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A14027 The order of the greate Turckes courte, of hys menne of warre, and of all hys conquestes, with the summe of Mahumetes doctryne. Translated out of Frenche. 1524 [sic].; Estat de la courte du grant Turc. English Geuffroy, Antoine. 1542 (1542) STC 24334; ESTC S104956 50,701 162

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of Fraunce whiche gaue to them duke Iohan of Calabrie sonne of kynge Rene. Againe they retourned to Philyppe duke of Millan afterwarde lefte hym so y t they knewe not to what saint they shulde vowe them selues But the moste mischyefe was that the sayde warres were an occasyon of the losse of Sirya of the realme of Ierusalem and that they opened a gate vnto the Turckes in to Grecelande and Europe as I wyll declare hereafter And it was about that tyme when Loys of Rauiere Federike of Austrige were at varyance for the empyre of Almanie The sayde Orcan reygned .xxii. yeres to the beginninge of kynge Iohn of Fraunce whych was the yere of our lorde a. M .iii. hundred and fyftye And he lefte his sonne Amurath to be hys successoure AMurath which y e Hungariens call Ammerat and the Turckes Moratheg or Morathey and Norathegby which signifieth Morath y e lorde he succeded Orcan whē Cantacusan pursued the Emperoure Caloianne hys sōne in lawe w t the ayde of Marcke Carlouich lorde of Bulgarie He was fauoured also of certayne Barons and lordes of Grece enemies of the emperour Caloianne Whyche forbecause he perceaued hym selfe to weake he was constreygned to aske helpe of y e sayde Amurath he dyd sende to hym .xii. M. horsemen with y e which he pacified all his maters afterward gaue them licence to departe But they hauing sene and tasted of the goodnes pleasauntnes of y e countree of Grece perswaded as it was easy to do y e sayde Amurath to gooe into Grece lyke as he dyd in dede accompaigned with .lx. thousande men w t whome by the aide meanes of two marchauntes shyppes of the Geneuoyes whiche had of him lx thousande ducates he passed ouer the strayct in olde tyme called Hellespontus and nowe called Callipolly or the castel by reason of two castelles being there at this houre where somtyme were wonte to be .ii. townes Sestus Abidus And they toke the towne of Calipoli beynge nere to y e saide streyght And afterwarde Adrianopoli nowe callled Andrinopoli and Philippoli somtyme called Olimpias They also ouerran all y e countre of Thrace called of some Romanie euen to y e mounteyn of Rhodope called by y e Grekes Basilissa y t is the quene of mounteynes Othersome doth cal it y t mounteyn of syluer by reasō of diuers mines of siluer y t there are They discōfyted in bataile y e said Marcke Carlouich toke prysoner the Erle Lazare of Seruir whyche is Misia the lesse called of Frossarde the erledome of Lazaran and caused him to be behedded in the meane time y e Emperour Charlys the fourth beynge greatly hindered and damaged wyth the resystaunce of the chyldren of Loys of Bauiar some tyme Emperour and in defendynge hym selfe from Ferray or Federic Marques of Mysue frō the Erle of VVirtenberge his pursuers he was constrayned to leaue the Empyre after him to hys sōne Lancelot and to sell the townes and lordeshyppes of Italye as Myllan to vicountes and dyuerse other Finally the sayde Amurath was slayne by a seruaunte of the sayde Erle of Lazare in reuengyng of his masters death In the yere of our Lorde athousande three hundred three score and thyrtene after that he had reygned thre and twentye yeares euen nere tooe the begynnynge of the reygne of Charlis the fyfte kynge of Fraunce leuynge two sonnes behynde hym the one named Pazait and the other Seleyman PAzait or Bazait after y e Turkes which neuer pronoūce the letter P was called of Froyssart king Basant y e sōne of Lamorabaquin some tyme Amorabaquin after hys fathers name Engner master Nycole Gilles whych gathered and compyled the Cronycles of Fraunce dothe calle hym kynge Basaac Thys manne was hardye dylygente and a great enterpryser he slewe in one battayle Marcke Carlouich in the whyche also were slayne al the nobles of Seruie and Bulgarie and thereafter ouer ranne all the country of Thessalie Macedonie nowe called Thumenesie and Albainie He destroyed all Grece euen tooe Athenes called of some Cuthine he spoyled Bosue whych is y e vpper Misia Croace and Sclauonie whyche are Dalmacia and Liburnia The Emperoure Lancelot sonne of Charlys the fourth then liuyng was sooe peasyable and quyet that often tymes he was imprysoned by hys owne subiectes and was deposed of hys Empyre