one made strong with pow'rful Alliance As might best Help the Kingdom to Advance And fairly carry on the present work Of the great Warr in hand against the Turk Upon all which mature Consideration They knew none fitter for their Nominations Nor for the Queen nor worthier to Reign Then Charles Prince of Lorrain were he KING THen some the Prince of Neuburg nominat Altho their Votes in number was not great YEt after all these Disputes SOBIETZKI This Polar Starr whose Light may overmate Skie As with one Vote or shout was chosen KING On twenty first of May begun his REIGN In sev'nty four with greatest joy of all Beyond what Pole e're saw both great and small Poles Primat Gnesna Bed-rid at that time Who by his Office should the KING proclaim He absent Ex Officio it was due Unto the then Arch-bishop of Cracow Who did with wont Solemnities Proclaim Him KING by IHON the Third of the same name Of Poland KING great Duke of Litwanie WHo forthwith of himself most graciously Was pleas'd to promise that Queen Dowagier Should be provided as best suited her High quality As also the Arrear Of Polish Army he should forth with Clear And quite discharge from out 's own Revenue Seeing the Publick could scarce spare it now At which time also further did express His Inclinations and great willingness To grant the Trust of the Grand Mareschal Or Which is here the same Crown General One Prince Demetrius Wiesnowis ki Vncle to late KING And also this Of Crowns Lievtenant Generalship thus void Should by Kiovies Palatine be joy'd BUt as he signifi'd his strong intent To prosecute this present Warr full bent Against the Insidels with utmost vigor And with pursuits of dreadful Armies Rigor To Rout and Kill and put their Troops to chace Or force them to some honourable Peace And to that purpose at 's own proper Charge A thousand Foot he would raise and Discharge Their Pay enduring this same next Campaign For to Encourage all the Noblemen And other Polish Grandees ev'ry one To do the like in their Proportion So he desired that he might Retain The Trust of General till this Campaign Were ended for the Kingdoms present State Urg'd the Delay o's Coronations date Till the Campaign be over Whereanent The whole Nobility gave their Assent And that the Article they offered Into the Pacta or Agreements made Obliging SOBIETZKI now their KING The Crown on no occasion to Resign Should be Cancell'd Expung'd or quite Omitted This at 's Desire was also freely Quitted ARchbishop Gnesna scarce warm in his Place On twenty fifth of May he did Decease The KING thought fit to raise into his ROOM The much Esteemed Learned Bishop Culm Who did Succeed in that high Dignity Of Metropolitan and Primacy Queen Dowagier had by a full Consent Both of his Majesty and Parliament Two hundred thousand Guilders yearly Rent Assigned Her with freedom to Reside In any place of Poles Dominion wide Except Cracow and some more Fortify'd Places on Borders of Silesia side Her Majesty for her Convenience Made choice of Thorn in Prusse for Residence ALtho the KING for carrying on the WAR Impatiently Solicitous by farr Yet 's Noblemen and Senators in this Were all in general just as Remiss For tho at first they had him promise made Of sixty thousand Men Maintain'd and Pay'd He now desir'd but fourty thousand strong Yet their Dissentions such so sharp so long And wretched Jealousies to Factions bent As could not let them hereunto Consent MEan while the Muscovite who did pretend Himself the Polish Kingdoms mighty friend And that with open force he would oppose The Cruel Turk and all Poles common Foes Had on the contrar only fall'n upon Doroskensko Head of the Rebels strong The Cossacks and had many Places tane Strong Holds and Castles in the Vkrain That with this foul and false tho open play He might enlarge his great Empire that way HOw e're the Mighty Cham of Tartary And the Great Turk with Forces Hastily Rush'd thither to oppose the Muscovite And in short time had over-run as quite Another great part of that Countreys Coast So that the whole was likely to be lost WHerefore to give what Aids his Haste prepaâ—â—â— In such unlucky Posture of Affairs KING IHON by this time seeing that in plain No Money nor Recruits he could obtain On August twenty second he departs From Warsaw towards Polands Frontier Parts Appointing Rendezvouz of that small Army Was left him after Cochmis Victory To hold upon the fifteenth of September A Month which Turks have been bid oft Remember They being not as t 's told and all believe In number sixteen thousand effective IT s true that General Romadanowsko Led ' bove an hundred thousand men of Musco Encamped near unto the River Dniester With all which he did small or no Service there Being they say diverted by the Turk Who on their nat'ral Jealousies did work Causing Reports and Rumors to be spred That all the Poles new Terms with them had made And with the Port were clapping up a Peace Without including them within its Lease THis Stratagem did serve both Turks and Tartars With small Resistance to possess those Quarters So that save two or three strong Holds in fine They 'r Masters of the whole of Vkrain At last great City Haman they Invest Which with Assaults they furiously prest While Muscovites who promis'd to Relieve it In stead thereof o're Neister were Retrived Whose sudden base and timorous Retreat Occasion'd Hamans Towns entire defeat Which yeelded on such Terms as Victors gave it To have their Lives Persons and Goods all saved But this most Barb'rous faithless cruel Nation Without Regard to their Capitulation Or any Promise made by Write or Word Put Men Wives Children to the Edge of Sword So that of hund'red thousand Souls just now Remain'd alive in few Hours none or few ABout beginning of next Month came up To the KINGS Camp the Litwanian Troops In all twelve thousand thence did come along Which made the KING near thirty thousand strong And now at Slotzow on the Frontier far From Warsaw in a Council held of War Resolv'd to Head them to the Vkranie And quickly fall upon the Enemy Without least thoughts of further Treaty had Which now again the Grand-Vizier made Since the Grand-Seignior's Master had repast The Danube on his March homewards in haste Fresh offers of on purpose to Amnze The Poles and cred'lous Muscovites abuse And to foment their mutual jealousies And so Divide then Rout them at more ease ACcordingly his Martial MAJESTY To learn the Posture of the Enemy Did Russias Waywood send with some good Force Who did Surprize a thousand Turkish Horse Near Camien's Walls and did them quite Defeat With Slaughter for their Number very great And that the KING might see they 'd won the day Thrice fifty Prisoners they brought away His Majesty thus recommenc'd the War Just then in Person
