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
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 his Craddle to this present Day With a particular RELATION of his many Great and Stupendious VICTORIES obtain'd against the TVRKS 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 EDINBVRGH Printed by the Heir of Andrew Anderson Printer to His IMPERIAL MAJESTY of GREAT-BRITAIN Anno DOM. 1685. TO THE MOST ANTIENT OF ALL CHRISTENDOMS and the whole WORLDS MONARCHS The most Potent the most Heroick the most August JAMES The Seventh the Ornament and Glory of all other PRINCES KINGS and EMPERORS His Imperial MAJESTY of GREAT BRITAIN France and Ireland c. GREATEST SIR AS an Essay whether or not this my obscurity dare approach the most Glorious and August Theme in the World and that is Your MAJESTIES own I have attempted the MEMOIRES of the Heroick and Victorious KING of POLAND which will become yet the more Memorable when Graced with Your PRINCELY EYE and ROYAL PROTECTION The Subject being in it self so Noble might very well have become a much greater and finer Pen than the many diss-advantages of so low an Author could well afford it However Mannag'd as it is by the unworthiest of a thousand being the Account of the Life of so great so glorious a PRINCE Comprising some of the memorablest Actions and Victories which have yet Adorn'd any other Age It could not have been offer'd withour diminution of that Glory due to Soveraign MAJESTIES to any else of whatsomever Sphere below GODS Prime MOVER of the WORLD the Royal Nay nor yet of all those Foundations or that Firmament of the Universe to any other Intelligence or power save Your MAJESTY alone For to whom else should the Heroick Atchievments of this Valiant PRINCE have been Address'd but to another KING the most Wise the most Valiant the most Enriched with all those distinguishing Marks of Excellency and transcendent WORTH which ever yet Dignify'd that highest Character And tho the alone Elective KING this day in Europe if not in all the World which is more the dissadvantage of His Subjects there being for most part a kind of Metempsychosed ROYAL GENIUS in the continued Successions of an Ancient Race of Hereditary KINGS The want of which with that wild Nemine Reclamante in their Diets being the two great Flaws in the Polish Government have no doubt been ever yet the Grand Obstacles whereby that otherwise Magnanimous Nation has not long ere now born a much greater Figure in the World But this is none of our HERO'S fault His Loss it may be in several Instances but especially in his being hereby the youngest Brother of all other KINGS To whom else then should His Polish MAJESTY repair but to the Eldest of all these and that is Your ROYAL SELF For Reckoning from KING FERGUS the First of the longest Race of an hundred and eleven KINGS Your Royal PROGENITORS in a Reign of two thousand and fifteen years The Primogeniture of the whole Worlds MONARCHS is the indisputable Right of the Sacred Imperial MAJESTY of Great BRITAIN whom that Heaven may still Protect as it hath ever yet done with Miracles and Wonders for the Glory of God and the Good of his Church in this Queen of Islands and all other Your MAJESTIES Dominions for the great lasting Ornament of the eldest ROYAL BROTHERHOOD of all other KINGS for the Ballancing the Affairs of CHRISTENDOME for the glorious Defence of the true Christian Faith and the Encouragement of all other Christian KINGS and PRINCES to a generous and just Charity and brave Resolution of uniting their joynt and firmly Combined Forces against the Common Sworn Insidel ENEMIES of our most holy RELIGION shall be ever the constant standing or kneeling Prayer of the least and unworthiest of all other Your MAJESTIES Most Humble and most Obedient Servants and Subjects ALEX. TYLER A LETTER to his GRACE WILLIAM DUKE OF QUEENSBERRY MARQUES of Drumfreis-shire EARL of Drumlanerick and Sanqubar VICE-COUNT of Nith Tortherwald and Ross LORD Dowglas of Kinmonth Middlebie and Dornock His MAJESTIES High COMMISSIONER for His Ancient KINGDOM of SCOTLAND Lord High THESAURER of the said KINGDOM one of the MEMBERS of His MAJESTIES PRIVY COUNCIL of both KINGDOMS May it please your GRACE BEside the Succession of a great many Durkes Regents KINGS I range them in the order of their own History and the entire Reigns of the two preceeding KINGS of Poland JOHN CASIMIR MICHAEL KORIBVT WIESNOWITZKI the voluntary Resignation of the Polish Crown by the former and the great Hazard of its and that fierce and undaunted Nations being well near made Tributary to the Ottoman Turbant by the timorous precipitation of the latter and a light touch of the Government Laws Politys and Customs of that great People sprinkled all along this little small Work the manner of their Diets or Parliaments the Splendid and Pompous way of Election of their KINGS where each Waywood Palatine and Castellan for these are the Titles of their Peers and Senators appear equip'd like as many EMPERORS having every one a Retinue so August so Numerous so High and yet so Orderly as tho they were all