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A64070	Memoires of the life and actions of the most invincible and triumphant prince, Ihon the Great, third of that name, present king of Poland containing a succinct series of affairs from craddle to his present day : with a particular relation of his many great and stupendious victories obtain'd against the Turks and Tartars, from the time he was first made crown-general, and afterwards elected King of Poland / done in verse, out of H. G's historical account of the said princes life and actions, by a lover of the peace and glory of Christendome.	Tyler, Alexander.; H. G. Scanderbeg rediviuus.	1685 (1685)	Wing T3558; ESTC R14474	74,153	177

Took up the Crown of fair and puissant France Now falling to him by Inheritance I write the just words of my Authors Text Puts this in year five hundred seventy sixt AFter the Recess of this last nam'd Prince The Poles next Diet were not of one sense One Party nam'd for KING Stephen Bathor The Transylvanian prince as many more The Austrian Arch-Duke Maximilian Which 'twixt those Princes open War began But Stephens Valour with the Victory Obtain'd the Crown who Issueless did dye In year of Christ five hundred eighty sixt Then Sigismund the third succeeded next Son to the King of Sweden named Ihon Being chose to fit on Polands mighty Throne Soon after which the Father Ihon deceast Did Sigismund with 's Native Crown invest This Sigismund now King of Pole and Swed Had by his Mother secretly been bred In Popish Tenents And all this was done Without least Inkling of his Father Ihon As Zealous Protestant as any one On whose Election unto Polands Crown He Protestant suspect'd not Popish known And Romes Religion still obtaining there To satisfy the Poles he did declare That he for ever would maintain and own The Roman Catholick Religion This made the wary Swedes still Lutheran Desire conditions that he should maintain Their Protestant Religion as 't then was And let no Popish Innovations pass But some few Churches by his sufferance Or sloath not known some Places of Defence Had Popish Priests and Catholick Commanders Which made those stiff and jealous Swedenlanders Suspect this Sigismund of Male-intent And then Revolt at last with joynt consent Charles third son of Gustave Errickson His Uncl's lift up to the Swedish Throne HEnce came those Strifes and Fends and Wars amain 'Twixt Polands Kingdom and the Crown of Sweden For Sigismund did prosecute his Claim And Charles maintaind's Election by the same Which Strise 'twixt Vncle and Nephew did not dy But did descend to both's Posterity Just in the year six hundred thirty two Dy'd sigismund succeded Ladislow His eldest son who dy'd in fourty eight Whose brother Cazimir had next that Right By Choise who after twenty years of Reign The Polish Crown did willingly resign Michael Coribut Wiesnowitski Came next and now this glorious SOBIETSKI Who for his Countreys Honour Safety Crown Hath done yet doth such deeds of loud Renown Made them so great and glorious in each thing As mov'd each Polish heart to choise him King REader I hope thou 'l pardon this Deduction Plain as it is was meant for thy Instruction And understanding things express'd of Course Which needs we must recount in this Discourse Nor can't be needless you should also hear That KINGS of POLAND still Elective are Marvel with me how comes't their Sov'raign pow'r So much restrain'd should yet so long endure Or how Poles Princes straight bound up with Fetters Their Royal Hands so Chain'd with Words and Letters Should sway a Scepter or a Sword should shake To Rule or ' Fend their People while one Sneak Or Waspish Fellow in their Parliament Tho the least Nuntio shall dissassent In any point of greatest Importance Be it the Kingdoms Ruine or Defence The KING himself and the whole Polish Diet Must leav 't undone and sculk away in quiet Some Authors talk but whether lye or troth I shall not say that Polands Kings take Oath Not only to Govern conform to the Laws And Constitutions Statutes Customs Cause O' th' Kingdom to maintain the sev'ral Rights And Priviledge of all their Orders right And not to mince the Kingdoms Revenue But that there 's yet in th' Oath a Clause more blew In case the King should rule in otherwise Absolving People from Obedience Tyes I shall not here my doubts again renew Tho unto me this seems more strange than true That Fundamental Law of Germany Call'd Aurea Bulla can 't compared be VVith this for not to name the many things VVherein the Emp'rors case is wide of Kings In Pole th' Electors ev'ry one by one Are sev'ral pieces of a State that 's one All private men Subjects at most at best But in the Empire this may well be prest Where each Elector's Prince