fourty hours on Duty THe Souldier's charged under pain of Death Not to stirr from their Ranks one Inch of Path. And to prevent all Hazards of Surprize The Army stood all Night in Battel wise Until next Jovial Morning did appear Telling them all the Turks were Marched cleer When by first Sight of Heav'ns bright glorious Lamp The Souldiers had first leave to Spoil their Camp By Course still going out half Company And t'other half standing the while on Duty And when the first half Company Returned The second half then to the Plunder Journey'd This being done till all the Spoil was come Which did amount unto the following Sum. HEre their whole Baggage and Provision And a vast Store of Ammunition Above one hundred pieces of great Cannon And which as Warrs Denuncement Turks still hang on Two large Horse Tails at ev'ry Expedition The Grand Visurs own Tent Horse Gold Provision And thirty thousand other Tents beside GRAND SEIGNIORS own great STANDARD rich to Pride Whose exact Figure and Inscriptions Arabick with t 's Interpretations Which bear this Warrs false Prophecys and Bage Our Author hath before his Title Page ALL these being tane this mighty victory In whose obtainment scarce one thousand dâ—â— And amongst those few Men of Quality On Christians Part all next to GOD impute And needs to Poles brave PRINCE must Attribute Whose gallant Conduct match'd with Courage high So oft imploy'd for Christians Liberty This day his Royal Person long Engag'd ' Mongst En'mys thickest Throngs and most Enrag'd And with him still the gallant PRINCE his Son Thus early Signaliz'd in this Action Nor ought their Highnesses to want their share Of Glory since they all behaved there So bravely well and gain'd so great Renown Which shall be Famed till the last Trump sound ON thirteenth of September Polands KING His Son PRINCE ALEXANDER following With th' other Princes Grandees Noblemen O're Piles of mangled Corps enter'd Vien Yielding sad Prospect of past Desolation Which more enhanc'd the present Joys occasion HIs MAJESTY in 's Circled Arms soon took The Gallant star'berg whose alone Conduct And Valiant Courage had held out late Siege ' Gainst such vast Numbers Deaths and Dangers Huge Speaking his high Esteem o's Worthy Person And Prudent Conduct in most large Expression NExt day the EMPEROR Arrived there And quickly mett the KING of Poland where He Marched on the Head of his brave Army Who were that time drawn up all in Battalzie To whom in most endearing terms he made 's Acknowledgments of late great Vict'ry had WHo did receive them with a Modesty Equal unto his Magnanimity Professing he had only us'd at large His just and best Endeavours to Discharge Those Obligations Christian KINGS all owes To Christ'ndomes dear Saf'ty and Repose And that his prosp'rous Arms late good Success Was only owing the Divine Goodness And Brav'ry of those PRINCES who had done Him th' Honour that their Troops to his should joyn 'T Was order'd by th' Imperial MAJESTY PRINCE ALEXANDER should presented be With Sword with massie Diamonds richly Sett And so thus past this Interviers short Date Departed And so likewise Polands KING Decamp't his Army that night following They March to Wiscke where Bridge of Boats and Wood Below Presburg take them o're Danows Flood This was upon September twenty fifth Th' Imperial Army which next day did lift Advancing after him with equal Pace On twenty sev'nth past o're at this same place OCtober ninth how soon they heard it told That a great Body of the Turks did hold Near Barkan being fourteen thousand strong The choise of all those Troops scop't here along After their Rout at Vien under th' hand Of sev'ral Bassas of the best Command The KING with some few of th' Imperials Troop Advanced thither all scarce yet come up NO sooner did the Turks perceive them come But with a hideous Shout came briskly one And charged with most desp'rat Resolution Being receiv'd with as warm Execution After a sharp Dispute the Turks all fly Where one of their great Bassas there did die Another Bassa also Pris'ner tane The rest fled hurrying o're the Bridge at Gran Which breaking with the Crowd the Stream then drown'd Near half as many as the Sword did wound SO that of all that Body of the Turks Scarce twice two thousand did escape this Lurch In this ENGAGEMENT one thing 's worthy Note PRINCE ALEXANDERS Horse under him Shot Here a young English Lord who Landsdown hight Did gallantly behave himself in Fight Commanding then a Regiment or Squad Of Souldiers in Count Taasts strong Brigad For which his Valor when he did Retire Homewards by Patent made COUNT of th' EMPIRE And as sure mark of gallant Service done well By th' EMPEROR declared was COUNT GREENVILE THe next Exploit did Polands TRIUMPHS grace Was taking in of Zytchin a strong Place For having parted with the Duke of Lorrain And understanding that the Turks had therein A Garrison which might as them best lists Incommod's Commerce with th' Imperialists The KING did send the PRINCE as young as keen Accompany'd with Lublins Palatine To view it while some Troops of Horse them back't At whose Return gave Order to Attacque't WHere quickly marching to the Place from hence They find the Turks in posture of Defence Who having notice that the KING had given Orders unto the Cossacks to lay ev'n Their Suburbs they prevent the KINGS desire The Night before setting them all on Fire WHich notwithstanding Cossacks did not leâ—t From being soon possessed of a Gate And breaking down its Palisados straight The Turks fought stoutly made a brave Defence And after sharpest Dispute forced thence The much enraged Cossacks to Retire Till b'ing seconded with fresh Troops like Fire Getting new Vent they do renew the Charge With such a forward furious vi'lent Rage Which soon to quit the Town the Turks compells And take them to the Castle and their Heels Which presently his MAJESTY Assails ANd those within desiring to part fairly Hung out a Flagg of white for Peace and Party Their Chief Commander with two others mo Came out and pray'd the KING to let them go To Buda which once granted they came out In all five hundred Horse eight hundred Foot THey took within the Place store of Provision With a great Quantity of Ammunition And twenty Cannon on the City Walls And many Field-Piece in the Castle alse HIs MAJESTY put this Town afterwards Under Imperials Garrisons and Guards Next day he Summoned with Trumpets Hola Other two Castles called Brigh and Holach Who yielded at Discretion without Combat And thence he marched on to Kimasonbat Upon the sixteenth of November where The Litwanian Gen'ral met him there DVring the while his MAJESTY did tarry Within those upper parts of Hungary By all fair means he could he endeavour'd To gain Count Tekly to 's IMPERIAL LORD Giving him all the sweetest Terms best Offers HIMSELF for their Performance SUR'TY Profers But finding all Fssays