severally Triumphant CAESARS who when once assembled to the number often-times of some hundred thousands all gallantly appointed and richly and strongly Arm'd The Diet sits or rather stands in that Field for most part neer Warsaw their Capital City call'd Kolw for no House in the World could suffice to contain And I doubt if many Cities could well accommodat beside the own Inhabitants such prodigiously-vast Swarms of Men of all Ranks all at once I say beside all this your GRACE has offer'd you in these Sheets the Life and Actions from his Cradle neer to this day of one of the Greatest and Bravest KINGS except the IMPERIAL MAJESTY of Great-Britain alone whom GOD still preserve and bless second to none else that CHRISTENDOME or the whole World dare challenge this day or peradventure yet ever could own His Descent of the most Illustrious and Noble Families of his Countrey His Education the stepps of his Advancement His being made Crown-General His Exploits while in that Trust during the Reigns of two KINGS His immediat Predecessors His rare Virtues for which GOD hath Anointed him with the Oyl of Gladness above his Fellows His Election and mounting up to Polands Throne His many Battles fought with all the disadvantages of Number Strength and oftentimes Place and other Circumstances where Triumph still Pearch'd upon his victorious Ensignes and of all these the Place the year of God the day of the Moneth the very time of the day wherein he has so oftentimes made Christendome glorious brave happy while Infiaels
it such time as then shalt find in thy Heart to oblige the World and it and. me with a better But is nothing else may prevent ae deadly Bite or obtain a Minuts Reprieve from thy Ruthless Jaws yet ere thou entirely devour this poor Morsel Respite but a little till we have once more heard from above the POLES Till when Farewel POSTSCRIPT I Have but one Word more If thou please to carp at the seâ—eral Letters directed to so many Persons of Quality thou mayest say on I 'le regard it no more but by telling thee I could not in good manners while I had written of one great KING accompanied with so many Armies and as it were still in Camp have dedicated the same to a far greater and plac'd his MAJESTY who hath been so conversant with Camps Battles and Navies all alone without supposing some Retinue of a Court for his Attendants and beside thou needs not much weary thy self in the Reading more of them then thou lists or if all not to quarrel the length while thou hast often seen and read many single Dedications of greater extent MEMOIRES OF THE LIFE and ACTIONS of the most Invincible and Heroick IHON The THIRD present KING OF POLAND GReat God of Praise Inspire this Song of Praise That with the loudest Ela's it may raise On massy Pillars of Immortal Fame The ' ternal Eccho's of this Hero's Name That as his Sword 's the glory of this Age Some Angel-pen of more seraphick Rage May Trumpet his Atchievments 'bove the Sky And Sing his Glory to an Extazy And as his Deeds might animat all Words Even so our Verse may more inflame his Swords Kindle an Emulation Lord inspire His Sword this Pen with Counterbent Desire Who Fights most Battles and who Writes most Praise Who freshest Trophies who wears greenest Bays That he ne're cease to Fight Rout Conquer Kill Nor I to Sing while Insidels have Breath or Blood to Spill Great SOBIETZKI cut their Graves their Epitaphs this Quilla Introduction to and Seasonableness of these Memoires WHen the whole World of men in Christendome The Eastern Church of Greece Western of Rome The Orthodox Reformed purer Church And all their sev'ral Sects lay at the Lurch An 't would not scandalize this rev'rend Throng To mention monstrous Mushroms in their Song The Excrements of Christian Names and Things who 'd rather hang and damn that Pray for Kings With Eyes that spoke suspense twixt Hope and Fear And Hearts that trembled as if Dooms-day were At hand with tingling Ears as the last sound Of the loud Trump of God did them confound With Faces stern'd to paleness as a stone is Lest Turks like Hills and Mountains fall upon us When like some Torrent or a Tempest pent Or Thunder pregnant Cloud without a vent Or blustring Winds and vap'rous Breaths and Fumes Might stretch Earths biggest Womb or burst its Gums All joyntly met in some straight narrow Cavern Like Bottles burst in Coffee-House or Tavern Or like the Legion lodg'd all in one Man So the vast Troops and swarms of the Ottoman Empire which might have bid the World one Day Invested Vien straight around it lay Big swoln with Expectation to obtain All Germany beside in that Campaign Then like a mighty Angel sent from Heaven Or like those Cherubims to Eden given With Flaming Sword to fence the Tree of Life Great SOBIETZKIS Hand cuts off the Strife MOst Glorious Prince no sooner was this done Then this poor Pen had pay'd thy Prowess On'e And vow'd another larger Tribute Song If H. G's Memoires do thee no wrong I 'le from thy Craddle Trace thy matchless Story And spread the Dazling Wonders of thy Glory My distance from thy Court Camp Sight defyes The