of Sov'raign State And cannot yoak his Pow'r at other rate It s then a Fancy or is't be ought true It s but of yesterday and late and new For in th'authentick form of the old Oath Of Polish KINGS which Orichovius hath There is not the least mention made of this HOw e're it be without Oath true it is That by their ancient Constitutions known Their KING can nothing great perform alone Without consent of th' whole Estates in one In making War or in contracting Peace Levying of Taxes or in Crown-Lands Lease Nor any important affair of State But by the joynt advice of full Senat. Yet as the stern stout Poles Nobility Have such strong Holds of Soveraignity So they assume and still pretend each one At least presume or formerly have done Unto themselves a more transcendent Pow'r Then they 'd allow to King or Emperour In all their Seigniories as accords They do behave themselves like abs'lute Lords This Kingdoms Palatinats thirty four Or Governments each of whom all is o're His own Castellans which of Cities are Captains or Governors in Peace and War Of whom in Poland if we 've counted even There are in all much about eighty seven Of Grand Ecclesiasticks they have two Archbishops GNESNA and of Le'pold too Of old a third at RIGA also had Until that City sell unto the Swed This Gnesna is prime Senator of State Who when the KING shall die without debate He hath the chief mannage of great Affairs During the Interreign tho 't were for Years And Issues Warrants for the States to come To the Election of a new Prince whom When Chose the Oath administers to him And sets upon his Head Poles Diadem All their most important Affairs are done Determin'd and advis'd resolved on In Diets or in Parliaments alone Which Parliaments or Diets thus are held Being summon'd by the King and thus they 'r call'd To Prelats Palatines the KING doth send By 's Chanc'lor Letters of Instruction pen'd Which mentions all his Majesty thinks sitting To be propos'd then ' points their time of Meeting Which Letters had each Senator alone Considers the Design they drive upon The Consequences Qualities and Natures Of those Affairs propos'd in the KINGS Letters The very same and of that full extent The KING' 's to offer to 's next PARLIAMENT Concerning all each Free-man of his Vote Hath a full Liberty o's yea or not Just as he pleaseth or he is in Mood For privat Interest or publick good Beside all these the KING doth Letters send Into each Pa'atinate to be kend When the Nobility are all to meet That ev'ry Province then may have its Leet And Representatives they may be chose Who here are always called LAND-NUNTIOS For which effect Convention's held in all And ev'ry County which they LANDT-JAG call

Six Weeks before the Session of the Diet Here one Commission'd from the KING stands by it Who in each LANDT-JAG publickly declares All less and more the KINGS propos'd Affairs To be debated in next Parliament Which having thought upon with full intent They choice their Members with Instructions clad All which exactly must be followed In ref'rence to the Kings propos'd Desires And freedom to propound what e're their Countries good requires THis distinct Body of LAND-NUNTIOS Altho the Senat 's greater men then those Tho lesser these then those in Dignity Yet equal to them in Autority Is Ballance to the Senat to controul Those Grandees if the KING should them cajole With Words or Promises or Bounteous Deeds To break their Arms or bow their Hearts or Heads Or with Corrupting Gold to blind their Eyes And jeopard all their Countries Liberties Wherefore they always pick out for that Trust Persons sufficient sober wise and just Of all which Qualities they have much need For in the Diet if on any head There happen but one single Dissentor Whither't be Nuntio or Senator Stiffly persisting his alone Protest On that Point makes that nothing can concluded by the rest Who tho they all should vote it o're and or'e't Ones Nic-poz-waliam carrys all afore't Wherefore all their Determinations made In Vote unanimous or as they ha 't Nemine Reclamante't may be said Besides these Palatinats spoke of now The Cities DANTZICK VILNA and CRACOW Each have the Priv'ledge of their Deputy Who have their Seats mongst the Nobility But common Matters are dispatcht and sped By Judges in each Province stablished And Burgraves of each Town and City where The meanest Peasant if he lists may hear And know all done for no Impediment 's made there where all sorts may themselves present From Salt-Pits Copper-Mines and those of Lead And silver the KINGS Revenues are had The KING all Prelats and all Dignities All Officers of War and of Justise Of the Exchequer and of Policy Doth nominat anew when these do or transgress or dy The highest Honours in Poles