by the Almaynes whyche dyd elect two others that is to wytte Ioce hys neueiue and Roberte of Bauyere called Rueprech whyche sygnyfyeth in theyr language Trouble peace For tooe returne agayne tooe Bazait he entred into Hungarie and dyscomfyted kynge Sigismound whych afterward was made Emperour called by Engnarran Sagemont in the famouse battayle of Nicopoli whych was lost because the Frēch men wolde not beleue the sayde Sigismonde nor tarye vpon the approchinge of his battayles nor of the Almaynes which was rekened to theyr greate pryde and arogancye as sayeth Frossarde In the whyche battayle were taken the Erle of Neuers Ihon afterward duke of Burgoynie the sōne Philippe the fyrst duke Philippe of Arthois Erle Deu constable of Fraunce Ihon the Maingre called Boucincalte and dyuerse others to the nomber of .vii. or .viii. which were sent to Bursir al the rest were slaine to the nomber of a thousande speres The whych battayle was on the vygyll of Saynte Myghell in y e yere of oure Lorde .xiii. C. lxxxxvi The sayd prysoners were after ward redemed not without great raunsons by the dylygence of one called Iames of Hely gentelman of Pycardie whych was taken with theym and who also before was well beknowen and trusted in the courte of the sayde Amorabaquin After thys battayle Bazait assyeged the towne of Constantinople and had taken the same had not been that a great prynce of Tartarye dyd enter in the Lanatolie whyche was called Tamerlā or Tamburlam by the Turckes called Demirlenge and by some hystoryans of Fraunce named Tacon of Tartarie but he was called of hys owne Temircuthlu that is to saye fortunate or happie swearde or happie yron And was the sonne of Cham of Tartarie called zaym Cham of the Horde or multytude of zanoltha and Czahaday beynge be twene y e riuers of Rha Volha which entre in the see of Abacuth whych y e Latinistes call Mare Caspiū or Hircanū And thys zaym was the verye same whome they of Pole called in theyr hystories Bathy the fyrst Mahumetyst of al the Tartaryans Tamerlan soone after was lord of al Tartarie Precopie called by theym Prezelzoth which signifieth diches or trēches lyinge betwixt the ryuers of Tana called Tanais and called of the Bory sehenes Nepar and by the Turckes Decoz the whyche countrye in olde time was Scithia y e lesse beingnowe in the possessyon of the Turcke And the sayde Tamerlā helde his seege in the great towne of Samarcande vpō the sayd see of Abacuth made him self to be
spryng of y e heauenly oracles For Mahumet crieth out against the vnfaithfulnesse of the Iewes he affirmeth cōstantly that Christ was conceaued of the holy goost and borne of a pure virgin he calleth Christa great prophete of God the woord y e soule the spirite of God whiche shall iudge all the worlde Nether woulde Mahumet seme to be y t enemie of Christ or to abholishe his doctrine but only to correcte those thinges whiche were corrupted and priuely putte in by other menne Mahumet also fighteth strōgly against certain doctrines dāned by God his woord as of the Anthiopomorphites whiche fasion the God head with a manes bodie forme Item he abrasethe the supersticion of the heathen and deniethe y e pluralite of Goddes and saieth that images be not to bee worshipped Briefely this is the sūme and chief head of Mahumettes religion y t there is one God whiche made preserueth gouerneth all thynges and that Mahumet was his principall ambassadour and one of his priuie coūsel and that he brought forthe nothyng to bee obserued beleued whiche he drewe not out of the mouthe and harte of y e true God So that to beleue the maister of truthe is to beleue God whiche vsed Mahumet familiarlye and to despyse hym is to despyse God which sent so heauenly a doctour And that the folowers of Mahumetes learnyng be the lawfull sonnes of faythful Ahraham heyres of goddes promyses And that in the earth they shall haue the fruicion of all good thynges and in y e worlde to come they shalbe the indwellers of Paradise that theyr they shall haue swete waters pleasaunt frutes and faire womenne And whosoeuer despyseth the lawes publyshed in the Alcorā as vngodlye personnes shal not only bee punished here temporallye but also in the worlde to comme euerlastyngly whan in the resurreccion the soules shalbe called agayne to their bodyes he denyeth that Christ was put to death of y e Iewes farther he sayth playnly that Christ dyed not Mahumetes do ctryne hathe no holde of the head Christe it is a plantacion which y e heauenly father hath not planted and therfore shall Christ pul it vp by the rootes The