design'd With winged speed to give those mighty parts Nature gave him improv'n with Thought and Arts To 's Kings and Countreys Service posteth home Where when arriv'd as soon imploy'd as come At Court and Camp by then KING CASIMIR Who did his Wit and Valour so admire That for 's great Specimens of Sword and Gown He made him first Grand Master of the Crown And next Grand Gen'ral of the force of Pole And then Grand-master of the Kings Houshold And to sum up his Honours in a Line Of ancient Cracow made great PALATINE GReat was the worth of this great Subjects Spirit As great his Princes Knowledge of his merit Which on the sev'ral turns of great affairs And Traverses of Providence appears Clear in the sequel of th' ensuing Story No Honour 's great like SOBIETZKIS Glory Yet for our Readers better apprehension Of these Preferments which wee 'l needs oft mention And other Passages which needs we must Oft name to make this Story clear and just It s fit he should succinctly hear the whole Past Government and History of Pole Where let him not expect our numbers Terse In Things and Names will scarcely fold to Verse And in all such here in the general Take naked Truth for fancy wit and all Chap. II. The Kingdom of POLAND Described with its Laws and Customs with a brief Deduction of the State thereof for some hundreds of years past POLAND is said from Pole to take its Name Or Poln which in Sclaves Tongue is just the same And in that Di'lect which those Countreys grace Doth signifie a Plain or Field for Chase Because this Kingdom is a vast Campaign Compos'd of level Woods for Hunting Plain But Polish Orichovius denys This Derivation and doth thus advise That first Polachia this Land was Term'd From Lachus their first King or Leader arm'd Both may be true because both may agree Natives and Readers take your Choice for me WHich e're of either of these two be true This mighty Kingdom in the bulk it s now Having great Litwan's Dukedom now annex't And other Provinces may number next The largest Kingdoms Europe's Continent Contains for breadth and length of that extent From fourty eight to fifty sev'nth degree Of Latitude It s Longitude count we From thirty eight to sixty and perchance A greater Continent by far then France Muscovie and the petty Tartars east The Baltick Sea and Germany the west Do bound it but the great Carpathian Mountains And Ister Europes greatest Child of Fountains Divide it on the South from Hungary From Transilvania and Moldavie Upon the North Livonia of Sweden And some good part of Muscovie again Poland is blessed with a fruitful Soil And purest Air breath'd from the Woods recoil Furs Honey Wax Buff-hides and other Skins Huge Masts for Ships Timber and other things For Building Flax Pot-ashes and all Grain In great abundance yeelds which drives great gain To Dantzick Gentry with Nobility Are here Magnifick bold and brave and free And most Tenacious of their Liberty But all the Peasants and the common Rout Are as meer slaves as they were bought throughout Their Lives are valu'd as we prize a Neat The Tennent kill'd his Lord receives the Rate No Inquest's for the Blood this being pay 't ANd not with standing that the Reformation Beam'd here its Light first from the German Nation Yet Ignorance and want of publick Care For Lopping of wild Tenents here not rare Extravagant Opinions did promote Mong Citizens and mongst the Rabble Rout Socinus 'bove them all did here take foot The Catechism of Cracow proveth this Their other Books being deriv'd from this But that which here 's establish'd by the Laws Is the great daring Roman-Cath'lick-Cause Their Language is Sclavonian Dialect Tho most of them do also Latin speak This only Kingdom 's elective alone Of all that are this Day in Europe known Under which Term we mean not to include The Empire which can ne're be understood A Monarchy but rath'r a Septarch-head And tho the Danish Crown Elective were For many ages till the sixtieth year Of this same age when Denmarks King thought fit To cause that Kingdoms Senat alter it His Majesty Hereditar Writes ay Himself of Denmark as of Norway IT is the common undisputed Thought That the first people that to Poland sought Were Huns and Slavons Orichovius sayes Who came from Macedon and thereaways Their vulgar Language which they daily speak Retaining yet some Relish of the Greek And that from thence they having driv'n the Swevi And other People and Goths a mighty Covey Possest that huge vast Tract of champaign Land Ev'n to the Elb from River vistul's Strand When Lechus or else Lachus at the last Became their Chief and as their Leader past About our LORDS three hundred fiftieth year Commenc'd the Monarchy of Poland here From whom fourteen are reck'ned to Micislas First Christian Duke match'd Daughter of BOLESLAS Duke of Bohem the sev'nt day he was Wife't Of March in year nine hundred sixty fift Upon which Match Micislas Christian made His Son Boleslas for Successor had In year of Grace nine hundred ninety nine The sixteent Duke which came of Lachus Line Who while the Emp'rour OTHO of that name The Third to visit Tomb of Albort came Whom barb'rous hands of Prussia had slain Was creat KING by the Emp'rour amain To whom another Micislas succeed Father of Cazimir the first we Read The second Boleslas succeed him Sirnam'd the cruel like a Devils Limb He murther'd Stanzlaw Bishop of Cracow For punishment Whereof Pole losed now Its title of a Kingdom being sway'd By sev'ral Princes Regents for long Tide Till under Primislaus it again The former Kingdoms Title did Regain Which was if Poles chranology belive't In year of God two hundred ninety fift Next Primislaus the third Ladislas Who after four years past expelled was And Vinceslaus chosen in his stead Ladislas five years re-established To whom succeeded Casimir the Great Of whom brave things their Histories relate Th' Hungarian Monarch LEWIS next chosen KING Two Daughters left after his Death and Reign The younger whereof being declared Queen Married Jagellon great Duke Litwin Who tho a Pagan Prince before had been On this his Match Baptiz'd turn'd Christian King And was accepted by the Polish State On this condition that his Dutchy great He should to Polands Kingdom ev'r annex This was in year three hundred eighty six At 's Christ'ning took the name of Ladislas Two of which name his next Successors was Then Cazimir the fourth then Ihon Albert Next Alexander he dead in his part Came Sigismunds the first and second too Which last left Crown and Life without Issue In year of Grace five hundred seventy two The Polanders chose Henry Duke Anjow The second son of Henry King of France Who after two years Reign did home advance His Brother Charles the ninth then Childless dead This quit his Crown Elective and in'ts stead
