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A51883	The first volume of letters writ by a Turkish spy who lived five and forty years undiscovered at Paris : giving an impartial account to the Divan at Constantinople of the most remarkable transactions of Europe : and discovering several intrigues and secrets of the Christian courts (especially of that of France) from the year 1637 to the year 1682 / written originally in Arabick, first translated into Italian, afterwards into French and now into English.	Marana, Giovanni Paolo, 1642-1693.; Saltmarsh, Daniel.	1691 (1691)	Wing M565BB; ESTC R29485	217,148	388

Cabals of the Princes of the House of Savoy who designed to put by the Dutchess from her Regency and make themselves Master of the Government during the Minority of the young Duke There is a Cardinal of this Name an ambitious Man a great Lover of War and given to Liberality He would fain have the chief Share in the Government and be the Master of his Nephews Fortune This Cardinal lay concealed in the State of Genoa being cloathed in an Habit little becoming his Character and whence he sent his Orders for the Execution of whatever he had concerted with his Partisans but the Conspiracy got Wind and proved a Bloody Tragedy to his Accomplices 'T is said that this Prince having twice disguised himself in the Habit of a Peasant had entred with a Bag of Fruit on his Back into one of the most considerable Towns of Piemont to give by his Presence more Heat to his Party and that with a greater Boldness he had entred into Turin in the Habit of a Capuchin with a long thick Beard and abode there two Days not in design of ridding himself of the Prince or his Mother but to become Master both of one and the other to govern the State alone But the Conspiracy having been discovered and the Accomplices seized Fourscore of them were put to Death by the Common Hangman and he escaped by a new Stratagem A Secretary of State of Savoy is to be reckoned amongst this Number Another Cardinal who commands the Army of France sent to the Assistance of the Duke and Dutchess had also put to Death the Governour of Cazal accused of Treason though he was not fully convicted of it 'T is Written from Rome That two Embassadours from the King of Hungary who is lately Elected Emperour of Germany had made a magnificent Entrance into that great City clad after the Hungarian manner with Vests called here a la barbaresque That they had above an Hundred Horse whose Harness were of Gold and their Shoes of Silver and 't was especially observed that all the Foreign Ministers in that Court had sent their Retinue to accompany them in their Entrance that it might appear more Magnificent and that these two Embassadours of the new Emperour being arrived in the Presence of the Infidel's Mufti whom they call the Pope they told him their Prince would continue to render him the Obedience which his Father Ferdinand now deceased paid him and that he recommended to his Holiness his Person his House and his State as a new Emperour elected by the Suffrages of the Princes Electors of the Empire Observe Magnanimous Vizir the Authority of this Mufti those who are so audacious as to resist the Mussulmen will yet abase themselves at his Feet which they really kiss before they open their Mouths to speak to him The greatest Christian Princes are wont to choose from amongst the most considerable Persons of their State the Embassadors which they send with great Expence to pay their Homage to this Supream Head of their Church Moreover these Embassadors of the New Caesar have assured the Pope as from him that he will never cease to make War with the Enemies of the Christian Faith and 't is said they received this Answer That he ever respected the King of Hungary the late Elected Emperor as his Son to whom he would never be wanting in Concil and all other necessary Assistances and exhorted him to employ his Victorious Arms against the Enemies of the Cross and that on his side he would employ the Succors of his Prayers that the Church should open her Treasures by granting Indulgences and that he would besides this give Supplies of Men and Mony People who are idle amuse themselves with Discourses on future Events and those that consult the Stars to penetrate into what is to come have made a Marriage between the Dauphin of France a Prince born some Months since and the Infanta of Spain lately come into the World 'T is true that at the moment this Princess saw the Light the King of Spain and the Grandees of the Kingdom tryed who should out-do one another