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
fell in Piles fled in Throngs from the Lightning of his Brandish'd Sword and the Thunder of his Guns and Artillery The whole Ottoman Force Greatness trembling at his very Name being confounded and cast into the Convulsion Fitts shrunk into the cold Cramps of Terrour and Amazement at the Storm and Tempest of so Irresistible and Prodigious a Valour I consess I had never attempted this great Subject if I had not had then a yet far more great and glorious and nearer one in my Eye and that is the Memoires of the present Imperial MAJESTY of GREAT-BRITAIN I have therefore made this light Essay upon the youngest to prepare my self for the just and due Praises of the eldest the greatest of KINGS and to tone up this poor Pen into a Trumpet whose shriller Eccho may be heard at once at Land and Sea which can never be Theatres of that dimension as to suffice to determine the vast indefinite space of his boundless Glory BRITAIN being for the Great JAMES in all mens Opinion a lesser Spott then Macedon was for ALEXANDER It is both the Interest the Safety the Happiness and the great Honour and I hope the Joy of the whole Subjects of his Dominions that they serve the Wisest the Valiantest the most Just and Generous most Noble and Glorious PRINCE in the World And it s the great Encouragment of all good Subjects in this his most Antient Kingdom that your Grace is now here His MAJESTY's High COMMISSIONER for this present PARLIAMENT your being sprung from the great Antient and Illustrious DOWGLAS a NAME and FAMILY which in Camp or Court in the Trophees and Prowesses of Valour and Loyalty may justly vie Titles with any other excepting KINGS in the Vniverse as well as your GRACES own Signal Proofs of a Zealous Service to your Royal Master and a just Regard to the greatest Good and Honour of this KINGDOM fills all Expectations with so bigg a Confidence of the Welfare and Happiness both of CHURCH and STATE as in all Beliefs is past Doubt That these Thoughts and Wishes of all Honest and Loyal Hearts and your GRACES pious and noble Endeavours that way may be thus Answered is the Humble and Hearty Prayer of Your GRACES Least Lowest and Unworthiest Servant ALEX. TYLER A LETTER To the Right HONOURABLE JAMES EARL OF PERTH LORD DRUMMOND and STOBHALL c. LORD High CHANCELOR OF SCOTLAND My LORD WHile your admirable Progress in all the Parts of Universal Learning beside all the other great Excellencies and rare Qualifications whereof you are the happy Possessor neer almost to the Adoration of all that know you Attracts all Eyes to Behold and Gaze all Hearts to Love and Admire and all Pens like the Needle to the North to point to your Lordship as they had been magnetically touch'd caught or ho kt in with the beautiful Charms of those brave radiant Virtues which at once Endears and Astonishes Mankind And while all those vast Cataracts of Knowledge large Channels deep Rivers and fluent Streams of others run into that Sea of Wisdom and Worth that they may be absorpt in those its sweet Waters It were unnatural if my little half dry purling Brook should not endeavour to Glide on to the same Oâ—ean These are My Lord not to speak of your Honours some of the Signalizing Marks whereby you make so distinguishing a Figure in the World But your Lordship being so true and zealous a Son of the CHURCH is the Seal of all and makes the whole Clergy of BRITAIN your hearty Well-wishers and Admirers And if the least and unworthyest of all these may be named amongst the rest So is Your LORDSHIPS Humble and Entirely Devouted Servant ALEX. TYLER TO THE READER WHen the Prodigious Valour and matchless Conduct of the most August Heroick and Mighty KING of Poland had at once Astonish'd Rejoyc'd and oblig'd the whole Christian World in that so opportune a Relief of Besieged Vienna Altho I had then seen no more but a Landskip of the City and the Encampment of the Turks in an expanded Sheet Printed at Cullen and Re-printed at London in 1683. Yet the desires of a very Noble Lord whose undeserved favours to my self beside Assistances in Works of this Nature which make all such import Commands unto me together with my own Native Inclinations not to be altogether wanting in those just Returns of Praise and Wonder which all Christians if not all Mankind ow so vast a Merit prevail'd so far with me as to write but what was never meant for publick view while alone about some dozen Stanza's to that purpose Which tho inconsiderable and little as it was bearing the name of the Siege and Battle of Vienna with another no less short then it entituled the Tempest meant only for the Remembrance of those with my self who had all of us together at that time run the same Hazard most unexpectedly and beside my knowledge slipt into the Press whence issuing with mo Errata then Lines as is commonly incident to surreptitious Emissions I thereupon resolved whensoever I should obtain a more full Account of the Life and Actions of this Invincible PRINCE to pay His MAJESTY in mo Lines some small part of those vast