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
Snay And all those Palatines him Melt should him obey He was by vastest Numbers followed Of Gentlemen and Officers that led And had a stately Band of Janizars Like those Grand Seignior useth in his Wars These for his Guard great SOBIETZKI had All in most sumptaous Habit Richly clad THe Diet set the Nobles soon Elect Their Marshal that is he who them should speak That is their Master Speaker as we say This Marshal chosen was Lord Potoskay Brother in Law to Prince Lubomirskay The Form of the Oath taken by the Senators and Equestrian Order before the Election I Swear that I am not at all already Nor yet hereafier shall or will or may be Engaged or by Bond or Writ or Speaking To any Stranger in a Prince Electing That nor for Prejudice nor for Affection I neither have nor will foment a Faction Nor enter into any Partys Sides Nor be Corrupt by Gifts Rewards or Bribes Of any forraign Prince And I will not For any other Person give my Vote But such as I think fitt'st for Ministration And Government of this our State and Nation And if I ever formerly sithence Oblig'd my self to any forraign Prince Hereby I do Renunce ev'ry such Ty And Obligation leaving his Party ANd then anon to keep all persons quiet A Chamber was establish'd by the Dyet Or Justice Court Compos'd of Senators Waywoods and persons of selectest Honours Of all the sev'ral Provinces around Who should Cognosce Affairs concern'd the Crown And with those great Dissorders should take Course Might daily happen by that great Concourse Of whch great Sov'raign Court as its chief Head Grand Gen'ral SOBIETZKI did Preside MEan while the great Dutchess of Muscovy Did much about this season chance to dy Which seiz'd that Duke with such Affliction As bred him thoughts of placing in his Room His Son and so gave o're all thohghts of Polands Crown SO that of all Poles Candidates before There only now remain'd three of the four Namely that of the Prince of Condees Son The Duke of Newburgh and the Prince Lorron Each busie for himself in huther puther Endeav'ring what they could to exclude the other Soon after which the Diet did exclude The Prince of Condees Name and handled rude Arch-bishop Gnesna calling him a Traitor Because they thought him Condees Sons Abettor And as he sat upon his lofty Bench Threaten'd him Death for speaking for the French And some menac'd the Marshal SOBIETZKI As being suspect'd of Favour for that party ' Cause he the Marquis d' Arquiems Daughter had MARY La GRANGE a French Wife in his Bed Then twixt the Dukes of Newburg and Lorrain Hot Competitions bandyed amain So that a Rupture was much fear'd lest those Contending Partys might have fall'n to Blows VVhich to prevent on the nineteenth of June The old Lord Opalinski Palatine Calitz did make an eloquent Oration VVhere in a long and full and true Narration Recounted all the fatal Consequents Of such Contests in former Parliaments ' WHere tends your Aims my Lords what 's your pretences 'To be so passionat for two strange Princes ' Either of which for ought that yet is known ' May treat us ill when once he hath got the Crown ' Let Reason sway our Choice passion 's too hasty ' Lay both aside for once Name some Piasti ' Of whose great Merits your Experience ' Can tell you he deservs to be your Prince ' And for my part when I have thought upon 't ' I know none fitter Polands Throne to mount ' Or more deserving Royal Dignity ' Than Prince Michael Wiesnowisky WHich Name with Acclamations was receiv't The whole Assembly Crying Vivat Vivat And the said Prince being then present there VVas forc'd to cover's Head and take a Chair VVhich he with modesty did oft deny Urging his utter Incapacity As Conscious to himself he still had known Unfit to bear the weight of such a Crown But the Assembly to 's Apologies VVould yield no ear tho Tears stood in his Eyes And much reluctancy kyth'd in his Face Obliged him the Honour to embrace All giving in their Votes for this Piasti Except th' alone forenam'd Grand Chanc'lour Patzi The primest person of all Litwanie Vowing he would not give his vote for any Save him alone whom once he nam'd again VVho 's now the Emp'rors Gen'ral Prince Lorrain BUt Patzis Brother Palatine of Troski Thuston'd the Chanc'lors Note from of this Cross-key First shewing him the Doubt the Dread the Dangers Of serving under Princes that are strangers And then Recounting all Convenients Of being subject to a home-born Prince Perswaded him to lay all else aside And name some one Prince of his Countreys side VVhereon he nam'd with voice both loud and shrill Another Prince Boguslaus Radzevill FOr whom no sooner Nam'd the Name scarce heard When a strong Party for the Choice appear'd Yet upon Competition did prevail Wiesnowitzki's Party who did deal Some Blows and Wounds and Deaths and in small space Killed two Gentlemen upon the place Here Blood and Wounds and Deaths did drown their Noise Who spoke o're boldly gainst Michaels Choice THings running thus the Marshal SOBIETZKI Who with the Marshal of Nobility Protesting ' gainst th' Election went aside Which the prevailing Party slighting Cry'd Unto the Primat Gnesna to Proclaim Th' Election who would fain delay'd the same Pretending's Body was in bad Condition By reason of his Healths Indisposition But all in vain They threaten by another The Bishop of Cajari Gnesna's Brother That Primates present Office to supply Which made th' unwilling Gnesna forth with Hy With the two Marshals into Kolus Field Who for the Kingdoms Peace at last did yield And then Arch-bishop Gnesna as 'ts their Mode Demanded of them thrice with voice aloud That if they were agreed on the Election THey all should Joyntly name the Chosen Person Which they as oft with joyned Shouts each one Did Name with chearful Acclamation And as an Eccho of this hideous sound The Cannons all discharg'd did shake the ground This was about the Ev'nings eight a Clock The KING Proclaimed was Ere nine was struck They all to MARSAWS Castle him Conduct And next day in the Church Christened S. IHONS Did take the Oath he should observe at once PACTA CONVENTA or ' Greements for the nonce Concluded one Then with the Primat Din't And after Dinner unto Kolu went That Field or Plain where late Election new Was held last day some distance from Warsaw Returning's Thanks unto the sev'ral Princes The Palatines and Nuntios of Provinces Both Primat and the Marshal SOBIETZKI Were much displeas'd with such Election hasty They thought it Vi'lent Head-strong singular Extravagant Wild and Irregular Yet notwithstanding for the publick Quiet Both held their peace and both therewith complyed THis spred a whisp'ring Rumor in the Court Which Fame News swiftest Post did soon Report To all the Army's Officers and Rout That their brave General was turned out VVhich News at first
