where they lost above twenty thousand men yet Rebellion was all they had in their thoughts They were also so much the more to be fear'd by how much they were highly inrag'd at their defeat and that rage redoubl'd in some measure the zeal which serv'd for the pretence of their Revolt But the greatest mischief was in Hungary where the Turks made horrible havocks Sigismund who was at that time tak'n up with the affairs of the Council of Basle not being able to oppose himself against the Torrent which threatned to overflow all Germany sent away with all speed Albert Duke of Austria his Son in-law to repel the Barbarians Aubusson by chance or rather by a particular Providence of Heaven got a Command in this Army For providence having design'd him to a Profession and a Trust that concern'd the Defence of Christendom so order'd it that he should perform his first feats of Arms against the enemies thereof The Prince march'd with all the hast he could and though far inferiour in number he no sooner discover'd the Ottoman Army but he sell on with out any farther deliberation The beginning of the Combat savor'd the Imperialists They overturn'd at first whatever Resistance oppos'd them and made a very great slaughter Aubusson who felt his courage kindl'd upon sight of the Infidels slew a great many with his own hand and fought alwaies in the formost Ranks But when the Victory seemd to have been assuredly on Alberts side the Turkish Cavalry surrounded that of the Christians and fell upon them so impetuously that they made them give way and broke them upon the first charge The disorder was not long Aubusson rally'd all the Troops about him and renew'd the fight under the conduct of a Hungarian whose name is not recorded in Histories though his valor deserves to live eternally in the memory of men This brave person remarkable for his tall size of body and his undaunted Air together with Aubusson sustain'd almost without other Assistance all the whole power of the Enemy and with his battle-axe in his hand after he had beat down several made his way through the rest Which Action so Resolute as it terrifi'd the Turks so it reincourag'd the Christians All Alberts Troopes follow'd this new Leader who seemd to be sent to them from Heaven and as if they had at the same time been inspir'd with fresh Vigour they charg'd the Barbarians so rudely that eighteen thousand lay dead upon the place the rest thought of nothing but

Flight While the Arms of Sigismund had this happy success in Hungary his affairs prosper'd no less in other places The Hussites weak'nd by their Losses and either terrifi'd by the Threats or gain'd by the Promises of Emperor at length return'd to their duty The Treaty of Prague put an end to all the Troubles of Bohemia and upon a sudden the Imperial Authority was re-establish'd All things being thus calm'd and Albert having disbanded his Troops Aubusson attended the Nobility that went to the Emperour's Court. There he was receiv'd as one that contributed highly to the Victory in Hungary and that which was related to Sigismund touching the Valour of the young French Gentleman engag'd that Prince to give him publick marks of his esteem and acknowledgment But Aubusson not only attracted the praises and favours of the Emperour by his first exploits in War for he also gain'd his good will and kindness by his carriage near his person and the care which he took to please him Sigismund was endu'd with all the noble Qualities of a great Prince Besides that he was valiant wise religious he lov'd Learning in particular and had a great value for learned men whom he preferr'd upon all occasions before persons that had nothing to recommend them but their Birth He was himself learned perfectly well read in History He understood and spoke the Latine tongue as he made it appear at the Council of Constance by the testimony of Gerson Chancellour of the University of Paris who was present there and was charm'd with the last speech of that Prince For that reason he could not endure ignorance in his Courtiers and would say sometimes that he was asham'd of the Electors who had not the least tincture of Learning Though Aubusson were endu'd with a Martial soul and that the love of war overswayd his Inclinations yet had he a disposition and a Genious for Learning He had a quick and piercing wit a happy memory and a solid judgment So that it was no difficult thing for him to conform himself to the humour of the Emperor having in a short time fitted himself for all manner of addresses After he had study'd the languages as much as was requisite for a Souldier to know he apply'd himself to the understanding of all the noble sciences He learnt the Mapps the Mathematicks and above all the rest that part with concernes the Art of war But History was his Principal studie He made a kind of business Exercise of it reading more to instruct then divert himself For he was not contented to charge his memory with great names and strange Accidents as many do that read but he still made Judicious reflections upon what he read proposing to himself as examples to follow the actions of men Illustrious Above all things he examin'd the lives of great men and making advantage of their Vices as well as of their Vertues he became a Master to himself for the