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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
prince_n	duke_n	king_n	savoy_n	4,461	5	11.5012	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A07915	A vaunting, daring, and a menacing letter, sent from Sultan Morat the great Turke, from his court at Constantinople, by his embassadour Gobam, to Vladisllaus King of Poland, &c. Which letter was sent to the Christian King, since the truce concluded betweene the Turke and the Persian in March last; as by many copies whereof, may appeare, as it was sent out of Poland. Wherein he declares himselfe a mortall enemy to the said Christian King, threatning to invade his kingdomes and territories, with all manner of hostility. Whereunto is annexed a briefe relation of the Turkish present strength, both of horse and foote: with al the victories the Turkes have prevailed against the Christians these last three hundred yeares. As also what glorious victories the Christians have wonne against the Turkes, till this present yeare. 1638. Published by authority	Murad IV, Sultan of the Turks, 1612-1640.	1638 (1638)	STC 18286; ESTC S102874	14,115	30

two Turkes to goe into his Kingdome and to bee turned Christians because under that faire pretence they should worke some meanes to poyson him which Turks were baptised their treachery disclos'd and Scanderbeg preserved and the Traitors executed The Turkish Tyrant perceiving that all his forces and policies prevailed not against this most glorious happy and fortunate Prince after which damnable plot and auspicious escape Scanderbeg encountered with Iovima a brother to Ballabanus and Hedar his sonne and after a bloody bickering he tooke them and many more prisoners and following his Victory he slew Ballabanus the Turkish Generall his old Fugitive and Renegado enemy but for the number of the slaine it is not mentioned And last of all in the yeare 1466 Mahomet with another huge armie entred Epirus with no better successe than before he had so that after the expence of much Treasure and many men lost he was glad to retire home againe to Constantinople and within short time after the most illustrious Prince Scanderbeg dyed of a Feaver so that his miscreant enemies could not boast that they overcame came him or were the death of him but God under whose Banner he had many times couragiously fought was so gracious unto him as to take him from this transitory life by a Naturall death After the decease of Scanderbeg Mathias King of Hungria the sonne of that famous Huniades before named was another Goad in the side of the proud Turk for he wonne from him the Kingdome of Bosna and a great part of the Principality of Servia both which he joyned to the Kingdome of Hungaria he was as fearefull a bug-Beare to the Turkes as either Scanderbeg or his father Huniades were before him he slew Isa a great Commander under Mahomet with 30000 common Souldiers and others the Turkes were a 100000 strong but the Christians were not one quarter of that number yet that Heroick Prince by the assistance of God got that glorious victory with the losse of 8000 of his souldiers Selimus the first had his hands so full with the Persians Egyptians Arabians and other of those Eastern and Mahometan Nations that as is said before he troubled not the Christians not they did not win or lose much by him His sonne Soliman the Magnisicent besieged Gunza a weake Towne on the borders of Austria and Steirmarke with 500000 men and 3000 Peeces of Brasse Ordnance but after one Moneths siege and thirteene fierce assaults he was faine to raise his Campe with the losse of a great number of his men and leave Gunza untaken In the yeare 1529 Soliman the Magnificent came in person to besiege the City of Vienna in Austria which City may well be called the Bulwarke of Christendome The Turkes beleagured it with 300000 men which City was so valiantly defended that after many assaults breaches minings and most furious batteries Soliman was glad to leave the Siege with the losse of 80000. of his Turkes and many Horses with much Powder Shot and Ammunition spent and all to little or small purpose After that in the yeere 1565 he sent Mustapha Bassa with an Army of 30000. Horse and Foote and Piall Bassa with a Fleete containing 180. Ships and Gallies to mvade the Isle of Malta the Turkes being also ayded by the King of Algiers with 2200. men 10. Galliots and 7. Gallies besides 13. Gallyes and 10. Galliots with 1600. men under the command of Bragut a famous Pirat and after twelve most furious and bloody assaults by the Turkes by Sea and Land the Island Cities and Castles of St. Elmo St. Angelo and St. Michael being bravely defended by the Christians sixe Moneths Mustapha was forced with shame to leave● Malta he having lost in that expedition 24000. men The whole Island of Malta is but 20. Miles in length and 12. in bredth where it is broadest and of the Knights of the Order Gentlemen Priests Souldiers Mariners with all other men Inhabitants as Artificers and the like they were not all in number above 12000 to repulse and withstand so great a power as the Turkes were but Si Deus nobiscum quis contra nos In the yeare 1571 Selimus the second sent out a mighty Navy of Ships Galleys Frigots and Brigandines with a purpose to iuvade and over-runne Christendome Against whom many Christian Princes joyned in a noble Confederacy namely the Pope the King of Spaine the Viceroy of Naples the Dukes of Florence Savoy the Dukes of mantua Vrbin and Ferara the Galleyes of Malta and Sicilia the Venetian Galleyes and the Forces and personall service of the valiant Alexander Ferveze Prince of Parma These Christian Worthies with their Fleete united the chiefe and generall Commander then being Dow John of Austria the second sonne to Charles the fifth Emperour a Prince of but twenty foure yeeres of age but of an Heroick and invincible courage and after a most fierce and bloody battell many houres continued the Turkes were beaten 161. of their alleyes taken more than 40. sunke and fired their Admirall Hali Bassa slaine with 32000. of his Turkes many brave Commanders taken prisoners and 2956. of common men also taken a great number of Christians released from slavery who were free'd being chain'd to row in the Gallies Also 404. Peeces of Brasse Ordnance were taken This glorious Battell was fought neare the Gulph of Lepanto the 7. of October in the yeare 1471 in which famous Sea-fight there fell on the Christian side of Commanders and others 7579. men Lepanto was in ancient time a faire City of the Venetians it was called Naupactum it standeth in Morea or Peloponessus it was wonne from the Christians by Scander Bassa Generall to Bajazet the second Anno 1449. Selimus the second the sonne of Soliman is spoken of before and Amurath his sonne that succeeded him had so much to doe with the Persian and other Asian Princes so that the Christians were not troubled with him to any purpose but onely with menaces and threatnings In the yeare 1596. Mahomet the third was beaten by Mathias the Arch-duke neare Agria in Hungaria the Turkes Emperour fled with Ibrahim his great Bassa and in that fight 60000. Turkes and 20000. Christians Thus may any reasonable Reader perceive that the Turke hath received many overthrows from the Christians and with small numbers have repulsed and beaten their multitudes in despight of their boasting and blasphemous threats and Letters FINIS