least Suspition of Flatterys And thy Atchievments Which surmount the Poles Impossibilitats all Hyperboles I Sing the Polar Star whose Light out-shines The Turkish Creseents in their highest Primes Except those fix'd in Scriptures Zodiack Line This Northern Stars great Light doth far out-shine All others in the Firmament of Fame As Candles do Gleams or as the Sun a Flame Darkning with Dazling Rayes of brightest Glory Those lesser Twinklers set in former story Forcing the Crescent Moon into a Wane Nearest Divine stands this Immortal Man While Viens Walls and Camien's Plains retain Leopolds Cochmi's Fields and theVkrain In purpling Dy of slaughtered Turks red Gore Hang Glorious Trophies never match'd before SOme for their Prudence some for Courage high Some 's Wariness and som's Celerity Some for their Conduct some for Execution Some for their success some for Resolution While singly but possest have cropt the Fame Of Prowess reaching them a Hero's Name What shall the World devise for that vast Merit Which doth all those in fullest strength inherit Prodigious Valour matcht with equal Skill Council with Conduct Arts to Save and Kill Command Dispatch and all at such a rate As Heav'n still smiles him the victorious Fate When after-times shall Read his Period They 'l cry Hosanna's to this Demi-god REproach of all the Worlds old Ancestry This present ages blest Felicity All Mankinds Glory Souldiers Admiration All Christians Joy all Generals Imitation Illustrious Ornament of all that Reign Men's Christians Souldiers Captains Generals King Great Wonder Doubt Envy of times to come Of all which most he 'l share before the Doom Shall be a Riddle unresolv'd by all the World and Rome PRodigious Actions admiration breeds Wonder breeds Doubt Doubt with Suspicion Reads So that whoever this Hero's History Shall undertake but hence one Century Their Truths may hap to be suspect'd Romance or flattery But against all such Pigmy Thoughts and Doubts Of Dwars't beliefs our answers short and stout We publish Wonders done in this same Age Scarce one year gone upon the publick Stage And the loud Theatre of Christendom Appealing all the World a live to come Or dare disprove one Ace of what we say We and what 's ours shall be their proofs just Prey WE here defy the trembling Ottoman Whose Crescent Moon 's Eclipsd put in the wane By this bright Northern Star whose just Renown O're Christendom and all the world is slown And can't be lessen'd by malicious Mouths Without opposing clear notorious Truths Affording matter to all Tongues all Pens Out-bidding Retricks Fumes and Poems streams Talk Love and Wonder and Astonishment From all that Ttust in Christ is but just Rent Not half the Tribute to the many Tyes Of Gratitude wherewith he 's more than thrice Oblig'd all Christian Hearts to 's admiration In chasing from their Bounds the Barbrous Nation Whose stern Incursions like Impetuous Flouds Had laid the German Empire in the Suds If not Repell'd by him no Christian State Or Kingdom could have promis'd this days Date All which Deliv'rance next to God alone All these do owe the Arms of Poles great IHON Third of that Name in their long List of KINGS VVho hath atchiev'd such wondrous glorious things As may excite all
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
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
spurred on This Ragietzki Poles Vice-Chancellour Had match'd a Lady of all beauties Flower Whom CASIMIR did Court for his Amour Which Ragietzki smelling at the last Convey'd away his fairest Wife in haste Dreading the KINGS Assaults might storm'd the Fort T' a Mannor House and far from Courts resort The KING incensed to be thus depriv'd Of her fair Sight by which his pleasure liv'd Under Pretence of Services in short His Office ow'd commands him back to Court. Of Cabaling accused after soon Against the State with En'mys of the Crown And notwithstanding stiffest opposition Made by th' ARCH-BISHOP GNESNA in 's tuition Condemn'd to forefault both his Goods and Place Exiled from his KINGS and Countries face Whereat the Kinred of this Nobteman Aloud to murmure presently began And thousand others did not stick to say That this Procedure was the readiest way To violate the Honour Dignity And Priv'ledge of the whole Nobility All quite undone in this abused man From which day forward most of them were draw'n To dis-affect the KING Whilst not in vain Griev'd Ragietzki shelter seeks in Sweden Where he at length spreads out his Grievance Cause Unto its valiant KING Charles Gustaus Who listens to it with attentive ear Then which he could no sweeter Musick hear Then Weaknesses of Pole discovered And Discontents amongst its Grandees spred This Exile all that Wit and Vengeance bears Recounts then speaks the rest in Sighs and Tears JUst like late blust'ring Gale on Sea or Plain Puff'd near a alm but with new Drifts of Rain Far more incens'd it rustleth yet the more With Gusts and Blasts more vi'lent then before Grows Storm then Tempest which aloud doth roar Straight fills the Sea with Waves Deaths Drownings Wracks Tall Trees stocks up