governing his own Manners Whatever love he had for reading and what ever pleasure he took in it yet he study'd the world more then books and above all the world and all books the Emperor As he had a free access to his person and was with him every day he was able to observe nere at hand his Maximes his words his actions and all his behaviour But among all the Vertues of Sigismund he was taken with none more then his Zeal for the Christian Faith of which he shew'd so many real marks not only in the Councils which he upheld by his authority and presence but also by the wars which he undertook against the Infidels Thus the Court which is usually the corrupter of youth was to Aubusson a school of wisdom and vertue Where besides the love which it taught him to have for learning and to make a sound judgment of things he acquir'd Integrity and became a man of Vertue and Repute With such noble Inclinations as these he might easily pretend to great employments in a Court where Justice was done to merit And certainly he had attain'd thereto as much a stranger as he was had not his Fortunes been overturnd by the Death of the Emperor Albert Duke of Austria who succeeded Sigismund had not for Aubusson those kind thoughts as his predecessors Whether it were that he did not naturally love the French or whether the Favors of the deceas'd Emperour provok'd his hatred of a stranger Aubusson quickly percev'd that the Emperor had got a new Master and that the best course that he could take was to be gone But though that Consideration might not have prevail'd with him to quit Germany yet his duty would have oblig'd to return to France The Treaty at Arras for the accommodation between the two Kingsof England and France not taking effect as it was hop'd the War broke out again between the two Kings So that there happ'nd divers sieges and divers fights with more heat and animosity then ever The English made great spoil in the Provinces of which they were not Masters and the French divided among themselves committed as great violences every where so that what between a Forraign and a Civil War joyn'd together the whole Kingdom was full of confusion and horrour This was the state of the Affairs of France when Sigismund di'd and that Aubusson forsook Germany to come and serve his own Country John D'Aubusson Lord of Born his Cousin-German and Chamberlain to Charles the seventh brought him to Court So soon as he came there his proper person his sparkling countenance his noble Air attracted the eyes of all upon him but his prudent and honest carriage his wit his politeness his pleasant conversation gain'd almost the hearts of every one In regard he was of the County of Marche and younger Son of the Vicounts of that County the Count of Marche Governour of the Dolphin shew'd him great respect and did him the honour to be his Patron This Relation which Aubusson had to the Count gave him opportunity often to wait upon the Dolphin who was almost of Age. He obtain'd his love being so happy as to share in the exercises and divertisements of the Prince He had also the good fortune to please Charles the seventh who saw in him at first sight something that was great and not common But it was not long ere be shew'd by his actions that what we conceiv'd of him was not without good ground He signaliz'd himself in a high measure at Montereau Faut-yone whither he attended the Dolphin who commanded at the Siege The King who had been himself a witness of the valour of Aubusson when he carry'd the City by Assault making his entry a little while after into Paris commanded his attendance upon him to Court with the chief of his Nobility This Entry was one of the most magnificent that ever was made And it may be truly said to be the first day that Charles began to reascend his Throne Several Cities follow'd the example

that the Grand Signior was setting forth a vast number of Ships and preparing all sorts of Engines of War and Guns of an extraordinary bigneses and that there was a stop all persons going to Rhodes without the leave of the Governours Thereupon the Grand Master making no farther doubt of the Truth put all hands to the fortifications giving the charge thereof to the Knights Anthony Brito a Portoguese and Francis Nueres of the Priory of Aquitaine He also made provision of Ovens and Mills and Lodgings of Ovens and Mills and Lodgings for the Country people that should retire into the City While these things were in hand he sent to Pope Adrian of whom he earnestly requested succour against the Turks as also to the Emperour and the King of France but in vain because they were then in open War one against the other As for the Pope he rather prejudic'd then assisted them For the Italian Knights being inform'd that he conferr'd every day Commanderies in Italy to their detriment complain'd to the Council of Rhodes and desir'd leave that they might go altogether to Rome to make their complaints to his Holiness which Liberty considering the State of Affairs was at that time deny'd them Thus was the Pope the Occasion of an unseasonable disorder For upon this the Italians openly complain'd of the Grand Master while the Chancellor Amarall secretly blew the bellows of dissention and carry'd it so far as to deny their service to the Order and to obey the