in Feastings to solemnize this Birth And the like was done in France for that of the Dauphin both being accompanied with extraordiary Magnificence and prodigious Liberalities The Catholick King has given the Quality of Grandee to the Duke of Modena who was Godfather to the Infanta and has declared him Generalissimo of the Four Seas with a Pension of Twenty Thousand Sequins of Gold He has moreover made magnificent Presents to the Dutchess his Wife esteemed at an Hundred Thousand Crowns and besides made Knights of the Order of St. James several Gentlemen of this Princes Court The Elector of Brandenburg has also given several splendid Entertainments in his House and State for the Marriage consummated with the Duke of Saxony's Son and whilst I am writing I am told there is a Son born to this King of Hungary now Emperor of Germany But whilst these Rejoycings are in several parts of Europe an unforeseen Tempest has ruined whole Countries in Germany the Damage done thereby in Franconia and near Francfort is incredible And it lackt but little but this same King of Hungary now mentioned being at the hunting of a Boar had been slain through a Whirlwind which having pull'd up a great Oak by the Roots of prodigious Greatness fell so near this Prince that he received some slight Hurt by a Branch of it I pray Heavens that all the Wisdom of our Holy Prophet and the Blessing of the Great God be always upon thee and in thee and ever augment thy Strength and good Fortune to the Ruin of these Persian Hereticks whose Country I hope will be subjected by thy Sword to our Dread Emperor Paris 10th of the 4th Moon of the Year 1639. LETTER VIII To Breredin Superiour of the Dervices in the Convent of Cogny in Natolia THou art happy in living long and holily too I cannot choose but reflect with Regret on thy great Age considering how infirm I am After Fifteen Days Illness my Strength quite failed me so that necessitated I was to look out for a Physician for I cannot easily commit my self to the hands of those of this Country who kill such as trust them in the same manner as if they were their Enemies When I discourse these Doctors about the State of my Health they tell me I am in eminent Danger and that my Cure is hazardous In writing thus think not I rave for I speak the pure Truth They will certainly kill me should I discover to them under what Climat I am born whereas if I tell them I am of Moldavia they may chance to do me good though that Country Air is very different from that of Arabia where I first drew my Breath To how many Miseries is the Life of Man subject especially mine when I cannot speak the Truth though it be to save my Life Pray for me Holy Dervis and if you

Effendi c. 193 Of Assam Bassa of Algiers his Death and barbarous Sentiments in respect of his Slaves II. To the Invincible Vizir Azem at the Camp under Babylon 195 Of the Memoirs which Mahmut gave to the Cardinal Richlieu on the Lives of Illustrious Men. III. To Lubano Abufei Saad an Egyptian Knight 210 What Cardinal Richlieu did at a Ball. IV. To Mehmet an Eunuch Page 211 Of the beginning of Mahmut's Sickness and of the Cruelty of Amurath V. To Zelim of Rhodes Captain of a Galley 215 That a Man is parted expresly from Legorn to Assassinate him at Constantinople VI. To the Invincible Vizir Azem c. 217 Of the Seige of Babylon VII To the same 220 Of Brizac Piemont Italy and Brandenburg VIII To Breredin Superior of the Dervises in Natolia 224 IX To Ocoumiche his Mother at Scio. 225 Of his Sickness X. To Pestely Haly his Brother 227 Of his Sickness XI To Dgnet Oglou 228 Of his Sickness in a particular Style XII To the Kaimakan 231 He discourses of the Dexterity of the Dwarf Osmin and of the Embassador of Venice's Solicitations at Court to induce the King to make War with the Turks XIII To Isouf his Kinsman 235 He speaks of his Sickness entreats him to give Alms for his Recovery and to pray to God for him XIV To the Invincible Vizir Azem c. 236 A Relation of his Sickness and of the Death of the Duke of Wimar XV. To the Kaimakan 239 Of his Sickness and Cure Of Germany and Italy and of a Sea Fight between the Dutch and French XVI To Dgnet Oglou 242 Of his perfect Cure and of Friendship XVII To Adonai a Jew at Genoa 244 He blames him for sending false News about the Genoeses to the Port. XVIII To the Kaimakan 246 Of Turin of the new invented Bullets of the Affairs of Italy and Spanish Fleet that was lost XIX To Dgnet Oglou 250 Of Mahmut's Amours with a beautiful Greek XX. To the Invincible Vizir Azem 257 Of a Chiaus from the Port who came to Paris