serve Occasions after the next Spring AT which time Tidings came unto the KING That Turks in dread of any more Pursuit Had marched ev'ry Day and ev'ry Night And had again Repassed the Danow And that the Tartars hurled Homewards too Taking the nearest Cutt of shortest Road Onwards the Way leads by Bialogrod THus being fred of Swarms of Turks and Tartars The KING put 's Army to their Winter Quarters Where when his MAJESTY had caus'd them come Resolv'd to settle his Affairs at Home So as he might early next Spring take Field Accordingly November twelfth he held To Zulkiew three Leagues of from Leopold Where as most welcome to his Royal QUEEN And the yonng Princes their dear Children So no less almost was the Joy of all The People crouding to behold and sal ute meet shout praise extol and bid welcome Their common FATHER and DELIVERER Home GREAT ANGEL GUARDIAN of all CHRIST'NDOM A LETTER To the Right HONOURABLE Sir GEORGE DRUMMOND OF MILN-NAB LORD PROVOST OF EDINBURGH My LORD HAving as an ESSAY of what I can and peradventure may hereafter say both better and more of the Greatest and most Antient MONARCH in the whole World the present KING of BRITAIN and that I might if possible by these excite an Emu'ation of the united Force and Brav'ry of all Christian KINGS and PRINCES against the proud and insatiable Cruelty of that Infidel Enemy of CHRIST'NDOM the TURK attempted in Verse such as they are the MEMOIRES of that Heroick PRINCE the present KING of Poland I cannot but think the pains I have already been and the whole Charge I am even now at the better bestowed when it shall be presented to a Person of your Lordships Character here and great Interest and Acquaintance in the whole Polish Dominions You are so known to the whole Frame and Methods of the Government the Succession of the Dukes and KINGS the History and Scene of the various Changes of Fortunes of that brave Magnanimous People the Topography of the Places of that vast Country the Situations of Leopol Cochmi and Caminiec c. and many other the Triumphant Theatres of his brave prowesses whose Names will be still consign'd to the Immortal Glories and Victories of JOHN the Third I know your Lordship has seen his two immediat Predecessors CASIMIR and MICHAEL and knew not only himself before but after his being Crown General as well as that you have seen and known his Illustrious PARENTS with those Waywoods Palatines Castellans and other great and valiant Personages who have accompanied and born some share in his happy and holy Victories and by your intimat Correspondence with so many Persons of great Interest and Fidelity in these Parts have had the best and truest Accounts of those signal and amazing Services done the whole Christian World by the Great SOBIETZKI Seeing your Lordship in all these Capacities may be the fittest Judge in this place of the World to condemn or correct the Lapses or Mistakes by Missinformations or Distance of Place or where my Author has not swerv'd the best Witness to avouch the Fidelity and Ingenuity of Your LORDSHIPS most humble and much devouted Servant ALEX. TYLER Chap. VI. The KING Crowned OBTAINS another great VICTORY over the TVRKS and TARTARS The ARTICLES of PEACE The Magnificent ENTERTAINMENT of his EXCELLENCY the English AMBASSADOR T' Was now high time all things prepared be For Coronation of his MAJESTY Since by the Constitutions of Poles Land Their ELECT PRINCE somethings may not Command Nor yet perform until once Passed be Their Coronations Solemnitie WHerefore on January the sev'nteenth Was KING MICHAELS Corps convey'd at length From Warsaw in a Chariot drawn by six Horses his Houshold officers marcht next And Multitudes of men of Quality Tending their PRINCES last Solemnity Alongs the Way from Warsaw to Cracow Where both their present Majesties were now Lately Arriv'd and waited on by the Whole Kingdoms Senators Nobility THe Body of KING CASIMIR which had Been sent for out of France was here convey'd To Cracow where on one the self same day Were both KINGS Funerals perform'd they say With all the usual Solemnities And Honors due to ROYAL Memories THis being once dispatch'd and Passed o're Of sev'nty six second of Februar KING SOBIETZKI and his QUEEN were now Crowned within the Castle of Cracow With all the Pomp Magnificence and Shew Which Art can fancy or the Eye can view And the next day his new Crown'd MAJESTY Receiv'd the Hommage o's Nobility His Gentry Senators and of the whole Orders and States of Litwanic and Pole THe French Ambassader did soon present To 's MAJESTY his Masters Complement Which was a solemn Declaration In favours of the QUEEN French born by Nation That 's MAJESTY of FRANCE adopted had The QUEEN of Poland now his Daughter made Declaring further that accordingly She should on all occasions Treated be And look't upon what ever hap might chance Still as a Daughter of the Crown of France HOwe're on eight of March next following Her Majesty had one to Pole more owing When safe delivered of a Princesse young THen did his MAJESTY himself apply The Vacant Trusts and Honours to supply Prince Lubomirski Polish Names sound harsh all Was made of Polands Kingdom the Grand Marshal And Mareschal of Court Lord Sinawski Crown-General Prince Demetrius Wisnowiski By whose Removal one Jablownowski Who was the Prince and Palatine of Russie Vacant the Place Lievtenant General Giv'n to the Last these vacancies the KING thus filled all JVne seventy six did Sultan Nuradin With Chams two Sons all pass the Neister soon And like those Fishes which do swim in Shoals Around great Whales so these surround the Poles In vastest Bodys sending out strong Bands To Ravage and harrass the Polish Lands And Ibrahim Bassa swarms of Turks doth place At sev'ral Posts about Caminiec MEan while altho good Resolutions were Tane at last Polish Diet to prepare For this Campaign they 'd so neglectful been Of this throwout each sev'ral Palatine The Dicts purposes to execute That both of Men and Money destitute His MAJESTY was still remaining yet In 's old Complained Straits and most unfit To make Resistance yet he ordered Those few Remains of tatter'd Troops he had To March directly to his last years Hold And have their Rendezveuz at Leopold And being Destitute of all else than Means of Supply Convoc's the Arrierban That all might meet for Kingdoms joynt Defence IN August seventy six his Excellence LAURENCE Ambassador from Britains KING Unto his Polish Majesty being Arriv'd at Dantzick And the Polish QUEEN Came also to that City after soon Upon her Road for France to Drink at Wells Of Burbon which as t 's said some Griefs soon heals Of whom their being he had Audience And thereupon the young Princess presents To whom his MASTER of Great-britain was Pray'd to be God father at her Christ'ning Mass With a Rich noble Jewel on the part Of his said MAJESTY and so doth