Kingdom known Are the Grands Marshal Genral of the Crown Grands Master of Kings Houshold Chancellor These doth the KING dispose and sev'ral more A LETTER TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE The EARL of STRATHMORE and KINGHORN Vice-Count LYON Lord GLAMES c. One of the Lords of His Imperial MAJESTIES most Honourable Privy COUNCIL and EXCHEQUER Vpon his Lordships having been the Occasion of the Authors first Writing and then Supplying the Materials unto the little small Canto of the SIEGE of VIENNA which was also the Occasion of these MEMOIRES of the KING of Poland and his Lordships Encouragement of the Author to proceed when he had the first view of some of the ensaing Sheets then Imperfect MY LORD KINNETTLS where I have now lived these Fifteen Years past being in your Lordships Vicinage and in view of the Smoak of the Chimneys of your Antient and Magnifick House of GLAMES having beside the many other Favours unworthily enough cast away on me obliged my not being unfrequently with your Lordship and your Noble Family there when I was ofterr honoured to be bid see your Lordship at your other lesser but pleasanter House of CASILE-LYON some Ten Miles distant thence I confess I was herein wanting to my Day and my Self that I had not seen your Lordship there before the beginning of October 1683 when all the Earth rung the Praise of the Victorious KING of Pole I remember that after a very orderly Supper for further Entertainmet of your Lordships Guests then and there we had a very fine and harmonious Consort of Vocal Musick and of the great variety of melodious Airs that of ARMIDA being frequently called for and still applauded by your Lordship and all the Hearers your Lordship wisht that the Relies of Besieged VIENNA might be composed to that Tone how soon soever it s more exact Relation came to this KINGDOM Which upon that same condition I then underlook And accordingly in less then a Month the reasrer at my next having the honour to see your Lordship at GLAMES I was presented with a Description of the Encampment of the Turks and Relief of VIENNA done at COLEN and Reprinted at LONDON in the year 1683 all in one great Sheet And being so put to it especially to a Person of so much Honour and Ingenuity to make good a Promise which at that time I remembere'd much better then the forenamed Air. To perform what I had said I sent your Lordship timely next Morrow the said Description done in such bad Verse as may be expected from a Man thar because he thinks none of his best Compasures worth the favour of anothers first sight so he but seldom vouchsafes himself the trouble nor them the regard of a second Thought being almost sick and weary of them ere ever they are well or ill done out This little song emituled the Siege and Battle of VIENNA with some other Scriblings of mine in several Copies especially the Tempest having fall'n into the Hands of some others of my Friends and by frequent Tramsmissions at last stolen into the Press whence they skip't so uggly with Errata that returning again to my view tho a good time before as far out of my Thought as they had been removed from my Custody I was thereupon induced to resolve upon an entire Account of that Great and Heroick MONAROH his LIFE in a larger and longer Paem how soon I could come by any perfect Notice thereof I need not tell your Loraship who it was that procured me the first sight of the Memoris of H.G. My Acknowledgements in that being indebted primarly to your SELF and the much Accomplished MASTER of KINAIRD Your Noble eldest Son my Lord GLAMES who may well Ornament a great Family peradventure a Country some short time thereaster enquiring for the view of another Piece supposed to have been once in my Custady That I might stave off his Importunity I was enforced to shew him and both your Lordship saw them first of all others six or seven Sheets of the yet imperfect Memoirs of the KING of Pole The undeserved Approhation which your Lordships then and others afterwards have been pleased to vouchsafe them have encouraged them to look out abroad into the World in such plain Garb as they are being destitute for most part of these loud and light flourishes which are seen and expected in Poesie Lest the Selidity and Imporiance of so great so true a History should have dwindled into the Phantastick Scenes and Appearances of Romance And now My Lord when these and other your accustomed Kindnesses to me and the usage of the World in such cases require I should expatiat in your down-right how much deserved soever Commendation to your face Tho the Antiquity of your Noble Family the Honours Offices and Publick Trusts of severals of your brave Ancestry as well as those in your own person those HERO's