Acknowledgments wherein the whole Christian World stands so deeply indebted to his Glory And having been still Restless in the Inquest tho in vain ever since until at last some seven Weeks hence I mean before my having first Writ those ensuing Sheets by the Intervention of some Persons of Honour I had it under the name of SCANDERBEG Redivivus done by H.G. an Englishman as I suppose whose Historical Account in Prose this Song such as it is hath exactly followed to which are annexed the forenamed small Poems without any other alteration save the Estates of the Printer amended I can assure my Reader aforehand there is nothing in all this Piece to recommend it but the Excellency of a Noble and Mighty Subject coarsely enough manag'd and a great many harsh Names scarcely Versify'd And it may be not a few Tri-crambiat Rowling Lines for expressing the Emphasis of a Conceit not as yet much used The Truth is the Picture of this great PRINCE in its own Native Lineaments is so Radiant so Dazling a Beauty that its Lustre needs more Shadow then Enlight'ning And methinks its genuine Charms and spakling Graces would have been either more hid or marr'd by any at least the best of mine Artificial Colourishing And therefore the so Loud so Amazing Veriâ—ies of the plain but just Narration hath all along eased because it so vastly surmounted my low Fancy Nevertheless thou hast it if thou please as well at least as I ever have yet had it if thou canst not have Liking of nor at will be Reconcil'd with it I 'm somewhat Indifferent for it will Court thee but just as much as thou dist it And is it cannot procure a Celtation of Arms at least let it plead a fair Quarter
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
on good Advice ' Into your hands My Lords for to Resign ' The Crown and be no more of Poland KING ' And that without your Lordishps Counsel sought ' And forraign Disswasives unto him brought ' Without reflecting on what might be said ' Of yours or forraign Counsels to disswade ' His Majesty from speediest execution ' Of this so long mature firm Resolation ' Nor hath his Majesty together brought ' Your Lordships that your Counsels might be sought ' Whither he should resign the Crown or not ' Seing his meaning is not to submit 'To the arbitriment of any Wit ' His firm decreed Resolves nor yet to hear ' Any Entreatys to the contrare ' But only that your Lordships may advise ' The manner solemn Ceremony guise ' O's Resignation that it may be done ' With most advantage to the Polish Crown And greatest safety of the publick Peace In th' Inter-reigns or more or lesser space And that the greatest freedom may your next Election grace ' ANd to the end his Majesty may do ' What 's requisite on his part unto you ' For the attainment of the foresaid Ends 'To put to shame those sly malicious Fiends ' Whose lying Tongues put others in suspense ' As tho the King ere while with forraign Prince ' Transacted He hath shew'n himself inclin'd ' So far to jump with the Republicks mind ' For free Election hee 'll not Recommend ' Any one Candidat unto them kend ' And to the end his Presence may not give ' The least umbrage of doubt he means to leave ' Warsaw that next Election greater freedom have ' Nor doth his Majesty at all incline 'To trouble the Republick at this time ' On his own future Interests account ' Not doubting the Republick will have don 't ' And that the States will see the same insert ' Amidst Capitulations points apart ' In their next Choice for credit of the Nation ' That their next KING after the RESIGNATION ' Shall take due care without debate or strife ' O's Maintainance fix'd to him during Life ' And this is all concerning's RESIGNATION ' His MAJESTY to your Consideration ' Was willing to propose that you agree ' On such a way of it as it may be ' As best becomes himself safe unto all ' Concerns fitt for the States in general ' Declaring he 'l Resign next Diets meeting ' Which he desires Your Lordships may think fitting 'To be on first of August next to come 'To the intent the Inter-reign be done ' And next Election past ere Winter should come one PUrsuant to this Resolution fixt Upon the sixteenth of September next In Warsaws Castle met Poles Commonweal To whom KING CASIMIR thus bids FAREWEL ' Y Ou see My Lords at last that moment now ' Wherein your KING your Lord your Father too 'To consummat those dear affection't Cares ' Which He and His more then two hundred years ' By past have had for this your Commonweal ' Finding himself his Strength of none avail 'To undergo at once Age Griess and Cares ' And the continual weight of great Affairs ' Comes to Resign into your Hands the Crown ' That Idol thing all Mortals doit upon ' Behold th' Pilogue of my publick Story ' This day you see the Fun'rals of my Glory ' For henceforth to the World I am as Dead ' And for a Royal Globe shall in its sted ' Choice a small Turff of Earth wherein I may ' My last but just due Debts to Nature pay ' Where with the Publick-weals Benevolence ' When this Soul leaves its Body without sense ' My silent Dust may