that have both Imbellish't and fully Answer'd the generous Name of LYON those excellent Qualifications I know you to possess having my self seen and read several excellent Pieces tho Modesty will not allow your Lordship their Owning and these on different Subjects all of your own Composure Your excellent Contrivances in Architecture in Gard'ning Planting Houshold-furniture nay hewing out Goodly Rooms out of Walls of a Rockie Firmness and Massiness The great 0rder in all these things and the Decorum both without and within your Houses of your Table in your Service and every where Your Lordship has all these and which is more then all this at once the Best of Noble Ladies and the Hopefullest and most promising Posterity of both Sexes to make you Happy and Wisdome and Virtue enough to make you Good All these do so praise themselves that I cannot praise you for them But I very freely will do so in allowing your Lordship the Justice of that Testimony that I think you Fear GOD Honour the King and Love the Church and area Friend of Good Men and much more then he ever deserved kind and favourable unto Your LORDSHIPS Most humble and obliged Servant ALEX. TYLER Chap. III. The Marriage of SOBIETSIKI and his advancement to the Charges of Grand-Marshal and General of the Crown wherein occasionally is given an account of the Reign of King Casimir and the manner of his resigning the Crown Just like young Lion newly suckt warm Gore Doth Room and Range and for more Prey doth roar Bristles his shaggy Mane his horrid Eyes Sparkling fresh Beams of Courage which defyes All other Beasts to look him in the Face He frisks his Scepter-tail and with a Grace Moves through wild Woods with pride sets down his Pan's Those Swords which to his Vnderlings give Laws And while he Stops and stamps and stares around Espyes a Lioness some little slound Of distance from him by her Shape and Gate He knows her And his former Rage forget He Courts and Wooes this lovely Female Mate Ev'n so great SOBIETZKI who began His earliest Youth to Arms ere he was Man Rustling in bristled Fields Fights Battles Wars Wounds Dangers Deaths which hearts of Cowards scarrs Bellona's dearest Darling was this greatest Son of Mars Yet tho his Eyes all Fire his Eyes all Rayes Of Gen'rous Courage which all Turks affrayes His March all Terror and his Name all Fame His Fight all Death his Sword all Wounds and Flame His Shock all Light'ning and his Rour all Thunder And least things he hath done be all great Wonder Tho all his Hands were Arms his Breast all steel It lodg'd a Heart which Capids Charms must feel And there was reason why it should be said That SOBIETSKI did not live a Maid Fate did foresee hee 'd been mistaken than For some great Mighty Angel not a Man And lest some Criticks in Chronologie Should backward forward with a busie eye Review the Periods of Destiny Turning each Page each Leaf of its great Book From the last Casar to the first that took Th' Assyrdan Empire and mongst all those Names That vex'd the World to reap their hoarser Fames Scarce base enough for his high raisd loud sound Then some inspired Prophet forward bound Should pore and plodd and having read still on All names of Importance until the Doom Should ' mongst all that excell'd or shall excell See Love and Arms in all their Hearts to dwell Then looking back to his great Period Should take him for some Heav'n-born Armed GOD For 's Virtues Valors higher pitch than humane foot yet trod ANd searing after-times Idolatry Should raise this Polar Star 'bove Starry Sky Beyond the Blessed Mother Maid next Holy Trinity Fate gave consent thus far to ' bate his Glory That Love and Arms should interweave his Story And that the VVorld miâ—â—t know this Heros mind Transcends all Hero's in Degree not Kind Those Nobler Passions in his Soul still rests Valour Amour Inmates to Gen'rous Brests Beside all these Nature did supplicat And thus petitioned the Pow'rs of Fate That seeing Poles great SUN should ne're Ecclipse While men have Eyes Ears Hands Pens Tongues Mouths But Sett 't were Blasphemy to say should Dy Lips Lest Heav'n should dark in that Obscurity And since stern Fate had doom'd him but 's one day That it 's great Light leave some Illustrious Ray. This was decreed Nor was 't our Hero's least Part of his Prowess that he made Conquest Of that so rich so fair so high a JEMM As the brave Heart of MADAM ARQUIEM For Beauty Bounty Birth VVealth highest sort Great Ornament of all the Polish Court His goodly Personsge and graceful Meen And sparkling Variues making these to shine Ten thousahd loving Beams and Rays and Charms Transfix'd her Heart shot from this SUN of ARMS But being Polands QUEEN'S chief Made of Honor Her Majesty had highest thought and care and eye upon HER And in the absence of great SOBIETZKI Propos'd HER for a Match to Prince ZOMOTSKI One of the greatest Palatines of Pole The LADY yet all young sweet bashful whole Blushing to own her former Preingagement Tho unto SOBIESK had Marriage meant So that while her first Lover was far thence Her QUEEN prevail'd to match her to that PRINCE BUt He not living long at liberty To choise her first and best choise SOBIETZKI Brought him a Beauty more advanc'd and blown A Dowry vast beside what was her own Provision Heav'n this Blessed Couple gave Fine hopeful Children 'bove the rest the brave PRINCE ALEXANDER he of whom anon Wee 'll have occasion to make mention He having signaliz'd himself for worth And told the World he means to follow forth The gallant foot-steps of his Fathers Glory And prove's apparent Heir in Wars loud Story THe twenty fourth of August sixty five KING CAS'MIR did to SOBIETZKI give The Office of Grand Gen'ral of the Crown In the exiled Lubomirskis Room Discharg'd because of his Rebellion In heading those that were Confederats known A wretched party which did much annoy The Poles and near that Kingdom did destroy Of which Rebellions progress and foundation It s fit we here should give some brief Narration IN th' AEras fourty eight of this same Section Was CASMIRS to Polands Crowns Election Who by his HOLINESS great Dispensation Marry'd a Lady of the fine French Nation But Widow of his Brother Ladislaus And 's Predecessor who for Frances Cause And Interest was enterprizing ever Still meddling with the State did much endeavour A French Successor slily to promote Which amongst other Causes yet is thought Much of this Kingdoms sorrows to have wrought And yet its first Calamities arose From an Invasion made by forraign Foes Charles Gustavus Warlike KING of Sweden About the fifth year after five times ten And in the sev'nth of CASIMIRS own Reign As much excited by their Feuds old sting of Polands KINGS pretentions to his Crown As by a martial temper of his own By Ragietzki's motion