Commands of the Grand Master Thereupon the Grand Master depriv'd of their habit three of the Principal Ring leaders Gabriel Solier James Palavicino and Lewis Moroso And to justifie himself he referr'd the whole to the consideration and examination of the Council who made their report that the Grand Master had done nothing but what was just prudent and rational However some of Commotion and Alteration at such a conjuncture made it their business to pacifie the Italians laying before them that the world would think and could not judge otherwise but that they sought for a pretence to go to Rome not so much for the sake of their Commanderies as to escape the danger of the approaching Siege Whereby the perswaders wrought so far that the Mutineers laid aside their anger made their excuses and return'd to the Obedience of the Grand Master who as kindly embrac'd and pardon'd them This bustle being over there arriv'd at Rhodes an Agent from Peri Basha who deliver'd a Letter to the Grand Master wherein the Basha invited him to a Treaty of Peace with the Grand Signior assuring him that if he sought it he should be well receiv'd and advising him withall to send for that purpose persons of Quality to the Port. The Embassador also deliver'd other Letters from the Grand Signior himself much to the same effect Most part of the Council considering the Age of Peri who was ancient and his known prudence and moderation had a good opinion of the Truth of the Embassie insomuch that they resolv'd to send to Constantinople the Chevalier Marquet Cataline and with him a Rhodian named Castrophylaca a person of great judgment and well skill'd in the Turkish Language to conclude a Peace in the same manner as it had been concluded in the time of D'Aubusson But when they were consulting about their Instructions some better considering of the business began to be of opinion that Peri was only a dissembler and observ'd that Solymans Letter gave no credence to that of Peri and that it was not practicable to send and Embassadour without a safe conduction in ample manner from the Grand Signiour While they were in these doubts the Grand Master was advertiz'd that Peri's Embassadour wandred about the City and with a diligent eye observ'd the Fortifications and made enquiries after the Quantity of Provisions the number of Souldiers and what relief was expected This open'd the eyes of the Council and gave them to understand that they were abus'd and that the Embassadour was only come as a spie Thereupon they presently sent him away ordering a Greek of mean Quality to go along with him to whom they gave two Letters one to Solyman the other to the Basha where in a few words the Grand Master declar'd that he had intelligence of every thing and that he had neither any thought or fear of the Grand Signiour or of his forces Nevertheless he desir'd a safe conduct for an Embassadour and offer'd to restrain the Incursions of those of the Order The Embassadour being arriv'd at Port Fisco found Horses there ready for him and went Post to Constantinople leaving the Greek behind who being unwilling to travel alone through an Enemies Country so far a journey return'd to Rhodes in the same Vessel that carry'd him By which miscarriage every one was then ascertain'd that the Embassie was but only a deceit and that the Town would suddainly be besiedg'd The City was well provided of Flesh pulse and wheat of which there was enough all the time of the siege as for warlike munitions it was thought there had bin enough though the Siege had lasted a whole year But they found it otherwise for they spent a great quantity to hinder the approaches of the Enemies Trenches besides the continual wast of powder and shot day night against so many thousands of busy Enemies Thereupon the Chevalier Antonie Bosio a person of a quick Capacity and one who did many services for the Order while he liv'd was sent into Candy for wine and to make a Levy of Archers but the Candiots afraid of the Turk forbid him to raise any men However under pretence of a convoy for his freight he brought away four hundred Archers which did eminent service all the time of the Siege The same Bosio met also upon the Sea with a Venetian whose name was Anthony Bonaldi coming from Alexandria in a great Vessel laden with Wine and bound for Constantinople But Bosio perswaded him to alter his Course and bring his Cargo to Rhodes where after he had sold his Wine he put himself and his men into the service of the Order and behav'd himself during the siege like a person of great valor And now intelligence came from all parts especially from the Duke of Nixia that the Galleys were lanching and that the whole fleet wound depart at the Latter end of May. Thereupon the Grand Master caus'd a General Muster to be made as well of the Knights as of the other Souldiers As to those of the Habit there appear'd one and fifty of the Language of Province 26 of that of Auvergne Sixty two of France Forty seven of Italy Fifty one of Arragon Catalogne and Navar Eleven of England Six of Germany Fifty seven of Castile besides 13 others more that kept guard in the Castle of St. Nicholas The whole Garrison consisted of about 5000 men After the muster was thus made the Grand Master appointed to every Commander his particular duty what