mingle it self with those ' My Fathers Ashes in a calm Repose ' That in your future Annals't may be read ' Of Me so often in your Armys Head ' Still seen the first Retreating still last man ' Am also first that voluntar'ly can ' Deprive my self of all my former Grandeur ' The glitt'ring Ensigns of the Royal Power ' Lo from a Love towards my Country tender ' Most cheerfully I here to you surrender ' Your kindness and free Votes at my Election ' I 'le thus Requite with mutual affection ' For as your Love advanced me on high 'To the degree of Sov'raign Majesty ' So mine to you dispoils my self of those ' Leaving you free another King to choice ' My Ancestors who long have been your Kings ' When Natures last Law Death seal'd up their Reigns ' Left Sons or Brethren or some near of Blood ' Whose Virtues or Relation you thought good 'To think upon at next Election ' But I to testify my dear Affection ' Unto the Publick all I've got Resign 'To whomsoever worthier to Reign ' Unhappiest Times to tryst it was my Fate ' Which made the Sov'raign Dignity and State ' Wherewith you did lnvest me first Redouble ' Not only to my self new endless Trouble ' But giv'n to others cause of jealous fear ' Which for your sakes I struggled had to bear ' I do desire you 'l pardon't to your KING ' What e're was done amiss during my Reign ' Impute my Errors if a KING can faulty ' Not to my malice but to Humane frailty ' And with my Successor I's wish't still well ' More happy to himself and th' Common weal. ' Whereat with much delight I shall rejoice 'To see you blessed in most happy Choice ' On which occasion in my Solitude ' I shall pray God the giver of all good ' Your Votes with his enlightning Grace to lead ' At present all the Thanks I can express ' In kind Returns of all good offices ' Of Love and Loyalty unto me shown ' Those Counsels Aids you gave me of your own ' All Subsidies Tax Levies and Supply ' You have so lib'rally afforded me ' For these my heartiest thanks are but your due ' And thus with all endearments I take here my leave of you ' Hoping your kind Remembrances my Story ' Will never fail to keep in memory ' With which dear Sentiments I give you all ' Paternal Benediction great and small ' Assuring you how far so e're from Pole ' This Body be remov'd in Mind and Soul ' Unto my dearest Countrey it 's be knitt ' With all Affections that can Souls unite ' And with extremest joy shall hear it said ' That Kingdome Flourish by another Sway'd ' Which under me has sometimes more than once ' Been at the Margin of Destructions ' More I would said But want of Memory ' And this Assemblies grief do hinder me ' My Native Tenderness of Heart forbears ' Further to speak the Rest but with my Tears THis most Pathetick Harrangue finished Whereat the whole Assembly Tears did shed King CASIMIR did publickly Resign Crown Scepter and all Ensigns of a King And in such private fashion as effeirs A Nobleman departed from the Peers How e're great SOBIETZKI General Under whose sole Command the men are all With all the other Nobles waited on him To his
part For Poland where he was received still With all the Demonstrations of good-will Welcome Respect and Love and Kindness meet Which might his Character and Person suit MEan while The Turks and Tartars as wee 've told Altho they seem'd more Formidable and Bold Yet were so mindful of last years defeat And so afraid of the sole NAME of Great KING SOBIETZK they gap't for nothing more Then Peace For which end the Grand Seignior Did by the Despot Prince of Moldavie Make Overtures and Offers of a Treaty Nor were the KING of Polands Camp or Coffers In a Condition to resufe such Profers So on both sides Commissioners were sent Who from both Potentates to Treaty went HOwbeit that nothing might be left undone For Publick saf'ty understanding soon The Turks were on their March to Jaslowiec About six Leagues beyond Caminiec The KING march'd out the fixt day of September From Javarow and lest it should Surrender Resolved to Reliev't But whether by Its Governours great Fear or Treachery T' was yielded up tho little Harm was don 't Then Sackt and Plunder'd Riffl'd Fir'd and Burnt AS likewise other two or three beside Were just so Treated by them at that tide And having razed these three places foully Were all straight Marching toward Trembowla Whereon his MAJESTY with much ado now Leaving his Baggage all at Zorawno To make more haste October twenty fourth Like sudden stiff Stern Wind blown from the North Fell with such Rustling force on the Turks van That it blew breathless many thousand man Disord'ring all the rest Tartars first dally'd But being thirty thousand quickly Rally'd And on the Polish Army comming down A Bloody Fight of new was then begun Which did continue to the Night from noon This doubtful lasting Dispute in Conclusion The Infidels did flie in great Confusion BUt 's Majesty vastly Inferior To Numbers of the Cham and Seignior The KING scarce having fifteen thousand then To Rout an hundred fifty thousand men Had many gallant Persons as t 's oft found For Countreys