Prince of Condee who was Duke D'Engwin Design'd to Match the Niece of the said Queen Born of her Sister Princess Palatine NOr were French Pistols wanting to dispose The whole Court-Party to advance that choise Which much incensed other Noble Peers And near once more set Poland by the Ears In opposition to the Queens design Many great Persons joyntly did combine Of all whom Lubomirski was the Chief A mighty Party joyn'd to their Relief In this Rebellicus Consorts and Commates Naming themselves Polands Confederates But after sev'ral Traverses of Warr Treaties of Peace to heal this Rending Jarr 'Twixt both The Rebels to their Homes are forc'd And Lubomirski's Party's put to worst Being deserted o's Confederats To Breslaw in Silesia retreats His place Grand Mareschal was taken fro'm And SOBIETSKI ' stablish'd in that Room The Rebel Lubomirski hence was driven In Januar sixty six or sixty seven And of a Palsie shortly after 's dead Who with late Ague Pole's State shaken had SOon after this Crown-General Potoski Dying 't fell to th' share of SOBIETZKI As hath been said ere while tho most oppose Alledging two such mighty Trusts as those Of Marshal General to and by one Could not be well conferr'd nor rightly done And would have had the last of those we name To Prince Demetrius great by Worth and Fame But Casimir Poles wise and generous Prince Foreseeing's late shak't KINGDOMS Exigence Requir'd no less then Peerless SOBIETSKI In Council prompt in matchless Valour Brisk ay FOr as when Head or Heart of any Wight Affect'd with Maladie grown to some hight The Eyes look pale and dull and languishing The Pulse beats saint unev'n like slack'ned String Of Lute or Viol Hands Feet Fingers Toes And th' extream parts which from the. Body grows Refuse that Duty which of right to Head Heart allows Ev'n so the Cossacks Poles remoter parts Inhabiting when hearing Jarrs and Thwarts 'Twixt Prince and Peers resolve to take their time Of Courts Vertigo's still Rebellions prime Joyning the Tartars promised Turks Aid Poles Frontiers with great Spoils forthwith invade And in their Insurrections furious Maza They seise the strong Town known by name PODHAYS And in the Month which doth preceed September Flock'd up from all Resort the strong RUSS-LEMBER THese COSSACKS are a compound mingled Rout Of many Nations hardy fierce and stout The gross whereof are Polish Peasants who T' avoid the slav'ry of the Tyrant Po lish Noble-men forsaking Pole as Cain Did SETH withdrew so to the UKRAIN A Province near the Turks and Tartars plac'd With all things sit for Humane Life well grac'd Being all Greeks as to Religion Having a Select PATRIARCH of their own Residing at the great and strong and mighty Fenced with Art and Nature KIOFF'S City Acknowledging themselves in gross and whole Liege-men and Subjects to the KING of Pole Serving his Majesty in 's Wars they say Against the Infidels still without Pay In Arms are born bred live and die these mighty men of Prey This Armed State for their Security Partly and part for Poles Nobility They keep These Nobles they do still despite And these with mutual hatred them requite They for their Freedom ' gainst Poles Lords still Rage These would reduce them to their Vassalage So that 'twixt mutual Fears Hopes Spoils and Harms Th' one ' gainst th' other frequently take Arms. Against which Cossacks with fierce Tartars joyn'd Great Gen'ral SOBIETZKI is enjoyn'd To march Who by their dreadful num'rous swarms Reduc'd to greatest Straits this Son of Arms. For while h' hath scarce once seen descry'd and found'em They with most thick Batallions quite surround him Amidst which pinching Push and Jeopardy No Council's left save either do or dy THen like some Lyon roused from his Den With Noise of Hounds and Huntsmens voice a main Great SOBIETZKI startled once next animats his men ' ANd thus Accosts them Valiant Native Poles ' My fellow Souldiers Can your fearless Souls ' Whose glorious Arms late quell'd the Roaming Swed ' And chas'd him from our Bounds and home him sped ' Can all those Trophees num'rous as your feet ' Late trampling down the Marshie Muscovite ' Giving that proud and mighty Knez the Chase ' And bending back the VVar to Mosco's face ' Forcing him to our KING to sue for Peace ' Those dreadful Swords which did at once give Laws 'To the Great Czar and Warlike stout Gusta'us ' And Lubomirski and 's Confederates al 's ye ' Fought vanquish'd routed frighted in a Palsie ' But those you 'l say were Strangers or Piastis ' And what 's this Raff and Mungrel Race of Mastives ' But the vile Scumm of Polish Slaves a Rabble ' Of coarsest Dregs of all God drove from Babel ' Shall we who 'd well near giv'n snatch'd back Poles Crowns ' And of two crowned Heads cropt such Renowns ' Be fac'd crouded to our Beards with such Rafscalion Clowns ' Up up March on Charge Fight what needs more words ' Let 's force and cut this Vict'ry with our Swords THen as a Flash of Light'ning rends a Cloud Next killing Thunder comes which roars aloud Then plump suden Rain like that which made No's Flood Just so their Swords Shout Shot Shock rains Seas of Cossacks Blood When in a trice or twinkling of an Eye Thousands of Rebels bleed full spraul and dy By num'rous Heaps vast Swarms and hideous Shoals With little loss or none to th' Gallant Poles Thus having quit himself of pinching strait He forc'd the Rebels first to Begg then Treat A Peace most Honourable for Polands Crown Whose terms are in the following Words set down 1. ANd first as to the Tartars there should be For all in this late War an Amnestie Until that Casimir great Polands KING The Purport of this Treaty should once Sign 2. And next if after Differences arise They should not Arm in any kind of ways But strive to reconcile't by their Envoys 3. The Sultan Galga promis'd in the name Of his own Master Tartarys great Cham To be an Enemy to all and whole Such as should War against the Crown of Pole With all his Force to Aid when e're requir'd Being of Poles with yearly Pension hir'd And for so doing Hostages to give Until the States assembling them relieve By Moneys rais'd for their Redemption And Tartars present Satisfaction 4. And in the fourth place that the. Tartar Cham Nor any else of his or in his Name In Vkrain should Quarter any Forces Neither of Infantry Dragoons nor Horses Nor any other part of Poles Dominion Without the KINGS consent and full Opinion 5. If any Forraigners in this Campaign Who serv'd the Cham should pole invade again Of their own Head or others Mal-direction That Cham give them no aid nor yet Protections 6. That Prisoners on both sides be releas'd And with restored Liberty be grac'd That Sultan Galgas Force nor Spoil Kill Burn Nor least Disorders act in their Return WIth Doroskensko Gen'ral of the