and touching the Affairs of Persia XXI To Cara Hali the Physician c. 260 He gives him an Account of his Recovery of the violent Frosts at Paris and Austerity of the Capuchins XXII To the Kaimakam 264 Of the Troubles in Spain Catalonia and Portugal and a Description of the Revolt in Barcellona XXIII To Dgnet Oglou 268 Letter of Consolation on the Fire at Constantinople XXIV To the Captain Bassa of the Sea 273 Of the Vessels of Africk taken by the Christians and of the Knights of Maltha XXV To the Invincible Vizir Azem 275 A Description of the Revolution of Portugal XXVI To Enguril Emir Cheik c. 287 Of the Death of Amurath IV. of the new Sultan Ibrahim and of the Affairs of the Seraglio BOOK IV. LETTER I. TO the Venerable Mufti c. 293 Of Cardinal Richlieu his Craft and Policy II. To the Reis Effendi c. 295 Of a Conspiracy discovered at Paris against Cardinal Richlieu III. To the Kaimakan 297 Of Julius Mazarin and his Negotiation in Savoy IV. To Dgnet Oglou 300 A particular Description of the Greatness of the Spanish Monarchy V. To the Invincible Vizir Azem 303 Of the Battle of Sedan of Count Soisson's Death and Conspiracy against the Cardinal VI. To Solyman his Cousin 309 Mahmut complains of his Perfidiousness VII To Dgnet Oglou 312 Against the Infidelity and Inconstancy of the beautiful Greek VIII To Carcoa at Vienna 316 He informs him of the Receipt of his Letters with the Money and Balm of Mecha IX To Berber Mustapha Aga c. 317 Of the Duke of Lorrain the Loss of his Country and of the King of France's Indignation X. To Bedredin Superior of the Dervises c. 332 On his own Age and of a Man that lived an 129 Years XI To the Redoubtable Vizir Azem 325 On the Life and Death of General Bannier and Imprisonment of Dom Duartus Brother to the new King of Portugal XII To the Kaimakan 328 Of the Parliament of Paris and Affairs of Catalonia XIII To the Venerable Mufti c. 331 Of Cardinal Richlieu and the Calumnies published against him touching his Design of making himself Patriarch of France XIV To Oucoumiche his Mother c. 333 Letter of Consolation on the Death of her second Husband that the Countess of Soissons has greater cause of Trouble for the Death of her Son XV. To the Grand Seignior's Chief Treasurer 338 Of the disgrace of the Archbishop of Bourdeaux XVI To the Kaimakan 339 On the Imprisonment of Count Allie apprehended at Turin by Richlieu's Order XVII To the Reis Effendi 342 Of a Spaniard found dead in Paris who had in his Pocket a Catalogue of all the great Lords whom Cardinal Richlieu caused to be destroyed XVIII To William Vospel 343 Of his Retirement from the World on Thieves and the Invention of Keys XIX To the Venerable Mufti 347 Of Cardinal Richlieu and what he did in respect of a General of Dervises and of the great New● brought him XX. To the Kaimakan 350 Of the Books of Geber and of Chymistry XXI To Mehemet an Eunuch Page 358 What Cardinal Richlieu did against the Queen of France and of his Ambition XXII To the Kaimakam 360 Of Dom Sebastian King of Portugal who died in Africk and of him that took on him that Name XXIII To the Mufti 365 Of a Mule laden with Gold which Cardinal Richlieu sent to an unknown Person in a Wood. XIV To Berber Mustapha Aga. 366 Description of Duels of a Bill of Defiance which the Duke de Medina Celi sent to Dom John of Braganza the new King of Portugal XXV To the Invincible Vizir Azem 37● Of a new Conspiracy discovered at Lisbon agains● the new King of Portugal LETTERS Writ by A Spy at PARIS VOL. I. BOOK I. LETTER I. Mahmut the Arabian and Vilest of the Grand Signior's Slaves to Hasnadarbassy Chief Treasurer to his Highness at Constantinople I Have at length finished my Journey after one hundred and forty days March arriving at Paris the 4th of this present Moon according to the Christians Style I made no stay in Hun●ary yet sojourned One and forty Days at Vienna where I observ'd all the Motions of that Court ●ccording as I was ordered of which I shall not ●ow speak having given a full Account to the ever ●nvincible Vizir Azem Being but newly arrived scarce know any Body and am as little known my self I have suffered my Hair to grow a little below my Ears and as to my Lodging 't is in the House of an old Flemming where my Room is so small that Jealousie it self can scarce enter And because I will have no Enemy near me I will therefore admit of no Servant Being of low Stature of an ill-favoured Countenance ill shap'd and by Nature not given to Talkativeness I shall the better conceal my self Instead of my Name Mahmut the Arabian I have taken on me that