Honor slain maim'd bled and wound Le ts have th' Account from all Historians Pens Where Vnits have been worthier then tens As these prov'd here in downright Fight withoutleast stratagems UPon the TVRKS part these bad Successes Disposed them the rather to seek Peace Which in the following terms concluded one Thus advantagious to the Polish Crown 1 FIrst that the Treaiys with late KING concluded Should be abolished and quite exploded 2 That as to what Podolia concern'd Both partys were content thus to decern't That Turks should still retain Caminiec Round which a Circuit of certain space And as for what concern'd the Vkrain The Poles its greatest part should still Retain As Pauloz Galnick and Bialacirkew And many other Towns with Memocrow So that whate're of it fell to Turks share Was small and under Doroskenskos Care 3 All Prisoners and slaves shall be made free And from this time no more Hostility 4 The Christian Faith at freedome shall remain In all parts which by these the Turks Retain 5 That Turks shall quite Renounce all their Pretensions To Moneys which MICHAELS Treaty mentions And that those Hostages giv'n for that Sum Should be Releas'd and safe conveyed home 6 That Turks and Tartars should in part and whole promise a strict Alliance to the Pole And that in all Poles Wars in any wise They should assist them ' gainst their enemys 7 That Custody of Holy SEPULCHRE To the Franciscan Friers they should Restore That Christians being pleased in this point They might award mistakes on that Account PEACE being thus concluded happily And Infidels Retir'd as speedily His Majesty back in November came To Zulkiew where my Lord of HIDE the same BRITAINS AMBASSADOR had Audience In a Most splendid manner To presence In the KINGS Richest Coach convey'd and mett By Marshal of the Court at the Stairs Gate Who did Conduct him to the Presence Chamber WHere stood the KING like Diamond set in Amber For nothing's fine for one so good so great Under the Richest Canopy of State Clad in a large long Robe of Cloth of Gold Which did a Vest of Silver round enfold AFter the Audience Ceremonys o're And that the KING had some good time before Treated his EXCELLENCE Familiarly With the most smooth and sweetest Interparly Of kind Discourses he was pleas'd to take His EXC'LENCE to the QVEENS Apartment Back Thus ev'ry where Receiv'd with great Esteem From both their Majesties of KING and QUEEN Who as a further Proof were pleas'd t' Invite His EXCELLENCE to Supp with them that Night IT was prepar'd in a large stately Room Where both their MAJESTIES in Pomp did come His EXCELLENCE on the KINGS Right Hand sat And next him too the QUEEN on 's Left in State And underneath her MAJESTYs Left Hand Sat sev'ral primest Persons of the Land After some sev'ral Hours this Supper done Which was with great Magnificence serv'd in THe KINGS best Coaches brought his EXCELLENCE Back to the Place of his own Residence The next day all the Senaiors straight came And other Persons of the highest Name To make their Visits to his EXCELLENCE Which he Returned next day following hence THe thirteenth of November being come Had 's Audience of Congee for coming home Then Hast'neth on to Nimiguen where he As English Plenipotentiary Sat and Assisted all that Meetings space For Mediating of a General Peace ANd in the next September following His MAJESTY of France most Christian KING In token of his lasting Amity Unto his Royal Polish MAJESTY Did give Commands to his Ambassadour Resident in that Court to Inaugure With the high order of the Holy Ghost KING SOBIETZKI and Defray the Cost Which Ceremony was in all mens Sence Of extraordinar Magnificence At which same time the said Ambassadour In further Sign of KING his Masters favour To both their MAJESTIES some Presents made Which were at sev'ral Millions valued Chap. VII Of the ACTIONS of his MAJESTY of Poland Afterwards and particularly in his EXPEDITION for the RELIEF of the EMPIRE at the Raising of the SIEGE of VIENNA and since to 84. THE furious Tempests of late Wars o'reblow'n And Clouds of Turks and Tartars vanish'd gone Left Calm and Cleer all Polands Horizon Great SOBIETSKI's Arms thus having once Restor'd sweet Peace to his Dominions Which after sad Confusions Dangers Toils Wounds Deaths and Slaughters Batt'ls Sieges Broils Stormings and Sackings Plunders Firings Burnings Victors loud Shouts of Joy Vanquishd's sad Mournings Loud Roaring Voices of great Thundring Guns Cracklings of smaller Shot Rumblings of Drums Shrill Nighs of Horses Trumpets brisk Allarms And the dread Clashing Noise of Rustling Arms And all that Misery and Desolation Which Fire and Sword can bring upon a Nation All which endur'd what could be more Welcome Unto his Poles then Rest Peace Ease and Home YEt notwithstanding during this Repose Wherein his Subjects of all Ranks Rejoice His MAJESTY did not himself abandon To sloathful Ease