foundacion of euerlastyng truth is buylded vpō Iesus of Nazareth whyche was crucifyed and dyed vnder Ponce Pilate the saueour of the worlde chiefly of the faythfull Nowe seynge y t the Turkyshe profession denieth this thyng and fighteth agaynste it The euerlastynge truthe constraigneth vs to graunt y t this infinite multitude whiche is an horrible thynge to thyncke of Mahumetanes Turkes Saracenes other stādeth in daūger of most greuous dānaciō To whiche secte thei that cleaue frely vnconstr eynedly thei entre not in to the waie of true saluaciō but throwe theimselfes headlynge in to extreme darknes in to the compaignie of the deuil in to eternal death in to y e helpitte of horrible calamite here thou hast what to bee thought iudged of the Mahumetanes What thyng moueth the authoure hereof to wryte thys treatyse Where the Turkekepeth hys resydence The name sytuacyon of y e Turkes palayce Bosphorus a streyghte of Thrace The descripcy on of Saraye y e palayce royall By whom the Turke is serued in his chāber Howe .ii. yōge mē watch the Turke nyght lye The monye y t is put daylye in the Turkes pockettes Fyfty Aspres make a ducate And a ducate is worth .v. s. sterlynge so y t euery x Aspres maketh .xii. d. sterlynge The sygnyfycacyon of the superserypeyon of the Turkes coyne Howe euerye daye y e Turke hath so much monye newly put into hys pocket or pursse and to whō the monye remaineth yf he spende it not The offyce of y t .vi. spryngaldes The Turcke alwayes drincketh water The custome of the Turkes is to putte of theyre shooes when they go into theyr houses The trimmīg of theyr flourthes The Tureke vseth two maner of paymētes The fyrst payment The seconde payment Thre captaynes of the porters that hath eche of theym x. s. sterlynge a daye Two hundred and fyftye vnderporters y t haue euerye one of theym viii pēce or .ix. pence a daye st An other captayne of the gate y t hath vi s. sterlynge a daye The capteine of the palayce hath .v. s. the daye sterlyng Howe the Turcke in hys palayce bryngeth vp fyue L ▪ yong mēne in learnynge The teachers of y t yong mē The teachers of the yonge menne How these yonge menne haue .ii. lyuereys a yere What time y e yonge men go forth of the Saray The deuision and captayns of the yonge menne The lodgyng of the yonge menne The lodgyng of the gelded menne The garden perteyning to Saray The capteine of the gardeners The gardyners lyucrey Iannissairers ben suche pages as appeteth hereafter in this boke The deuisyō of the gardyners theyr capteynes The Liuetenaunt hath .ii. s. sterlynge a daye The barges that attende vpon y e great Turke There is an hundred Iannisserotes appoynted to catye woode There ar ten Iannisserotes that cary water The maner of theyr caryeng of water The Mayster cooke The Clerke of y e kytchyn The vnder clerke The Sewer The offyce of the Sewar The Sewer hathe vnder hym an hundred The stable with the nomber of horse menne Note that euery officer is not recyted nor yet all the chyefe princyyall that is in y e Turcke his courte The Turckes garde These Iannissaerlars are chrysten mennes chyldrenne The interpretacyon of Cham and yeser The Iannissaires wayte vpon the Turcke a foote The captei ne of these men The autoryte of this capteyne The greate capteyne hath vnder him an other The clerke of the Iannissaries Wages of y e Iannissaries The deuision and capteines of the Iannissaries The capteine ouer ten The lyueries of the Iannissaryes Note y t these men are not alwayes resydent in the Turcke hys courte The liuynge of y e Iannyssayres How the Ian nissarys are vsed whē they be aged How the capteynes are vsed Howe an hundred .l. of the sayde Iannissaryes gooe a fote aboute y e personne of y e sayde Turke The Solachtars The. ii captaynes of the Solachtars The signifycacyon of Solache In the Turckes garde is iii. M. Spachoglās ouer whome is a greate capiteine called Aga that ride on the ryght hande of the great Turcke A nother compaignie which ryde on y t left hande of the Turcke The speare menne that wayte on the Turcke The nōbre of the Turcke his garde is .xxxviii. M. footemen and horsemen The capteine of hunters fauconers The Maister ▪ of the houndes Two hedde faulkeners The Turcke hath forty lackeys The Turkes interpreter The exspences of the interpreter The offycers of the Turcke that are extraordynarie The offycers ordinarie and extraordinarye The interpretacyō of Topgibassi The Turcke hath ii M. gonners The capteine of the charettes Two masters of the horse The authoryte of the master of the Turckes housholde The keper of the Turkes palayce and