Apartment as last-Honour done him Soon afâ—er which the States in gratitude His Honourable Maintenance conclude Whereof the States of Poland and of Life land gave this full Assurance o' t for Life ' WE th' Ecclesiastick States and Civil ' Inhabitants of Poland and of Lifl ' and met in Council hereby Certify ' All the whole World and our Posterity ' That by all means could be imagined ' We have besought and much endeavoured ' For to perswade IHON CASIMIR our KING ' During his Lifetime to protract his Reign ' And not Relinquish this our Polish Crown ' Whereto himself and his of great Renown ' 's long been our mighty Kings call'd by Election ' But seeing no Inducements could perswade ' His Majesty to alter's purpose made ' And that h' hath freely rend'red to our Hand ' Poles Kingdom and great Dutchby of Lif-land ' Together with their whole Dependencies ' Crown Revenues and Royal Dignities ' The Royal Pow'r Prerogative and Name ' All which or He or Polish Kings could claim ' And we not knowing how to Lett or Stint ' Herein his Majesties most strong Intent ' His Majesty desiring we provide ' Convenient maintenance for his Life-tide ' Which Tho a Point wherein we want th' Advice ' Of our whole Brethren in their Assemblies ' Yet notwithstanding out of our Affection ' To 's Majesty before the next Election ' We have consented and do all agree ' That he have Thousands hundred and fiftie ' Liv'res of yearly Pension whereof ' One hundred thousand to be payed off ' This Kingdom and the fifty thousand more ' For to be charg'd on the great Dutchys score ' Forth of the Revenues of the Kings Table ' These Sums at next Election fix'd and stable ' And then and there these Sums fore-mentioned ' Be in their minute payments specifi'd ' And that the Lords of Treasure of both Nation ' Shall from the day o's Majesties Resignation ' Make an Allowance of the Pension said ' Without the said specification had ' And this we promise having notifi'd ' In our Provincials to gett Ratifi'd ' And make provision to secure this Thing ' By an Agreement with next following King ' Further Agreeing this Allowance from ' Dutchy of Lifland and the same Kingdom ' Shall during's Majesties whole Life Remain 'To be advanced wholly fully plain ' Freely entire without Abatements Fees ' Or whatsomever else Gratuities Chap. IV. Of the Election of Prince Michael Koribut Wicksnowiski to the Crown of Poland and the Eminent Services of General SOBIETZKI during his Reign KING CASIMIR having as hath been said The Government of Pole abandoned On sixteenth of September sixty eight Gnesna's Archbishop by his Office Right Apply'd himself during the Interreign To rule that State which now did want a KING And for a new Election did think sitting Against next May to call the General Meeting To hold at Warsaw whil'st Poles Candidate Each busy'd much to make his Party patt As namely the great Duke of Musco's Son Who had been bred in Poland and was one Who spoke that Language well as prompt as fast ay As any Noblest Polzki or Piasti One whose behalf the Duke his Father made These Offers which the others Pow'r outbad That he should Change his Greek-Religion And take the Romanist Communion In 's favours to Renounce all Muscovie All Places tane from Pole restor'd should be And that four Millions free-gift this year He should advance for payment of th' Arrear O' th' Polish Army Further promise made Poland ' gainst all its Enemies to Aid With Ready Force of Fourty thousand men And enter in perpetual League with them The next was Newburgs Duke To Duke Bavar A Brother whom the Emperor did favor The third Pretender was the Prince of Lorrain The fourth Duke D' Enguien Prince of Condees son Which last Gnesna and Gen'ral SOBIETZKAY Were thought to favour more then all the Restay THen as if many CAESARS for the Nonce Had enter'd Rome Triumphant all at once That She the Worlds proud Mistris might display Her dazling Grandeurs at one Sight one Day Ev'n so Poles Grandees Princes Palatine Each striving other to out-strip out-shine In Mays beginning of the sixty nine In greatest Pomp and Splendor did Resort To Warsaw Poles chief Mistris Seat of Court In order to th' proaching Election As Pole had meant to have it said and shown The least of all her Princes worth a Crown UPon the first of May Duke Radzevil Great Litwanias General of the Field Did make his Entry with a stately Train Which in the following order marcht amain Five Companies of Heyduques first came on Consisting of an hundred in each one With flying Ensigns beating Drums each Fellow Clad in a large Blew Vest was lin'd with Yellow Next a Foot-Company of sixtie men Clad so like Janizars that none could ken Their Yellow from the hue of Musslmen Next of Dragoons two Troops whose Backs did grace Their fine blew-Coats o're-laid with Silver-lace Then came a Troop of Gallant German Horse In richest Trappings neighing in their force As many Hussars after them comes next These at some distance followed by sixt y Gentlemen of primest Quality In Cloaths so rich that richer they defy And as their Horses scorn'd that Ground they trod Their Hands grasp't Launces of the Turkish mod Then came of Litwanias Field himsel The General Duke Michael Radzevel Follow'd by greatest Lords and primest Gentrie Above two hundred of the Litwan Countrie All these equip'd in splendidest Array In richest Harness their proud Horses bray ' Mongst whom were divers of the Princes high Of the most ancient Nobility As Prince Slav'slans Lubomiriski The Lord Potoski These were followed At some good distance their Attendants made A huge vast Number of brave Gentlemen In Richest Liv'ries all their Servants then After whom marched of Tartarian Horse Two Troops whose each did count a hundreds force Then of Dragoons five Troops march'd on apace Clad in Blew Coats adorn'd with Silver Lace Of all which Train like first the last appear A Companie of Heyduques brings the Rear THis Entrie tho the most Magnificent Those of the two Lords Pazzi far out-went In Afternoon of this same very day The one Grand Chanc'lour t'other as they say Great General of Litwania Who enter'd Warsaw in most Royal wise Whose Numbers had Duke Radzevils told thrice ANd now more splendid farr then both the same The Waywod of Cracovia also came Attended with a yet more numerous Train Which like some Armies made five thousand men ANd yet the more Illustrious third of May Eclips'd those Glories of its first seen day When Gen'ral SOBIETZKIS numerous Train In goodliest Order covered all the Plain All Polands Princes Waywoods and each Peer Did him the honour long ere he came neer To meet him sev'ral Miles from Warsaws Gate Who as he Rode he seem'd to Sit in State And as he Sate his Posture seem'd to say He should ere long great Polands Scepter