owning Christian Name To pay just Praises to 's Immortal Fame VVhich whosoe're shall grudge in envys mood Is guilty of most base Ingratitude To God himself and all men that are Good Heav'ns Pow'rs to us are three ways notifi'd And in all these should God be glorifi'd In 's Word in 's Works and in his mighty Wonders VVhich all not Fool or Mad or Atheist ponders Or shuts their eyes to see no Sun their ears to hear no Thunders IF God himself should not be honor'd than In all his Gifts instill'd in this great MAN And 's VVondrous Feats atchiev'd by Divine Aid 'T might Atheism and Blasphemy be said Twixt Non-confession and denying Gods Goodness and Power there 's but a slender-odds Be it then known to all the World abroad He that Lauds SOBIETZKI praifes God AND as all love to see that happy Hand Has Rap't them from the Flames or Sword or Strand And as sweet fruits delicious Liquorish taste To know the Tree makes our Impatience haste Even so the shade of his most prosp'rous Arms Which next to God from barb'rous Turkish Harms Has giv'n Repose to ev'ry Christian Nation Attracts all Ears to hear the just Relation Of the great Actions of his former Story And 's present dazling all th' old Worlds Glory And as no Crabb-tree yields desired Fruits As goodly Branches grow from stronger Roots As Healine-streams ne're flow from Common-springs So each Parental-stock's not fit for KINGS To understand what blessed Heav'n-Born Pair Did yield to Christendom this Tutelar And trace the Progresse of his younger Years Those signal Services whereby he Wears And did deserve ere ev'r he wore a Crown As well by Sword as by his Pen and Gown That Sov'raign Power which in all Kingdoms else By Natures Gift the first-born Males befals Amongst the Poles it is much otherwayes Or Virtues Guerdon or Happs chance in Choyce Transcendent Merit here oft bears the Van Where Hanours Temple 's reacht throw Viriues Fane Chap. I. Being an Accompt of his Descent of the Noble Family of the SOBIETZKI and the Parents of this Illustrious Prince with his Education THE ancient Poles old Mistris City gave Title to SOBIETZKIS and the brave James SOBIESK Castellan of Cracow Father of elder Mark and this IHON too A person whose great parts were even and patt For Court or Camp or great Affairs of State Having oft signaliz'd his Noble Spirit In all Efforts distinguish'd by his Merit In twenty one he had the great Imploy Not of a Chiaux or a less Envoy Unto the Port but as Ambassadour Plenipotentiar with amplest Pow'r From the Poles Crown to Treat upon a Peace Which by his Prudence Wisdom and Address Concluded on most honourable Terms Of Peace 'twixt Poles and Sultan osmans Arms. Remarkable on many brave occasion And faithful Service after done his Nation In fourty six so far outgone the Poles He left his Body went to dwell with Souls And she that bare Victorious SOBIETZKI Was Daughter of Stanzlaus ZOLTIEUSKI Grand Chanc'lor and Grand Gen'ral of the Crown Great by his Birth Place Prowess and Renown Who gave the Turks Deaths Wounds and Sorrow While he bravely Fought it at Cicora It was upon the nineteenth of September A Day which all the Turks may yet Remember T' was done upon the Worlds great publick Stage The twenti'th year of this same present age And tho upon next Moneths second Day Five times attacqu't by fresh Recruits they say Which he five times as gallantly Repell'd And maugre their huge Number 's stood the Field Till by redoubled Multitudes and Throngs And furious Crouds a-fresh for five Days long The valiant Poles being shrunk into a few Handful that handful wounded weari'd too Gave way to Fate the fifth Day of the Battle Whilst like a mighty Bull 'mong Droves of Cattle Their Gen'ral brave who knew not how to flie But stand or chase or conquer kill or die Having wrought Wonders with his single Hand And throw Red-seas of Blood made shoals to Land Thick throngs of Horse still pressing on a-main Crouded him Dead with Infidels not overcome tho slain Thus fell Brave ZOLTIEUSKI of his Age Full sev'nty three Poles joy and Turkish rage LEaving this gallant Grand-child by his Daughter of all hath been of all that shall come after Inheritor of greater broader Glory Th' Illustrious Theme of this our present Story He was no elder but a younger Brother And yet his greenest years could never smother The blooming Buds o's high Heroick growth To cultivat this Nobiy Toward Youth His joyful Parents spar'd no Cost nor Care Allow'd him Education suiting's fair Both Birth and Hopes and 's brave Celerity Made quick Returns of great Proficiency An innat Magnanimity of Spirit Polisht with nat'ral and acquired Merit Soon told his Fathers hopes th' aboding Story He should surmount all 's Ancestors in Glory With all the Learned Languages acquainted For Pole with Breath of Roman Ghost's so haunted That Latine Tongue the Lingue of old Romes Slaves 'S as frequent there as Dutch or Poles or Sclaves And having Master'd all the Learning Skill Which Polands Education could instil And Read at home in Words all Forraign Places He longs to mark their Manners see their Faces THat as the keen brisk forward active Bee Tho Garden Orchard where it dwells still be Enamel'd with a great variety Of Flow'rs and Blossoms which Sight Smell and