and strongest Castles shakes It mingleth Heav'n with Earth and Night with Day And what stands loose or light or weak it cleanly sweeps away So Ragietskis plaintful Moans Tales Tears Such strong Impressions on the Swedes soul bears That notwithstanding a depending Peace 'Twixt Swed and Polish Crowns whose signed Leace Had long t' expire with dreadful Armies came Charles ent'ring Poland like some Hurrican He forc'd his Passage and with small ado Seizes their chiefest Cities old Cracow And Warsaw own'd by most and best o' th' whole Great Palatines and chiefest Lords of Pole And like some Whirlwind whisking all around Licking the very Dust from of the Ground Ne're stinted till he 'd over-run the whole Towns Cities Castles Provinces of Pole EV'n as that man whose House is all on Flames Half sindg'd scapes forth from Fury of its Gleams Being driv'n on with Fire Sparks Smoak and Wind Ne're turns his face for fear nor looks behind Till got without its reach he calmly spys That Smoak which did menace his Breath those Sparks which dar'd his Eyes Sees Throngs and Crouds who made as if they meant To quench the fierce devouring Element But more attentive knows those Enemies First laid the Train feeding the Flame when 't dies And all his Neighbours busy'd with the toil For one poor drop of Water brought rav'ning ten loads of spoil Till having recollect'd his Sp'rits and Friends To quench the Fires fierce Rage and quell those Fiends The rav'nous Harpys beats and routs and then home empty sends THe bold KING CASIMIR was forc'd to flie To the utmost Borders of the Vkranie Just so pursu'd with Vengeance Sword and Fire His Friends forsake him and his Guards retire Being deserted left almost alone Ev'n when his routed Hopes were almost gone And all that knew him knew him for undone All the strong Holds and Cities in his Land Came by prevailing Force to Charles his Hand Only the City Dantzick still held out Persisting Loyal for its King most stout Which Gustave seeing he could not come by By Gold nor open Force nor Jeopardy Despairing therefore e're to conquer it His Souldiers bloody Cruelties commit And barb'rous Spoils and horrid Villanys Which made the Poles repent with wat'ry eyes Such unadvised rashness all bemoan That for a Foraign Master quits their own Astonish'd at the Swedish Tyranny So soon commenc'd in 'ts early Infancy What Havock Massacre what day of Doom Might Poles expect from Charles in CAS'MIRS Room On t' other hand Dantzicks brave constancy Doth shame them to their wonted loyalty These forc'd the Poles Gustavus to forsake Who to their Duty and their KING come back THey seek him in his utmost Frontiers fled Promising if his MAJESTY'l make Head Against his own and now their Enemy They 'l expiat their late Disloyalty Renew'd with Oaths by all that Honour bounds To Seal their Faith in Swedish blood and wounds LIke one new fred from Prison loos'd from Rack Pardon'd for Life or rescu'd from a Wrack Ev'n so KING CASIMIR rejoyc'd to see Himself once more in some Capacitie To Dispute's Crown and Kingdom with that hand Had nearby left him scarce one Pole of Land And lest their forwardness for fight should yield Or faint Amidst their eagerness takes field Where in a trice old Fortune turns her face And Poles stern Valour puts the Sweds to chase Worsted and Routed quite in many a Battle They flee and die like droves of Sheep or Cattle And as one Mischief falls upon another Like Waves succeeding Waves so ills together Befall the Great the Small the Prince the Begger Whil'st Sweds are routed Poles have sackt their Leaguer Just at that very time the Dane Invades Gustavus Kingdom routs and kills his Sweds So he that but just now for Conquest 's come Must quit's new Victories and hasten home Has much ado to hold maintain his own While gaping to have grasp'd his Neighbours Crown ANd as a Leech new suck't a teeming fill of Blood falls off but doth more grossly spill That swelling draught which leisurly before It sipp't and drunk most quickly Spues that Gore So CHARLES his Conquests great and sudden fast More so his losses Nothing vi'lent lasts And Casimir no sooner vanquished The Swed when quickly re-established In 's own Dominions to chastize the CZAR who 'd giv'n the Swed his Aid in this late War His valiant Poles march on successfully With Fire and Sword harrassing Muscovie Where 's Mighty Victories soon turn'd the Chess Oblig'd the Muscovites to sue for Peace WArs Tempest overblown succeeds calm Peace Which did renew both Courts and Countreys face Yet like one from a Fever newly fred Fond of Recov'ry and too grossly fed To please wild Appetite as 't often haps The Patient 's threatned with a worse Relapse Ev'n so King CASIMIR these grand Affairs Having Compos'd so well next bends his Cares To please a fondness in his French-born-Queen Both He and She having yet Childless been And like to be so still did move the State A Successor in 's life to nominate The Queen most eagerly strove to advance Because born there the Interest of France Sparing no Cost not Care to have this done In favours of the only living Son O' th