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A07605	The Mahumetane or Turkish historie containing three bookes: 1 Of the originall and beginning of the Turkes, and of the foure empires which are issued and proceded out of the superstitious sect of Mahumet. 2 Of their conquests and the succession of the house of Ottoman, vntill the present reigning of Mahumet the third. 3 Of the warres and seege of Malta, which Solyman the great made to the great maister and brothers of that order. Heerevnto haue I annexed a briefe discourse of the warres of Cypres, at what time Selimus the second, tooke from the Venetians the possession of that iland, and by reason thereof I haue adioyned a finall discourse conteining the causes of the greatnesse of the Turkish Empire. Translated from the French & Italian tongues, by R. Carr, of the middle Temple in London, Gentleman. Dedicated to the three worthy brothers Robert Carr, William Carr and Edward Carr, in the county of Lincolne, Esquires.	Carr, Ralph, of the Middle Temple.; Foglietta, Uberto, 1518-1581. De causis magnitudinis imperii Turcici. English.	1600 (1600)	STC 17997; ESTC S112763	141,432	259

dominsons vvho if he were like in condicions either to his father Soliman or to his grand father Selymus and Germany to continue in his Intestine and inward contencions and diuisions as it still doth it is to be much f●a●ed but that it vvould happen to Germany ●vvhich alredy ●ath chaunced to the infortunate countries of Thracia Dacia Maesia and the most part of their vvofull and miserable neighbour the Kingdom of Hungary For it is an assured and very true sayeng that Nulla tam magna tamque firma potentia est quam discordia non comminuat et perdat There is no Kingdome or Power be it neuer so great and mightie vvhich discord and ciuill discencion in it selfe doth not distroy and bring to confusion The end of the third Booke ¶ To the three worshipfull brothers worthy Patrons of vertue and all good Arts Robert Carr William Carr and Edward Carr in the Countie of Lincolne Esquiers Raffe Carr their most affectionate kinsman wisheth all content HAuing Right worthy Gentlemen formerly made knowne to euery of you by such simple remembrances as my power could aford how much I desire dayly studie in perticuler to serue honor you I thought it now not amisse treating of one argument comd of the same kindred deriued from the general obseruations which euery where with profit in these three first bookes are to be gathered thus ioyntly to you all to perticipate this common good For if the vse which euery one ought arightly to make in the reading of Histories be grounded chiefely in the election of taking or leauing the better or worse of such things as by examples are faithfully propounded which vpon occasion should be applied either to the well gouerning of a priuate life or to the inabling of our vnderstanding for counsell in our countries seruice In either part I say I know none of many who haue had these Turkish affaires with the perpetuall felicitie in consideration to whome with more credit a man may giue beleefe then to Hubert Folieta the Genuoys whilst with much wisedome grauitie and discreation he handleth though briefely the causes of the greatnesse of the Turkish Empire to his deere friend the famous Captaine Marcus Antonius Columna A treatise I suppose to euery conceauing man or such whome the care of a common good doth possesse very acceptably This same therfore for the former alleged reasōs haue I heere annexed so faithfully as I could persuade the nice Italian tongue to speake our proper language To which I haue further added that the occasion of this discourse might the better be apparant the narration of the war of Ciprus held betwixt the Turk and Venetians some xxx yeeres agoe In which their wars the Venetiās being excedingly ouerborne notwithstanding that notable victorie obtained by them and their confederates in the Gulfe of Corinth made priuely their peace without knowledge giuen therof either to the Pope or king of spaine who in these wars had ben their associats whilst Marcus Antonius Columna Pope Pius quintus general alwaies in opinion against the same persuaded to his power the contrary that so worthy an occasion of further victory should not so vnworthely be relinquished Of which matter imparting his mynde to his friend Folieta it became the subiect of this ensuing discourse wherin Folieta not intermedling with what the Venetians had done onely layes downe in general such causes as by great reason may be thought of those fortunate successes which hourely attend the Turkish Ensignes To which I had rather remit you then longer to deteine with the harshnes of an ill pleasing Epistle And now hauing for the present done that due obseruance to you all of me long both determined and desired I most earnestly beseech you to take my boldnesse in good part void of all saucie presumption my meaning as it is clothed in a sincere will alwaies to serue honor you my request as I shall deserue for euer to be preserued in your good opinion Wherwith if you shall so much grace me I protest there can no one thing giue more fulnesse to much of that happinesse which in this world I affect wherof nothing distrusting though meanely deseruing I take my leaue and rest Your most bounden for euer Raffe Carr. ¶ THE NARRATION of the warres of Cyprus held betwixt the Venetians and the Turks ● during the yeeres 1570. and 1571. CYprus so called by reason of the rich Copper Mynes therein conteined plentiefull and abounding in excellent Wynes Wheate Oyle Suger being in deed that true Mecarian Isle vnder xxxv degrees of the Poles eleuation standeth in the Gulfe Issicus distant twentie German myles from Syria conteining in length fiftie miles of the sayd German measure but in breadth ten or twelue at the most and in diuers places lesse Salamis the Citie of Cyprus built by Teucer Aea●ide held for their Kings for many discents the same Teucrians of vvhich race Euagoras and Nicocles vvere men celebrated and made famous by Isocrates Orations To these Teucrians succeded the Ptolomees to them the Romans vnder vvhose gouernment although much and grieuously vexed by the Saracines they cōtinued firme and constant vnto the time of Andronicus Commenus and Henry the sixt Emperors For about the yeere 1190 Richard the sonne of Henry the second King of England sayling towards Palestine and put from landing in that Island by Isaac Commenus then the gouernour tooke the same by force vvhich afterwards he gaue to Guy of Lusignan sonne in law of King Almerick vvho had lost the Citie of Hierusalem in exchange for the bare tytle and name to him and his posteritie of the sayd Crowne of Hierusalem The issue and lyne of vvhich Guy enioyed the sayd Kingdome of Cyprus 250. yeeres vntill the tyme that Peter reigned vvho vvas taken prisoner by the Souldan of Aegipt but afterward vpon Tributarie condicions restored to vvhich Peter succeded Peter the sonne vvho at the death of his Father being very young vvas afterward married to Haelena Paleologa and by hir had issue Carlotta married first to Iohn King of Portugall But lastly to Lewes Duke of Sauoy vvhich Lewes for a small time reigned King of Cyprus This second Peter ●ad likewise a bastard issue called Iames vvho by the help of the Souldan of Egipt expelled from the kingdome of Cyprus the sayd Lewes of Sauoy Iames tooke to vvyfe Katherin the daughter of Marcus Cornelius adopted by the state of Venice vvho being vvith childe by hir husband and he before hir deliuerie dyeng in the yeere 1470. The said Common vvealth tooke to their charge both the mother child and Kingdome But shortly after the enfant dyed supposed to haue bene poisoned by the practise of that state vvho solely thereby possessing themselues of the kingdome reduced the same into the forme of a Prouince Katherin the mother being brought back to Venice vvho liued to the yeere 1510. Now Selymus the first Emperour of the Turks after the vtter oppressing