Taste And Touch may n't's Eyes Legs and Proboscis Feast Flies on a-pace o're Fields mongst Woods doth Roam And back from Weeds and barren Heath comes home Fraught with that matter that makes Bees Honey and wondrous Comb. So our great SOBIETZKI doth advance With 's elder Brother Mark and comes to France Which valiant Mark the Turks thereafter flew At the unlucky Rout of wretch'd Betow During his stay at Paris he oft ply'd All manly exercise and still outvy'd In th' Academys fencing and Menage His Equals and those 'bove his years in age And not withstanding of his younger years His manly meen and prudence him endears To all that Merit knew and th' highest sort Of primest Quality in the French Court. Eying his toward stay'd high Masc'line Spirit Did much Regard esteem admire his Merit Having acquir'd Wits Valours Courtships Charms In this great School of Europes Arts and Arms Next went to Italy observed Rome And all the finest parts of Chrisiendom Their Manners Int'rests Laws and Politys Where their great Strengths Defects and Weakness lys Intanglements Obligements and in fine Their Courts their Camps and Warlike Discipline The distance of strong Holds their Situations Manner of March Fights and Fortifications All the Remark to speak it in a word Which Travels unto Princes can afford ANd having all the while stor'd up a Treasure Of solid worth which might with equal measure Of Stock and Strength become the lasting Base Of that huge Fame which doth the World amaze Already form'd in his great active Mind Which still his Countreys Glory had
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
Czar of Muscovie Did offer unto Poland presently In his great Masters Name a mighty Aid Of fifty thousand men against Turksled Tho afterwards this which he freely spoke And frankly promis'd he as frankly broke ANd yet successful Battles not improv'n Are like some Arled Purchase not our own Till ev'ry Farthin of the sum he pay'd And State and Saisin on the Lands be had And what the full design of Rights doth Crown And gives firm Hold Vse and Possession Matches may hitt by Hap or Haste Gaine's by Discretion SO SOBIETZKI who ' mongst Turks did deal Dead Arles of Lead of Iron and Fire and Steel Coyn'd with the Wounds and Blood and parting Breaths In more then thirty thousand Turkish Deaths These were but Earnests of his Valors Match With the Grand Seignior 's wisdom next must patch Its fullest Import Wise and Valiant HE Knows how to gain then use his Victory For with most quick dispatch he ordered Some Troops to pass under Crown Standard-led Into Walachie better to secure That Countrey whole in their Allegiance sure Sending with Breklaws Waywood other Forces To Quarter round about Caminiec And so that place most strickly to blockad From all Provision Commerce Traffick Trade THen having in fit Quarters Wintered His other Troops himself to Lemburg sped Resolving there that Winter to abide To be at hand what ever should betide Nor could prevail the Noblemens Invite Nor yet Queen Dowagier perswade with writ His presence tho they press'd with much affection In Warsaw at next Diet of Election Which by the Primats Warrant had been fix't To have their meeting January next So much his Countrey 's Service weighed down All private Aims or Int'rests of his own That hee 'l not leave his Post to gain a CROWN IN the fifteenth of Januar sev'nty four The Diet mett for first time did no more On its first day But did their Marshal choice Or speaker to Collect the Diets Voice The most part of the Nobles were inclin'd To choice some Person fittest to be joyn'd In Marriage with their Queen and qualifi'd To have an Emp'rours Sister for his Bride As well in kindness for her Majesty As for their publick goods good Husbandry And all these Inconvenients to preveen That might accompany another Queen Especially the Charge when if one mo Then they must next provide Dowries for two MOngst all Poles Candidates stood fairest for one The noble Prince and Duke Charles of Lorrain Beside the Int'rest of the Emperour And Queen her self engaged in his favor Most of the Senat very much esteem'd His Person brisk in youthful vigor deem'd And his experience had in many Warrs Compleated ' s skill in Militar Affairs Whil'st all his Opposites could only say They dread him too much friend to Austria THus much was only talkt But nothing done This Diet. So for the Flection Another diet and new Time is fix't To meet the twentieth of April next WHich day once come All came accordingly Save the indiff'rent noble SOBIETZKI Who least desir'd tho most deserv'd that Crown Came late behind the last to th' Election Did not Arrive as all confess and say At Warsaw till the second day of May. And tho's true Glory sought no vanity His Entry was with great Solemnity Beside his Guards which had two Troops of Horse And Reg'ment of Dragoons which serv'd in Course His Train was splendid large and vast and high And numerous of men of quality Most of the Senators and Noblemen At diet mett went forth to meet him then At Pallace of Prince Radzevil the high Tho Vnder-Chanc'lor of great Litwanie Who when Alighted him with all his Train Did with most sumptuous Banquet entertain NExt day his Excellence from Town was seen To pay his due Respect's unto the Queen And then the next which was the fourth of May Was of the Diets seeing him first day Where sev'ral following dayes continued A long and brisk Contest which happened 'Twixt Polands Gentry with t 's Nobility And both those ' states of the great Litwanie The former did propose the General To publick Choice who 'd best deserv'd of all Persons and Ranks and the whole Commonweal By the most signal Services oft done His Countrey and late glorious Vict'ry wonn By hissole Courage in the last Campaign Over the Turks on Cochmi's happy plain Which for his Conduct next to Heav'ns best Aid Might SOBIETZKI's own be truly said Beside hee 'd sav'd the State so vast a sum Of many thousand Ducats kept at home Twiceten and two held from the Turk twice eight had sav'd from Cham. And more beside Charge sav'd of this great Tribute To his wise Head strong Hand they Attribute Poles full deliverance from Servitude So that all these are SOBIETZKI's own Poles People Kingdom Scepter Sword and Crown Give all these power to Speak and Vote they 'd shout 's Election soon And yet beside late glorious preservation Of all these These have more in expectation Our safety ow'd brave him Soul of our Troops Is but the Earnest of those future Hopes Of the good Issue of that dreadful Warr Wherein all these are now engag'd the Czar His Aids may fail us from his Muscovie Whom tho he send at greatest needs they 'l flie All Pole without this one will find hard work ' Gainst such a pow'rful Enemy the Turk One so well seen in Militar Affairs Whose very Name Appalls our Foes with Fears Whose Prowesse is the stay of all our Cares If while but Gen'ral he hath done such things What shall be not perform how soon he Reigns Thus Polands Saf'ty Freedom Glory Crown All in this horrid Warr now staked down Do in their utmost Hazard seem to cry Their Help their Hope in SOBIETZKI ly In fine the fondness of a Forraign Choice May please those who in forraign Arms Rejoyce And Interests which they perchance may own More than the welfare of the Polish Crown But tho this should not hap as oft it fares And hath not seldom much perplex'd Affairs If we had all the World to choice upon Name him alive who can but match this ONE THe largest Empire 's mean for his great Spirit And Polands Crown 's no Gwerdon for 's vast Merit Let 's at those Feet whose glorious Hands have wonn Lay down that Kingdom give him Thanks to take and wear our Crown UPon the other side the Litwaneers Urg d the strong Resolution of the Peers Of that great Dutchy never to admitt Piasti That is native Pole or Lit uanian Born for that they 'd more than once Found Troubles after such Elections Whereof they sev'ral Instances did bring Namely those Factions during Micha'ls Reign Stirr'd up against him by 's Nobility Which had ne're been had he been no Piasti Wherefore all Natives they 'd meant to Refuse Thinking it meet some Forraign Prince to chuse And such a Prince who ev'n beside's Renown Rend'ring him worthy of the Polish Crown Might be such Husband as their Queen might own And
there And with the quickest speed he doth provide To have those Places strongly fortify'd And thinking Vien far from this ado And out of Danger was not so lookt to THe Prince and Duke of Lorrain used all Endeavours of a prudent General In his Decamp to safe-guard his Retreat But Haste doth all his Forces so amate That when the Garrison from Town fell on His Reer-guard made small Opposition Who with quick March to save themselves did by And so exposed all the Infantry Which he to Flank the Enemy design'd Had plac'd in certain Houses them behind To certain Death like Criminals to Axes ' Mongst whom was there the Spanish Count de Taxis Who tho descended of the best of Spain By Savage Hands of Insidels lay Slain The Duke with all the Rest did safely put Themselves and Army in the Isle of Schut MEanwhile the Troops which then entrusted was To guard the Vaags most important Pass Revolted being Knaves before its likely To that vile Shame of Christ'ndom Count Tekley Head of the Mal-contents in Hungary And with the Turks in strict Confederacy THese turning as wee 've said to this ARCH-ROGUE Open'd their Way and so they Past the Vaag Advancing to the Danow which to Pass They built a Bridge some Miles above Papas Their Cavalry and Baggage marching round Came o're the Bridge which is at Papas Town And presently to shew their Force and Number Sent out great Parties to Harass and Plunder Which having done they kindled Fires around And burn and raze the Country to the Ground WHen of their great Detatchments one Pursues Th' Imperial Army now in others Views Falls with a strong Impression on their Rcer Whose sudden comming made them quake for fear And so amazed at their hideous Numbers As guiltiest Conscience can be when it Thunders That notwithstanding all the Duke could do His Cavalry again the Foot forgo And at a full Carrier passing the Wien Retired in a Body towards Vien ANd tho the Chevalier of Savoy Son Of the late Count and Lord of Soisson And the Count Taaf made a brave Resistance Wherein the former fell in that 's Assistance Yet notwithstanding all Endeavours made The Turks the Christians Baggage quickly had Three hundred thousand Crowns which valued ANd now once more the Infantry do putt Themselves securely in the Isle of Schutt And were in dreadful Hazard of the worst Had not the Duke quickly brought back his Horse And for their safe Relief a Passage forc'd And then put Part as ordered before In these Towns Presburg Raab and Comorre THen with the Rest and 's Cavalry withdrew Within th' Imperial City Viens view For which Vienna's sake this first Mishapp May well be counted a most Lucky Happ For if these Forces had not been thus driv'n Thither it could not for nine Weeks have striv'n Against the Ott'man Force so fierce so huge During that time o't's unexpected Siege THe Turks vast Swarms advancing still more neer Put their Imperial MAJESTIES in fear And all the Court who July sev'nth went thence And in good Plight and Safty come to Lintz Thence to Passaw but scarce gone frome the City They had a Prospect mov'd their Grief and Pity Each House Town Village t' other side the Danow Kindl'd Fir'd Flaming all in one bright Glow For wheresoe're these Hellish Locusts came They left their Footsteps mark't with Smoak and Flame THe Court Remov'd Duke Lorain next thought fitt With what small Force he could best spare to Flitt Leaving Count Starberg to govern Vien And under his Command twelve thousand men Which with old standing Garrison made out Some fifteen thousand or much thereabout Beside the Scholars Burgers and Tradesmen Who all bore Arms and still did Duty then JVly fourteenth the City was Invested By Turks huge Army which at least consisted About one hundred fifty thousand men Beside Count Tekleys thousands five times ten AGainst which dreadful Force and all t 's Attacques Wherein no Art 's forborn no Courage slacks Altho its true they did more mischief thrice By unseen Mines then open Batteries The Garrison tho very ill provided Did with the bravest Manhood still abide it Encourag'd by their Matchless Governour To Feats and Wonders thought beyond their Pow'r Their brave Defences was with Resolution In valiant Sallys did huge Execution The Fields with thousands slaughtered Turks still strowing Those Infidels by Regiments down Mowing Until September twelfth day following Entirely Routed by the Imperials whole Force with this great Victorious KING of Pole BUt more at large no sooner News were come To Pole that Turks had enter'd Christendome But his great Majesty with utmost speed Together draws his Forces to a Head And tho some say that some about him were Suspected to the French brib'd Pensioner That were not wanting to Insinuat How Hazardous unto the Polish State 'T might be for these its Forces to March out To others Aid while others Arms no doubt Might mean while Polands Kingdom overrun Which thus disarm'd might quickly be undone Being thus exposed to the deadly Blows Of Turks and Tartars its invet'rat Foes YEt notwithstanding this Great HERO found Himself in Justice Honour Conscience bound Quite to neglect such base Misprision And put his Army with all Expedition In Marching Posture having first Dispatch'd Sieur Lubomirski with a brave Detach Of three full Reg'ments of as gallant Horse As ever Pranc'd or Nigh'd or Charg'd Foes Force Who notwithstanding Tekleys base Endeavour To Intercept them or at least Dissever Yet maugre this vile Atheist Rebels Gutts They joyn'd entire with Troops of General Schutts And did thereafter many brave Exploits HIs Majesty went first to Crenstochow To do's Devotions then came to Cracow On twenty ninth of July and next day Or shortly after through Silesia Advancing with 's whole Army causing't tread Three diff'rent Ways and in three Bodies Led For more Convenient March and greater Speed THe Schaf gats from th' Imperial Court appears To Complement HIM first on the Frontiers On August twenty third the Emp'ror comes From Passaws City unto that of Krembs Which he for common RENDEZVOUZ ordains For Forces of the KING and Duke Lorains SEptember second August being done His MAJESTY of pole came to Holbron Heading the stoutest bravest Cavalry The Earth e're Bore or Sun did ever see Tho with a tedious Journey much Harass'd Being sore fatigu'd with March so long so fast Horses nine thousand twice number'd this Host Who were all Polish Gentlemen for most Each of whom had stout Servants one or moe Arm'd at all Points against the Common Foe His Infantry were fifteen thousand men Who came not up till three days after then These weary'd Forces had some days Refection Erethey adventured on any Action For which Lorain had wisely stor'd great Force Of all provisions both for Men and Horse THis time which was allow'd for the Repose Of Poles long marched Troops Duke Lorain chose To wait upon 's Victorious MAJESTY Like as both
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